there is a catch to verizon's offer. after using the first 22 gigabytes per month, customers could see their service slow. tom costello, nbc news, bethesda, maryland. >>> still ahead, treating lower back pain. new hope for relief without surgery or potentially addicting prescription drugs. >>> also the grammy moment that still has everyone talking tonight. >>> we're back with important news for the 80% of adults who suffer lower back pain at some point in life. before you turn to drugs, injections or surgery, new guidelines say you should try some other things first. therapies that in the past have been considered alternative treatments. nbc's kristen dalgren explains. >> so now all the muscles of the back are being gently released -- >> reporter: in allison west's class at yoga union they make it look easy. >> bend the knees. >> reporter: you might never know most students are here to overcome often crippling back pain. >> it is difficult to get out of bed and walk. >> reporter: monica afessi used to get cortisone injec

verizon was forced to do it. >> reporter: verizon's plan, unlimited data for $80 for a month for $45 a line for a family of four. the catch for consumers that bing watch on mobile, your data connection should slow. t mobile's ceo said why his company is offering unlimited plans for $70 a month. >> over 80% of the access to the internet is mobile. >> reporter: upping the andy on twitter, offering two lines for $100. >> you should look at your plan. you should look at your data. how much you're using per month and ask yourself if unlimited is worth going for.

verizon's new unlimited plan is $80 a month for one line or $180 for four lines. t mobile responding overnight by upping the ante, the ceo tweeting that his company is now offering two unlimited lines for $100 a month. these unlimited plans really make sense for the heavy smartphone users. if you're using your phone to stream music and video or as a mobile hot spot for your wi-fi, they will save you hundreds of dollars in overages a year. a lot of people, you get those surprise overages. with these unlimited plans you don't get that surprise. >> i'm a verizon customer with my kids on a plan. >> there you go. >> how easy is it for me to switch now because it sounds like it makes sense. >> it is simple to switch. if you want the advertised rates, you have to sign up for

indeed, where verizon pushes now. alex: you just got the reason why tim armstrong about verizon was willing to accept such a deal. they feel like they can put yahoo! and aol together. we have already reported that there was a conversation between verizon's ceo and the liberty media ceo about a massive deal for charter communications. we don't know if that will happen, but verizon is looking at 10-12 acquisitions after yahoo!, so getting this deal done allows them to move on to what ever is next. you have to think there is a high to likelihood that could be a bigger deal. on the other side, really, internet business is only a larger fraction of the company, so from yahoo!'s standpoint, they are willing to accept the discounted price to get a buyer for their property, but so they can monetize yahoo! japan and alibaba, which is the crux of yahoo!, and that is what they need to figure out. is someone going to buy this stuff from them? is it going to be alibaba? are they going to trade this stuff? all those are still outst

verizon had balked at the first price. now both companies are expected to share ongoing legal responsibilities related to the hacks. joining me now, alec sherman who helped break this story. talked to us about this discount. isn't that much? >> it is not that much. i think yahoo! shareholders are going to walk away from this fairly happy because there was a risk that verizon may walk away from the entire deal altogether. the game that has been going on, who has more to lose? i think yahoo! has more to lose. they would have been in a difficult position and they would have to rerun that sales option. they probably would not have gotten the high of a price. i think yahoo! has to walk away from this thing. we are happy with a discount of 250 million. that could go up a little bit. >> i spoke to the ceo of aol last week. the desire was really there to get their hands on yahoo! and its consumers. >> i'm hopeful the deal closes. we have a high appreciation for yahoo! overall. that is how simple it is. >> the valley change has bee

