at&t and directv is all about content and the mobile screen, i think, among other things. it is a very dynamic fast moving market place and it is the best time ever to be an american consumer of voice, video and data services. we are a wash of choices that were not imagineable. >> guest: we have the department of justice and federal trade commission and they review every aspe aspect of the economy and not every industry has two agencies reviewing their transaction. so the fcc and the department of justice review things under the antitrust standards and if there is a focus of market power and abuse of the market power that results in consumer harm. and then the fcc has the public interest standard and that is whatever three commissioners, the majority of the commission, three of us, so whatever two commissioners says of the public interest. and the fcc can extract conditions out of emerging parties that have nothing to do with the transaction and are not merger specific arms in order to accomplish other goals that maybe noble but nothing to do with the transaction. is that

the att and directv. what are your thoughts? through.k it goes i think it is mainly driven by at&tnt, content deals that will be able to deliver over mobile platforms. in most markets, at&t is not taking out a competitor. u-verse is not known as a pay-tv provider. it is a broadband provider. wireless companies, they are not viewed as a television provider. it could be beneficial. especially for time warner. i think you will continue to see that merit of connectivity and platforms. mobile that's going to be dynamic and beneficial. >> is it different than time warner? >> it is different. both go through. it is different. i think it is beneficial to consumers. >> this is interesting, these mergers. kami make this proposal work for the public interest? it comes in and you take it as a fact that this is going to need to be changed. how much better would it be if we could just learn to say no to these things? and put a stop to this ongoing consolidation? working at cost to our country. the commissioner brought up a point over these ov

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directv. some look at a smaller media company not small but smaller versus the others.cripps howard can you compete how can you be able to have enough market power when these guys are together trying to jam you down. >> we've both been doing our respective jobs for a while. consolidation is not new to our industry. it's been going on for a while. we've always dealt with different distribution partners. going forward when people think about heft and quantity in dealing with the consolidated world we are focused on quality. quality of the brand and quality of the audience we delinquency and must have brands that our distribution partners want to carry and offer ancillary incentives like local ad sales which we do a very go of. then the partnership that we've had with comcast, with time warner, with at&t, directv, been very positive and we're also proponents of tv every where. when you put it all together, as an independent company we feel very strong about the future, sit down and negotiate fairly. >> there were some rumors about skrips and discovery and general sense tha

at&t is directv. do you have concerns about had issues? >> >> guest: those before another antitrust agency but i will say the ftc has reviewed mergers in the broadband cable space and we would look at them on a case-by-case basis and say is this going to hurt competition, what is the outcome on prices and quality. that is the type of things that goes into the antitrust analysis. >> host: you wrote to submit comments on data breaches and privacy. what did you tell them? >> i talked about big data. it is the tool that can be used well and poorly. many benefits come from consumer benefits. great new insights in concern areas like health care and other kinds of research in reaching underserved populations in providing new insights in some of the more difficult to solve problems we face as a society. are there risks from big data? i think that is true. you can take pieces that are separate and assemble them into the a profile that may give sensitive insight to a con sue >> guest: in the united states we don't have a privacy directive. we have r

comcast wants tou7 buy time warr cable, at&t and directv, and the government's scaring away sprint fromg to buy t-mobile. should it be allowed, and what does it mean? >> guest: well, i think that the american people vieo?8ç these proposed mergers witho1p wary eye, and i say that because of the number of constituents that i've heard from. i mean, thousands have sat down, handwritten notes to me. obviously, most of the correspondence is via e-mail. and there's a reason that they are skeptical about it. they want to befo8 assured that less and paying more. they are for competition, and they know just in their own personal experience that without robust competition that they 8y the price of their -- and the price of their bills go up. and in some instances, their service is less than what they want. the reviews of these mergers have to be viewed through that9&n lens. now, i mean, there have been mergers that have been approved, you know, over the years.q:%! i guess, you know, people say that they've worked, you know, inn terms of, you know, what would they don't, they don't compete with ea

