On the rise here in berlin and officials announce new curfews and restrictions on gatherings. Also on the program a legendary guitarist and songwriter Eddie Van Halen has died after a long battle with cancer. He cofounded a van halen which became a one of the worlds a top selling bands with Eddie Van Halen it considered one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show we begin here in berlin where belarus is exiled Opposition Leader has been holding talks with the german political leaders including chancellor Angela Merkel scotland and chicken is calling for european help to force new elections in belarus followed. A disputed poll in august since then and the country has been gripped by mass opposition protests and the violence a government crackdown now to cannot scale once germany to take a leading role in ending the unrest. This meeting at the german chancellor and berlin is crucial for us from atlanta to. She has High Expectations of angle
Im ama daetz. A chopper is over city hall. There is a small gathering there. A rally was supposed to start at 5 00 p. M. There are some tents set up. It is a quiet gathering so far of a small group of people concerned about the decision today. We will keep an eye on this protest for you and let you know as things continue tonight. We spoke live about protests plans in her town. We are prepared to hold and honor peoples grief, their cries for change, and we again are very clear about facilita facilitating and supporting peaceful protests. That is always going to be honored. It is part of oaklands dna and history but we will be ensuring that there is not vandalism or other lawlessness. A protest at the lake mary amphitheatre is expected to start at 7 00. A protest is planned in San Francisco also at 7 00. It is set for outside the Mission Police station. Just a short time ago, people in the bay area whose lives have been directly impacted by fatal shootings, by police, gathered virtually
Housepassed government funding bill. Now, live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, help us. Turn us back to the paths of integrity and faith. Be for our lawmakers a protecting rock of safety, rescuing them from the powers of evil. Help them to fix their hearts on you, trusting your guidance and wisdom. May love for you be reflected in the ordering of their priorities, as they seek to give you first place in every important decision. Lord, make them servants of your purpose, as they seek to increase the treasures of your kingdom. Satisfy the deepest longings of their hearts. And, lord, in these toxic times, bless america. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, o
In the Company Canteen or something but as you know im a big fan of yours and a huge fan of your first book on google, now to come back at this particular moment and talk about facebook, the inside story couldnt be more timely and am going to start off we have lots of places to go with this, im going to start off with something timely, as we came to do the show you heard about the hacking of twitter the fact that trump is going to facebook to get the message out, facebook has had a lot of criticism for a lot of things over the years and i actually wrote a column recently questioning why Mark Zuckerberg has not fact checked the president. Kalisher take on this, what is this relationship between facebook and the white house between facebook and free speech, im gonna throw your big question along to off. Thank you for doing this now and its good to connect with you again. Like a lot of things, you cannot tease that one problem of facebook from the sea dna in its origins in the case of tru
Cspan created by americas cabletelevision companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Host this week join is on the communicators this representative bob latta, the Top Republican on the communications and Technology Subcommittee and our guest reporter is sam sabin of Morning Consult. Congressman latta joining us from bowling green, ohio, there are then several proposals put out to expand world broadband especially in this time of covid. Which ones are you supporting and which ones do you think would benefit your largely rural district . Guest thanks so much for having me on. Its really important we do talking about world broadband. Ive been engaged in this for years and one of the cofounders of the probroadband caucus and with groups that a meeting all the time because this is not a republican or democrat raided the issue. This affects everyone in the rural areas. Its important for us to get this out as soon as we can especially during this covi