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verizon wireless is stealing the heat from its competitors starting today. unlimited data plans his first time doing so in six years. bellicosity dollars a month, only $10 more than a current verizon plan with gigabytes of monthly data. the move comes after verizon cautioned that and sales growth this year will be flat compared to last year. more record highs coming up. dow 29 and the s&p nasdaq holding on to win 20 games thus far in the free market. that's a look at what's happening right now. nicole: vaster companies in the u.s. and $70 billion on digital advertising and some of that money is now ending up in the hands of terror groups. fox news douglas kennedy has the story. >> a florida at pops up on a site supporting israel martyrs. a hyundai commercial rents before it ideas supporting hezbollah. welcome to the murky world of online advertising, were commercials for big companies are now being placed on videos that promote jihads and terror. bob hoffman a former ad exec and asked her to online as those. he says advertisers are often left in the dark abo

verizon had balked at the first price. are expectedanies to share ongoing legal responsibilities related to the hacks. now, alec sherman who helped break this story. talked to us about this discount. isn't that much? >> it is not that much. i think yahoo! shareholders are going to walk away from this fairly happy because there was a risk that verizon may walk away from the entire deal altogether. ,he game that has been going on who has more to lose? i think yahoo! has more to lose. they would have been in a difficult position and they would have to rerun that sales option. they probably would not have gotten the high of a price. i think yahoo! has to walk away from this thing. ofare happy with a discount 250 million. that could go up a little bit. to the ceo of aol last week. the desire was really there to get their hands on yahoo! and its consumers. >> i'm hopeful the deal closes. we have a high appreciation for yahoo! overall. that is how simple it is. >> the valley change has been negotiated now. what about the next ste

brand and merge its technology with aol, which verizon acquired in 2015. the deal now goes to yahoo! shareholders for approval. it's expected to close in mid april. kate: the euro zone economy is improving. in february, manufacturing and service activity grew at its strongest rate since april 2011, according to the month emi survey. a reading above 50 indicates growth, and you can see there was an activity spike last month to 56 for this month. the weaker euro helped offset the boost from orders abroad. france outstripped germany with its highest pmi in nearly six years. the strong economic growth could play a role in france's upcoming presidential election. the candidates will be tuning in to see how the economy fares. the data helped boost european markets, the dax leading with gains over 1.1%. and just really boosted by strong results in the mining industry. the ftse was dragged down by the banking sector. tray,ergy sectors pushing oil prices have risen about 2% after opec said it expects numbers to continue to climb with that agreement to scale back ou

this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> verizon will be getting to operate unlimited data. -- verizon begin to offer unlimited data. t-mobile ushered in the move to unlimited data. steadfast refusal to run -- to offer unlimited data. deal announced this week would reduce the price of the original $4.8 billion deal like $250 million. verizon had balked at the first price. are expectedpanies to share ongoing legal responsibilities related to the hack. yahoos shareholders will walk away from this fairly happy. there was a risk that verizon might walk away from the entire deal altogether. the game that has been going on over the past few months has been, who has more to lose? yahoo! has more to lose. they would have been in a very difficult position. they would have to rerun that tells option. .t took months and months they would not have gotten as high a price. verizon was the obviously -- was obvious buyer. they will walk away from this thing. we're pretty happy with only a discount of $250 million. that number may change, it could go up a little bit. it will be in that ballpark. >> alex, i spoke to t

and verizon, but also on apple. we are talking deals there and maybe lack thereof when it comes to apple. alex: right, apple has this enormous cash pile, hundreds of millions of dollars, and tim cook, their ceo, has signaled over the last 12 to 18 months that apple might be finally willing to do some bigger deals. they have never really done deals in the 40 plus year history of the company. they have really just grown products organically, shining away from m&a. but tim cook has made the investment world think they are getting ready to do something big. we have not seen it. my colleague alex webb dug into that to figure out why they have not done this. part of the reason they have not if they are not structured to do big deal as a company. they don't have a very big m&a team. they don't have a history of doing deals. they don't like working with investment bankers, so the mechanics of being able to do a deal is not easily there for them. not to say they won't, but i do think the investment community has sort of scra

