Updates of the days news. Event. Facebook says they dont know who is behind these accounts. Everyday includes russia may be behind some of the activity. Sthaf received a private briefing earlier this week from facebook officials. The committee is holding an open hearing on social media later today. Listen, this is going to be a process of companies beginning to identify areas of concern. Its important this is the start of a collaboration between government and these companies to address concerns that they have and we have about the use of their platforms. I want people that do this to have a priechls i will be introducing thursday a sanctions bill against russia, everything but the Kitchen Kichg i sings in it. It will be the sanctions bill from hell. Every other Country Sharing in
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landlords. let s get a check on cnn business to start a new trading month. looking at markets around the world, markets in mainland china and hong kong were closed for a holiday. on wall street stock index futures this hour are moving down a little built. stocks on track for what could be the worst week of the year. closing on a sour note, the dow fell 546 points, s&p and nasdaq also closed lower. september was the worst month of the year for all three major averages. the worst month for the s&p 500 since the beginning of the pandemic. markets hate uncertainty and it s hard to see through the policy fog in d.c., and hard to see the end of the supply disruptions feeding inflation. prices are rising for everything from paint to bacon to clothing. meantime, an important update on the economic recovery. gdp expanded 6.7% in the quarter. that s showing an economy that is roaring ahead looking for the year, we could have the best economic growth since potentially the clinton years. and des
harder for you to vote. and a check on cnn business. a new trading month of september. big gains in asian shares. europe has opened higher as well. 1% gain in cac 40. and wall street stock futures are also moving higher. the dow yesterday fell 39, nasdaq and s&p also slipped just a bit. but august was another solid month. the s&p added another 3%. 7 higher months in a row. the s&p 500 is up, get this, 20% this year new evidence though on how the delta variant is affecting the recovery. consumer confidence in august fell to the lowest level since back in february 2021 with fears of the virus and rise in food and gas prices weighing on the minds of shoppers. and this report from a codobe analytics show domestic travel declined in july and first three