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Could we see the end of lying in politics? >> reporter: not today. what's at stake really is whether they can sue, that's the question. if they win here, they can go back to the lower courts and then attack the constitutionality of this law. interesting thing here, the ohio attorney general's office is defending the state law, even though the attorney general himself, mike dewine, thinks it's a bad idea and opposes the law, so he's filed a brief on both sides. >> another case we're keeping an eye on is that brought up by a service that essentially rebroadcasts network tv shows and things that ...

Same tv everywhere scheme and many media companies have adopted it. you'll have to log in through a cable or satellite provider abc has a deal with, and it will only work in the specific big cities where abc owns tv stations. it's taking far too long for this tv everywhere idea to live up to the name. all of the cable providers and channels are partly to blame for the delays. but this is progress. you know, the oscars are the second biggest tv show every year behind the super bowl. and now at least some people don't have to watch it on tv if they don't want to. that's all for this televised ed...

Been called a data hog. and that amount of band width can account for as much as one-third of all u.s. broadband traffic at peak times. internet service providers, they wanted netflix to pay them for that, especially as we have seen these shows like "house of cards" and "orange is the new black." they keep soaring in popularity. more and more people keep watching them, and that need to sort of keep grabbing that bandwidth continues to grow. wolf? >> well, come cast is one cable provider. i assume this will put pressure on other cable providers to work out a similar deal with netflix. >> report...

A $45 billion deal, a deal that reaches right into your living room. comcast merging with time warner cable pending government approval, of course. regulators got to look at this one. what does it mean for the service you're paying to watch right now? >> they can crush you -- >> heads up, couch potatoes. the monitor merger between the country's two largest cable providers mean you could pay more for your favorite shows and internet service. yes, the bill you hate to by pai for the services you can't live without is likely to rise. >> the price you pay for cable and internet was already rising....

And strongly in the public interest but he wouldn't promise that customer bills are going to go down or rise less rapidly. that was the big topic of conversation. look the average bill has been rising already for basic cable climbed from $39 a bill in 2000 to $78 in 2013. those fees are forecast to reach $110 by 2020. that's basic cable. before tacking on costs for premium channels and the internet. there are more and more bells and whistles to the services you're getting and providers would say it costs more to deliver them. this merger could limit your choices when you're shopping for cable ...