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i'm joined by suzanne pratt. suzanne, at&t made it official tonight: it's hanging up on its deal to buy t-mobile's cellular network from deutsche telekom. >> suzanne: tom, the early termination fee on this contract is a hefty $3 billion in cash, and another $1 billion worth of wireless spectrum and roaming services. >> tom: the deal began to run into trouble after the justice department sued to stop it this summer. the federal communications commission also opposed the merger. in a statement today, at&t said, "the actions to block this transaction do not change the realities of the u.s. wireless industry," citing the demand for more capacity to serve more and more wireless devices. porter bibb is managing partner with media-tech capital partners. nice to see you again. >> great to be here, tom. >> tom: is this the right decision nine months into this almost $40 billion deal to pay $4 billion to walk away? >> $3 billion in cash and another reputed 4 billion in spectrum and assets and other little door prizes that

i'm joined by suzanne pratt. suzanne, at&t made it official tonight: it's hanging up on its deal to buy t-mobile's cellular network from deutsche telekom. >> suzanne: tom, the early termination fee on this contract is a hefty $3 billion in cash, and another $1 billion worth of wireless spectrum and roaming services. >> tom: the deal began to run into trouble after the justice department sued to stop it this summer. the federal communications commission also opposed the merger. in a statement today, at&t said, "the actions to block this transaction do not change the realities of the u.s. wireless industry," citing the demand for more capacity to serve more and more wireless devices. porter bibb is managing partner with media-tech capital partners. nice to see you again. >> great to be here, tom. >> tom: is this the right decision nine months into this almost $40 billion deal to pay $4 billion to walk away? >> $3 billion in cash and another reputed 4 billion in spectrum and assets and other little door prizes that

(scoffs) you think i killed suzanne.old us the last time you saw her was about 8:30 last night? that's right. that's a lie. your daughter put you in your wife's room several hours later. she also said that you hurt suzanne. i thought melrose was asleep. can you please tell me why my credit card was denied today? i canceled it. what? how is melrose gonna win this pageant without the deluxe confetti avalanche at the end of her runway strut? $250 for a bunch of cut-up paper. they are flower petals. i can buy 20 of these for $250. well, you obviously don't care about making your daughter happy. (sighs) larry: i had no idea she heard all that. how far did you take it? i raised my voice. that's it. ♪ duquesne: are these the tapes from the sizzle reel? all 263 of them. hmm. okay, let's pull up all the images of suzanne gramercy. if this was, in fact, a premeditated murder, maybe we can catch someone on tape stalking her. okay. (tape squealing) and there's suzanne in the lobby. hey, ryan, why do all these images have snow around

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(scoffs) you think i killed suzanne.old us the last time you saw her was about 8:30 last night? that's right. that's a lie. your daughter put you in your wife's room several hours later. she also said that you hurt suzanne. i thought melrose was asleep. can you please tell me why my credit card was denied today? i canceled it. what? how is melrose gonna win this pageant without the deluxe confetti avalanche at the end of her runway strut? $250 for a bunch of cut-up paper. they are flower petals. i can buy 20 of these for $250. well, you obviously don't care about making your daughter happy. (sighs) larry: i had no idea she heard all that. how far did you take it? i raised my voice. that's it. ♪ duquesne: are these the tapes from the sizzle reel? all 263 of them. hmm. okay, let's pull up all the images of suzanne gramercy. if this was, in fact, a premeditated murder, maybe we can catch someone on tape stalking her. okay. (tape squealing) and there's suzanne in the lobby. hey, ryan, why do all these images have snow around

