makes joseph mercola s book different from those it removed. after all, mercola s book is filled with debunked myths and conspiracy theories and dangerous medical misinformation just like the others that were taken down. first, the ecommerce giant declined our request for an on-camera interview. then, after we sent them a list of questions we d hoped they d answer via e-mail, amazon rejected that, too. then, refused to even give us a statement. instead, saying they hope to be more helpful on future stories. amazon s behavior has caught the attention of senator elizabeth warren who, in this letter to amazon s ceo, wrote she is concerned that amazon is peddling misinformation about covid-19 vaccines and treatments through its search and best-seller algorithms. he? accuses the retail giant of being unwilling or unable to modify its business practices to prevent the spread of falsehoods. in her letter, she notes that
amazon s behavior has caught the attention of senator elizabeth warren who, in this letter to amazon s ceo, wrote she is concerned that amazon is peddling misinformation about covid-19 vaccines and treatments through its search and best-seller algorithms. she accuses the retail giant of being unwilling or unable to modify its business practices to prevent the spread of falsehoods. in her letter, she notes that when her own staff searched for terms covid-19 and vaccine, the first result that came up was, you guessed it, joseph mercola s book. and it was tagged as a best-seller. warren goes on to point out to amazon that the book perpetuates dangerous conspiracies about covid-19, and false and misleading information about vaccines. i m randi kaye with cnn. can we ask you a couple questions? no. reporter: dr. mercola refused to talk with us when we found him in florida in august. but unlike amazon, agreed to answer questions about his book over e-mail.
know, it was arms for host agag this is arms for political dirt. do we really want a commander and chief to be going around trying to trade arms for political dirt? does jim jordan really want the president of the united states, the commander and chief, to trade arms for political dirt? did devin nunes, if it s elizabeth warren who s president or joe biden who s president, do they want them to have the power to trade arms for political dirt? and are they really going to sit back and say, it s okay if the extortion plan to trade arms for political dirt fails. is that the precedent they want to set for the democrat who s going to be replacing donald trump next year? i don t think so. is that what america s supposed to look like? i mean, it s a president extorting a foreign leader.
corruption. what trump did, he dispatched his personal lawyer, his personal lawyer rudy giuliani, to try to put pressure on ukraine. that is unfathomable that he s doing that and you can t compare the two. margaret and i were kind of debating earlier whether this was good or bad for joe biden. i think on the one side he certainly looks fiery, he looks energetic, this is personal. on the other, joe biden doesn t want to be talking to any of this. it really is not to his advantage to go down the rabbit hole of any of this. so i think maybe there s a short-term benefit for him, but long term, he has to be hoping this goes away. this is also an issue for the other democrats to embrace. elizabeth warren who, over the weekend in a new iowa poll by the des moines register and cnn, is actually slightly ahead, though within the margin of error with biden, 22%. elizabeth warren calling for impeachment proceedings, saying, quote, by failing to act, trump
out showing him having a massive lead in south carolina. which other candidates could stand the best chance of closing this gap? well, certainly kamala harris because she did so well in the debates. i do think she is, in all of the polls she is in sort of the top four or five. i definitely think she has a shot at it. so does elizabeth warren who, you know, we were just talking about. because they actually have policy solutions. i think voters are really looking for that african-american voter, and we are as a community not monolithic but certainly a little more conservative on some issues than a lot of candidates will like to acknowledge. and you need to come to it s not just this criminal justice reform. you don t just need to go to church on sunday with us. you also need to talk to us about economic empowerment as well. and, you know, elizabeth warren just with her name in here, she has a plan for that. she has a plan for everything. she s got policy. that is very attractive for a