. >> eamon javers, thank you >>> joining us first on cnbc is colorado's attorney general, phil weisercolorado is one of those eight states joining the department of justice in its lawsuit against google mr. attorney general, thank you for joining me this afternoon. >> great to be with you, sara. >> so, why, as the a.g. of colorado, are you joining this suit by the department of justice? >> the bottom line for consumers are when you look for content on the web, often, you're now being asked to pay for that content because the advertising costs aren't actually always going to the publisher. in many cases, google is siphoning off these extra fees 35 cents for every advertising dollar, google's able to capture because they have monopolized this market. they have got a dominant share on the publisher side. on the advertiser side and in the auction in the middle. this hits consumers in the pocketbook by having to pay for content where otherwise advertising could help pick up some of that cost, not to mention undermining innovation in this market whenever you get a monopoly, it squelches inn