commissioner ohlhausen, back and consumer protection, a couple of mergers comcast, timest, cable, dres directv, do you some of thoseover issues? >> those mergers are before the so itment of justice, don't want to say anything about a pending merger before another antitrust agency. but i will say the ftc has reviewed mergers in the broadband cable space, and there have been previous oversight by the ftc in this area. we would look at a merger on a case-by-case basis, so say, is this going to hurt competition? what will be the outcome on prices, availability? kind of factors. that's the kind of thing that goes into an antitrust analysis. >> recently you wrote to ntia to submit your comments on data and privacy. what did you tell the national andcommunications information agency? >> so i wrote comments in my own views.o it's just my but i talked about big data and i talked about big data is the tool. be used well and it can be used poorly. there are many benefits that can big data. i think there will be great new insight in many areas, but some that are top of mind for me are in health care and,

companies like directv can compile lists of around 200 households' attributes and pick what ads you watchle your neighbor might see something like gun control, you might see an attack advertisement on a particular candidate. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> i want to bring in david nakamura with "the washington post," good friend from d.c., great to see you this morning. >> hi, angie. >> i want to start with president obama making candid comments on "60 minutes." what does it say about u.s. intelligence in his administration after he admitted that they blew it when it came to sizing up isis? >> well, that's an alarming admission but it seems clear they did underestimate isis. i think it speaks to the complications and uncertainty on the ground in the syrian civil war, where isis was able to take root then advance into iraq. i think it raises maybe other questions about how much we can count on the free syrian army which is going to be trained in saudi arabia by u.s. forces to be the ground troops after we continue to do air strikes in syria. how much has this grou

a couple of mergers are in the works, comcast/time warner cable, at&t and directv. is this something that the ftc has addressed, looked at? do you have concerns about those mergers when it comes to the issues that the ftc has focused on? >> guest: so those are before the department of justice antitrust division, so i don't want to say anything about a pending merger before another agency. but i will say the ftc has reviewed mergers in the broadband cable space, and there have been, you know, previous oversight by the ftc in this area, and we would look at a merger on a case-by-case basis to say is this going to hurt competition, what will be the outcome on prices, availability, quality, all those types of factors, so that's the type of thing that goes into an antitrust analysis. >> host: recently, you wrote to ntia to submit your comments on data breaches and privacy. what did you tell the national telecommunications and information agency, administration? >> guest: so i wrote comments of my own in my own name, so it's just my views, but i talked about big data, and

there's another her very out there that's not getting quite the attention, but that's the at&t at&t/directv. what are their outs on that merger? >> guest: i think it goes through. i think it's mainly driven by content delivery and content deals that at&t will be able to now deliver over mobile platforms. in most markets, and certainly most in the country, at&t is not taking out a competitor. in some areas it might be going from, let's say, four to three. but u-verse, at&t is not known as a pay tv provider primarily, it's a broadband provider, it's a wireless company, it's a lot of things, but the average consumer does not view it as a pay tv provider. so there are a lot of synergies that can come out of that deal which could be very beneficial. you had the marriage of distribution and content there, i think you'll continue to see that throughout the globe, the marriage of connectivity and content especially for mobile platforms. and i think that's going to be very dynamic and beneficial to consumers. >> host: is it different than comcast and time warner cable? >> guest: it is different. aga

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his law firm helped negotiate the nfl sunday ticket with directv.y also helped negotiate the dallas cowboys purchase and they represented washington redskins owner dan snyder and two guys who are overseeing him are owners. it's odd to hear that. they're nfl owners. they themselves have the connection. big connection to the nfl. >> cozy. >> members of the key nfl committees. they advised goodell throughout his tenure. it's a cozy relationship. >> my next question. we're talking so much about did they see the tape or not see the tape. what happens if it is determined that the nfl did view this tape before it gave ray rice this two-game suspension? >> we're not talking about the criminal justice system anymore. by the way, shame on the criminal justice system to letting this one go and giving this pretrial special treatment. we're talking about a private club like we were talking with the nba. they come out with a plan. expect a great time line. you'll see great time line. after that they don't even have subpoena power. they rely on the good hearts of

