dr. cooper and you ms.t three hours with us and answered all the questions and i say to all five of view we appreciate that very much. i'm going to call on senator cantwell and now senator cantwell would you mind finishing the question and adjourning the hearing. i have to be on the capital. i thank all of the witnesses. >> a thank you research airmen and i want to recognize your long leadership in media consolidation issues and the importance of that, not that you are going anywhere today or tomorrow but we certainly will miss that voice at the end of this congress and it has been a critically important one. wean the pacific northwest value it's a thank you for your leadership on that. i only have two questions. i am sure you have been through many questions from my colleagues here and i watched most of it. i wanted to ask mr. roberts, one of the reasons i think people think cable rates going up and it is between 95 and 2008 basic services increased 122% which is cpi only grew by 38% but one reason people

dr. cooper, mrs. three hours with this committee and answered all of the questions. i say to all five of you we appreciate it. i will call on senator cannot wefpl and ask -- cannot wefpl and ask him would you -- cannot wefpl and ask him would you finish it. i have to be at the capitol. >> thank you. >> i thank all of the witnesses. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i want to recognize your long leadership in media consolidation issues. adership in media consolidation issues and the importance of that. we will miss the voice at the end of this congress, which has been critically important. thank you for your leadership. i only have a couple of questions. i wanted to ask, mr. roberts, one of the reasons the people that cable rates are going up, basic services increasing to 122% over four years. one reason that people think that this growth in cable rates has been the right to broadcast sports programming. a number of my washington state broadcasters have expressed the concern -- at the crux of this is the

dr. cooper, thank you very much. mrs.>> i appreciate the opportunity to represent wow and the 900 small and medium sized companies who are members of the a.c.a. wow is a broadband competitor in qÑo million of our households compete directly with comcast in michigan and illinois. we differentiate ourselves through our customers experience we provide and customers appreciate having a choice. they recently recognized us with as the number one cable internet and phone provider in last month's consumer reports. they have recognized us with 10 j.d. power awards. our merchant secentric approach works. we know how to compete. we are not here to ask for favors from you or government assistance for special advantages. we are here as a buyer of content those cable apnd online. the prospect of having comcast nbcu combine their program much of which has been deemed by the f.c.c. as must have will give them significantly more market power and i believe that should concern you on behalf of consumers. we are going to pay substantially mo

dr. cooper. ms abdullah?>> we are a competitor in five midwest markets. 1 million households compete directly with comcast in michigan and illinois. we differentiate ourselves through our customer experience. recently we were recognized as the no. 1 provider in consumer reports, recognizing us in j.d. power. our customers centered approach works. we're not here to ask for favors or government assistance for special advantages. we are here as a purchaser of contents on line and with cable. having them combine their programs, much of which has been deemed as must have, giving them significantly more market power. that should concern you on behalf of consumers. we will be paying substantially more for today's programming if this is approved without condition. we will have no other choice than to pass it on to consumers. let me specifically explain why they will have more market power. as you know, conch it -- comcast is not simply a large cable operator. you can imagine how hard it would be to compete in a marke

dr. sanjay gupta gives him a reality check. >> larry: that's anderson cooper top of the hour. back with our group, and now valerie brewer, the mother of michael brewer. michael was the same school as josie, was dowsed with rubbing alcohol and set on fire. are they suspecting the same 15-year-old boy or is it a completely different matter? >> it's a completely different matter. >> larry: isn't it odd that these two violent acts would occur at the same school? >> yes, it is. >> larry: tell me what happened with your -- with michael. >> michael was surrounded by some boys and he was dowsed with a liquid and set on fire. he was covered 65% of his body with burns. he fought for his life. he's still recovering. he's doing wonderful, but he still has a long way to go. he just today received his eyeglasses because he had some burns to his eye, his left eye, and he couldn't see very well, but now he can see again. the doctors are very hopeful that that will also correct itself. >> larry: he jumped in a swimming pool. that saved his life, right? >> yes, it did. >> larry: does he have an

cooperate with civil authorities, but an official statement called it tragic. those who brought it to the vatican were detained for the police for holding an invalid demonstration. >>> civil rights legend -- legend dr. dorothy height is reported in intensive care. according to the "washington post" dr. height is at howard university hospital. she turned 98 years old yesterday. >>> robert koch, the star of the comedy adventure series, i spy, has died. he starred on the show with bill cosby and starred on the greatest american hero in the ' 80s. culp collapsed outside of his hollywood home apparently from a heart attack. robert culp was 79 years old. >>> still to come when 9 news now at noon returns, a close call for commuters and a pilot after his plane stalls while in flight. >>> and more proof that hard work pays off. nine dc school students are heading to college on full scholarships. we'll be right back. >>> first thing is to try to get the engine restarted and flying again. >> a pilot cheated death after landing his plane on a california highway this morning. john finley says he's thankful that no one on the ground was injured. he says the engine stalled shortly after takeoff. he says he found

dr. coburn pointed out in practices that give cooperative care and are not reimbursed piecemeal but reimbursed by the quality of care that is given, the outcomes that are given as opposed to simply a process oriented. we also agree, i think, mr. cantor, on mechanisms to have competition across state lines. we also abbreviate there's room for discussion of looking at how we might do that in other ways as well so we think that that's an idea and the pooling with respect to small businesses so they can create large groups so that they can have better competitive advantages, we believe that when we put small businesses into the exchange, that's exactly what we give them. for instance, in a large group as all of us know as we have in the federal employee health benefit plan, we don't have pre-existing conditions because we're large groups. most large groups don't. in the legislation you offered as a substitute to ours, of course, you did not cover pre-existing conditions. your legislation provided for about three million people having greater access to the system. ours had about 30 million. so whil