shelter, our senior media correspondent and jeffrey toobin. a scathing decision by this federal judge, jeffrey, not only ruling in favor of the merger but also warning the government, don't think about a stay or an appeal. >> you know, this was such a fiasco for the justice departme it raises the question of why this lawsuit was brought in the first place. conservatives, republicans generally done believe in stopping mergers. the only thing we know about the origin of this case is that caidate trump and donald trump denounced this merger in advance and also indicated, as we have heard many times, thate hates cnn and, thus, really raises the question of whether this case was a vendetta ordered by the white house against cnn's parent coany. the judge in the case did not allow evidence on that question. journalists certainly have the opportunity to ask that question. the issue of why this case was brought remains very much alive.