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Conference by those two companies, let's bring if our top media and legal analyst. jeffrey toobin, let's go to you first. as you're sorting through what the government's case is going to be here, what do you make of it? is this as time warner and at&t are saying a very unusual objection to this merger? >> it is unusual because this is what's known as a vertical merger. a horizontal merger is companies that compete with each other, and that's what antitrust enforcement is usually focused on. when two companies that are in the same markets compete -- who usually compete against each other decide...

So what's striking about this is that it is a departure from both the more liberal antitrust policies of the obama administration and it's a really big departure from republican administrations which tend to be more hands-off when it comes to antitrust enforcement. >> and brian stelter who is back with us, at one point this was a relatively uncontroversial merger. let's listen to what the head of the justice department's antitrust division said. this was last year of 2016. >> this is more of what we would call a vertical merger, a content with distribution rather than two competitors merging. ...

With antitrust enforcement for the justice support and senators and others urging them to oppose any attempt by the white house to interfere with antitrust laws particularly for political reasons. a july article reported that senior white house advisers have discussed using the att and time-warner merger as a potential point of leverage over cnn and nine letters from as far back as february of this seeking information on a wight range of subjects addressed to the attorney general of the united states that have been ignored. we received no response. >> without objection it remains part of the r...

Sprint was bringing back to the u.s. are new. they are not. they are part of a holistic deal announced by soft bank. american corporations are now facing pressure to go along with donald trump's jobs claims. "the new york times" slamming it in an editorial, why corporations are helping donald trump lie about jobs. the piece explains why it's so messy for the government through president-elect trump in this manner. quote, it's easy to see were soft bank and sprint might want to help mr. trump take credit for creating jobs. soft bank's chief executive wants the department of justices antitrust a...

Manner. quote, it's easy to see were soft bank and sprint might want to help mr. trump take credit for creating jobs. soft bank's chief executive wants the department of justices antitrust and the federal communications commission to allow a merger between sprint and t-mobile. mr. son see as deal between himself and trump with people who sided with large communications companies and regulatory debates and argued against tough antitrust enforcement. "the times" explains why this should be croney capitalism with devastaing consequences. pulitzer prize winning journal i have had david cay johnson...