Right, i think the obvious answer to that is absolutely. The members of the subcommittee, both the democrats and a number of the republicans really focused in on the power of these corporations over the way we communicate and the way we engage. That was the dominant theme of the hearing. They also got into the god of how these businesses work and how they use their dominance and how theyre engaged in predatory behavior and how they are hurting other businesses, small, medium and everyday families. It was really quite remarkable hearing, night and day from the hearings that we saw just a couple of years ago when members of congress were grilling Mark Zuckerberg. Yesterday was i think a pretty remarkable moment in the Ongoing Investigation into monopoly power in general, but especially in regards to tech platforms and Digital Markets. Host congresswoman comstock. Guest i think yesterday we saw with Congress According to gallup today had an 18 Approval Rating and was attacking four of the
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Seated next to her is devin pendis w srks pendas. He focuses on war crime trials. And next to him is our fault director of the la paige center, paul steege. Paul is focused on history, of every day life. Foe k focusing on germany, and were going to begin by learning about our scholars and where they come from on this question and topic and then we will dive into the conversation. So for now i will go back to jen for, allow me to welcome you to the la paige center. Tell me about your research and area of study. Im the executive director for the rowan center for Holocaust Research and human rights. We have multiple foci. One of the questions that were asked very often is so what. Were learning about other genocides, and what can we do about it now. So we made a decision to switch our emphasis so we could thans so what question that so many students have. My own research focuses on transgenerational holiday, and i came by way of education. I was an education professor, before that element
Excellent meghan, a real pleasure listening to your thoughts today and we will have you back, of course, as soon as we try to get our gps with regard to the coronavirus and its Economic Impact in the marketplace. Thank you for joining us today Carl Quintanilla, back to you. Rick, see you in a little while. Good monday morning. Im Carl Quintanilla at post nine morgan brennanp with us from cnbc Global Headquarters, jon fortt from the floor of the nyse another eventful monday morning as im sure you know by now. We did trigger a Circuit Breaker at 2521, went down around 2400 and then since added about 100 s p points as we are at 2501 on the nose dow was near 25 and now 21. 2 interesting session, guys, as the day is far from over already jon, some headlines creeping out, this one just now, italy Lombardy Region posted the lowest number of new cases in the week, the kind of headline the bulls will want to see. Yes, indeed you know, i continue to watch the levels where we are jon, can you hea