directv pays 1 billion dollars for the out of market games.ly have the best ratings on television. advertisers love them because fans are likely to watch them live. fans don't skip commercials. >>> stock futures lower this morning. european stocks are lower as well. >> they make a fortune. >>> take a look at the flooding in memphis, tennessee. rescuers getting this man from a sinking car. seconds to spare as he gets out of the window. north of downtown had to be evacuated. 4.4 inches of rain at memphis airport. doubling the record set back in 1965. >> you remember that. >> you were talking about boston red sox. >> i read about that in the history books. you lived through the flooding. >>> record rainfall in desoto county north of jackson. 7 inches of rain in four days triggering rescue after rescue. >> i'm thankful they got us out. >> people knocking on doors and getting dogs out. couches were floating. >> what will happen today and what will happened this? >> indra knows. >> i want to remind everyone, you may have heard the solar flare bringi

will count bier saying but he also helped people -- he negotiated i think the television deal with directvt on the other hand, you know, he's been on the other side. but he has been cozy with them. having been cozy with them that means he's not going to exact the kind of toll on the nfl that is deserving here. the point is how do we get an independent person? let's let someone outside the nfl and not associated with the nfl come in. so again, what we have here is the duplication of the tone deafness of the nfl. their inability to look outside their own shadow and precincts and their incensetivity to women and children of course is something that will mock them for a while. i think 40 to 45% of the audience of the nfl is now if female. this is not simply a matter of conscious but a matter of the bottom line. if women get ramped up along with their allies across the board nfl could be seeing trouble. >> the 55% who are male should also care about issues of domestic violence. but the other thing is the power of the nfl to instill fear on people far outside the building, suspended bill simmons

inquiry led by former fbi director robert mueller whose current firm negotiated a deal for the nfl with directv 2002. in the moon time, the president of the national organization for women and a chorus of others gone so far to call for commissioner goodell's resignation. listen to what sports commentator steven a. smith has to say in response to now president terry o'neill. >> i'm sorry. i think this woman is off her rocker. she's lost her mind. that's right. i said it. most ridiculous nonsense. roger goodell deserves to lose his job because -- why are you acting like he's ray rice? roger goodell did not hit her. he hasn't hit any women. >> joining me now is steven a. smith, host of cnn's first take and the new steven a. smith show on mad dog sports radio. mr. smith, as always, great to see you. thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> does it not bother you at all that apparently at least according to the reporting the nfl had this tape in april and roger goodell either did not know about it or he's not being truthful about it now? >> well, i certainly wouldn't say it doesn't

. >> seth: and you used to shoot directv interstitials with actual football players. >> yeah. we never really knew what the bit was going to be. we would just have like 20 minutes in denver with brandon marshall to, like, shoot a bit. >> seth: right. >> and -- >> seth: would you talk to the players ahead of time or would you just go? >> no. like we would get it set up through an agent. >> seth: got it >> then we'd go and we'd be like, "okay, i guess, like, we gotta just figure this out on the fly. they know we're coming. we think." and the initial thought for me, being a young jewish man was like, i hope [ light clapping ] thank you. [ laughter ] by the way, one -- >> seth: i know. one person. >> one person! >> seth: who every crowd clap got a little quieter. "i don't know if this was --" >> i don't think i wanna go -- >> seth: i thought this was gonna be like, we were gonna do the wave. >> all right, yeah! just me. give it up for young jews! >> all right. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: there we go. >> but yeah, when you're, when you're in that situation and you pull up to t

at&t would like to merge with directv. how do you end vision telecom in the future?e of these people believe they cannot compete with a verizon out there or even a single band at at&t unless they merge. >> i think the bigger challenge more than your competitors of size is the amazing slave master that technology is. and the increasing appetite of consumers for a company that can innovate, reengineer itself almost every year if not every six months. look at at an apple who's expected to change the world annually. you're living in a world in which you expect to delight consumers every single year with something fresh and new, and i think companies feel the heat and the strain and the amazing capital management of being able to do that. i actually think that's a bigger driving force than what the sizes of your competitors are. look, we see smart, start-up, maverick companies break into spaces all the time in this world and do well. so i don't know what will ever happen in the company, i don't follow it that closely, but they're doing extraordinarily well in terms of bri

