Good tuesday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Im carl quintanilla. From one market, the information founder and editor in chief, jessica lessing. Good morning to you both. Our top story is one weve been following since the election. That is, controversy over facebook and how it plans to handle fake news. Jessica has an oped and why facebook shouldnt fact check. From the piece she says i simply dont trust facebook or any one company with the responsibility for determining what is true, saying such editorial power in fa facebooks hands would be unprecedented and dangerous. Jessica, lead us to what led you to write this piece. Thanks, carl. So, obviously, misinformation on facebook and elsewhere is a huge problem that so many people have been thinking about this election cycle. And i was, frankly, pretty shocked how many commentators have reached the conclusion that the answer is facebook hiring journalists, editors and Fact Checking. As a journalist now with the wall street journal for
To go all the way. I am so proud to be your nominee. Amy we will speak to the nations john nichols about trumps nomination, the future of the Republican Party, and what looks like roger and departure as head of fox news as a growing Sexual Harassment scandal engulfs the network. Then, while donald trump is vowing to build a massive wall on the mexican border, activists here in cleveland are planning to build a wall of their own. We are going to go to the Republican National invention and build a literal wall around it. Amy and as the nra addresses the Republican National convention for the first time, we will look at why codepink delivered tennis balls to the to the rnc. Eps they said, ban guns, not balls. All that and more, coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, breaking with convention war, peace, and the presidency. Im amy goodman. Its official donald trump is the Republican Party president ial nominee. House Speaker Paul Ryan announced his nomination, following
It is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight. Congratulations, dad. We love you donald trump makes it official. We are going to make America Great again. I say now is the time for us to rise up and take america back. Is this election more about what disqualifies Hillary Clinton or what qualifies donald trump. It is about both. It is about both. The wizard of oz. Lots of sound and furry, but when you pull back the curtain, it was just donald trump with nothing to offer to the American People. The fast moving brush fire sent smoke over the whohollywoo hills. The Entertainment Industry is mourning the loss of one of its most prolific writers. You never yell cut. The governor of new york saysing it nothing short of a miracle when a construction crane crashed on to the tappan zee bridge. Austin texas, a man says he went down a water slide, he flew off the side. Make america work again. As opposed to mondays theme, make scott baeos work again. Th
Throughout the city. Kron 4s j. R. Stone has been with those gamers all day and joins us from one of the starting locations on the embarcadero. J. R. J. R. was left embarcadero earlier. Focus on the pokemon go many of the festival but that food area. So far no problems to report this is what looked like earlier lot of people may. Dressed up in costumes uniforms for the seams where represent and eventually all these groups meet in the Mission District San Francisco 9000 expected. J. R. been talking with many of those on that score all men. Yet despite the so strict food fair as the stops in route to the Mission District. At last check no problems with police and taken a bit of a backlash on line for not telling all pokemon characters. Steve in the east bay tonight. An ongoing protest outside the Oakland Police Officers Association offices. Vicki themselves to the offices doors. Vowing to stay there overnight. Grant lodes is here with the images. And the message protesters have. Grant an
Protest. Centered on a flag burning near the arena. Housing the Republican National convention. Vicki multiple people have been detained. Officers used pepper spray on people. In the nearby crowd. Police yelled to people to move back as the flag Burning Group locked arms. Police wearing riot helmets arrived on the scene and Police Horses were being used to create a path to a van for people being detained. Grant the stage is set for the American People to be introduced to gop Vice President ial nominee governor mike pence. For what to expect we go live to chief National Correspondent jim osman. Who is live for us in cleveland with more. Jim . jim what does trump get politically for picking pence . Reporter it is an unknown figure. This may be a formal instruction. Reporter has had a lot of his reelection bid. Respond trunks ticket the last minute that Chris Christie was an alternative, trump stuck with pads, as far as handsome as a conservative but there for the base as a party of proli