," i would use the "wall street journal" news pages as your guide. what you're seeing on facebook is false. the "wall street journal" is owned by rupert murdoch who also owns fox news. clearly their editorial page is deeply conservative. if it is not in the news pages of the "wall street journal," it is false. there is a value to journalism. again, we have a crisis of information right now across the world. it is leading people to -- ::

they may like it when the top 1% is doing great and buys the wall street journal every day. readof my members don't the wall street journal. they read the local newspaper, they get their news from other sources. they have been wrong before, they are wrong now. the best way to grow an economy is to make sure the vast majority of people have money in their pockets, not just the top 1% or the corporations. it's for workers. workers that are right now essential workers, stocking grocery shelves, in emergency rooms taking care of patients, other people are out there, firefighters, officers, all of us rightey are saving now. give them some money. the unemployed, we got 30 million unemployed right now. becauset $600 expired mitch mcconnell would not pass the heroes act, epi estimates that's going to cost about 2.5 million jobs. moremeans 2.5 million people will not be working. a union member from smyrna, georgia. caller: thank you for taking my call. thank you for speaking truth to ther, talking about inequality of wealth on the fact that black lives do matter and that joe biden has

amazing moment in history >> we are thrilled to have our authors and conversation chief at the wall street journal and leads a team of euros across the west covering, among any one - - many issues with them pandemic policy and economics state and city news immigration and in her career though wall street journal and editing positions london dallas pittsburgh and featured authors melissa korn higher education reporter for the wall street journal. previously will for dow jones newswire and a graduate of cornell and columbia university graduate school of journalism. we also have jennifer levitz national reporter for the wall street journal previously she wrote and has a number of two pulitzer prize and graduated from loyola maryland and in their review she wrote the authors highly readable expose goes well beyond the tabloid level and examination of the intersection of ambition and money and higher education. a fast-paced account of the massive college admissions scam. this indictment of contemporary american culture offers an in-depth look at families who were willing to break the law and ignore eth

"the wall street journal." and contaminated water made people sick and caused unhealthy levels of lead in children's blood appear and speak with the residents of flint have endured more than most. they cannot be dragged back and forth any longer to achieve nothing but continued hardship. >> dana: an investigation found the city switched water sources to save money and old water mains leaked lead into the water. and iran with two new missiles with heightened tensions with the united states. the missiles are named after two military leaders who died in a

. >> also new today, an nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showing president trump trailing joe biden. the democrat now leading by nine points. and as we count down to the start of the democratic national convention tomorrow, kamala harris speaking out against voter suppression tactics. >> because they know when we vote, things change. when we vote, we get the voting rights act and the civil rights act and the fair housing act. let's also remember why they don't want us to vote. and it is because that is a way to strip us of the power of our voices. >> we start with shaq brewster who joins us from wilmington, delaware, where biden and harris will give their interviews this week. she's making a major statement on the eve of this convention. >> reporter: that is exactly right, garrett. and we've heard a lot from senator harris recently in the past couple of days as she's given multiple one-on-one interviews notably with being interviewed by women of color and notably targeting publications that target african-americans. and in this latest interview that we heard and was published this m

," i would use the "wall street journal" news pages as your guide. what you're seeing on facebook is false. the "wall street journal" is owned by rupert murdoch who also owns fox news. clearly their editorial page is deeply conservative. if it is not in the news pages of the "wall street journal," it is false. there is a value to journalism. again, we have a crisis of information right now across the world. it is leading people to -- :: ideas and generating policies like hogan has been so effective at doing in maryland. today we will be talking about federalism, covid-19 but also importantly about governor hogan's book which is a terrific read. if you have not gotten a copy yet i encourage you to do so. we'll talk about the book and what's in it today. as part of the discussion we have we welcome your questions and answers. submit those in the q and a button at the bottom of your screen and we will do our best to get those questions worked in today so without further a new governor hogan is the 62nd governor of the state of maryland. the second republ

tonight's featured author melissa korn, she's a reporter for the wall street journal and previously she wrote for dow jones newswire . she's a graduate of cornell university and columbia university graduate school of journalism. also we have jennifer levitz, jennifer is national reporter for the wall street journal and previously she wrote the providence journal and has been a member of two pulitzer prize finalist teamswhen she graduated from wyoming university maryland .in their review of unacceptable, curtis wrote the authors highly readable exposc goes well beyond tabloid level. a capable examination of the seamy intersection of ambition, money and higher education.and library journal calls it a fast-paced account of the massive college admissions scam designed by rick singer read this indictment of contemporary american culture offers an in-depth look at families who are willing to break the law and ignore ethical principles to provide higher education for their children. a well researched detailed picture of crime emerging in an american culture corrupted by wealthand celebrity. a

