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Lot going on as stuart did tell you that whole hearing where the tech giants will gather virtually at least. It is parked back maybe half an hour. I was doing back of the napkin guesstimating on their wealth. That is on, i think is worth about 180 billion. Our Charlie Brady follows this thing would know to the penny. I think it is roughly about that. Mark zuckerberg facebook, close to 90 billion, close to 2 billion, tim cook of apple, thanks to appreciation of that stock, he is at around 2 billion. So lets say you were to add all of this. These are numbers. I added it all up. That is 272 billion collectively. These are among the richest men on the planet, particularly when it comes to bezos and zuckerberg. But putting companies combined market cap at north of 5 trillion. If you were to add microsoft to that bunch, microsoft will not be part of this hearing. They represent the five most valuable companies in the world. Isnt that amazing . Youre welcome america. We have this delay. We ha
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That on instructions from the president , a u. S. Congressman offered him a pardon. It says a confidential now interaction with myself and the white house to determine what can be offered. And worrying numbers for democrats in wisconsin as millions watch the top candidates fight it out. This is not just a question of the mayors character. This is also a question about electability. All in starts now. Good evening and welcome from las vegas. Im joy reid in for chris hayes. If youre the president of the United States and you learned that a foreign adversary was trying to manipulate the elections in your country, essentially to rig them toward the outcome they wanted, what would you do . If you found out they were trying to manipulate the election for you, would you take the help or resist it because you understood that your legitimacy depended on you winning election in your own right and not with foreign help . Well, were learning tonight that donald trump was so angry that his own inte
Ready to defy trump and talk to the impeachment probe that is trying to end trumps presidency. The new testimony coming in tonight from a Top State Department official, george kent, recalling trumps specific demands that ukraine carry out the political investigations he wanted. Recounting how another nowfamous witness, ambassador sondland, said trump wanted nothing less than president zelensky to go to the microphone and say, investigations, biden, and clinton. Kent also telling congress that the facts showed the entire effort was to initiate politically motivated prosecutions that were ininjuries to the rule of law. Now, is zelensky going to step up to the mic and announce that . The New York Times is now reporting that he was two days away from doing it on tv, then the u. S. Aid money started flowing and they canceled the interview. A key aide to mike pence also testifying behind closed doors. This is the person who should have been responsible for ensuring that pence knew what happe