we ll leave this program at this point. you can watch the remainder of it on our website, c-span.org. members of facebook, google and facebook. today s hearing is being held remotely. all members and witnesses will be participating via video conferencing. as part of our hearing microphones will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. witnesses and speakers will need to unmute their microphones to speak. due to the anticipated length of this hearing the committee will take a 15-minute recess around 3:00 to provide witnesses a bathroom break. all documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. the chair will now recognize himself for five minutes. our nation is drowning in disinformation driven by social media. platforms that were once used to share photos of kids with grandparents are all too often havens of hate, harassment and division. the way i see it, there are two faces to each of your platforms, faceb
and facebook. today s hearing is being held remotely. all members and witnesses will be participating via video conferencing. as part of our hearing microphones will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. witnesses and speakers will need to unmute their microphones to speak. due to the anticipated length of this hearing the committee will take a 15-minute recess around 3:00 to provide witnesses a bathroom break. all documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. the chair will now recognize himself for five minutes. our nation is drowning in disinformation driven by social media. platforms that were once used to share photos of kids with grandparents are all too often havens of hate, harassment and division. the way i see it, there are two faces to each of your platforms, facebook has family and friends neighborhood. but it is right next to the one where there s a white tphags nationalists rally every day. co
into the hands of these people. we have to have peace so go home we love you. the major social media platforms have met the riots with censorship facebook says trump s account could be suspended indefinitely while a number of platforms have joined in and blocking the president s accounts. we ve see competence in democracy. few. politicians around the world expressed shock at the riots in washington with people across the globe also wondering what impact these events will have on so-called american exceptionalism. it is very wiring since it is an example of democracy it is really the 1st time that we see such a struggle he thinks it can have political and economic repercussions for the rest of the world. live from the russian capital this is r t international not donald quarter taking you through today s top news stories welcome to the program. 4 people have been left dead following clashes that erupted when pro trump supporters stormed congress on wednesday as it was certifyi
make a truly historic announcement in our battle against the china virus that will save countless lives the f.d.a. has issued an emergency use. authorization and that s such a powerful term emergency use authorization for a treatment known as convalescent. this is a. powerful therapy transfuse is very very strong antibodies from the blood of recovered patients to help treat patients battling a current infection set an incredible rate of success today s action will dramatically expand access to this treatment now this comes one day after president trump took to twitter and slammed the f.d.a. for making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and therapeutics of flu drug administration chief steven hahn he said this type of plan it s been used with infectious diseases for years now. so plasma is the liquid portion of the blood. that liquid portion contains the natural immunity that someone develops in response to an infection in this cas
the u.s. government ahead of a possible ban it s yet another legal battle between the u.s. and china we have a lot to get to so let s get started. over the weekend president trump announced the f.d.a. emergency approval of convalescent plasma for coping 1000 patients. today i m pleased to make a truly historic announcement in our battle against the china virus that will save countless lives the f.d.a. has issued an emergency use. authorization and that s such a powerful term emergency use authorization for a treatment known as convalescent plasma. this is a. powerful therapy that trance uses very very strong antibodies from the blood of recovered patients to help treat patients battling a current infection set an incredible rate of success today s action will dramatically expand access to this treatment now this comes one day after president trump took to twitter and flan the f.d.a. for making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines an