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
Tonight at eight eastern on the communicators on cspan2. Standard john cotton one members of the bridge about buying g5 equipment from the Chinese Company while way. The arkansas republican join former House Intelligence Committee chair mike rogers and retired Brigadier General Robert Spaulding who predecease her on the National Security council under the trump administration. They answered questions from the British Defense subcommittee on china for about two hours. Order, order. Welcome to this Defense Select Committee hearing to consider the International Response to the uk government decision to allow while we to continue to operate its 5g network and implications of the gibbous decision for information sharing across the alliance. Also to discuss International Ambitions and the role of 5g technology and within this specifically look at Cyber Attacks and the distal silk road. Our session date is divided into two parts and id like to welcome senator tom cotton joining us for part on
House of representatives before being elected senator. You are a regular, to use for the first and particularly on the u. S. And china relationship. For transparency, you and i have done each other for many, many years. I think prior to you entering politics so thank you very much indeed for your time today. Can i just say on a wider note we are very conscious that we meet during a challenging time for the u. S. Following the tragic death of george floyd. Our thoughts are very much with those impacted by this tragedy. The u. S. Is not alone in needing to do more to tackle the underlying issues but our thoughts and prayers are very much with those who are directly affected. Could i invite you to say a few words as an opening statement, then well move into questions. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you, mr. Chair and thank you for this kind words about some of the strife on our streets today. Of course we all want justice for george floyd and we are all deeply disturbed by that horrifi
Eamon javers joins us this morning with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carl. Its oddly quiet here at the white house today. We dont see Senior Administration officials out here defending the president or making arguments we dont see any events scheduled with the president publicly, other than his departure later on this afternoon. Nonetheless, the president has been venting some of his frustration that we saw boil over in that letter to nancy pelosi yesterday and continues in tweets this morning the president saying can you believe that ill be impeached today by the radical left do nothing democrats and i did nothing wrong. A terrible thing read the transcripts this should never happen to another president again. Say a prayer and, carl, having covered the last impeachment, so far today this day feels very different than the day on which the president president bill clinton was impeached back in the late 1990s on that day, there was a real sense of uncertainty about wh
Brexit could make it worse. Good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance and im Francine Lacqua in london. Lets get to your markets. European stocks are down a little bit, dragged down by basic resources. They seem to be cooling off after recent gains, but the single currency is edging higher. Oil is significant because opec and nonopec producers are meeting in abu dhabi, talking about compliance cuts. Government bonds are bixed with the dollar. Meanwhile come over in south africa we need to look at rand. There is a secret ballot vote on jacob zuma, the president. I think we have the results of that voting at 1 00 p. M. U. K. Time. Reporter chinas trade surplus widened for a fifth month in july. It keeps the spotlight on a trade gap President Trump aims to narrow. Japan has recorded a 36th consecutive surplus, beating economist estimates. That was supported by returns on overseas investments and a trade balance the return to positive territory. North korea condemned the latest round of