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Call. so far the doj or at&t did not get very far in those conversations. >> and theyre also banking that if the doj puts forward as hadas suggests, selling off the turner networks including cnn, will that motivate the judges understanding of some kind of animus or motivation or intentionality in their pursuing this in the first place. >> a fat decision gets to the concern about political motivation. theres been concern for months that the trump administration was somehow trying to meddle in thi...

Warner content including turner is that at&t would have unfair leverage over their competitors, wed be able to get higher prices out of them, attract more subvibers and the government is alleging that your every day cable bills would go up. at&t says thats not the case but its ultimately up to the judge to decide that. >> why is that interesting? its interesting because while that is sometimes done in bench trials, okay, it does suggest that this judge is at least open to a compromise situation ...

What is the suggestion about the time involved in the deliberations? >> so the judge said that on june 12th hes going to hold a hearing and thats when he will announce his ruling on this case. he said theres a possibility that he could rule before hand but i dont think thats likely because he has noted many times that hes going to take a long time to reach this decision. his opinion will be more than 200 pages long. that june 12th date is only nine date before the deadline. some people are specu...

George sorres and cnn founder ted turner. many have given a lot of their wealth away, including turner who recently discussed his $1 billion gift to the united nations with cnns wolf blitzer. >> theres more international understanding than ever before. the united nations is making a real good contribution, thats like everything else, its no better than the people that run it. >> so youre happy with that donation? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: peter singer says even if the multibillionaires give away...

Know that philanthropy is personal and so to us, we dont care where people give, whether to the culture or climate or humanity or societal issues, but it is what is they are driven by to make them give and we want to make sure they are giving and there is a lot of energy around that. >> and now 40 families and individuals have signed up, including the man behind "star wars" george lucas and venture capitalist george sor ras and cnn founder ted turner. many on the list have given away a lot of th...