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And we're not a part of the sale to disney. all of a sudden, there could be comcast to mark this time, offering a bid that could -- may be a lot higher. you have to entertain that. it's not a no mysterious reaction in the stocks today. disney and comcast falling on the belief they have to pony up more dough. this could get obscene, right? >> yeah. this -- get everyone started. there's a lot of room to play now. you're looking at disney that was looking at a $52 billion stock bid. and now with comcast, could be all cash. >> neil: what about pairing up? that's another tng to look for. >> youl se...

Hulu, amazon have just dwarfed in size. look at these guys. >> it's true. i'm surprised to see this decision. i'mxcited to read what will be a lengthy -- >> neil: you thought the judge would slap it down? >> i thought he would make it conditional. we'll see the decision. this judge writes 200-page decisions. he was the judge in charge of deciding the fate of the comcast nbc mger in 2011. the conditions for that merger like you couldn't price gouge. they couldn't separate out content? and then there was concern about whether comcast honored that. >> there were arbitrations that took place becau...

There could be others involved. the devil is in the detail of those conditions if there are conditions. those conditions, neil, could make an approved deal be in reality an unapproved deal. what do i mean by that? if the judge applies enough conditions to make this very onerous on at&t to leverage the time-warner assets so they can't make money, well, that's not good for this deal. you'll see it in the stock price. if the deal gets approved -- for the average person, if you own stocks, yes, that i go up. changes the way you consume news and entertainment. there will be two major companies out ...

Get content players. >> neil: i can see your point. if you control the piping, if you're at&t, you own directv and you own the means and the stuff to put on them, the fear is you'll get preferentl treatment to yourstuff. charlie touched on it with coast, that they didn't play fair. they have since tried to address that. is that your fear here? >> yes. and i know senator richard blumenthal from connecticut is pushing spa more investigation into the comcast and the nbc merger. that's something that we're seeing here. the legal landscape, the law is playing catch-up with technology and we're seei...

Monopolies as the government was trying to argue? the judge did not buy that argument. he said essentially this. technology -- we have to read the decision. if he approves, he's saying this. technology is such that they don't have the pricing power that they used to. you have other options out there. i'll tell you, neil, we have to see the conditions of this thing. if there's no conditions, tomorrow will be a wild day for deal making. it starts -- >> neil: judge has approved the merger of at&t and time-warner including all of the keyia properties including cnn, the turner network, which was th...