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Good morning, everybody. I think w had senator blumenthal remotely, ishat correct . Mr. Chairman. Is it okay if we move forwar absolutely. Thanks very much . Ill make a brief Opening Statement ts is about censorship, suppression and the 2020 election. A deep dive when it comes t twitter and facebook about the platforms and decisions they make, can we do better . Do we need to do better . The first thing i want to talk about here is health risk associated with social media. The 2018 Research Center survey of nearly 7150, 13 to 17 yearoldsnt 45 online almost constantly. 97 use socia media platforms such as youtube,st facebook or snapchat or instagram. Why are we having thisearing . Shes o companies offer, people like the politics ander u them. They probably more successful in their wildest dream they are having to make decisions that offend people on the left a the right. W ....
Coming up in one hour, pittsburgh postgazette julian rao on pennsylvania as a battleground state. More on pennsylvania with susquehanna universitys Nicholas Clark. Host good morning. Well begin this morning with testimony on capitol hill yesterday we from yesterday from the ceos of google, facebook, and twitter. They were asked to talk about their social media influence. We want to know from you this morning, do you think these companies have too much power . Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Ndependents, 202 7488002 you can also text us with your first name, city and state, at 202 7488003, or post your ,omments on twitter, cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. This headline about yesterdays ted cruz slams twitter political restrictions. Google, facebook, also face liability. Heres what the senator all what the senator had to say yesterday, questioning jack dorsey, alleging that twitter is biased against conservatives. [ ....
Coronavirus cases and political tensions. The Trump Administration rejects beijings claims in the South China Sea, accusing it of bullying. The u. K. Is set to ban huawei from its 5g mobile network. The plan would mean British Companies need to remove huawei infrastructure by 2027. Welcome to the program, everybody. Lets check out the futures. Lots of moving parts in terms of the market action. Lots of geopolitics to talk about as well. We have futures pointing to the downside in europe. We have to play a little bit of catchup with the united states. Lets get to some of the breaking news out of the u. K. That is certainly going to be one of the focuses in our program. The u. K. Economy shrank by 19. 1 in the three months ending in may. Getting a three month figure. Main manufacturing production rising by 8. 4 . ....
Big rally bubbling up. Check out what happened to chinese tech stocks today as Congress Seems to be turning up the heat on china. Lets get to Kayla Tausche for the details. Melissa, the Holding ForeignCompanies Accountable act technically applies to any nonu. S. Company listed here and it requires those companies to be subjected by the securities and Exchange Commission and if not to certify that it is not owned and controlled by a Foreign Government any company that cannot prove that would be dislisted. Here is john kennedy, the republican senator from louisiana who sponsored this bill i do not want to get into a new cold war all i want, ....
Have been a major swing. Check out what Lloyd Blankfein tweeted. Hospitals are not overwhelmed. Most will be exposed anyway since we cant sequester until there is a vax is a Public Health benefit from broad lockdowns worth such extreme damage to livelihoods and what is more important, the potential human lives lost which are, of course, very important or the toll on the economy and possibly irreparable damage to the economy. Tim seymour . Well, look, now, if you think about where lloyd was on april 24th, i follow him on twitter, by the way i doesnt tweet that often and when he does, hes got something to say and a month ago he was saying im not so sure its wise for states to be opening but thats why we have a federal system where states can do what they do and was somewhat critical of georgia. Here he is coming in and talking about a more populous line theres politics attached ....