and we gave this party for carrie stephenson. and spago made a cake happy birthday carrie. and they get a little mixed up. and they present the cake to carrie and a friend. and carrie doesn't want them to feel bad so she blows out the candle. and they box the cake and taking it home. and someone tells her and they come over the her table. it was a riot. and then we had a roast in 2008 or 9 in atlanta honoring jane's foundation which helped to protect pregnancy and dangerouses. and on the deious. and she was the funniest of them all. she was hysterical. extraordinary talent. she was a script doctor. so you didn't see her name on a lot of her famous she helped make. she was a tremendous talent. it is a great loss. >> i want to play for our viewers, larry a little more of the interview we heard a moment ago that you had with her back in '87 and you talked to her about "star wars," about that iconic role of priss layia. listen. >> you did like the script. >> it was tremendous. >> why? >> it was tremendous. all that stuff you saw on the screen was described beautifully. it was r

stephenson, i'm going to ask you a very simple question. will this merger, assuming it's carried out to completion, will it result in lower prices for consumers, and if so, how and why? >>. >> i was asked that exact same question in front of this committee a couple of years ago when we were working on the directv transaction, and i represented that yes, it would, by virtue of the innovation, we'd be able to bring lower price capabilities to the consumer, and literally within a year -- >> which wasn't the exact same question because it was a different context. >> it was a very similar transaction in that the lower prices would be a result of the innovation that would follow, and within a year, year and a half of that transaction closing, the innovation has followed, and in fact there have been two significant inknow indications, if you're a directv customer you can stream all of that content to your mobile device no charge and then we launched as i said last week directv now, a little over a year since we closed the transaction, 100 channels at $35 and i think that is significant

stephenson, i'd like to start with you, going to ask you a simple question. will this merger -- assuming it's carried out to completion -- will it result in lower prices for consumers and if so, how and why? >> i was asked that exact same question in front of this committee a couple of years ago when with were working on the direct tv transaction, and i represented that, yes, it would bibi virtue of innovation, we could bring lower price capabilities to the consumer, and literally -- >> which wasn't the exact same question. it was a different context. >> a very similar transaction in that the lower prices would be a result of the innovation that would follow and win a year, year and a half of the transsatisfaction closing the innovation has follow, and in fact there have been two significant innovations. direct tv customer you can stream all of that cob tent to your mobile device no charge. and we launched last week, direct tv now, little over a year since we closed the transaction, 100 channel at $35 it's in significant innovation that did result in lower prices to the consumer and in $35 includes t

stephenson, i'm going to ask you a very simple question. will this merger, assuming it's carried out to completion, will it result in lower prices for consumers, and if so, how and why? >> i was asked that exact same question in front of this committee a couple of years ago when we were working on the directv transaction, and i represented that yes, it would, by virtue of the innovation, we'd be able to bring lower price capabilities to the consumer, and literally within a year -- >> which wasn't the exact same question because it was a different context. >> it was a very similar transaction in that the lower prices would be a result of the innovation that would follow, and within a year, year and a half of that transaction closing, the innovation has followed, and in fact there have been two significant innovations, if you're a directv customer you can stream all of that content to your mobile device, no charge. and then we launched as i said last week directv now, a little over a year since we closed the transaction, 100 channels at $35 and i think that is significant innovatio