Thats the focus of tonights angle. I wonder what the leaders of the Chinese Communist parties think about the tiktok debate in the United States. After brilliantly deploying a propaganda and spying operation inside the u. S. , they must be pleasantly surprised to see bipartisan support to help them protect it. Yes. Just like every other social media platform, there is misinformation and privacy concerns. Its important that we dont treat tiktok differently than other platforms. If were going to address this issue, we have got to take the same approach to other media platforms. We cant just single out one. Laura we most certainly can and should. When our National Security in our Election Integrity is at stake, we must act to protect our country. Now, for decades, we have been trying to prevent the transfer of sensitive u. S. Technology to our adversaries in china, in iran, north korea, russia, and so on. And its so bad with china that all g7 Foreign Ministers pledge actions to counter ch
The s p hitting another record high yesterday. The 16th of this year. The s p futures indicated up 12. Dow futures indicated up 27. Nasdaq futures are indicated up, too. This comes after gains for the s p and nasdaq of more than 1 . Pushing both indexes to record highs. Dow closing higher. It was up 130 points yesterday. A lot of this came after what we heard from jay powell. He was speaking again before congress and yesterday he said this is key. Yardeni pointed this out. Powell said we are waiting to become more confident that inflation is moving sustainably at 2 . It will be appropriate to dial back the level of restrictions. That is what the market heard. Not far from it. As a result, you saw treasury yields pull back. The tenyear yield at 4. 07 . The twoyear yield at 4. 49 . It is interesting because it is all based on inflation. We havent even any definitive proof that the economy is going to fall off a cliff. Maybe we can get that today. Maybe he knows something. When he said we
Are dying of hunger. Un experts have accused israel of intentionally starving gaza. This Isjust A Drop in the ocean and aid agencies say its inefficient and a last resort. When help trickles in, the desperate come running, seizing what they can carry. This man managed to grab a sack of flour. This man wasnt so lucky. He had to try to scoop some up from the ground. Its better than eating animal feed, which many gazans have been reduced to. Childhood now is a struggle for survival. President biden wants the us military to set up a port in gaza, but that will take weeks and therell be no american troops the ground. So who will secure the aid once it arrives . And who will prevent a repeat of this . Crowds swarming aid trucks last week. There was chaos and gunfire from israeli troops. Some were crushed to death, more than 100 were killed. How long will it take to get aid to fardy al zahn, wasting away in hospital in Northern Gaza . He has Cystic Fibrosis and has gone months without treatme
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Reporter the sfmta has been hosting listening sessions for these proposed changes. The next one is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the library. Supervisor says those sessions have been helpful and shes looking forward to sfmta adding some of the suggestions theyve already heard. Charges against the driver in the march 16th crash still have not been filed and no timeline for a charging decision has been made. And San Francisco sfmta trent 27 Sergio Quintana , nbc bay area. Crosses the line between on the east coast the bay area. Campuses have begun intense even faculty members walking out of class yesterday in support of propalestinian protesters. The overall message from students to universities, divest from companies that have a financial interest in israel. But those tensions have reached a breaking point at Columbia University with Police Moving in. Also, in new york city, students at nyu took their protest to nearby Washington Square park today. They were forced to move to this