The subcommittee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time. This one on the role of data and privacy in competition. I recognize myself for an opening statement. I should state the obvious, im not the chairman of the subcommittee. The chairman of the subcommittee will be here in a few minutes. Digital technologies have provided americans are a remarkable array of services. It has never been easier to share news and information, to publish content and communicate with loved ones. As with technological revolutions of the past this has up ended the balance of power across our country. Its important to understand how these imbalances are affecting americans. The committees ongoing oversight of competition in Digital Markets is a key part of this process. Todays hearing will examine the role that data plays in creating rolls of power and how this affects competition. As previous hearings have shown, its controlled by a small number of companies. They are pe
Award for editing. And congratulations on that, which is a prestigious award for editing in challenging circumstance voices. So congratulations on that. And we appreciate you being here. Hes also one of the few journalists that have had a large amount of firsthand experience going to see on ships, going out and watching naval forces operate and practice their their work. Most recently, he was up in norway, even with the marines looking at what the marines were doing up there as part of the expansion of expedition or advanced base operations. So a wide ranging of experience both practical and as a reporter. So were really happy to have mike here tonight to talk about his new book, heavy metal, which is about the hard days and nights of the Shipyard Workers who build the americas super carriers. To talk a little bit about that tonight, but thank you very much for being here. We appreciate it. My pleasure. Thanks for having me. So to start with, i wanted to ask you kind of a big overarchi
In addition he is also the winner of the award for editing and congratulations on that which is a prestigious award for editing in challenging circumstances so congratulations on that and we appreciate you being here. Is also one of the few journalists that have had a large amount of first hand experience going to see on ships and watching naval courses operate and practice their work. Most recently he was up in norway with the marines as part of the expansion of the state wide range of practical and as a reporter so were happy to have mike here his new book heavy metal the hard daysand nights of the Shipyard Workers who build americas supercarriers. Well talk a little bit about that but thank you mike for being here. Thanks for having me. To start with i wanted to ask you kind of a big overarching action. Why did you want to write a book about newport news . Youve got a large history there, i assume thats part of the decision. Way back when when we first got married in the late 80s i
Good afternoon. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Well, president obama has made his choice, judge Merrick Garland nominated today for the Supreme Court. And now the pressure is on senate republicans, many of them still saying they wont even consider a nomination or a confirmation, with less than a year left in the obama presidency. I have fulfilled my constitutional duty. Now its time for the senate to do theirs. Its the senates constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent. Action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the Election Campaign is over. Well, joining me now is nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. Pete, thank you. Let me just ask you this, can you answer the political question, maybe its procedural, why are they not going ahead, at least with meeting all the majority members, and especially judiciary members, meeting with the nominee, perhaps holding some hearings and perhaps even holding a vote. The chances of
Screeds. Send her back send her back we should note she had apologized for those which is something that he never did for siding with the neonazis saying they are very fine people. What you heard the crowd there say was send her back. Which of course echoes the chants of lock her up from the 2016 campaign. So well talk more about all of this in a moment. Its also clear now that this is a Campaign Strategy. This is no accident. It is a strategy and one the Trump Campaign claims they think is working. Also developing this morning, violent clashes in puerto rico demanding the islands embattled governor resign. You can see officer there is in riot gear firing tear gas. The protests escalated after pages were releaked from chats from Ricardo Rossello and others. The governor is refusing to step down. Lets get the very latest from the island right now. Leyla santiago live in san juan. You can see them cleaning up behind you, leyla. Correct. I actually checked in with the Governors Office thi