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The federal judge in the case between at&t and time wa warner, cnn politics media and business reporter hadas gold was in the court. she joins us with more. what questions is the judge asking? >> this is really interesting because in this case it is only up to the judge, there is no jury in this case. anything the judge says, any questions he asks are notable. time warner could leverage their content, networks like cnn, hln or tnt to get better deals with cable distributors. one of those threats...

>> reporter: definitely. the comcast and nbc universal case was a little different because the justice department didnt sue to completely block the merger like they are in the att case. there is a settlement that judge leon, the same judge, presided over. in that case judge leon also imposed conditions because he wasnt a huge fan of the arbitration offer in that case. thats why our ears perked up yesterday when we heard him asked about the arbitration offer because of this past precedent. >> you...

The judge said if the trial goes into may, he wont have time to write this lengthy decision before that merger deadline. >> give us a preview of today. rockefeller were going to be hearing from a lot of at&t/time warner executives. the attorneys have let us know the next ten witnesses will be from the defense. theyll be hostile direct questioning because theyre not on the side of the justice department. were going to get pretty contentious questioning today. its going to be a lot of insider, wha...

Before agreeing to make a comeback in their quest for olympic gold. they competed in the past three winter olympics and have two bronze medals to show for it. fittingly the couple will begin their fourth attempt to win the top prize but she told him he had to put a ring on it before they would perform. she knew what she wanted. let us know what you think, twitter.msnbc.com. i love hearing from you and reach out when i can. people have a person of interest matt case of sommer thompson. weve bee...