. ♪ >>> welcome back media companies bracing themselves julia bornsten following the story from l.a.promised a ruling tuesday at 4:00 p.m. open the suit to block at&t's acquisition of time warner this follows an ix-week trial. the analyst saying that wall street consensus is at&t has an 80% chance of winning, though he says he believes the outcome is still more of a coin flip and a lot depends on what the judge says and the nuance of the verdict. if at&t wins with no conditions, that's a huge relief to at&t and time warner ahead of their june 21st deadline. it could kick off further consolidation in the media space. a push for vertical consolidation among content and distribution companies but with an at&t win comes the possibility of a doj appeal and we'll see whether a judge grants a stay to prevent the merger from going forward that could cripple the commitment to the deal a deal would cast a pal over other media deals in the works and would discourage comcast from making its official offer for fox. now, in that circumstance, at&t could appeal but there would be questions about wh