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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
Caused by an equipment problem, not an attack. Five americans on a peacekeeping mission were among those killed. Cbs david martin has new information on the crash. Reporter one American Service member was pulled from the wreckage, but five others died when their black hawk helicopter went down in the sinai peninsula, once a battleground between egypt and israel. Two members of the french and czech militaries also died in the crash, apparently caused by mechanical failure. Its the single worst loss of American Life in the nearly four decades u. S. Troops have patrolled the sinai. About 450 americans are part of an International Force set up to monitor the 1979 peace treaty between egypt and israel. Robert satloff is with the Washington Institute for near east policy. We are ensuring that each side keeps to its agreements and that peace is sustained at a cornerstone of the middle east. Reporter the pentagon wants to pull u. S. Troops out of the sinai, but has never overcome objections fr
Publically of deciding what it wants to be. Who its leaders are and what it wants to stand for. The house moved to remove Marjorie Taylor green from both of the committees she served in. The education and Budget Committee. Despite near unanimous opposition from her party. Vote was 230199, it came amid mounting outrage among the crazy Conspiracy Theories she has spoken. 11 represent are cans moved over the aisle to remove her. Which sends her in to a legislative exile. Green apologized for none of out. They expressed regret for her comments and said she quote stumbled in to qanon after doubting media reports. The problem is i was allowed to believe thing thes that were not true. You see, School Shootings were true. And 9 11 happened. You i never said the things that im being accused of today during my campaign. I never have said any of the things since being elected to congress. Shall we stay divided like this . Will we allow the media that is just as guilty as qanon of presenting truth
Endorsed and repeated. 11 republicans chose to cross the aisle to join the democrats. Here they are in Ejecting Greene from those committees which essentially sends her into a kind of legislative exile. In remarks on the house floor this afternoon, greene apologized for none of it. She expressed regret for her comments and said she, quote, stumbled into qanon after doubting media reports. The problem with that is, though, i was allowed to believe things that werent true. You see, School Shootings are absolutely real, 9 11 absolutely happened. I never once said any of the things that i am being accused of today during my campaign, i never said any of these things since i have been elected for congress. These were words of the past. Shall we stay divided like this . Will we allow the media that is just as guilty as qanon of presenting truth and lies to divide us . Here for the record the briefest reminder of some of greenes Greatest Hits that led to todays vote. Any americans are like bl