Broadband be a polluted night sky . We will take a look at a looming debris problem. Facebook plans to create its own crypto currency is not getting love from u. S. Lawmakers area you can now add jay powell to that list. Project libra raises many serious concerns regarding privacy, Money Laundering, Consumer Protection and financial stability. These are concerns that should be thoroughly and publicly addressed. Facebook has a few billion users. You are looking at the possibility of a very broad adoption and if there were problems, they are associated and any oflaundering the things we were focused on including the company they would arise to systemically important levels because of the size of the facebook network. I think it cannot go forward without there being brought satisfaction with the way the company has addressed Money Laundering and all of those things. The number of concerns i listed at the beginning, data protection, consumer privacy, all of the things will need to be addre
Irans says its an act of piracy. In libya, reports that guards shot at refugees as they tried to flee an airstrike on a Detention Centre. This as fears that up to 80 migrants may have drowned as another boat sinks off tunis. Were live in washington as the tanks prepare to roll for President Trumps Independence Day parade. And this 3,000 year old tutankhamun bust has just fetched 6m at auction but egypt claims it was stolen. But first, it could the storyline to a highly charged action film british commandos board a supertanker in the dead of night and seize a shipment of iranian oil bound for syria. Thats exactly the situation thats playing out right now prompting iran to summon the British Ambassador to tehran it happened here, in the strait of gibraltar. Its believed the grace i vessel was carrying two Million Barrels of iranian oil and taking it to the bani yas refinery in syria. This of course is in violation of European Union sanctions. Heres more from our defence correspondent jon
Good morning. We will wait a minute to start, but i want to complement senator lee for bringing this idea up to me. I think we will learn a lot of perils ofut the the social media sites on the internet in general for children and what we can do to help and better inform parents. Well, he is on his way and i will give an Opening Statement here. We are going to the border friday. There is no intrigue about what we are trying to do. I have not been in a while, and i would like to go listen and learn, and hopefully after our business to the border, it will give us a better idea of what we can do legislatively to provide relief to those on the front lines of this chaotic situation on our southern border. I am hoping that we have a Bipartisan Group and we are not going there to blame anybody. At least im not. I am trying to find a solution, and i look forward to the trip. I know folks in texas are struggling with this problem and i look forward to learning from our friends in texas about wha
The Senate Judiciary hearing is one hour 45 minutes. Good morning. We will wait a minute to start but i want to complement for bringing this up to me we will learn a lot today about the social media front. And what we can do to help them better inform parents. So hes on his way i will give an opening statement. That we havent been in a while and after a visit to the border it will give a better idea what we can do legislatively to provide those on the front lines of the chaotic situation on the border and we have a Bipartisan Group and trying to find a solution and i know the folks in texas are struggling mightily. Thank you very much. I will tell you what we will go ahead and get started. Please raise your right hand. Is a testimony the truth the whole truth so help you god . Okay. Welcome mister stone. On the 13th judicial circuit we are proud of your work welcome to washington. Thank you for having me mister chairman. I understand Ranking Member feinstein will not be here but i want
I am Maria Bartiromo tuesday march 19, your top stories right now, 6 00 a. M. On the east co coast. The fed and focus, futures indicating again at the start of trading, take a look, as the Central Banks march meeting begins today at 9 00 a. M. Eastern the markets are lower the dow industrial down 56, the nasdaq 1055 and s p 500 lower by 11 and three quarters. The meeting is coming up and were watching for any clarity on when the Federal Reserve cut Interest Rates this year. Data on deck Housing Starts and Building Permits 8 30 a. M. Eastern. European markets are mixed. Eurozone next down two points, the cat crown up to 20 and dax higher by 30 points. The bank of england will make the right decision on thursday. In asia overnight markets finish mostly lower, the bank of japan raising Interest Rates for the first time in 17 years. That has the average overnight up two thirds of 8 , the others were lower. The worst performer hong kong with the decline of one and a quarter percent. Back at