The merger would create one company with 30 million customers. that's around 30% of all the people in the u.s. who have cable. officials say the two companies expect to close the deal by the end of this year, but the feds still have to approve it. jerri willis joins; cable prices could go up. >> they could but not right away and here's why. cable is already a monopoly locally. companies have deals in neighborhoods and towns and they're not not going to get approval from the feds anytime soon. that will take a while. >> it will take a while. >> nine months to a year. and what is more, comcast s...