On twitter or facebook. Lets start with yesterdays hearing. Chairman of the house judiciary antitrust subcommittee kicking off this hearing in the opening remarks saying that he believes these Companies Need to be reined in. The practices have armful economic effects. They discourage entrepreneurship, destroy jobs, and degraded quality. Simply put, they have too much power. This power staves off new forms of competition, creativity, and innovation. While these firms produce individual products, the dominance is killing Small Businesses, manufacturing, and dynamism that our engines of the american economy. Several firms harvest and abuse peoples data to sell ads from everything to new books and dangerous miracle cures. They cant run away fast enough. There is no escape from the surveillance because there is no alternative. People are stuck with bad options. Open markets are predicated on the idea that if a company harms people, consumers, workers, and Business Partners will choose anoth
And so the House Judiciary Committee just wrapping up this hearing on u. S. Citizenship and immigration services. A house judiciary subcommittee will be moving into this same room for a hearing with the ceos from amazon, apple, google and facebook. Theyll be discussing antitrust law and Online Platform market power. The Company Heads expected to appear remotely. Again this hearing being held in the same room as the previous hearing we just showed you. So there will be a little bit of a break as they take time to clean the room. The hearing expected to begin shortly. As for the tech ceos, this will be amazon Ceo Jeff Bezos first appearance ever before congress. Well be watching the room before if gets underway here on cspan3. Once again we are live on capitol hill this afternoon as we await the start of a house subcommittee hearing with the ceos of amazon, apple, facebook and google. Theyre talk about unfair competition and market dominance. They are expected to appear remotely. It was
Taking a hit. Honey . Theyre actually two miles down the road. Major League Baseball sidelines the Miami Marlins for the rest of the week to contain the teams coronavirus outbreak. And in the nfl, more players you always say hi mom thats what you do when youre opting out of the upcoming on tv. And extra love to your dad. Season. Hes fighting cancer and we are sending love his way too the latest straight ahead. On alert. We love you. Thank you hanging with us th morning. And the group, one more time. I am looking for the ross family new shark sightings forced east from washington. Coast beaches to close for a second day in a row. Tom right. I wouldnt go in the water, there they are at least not today. And what were learning about maines firstever deadly attack. A woman killed by a great white. Thank you, guys thanks for hanging with us this hot seat. The ceos of amazon, apple, morning. Facebook, and google facing nice to have you with us. Lets see the group one more time i am looking fo
Near south van ness and 14th street. The fire damaged about a half dozen buildings and 3 people. Our first Taylor Bisacky joins us now live from the scene taylor. Were starting to see those flames in flare ups yet again if you take a look here behind me you can see that orange glow from the flames in the back of the building this is actually the same area where firefighters believe that the fire started thats the bar filled sales building. Now firefighters say theyll be out here for the next few days to monitor these hot spots. Again its the window, there is nothing its all hank claimed. Equipment on Business Owners in San Franciscos soma neighborhood returning to burns crumbled walls in many if not all items are broken. Im still in shock. We making everything at this is the last thing i was i was waiting for the show their dough owns a catering Business Inside one of the 6 commercial buildings that this fire tore through. Next door a heartfelt sales, the fire was still burning into tu
Other issues that are being as well in the midst of the spending stomach, ukrainian president zelenskyy came to capitol hill seeking more powerful arms for their war against russia. To top it off, members were walked friday by the federal indictment of a sitting senator, the chair the Foreign Relations committee, senator Robert Menendez. Good morning and welcome to washington journal for this saturday, september 23rd, 2023. This first hour, we will ask you your top news story of the week. We would love to hear from you. The democratic line is 202 7488000. For republicans, it is 202 7488001. Independents and others, 202 7488002. You can tell us your thoughts, your story of the week on text, 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. Or on facebook, leave your comments there. Also, twitter and checks and cspan cspanwj. Top stories we mentioned that include that Government Shutdown at the end of the fiscal year without with no solution sight for short term spending mea