verizon has new deal with unlimited date. tweeting, i wrote a v-day poem to verizon. roses are magenta, customers are too. now all offered to varying stenlts unlimited data. that had continues to ramp up. sprint has the cheapest plan. then t-mobile. they do drop the price followed by verizon. most expensive is time warner cable. they've lowered prices, rolled out aggressive marketing that criticizes the arrives. analysts say tx sxhoebl to a lesser extent sprint have been very successful. while consumers have been happy, investors, not so much. if you look at shares of the stocks, at&t, the sprint, the takeaway. if carriers offering more for less, where does future earnings growth come from? we should be getting more on that. >> all right. thank you very much. what do we think? is it a race to the bottom? >> yep, sold, sold, sold. >> specially verizon. i think verizon is a no touch. >> hold on. >> i'm not a fan of this. >> i think this is a, when you have verizon last month saying they were not going to offer this as service, right? and now they're saying they're going

and verizon won it all. clean sweep. (woman) do they get a trophy? not that i know of. but you get unlimited data done right. $45 per line. why don't they dress up? why are you dressed up? do they get a gift bag? i no. gonna say no. can i go now? they're playing me out, so that's it, all right. (vo) not just unlimited. verizon unlimited. 4 lines, just $45 per line. i say we own it.xperience become something to hide? lose all that negativity. just let it go. it's just bad energy. oh, and lose those terrible black balloons they give you on your 50th. what's up with that? hey we hear you. that's why our members love aarp the magazine. it celebrates you. with fun and provocative content, from lifestyle and entertainment to in-depth reporting. and it's just one of the great benefits of membership. if you don't think "this is right for me" when you think aarp, then you don't know "aarp". get to know us at aarp.org/possibilities >> announcer: the oscars will continue in a moment, here on abc. ♪ "if he were allowe

verizon was forced to do it. >> reporter: reviverizon's new , unlimited data for $80 a month. or $45 a line for a family of 4. the catch potentially for consumers who binge watch on mobile once you top 22 gigabytes your data connection could slow. t-mobile's ceo who told me last month why his company's now exclusively offering unlimited plans for $70 a month. >> it's gotten to the point where over 80% of the access to the internet is mobile. >> reporter: upping the ante today on twitter, offering two lines for $100. >> you should look at your plan, your data, how much you are using per month, and asking if unlimited is worth going for. >> reporter: if you are using

and verizon won it all. clean sweep. (woman) do they get a trophy? not that i know of. but you get unlimited data done right. $45 per line. why don't they dress up? why are you dressed up? no. gonna say no. can i go now? they're playing me out, so that's it, all right. (vo) not just unlimited. verizon unlimited. 4 lines, just $45 per line. i say we own it.xperience become something to hide? lose all that negativity. just let it go. it's just bad energy. oh, and lose those terrible black balloons they give you on your 50th. what's up with that? hey we hear you. that's why our members love aarp the magazine. it celebrates you. with fun and provocative content, from lifestyle and entertainment to in-depth reporting. and it's just one of the great benefits of membership. if you don't think "this is right for me" when you think aarp, then you don't know "aarp". get to know us at aarp.org/possibilities >> announcer: the oscars will continue in a moment, here on abc. at dominion, we're putting our energy to work cr

indeed, where verizon pushes now with yahoo! consumers. alex: you just got the reason from tim armstrong about why verizon was willing to accept such a low discount there. they want yahoo! to feel like they can put yahoo! and aol together. part of why they want yahoo! is so that he can move on. we have already reported that there was a conversation between verizon's ceo and the liberty media ceo potentially about doing a massive deal for charter communications. we don't know if that will happen. it was very preliminary, but we do know that verizon is looking at 10-12 acquisitions after yahoo!, so getting this deal done allows them to move on to what ever is next. you have to think there is a high likelihood that that could be a bigger deal than yahoo!. on the other side, really, yahoo!'s internet business is the a small fraction of larger company, so from yahoo!'s standpoint, they are willing to accept the discounted price to get a buyer for their property, but also so that they can monetize yahoo! japan and alibaba, which is really the cr

dish makes a ton of sense for verizon. >> do you think verizon should dump the yahoo! deal and do a deal that has a bigger picture. >> absolutely. i never made sense of the yahoo! deal myself. i don't think it's makes a meaningful inroad for them in sort of the content, media, digital media space. they need to fix their wireless business. that's capital they should do. >> what it does do it shows they need to go elsewhere for growth. that's the one thing. if you look at the u.s. market, it is mature. not that many new subscribers looking to the market looking for a phone for the first time. they are dealing with market share issues. as we go forward, i agree with jonathan, m and a is most likely for the company, dish could make sense. cable makes less sense for them at this point. more than anything what it shows is that when you look two to three years out from now verizon will be a different company from what it is today where they can get growth that they can't get today. >> thank you both for being here. >> we should mention the poem that legere tweeted. he said he

