Host good morning. It is saturday, march 16, 2024. The house passed a bill this week that has the potential to band tiktok in the United States, but the legislation faces a tougher time in the senate. Increasing tensions between top u. S. Democrats and israels leadership first into the open with a speech from Chuck Schumer calling for a change in leadership amid the ongoing conflict in gaza. We want to hear your top new story of the week. 202 7488000. Republicans on 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you would like to text us that number is 202 7488003. Please be sure to include ynd where you are writing from. On social media facebook. Com cspan or on x cspanwj. That tiktok legislation passed with bipartisan support in the house. Republican Mike Gallagher who cosponsored the bill to regulate the app and is the chair of the flex committee on the u. S. China competition defended the legislation on the house floor. Tiktok is a threat to our national security, because it is owned b
Band tiktok in the United States, but the legislation faces a tougher time in the senate. Increasing tensions between top u. S. Democrats and israels leadership first into the open with a speech from Chuck Schumer calling for a change in leadership amid the ongoing conflict in gaza. We want to hear your top new story of the week. Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. Republicans on 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you would like to text us that number is 202 7488003please be sure to include your name and where you are writing from. On social media facebook. Com cspan or on x cspanwj. That tiktok legislation passed with bipartisan support in the house. Republican Mike Gallagher who cosponsored the bill to regulate the app and is the chair of the flex committee on the u. S. China competition defended the legislation on the house floor. Tiktok is a threat to our national security, because it is owned by bytedance which does the bidding of the communist party in china. We know th
about nine times what it brought in in sales last year by comparison, trump media is trading at more than 1,400 times it sells last year and jim, look, this is not a trivial matter, right? it means trump s stake is worth around 4 billion. in this company. and there s a lot of real people who do own stock here and they would get hurt if gravity sets all right, we ll be watching that madigan. thanks very much. they should you relied on cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington, right? now. trump s defense team is launching yet another attack on the special counsel in that case, jack smith and his office. it s the former president s latest bid to have the classified documents case tossed out. right now, judge aileen cannon is holding a confidential hearing. we re told with both sides ahead of today s public hearing at follows monday s back-to-back hearings were tensions flared between the judge and the prosecution at one point, cannon saying, quote, i don t appreciate you
the push for loyalty there. if trump is looking for a loyal fighter on the ticket and one who says loyalty is incredibly important for everyone else. do jd vance showing that he is capable and willing capable and willing and flexible because we all remember back in 2016, he was one of those republicans who is very critical cool of donald trump, but looks so much has changed since then yes, he did win the straw poll at that conference over the weekend. he was also the only one of the potential vp candidates to actually speak in person at the event. so perhaps seeing him in the flesh was actually one of the reasons he was supported. but look, he has become one of the biggest defenders of the president. there was no no doubt that he is on the shortlist. we know this because he s been spending significant time with former president donald trump. he ll be doing so again on thursday evening in cleveland, when trump goes there for a fundraiser, jake, so much of this vip stakes,
Pharmaceutical drugs in the United States and that is why many Peoples Health care plans have risen so people have to pay more out of pocket for what they need to treat various conditions. Because there has been a lot of anger that has emerged as a result of that, there is a fair amount of discussion in congress about possibly finally doing something to try to understand why prices are so high and to perhaps consider price controls to reduce them. The pharmaceutical industry, one of the biggest injuries in the United States in manufacturing, is trying to stop legislation that would hurt their part of the sector. We looked at all the lobbyists that are convening on capitol hill to try to protect their bottom lines and how the net effect may be that legislation may not pass that will significantly curb the growth. Pedro let me read you a line from the story to help people understand how much investment from the industry is going on. We are building a profit on the line. The Health Produc