Social media. Hello, well come everyone, sandra smith in new york. We have made it to wednesday, rich. Rich we have indeed, im rich in for john roberts. According to documents, white house officials asked facebook if it could provide special access to tools that would target users hesitant to take vaccines and spreading misinformation. Sandra also show Biden Administration officials berated facebook employees for not sharing enough data and alluded to the site being more difficult to deal with than other social media platforms. Rich Hillary Vaughn is live on capitol hill. Hillary, did the white house try to have more control on covid content on facebook than it originally claimed. Thats the big take away from the documents that we obtained. Really publicly the white house was claiming they were just trying to help facebook combat misinformation on their platform. Behind closed doors, it is clear that white house officials were trying to have much more influence on the platform and get
let s start with that breaking story with those details coming to us in the last ten or 15 minutes. the metropolitan police believe the man they one to four chemical attack in south london is now dead. in the last hour police have said that the main working hypothesis is that abdul ezedi has gone into the river thames but no body has been found. the 35 year old was last seen on chelsea bridge onjanuary the 35 year old was last seen on chelsea bridge on january 31 just hours after the attack in clapham, south london. he was wanted for attempted murder after a woman and her two children were injured by a corrosive liquid. it is feared the woman will lose the sight in one of her eyes. the police have been giving a briefing at new scotland yard. giving a briefing at new scotland ard. , ., ., giving a briefing at new scotland ard. ,., ., ., ., ., giving a briefing at new scotland ard. ., yard. good afternoon. a further u date yard. good afternoon. a further update in yard. goo
[dramatic music] the martha stewart story is very much about having no limits. in a male-dominated business world, she became a self-made corporate titan no, you cannot say this. by being the most intimidating homemaker on earth. martha stewart became an icon of design, icon of cooking. but there were always people who wanted to be against martha stewart. we re looking for imperfections. we re looking for cracks. we re looking for the fall. we re here to announce criminal charges against martha stewart. [chatter] this year s ipo activity so far is about $9 billion. i think it s a mania going on right now. the 1999 initial public offering market blasted off with internet frenzy. some of these valuations are in another galaxy. i ve never really seen anything like this. so at this time in 1999, this was the dot-com boom. this was the heyday of initial public offerings, ipos, on wall street, right? so there was money flowing into these companies, and martha stewart was a househ
it s good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, just moments ago, the social media grilling on capitol hill wrapped up. powerful ceos facing intense questioning from senators with the power to regulate their site s child safety. the stunning numbers on the threat to children and the heated exchanges with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. plus, we re watching for an interest rate decision from the fed that s expected at any moment. the real world implications for every day americans. also, a gruesome scene, a man is under arrest accused of posting a video online after beheading his father. why did he do it? and new details on the potential plan to retaliate for the deaths of three u.s. soldiers in jordan. how the high-stakes response could last for weeks. we ve got a lot to get to, but we start with the breaking news in the middle east. monica alba is covering the white house. we just learned about new strikes in the houthi
its closing arguments in donald trump s civil fraud trial after a dramatic scene in which the former president himself addressed the court. the judge had only allowed trump to speak on the condition that he focus on the facts but the president quickly veered into other territory claiming he is an innocent man being persecuted d the judge telling defense counsel please control your client. th former president has already been found liable for inflating properties to get loan deals. the judge will attempt to issue his ruling by the end of the month. yasmin vossoughian is reporting for us outside the courtroom in new york. vaughn hillyard is urbandale, iowa, also with us, renato, former federal prosecutor. somebody might argue at least in terms of drama donald trump s a tough act to follow. reporter: yeah, i think that person would likely win that argument. nonetheless, i think lee tee james has a lot in store. she is not likely to offer closing arguments to other attorneys.