i'm joined by suzanne pratt. suzanne, at&t made it official tonight: it's hanging up on its deal to buy t-mobile's cellular network from deutsche telekom. >> suzanne: tom, the early termination fee on this contract is a hefty $3 billion in cash, and another $1 billion worth of wireless spectrum and roaming services. >> tom: the deal began to run into trouble after the justice department sued to stop it this summer. the federal communications commission also opposed the merger. in a statement today, at&t said, "the actions to block this transaction do not change the realities of the u.s. wireless industry," citing the demand for more capacity to serve more and more wireless devices. porter bibb is managing partner with media-tech capital partners. nice to see you again. >> great to be here, tom. >> tom: is this the right decision nine months into this almost $40 billion deal to pay $4 billion to walk away? >> $3 billion in cash and another reputed 4 billion in spectrum and assets and other little door prizes that

no one should be fooled any other way, suzanne. >> all right. kate baldoain, thank you. >>> a hidden camera catches what life is like inside a north korean labor camp in siberia, of all places. >>> and from being an insurance executive to working in food services, many americans are forced to take much lower-paying jobs. >>> a winter storm forces holiday shoppers to stay off the roads in the plains as well as the southwest. >>> also, all right, maybe. a new study says there are healthier menu options now at the airport. >>> and later, why medicaid won't pay for this four-month-old to have this life-saving surgery in boston. >> is the government making a life or death decision about your child? >> absolutely. medicaid is the one who holds my child's life in their hands right now. i am so glad to get . just to be able to wake up in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplishment to me. i don't know how much money i need. but i know that whatever i have that's what i'm going to live within. ♪ ♪ mmm... pillsbury crescent wrapped brie just unrol

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the suzanne malveaux budget.t of the week they'll sell off more list taylor stuff. we're talking fashion, accessories, art, memorabilia. smaller less expensive items are available in an online auction that will wrap up on the 17th. they start as low as $100. now you're talking my numbers here, more practical for me. i can afford the one for $100. >> i think we need to ask for a raise, maybe that's it just up the salary a little bit? >> that's a great deal. i'll take a dollar, a million. those diamonds are beautiful. >> they are lovely. they are exquisite. >> someone is going to have a very good christmas. >> someone on a higher pay grade than us. >> you tell me when you pick out your diamond. >> yeah, of course. >> live vicariously through you. we're having too much fun. see what diamonds does to a woman, a lady, makes you go crazy. >> that's true. thanks, kareen. everything breaking in the entertainment world, "showbiz tonight" on hln. >>> do republicans dislike president obama so much they have lost their focus

>> no response right now, suzanne. the dow down about 37 points, but really not in response to kim jong il's death. it's more so because of light volume. we are heading into a holiday. christmas is over the weekend. you usually see light volume. what usually happens is light volume can create more exaggerated trades. you'll see more swings. case in point, stocks were higher in the early going. we had the dow up almost 60 points. now as i said, the dow is down 39. fewer investors taking part in the trade. financials are being hit the hardest. it seems investors are pretty much content to sit out the next week or two and kind of ride out the last two weeks of the year. suzanne? >> i know you've got some good news here for folks who are looking to get hired next year. they might have better luck, yeah? >> yeah, the jobs picture, it's looking a little brighter according to one survey saying that employers plan to do a little hiring at the beginning of next year. this is coming from staffing firm manpower. it looked at 18,0

suzanne? >> may i ask a question, miss levinson?a very frustrating experience for you having him gone and missing from you for so long. do you feel that your husband is still alive? >> yes, i do. >> okay. well, we wish you the very best and we certainly hope that the videotape will help find him. thank you. >> thank you. >>> she borrowed money for a one-way ticket to washington and when i met her at the libyan embassy she just had $40 in her pocket. she's desperate an her journey has been a difficult one. you may recall in the middle of libya's violent civil war, eman's story came to embody the cruelty of the gadhafi regime. it was back in march eman burst into this crowded aaa hotel room screaming that she had been raped by gadhafi soldiers. security guards with force dragged her out of the hotel to an unknown destination and attacked the journalist whose tried to help her. she was called a drunk and a whore by gadhafi's government, but for others she has been the face of defiance. >> i usually get harassed when i have to show my i