at the same time, the law firm that he works for negotiated the nfl's television deal with directv.take from that what you will. in addition to that, this independent investigation is going to be overseen by giants' owner john mara and pittsburgh steelers' owner art rooney, two of not only the most respected owners in the game but two of the most publicly visible. so i don't think you can call this purely independent. >> sreenivasan: what kind of money is at stake here for these owners, and what kind of money have they made under the leadership of roger goodell? >> roger goodell has been very good to these owners last. year i believe the nfl brought in $9 billion in revenue. goodell has made it a goal to bring that number up to about $25 billion. so these owners don't have any impetus to oust him on any level. neither do the advertisers frankly either. that's a really unfortunate thing. the c.e.o. of verizon came out today standing by roger goodell saying he's man of great integrity. so really the dollar kind of flows when it comes to what we consider integrity. >> sreenivasan: what

tablets, directv satellite television.oad when the contracts come out come a they might be smaller as well. do you agree? you have toenge is allow fans to get exposed to football. the reverse is true. if you don't adapt and don't allow multi-screens, the problem is bigger. reality, gary bettman gave me this. boyle, mario gabelli of them new york rangers. this is the future. this is ms g. >> you don't want to dvr, or tivo sports. you don't want to watch them a day later, you want it real-time wherever you are. give the consumer what they want, when they wanted at a low price and -- if i could write clydesdales and sell me beer digital it would make the same amount as money as television. >> it is also a furniture store with your wife on sunday delivery. you want to be able to watch wherever you are. buys a better bet to budweiser shares with anheuser-busch or to invest in madison square garden or to invest in at&t or verizon? >> or to do a variety of things. many will try to make money. the point is that your company's will

is a separate contracts for smart phones and other contract for ipads and another for satellite, directvcontract with the nfl, there will be too much product out there and it will start cannibalizing each other. contracts come up several years down the road, i think you will start seeing smaller contracts will stop >> got you. thank you for the perspective, professor andrew zimbalist. >> just honored to have him on. on dollarble, 38.50 ruble. >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." we are on bloomberg television, streaming on your tablet, your smartphone, and bloomberg.com. here with tomu keene and adam johnson. our guest host this hour is rett wallace of triton research. tom? >> very good. finally and with great anticipation, ken burns tackles "the roosevelts," the progressiveness of teddy, the adoration and outrageous hatred toward fdr. i clearly remember that as a kid. he is a clip from his film. >> and belonged to different parties. they overcame different obstacles. they had different temperaments and styles of leadership. the similarities and not the differences between the two that m

comcast wants to buy -- cable and we have at&t and directv and a deal that's not dead the government scared away spread from trying to buy t-mobile. so your thoughts on should this consolidation be allowed and what does it mean? >> guest: i think the american people viewed these proposed mergers with a wary eye and i say that because of a number of constituents that i have heard from. i mean thousands that sat down with handwritten smote -- handwritten notes to me and obviously most of the correspondences via e-mail. there's a reason that they are skeptical about it. they want to be assured that they are not going to be getting less and paying more. they are for competition and they know just in their own personal experience that without robust competition, that they have very little choice and the price of their bills go up. and in some instances their service is less than what they want. so i think the reviews of these mergers have to be viewed through that lens. there have been mergers that have been approved over the years. i guess they have portended one of the instances in term

