welcome back to news room. i'm george howell. there are reports that at&t is in talk toes buy time warner. that is the parent company of cnn. there's speculation a deal could come as soon as this weekend. brian stellter has more on what could happen if this deal goes through. >> this could be one of the biggest media mergers of the decade. we're talking about at&t, one of the biggest wireless providers in the united states, poeshlgly coming together with time warner, the parent company of cnn, hbo and warner brothers. right now, neither sides is commenting on these talks, but according to the "wall street journal" and bloomberg, these talks are now very serious and a deal could be struck as early as monday. according to the journal, there is a desire to get this done by monday morning because at&t is concerned about other potential bidders for time warner. so let me unpack what's going on here. a couple years ago, rupert