back in 2015 both of facebook and of cambridge analytica. if they didn t get the information about their data, the ftc could have subpoenaed them and we could have known about this before that data was abused. obviously in britain it was abused for the brexit campaign. and here people s data was used to manipulate a political process where they may have ended up unwittingly supporting a candidate s efforts that didn t align with their values. so it is a very serious concern and there s a very simple solution, which is we need to give people the right to their data. and in fact the obama administration had a proposed internet bill of rights. it didn t go anywhere back then because, frankly, enough tech leaders weren t behind it. i really think this is a moment where we need to get it done. what about the influence of the tech industry, especially on democratic politicians? well, look, i think that
they had a conversation about possible business. it didn t go anywhere. someone said, hey, there s this russian guy you might want to meet in the bar. i went to bed, got up the next morning and went home. there s absolutely nothing about that that s credible. but it wouldn t be part of the administration not to establish a back-channel? i don t think that s the issue. i think it s if there was something more nefarious, and as we know, every time we turn over a stone, something has crawled ov out of it in that regard. he failed to mention that a mideast specialist with ties to the campaign was also there. that man s name was george nader. yes. some people are saying that prince gave misleading testimony. that s your sbefgs as well? i don t think him mentioning george nader whatsoever, but i think we ll learn more about this because that same new york
or are you talking about another one? i m talking about the meeting in the seashells. i have to ask you, though, back channel meetings don, the meeting wasn t secret. eric prince came before the committee and testified sbp as a condition of his testimony, he asked that the transcript be made public. anyone can go to the intelligence committee s website and see. he ll talk about it. it defies credibility in every regard. what he suggested, he was invited to the seashells, he showed up with the emirates. they had a conversation about possible business. it didn t go anywhere. someone said, hey, there s this russian guy you might want to meet in the bar for a beer. i went down for 20 minutes, nothing came of it. i went to bed, got up the next morning and went home. there s absolutely nothing about that that s credible. but it wouldn t be part of the administration not to establish a back-channel? i don t think that s the issue. i think the issue is whether or
overall nearly across. and the president tweets yesterday, whether we re republican or democrat, we must now focus on strengthening background checks. yet we ve covered this so often, and the idea of i think of the gun show loophole in so many states where if you re selling a weapon and i want to buy the weapon, you can sell that to me, there is no background check. it s just hard to imagine that that would actually be taken care of. what are you sensing? first of all, those numbers are extraordinary. i mean, when was the last time we saw a poll asking any question whether they are that high? as you said, it was almost at that point after newtown in 2013 and congress did try. there was a bipartisan bit of legislation, piece of legislation in the senate to strengthen background checks. and it didn t go anywhere. so you know, unfortunately, i think it s not as though the issue has been that there s not
in 1990 now senate democratic leader chuck schumer sponsored the bill that helped create this program. the president quitting, tweeting a chuck schumer beauty. i want merit-based. that led schumer to fire back that the president is politicizing this tragedy. we are so politically correct that we are afraid to do anything. we have to get tough, we have to get smart, we have to do what is right to protect our citizens. the first thing that president bush did was invite senator clinton and me to the white house. the contrast between president bush s actions after 9/11 and president trump s actions this morning could not be starker. reporter: interesting that rushing to schumer s defense was republican jeff flake, which group cackles from people close to the resident since he s been battling the president on a range of issues. he said that schumer try to end the diversity program in 2013 as part of a broader immigration bill. it didn t go anywhere.