we will consider multiple options to look at things that accelerate the uncarrier. have been consistent on that all along. >> if it happens, you are the guy in charge, but if it does not happen, you are the guy who has to figure out what to do, how else do you add scale and spectrum -- dish? >> you know my opinion. with a transaction, without a transaction, i am hugely in favor of john legere being in charge of anything. that is my position on that. you know i has said many times that there are multiple players, multiple options for the company. and i'm not going to comment on any specific one. you can figure out, how do you get scale, how do you get spectrum, how do you get capital. one way is to move aggressively, raise capital, participate in the auctions. and then various accelerants exist internationally, domestically. there is great interest in t-mobile. we will consider any option that exists for the shareholders. t-mobile,gere, ceo of who is a huge fan of himself. world's largest smart phone maker, facing a serious challenge due to growing competition from c

we will consider options to look at things that accelerate the uncarrier. there are multiple players, multiple options for the companies, variant -- various accelerants exist. i think it is clear there is great interest in t-mobile. now we know a week ago iliad came to t-mobile with this bid. it sounds to me like john legere is open to it. >> multiple accelerants internationally. someone that can give them money to build out faster. the problem is, iliad is a smaller company than t-mobile. smaller revenues. ,hey made this incredible save they said they have $10 million in synergy, that is the operating expense for t-mobile. aggressive action of a guppy trying to swallow a fish. >> who is in charge? what happens with the leadership? this is a story we will continue to follow. ow is the worlds largest smartphone maker facing a crisis due to growing competition from chinese companies? we break down the numbers behind samsung electronics and we will look at the uncertainty surrounding the company's family dynasty, next on "bloomberg west ." ♪ >> welcome back to

the uncarrier revolution is important for u.s. wireless and it will continue and our growth creating competition over the long-term depends on scale, depends on capital and depends upon us being this aggressor. gerri: now, while ledger may call himself the uncarrier, the youth he is not that different from his competitors. that is because tonight the federal trade commission is suing t-mobile for charging customers of hundreds of millions of dollars for services they didn't order in a practice known as cramming. here with more is consumer expert clark howard. hi, there, clark. thanks for being with us. >> great to see you. gerri: describe cramming. what is it? >> it a despicable practice that happened in the phone business and in the banking business. the phone company enters into a deal with whoever the marketer is that is selling whatever service they claim to be selling phone company or bank looks the other way, takes 35 or 40% of the action, charges start appearing on credit card statement, or bank statement, or in this case y

t mobile introduced the uncarrier push as it tries to eliminate contracts all together.will keep our eye on t mobile for you. heather and ainsley, back to you. >>> thank you. lauren. >> bill ayers the leader of the weather under ground is talking. the weather under ground was a domestic terror group accused of several attacks against our country back in the 70s. ayers in an exclusive interview admits it could be pushed to bomb again. >> you say in your book you can't image putting a bomb in a building today but you can't image dismissing bombing it entirely all together. >> you are taking that sentence in a funny way. i am saying it was so long ago. it seems so long ago and so far away like another world. on the other hand, as violent and nuts as we can be as a country i can't completely say no i would never ever rise up in opposition in a very serious way. i can't say i wouldn't. i doubt it i am 70 years old. it is unlikely, but i think i wanted to say there i am not committed to nonviolence. >> he said we live in the moe violent city around. we are involved in war crim

on sprint in the battle fighting for the colorful magenta t-mobile which likes to call itself the uncarrier. t-mobile stocks soaring, one of the few doing well today. it's seeing a 6.5% gain or about $2.04. ashley webster in the chair with the details. >> reporter: ilead confirms offer of $15 billion to buy 56.6% of t-mobile u.s. at $33 a share. it values the remaining percentage of t-mobile at $40.50 a share, an overall valuation of $36.20 a share which represents a 17% premium to yesterday's close. the stock is surging. shares of t-mobile surging since the news of the offer became public. last month t-mobile agreed on the outlines of a merger with sprint but analysts believe u.s. regulators are likely to block that tie-up due to concerns over the reduction of competition. all of this comes after t-mobile u.s. released q2 earnings showing a beat on the top and bottom line and the addition of 1.5 million new customers in the second quarter. earlier today, fbn's maria bartiromo asked t-mobile ceo john ledger where new growth would come from? >> not just organic growth but inorganic options t

the qualitative aspects of our business are making people wonder what's happening with the uncarrier.ch, i feel like you're framily. you don't need to merge into these numbers. you can just go it alone. that's how i look at it. >> is this the long-rumored david faber announced inside discussions? >> come on, man. my reporting is not based on rumor. it's based on fact. i know that there continue to be long, long held discussions between sprint and t-mobile and your parent company, of course, deutsche telecom. you're going to pass sprint let's call it within a year. do you need sprint as much as perhaps they need you? >> yeah, a couple of things. it's not potentially and it's not a year. in the past few years, you've seen a dramatic difference on two companies. what i've tried to outline all along is that what's happening with t-mobile is the organic evolution of this company for the short to medium term. this is how people feel. >> give us one second. there's the opening trade of syf. i think bob might be over by post five. bob, are you there? i see a lot of boom mics in that general d

they go by this uncarrier strategy. they have eliminated contracts and international roaming and other kinds of things like that. and this is a black eye for them clearly, you know. they have done well they have gained customers and all of a sudden there's this hundreds of millions of dollars -- >> how do you know if you're a victim of cramming? >> well you don't always know and that's the issue here. it's always a good idea of course, to check your bill. >> an itemized one. >> absolutely absolutely. >> let me make sure i understand what impact do you think this might have on the merger? >> it's unclear what impact. it's not good news but do i think this would stop a merger? probably not at the end of the day. >> thank you, ed baig. >>> an alert for parents this morning about an expanded recall of baby car seats. it's now the largest recall of its kind in american history. nearly two million infant car seats made by graco are on the new list. food and dried up liquid can make harness buckles harder to open over time. th