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hey, carol. >> hi, suzanne.afe to say the judge threw the book at rod blagojevich. 14 years for, among other things, selling a senate seat for personal political gain. make no mistake, u.s. district judge james vagel made an example of the man of a million hair jokes. >> sentence of 14 years on former governor blagojevich sends a strong message that the public has had enough and judges have had enough. this needs to stop. >> not many would disagree with that, but 14 years? dr. conrad murray only got four years for causing michael jackson's death. depaul law professor told "the chicago sun times" "i think it is outrageous. he likened the sentence to cruel and unusual punishment and added the judge and the prosecution went off the deep end on this one. after all, former congressman and majority leader tom delay appeared on "dancing with the stars" while charges of money laundering swirled around him. congressman bob nye got 30 months for conspiracy. congressman randy "duke" cunningham got eight years for accepting

>> well, suzanne, what we're trying to do is say, look, the american people and we just heard spokesmen for them saying why can't they work together. why can't they come to an agreement? well, that's exactly what happened in the united states senate. they didn't like the house bill, as a matter of fact harry reid tried to put the house bill that the house members are talking about on the floor and the republicans objected. what they did was -- in consultation with john boehner came to an agreement. >> right. >> that agreement had 89 senators out of 100 agree on a proposition that would continue the middle class tax cut, would give certainty and assurance that as of january 1st there wouldn't be a tax cut, give 48 million americans assurance that they would still have access to their medicare doctors and give 2.3 million americans an assurance they wouldn't lose their unemployment insurance and therefore their ability to support themselves and their families. >> at this point -- >> that's what we're urging us to dosh. >> at this point having known -- we know how we got to this point. >>

suzanne malveaux, much more of the newsroom. >> have a great weekend. >>> live from studio 7 i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for this friday, december 2nd. going to begin with encouraging news about the job market. the unemployment rate drops to its lowest level since marv 2009. that's according to november jobs report that was released just earlier today. the labor department says employers added 120,000 jobs last month. so the unemployment rate fell to 8.6%. much more ahead on the numbers and what that means for you. >>> this better than expected jobs report, welcome news on wall street as you can imagine. the dow climbed more than 80 points in early trading. right now it is up 92 points. investors are also on at tht opc that it is on the right track. merkel reaffirmed her confidence. >>> we expect to hear from president obama about the drop in the jobless rate just minutes from now. the president is also going to be outlining a plan to upgrade buildings, make them more energy efficient. the administration says it will create tens of thousands of construction jobs.

facebook.com/suzanne.ll read your responses later in the show. >>> in the 1:00 hour in the newsroom the postmaster general will talk live to cnn about the latest changes. >>> karina, obviously we'll start holiday shopping. this might be surprising for you because we're talking about 1 out of 11 folks across the country have sticky fingers. this national trade group says that shoplifting is going to cost retailers $119 billion this year alone. what are they taking? nike athletic shoes are a favorite. iphone 4 accessories. they're disappearing. some shop lifters, they've got to smell good. they steal axe deodorant and sprays among the most stolen items. what's the most shop lifted? >> i got full disclosure here. i know about the report so i do know what the number one most shop lifted item is. do you want me to give it away or do you want to give it away? it's filet mignon. >> i don't get that. >> do you get that? >> i'm not sure i really get that. >> how are you going to go carry that home? it's a messy ite

suzanne. good to see you. >> good to see you. i heard you call suzanne suzanne. that happens to everybody. >> please apologize. i saw that. you're the first one that comes to my mind. >> thanks. live from washington i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for this monday, december 12th. marking the end of the war in iraq, after almost nine years of bloodshed. right now president obama and the iraqi prime minister they're discuss r meeting to discuss the troop withdrawal. virtually all u.s. troops are going to be out of iraq by the end of the month. >>> president obama accuses republicans of playing politics now with the economy. this in an interview, cbs's ""60 minutes"," the president challenges the political partisanship. he says republican strategy cuts him off at the knees. >> i think the republicans made a different calculation, which was, you know what, we really screwed up the economy. obama seems popular. our best bet is to stand on the sidelines because we think the economy will get worse and at some point just blame him. so we haven't gotten

