Care system. Those costs have had a tremendous effect on what the United States had so these are real debates but it doesnt diminish at all the kind of threat mike rogers said is there. Its why in my view malikis duty in representing the people i disagree that leaving congressman rogers that leaving residual troops would have made a difference in this case. We have a very naive sense that if we send troops in, that somehow the u. S. Still plays parent that all of the other pactors in these complex regions with complex neighborhoods and neighbors that like to medal inside the countries, wont happen. Thats simply not the case. We may need to i dont know how to put it but play with a little bit of humility in these cases and realize that what we need is to try to contain situations. Try to figure out how to get isis limits because i think what hes talking about reaching out to players inside English Speaking countries like the United States and uk and elsewhere and try to activate terrori
I leave one job after eight hours. I go to another job and i may be on call at night. This worker is benefiting by maintaining worker support. She knows it will make for difficult labor dynamics. I think it is going to make a lot of ill will. It will bring a lot of consternation to our employees who wonder why they cant get a 33 raise if we can give ourselves one. Reporter a proposal goes for a final vote next tuesday. It is expected to pass. Veronica, i was told by a number of county workers they expect this to be a very loud and contentious meeting. Thank you, ann. In the future, the contra county supervisors raises will be tied to superior court judge which is are set by the legislature. Another high profile endorsement in the oakland mayors race. Barbara boxer is now throwing her support behind City Council Member shaw. She has the experience, the credentials. She has a record that speaks to her word that is so needed here. Leadership. Yeah. Senator boxer and her husband live in oa
Political director at the foreign office. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The heads of four of the Worlds Largest test tell macro tech firms are due to Congress Tell macro testify before the us Congress Related to their size and power. Butjeff basis of amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of facebook, tim cook of apple are all preparing to appear via video conference. Together, their companies represent 5 trillion of the us economy. Lets show you the pictures in washington right now because that congressional room is beginning to fill up, sol because that congressional room is beginning to fill up, so i dont think we are quite far away from the start of that session will stop it was due to start an hour ago but had been delayed. And it will be a fascinating session to have these four. It is an astonishing in one session. Of course lawmakers of had the chance in the past to talk to the chance in the past to talk to the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, but it will fascinating for someone like jeff bezos who
Trump for the second time. Thats never happened to any us president before. But following an assault on the us capitol by a mob of his supporters, hes accused of threatening the integrity of the democratic system and interfering with the peaceful transition of power. Big businesses are also halting or reviewing political donations with the likes of amazon, at t, ge the latest to join the list. Investors are nervous. Joining me now is craig erlam, Senior Market analyst, oanda. Good to see you. We saw a little bit of a sell off on wall street, january 20 it seems a bit of a long way away for some . Absolutely. It has been quite the start of the year, even in our Worst Nightmare they dont think we anticipated the events that we we re anticipated the events that we were seeing last week, and it seems that Corporate America has spoken, and the interesting thing about this is the co ordinated response that we are seeing. We are not seeing one or two or three names saying this and pulling the
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Can and should anything be done to halt the inexorable rise of the western worlds Global Technology giants the likes of amazon, google and facebook . Over the past decade, we have seen these tech titans come to dominate data collection, cloud computing, retail, social media, publishing the list goes on. But now, there is pushback from anti monopoly lawyers and sceptical politicians. My guest, American Lawyer lina khan, is in the vanguard of the movement to tame big tech. But whose interest is she serving . Lina khan in dallas, texas, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. Do you believe there is a new momentum behind the push to tame the big, the giant Technology Companies in the western world . Yes, i think there absolutely is. I think we have seen a transformation in Public Opinion over the last few years and the public case for how these firms have so much power and how they are wielding i