White house pressured the platform to Censor Americans and he says he regrets caving to those demands. Good morning im dana perino. Bill is off today. Good morning, bret. Good to see you. Bret im bret baier and this is americas newsroom. Zuckerberg making that admission in a letter to chairman jim jordan saying the white house pushed facebook to take down posts that included Covid Misinformation even ones defined as humor or satire. Dana when meta denied one of those requests the administration grew frustrated. Back in 2020 when jen psaki was the Press Secretary and said facebook needed to be stronger on policing content. Has facebook been as proactive as the white house would like in terms of its response . I think as i noted yesterday, phil, there is more there are more steps that everyone can take. Facebook responded yesterday after the Press Briefing saying that they removed 18 million pieces of Covid Misinformation. So does the white house find that sufficient . Clearly not becaus
The hour. BidenHarris Administration refusing to disclose information about Terror Threats at the southern border. Fox news asked customs and Border Protection for the nationalities of Terror Watch List suspects. Freedom of information act request was denied for the second time in the past three months. The cbp cited privacy concerns. All right. This is the faulkner focus, im sandra smith in for harris, cbp told Fox Yesterday Release of this information would reveal cbp investigative techniques used in apprehending and processing terrorists. We originally filed the foia request last october. Agency rejected it in may saying the privacy interests of the individuals and the records you have requested outweigh any minimal Public Interest in disclosure of the information. Cbps own southern border numbers show the encounters have skyrocketed under biden and harris. Even the f. B. I. Director admitted on multiple occasions how serious the Terror Threat is right now. All the lights are blinki
Sworn in. Finds he spends the weekly where you get your podcasts. Previously, on american artifacts, tour guide eric finley took us from the safe slave market to africa town founded by captives of the slave ship clotilda up next in part two, we pick up the story after the civil war with mr. Finley describing how African Americans established businesses on the north side of town. This is the first African American mortuary in the state of alabama. They originally opened in 1880s. They built this building in the 1900s. But the real story is mrs. Allen. She started a private school directly behind us in the 1880s. It was called the Josephine Allen institute. Because in the 1800s before the emancipation proclamation, it was against the law for africanamericans to be educated. After the emancipation proclamation, schools started opening everywhere. She opened one to educate young africanamericans. This family actually came to mobile, from virginia. They were never slaves, they were elite. T
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Shut down. Now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a live look at San Francisco where in just 24 hours, the city will shut down for weeks. Good evening. San francisco county joined santa clara, and contra costa counties, as the first to shut down followed by alameda on monday and marin on tuesday. It comes as california sees more than 25,000 new cases reported today, pushing the states total to more than 1. 3 million. Nearly 10,000 patients are being treated and hospitals right now. Almost a quarter of those are in intensive care. That he was in San Francisco where businesses are bracing for the next round of shutdowns and restrictions hitting in less than 24 hours. Reporter restaurants, for example, have to shut down Outdoor Dining and they can only rely on takeout and delivery services. Many businesses say that they were just getting by so this next shutdown will be especially tough for them. It was a full house at in the financial district on its last night of Dinner Service come