breaking news in the digital scandal that hit facebook from donald trump s digital firm. mark zuckerberg saying tonight he will testify in person before congress. the new york times reports he s agreed to at least one congressional hearing is addressing digital privacy. now, three committees requested his attendance. last week, he wasn t committed to showing up anywhere in person. he s convinced. he has ducked the british lawmakers today who asked him to come. they say that s astonishing given what s happened there. we previously reported he met personally with chinese officials to pitch facebook and went to russia working on business there with the number two person under putin at the kremlin. that is the context for
breach in the first place says it s probably a lot more than that. the 50 million number is what is is what the media has felt safest to report. but my recollection because of the documentation that they can reply on. my recollection is it s substantially higher than that. so i my own view is that it was much more than 50 million. unbelievable. that was wylie in front of british lawmakers today. that parliamentary committee will also want to talk to zuckerberg. so far, he s declined that invite. facebook says other employees will make the trip out there, instead. so can zuckerberg do the same with american lawmakers? over the weekend, facebook rolled out a full court press of apologies, with ads that appeared in american and british nu newspapers, but remember, zuckerberg himself did not apologize in the initial facebook statement and the company only admitted it messed up after the story blew up in their face. it wasn t like zuckerberg and sheryl sandberg didn t know about t
busy guy. he forgets three meetings. there s no record of it? he doesn t have people who could have frakd to put this in the forms? is there a common sense factor? well, the meeting in question, the june 9 meeting, the meeting in question is one of the meetings that he did amend on the form. the question becomes, what about paul manafort? who was then campaign manager at the time, who was also a part of this meeting. and so .with several republicans, lawmakers today, who told me that they have significant questions bepaul manafort. this is a seasoned political operative. what was paul manafort doing at the time of all of this? how many go before congressional
following the presidential election, president-elect trump said on 60 minutes that replacement and repeal of obamacare would be done simultaneously, his word. to me that means at the same time. and then recently speaker of the house paul ryan said that repeal and replacement of obamacare would be done concurrently. and then senator mcconnell said last week that we need to do this promptly but in, quote, manageable pieces. trying to interpret what those words mean, to me it means obamacare should be finally repealed only when there are concrete practical reforms in place to give americans access to truly affordable healthcare. the american people deserve healthcare reform that s done in the right way for the right reasons and the right amount of time. it s not about developing a quick fix. it is about working toward long-term solutions that work for everyone. one way to think about what
lawmakers today, quote, environmental regulations should not occur in an economic vacuum. we can pursue the mutual goals of environmental protection and economic growth. republicans are encouraged that west virginia democrat joe manchin has spoken in a supportive way about pruitt. they say he has not committed to vote for pruitt but has been supportive. also today south carolina governor nikki haley has a confirmation to be ambassador to the u.n. expect democrats to question her foreign policy credentials. then there is wilbur ross to be commerce secretary. he is a billionaire investor and expected to take a tough look at foreign trade deals. lots to watch today. bill: now doubt about it. mike emanuel on the hill. shannon. shannon: let s bring in a fellow at the american enterprise institute. columnist for the washington