indeed, where verizon pushes now with yahoo! consumers. alex: you just got the reason from tim armstrong about why verizon was willing to accept such a low discount there. they want yahoo! to feel like they can put yahoo! and aol together. part of why they want yahoo! is so that he can move on. we have already reported that there was a conversation between verizon's ceo and the liberty media ceo potentially about doing a massive deal for charter communications. we don't know if that will happen. it was very preliminary, but we do know that verizon is looking at 10-12 acquisitions after yahoo!, so getting this deal done allows them to move on to what ever is next. you have to think there is a high likelihood that that could be a bigger deal than yahoo!. on the other side, really, yahoo!'s internet business is only a small fraction of the larger company, so from yahoo!'s standpoint, they are willing to accept the discounted price to get a buyer for their property, but also so that they can monetize yahoo! japan and alibaba, which is really t

indeed, where verizon pushes now. >> you got the reason why verizon was willing to accept such a deal. they feel like they can put yahoo! and aol together. we have already reported that there was a conversation between verizon's ceo and the virgin media ceo about a massive deal for charter communications. we don't know if that will happen, but verizon is looking at 10-12 acquisitions after yahoo!, so getting this deal done allows them to move on to what ever is next. you have to think there is a to likelihood that could be a bigger deal. fraction of larger the company, so from yahoo! standpoint, they are willing to accept the discounted price to get a buyer for their property, but so they can monetize yahoo! japan and alibaba, which is the crux of yahoo!, and that is what they need to figure out. is somebody going to buy this stuff? would it be alibaba? all those are still outstanding questions. caroline: you are a disney man. i want to make the most of you while you are on the show. also on apple, we are talking deals there and maybe lack there of when it comes to apple. cashple has

so both below what verizon's offering to the point being verizon, you know, carl, has always relied on the network and the quality of the network. the other question here also is, well, t-mobile and sprint, antitrust, i mean look at what competition has helped do by keeping those two companies separate. if you allow them to get together, would that be seen as more of a competitive threat for verizon or perhaps pulling back? >> yep. i'm looking at some stats now. a number of songs streamed in the u.s. this is audio and video. in 2013 about $100 billion. last year $431 billion. a piece in "new york post" this morning about bezos and amazon's aspirations quoting sources inside the company, whoever they may be. >> right. >> saying one day you'll see an amazon channel the way you now turn to hbo for just straight linear content. >> doesn't seem unlikely. although of course the post reporting on that supermarket weren't exactly accurate according to bezos. but, jim, this goes back to like hd video not limiting you the quality of the video for this unlimited offering. >> yeah, look, i just th

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verizon's plan is $80 plus taxes and $45 for an additional line. t-mobile's is $70 or 2 lines for $100. those prices are inlcuding all fees and taxes. sprint's unlimited plan is $50 a month plus taxes and $40 for an additional line.so if you just have one line sprint offers the cheapest unlimited plan. but since t-mobile prices include all fees and taxes if you have two lines they are the best deal. now a couple important notes here. you can only get at&t's unlimited plans if you also subscribe and pay for their home tv or internet services they offer through uverse or direc tv.sprint offers the cheapest single plan but with their unlimited data you can only stream sd quality video. so if you want hd, the best video image possible when streaming videos to your phone. avoid sprint. all of the carriers will throttle the data once you reach a certain amount of gigs in the month. here are those numbers.. you can see t-mobile gives you the most before they throttle. throttle means once you hit that amount of gigs of data your phone will start to act slo

there is a catch to verizon' offer. after using the first 22 giga bites per month, customers could see their service slow. tom costello, nbc news bethesda, maryland. >> well, it's kind of interesting because i got an unlimited plan from t-mobile back in the day. it was presidethe only provider time. that was the source of competition. you don't necessarily use all of that data. >> scott mcgrew broke it down yesterday. you don't use as much as you think, even if you're a teenager. >> we always want more. we'll be back. with the xfinity tv app, anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. right now everyone is keepin cle oroville dam and it's spiays. crews are working on releasi >>> right now everyone is keeping a close eye on the oroville dam and its spill ways. crews are working on releasing waters fast

