alex degroot joins uson the show to discuss.partment of justice sees this deem aal and the partnership as uncompetitive what is the premise here >> that this will result in increased prices for consumers that will reflect the fact that when you have time warner and at&t under the same corporate ownership they will exploit what would be a dominant market position subscriptions would go up. term force cuuerm force cus term force cu for customers woud deteriorate. that's the basis upon which they're hostile to this deal >> this might set a precedent for more vertical integration in the future between the creators of content and the distributors of content if this deal doesn't go through, doesn't it just mean they're putting money into the pockets of the streaming services? >> yes, it does. it would be great to be a fly on the wall at netflix now or goggle youtube if this deal doesn't go through, they'll be popping the shame pa champagne corks and celebrating. vertical integration for these traditional media companies has to be the