i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed.encouraging news about the job market. the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level since march of 2009. the labor department says employers added 120,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate fell to 8.6%. better than expected report was welcome news on wall street. the dow climbed more than 80 points in early trading. right now it is up by 32 points. >>> president obama says his latest initiative is going to put thousands of americans back to work. he brought former president bill clinton with him to a construction site in d.c. where he announced $4 billion for energy saving renovations at federal as well as private buildings. now the president also ripped the senate which blocked an extension of the payroll tax cut that happened last night. >> now's not the time to slam the brakes on the recovery. right now it is time to step on the gas. we need to get this done and i expect that it is going to get done before congress leaves. otherwise, congress may not be leaving and we can

i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for this tuesday, december 6th. the future of europe's economy is now in jeopardy. today a stern warning that something has to happen fast to actually save it. the credit rating agency standard & poor's says it may down grade 15 european countries unless there is strong action to fix the debt crisis there. well, right now on wall street, what are we watching here? traders closely watching how european heeders are taking on this challenge. the dow is currently up by 38 points. going to take a hard look at what this means for your finances as well as your retirement. what are we watching here? suicide bombers struck two cities in afghanistan today killing at least 58 people. the deadliest attack happened in kabul as worshippers marked a shiite holy day. the taliban suggests nato was behind the attacks to stir distrust between the sunni majority in afghanistan and the shiites. u.s. officials are now confirming a drone that crashed in eiran last week was on a reconnaissance mission involving both the cia and the militar

she said we're going to have a leader that comes, and suzanne, that says do you think? suzanne says, who do we have? >> ann says a couple of guys. mark warner is good. this is '04. she said mark warner is good. obama is capable of it. '04. >> really? >> so, you know, i forget your original question, but what was it? >> i don't know. it was great hearing you become ann richards. give us another line that's classic ann richards. >> it's not from the play, but i was struck by it when i heard her say in the film about her presences, her one on one politicians and campaigning. she says i feed off of people. people give me energy. i just suck everything out of an audience and friends. i literally absorb them into my being. in the physical absence, i feel kind of let down and sort of rung out, but whether i'm with people, i feel energized and excited and ready to take on anything. so she really had a delightful manner, but spoken many, many different ways. >> you know, i spent my white house years covering george w. bush, president bush. there is something about that texas acc

>> okay, suzanne.e're in right now you can ask just about anybody and they'll say every extra dollar counts. sure, if that texas cuts expires workers next year will wind up contributing two percentage points than more than they are this year. for dollars and cents for employees who make $35,000 a year that means they'll be paying an extra $700 a year. if you're making $50,000, it means you'll pay an extra $1,000. now it goes on and on. now if the cut is not extended, many economists say it could wind up taking a big bite out of economic growth but critics say when you look at way on how to jump-start the economy, the tax cut hasn't even proven to be the best way because it is not targeted to lower and middle income families who are more likely to spend that extra money than they're getting with each check whereas people who make on the high end over $100,000 are saving that money. while it is good to save, it doesn't necessarily help boost the economy. >> so when you look at this tax cut, is it going t

suzanne?> susan, the penn state officials, they reported -- testified in the grand jury testimony under oath that it was horseplay. explain to us how their version of the story is different than mcqueary's. >> well, perhaps we will hear that as the hearing goes on and perhaps their testimony to the grand jury will be entered into the record and we'll get more particulars, but they believe or they testified, according to the grand jury, that as you indicated, mcqueary wasn't specific with them about what he saw, that something sexual was going on but they didn't believe it was anything serious and, therefore, that's why they didn't report it to police. >> susan candiotti, thank you. we'll come back to you. >>> time to go cross-country for some of the stories that the cnns affiliates are covering. michael peterson walked out of jail yesterday after a judge ordered a new trial in the beating death of his wife ten years ago. kathleen peterson was found in a pool of blood at the bottom of the stair