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verizon was forced to do it. >> reporter: verizon's new plan, unlimited data for $80 a month. or $45 a line for a family of 4. the catch, potentially for consumers who binge watch on mobile, once you top 22 gigabytes, your data connection could slow. t-mobile's ceo told me last month why his company's now offering unlimited plans for $70 a month. >> it's gotten to the point where over 80% of the access to the internet is mobile. >> reporter: upping the ante on twitter, offering two lines for $100. >> you should look at your plan, you should look at your data, how unlimited is worth going for. >> reporter: if you are using your smartphone to stream lots of music and videos and as a wi-fi hot spot, these unlimited plans could save you hundreds of dollars a year. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >>> our thanks to rebecca. coming up in our next half hour, and the bachelor analyst standing by with all you need to know from last night's show and then the other stuff. >> we'll be right back. cines' wearing off. i'm dragging. yeah, that stuff only lasts a few hours. or, take mucine

outpacing postpaid net gains made by at&t, verizon and sprint. t-mobile is doing a better job of retaining customers. take a look at the declining term rate for postpaid subscribers. there is an overall downward trend, which shows the rate of customers that stopped subscribing to t-mobile services is falling. keeping the customers improved the annual adjusted earnings. riod,e last reporting pe they raise their forecast to as high as $10.4 billion. t-mobile customer gains come at a cost. the average reddit new -- revenue per user has been relatively flat. coming ins will be for t-mobile, down 1.5% from the preceding quarter. the ceo, who will be on bloomberg on tuesday, will talk about that subscriber gains. in a move that highlights the price presser in wireless, we saw verizon introduced unlimited data plans after abandoning them years ago. this drove t-mobile share prices lower. caroline: coming up, we'll be t-mobile's results. we will be speaking the -- to the ceo of t-mobile. the pentagon is paying hackers to test its internal systems for wea

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that is why verizon stock price is down. this, frankly, for a company of that size, is more or less a rounding error at this point. the $300 million, i mean, they can't even -- they can find that in their couch over at verizon. >> david, thank you very much for that. david faber in new york. >>> with about 27 minutes left. 37 minutes left, excuse me, to go before the bell. we are looking at record all-time highs for all the three major indices. the dow higher by about 0.5%. the s&p leading the charge, 0.6%. banks outperforming. >>> up next, billionaire investor's right hand man on airlines and apple. >>> kevin brady tells us what happened in his meeting with top retail executives worried about the proposed border adjustment tax. plus, former economic adviser to the president tells us why she thinks china and japan are currency manipulators. back here on "the closing bell" in just a couple of minutes. s n retir tir s n neve yoenreprep tre?plplouirg tiretitiwi eade.ts ands st invet d inveve.. sitrm ar >>> welcome back. warren

this just happened to affect verizon phones. folks did some interesting things to do some work-arounds on all of this. for some people who live in this dupont circle neighborhood, it's been a trying weekend. those who happened to be verizon customers it's been like the dark side of the moon. >> we lost the ability to send and receive phone calls. >> reporter: it's been that way since friday. there have been periods where services worked but the only work around for people was to just to call customer service. >> my husband called from five blocks north. >> reporter: she went five blocks in the other direction for the same purpose and they both got some answer. >> we're working on it, no updates. same thing on sunday,morning. >> reporter: verizon says the problem was isolated. it's more than just an inconvenience for some, though. there are alarm systems that rely on these networks. >> we utilize them a lot to bring up apps for control panels, programming. if we can't access that, that's a burden on us. >> reporter: verizon says

