Now on bbc news after social media suspended donald trump, some have questioned the power of the Silicon Valley giants. Has big tech gone too far, or is it long overdue . Hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. Many of us all over the world rely on social media for information, communication and entertainment, but the reach and power of Big Tech Companies is worrying many. Their decision to ban donald trump and decide what can and cant be said on their platforms has reignited the debate about Freedom Of Speech and whether we need new laws to regulate the tech giants. Thats global questions social media, is it more powerful than governments . Well, to bring you this edition of global questions, as always, our questioners and our two panellistsjoin us via video link. So let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week giving the answers. Kara swisher has been described by newsweek as Silicon Valleys most powerful technology journalist. Shes been covering the Tech In
Good evening. Im mehdi hasan. The insanity defense. That is what the Trump Legal Team seems to be offering this week in the wake of Special Counsel jack smiths stunning and damning 45page indictment, excuse, me of the former president , charging him with conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy to violate rights. All charges fueled by his lies per the indictment. The trump team saying, though, he wasnt lying, he truly believed he won the election. Which, if he truly believed that, would of course be insane. But its not true, as smiths and item notes, trump was informed by members of his own campaign and legal teams that he had indeed, lost there was no massive fraud involved. Trump himself is quoted in the indictment telling mike pence after his own Vice President told him that he, mike, pence had no Constitutional Authority to reject the vote on January The 6th, quote, youre too honest. Best of all, one of t
You read those. Most notably after being given multiple chances to return classified documents and avoid prosecution, mr. Trump allegedly did the opposite. Not only refused to return the documents for many months but enlisted others to destroy evidence and then to lie about it. You may stop there. You mentioned the indictment against mr. Trump for handling sensitive classified security information, says at the end of his presidency mr. Trump, looking for my indictment here, i have it here, hang on. Mr. Trump himself ordered that boxes containing classified materials go to maralago, where he hosted Tens Of Thousands of guests, and he kept these sensitive materials carelessly about the property as you can see here, classified documents ended up in a bathroom, a ballroom, on a floor about, and when a grand jury subpoenaed the documents, what did donald trump do, the indictment again shows against him what he responded by. Suggesting that his attorney falsely represent that the fbi and gra
Good evening. Im mehdi hasan. The insanity defense. That is what the Trump Legal Team seems to be offering this week in the wake of Special Counsel jack smiths stunning and damning 45page indictment, excuse, me of the former president , charging him with conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy to violate rights. All charges fueled by his lies per the indictment. The trump team saying, though, he wasnt lying, he truly believed he won the election. Which, if he truly believed that, would of course be insane. But its not true, as smiths and item notes, trump was informed by members of his own campaign and legal teams that he had indeed, lost there was no massive fraud involved. Trump himself is quoted in the indictment telling mike pence after his own Vice President told him that he, mike, pence had no Constitutional Authority to reject the vote on January The 6th, quote, youre too honest. Best of all, one of t
and we begin this morning with breaking news on capitol hill. where a major defense bill has been turned into a debate over social issues. overnight, the republican-led house passed a series of amendments to nearly $900 billion defense policy bill. the amendments include overturning the pentagon s abortion policy, banning transgender health services for military personnel and other things. meanwhile, republican senator tommy tuberville continues to hold up military promotions over the pentagon s abortion policy, which defense secretary lloyd austin warned was a national security issue. this is a national security issue, it is a readiness issue, and we shouldn t kid ourselves. i think any member of the senate armed services committee knows that. joining us from capitol hill is ali vitali. also with us is brandon buck, an msnbc political analyst. ali, what is happening with the vote at this hour? reporter: yeah, i believe, jose, the vote is not yet closed, but that the nd