Political analyst. First, just tell us what exactly is facebook saying . How did they come to this decision . When facebook took the unprecedented remarkable decision of suspending the then President Of The United States on January 7th a day after the insurrection, facebook essentially did not have a Rule Book to point to for something like this. They did not expect a World Leader definitely not the President Of The United States to use its platform to incite violence in a way like this. So essentially Today Facebook has now come up with a Rule Book and under that new Rule Book they said, what trump did back in the lead up to January 6th constitutes enough for a twoyear ban. Up until January 7th, 2023. Now, what is important there is of course that is after the Midterm Elections in 2022 but in plenty of time for the 2024 president ial election. Trump here is not only just losing his platform to communicate with voters but, also, very important fundraising platform, too, for both the re
Joins us now. Youve written a piece for cnn. Com where you call bidens decisionmaking right now a high wire act. What does that mean . Yes, this pertains to the Infrastructure Negotiations. The president obviously put a 4 Trillion dew of economic proposals on the table. The Infrastructure Negotiation with republicans a piece of that. But guys, the president is getting pressure from progress he was. The talks arent amounting to anything break it off and lets go it alone. He gets pressure from moderates saying clearly you need to continue the bipartisan negotiations. Obviously republicans are questioning his broader plans. All of these things come together. And i think it underscores why this is a complicated moment for the White House, why the president is in the negotiations, even though as you point out they are still hundreds of billions of dollars apart. There is no clear consensus on how to pay for anything. He needs to ensure if any Go Uni Letellierly from a Democrat Side he has t
Starts after a quick break. erjts hello, everyone thanks for joining us on newsroom i m alisyn camerota. i m vikt blackwell round three of infrastructure talks. but still no closer to a deal. president biden is again meeting with the gop s point person, republican senator shelley moore capito. they re trying to reach a deal to address the nation s crumbling transportation systems, roads, power supplies, but how to pay for it that s the question. they are hundreds of billions of dollars apart. the urgency to fix the country s infrastructure is front and center today in two major ways. the justice department is sounding the alarm on the threat of more ransomware attacks and likening to the terror attacks on 9/11. in recent moets meat packing plants, hospitals, subways and ferries all have been attacked. cnn senior white house correspondent phil mattingly