this sworn affidavit is not true. that s a major thing here. this has been the elephant in the room this entire trial is the fact that donald trump does not like cnn. he does not like cnn s parent company time warner, who at&t is trying to buy. that s why he wanted to block this merger. so let s talk about this. at&t as i said, they wanted to raise the issue of political motivation. the judge said no. take us through what plight happen next? the judge is deciding now. right. will at&t s lawyers go back and say, we didn t have this information? what s next? i mean, this is all happening very quickly. where we are right now is that initially, at&t wanted to bring up the selective enforcement is what it s called, political bias is the reason why they brought the case. a judge blocked discovery on some communication that at&t wanted between the white house and the justice department. as a result, at&t decided we re
i want to talk about the proposed at&t and time warner merger. joining me is brian stelter and michael zeldon. just when you thought it couldn t get more interesting, here we go. rudy giuliani is getting the president in hot water. rudy giuliani quoted in an interview with the huffington post saying the president denied the merger. five simple words that have a significant meaning. they contradict everything we have been told up until now about why at&t and time warner were sued to stop this deal. let s go back 18 months. the deal is announced during the campaign. president trump, then candidate trump, opposed the deal. when he came into office, there were questions whether he would try to interfere. the white house denied that. so did the justice department. when the government did sue to block the deal, the doj said, no way trump was involved. this was a decision made by
lawyer step in it again? rudy giuliani says president trump blocked the proposed merger with at&t and time warner even though the justice department insisted the president had no role in the lawsuit. i want to bring in juliette kayem, and michael isacoff. thank you for joining us. michael, why don t i start with you? i want to read this passage from the huffington post. whatever lobbying was done didn t reach the president, giuliani said, offering as proof that the merger has not gone through. he did drain the swamp. the president denied the merger. they didn t get the result they wanted. does this look like the
couldn t get more interesting, here we go. rudy giuliani is getting the president in hot water. rudy giuliani quoted in an interview with the huffington post saying the president denied the merger. five simple words that have a significant meaning. they contradict everything we have been told up until now about why at&t and time warner were sued to stop this deal. let s go back 18 months. the deal is announced during the campaign. president trump, then candidate trump, opposed the deal. when he came into office, there were questions whether he would try to interfere. the white house denied that. so did the justice department. when the government did sue to block the deal, the doj said, no way trump was involved. this was a decision made by career officials working for what was best for consumers. there s been a denial trump was
the fact is that many immigrants are educated and have skills. all this talk about assimilation just echos the arguments that have been used against generations of people for their race, for their religion or their ethnic background. the american dream is all about people starting with nothing, coming here working hard and making life better for themselves and their children. remember the words on the base of the statue of liberty? there she is in the harbor. give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses. it doesn t say give me your english speakers, people who can easily assimilate into the united states. the vast majority of the people in this country are descended from those huddled masses. they are the people who for generations have been making america great. america has always been great. let s get to our breaking news. i want to talk about the proposed at&t and time warner merger. joining me is brian stelter and michael zeldon. just when you thought it