Free and fair vote. We are holding this hearing and we engage regularly with social Media Companies because they are best positioned to sound the alarm if and when another external actor attempts to interfere. First, because their technical capacity and security background and allows them to protect malicious activity on their platforms, and make attributions to technical indicators that are available only to the companies themselves. And second, because we cannot have complete confidence that the white house will allow the Intelligence Community to look fully and properly inform congress, if there is a foreign interference, especially if the interference appears to assist the president s reelection. That is a dangerous state of affairs, but nonetheless it reflects the reality and why theres hearing is so important. Witnesses, as you described, a lot has changed. In many ways we are better prepared today than we were four years ago. Each of your companies have taken significant steps a
Arizona, and hospital cases in california all marking new highs. Plus top advisers to President Trump are set to urge the u. S. To undermine the hong kong dollar peg to punish china for its crackdown in the city. Ons get a quick check up how markets are set up for the open. Here is Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie in asia this wednesday, we are seeing a mixed start to the session with focus on china and if mainland stocks can keep up that rally we have seen for six days. Futuresd 14 so we have in the green for the most part. Hang seng futures settling higher after the rally did stall in hong kong on tuesday. Switching out the board, checking in on the hong kong dollar, which continues to have the 7. 75 mine as they continue to defend the peg, we are seeing little reaction in the curb. Jumping into the terminal for a big picture book, low 200 pips after the spike we saw in may but staying elevated on economic and political uncertainties. Tracking any reaction to a bloomberg report
Next, a look at scams, profiteering and conspiracy theories from the coronavirus pandemic. Medical experts, victims of disinformation campaigns and legislatures from both the u. S. And canada discuss the challenges they are facing. Hosted by George Washington Universities Institute for data, democracy and politics on tuesday. This is an hour and ten minutes. Welcome to our continuing conversation about the flaws of big social media platforms in response to the disinformation campaigns around covid19 pandemic, a very serious situation, obviously, where lives are literally in the balance. Im frank sesno affiliated with the institute of data and democracy in politics which is presenting this event together with the International Grand committee on disinformation. I will be your moderator and your timekeeper. I will continue this conversation with our distinguished panelists and guests. If you are a journalist joining us, feel free to put your question into the q a field. I will try to inc
Protest after meeting on virus. Facebook. Theres no evidence these Contra Costa County is men had any intention to join the demonstration in oakland as moving ahead with its reopening some in the media have asked. Plans. As announced, hair salons and they came to oakland to kill barbershops are allowed to cops. Reopen starting tomorrow. Surveillance shows the white shared swimming is allowed but van parked across from the security stand and then advance forward with the side door open with limitations of one person to every 75 square feet. Funerals or indoor religious investigators say the same van would be spotted june 5 in that moment. Gatherings can have 100 the sheriff sergeant was killed attendees as long as physical distance guidelines are observed. And his partner injured while the county expect to reopen responding to the 911 call. Indoor dining, bars, gems and video captured and armed korea hotels on july 1 discussed Santa Clara County has the with several carjackings and the
Lines on the approving process for Coronavirus Vaccines. Were going to have the details and why is Contact Tracing failed to live up to the hype . Well get reaction from fox news medical analyst, dr. Nicole saphier. We have a big show for you, folks. Buckle up. All that and much more on making money. Charles all right, folks, markets, i wont say mixed because overwhelmingly most stocks are higher. Boeing holding down the Dow Jones Industrial average. The big story on nasdaq, they found new leadership if it is not facebook one day it is the semiconductors another day. Facebook of course, we know has been in the news but so has boeing which carried the dow yesterday. They lost a major, a big deal, 92 plane orders. Giving up gains they made on the 737 max jet test flight. Bluechips, from new york fed president john williams, he says he is seeing encouraging data that the economy has indeed begun to recover. Whether it is vshaped, he didnt go that far. Overall it has been aim press sieve s