Big mistrust of big tech the u. S. Congress questions that heads of apple Amazon Google and facebook on anti competitive behavior how the internet giants become too powerful and is that a need if the new laws to regulate them this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program on amazon apple google and facebook for companies that have changed the way we live work shop and stay in touch with our friends and family but the american tech giants have long been accused of abusing their power to drive out competition and mishandling user data the u. S. Congress has been investigating their Business Practices for years old wednesday politicians question the firms chief executives as they consider changes to antitrust laws will bring in our guests in a moment but 1st this report in washington d. C. You know as the Ranking Member of fittingly the tech giants appeared virtually to face questions the subcommittee chairman making clear he sees a problem their dominance is killing Small Businesses
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And well talk about the life and legacy of Breonna Taylor. So lets do this, people. Welcome to the daily social distancing show. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor lets kick things off with the bad news. Or as it is known these days, the news. America surpasses 150,000 deaths. The staggering toll with florida, california and texas breaking single day death records. The u. S. Economy shrank at a 32. 9 annual rate in the april, june quarter, the worst quarterly plunge ever. The Labor Department says 1. 43 million americans filed jobless claims last week. Its the second straight week new unemployment claims have risen. Lawmakers are still at odds over another stimulus bill with added Unemployment Benefits expiring tomorrow. Talks are actually going backwards, not forwards, two months after democrats agreed on their plan, republicans still cant seem to agree on what they want. Trevor gu
Has taken yet another extraordinary and unprecedented twist. The full d. C. Appellate court today announced that they will be reexamining the Justice Departments decision to drop its prosecution of general flynn. The activist clintonappointed judge who has overseen this case for two years, the District Court judge who asked the Appellate Court the take the unprecedented action of reviewing the entire case, judge emmet sullivan, a recent ruling from three judges on that same Appellate Court ruled that the case should be dismissed. But the full court has now reversed them as well. Without basis in law, without precedent anywhere in our court system and has set oral arguments for august 11th to effectively retry general flynn and to extend further the judiciary, the judiciarys persecution of him. As if three years has not been more than enough to watch as a corrupt, politically corrupt department of justice and federal bureau of investigation needed the help of the leftwing judges who mak
To boost your news i q. Starting today the trumpet ministration is pulling federal agents out of Portland Oregon after striking a deal with state officials on a plan to address violent protests the government there calling the move to deploy federal agents political theater by the trumpet ministration this as violent clashes between demonstrators and Police Continue nationwide and 1st a warning some of the video youre about to see may be disturbing heres arties Trinity Chavez with the story. Today nationwide protest against Police Brutality and racial injustice. Just hours after oregons dozen are announced a phased withdrawal of federal officers from portland this is a gradual withdrawal from portland. Dozens of officers filled city streets in the largest visible response by the federal government to downtown demonstrators. Chaotic confrontations caught on Camera Department of Homeland Security and c. B. P. Officers seen firing tear gas and rubber bullets protesters gathered near the f