not only the nine-point lead in our nbc news/"wall street journal" national poll, but that's a lead we have seen mirrored in other polling that was also released this morning, then you also saw that general approval of senator harris as vice president biden's pick. in addition to that, we're just one day away from the democratic national convention. we know that tomorrow, we will hear from the likes of michelle obama, we'll hear from senator amy klobuchar. they're trying to build that excitement. we'll also hear from senator bernie sanders, who was interviewed by chuck todd on "meet the press" this morning. he said his message will be about maintaining american democracy, but listen to his response and show of unity he's trying to express when chuck todd asked him about medicare for all and that division we talked about so long during the primaries, when he asked why medicare for all was only mentioned once in the democratic platform. listen to how senator bernie sanders responded. >> i am not the candidate. so my views are not the dominant views. but what i will credit strongly the bi

we've also seen troubling reports in "the wall street journal" detailing amazon's use of third-party sellers proprietary data to develop and markets its own competitive private label products. "the wall street journal" reported last week that amazon's venture capital fund used meetings with start-up companies to gain access to secret product information and financial details. amazon then reportedly used that information to launch competing products often disastrous results for the original start-up company. there are many examples of this behavior. one allegation in the reporting sticks out in particular. in 2011, amazon contacted vocal life's inventor about the possibility of investing in the technology. the founder accepted the meeting thinking this was the company's big break. after displaying the microphone technology and providing information to amazon employees the relationship came to a halt. employees stopped responding to emails before the technology eventually found its way into the amazon's echo device. these allegations are serious. especially because the size and scope of

the "wall street journal" is saying a deal could value directv below $20 billion. that's less than half the $49 million at&t paid for directv back in 2015 at&t tells us it has no comment on this report we are reaching out to apollo and platinum equity and have not heard back yet >> steve grasso, so your take not only on the news, but i want to get your take here. when i saw this headline, i immediately fired off an e-mail to the producers i said really, the randall stevenson era at at&t is wracked by deals that apparently ran up debt now you're selling directv at less than half what you paid for it comment on the deal and comment on the company and the former management team. >> yeah. you've got to look back to the era that you're talking about. so you had the two majors. you have verizon, you have at&t. then you had john ledger who turned the whole industry on its head am i right there so they were forced to compete they were forced to try to gobble up, create value where they thought they could. they were trying to chase where the puck was going to be, not where

. ♪ ♪ gerry: welcome to "the wall street journal at large".ublicans made their case for the reelection of donald trump this week, but it's just possible that events elsewhere may have as big an impact on november's election. the shooting on sunday night of jacob blake by a police officer while he appeared to be resisting arrest started off another round of protests in cities around america resulting in the death of two the testers shot -- protesters shot by a 17-year-old. mr. trump and the republicans at their convention denounced the violence that has gripped the nation's cities through this summer, but away from the convention something interesting seemed to be happening with democrats. their leaders for months haved stood by and defended the so-called peaceful protests and said hardly a word about the violence at their own convention suddenly changed tack. for example, the governor of oregon issued a strong e ea buick. let me be clear, it's time for the violence and vandalism to end, focus on the important work to be done to achieve real ch

but then instructed his attorneys not to send his resignation in an interview with "the wall street journallate monday falwell said he would indeed step down acknowledging that some of his posts on social media had embarrassed the school tonight liberty university says its new leaders are committed to being good stewards while also offering heart felt prayers to the falwell family stephanie gosk, nbc news >>> when we come back, she survived the holocaust. now at 88 her dream is coming true. >>> finally the holocaust survivor who created a new life in connecticut but one thing was missing until a school heard her story. >> reporter: at 88 years old, in a cap and gown, miriam schreiber savors a moment she has dreamed of for decades >> due to events beyond my control i was never able to get my high school diploma. >> reporter: schreiber's education disrupted by a desperate journey to survive the holocaust. her family, living for years on the run, hiding from the nazis, eventually sent to a slave labor camp in siberia. >> nobody would have faulted her for just giving up, but she didn't she of c

mister chairman, i ask unanimous consent for the majority, including wall street journal editorial column by the legal post. of former commission of the post office -- >> all three of these, a lot of majorities, make very clear the ones at the postal service legislate to increase the long-term challenges of the postal service and make it harder to ensure its survival. finally i would be remiss if i did not mention bringing a bill into this committee, to not receive a markup. when democrats flipped the majority they made a congress and signed it into a rule. it was a markup and jurisdiction. the majorities wants to violate that. just as they have repeatedly done, to make matters worse, the postmaster general in the house next monday, repeatedly file it, this is especially so. a new way of doing business that is necessary to give all members a chance for legislation -- continuing what is criticized. we owe the american people more. >> i thank the gentleman for his comments. this is important quite frankly. the president talking about not expecting the result of the election. >> the house co