and verizon has been ranked number one for the 7th time in a row by rootmetrics. (man) hey, uh, what's rootmetrics? it's the nation's largest independent study and it ranked verizon #1 in call, text, data, speed and reliability. (woman) do they get a trophy? not that i know of. but you get unlimited done right. (man 2) why don't they get a trophy? (man 3) they should get something. (woman 2) how about a plaque? i have to drop this. my arm's getting really tired. unlimited on verizon. 4 lines, just $45 per line. >>> judas iscariot, the man who betrays jesus. the question is, why? >> does judas know what he's doing? does judas resent jesus, or is he just disillusioned, or is he just confused? >> we don't know what made judas do what he did. i can imagine a lot of different motives. >> in the gospel of matthew, judas betrays jesus for 30 pieces of silver. >> for me, greed doesn't work as a motive because judas spent the last one to three years traipsing around the judean desert and galilee presumably for no money. so why now all of a sudden is this person greedy? >>

verizon's plan is $80 plus taxes and $45 for an additional line. t-mobile's is $70 or 2 lines for $100. those prices are inlcuding all fees and taxes. sprint's unlimited plan is $50 a month plus taxes and $40 for an additional line.so if you just have one line sprint offers the cheapest unlimited plan. but since t-mobile prices include all fees and taxes if you have two lines they are the best deal. now a couple important notes here. you can only get at&t's unlimited plans if you also subscribe and pay for their home tv or internet services they offer through uverse or direc tv.sprint offers the cheapest single plan but with their unlimited data you can only stream sd quality video. so if you want hd, the best video image possible when streaming videos to your phone. avoid sprint. all of the carriers will throttle the data once you reach a certain amount of gigs in the month. here are those numbers.. you can see t-mobile gives you the most before they throttle. throttle means once you hit that amount of gigs of data your phone will start to act slo

verizon is 80 bucks a month for data, talk and text and $45 for extra lines. verizon said it wasn't considering unlimited plans. >>> adele may have triumphed over beyonce, but sony is the big winner. david bowie is also a sony artist. back to you. >> i'm sure they are all still celebrating. landon, thank you. >>> still ahead, have you ever netflix cheated on your significant other? plis, spicey returns to "snl" and blows away the competition. you are watching "early today." i will never wash my hair again. i will never never wash my hair again now, i fuel it new pantene doesn't just wash your hair, it fuels it. with the first pro-v nutrient blend, making every... ...strand stronger don't just wash your hair fuel it fuel your hair. because strong is beautiful. what's the best way to get two servings of veggies? v8 or a powdered drink? ready, go. ahhhhhhhh! shake! shake! shake! shake! shake! done! you gotta shake it! i shake it! glad i had a v8. the original way to fuel your day. take delsym, the #1 12-hour uncontrolcough medicine. it helps control the impulse t

it takes two weeks to effect. >> verizon unlimited data plan is back. the wireless provider is plan they got rid of 6 years ago. pay $80 a month for a sinkle line un-- single line with unlimited talking and texting. verizon made the new optionble after some competitors rolled out t own unlimited plan. >> the "ac on new stories tonight beginning at 4:00 p.m. let's check in vitarelli with a look ahe >> reporter: t-minus 24 hours to day. tune in at 4:00 p.m.wn the drugstore find and we gem that cost les thann rose. >>> man in france is suing a popular ride sharing app claiming it cost him his marriage. >>> your is for being rude. researchers say why man's best friend has a morale comp pus. we'll see at 4:00 p.m. >> thanks alicia. >> windy, accuweather forecast when "action news" comes right back. >> ell us about the windy accuweather forecast. i was telling ric my car was moving on the highway this morning. >> she had the top down, too. >> reporter: storm tracke scan, it is windy out there, at least we don't have any precipitation the poconos and a couple

yahoo is being bought by verizon but the deal will be less than expected. >> plus a shoot out that killed an innocent mother from northern california >> we have more coming up on ktvu news after the break . >>> verizon will get a discount in its deal to buy yahoo because of two big data breaches that raised concerns about the company's value. the deal is expected to close between april and june, it will combine yahoo's search and messenger assets with verizon's aol unit. >>> wells fargo has fired four senior managers in the sales division, is because of the findings last year that bank employees opened more than 2 million accounts that may not have been authorized by customers. >>> a judge in stockton today sentenced a bank robber to life in prison for using a woman as a human shield against the police. jaime ramos and two or men robbed a bank of the west branch. they took two women hostage, one of the hostages, misty holt- singh was killed. her family was at today's sentencing hearing. >> they killed my daughter, she was taken from me. >> the emptiness will always be there but we will al

