Host this week on the communicators, it is a tech policy roundtable with three working journalists. We look ahead to the fall and what congress and executive agencies may be doing when it comes to executive policy. Our panel begins with Emily Birnbaum of the hill. Ashley gold of the information and Alexander Levine of politico. Facebook, what is going on with that case . Thank you for having me. The ftcs 5 billion with 5 billion settlement with facebook opted by the cambridge has dividedandal washington. On one hand you have republicans and Industry Groups saying the meantlion fine, that it facebook was being held accountable. On the other side you have democrats and consumer and privacy advocates blasting the ftc track record on enforcement and saying that because of facebooks size and money, this wont deter facebook in the future. Right now in washington, we were we are in this wait and see mode with facebook. Facebook is still doing damage control to convince skeptics and lawmakers
The hill, we also have ashley gold of the information and Alexandra Levine of politico. Ms. Levine, first question to you. Facebook has seen a lot of attention in this town the last couple of months. Do we expect what is going on with that case and do we expect further attention . Thank you for having me. Great to be here but 5 million settlement with facebook was a combination of this long privacy probe by the Cambridge Analytic data scandal was in washington so on one hand you have republicans and Industry Groups saying that the 5 billiondollar fine because its the largest go down in history of the agency that it meant facebook was being held accountable. On the other side you have democrats in Consumer Privacy advocates blasting the ftcs track record on enforcement and saying that because of facebooks size and how much money it has it will not deter facebook from bad behavior in the future but right now in washington we are sort of in this wait and see mode with facebook where faceb
The environment. Work our waye to through campaign 2020, we ask you this morning how important is Foreign Policy to your vote . How important is Foreign Policy in campaign 2020 . Here is how to take part in the conversation. 202 7488000 for democrats. Republicans, 202 7488001. Ndependents, 202 7488002 if not by phone, you can weigh in about Foreign Policy and campaign 2020 on twitter. cspanwj is our handle. You can also post on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Talking about the democratic side of the race, 2020 democrats see opportunity on Foreign Policy. A picture of senator Kamala Harris there. Some of the leading democrats in the contest are working to strengthen their Foreign Policy addresses, eager to their own inexperience on matters and draw a contrast with the president s unpredictable approach to trouble spots overseas. They writes that vermont senator sanders is considering a trip abroad. Californias harris growing Foreign Policy team is highlighting her access to the nations
Cspan radio app. Host we have another busy week in washington. We will talk about everything going on in washington with two guests back at the table again for another discussion. We will talk about everything going on in washington with two guests back at the table again for another discussion. One of them is Jonathan Tamari with philadelphia inquirer, National Political reporter there. Thank you for being with us. Guest thanks for having me. Host we also say hello to Jonathan Tamari with axios. The president with Alayna Treene axios. What is the president going to say today on the environment . Why is he doing it now, why is it weird . Guest it is odd because a lot of people within the white house that we spoke to were the ones that were like this is odd this is more of the democrats issue, and something the president elect take it upon ourselves to tout our record on the environment. It is a controversial issue involving the Trump Administration because the president has not been on
Nati with this very special lute to america. The president celebrates Independence Day with a military show of force. Speaking to thousands othe nation mall, the reaction this morning heading into the Holiday Weekend. Those stories plus in the weeds. A surprising problem popping up on beaches this summer. Never forget. New revelations amazons alexa can record and store conversations forever, but there is something you can do to get your pvacy back. And coco motion. We got the chance to speak to her proud parents today, july 5th, 2019. Rom news this today with Savannah Guthrie and ha kotb live from studio 1 a. Good moing. Were filling in for savannah and hoda. If you have to work the day after today, its a good one. Toby keith is here performing live and its packed. We hope to talk tooby in a little bit. We want to begin with our top storyight now. The shaky holiday in Southern California whereig the bst earthquake in two decades clocked in at 6. 4 magnitude. Miguel almaguer is near the