Some ople asking if amazon is a monopoly. The question for the democracy is, are we okay with one company essentially winning capitali . How do you and jeff think about the call to break you guys up . Simply because the companys beenes suul doesnt mean its somehow too big. Narrator now on frontline. Domination was very much the idea. Narrator amazon empire. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporationor public broadcasting. Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. T and Ford Foundation working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. The park foundation, dedicated to heighteublic awareness of critical issues. The john and helen glener family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs
Dow and s p, you know if they keep going at a pace like this they will be at a record pretty soon here. Well be monitoring that. Monitoring true to our name, coast to coast, what is going on around in our fabulous country including in florida where cases are heating up and i mean really heating up. Were in atlanta where the cdc is reporting when it comes to the young, more of the cases are going up for them as well. And in texas, where joe bidens poll numbers are going up and up. One has him in the lead, in the lead in texas. Then, back to washington, d. C. , where the, shall we say dr. Fauci aint all that rhetoric is heating up as well. So weve got a busy couple hours ahead my friend. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Get latest numbers and stats out of the cdc for that we go to Jonathan Serrie in atlanta. Reporter florida released latest numbers, 12,624 of new cases overnight. Only time that was higher, what they reported on sunday, alltime record not only for florida but any state
Allen. This is daybreak australia, two hours away from the open. Betty off to another week. Just past 6 00 in new york. We will look at how all the action on wall street will play into the asiapacific trading day. Despite these jitters over north korea, im sure that will be a big topic as the yuan general gathers. Mbly i want to show you how we ended stocks on friday before the weekend. The s p inching higher, up 2 10 of 1 , the dow climbing 65 points as well as the nasdaq about 20 points, 3 10 of 1 . There is a lot happening this week on the policy front and centralbank policy front with the announcement we are expecting about detailing, reducing the Balance Sheet and the boj, as well. Paul plenty happening on the central ink front. Front waiting on china prices. On the markets, you are right. Business as usual with the s p up 2. 5 thousand points. The first market up and running, up 1 5 of 1 . The new Zealand Dollar weaker against the greenback, the election looming in new zealand. E
The committee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a risk a recess at any time. Entitledng is examining the Equifax Breach. September 7, equifax announced what it called a Cyber Security incident. 145 million u. S. Consumers, nearly half of all americans. If you are hearing my voice your either the victim of the breach or know someone who is. Thats how massive this was. Criminals got everything they need to steal your identity, open credit card accounts in thise and cause you may be the most harmful the world has ever seen. The companys response has left much to be desired. Equifax failed to disclose the breach to shareholders for weeks. Senior executives sold their equifax shares after the company knew of the breach but before they disclosed the breach. The federal trade commission will get to the the Justice Department will get to the bottom of this. By the federal trade commission is required. Congress must insure federal regulators do their jobs so justice can be
Hold a minority hearing on the equifax data breach. Commanding properly supported by the majority of minority members. The gentlemane from california, chairman of our Foreign Affairs committee. Mr. Chairman, thank you. I thank mr. Smith for being here today. Ande september 7, my office all these offices have received a lot of angry and anxious socalled and emailed by our constituents and i think one of the things that really stands out is how can a company that deals in data not protect that data. Es in whate answer li your company did not do. You did not protect their personal information. You did not encrypt that data. You did not catch a vulnerability patch a vulnerability you were alerted 8. On march he did not disclose the breach to the public until 120 days after it occurred and the insidertrading allegations only add fuel to the fire. Before september 7, who else outside the company, your heart Legal Counsel and the fbi hired Legal Counsel and the fbi, who was made notified of t