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verizon says we're buying yahoo and aol. look, you busted but maybe this is a new one and you need conte content? >> do you buy that? hello, i'm randall stevenson speaking to you from pebble beach where we will be golfing. >> you're not allowed to imit e imitate. >> why -- >> can you -- >> industries change, why do you need to fail in the one that you're in? >> maybe it is just this is a device and you need content? hey, let's not rule it out. they can't be stupid and stupider. >> why every time you need to do something, do you need to use the balance sheet and own and control the next move? why do you have to pay 50 billion for direct tv and $85 billion to buy timewarner? right? why? let me tell you, you don't. here is your smart phone. everybody that has one, picks it up and listen to all these suits and say, you know, the young kid with the phone says what the hell is a cable industry? what's a wireless industry? i don't know what that is. >> why -- >> i want to pick that up and watch what i want to watch where i want and

verizon. (mic thuds) uh, sorry. it's unlimited without compromising reliability, on the largest, most advanced 4g lte network in america. (thud) uh... sorry, last thing. it's just $45 per line. forty. five. (cheering and applause) and that is all the microphones that i have. (vo) unlimited on verizon. 4 lines, just $45 per line. [cheers and applause] - think about it. we know more about donald trump, right? we know more about donald trump than we know about most people in power. we know that he prefers robert pattinson to kristen stewart. we know that he thinks diet coke in a scam. which is really sad. and as of last week, we now know that he calls himself the djt ratings machine. that's gonna be him. at the united nations, they're gonna be like, the presidente [indistinct] la germany, angela markel! the presidente united states, djt ratings machine! he's gonna come in with the lights bouncing... [beatboxing] "wrong." - both houses still haven't figured out which voice to use when reading president trump's tweets on

. >> the first look at business a good deal if you're verizon customer, verizon wireless is offering customers unlimited data, $80 a month. verizon has not offered unlimited data since 2012, but many are reintroducing the option. >>> gas prices are coming down, industry experts say prices have falling 5 cents a gallon in the last week even though there's a slight rise in the price of crude oil. >>> the dow was points this morning, this morning futures are pointing to a higher open. >>> disney is raising prices on entry tickets to disney world, it will cost $115 for regular days. the 124-dollar for peak time that will be the same. you can look for value tickets during sometime of the year, those go for $107. this is before you bought anything to eat or stuff. disney is the parent company of 6abc. >> the mouse is the boss. >> adele sweeps the grammy awards. we'll take a look at the winners and most memorable moments in the show. >> reporter: many watch the west minister dog show like college basketball, and it could pay off, we'll explain. >> a teenager from florida recovering from a t

verizon. (mic thuds) uh, sorry. it's unlimited without compromising reliability, on the largest, most advanced 4g lte network in america. (thud) uh... sorry, last thing. it's just $45 per line. forty. five. (cheering and applause) and that is all the microphones that i have. (vo) unlimited on verizon. 4 lines, just $45 per line. slow wifi at home... guess i'm studyingthat is rough.night. you know... ipad pro has lte like your phone, so you can get internet pretty much anywhere. anywhere! [cheers and applause] - it was a really jam-packed weekend so let's get right to the big story this weekend. - millions take to the streets marching against the new commander in chief. - huge rallies led by women in washington, around the country, and around the world. - on every continent, they turned out. - 3 million people took part... - there was a point to the sea of pink hats. - what are these hats called? - no, no. you know what? no, no. when a woman wears a pussy hat, it's a political act, but if i wear a penis hat, then i g

