changes that the fcc is looking at currently. >> caller: exactly. >> host: sinclair is looking at a merger with the tribune broadcasting company. sheryl attkisson, anything there that you can or will address. >> >> guest: yes. i can't tell you about corporate policy. my program is done under sinclair, and there's been a large propaganda movement, people who normally wouldn't hear about owners, now comedy shows that are part of the propaganda campaign to attack sinclair which is seen as a threat by the people who dominate the media landscape and people of certain political affiliations. sinclair's owner is a conservative wealthy, i think, billionaire, just as i worked for liberal billionaires when i worked at cnn and cbs, there are people connected politically who work at the top of these organizations who contribute money to democrats and republicans. i don't remember everybody questioning it when i worked for the liberal people for 30 years. it didn't really impact, as i saw, our news on a daily basis. those corporate bosses did not get intertwined with our daily news coverage. now, there were other issues that did ha

reportedly close to finalizing a deal that will give it ownership of ten tv stations operated by sinclair broadcast group. according to reuters, sinclair made the move to win regulatory approval for its nearly $4 million acquisition of tribune media. the deal gives fox more markets potentially giving it more revenue. shar of sinclair jumped almost 9% to $38.75. >>> banks have always been wary of working with the legal marijuana business, mostly because it is still illegal federally. now one week after the attorney genera announced a bit of a crackdown, that problem could be worsening. >> reporter: reaction to the crackdown has been mixed. some in the pot industry have been fearful. for others, it's business as usual. one thing is certain, the industry's relationshi with banks will be even more stressed. a recent report estimates that just 5% of all financial institutio are working with cannabis businesses but only 1% are actually servicing them. that means that pot businesses can't easily deposit money they've earned. >> before, banks were very reluctant to do any business based upon the loosely de

tv stations from sinclair broadcast group. no impact on the stock. don't forget bitcoin.the wall street journal" citing sources reports that china has quietly ordered the closing of bitcoin operations of $13,000 a point right now. there's more on this. look at eastman kodak. guess again at 90%. they're not a camera company, a film company. they waded into the digital world. what are you going to say about that? >> i frankly find it amusing is one of those stories where you shake your head. not enough known about what they will do. my question for kodak is in terms of the larger and who was taking photographs on kodak films and what right do they have to be part and parcel to anybody's cryptography? does anybody create their own block chain and sell their own photographs. i'm not sure where kodak is involved and how the coin works into it. stuart: and a kodak piece? >> absolutely. we should form a verdict point. anybody can do this to boost their stock. i don't understand the usage. this is ridiculous. this reminds me in the early days of the country where every store had

which seems tailor made for the looming mega merger of two corporate media giants right wing sinclair broadcasting and the tribune company so the corporate suits love him or as our twitter follower richard caldwell put it the poor guy is realizing that while his personality was a hit with that cognac crew at the ski lodge is frat reunion the rest of the country is not at all amused yes many are wary of this ex varieties and lawyer and they billing big telcos and cable companies to alter the internet as we know it if net neutrality dies this is what funny or die predicts customers will hear from their cable company. what are you going to do another cable service provider but. chances are we only have remove your network you're watching so that's still money in our pocket or she could watch netflix or hulu in fact should we own whoever we also make them for its business or for streaming content which means a probably but this goes on to do yes the net neutrality concept is easily misunderstood and agents of change are seldom welcome so while we pray for the safety of mr pi's family we hope he commit

ownership of broadcast stations and newspapers seemingly to enable the mega merger of right wing sinclair broadcasting and tribune company these particular issues hit home for me where else do you see regulation run amuck. yes me i detail i'd say this as you know. there is a frustration that there are too many regulations kind of probably everywhere and on both sides of the aisle i think they have too many here got too many there they come down to ideology and i think we've seen kind of some funny ideology just of we can have a go the president says ok we can now drill for oil anywhere on the coast of the united states anywhere and you have all these republican governors and congressmen saying wait a minute not in my state you can't write a congressman mark sanford from charleston south carolina where the most conservative republicans in the house of representatives says absolutely not i mean it's unbelievable so we kind of have this really kind of weird thing where you have an e.p.a. saying oh now we've got to be able to drill for oil because that's what republicans like to do and then every pub and

which seems tailor made for the looming mega merger of two corporate media giants right wing sinclair broadcasting and the tribune company so that corporate suits love him or.

