senator schumer, i ve talked to senator mcconnell who by the way senator mcconnell was once a co-sponsor and was once on the news bill. we feel like we have a strong coalition. we know people have different views from mark westerner to cory booker to chuck grassley and macy hirono, i get that they have different views but what unites is the view that we must continue to rejuvenate america s economy and we must push for competition and allow for competition. right now when you have dominant platforms with over 90%, over 70% of the market, that is not what was envisioned by the first responders of our country. i don t want to stop these companies from existing, i use everything from fit bits to iphones, i m not a neanderthal, i just know that we have to make sure that platforms are fair to allow for competition. coming up next here on the program, the world s media converging on beijing for the olympics. hear what you need to know about
of the debt ceiling through december. the other offer would be to allow an expedited process for democrats to raise the process through reconciliation, the filibuster-proof process that you can use if you don t have 60 votes. macy hirono from hawaii had an immediate reaction. she called it b.s. the other thing that we ve been hearing about and this would be an advantage to both sides frankly, if you set a concrete dollar figure that you were going to raise the debt ceiling, raise it to 30 trillion or 31 trillion, that would buy more time for treasury. the department of treasury could start to go back in and recalibrate and say we re going to make these payments right away and use what we call on capitol hill extraordinary measures. that would get you in to march or maybe even april of next year, if they were to set a dollar figure. that s not on the table right
to get jobs. i also think we make sure people can eat and our economy has enough money flowing into it. when we have the pandemic on the rise and cases surging, we need to prioritize making sure people can eat and making sure that there s enough money flowing through our economy that they can pay their rent, that we don t see evictions. those should be our priorities right now. totally agree with that, betsy stephenson. thank you for making time. have a great weekend. you at home on your holiday weekend, you re not working right now. i ve watching television. that s cool. don t go anywhere because tonight we have a rare treat, a limited edition to our all in special tonight. that s right. the one, the only macy hirono on the texas abortion law. all of that and more coming up with yours truly after this. do not go anywhere. do not go anywhere to severe crohn s disease. then i realized something was missing.
strategy across the government about combating foreign election interference. she asked the same question a year ago at this hearing and the answer still apparently was no. dan coats tried to sort of weave and bob and eventually had to say no, the answer is no. clearly these are difficult questions for these intelligence leaders because they know it will get them in hot water with their boss, the president. there won t be a written strategy unless the white house orders one and this white house is not going to order it. absolutely, that s the implication we implication. we ve seen this before, there is no government strategy that we can see to attack this serious problem, even though the written assessment describes it as one of the pressing problems facing the united states, andrea. ken dilanian who covers the national security field, thank you so much. and john mack lot claughlin, ofa real pro. coming up, senator macy
president can be indicted, senator graham today said that s a legitimate question, as to whether or not the office of legal counsel s conclusion that a sitting president cannot be indicted, that should be questioned. so that was reassuring. senator mazie hirono, thank you for that update, good to see you. and coming up, roasted. former starbucks ceo howard schultz facing major backlash for considering an independent run for the white house. stay with us right here on andrea mitchell reports, only on msnbc. ts, only on msnbc hey, saved you a seat. this round is on me. hey, can you spot me?