Indicating it. We are a few days in december, and clearly we get no respite for the holidays. There is no question about that. An extraordinary 46 minute video from the president last night, hugely commented on in washington. Attorney general barr, you wonder how he gets through the weekend with the president. I agree with you, this french issue is not a small matter. Memory of if in the that macron decided to rip a page out of the textbook from 30 years ago. Francine we will have a lot more on the dynamics of europe and france, but lets get straight to bloomberg first written with with rickets with or take a group with ritika gupta. Nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer are backing a bipartisan stimulus plan. They see the proposal from house and Senate Lawmakers with a new round of negotiations. The plan calls for 908 billion dollars in spending, less than what democrats want, increased from the number being floated by Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. The u. S. Has had its deadliest d
Good Tuesday Morning welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt. Its a mixed fwoog day retail earnings, amazon pharmacy, covid19 restrictions, fed speak. Were going to begin this morning on capitol hill as both Mark Zuckerberg and jack dorsey testify before Senate Judiciary on censorship, suppression, and, of course, the 2020 election our Julia Boorstin is monitoring this and can tell us what happened so far. Julia . Well, carl, senator Lindsey Graham focusing on what he sees as a need to revise section 230, thats the rule that protects social media platforms for legal liability for content. He says facebook and constituenter wetwitter were making editorial decisions and far more transparent standards are necessary. He called out the Mental Health risks associated with social media use. On the other side of the aisle, richard bloomenthal, he is calling for breakup of the platforms. Mark zuckerberg supports change to section 230 dorsey pointing out they need to walk a f
Michael dukakis. Candidates took questions on taxes, the budget deficit, defense spending, and each candidates choice of running mate. Good evening, on behalf of the commission on president ial debates, i am pleased to welcome you to the second president ial debate. Im bernard shaw of cnn, cable news network. My colleagues on the panel are and cotton of abc news. Margaret warner of newsweek magazine. And Andrea Mitchell of nbc news. The candidates are Vice President george bush, the republican nominee, and governor michael dukakis. [applause] for the next 90 minutes will be questioning the candidates in a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening. And the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to governor dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and
Plans to make russias a covert vaccine the countrys foreign minister exclusively tells r t why in tehran is supporting sputnik the. Russian the russian vaccine you have a very bad experience with another question countries that i do not want to name. My colleague kevin allen brings you the latest next hour of next no its cost stay with us. A little we welcome to all Things Considered. The newly inaugurated american President Joe Biden calls for you to. He in a country sharply divided at the same time big tech continues to be platform individuals and even cancel their competition and still others are calling for Trump Supporters to be deprogrammed so much for unity. To discuss these issues and more im joined by my guest in baltimore we have and shopmen he is a political activist and in beirut crossing george ion he is a republican analyst and an International Political strategists to make bus stop rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate it who is
Youll take the opportunity during our interview to join todays discussion by submitting questions as we go along. You can do that by clicking the q a button at the bottom of your screen. Today, as sidney mentioned, we are joined by my friend bob zoellick. Bob zoellick has served america and served her well across multiple administrations and in a range of few roles. In the late 80s, he served as counselor to secretary of the treasury, undersecretary of state as well as White House Deputy chief of staff. In the george w. Bush years, he served as trade u. S. Trade representative and later president of the world bank. Hes received numerous honors, the state departments highest award, the treasury departments Alexander Hamilton award and dods medal for distinguished public service. But the American Government werent the only ones. The German Government awarded him the Knight Commanders cross, the Mexican Government awarded him their aztec eagle order of merit. These days, among other posts