. ♪ ♪ gerry: welcome to "the wall street journal at large".l, there's no escaping it, it's been an absolutely miserable year in 2020. more than a 150,000 americans have died from the coronavirus epidemic, tens of millions of jobs have been lost thanks to government-imposed lockdowns. life's simple pleasures like a drink in a bar or a trip to an you elderly grandparent have been declared off limits for most of the year. but perhaps the worst of all is having to endure being constantly lectured to by our media, entertainment and corporate elites about how we really should be living better lives like theirs. americans who are simply anxious or desperate to get back to work to feed their families and survive are condemned as selfish people who are putting lives as risk. while we haven't been able to worship at our church or synagogue, we have been essentially compelled to worship at the altar of police hay ted that -- hay e tread that have been rerecollected. surging crime and unruly protests make life in this country even worse than it already is

. ♪ ♪ gerry: welcome to "wall street journal at large." something very strange happened this week. country that we've been told for months now is irredeemably racist and sexist, a bastion of white male privilege, the democratic candidate for president chose as his running mate a woman of indian and caribbean descent and did so, we're told, because kamala harris is seen as the most likely candidate to hem -- help him get elected. but the fact is senator harris has, like many women and men of color, done very well in america through a mixture of talent, hard work and an iron determination to seize opportunity when it comes knocking. instead of spending time obsessing about races and identity, what we should be doing is examining senator harris for what she is. someone who could very well be the next president of the united states. in very short order. finish and what her selection might mean for a possible biden administration. well, the media, of course, have have already decided, surprisingly enough, that senator harris is some kind of save your come down among us. -- savior. polit

let's bring wall street journal columnist and deputy editorial page editor dan henninger, columnist kim strassel and editorial page writer gillian. kim, did democrats achieve what they were calling on attorney general? kimberley: they claimed that they we wanted to hear from the attorney general but they didn't let him speak. the real idea behind this is they wanted to accuse him and the trump administration of essentially sending storm troopers into cities and abusing protestors' rights and wanted to accuse him of politicizing the justice department by having ordered reviews of what happened in the 2016 election in terms of the trump-russia collusion investigation and some of the mueller indictments. the problem is that the attorney general is very good in the hearings and he's on very solid legal ground and so in the end they didn't really let them open moat much and it became not a hearing but contentious lecture i would say. paul: gillian, you followed the protests on the west coast, portland, seattle and elsewhere. was in your view the federal intervention to protect the courthouse

. ♪ ♪ gerry: welcome to "the wall street journal at large".rican cities continue to endure another week of violence and unrest this week as protesters burned buildings and attempted to bring anarchy to the nation all while many local leaders seem to be turning a blind eye. in response, america's news organizations spent another week developing new forms of interest to try to get us to believe that things are not as they are. this week abc news takes the top prize for this tweet: protesters in california set fire to a courthouse, damaged a police station and assaulted officers after a peaceful demonstration intensified. a peaceful demonstration intensified. you get that? you wonder what some of these journalists might have made of some of the most important events in history. what do you think, pearl harbor was bombed by japanese planes after tokyo's peaceful protests against america's presence in the pacific region intensified. the media, of course, aren't alone. blaming any unrest on the federal government. on capitol hill this week congressi

ravi, a new report in the "wall street journal" found nursing home deaths are rising again. report raises concern about the lack of sufficient personal protective equipment and testing procedures at nursing homes. what are your thoughts on that? >> the reports show that the ones we need to focus on are the workers of the nursing home. ppe isn't just about protecting the wearer from other individuals. it's also protecting the nursing home residents from the workers as well. >> our thanks to dr. ravi. >>> in baseball there's no crying and no social distancing for houston and oakland. the team started brawling after the astros hit the fifth batter of the weekend. the former astro who blew the whisoakld n 7-2. >>> a younger golfer made history. 23-year-old collin morikawa won the pga championship, his first major title. he's only the fourth golfer in history to win his first pga championship by that age. then this moment. after picking up the trophy, the top fell off. he put it back on. >> coming up, schools requiring a dress code for students during online classes. what won't b