sinclair broadcast group paid bonuses. these are just some of the many businesses that are rewarding their businesses thanks to tax reform, fair and simple. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> permission to address the house and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the deviants of the slave trade operate all around us. it operates in our country, states and in our city. in january, it seems to bring light to the scurge against humanity. we must not only remain vigilant and go after the buyers and sellers in the sex trafficking trade. this is one of them. i introduced along with carolyn maloney the shame act to expose the traffickers and buyers. it allows judges to publish the names of convicted buyers such as on billboards. mr. speaker, as a judge in texas, i successfully used shame punishment. it does work. poetic justice by the media criminals don't want their faces exposed to th

for example, we've got sinclair broadcast group putting out basically video op-eds that are extremely divisive and are not actually news. and while they don't fall afoul, they are still causing problems that help people be more susceptible to fake news, vote a certain way. and not in a way that's going to help us focus on the real issues like we're discussing here. so what would you recommend to deal with that? >> well, i don't know if i would categorize sinclair and vladimir putin in the same conversation. but, look, i think there is a great book called "the red web" which was written by a -- hackers. some russian hackers, is probably the best way to say it, about how vladimir putin basically was able to control not just the outlets for social media, but the broader media in general. and that is kind of the playbook, and you see that. i would say what's great about the -- the other thing that's great about this, the reason we're having this problem, there are so many vehicles to get information out, right? and so, you know, you -- it's hard to -- it's hard to hide when you have every

television stations from sinclair broadcast group would bolster channels the channel concludes some inenver seattle set to make country largest owner of local stations, this on the heels of fox announcing that it is selling the entertainment assets to disney so looks like they will keep these acquire 10 tv stations, add to the new fox we will break coming next, coming soon to davos white house says president will attend for um -- for um in at which times he switsland. >> i am absolutely shocked that our president, president trump will go to davos in a couple weeks time, is it davos? or not sure. >> some say davos you are right, town in switzerland home of globalism climate change open borders, income inadequately the billionaires talking to other millionaires about leftist politics our president is going to be like a nuke landing right in the middle of them i just love to be there, for once in my life would i like to go to davos see how the president is received. it just -- wonderful stuff, in my personal opinion. >> interesting, because,, dagen mentioned op-ed in journal says davos in

. >> sinclaire broadcasting and kansas city southern are among others committing to bonuses. >> generallylves and distribute them to the shareholders. >> bt and t $1,200 from 75% of workforce. ainsley: that's awesome. steve: no trickle down no. bonuses. ainsley: no examples anywhere. this is nonsense. it's a fantasy world. if you believe that wages are going to go up, it is staggering ignorance. steve: oops? brian: people are hiring. they feel as though they can hire. guess what? when they hire there is now competition for the worker. if you want competition for the worker, that's the best way to get a salary increase and get better benefits. steve: brian, to your points earlier when we were talking about the light bill here, there are a number of utilities, public utilities and privately held utilities that are going to reduce their rates to the folks because they got a cut in their taxes from uncle sam. ainsley: my dad will be so glad. growing up you had to turn the light out every time you left. my dad made it a hab bit for us. i do it every time now. steve: so did mine. brian: go on d

sinclair t.v. and tribune broadcasting company since when was it the f.c.c. . yes business to ensure the health of newspapers and now comes this net neutrality thing so this is classic question more stuff and we saw the aheer of the protesters around net neutrality and this is why the chairman is under federal protection and we pray for the safety of his family but frankly mr chairman at your age great point great point it's interesting you know when you see government doing something so wildly unpopular as not to you know rescinding net neutrality in taking that away and then you know tragically you see death threats you see this kind of you know scariness after words were you know it is a divisive issue but i think i really it's likely i think more people are on the side of keeping net neutrality the not one of the thing i want to ask you is you know there on the ground in laws vagas one of the other potential big headlines coming out of c.e.o.'s this week. it's everything here and curiously we are we the media are under strict instructions from the consumer