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Were only a small portion of their hotel expenditures in washington. they say they stay other places too, but i mean, for everything weve seen, i havent seen any firm denial here from the company that they may have been doing this at the trump hotel to try to curry favor with the trump administration and the president. whats your reading of this? >> youre right about this. we found john ledger, the ceo of t-mobile, we actually found him in the trump lobby. caught him there. oh, no, i stay here b...

2018, the day after as you said t-mobile announces this giant merger with sprint that will change the future of t-mobile if they get approval from the trump administration. that day the trump hotel was to expect nine of the executives checking in. its not nine people from the accounting department, nine of the top executives including the ceo. this is a place where weve seen a lot of groups, countries, interest groups with interests before the trump administration that have stayed at the trump h...

From politics. >> theyre not totally separate. trumps sons go on television defending the president, talking about politics, talking about the administration. so thats a ridiculous argument for them to make. >> well, also, you have to consider all the different ways that president trump could find out that this guy has been staying at his hotel. he doesnt have to have eric call him and tell him. one of the things john ledger did on the first night at the hotel was to walk around the lobby where ...

Of the union address waiting till after the government is reopened or deliberate as a written address toes congress. well have more details on that in a moment. david, lets go back to this t-mobile/sprint trump story. you write in the article, these visits is highlight a stark reality in washington. unprecedented in modern american history. trump, the president, works at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. trump the businessman owns a hotel at 1100 pennsylvania. walk us through, we can tell by the optics ...

>> thats the argument they will make. it costs billions of dollars to buy wireless spectrum through government auctions or acquiring other companies that own this spectrum. you look at the market caps, you can see, they are much smaller. a pretty good argument. really up to regulators to see at todays world or tomorrows world and in order to determine if this deal makes sense from a consumer standpoint. >> john ledger made the point just there, and weve heard him make it for years that hes alway...

And the phone company gets a little. >> verizon was sued back in 2012 for cramming and now t-mobile is being accused of it. john ledger has been on the business network and i was a bit surprised the company allowed this to happen. he said the charges are baseless and he is vow to fight the ftc. the big concern is for the company is the fcc. they are saying they are going to investigate it. if they go after t-mobile, big fines could ensue and those great cheap bills that consumers are getting if ...