for more on what that means, i spoke with tim puko, who reports on energy policy for the "wall street journal." tim, tell me, what are the regulations that either we're passing or rolling back? what's the change? >> there were rules that the obama administration had approved back in 2016 that required oil and gas producers to specifically monitor for leaks of methane, and fix those leaks. that requirement is going away. the rules still do include other requirements that are-- are likely to get oil and gas companies to still capture a lot of those emissions, but they don't have to look for methane anymore. >> sreenivasan: what was the rationale in rolling these regulations back? >> the trump administration wanted to help smaller and mid-sized oil companies. they were pretty open about that. that, you know, a lot of these drillers work on tht margins. a lot of them have pretty low-producing wells that don't bring in a ton of cash. and as you can imagine, to p sophisticated monitoring systems or to send people around into far-flung aces to check for these leaks can be kind of expensive. and the

extraction facility with the help of china that's according to sources being quoted by the wall street journal the facility is said to be close to the town of houla yellowcake is a milled form of uranium ore that's found naturally there but would take additional steps and technology to enrich it enough for a nuclear power plant saudi arabia denies building a uranium ore facility near but says mineral extraction is a part of its economic diversification colombia's former president alberto rebate says the supreme court has ordered his detention even though the top court has not made its ruling public it's to do with a case in which the former leader is accused of witness tampering and fraud the rebate has repeatedly declared his innocence and questioned the court's independence is a close ally of the current president even to kay and listened around p.s. he joins us with the latest from bogota hi there just how important is this decision today. well peter is extremely important and it came as a surprise to most colombians because former president tilton today was practically practically couldn't

and his eldest son laughlin the heir apparent also control the wall street journal and the new york post and there's no one size fits all murdoch news template i mean us murdoch follows kind of a high low formula that you see emulated in australia the high. is represented in some ways by the wall street journal which has done very straight ahead reporting intensive reporting about all the elements involving this crisis and then you have fox news as well as the new york post and they've taken a more alarmist a more conflict generating kind of approach to covering. news outlets used to criticism they have thick skin but the backlash they've been getting for that coronavirus coverage is on another level. april 3rd 2020 an open letter to fox corp chairman rupert murdoch and fox corporation c.e.o. lock. in is a journalism professor at columbia university in new york in april alarmed by what folks was saying about the virus. into the mud and he was not alone $186.00 of his media connie signed on to the misinformation that reaches the fox news audience is again for the public health inexcusable

plus our brand-new nbc news/wall street journal poll on the eve of the democratic national convention, also as covid relief talks break down. >> perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gave a damn. >> president trump says no deal, no new postal service funding for mail-in voting. >> it's very simple. how are they going to do it if they don't have the money to do it? >> sabotaging the mail in order to help his re-election chances what we've never seen before is a president saying i'm going to actively kneecap the postal service. >> as president trump struggles as home he secures a big agreement in the middle east. i'll talk to national security adviser robert o'brien. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news hunt. former homeland security secretary jeh johnson, carol lee and charles benson from our nbc affiliate in convention city, milwaukee. >> welcome to sunday and our coverage of the democratic national convention. it's "meet the press". >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunda

. ♪ ♪ gerry: welcome to "the wall street journal at large".e people have been complaining for years that political conventions have steadily become rather stage-managed affairs. a place where parties are supposed to debate the right way ahead for the country. this week the morphing into a scripted, choreographed infomercial was complete with this year's democratic national convention. it was a strange spectacle, a little like watching one of those telethons for some cause you don't want to support. each night a different actress has been emceeing the proceedings, eva longoria, julia louis julia louis-dreyfus demonstrating the democrats' commitment to racial diversity. the stage managing's been to designed to create the image of a party that's united and rides the mainstream of american politics. finish this message that you can trust joe biden, the candidate, to heal a hurting and divided country, was the theme of the nominee's acceptance speech on thursday night. >> if you entrust me with the president she su, i will -- presidency, i will dra

eric: arthel, for more on this let's bring in john bussey, associate editor of the wall street journalnd fox news contributor. john, there again is blood in the streets of our of country. the protester who was shot, an apparent protester, the latest person killed. how do these events get tamped down? >> yes, there was an event in portland. and it's i think very important to remember that 99% of the country, 99.9% of the country is going about its daily business and it's not rioting, and there's not this violence. there's episodic events in certain cities and it's i think being to some extent -- david's point about political strategy on the part of the administration, it's being blown up in the sense that the cities of america are in flames. they're not, eric. there's events, episodic, that are problematic and they are protesters against police violence and racial inequality and now you've got counter protesters. and the trump administration has got to be careful here. because if this is as david, your correspondent was pointing out, a political strategy to take attention away from the