Election philadelphia is rocked by widespread rioting in response to the Fatal Police Shooting of a black man that has the city prepares to go into curfew. Those are world News Headlines for this hour for more details make sure to check out our website r. T. Dot com and follow us on twitter on behalf of the International Team thank you very much for watching and hope you have a great day. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im putin about normally speaking the role of the media is to inform the public this mission is now on hold large parts of the media landscape particularly big tent actively intervene to determine what the public can know and from whom has controlled speech replaced freedom of speach. Discuss the media and more im joined by my guest in Los Angeles Kim iverson she is the host of the kim iverson show and in nashville we cross to roger simon hes an Award Winning novelist and Academy Award nominated screenwriter who is now the senior political
Focused to bring major relief in the moment. Mcconnell and the republicans are rushing to bring in a new Supreme Court justice, that they expect to be the decisive vote to take aware to take away Health Protections from americans in the middle of a pandemic. It is not hypothetical. It is immediate and real. And a 18 days from today week from election day, the trumpet a Trump Administration will be at the it toe court, urging strike down the Affordable Care act. After trying and failing to repair to repeal the aca in congress, the republicans are not taking any chances with this lawsuit. That is why the president will three days after the death of our champion, Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, to offer Amy Coney Barrett a c on the court. To appoint promise adjusters that would strike down the aca. That is why Mitch Mcconnell is pushing the nomination through this process. Trump and Senate Republicans know what they are getting with judge barrett because she has named her position very clear
The midst of the pandemic. U. S. Stocks rising today despite no new stimulus. Yet, even shares of google. Alphabet shaken off the threats of antitrust scrutiny. Joining us, abigail doolittle. Why would google shares rise on a day that the Justice Department is filing a suit that could threaten to break google up . Abigail not the response you would expect from Investors Committee u. S. Suing alphabet usingcusing it of monopolylike powers. This is not exactly new. Theres been many shots across the bow. We have had executives from many of these Big Tech Companies testifying before congress for a couple of years now. The fact that google is underperforming on the day. At one point, it did dip briefly lower. You could make the case that it is really priced in. The stock price over the time period when we have seen some of the congressional testimony, it has underperformed some of the other Tech Companies, telling you that there could be some idea that investors are not surprised by this. W
Monopoly status in the most significant antitrust action against a u. S. Company in decades. Google says the government case is deeply flawed. Netflix plunges in late trade after losing subscribers. We get the outlook and expectations, and investors are not happy. Shery we are seeing u. S. Futures coming online slightly higher, by. 1 after u. S. Stocks rose in the regular session. It was a choppy one. We saw expectations of the next round of stimulus and House Speaker nancy pelosi now trying to negotiate that deal with the white house, investors watching that very closely. We saw the s p 500 index gain. 5 with 10 of 11 sectors rising in the new york sector. Nasdaq composite also gaining ground, despite we saw the Justice Department decision to sue google for allegedly abusing its power. All of this leading to the dollar sinking to a oneweek low, more optimism that perhaps a compromise stimulus is on the way. Look at oil at the moment, because we have seen oil slightly higher on this up
Restrictions begin to bite once again italians have been ignoring an overnight curfew choosing to vent their anger on the streets. As you can see italy is rebelling this government has decided to suppress the italian people to starve them to death. Those are world News Headlines for this hour for more on those stories and others give us a follow on your favorite social media platforms ill be back with you just in about 60 minutes with more headlights see that. Lou and welcome to your all things are considered competing about. Nominally speaking the role of the media is to inform the public this mission is now on hold large parts of the media landscape particularly big tagg actively intervened to determine what the public can know and from whom has controlled speech replaced freedom of speach. Discuss the media and more im joined by my guest in Los Angeles Kim iverson she is the host of the kim iverson show and in nashville we cross to roger simon hes an Award Winning novelist and Acade