craft mentioned directv deal, giving confidence to some focused on that you expect they would be givenrt of at&t, and they can walk away if direct does not get the nfl package. they have not signed yet, but everything points it'll get done. >> made me feel better. >> did it? >> mike white's got to under control. >> right. ? mike white, an executive, people david knows who are, like, no other industry do you have guys like, mike. oh, that's mike white, of course. mike's got it under control. ? that's true. they use first names all the time. >> real estate too. >> jack, it's jack in real estate. it's mike in -- honestly, you never mention the last anytimes. ? we don't need last names, come on. >> ha-ha -- >> he missed a tackle. >> watch the ten-year today, down under 4.2, day after telling bloomberg and cnbc beginning of the end is here for the bond rally and draghi wants inflation in europe, and he's not going to stop. >> demanding it, i don't like the dollar for the export companies. i know the labor secretary is close, but i would be concerned as an export nation with what he's doing

of course, a year featured our parent company comcast and a potential acquisition and at&t buying directv. came up a lot when time warner was in play, sort to speak or fox trying to buy it, you feel you're big enough? >> i absolutely do. look. we feel very complete. we love our assets. we have cbs, showtime, simon and shuster, a lot of television and radio stations. nobody can exist without the cbs content on their air. yes, comcast is going to get bigger. at&t going to get bigger. we have to negotiate with both of them. they can't live without your content. they can't live without the energy and "the big bang theory." >> going to administer that beatdown of time warner cable as a part of comcast? >> comcast will be bigger and stronger but brian roberts and i have always worked out a deal. >> something that's been around and not that this is any chance of happening but i viacom and cbs getting back snogt. >> i highly doubt it. viacom is scuffle. cbs is successful. both thriving independently. they want to stay apart as do we. >> love that same controlling shareholder, too, right? >> same

our directv bill is $125 a month . why? they worry about the people who support them.e are tired of it. they would not be in business if it was not for us. of.s what i am tired health care, making us want to get health care. i do not need health care. i have the v.a. i have people here living on 700 dd dollars a month. struggling. we struggle constantly, every day. that was our last caller in this segment. a couple of other headlines continuing after the announcement last week of the resignation of eric holder. aftercision to step down a new attorney general is named. there is a story by jonathan turley if you want to read more on that. a tragedy for civil liberties. on the sameece -- hisn eric holder legacy of racial politics is the headline. the author is a former u.s. attorney general and a former mayor of cincinnati, ohio. if you want to read that piece. the discussion surrounding air holder's-- of eric departure continues. tacticstalk about the of isis and the threat that isis poses to the united states. later, we talk with the muslim public affairs council. we wi

. >> i'm part of a committee working -- >> so my question, at&t trying to buy directv.e middle of it because you sit in the middle and the deal cannot happen or there is a way out for at&t unless they get the deal with you. >> we're hopeful that's going to close shortly. i think both mike white and randall stevenson will be great partners and we look forward to the deal hopefully happening soon. they have presented our product beautifully. we are really happy to have them. >> it would be better with randall involved. that bolsters the chances it gets done. >> any time there is $50 billion merger, i assume good things are happening. i don't want to speak for them and their business. >> right. >> it looks like there is a lot of synergy there. >> it looks like the nfl will be the big winner of a deal like that. >> i think we'll do okay. >> they can raise probably the price of the deal as well. i assume randall will want to -- i mean, are people going to be watching the nfl on their at&t device? >> right now verizon has an exclusive with us in that area. but we are consider

pipe side parent company of this network comcast merging with time warner cable you have at&t buying directvhave a view on that? >> just that it's going to continue to consolidate. >> and can sports prices continue to rise? >> well part of the reason the sports prices continue to rise is they are dvr proof. we see that many of the entertainment shows people time shift and they watch it on their own time and they're fast-forwarding through commercials. nobody watches that -- nobody watches sports later. they watch it live. and so there's a real value in sports and sports -- >> went from dvr'ing things to going to on demand on comcast and you can't -- i'm back to watching commercials. >> me, too. >> they found a way of getting me -- >> i've watched more commercials than i've watched in the last five years. >> puts pressure then on the people who produce those commercials to make them entertaining. >> wow. >> and in terms of the game of baseball, do you see changes coming to make baseball more modern, i guess? >> well, i think part of what i was saying to andrew before is part of our -- my plat