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Communications and legal problems and bringing to their attention the implications of the behavior. >> when mueller looks at first draft that didn't go out, is that potential evidence? >> absolutely. question is what weight goes to it and what role it plays in the developing narrative. >> there are also letters written on the plane for example that hope hicks was exposed to regarding the trump tower meeting. there are a lot of letters and evidence in writing that take time to sift through. not wrapping up anytime soon. >> thank you shelby, bob, clint watts as well. coming up, trump justice d...

Doj hasn't brought a case against a vertical mergeern like this in many years. can make a substantive case for and against this merger. question is political interference, not just given the president attacks on cnn but said during the campaign he would try to block this merger, something the president shouldn't be involved in at all. my question is where is the career staff at doj? what is their take on this? today i talked to party involved in the case, said discussions with the career staff was going fine for months. negotiating consent decree, parties agree to not do behaviors. and then po...

Insisting on full divestiture. >> you're throwing around a lot. but saying that nonpartisan people were not going to block this merger probably. then this gentleman most people haven't heard of, mr. dell raheem, comes in as political guy to start changing the tune. notable. before all of this became trumpified, he didn't think it would be blocked either. take a listen to this. >> as an example of the power structure i'm fighting, at&t is buying time warner and thus cnn. a deal we will not approve in my administration because it's too much concentration of power in the hands of too few. >> that...

Of the press. >> how unusual is all of this? tonight the "washington post" reporting this is the biggest antitrust case to hit washington in decades. fraught with political risks for both sides. administration position is radical, inexplicable, but they welcome the case because trump's lawyers have to bear the burden of proving it's illegal. cnn fixation. tweeted about it triple then "new york times" and fox news. talks about cnn all the time. >> cnn which is so bad and pathetic and their ratings are going down. they've been fake news for a long time. been covering me in a very dishonest way. ...

Question. you are fake news. >> tonight the doj is stressing this move is all about combatting media consolidation under the law, not tarting any particular media company, president's comments about cnn not a factor. no secret that donald trump talks a lot of trash about the press. tonight's story is not about talk. this is a story of government power and whether as some allege it is being abused right now tonight to retailiate against the free president. matt, begin with you. lot of people interested in these issues. msnbc known as something of competitor to cnn. my brother worked at turner, ...