East coast, 8 00 in los angeles and this is americas late news, fox news night. Breaking tonight, then there were two. Biden and trump appear to be in, nikki haley is out refusing for now to endorse andy is a bigtime question for both sides because trump has more republican support then biden has democratic support but the president has a Big Stage Tomorrow Night and the nation will be watching as the 81yearold delivers the State Of The Union speech. Lets begin with Senior National correspondent kevin corke live in dc with a rundown on where we stand. Reporter good evening trace. Saying the time had come to suspend her campaign and that she had no regret, former South Carolina governor nikki haley as you pointed out stepped aside last night, shelving her attempt to secure the 24 gop nomination but she did so without endorsing the parties overwhelming favorite, former President Trump , whom she lost to buy an astronomical margin in the Super Tuesday primaries. When i began, i said the c
Through a credit card or bank account. At the end of every billing consumers would pay for their Telephone Service plus the purchase is that a page from thirdparty vendors. In theory using a telephone bill as a way to purchase goods and Services Makes some sense as a lot of potential. And it attracted a lot of interest. As several of our witnesses point out in their testimony today and do it very well, the socalled direct Carrier Billing method payment could benefit and bank customers, and other people looking for an alternative way dead shopper mecca charitable contribution. The reality of thirdparty charges on telephone bills is a markedly different story, a profoundly different tale and the fact of the matter is that it has not lived up to its potential. The pennant platforms. Figured out a way to beat the system. Theyve found ways still on cram unauthorized charges and have been absolutely relentless in doing so. So today most consumers still did not understand, including some of m
Hearing. [inaudible conversations] this hearing is open, and ask as you know and as you know, my name is richard blumenthal, im senator from connecticut, and i am here, regretfully, in place of chairman rockefeller who has an urgent intel, intelligence matter and, therefore, could not be with us at the opening. I dont think hell be able to join us, but his absence is in no way a sign of any lack of interest in this subject. In fact, ive talked to him in some detail about this hearing, and i know that he would be here if he could be. I want to welcome all of our panel here and all of the folks who are attending. This subject is one very, very close to my heart as a former attorney general for a couple of decades in connecticut. I had First Experience with cramming, both wireless and land line, and worked with at least one of the members of this panel, attorney general sir rell, and ill be introducing him in just a moment. As many of you know, the telephone industry decided to get into t
The socalled direct Carrier Billing method of payment could benefit unbanked customers. And other people looking for an alternative way to shop or make a charity contribution. But the reality of thirdparty charges on telephone bills is a different story. A profoundly different tale and it hasnt lived up to its potential. As soon as the phone Company Opened up outside scammers found a way to scam the system. They have added charges to peoples bill and are relentless in doing so. Many dont understand, including colleag colleagues, that their phone bill have charges for things they never bought. And they are paying for things they never bought. And it is an unwelcome surprise to them especially when they discover that they have trouble they turned their attention to the market was purchasing through the text message service. The Commerce Committee staff and i really want to thank them for their work has prepared a new report documenting how crammers exploited the weakness in the premium m