Under way in minneapolis, we have a reporter there, omar jimenez as well as Kaitlan Collins live at the white house for us. Kaitlan, starting with you, what are you learning about this meeting between President Biden and floyds family today . Ana, we know its going to be private, there are not going to be cameras brought in like you see for often the other meetings the president has. President biden wanted this to be a private Behind Closed Doors meeting citing the relationship hes built with the floyd family over the last year and so we dont expect to actually see that them in the room together in just a few moments in the oval office, though, there is a chance they could come out to the microphones and speak as often you do see some of the guests at the white house do, that could potentially give us a readout of this meeting, but we know this meeting is not just about sitting down with George Floyds daughter, with his siblings, with the family attorney ben crump, of course, but also
Free speech in america now depends on the whims of a monopoly corporation. Thats how much power these people have. Politically republicans who have become frustrated by inaction in the congress are starting to take matters into their own hands. Governor ron desantis is planning to sign a bill targeting facebook and twitter. There are people who arent necessarily republicans who see the danger of going down a road in which the discourse in our country is controlled by oligarchs in silicon valley. The facebook Oversight Board ruling has to answer two Big Questions here. The first is whether they should have banned trump in the first place. Second, guys, how do they want to handle the accounts of World Leaders Going Forward . A big precedentsetting decision were waiting for. Bill thank you, Gillian Turner on stand by in washington dana lets bring in mark meadows former white house chief of staff under President Trump. What Mark Zuckerberg said at the time two years ago when i talked to hi
Than one person, its about Tech Oligarchs Manipulating the political conversation and debate, republicans say its time to take action. A sad day for america, sad day for facebook because i can tell you a number of members of congress are now looking at, do they break up facebook . We cant allow a corporation to do something that we dont allow the United States government to do and its just contrary to our american values. Congress needs to get up off its lazy butts and faces if you had on and both democrats and republicans understand something is wrong. Jesse the battle over big tech bias doesnt end there, Florida Governor ron desantis has been working on a bill that would Fine Social Media Companies for banning political candidates. And senator josh hawley is leading the charge to hold big tech accountable. I think big tech is just very arrogant, you are someone thats been censored unfairly or d platform, we are giving you the ability to sue big tech yourself. What we need is real com
Trump organization. This grand jury is not solely dedicated to the trump investigation. This does, though, suggest this is a new development in this investigation thats been going on for some time and that the d. A. s office believes it may have some evidence that a crime was committed wha. What crimes could they be looking for . Reporter this investigation has been so wideranging. Theyre looking into everything from potential tax fraud, whether the Trump Organization mislead lenders, whether they committed insurance fraud. Theyre looking at Certain Properties and the Tax Treatment they have taken on those, including this Family Estate known as seven springs. Theyre also looking into Hush Money Payments made to stormy daniels, the adult firm star who alleged he had an affair with the president , something he denied, but something Michael Cohen went to jail for. Cohen, of course, is cooperating with the district attorneys investigation. A wide range of topics theyre investigating and an
Minneapolis Police Officers involved in the death of george floyd. The charges all four of them are facing. The sign of the times, Major League Baseball its back, for one team at full capacity. It is saturday, may 8th, we are so grateful to have you waking up with us, hey boris. Hey, christi. Grateful to be with you, christi. Grateful our audience is joining us this morning. And the more i keep reading about this story, christi, the more surreal it seems. Its happening right now, 100foot long, more than 20ton used Chinese Rocket is barreling toward earth at 18,000 miles an hour. But nobody knows exactly where this thing is going to land. A Defense Department spokesman suggests its going to be in the earths atmosphere sometime today. They also say dont worry, theres one expert that says this is a small risk. Cnn the odds go ahead. I was going to say the odds are not zero, there is a chance this is going to land somewhere where there are people. In fact, its happened before. Cnns david c