Of the different components, these are huge media and Communications Networks now, and in the United States and in most countries, these industries have been heavily regulated and very clear stipulations about what can and cant appear, how they can be used. You think about the idea of russia coming in and using nbc and comcast to influence our election what would happen . Thats exactly what happened here and the idea that they are going to somehow escape, hey, were just a platform, we have nothing to do with that. Good news, they are moving in that direction the other issue is antitrust, just the amount of power that these companies have and but i think its important to separate whether they think this is a business issue from a different kind of issue. Yes, this is an important political and cultural issue, but is it a threat to facebooks Business Model or reputation i dont think it is, because they dont rely on political advertising in an outsized way Mark Zuckerberg was way ahead of
All the way good morning happy monday and welcome to Worldwide Exchange, im sara eisen. And im wilfred frost. Good morning from me as well. Lets check in on the markets this morning. After a string of record highs last week sent the major averages up for a third week in a row, friday the equity markets closed near their highs. Transports turned in four weeks of gains for the First Time Since march under a little bit of selling pressure this morning, whether its profittaking or correcting off the move we saw, potentially some new risks entering the equation. Dow futures are down 32. S p futures down 6. Nasdaq futures down 10. S p down, nasdaq, russell 2000, small caps, s p 400 midcaps, which we never talk about, all posting new records last week. Check out some of the returns just since the election. Big returns, bigger even in the small caps. Theres the transports, which i mentioned, theyve been particularly strong, the longest run since back in march. The index gaining 8. 6 since elec
Week long. The situation in tampa is watching and waiting. Some of the outer bands of the storm have brought some light rains compared to what is to come. And people here know that. The story, the pictures we have been watching out of miami on brickell boulevard, water just pouring down the street. Thats where we find our john berman right now. John, i mean you know, again, the people in tampa who luckily still have electricity are able to watch some of those images youve been bringing coming out of miami. Its extraordinary what they have seen. And they know that is coming here, and likely even worse. Yeah, i hope theyre watching and getting the warning that they should be inside, that they should heed the warnings, the calls to evacuate from the officials there in tampa. Anderson, im holding in my hand parts of a plastic light that just snapped off a little bit down the way there and flew at me. I thought it was glass, and thankfully its not. Its just plastic. But you can see the debr
Situation. If youve been ordered ed ted evacuate, you need to leave now. Do not wait. Evacuate. Not tonight. Not in an hour. You need to go right now. If youre in an evacuation zone, leave. The time is running out to make that decision to leave. Good morning, im ali velshi bringing you live coverage of Hurricane Irma from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. The latest this hour though, Hurricane Irma is now a category 4 storm, pounding cuba with fierce winds of up to 130 miles an hour. Final preparations are under way across virtually the entire state of florida. Georgia has ordered mandatory evacuations along its coast. Landfall is expected in the florida keys within 24 hours. Forecasts this morning have shifted the storm slightly to the west, and that is putting the keys and the states western coast in irmas crosshairs. Joining me now is wnbc meteorologist Raphael Miranda who i saw a few minutes ago studying the latest on Hurricane Irma. There have been significant changes thro
Challenge to stand here. I know people are hurting and theyre scared. Were standing right here, and were going to tell you whats happening throughout this as this water gets to about 6 or 7 inches, and i cant even turn this way because it is pure gray. All the light is gone behind me, and the water is just coming sideways down this street, shepard. Shepard we now have a wider shot, and we can see the trees. That looks unbearabling, and im sure there are people sitting in their living rooms going get him the hell inside. Reporter yeah, yep. Shepard weve learned not to tell steve what to do. Reporter yeah. Well whoa. Well, the trees are not snapping. Im seeing been. S but not full trees. Category four, you expect trees to be uprooted, you expect roofs to fly off, and you expect side walls to fly off. Thats not happening here. Were seeing strong winds and branches snap, but were not seeing disintegration of buildings. Shepard yeah. Category three, maximum 120 miles an hour, it may have go