White house pressured the platform to Censor Americans and he says he regrets caving to those demands. Good morning im dana perino. Bill is off today. Good morning, bret. Good to see you. Bret im bret baier and this is americas newsroom. Zuckerberg making that admission in a letter to chairman jim jordan saying the white house pushed facebook to take down posts that included Covid Misinformation even ones defined as humor or satire. Dana when meta denied one of those requests the administration grew frustrated. Back in 2020 when jen psaki was the Press Secretary and said facebook needed to be stronger on policing content. Has facebook been as proactive as the white house would like in terms of its response . I think as i noted yesterday, phil, there is more there are more steps that everyone can take. Facebook responded yesterday after the Press Briefing saying that they removed 18 million pieces of Covid Misinformation. So does the white house find that sufficient . Clearly not becaus
News. The Israeli Military says they rescued a hostage from Southern Gaza. He was found in an underground tunnel by Israeli Soldiers during a special operation. He was abducted more than ten months ago by hamas in the october 7th terror attack. The 72yearold Security Guard is said to be in Good Condition and already has seen family. The white house saying, quote, we will continue to work tirelessly to finalize the ceasefire and Hostage Release deal through ongoing talks in cairo and doha. Meanwhile after a temporary pause, fighting resumed monday night with targeted strikes between hezbollah forces and israel. The escalation in attacks there has heightened tensions in the entire region. Joining us now, nbcs matt bradley in tel aviv and a former Supreme Allied Commander of nato and nbc chief international analyst. What do we know about the latest on the Hostage Release and the escalation . Well that Hostage Rescue will be a huge source of celebration here in israel. We already heard fro
Powering smarter savings. Powering possibilities. Hi, everyone, its 4 00 in new york. Ten tuesdays, 70 days to a Flashing Red Crossroads in our shared North American future. Both president ial campaigns this afternoon on pace with whats going to be a dead sprint to election day. Vice president Kamala Harris and her running mate tim walz at this hour preparing for what will be their tickets First Campaign stop since they formally accepted their partys nomination. A Bus Tour Of Georgia starting tomorrow. Meanwhile with Donald Trumps running mate jd vance campaigning in michigan and indiana, that campaign is adding new voices. An interesting voice. Nbc news adviser confirming that both robert f. Kennedy jr. And gabby is moving with trump. Lets go to North Carolina voters in ten days. Four days after that, the first president ial debate between trump and harris, which now appears to be all systems go. At least right now, according to donald trump. Disgraced expresident a little more than a
In gaza. What was the evidence behind israels claims that hamas was in the building. We have new information and were going to take you inside of the meeting between the a. P. And the israeli ambassador to the u. S. With reps from both sides coming up. Plus Propublica Bombshell about the taxes of american billionaires, but what about the course of the information. Were going to get into the ethic debate with a top editor from propublica, coming up. But first gagging the news media. There is a big meeting coming you on monday at the Justice Department and it effects all of us because it is about the first amendment. For several weeks weve learned how the trump era doj spied on the press and pursued leakers to do so. First we learned about the secret seizing of Phone Records from reporters and then the gag orders against the New York Times and cnn. And now there are still so many questions out there. Recenttories have also shown how democrats on capitol hill were also targeted by trumps
In gaza. What was the evidence behind israels claims that hamas was in the building. We have new information and were going to take you inside of the meeting between the a. P. And the israeli ambassador to the u. S. With reps from both sides coming up. Plus Propublica Bombshell about the taxes of american billionaires, but what about the course of the information. Were going to get into the ethic debate with a top editor from propublica, coming up. But first gagging the news media. There is a big meeting coming you on monday at the Justice Department and it effects all of us because it is about the first amendment. For several weeks weve learned how the trump era doj spied on the press and pursued leakers to do so. First we learned about the secret seizing of Phone Records from reporters and then the gag orders against the New York Times and cnn. And now there are still so many questions out there. Recenttories have also shown how democrats on capitol hill were also targeted by trumps