Russian contacts, nor could we. We have called no witnesses thus far. We have obtained no documents on any Counter Intelligence investigation and we have yet to receive any testimony from the fbi on the investigation of potential links between the Trump Campaign and russia. So we are not in a position to reach any conclusions about that. And i think it very important having been assistant u. S. Attorney for six years that when you begin investigation, you dont begin by stating what you believe to be the conclusion. We are among other things looking at the report that the Intelligence Committee community put out which acknowledged not only the role of russia media but also the hacking and the dumping of documents. We are not accepting even that report at face value. We are investigating the underlying raw intelligence to make sure that the conclusions that the Intelligence Community reached are substantiated by the raw intelligence, and the same ought to be true on each and every aspect
For democrats, 2027488000. , 2027488002. S you can also join in on the conversation on our social media pages. Before the mixup at the Academy Awards, donald trump was repeatedly in the spotlight yesterday. Here are some of the headlines from this mornings newspapers around the country. The inside page of the Washington Post, diversity and politics attend the ceremony. That is their headline. Another headline, trumps name looms in speeches. Another headline, assailing Trumps White House from the hollywood glasshouse. We will get into this a little bit more as our program goes on this morning. This broadcast is being watched live by millions of americans and are around the world in more than 225 countries that now hate us. [laughter] and i think that is an amazing thing. [applause] as you know, i do not have to tell anyone, the country is divided right now. I think it is time to bring everyone together. You need to Say Something to unite us. Let us just get something straight off the to
Independents 2027488002. Well get to the calls in this, our last segment of todays program. Line for democrats. Randy, what do you want to talk about . Caller good morning. Id like to comment. Free trade has put this country in one heck of a problem since they came up with this. You cant Grover Norquist and his plan to lower taxes continually in uneven basis, the way that is the money is pooling at the top of the stratus or the economy in 1 , it just doesnt work. Our government was founded and paid for by itself by taxes at of the border since inception, it goes back to boston tea party. Were selling ourselves out with free trade. Has to be some type of equitable vet tax that will help even the Playing Field for workers in america that dont earn enough in wages to pay Social Security taxes and the rest of the taxes and take care of them in old age. Host does it surprise you new wall street journal poll shows climbing for free trade, the poll showed highest portion of americans who said
To b to c to d to e, on up through all the various iterations, you dont have to rebuild the Network Every time you do that. Thats one of the things thats taken into consideration as youre doing standard. Yes, sir . Thank you, sir. David mccabe from the hill. Im looking a the next couple months and it seems like im sorry, youre what . A the next couple months. It seems like there may be a point where youre fighting contentious battles. The set top box item lifeline and almost certainly a privacy ruling for isps. I wonder how you expect to handle the challenge of fighting on kind of three different fronts and also whether you are concerned at all that that might make it harder to get consensus among the five of you on less controversial atim tells . So, again, i think the reality comes down to the fact that there is, roughly 9 0 of the time theres consensus. All you get to see is the fun stuff. I was interested during the Media Coverage of Justice Scalias death that one of his quotes was
The communications and technology subcommittee. Representative shimkus, thanks for joining us. Guest its great to be with you. Thanks for having me. Host and also joining us, david mccabe of the hill, thank you for joining us. Pleasure to be here. Host theres an effort in congress about who controls the internet, internet dominance, and you have a piece of legislation that deals specifically with this. Could you set up our audience and let them know what the issue is and what your bill addresses . Guest well, its called the dill the bill was originally called the dot. Com act, and it was about icanns transition of the eye january that functions, who is the keeper of the addresses, how the internet operates. And there is kind of an international struggle, and the u. N. And some people saying, you know, the United States should not be the keeper of the final vestiges of a contract, and we should have a multistakeholder approach. The Tech Community has gathered support for that, and we go