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Progress. >> im natasha bertrand at the pentagon. >> and this is cnn loved much more on trumps historic hush money trial. i had the right now, were also getting a clear indication of the impact of israels overnight strike on iran. satellite images obtained exclusively by cnn and then show no extensive damage and an iranian airbase believed to be the main target cnns nic robertson reports directed tax by the two countries appear to be over at least for now ambiguity, not escalation irans response...

Jarrett williams smith shared bomb making techniques on facebook and other online platforms. they also say he plotted to target cnn, and he talked about targeting presidential candidate beto orourke. in at least one of these plots, an fbi bomb tech who was later consulted said if the bomb had been properly constructed it could have detonated. >> reporter: the 24-year-old u.s. army soldier is accused of sharing bomb making instructions over facebook and talking about blowing up an unidentified ma...

Usually critique on the left. and on the other side free market conservatives say the government should stay out of these mergers. now the republican doj is trying to block this merger. critics saying this stems from his critique of cnn. we dont know if thats true but trump doj did say would block whole merger unless at&t were to sell cnn. at&t and ceo addressed the question tonight saying trump was abruptly changing antitrust law, an approach which could compromise first amendment freedom. >> n...

Department. while the ceo said today he didnt think cnn was factor in this -- >> didnt say that. said he didnt know. >> said he didnt know. >> and other reports they were bullying these two companies to sell cnn. if true, always the thing, would that be a normal way to deal with this merger? sell one random news organization? >> no. in fact comcast/nbc deal, comcast didnt sell any entities to get that through. they agreed to conditions to follow. some critics say that comcast may not have follow...

Right thing and elect doug jones. >> howard dean and laura basset on a story that keeps going. ahead, trump justice department announcing new lawsuit to block a media merger. which could be a good thing unless its just a way to target cnn. and how jared kushners newspaper wikileaks, i have the reporter who broke the story. you actually like what you do. even love it. and today, you can do things you never could before. ♪ ♪ youre developing ai applications on the cloud. finding insights h...

Communications and legal problems and bringing to their attention the implications of the behavior. >> when mueller looks at first draft that didnt go out, is that potential evidence? >> absolutely. question is what weight goes to it and what role it plays in the developing narrative. >> there are also letters written on the plane for example that hope hicks was exposed to regarding the trump tower meeting. there are a lot of letters and evidence in writing that take time to sift through. not wr...

Doj hasnt brought a case against a vertical mergeern like this in many years. can make a substantive case for and against this merger. question is political interference, not just given the president attacks on cnn but said during the campaign he would try to block this merger, something the president shouldnt be involved in at all. my question is where is the career staff at doj? what is their take on this? today i talked to party involved in the case, said discussions with the career staff was...

Insisting on full divestiture. >> youre throwing around a lot. but saying that nonpartisan people were not going to block this merger probably. then this gentleman most people havent heard of, mr. dell raheem, comes in as political guy to start changing the tune. notable. before all of this became trumpified, he didnt think it would be blocked either. take a listen to this. >> as an example of the power structure im fighting, at&t is buying time warner and thus cnn. a deal we will not approve in...

Of the press. >> how unusual is all of this? tonight the "washington post" reporting this is the biggest antitrust case to hit washington in decades. fraught with political risks for both sides. administration position is radical, inexplicable, but they welcome the case because trumps lawyers have to bear the burden of proving its illegal. cnn fixation. tweeted about it triple then "new york times" and fox news. talks about cnn all the time. >> cnn which is so bad and pathetic and their ratings ...

Question. you are fake news. >> tonight the doj is stressing this move is all about combatting media consolidation under the law, not tarting any particular media company, presidents comments about cnn not a factor. no secret that donald trump talks a lot of trash about the press. tonights story is not about talk. this is a story of government power and whether as some allege it is being abused right now tonight to retailiate against the free president. matt, begin with you. lot of people intere...