so this deal is a better deal for verizon. >> a little bit. some were thinking it could be a bigger discount. i heard 500 million, even $1 billion. is less but it is relatively small. it is a haircut, not a big -- that is a lot of money. especially because this is -- the 4.5 billion gets them -- >> that is what folks were thinking. we could be seeing that much of a discount. we thought it would still happen. after the hacks and there was a serious question about whether they could make this work. there is a big deal, not only one hack was exposed but too. -- two. cory: one issue is what do they know and when did they know it, did they know verizon was part of the negotiations so they keep this secret after they knew about it, what do we know about that? >> we know that a lot of this has got to have some kind of resolution. that is what analysts are saying. verizond they tell before the deal went down? >> from what we understand in september that was when the first hack was revealed. this was first relayed well after that. in july. the deal was

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unlimited on verizon. 4 lines, just $45 per line. >>> i grew up in poverty, you know, i grew up in apartments that were condemned and rat-infested. and i just always sort of wanted to be somebody. and i just wanted to be good at something. and so this is sort of like the miracle of god of dreaming big and just hoping that it sticks and it lands, and it did. who knew? >> viola davis there, winner of the best supporting actress. great speech on stage, a great press conference backstage at the oscars, and she is definitely somebody. >> gorgeous. >> back with us, mary lou henner. and i think i pronounce it differently every time, fandango correspondent, louis witt tell. there weren't the sort of anti-trump tirades. trump supporter and former arkansas governor mike huckabee kind of set the stage. this is what he tweeted. watch the celebs spew ignorant political venom at the oscars? nah, i think i'd rather have a colonoscopy. it didn't quite work out that way, did it. >> no, i need to respond to that tweet real quickly. i'm going to quote

a verizon spokesperson tells me this was isolated to a single cell tower. it gets a lot of people to thinking about how important cell phones are and how precarious sometimes those connections can be. we've come to rely on them. the cell phone. we may even take them for granted. like the old addage you don't miss your water until your well runs dry, verizon says -- >> we lost the ability to send and receive phone calls including to 911. >> first it was me. i thought did i not pay my bill. >> reporter: folks in this dupont circle neighborhood say they've had similar experiences with verizon wireless service. it's particularly vexing for whose who have given up on land line service. >> i had to go five blocks south in 30 degree weather. >> reporter: that's it. you have to walk out of the cell. it's an electromagnetic coverage area between towers. >> we can't get internet service on your phone. it just sits there and spins. >> reporter: verizon says they're aware of the problem and in this dead zone, it's caused a decision to forego the land line. >> it defini

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>> caller: i know you've been a fan of verizon and at&t. about a year ago, i bought verizon for the growth and dividend. after this last quarter, you seemed to be more concerned about verizon losing revenue to other companies. i have a small loss now and wanted your take on whether to keep my long term and give it more time or look for an opportunity to get into at&t or something else. >> i'm not going to flit in and out of verizon but i have to admit that john lezure at t-mobile and sprint, they've come on very strong and verizon needs to address that. they need to accelerate their growth. they need to take back what they're losing and not ruin their margins. but that yield is fine. it's not their time right now. they got to step up their game. verizon has got to get stronger. andy in california, andy. >> caller: hey, jimmy, how you doing? >> i am having a good day. how about you, partner? >> caller: excellent, thank you. hey, i'm a little concerned about starbucks stock prices. it's been taking a beating about the last ten days or so, and

unlimited on verizon. 4 lines, just $45 per line. is. >>> president trump has repeatedly said but never offered prove that a millions voted illegally in the 2016 election. so the state of ohio and other states decided to look into what is there in their own voter rolls. what did they find? joining us now secretary of state jon husted. thank you for joining us. appreciate you taking this on. is what is your headline out of the 11.5 million people in the state, almost 8 million registered voters, what did you find? >> well, we do a review every two years on noncitizen voting. and we use driver's license data. and we found 385 noncitizens on the rolls and 82 of them that voted in the most recent election. so these are the facts and we do this to try to help put them out there so people can understand the scope which i like to describe as voter fraud among noncitizens exists. it's rare. we hold people accountable. and we have ideas on how we can improve the system. >> so what did you find out about how? how did 385 he voting rolls? >> on

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