59 minutes left to trade, kayla. And that green screen is not something we have seen in a while. We have a big show ahead today on closing bell. A big deal for big steel well talk to the ceo from Cleveland Cliffs and his outlook on the economy later, sneaker startup all birds scoring 100 million in fresh funding. Valuing the company at 1. 7 billion the coceo will join us to tell us how his Company Plans to spend that cash and well have that later on in the show. Lets focus in on the big show were tracking to days rally. Theyre covering the latest tensions in the tech cold war with china start us off on the Broader Market and what youre seeing behind the scenes today. Yeah. Market making the case that last weeks lows and got some traction near the levels its not Something Else tachlt a look at the s p 500 year to date all the indices have a similar look with different mag any tudz we were talking about this level for a long time. This is where we hit the lows a few times last week aroun
Social Media Companies ylan mui has more on the story reporter the dojs proposal strikes at the heart of the Business Model for platforms like facebook, google and twitter, section 230 of the communications ccc act the first is what theyre calling the bad samaritan bill, for platforms that facilitate or solicit illegal activity, and the second specific exemptions for child exploitation, and actual knowledge of elicit activity the doj cannot do this alone they would need congress to act to change the law. Big tech doesnt have a lot of friends on capitol hill these days just today, republican senator josh hawley unveiled a bill that would remove text Liability Protections unless the Companies Promise to act in good faith or pay a 5,000 fine to users if they dont meanwhile, democratic senator mark warner said that he believes section 230 has allowed companies to turn a blind eye to a host of ills, but melissa, he also said hes worried that the doj is using these tools as a way to get Big
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It the greatest threat to commercial livestock in a generation. And a special bbc investigation reveals Domestic Workers being sold in kuwait via an online slave market on platforms provided by google, apple, and facebook. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9 00 in the evening in washington where the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has entered a new, and more heated phase. The us house of representatives voted to formalise the process and move towards public hearings. The vote was the first formal test of support for impeachment and went along party lines. Laura trevelyan has this report. On this vote the yays are 232, the nays are 196. A historic moment. A house of representatives votes to formalise an impeachment enquiry into the president. On the table. Did donald trump create a high crime and misdemeanour in trying to strong on the ukrainian president into investig
For the first time in nearly a century, the us capital is celebrating a baseball world series title. The us house of representatives has endorsed the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The vote was almost entirely along party lines, with democrats supporting it, and republicans against. Its only the third time in modern history that the house has voted against a sitting president. Democrats are looking into whether President Trump betrayed his oath of office by trying to get a foreign power to investigate his political rival. As Laura Trevelyan now reports, its clear mr trump and House Speaker nancy pelosi are on a collision course. On this vote the yeas are 232, the nays are 196. A historic moment. A house of representatives votes to formalise an impeachment enquiry into the president. On the table. Did donald trump create a high crime and misdemeanour in trying to strong arm the ukrainian president into investigating joe biden . Thats the accusation. The house divided almost e