them all coming up in today's going underground for a lot of us for a special but 1st the amazon washington post has obtained a leaked recording of u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o suggesting the trump administration is targeting the leadership of western europe's largest socialist movement the chief target of the former cia boss another usas top diplomat mike pompei o is labor leader jeremy corbyn labor has responded saying president trump and his officials attempt to decide. who will be britain's next prime minister or an entirely unacceptable interference in the u.k.'s democracy jeremy corbett himself was the 1st senior pull it isn't to meet granville survivors after the catastrophic fire more important peo later in the show joining me now is an evacuee on the night of the show delaying the will of the grenfell action group joe welcome to going underground just before we get to the anniversary you're wearing that i am indeed i am reason that's the name of someone quoted by the member of parliament for kids in chelsea who claim that greece morris is locked up while granville perpetrators

manslaughter coming up in today's going underground grunfeld anniversary special but 1st the amazon washington post has obtained a leaked recording of u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh suggesting the trump administration is targeting the leadership of western europe's largest socialist movement the chief target of the former cia boss another usa top diplomat mike pompei o is labor leader jeremy corbyn labor has responded saying president trump and his officials attempt to decide who will be britain's next prime minister are an entirely unacceptable interference in the u.k.'s democracy jeremy corbett himself was the 1st senior politician to meet granville survivors after the catastrophic fire peo later in the show joining me now is an evacuee on the night of the joe delaney of the greenfield action group joe welcome to going underground just before we get out of a street you're wearing that i am indeed i am response that's the name of someone quoted by the member of parliament for kensington chelsea who claimed that rhys morris is locked up while grenfell perpetrators of frequenting why they cl

deny that i think electing britain for foreign wars i'm going to ask you then because the amazon washington post has obtained a leaked leaked or your recording trying to get hold of it here are going underground suggest state of the us secretary of state by compare former head of the cia saying that the us needs to bring bring him down really before he becomes prime minister nothing surprises me but the us i magine have the mighty us is of the labor leader of the u.k. and this is a man that stood against its african military judge in the south african apartheid campaign he has been to gaza and stood against the israeli army and what i mean is yes he has went there and been involved in some of those actions way back in the past they know that this man means what he says and he will not be swayed by a government and an order that is completely trashing our people's lives any time soon generate carbon will be a number 10 and you know they know that for the 1st time in decades we will have a government in this country that will look after the interests of people in this country and not look after th

amazon. meaning big changes and even bigger fines could be in store. msnbc technology contributor tony rahm writes about it in the "washington post" where he is the tech we should note here for the purposes of this conversation, jeff bezos, founder and executive of amazon also owns the "washington post." tony, you write the ftc would take the lead in reviewing amazon. the justice department gets google. what would that mean for guys like me and you potentially? >> yeah. what it means is a lot more antitrust scrutiny coming for amazon and major ecommerce player and for google, a sprawling company that does everything from search and advertising to self-driving cars. now, there's been a lot of pressure for this kind of thing for a long time from democrats and republicans on capitol hill, and increasingly from some of the democrats running for the white house in 2020. but what we saw from the reporting this weekend is that the government's two major antitrust agencies privately have started divvying up the territory here, and what that suggests to us is the early makings of a potential review, potential investigation or other kinds of actions on the parts

it really just suggests that we're into new territory here >> but i'm talking about with "washington post," amazon you've got republicans in the house and senate which are just mad at facebook in general because they think that it is all social media is -- you know, james woods -- >> here is the thing >> part of my life is missing if i don't get to see what he tweets he's blocked from twitter. >> james woods is blocked? >> he is blocked from twitter. >> you will claim that facebook is influencings election >> no, i'm not claiming that, i'm just claiming non -- >> the president will try to influence the unduly influence the election by putting pressure on "washington post" and other organizations and cnn through at&t the whole thing is now -- >> none of these companies want to be in the position of -- >> i'm just sad that when you get to married, that is the best ring that you could get? did you find that at a construction site? show people that wedding ring. >> this is not my wedding ring >> it looks like a bolt that you found on the ground somewhere. >> you know what, i was going to talk about th

this as "the washington post" is reporting amazon could also be facing antitrust scrutiny from the ftc

this as "the washington post" is reporting amazon could also be facing antitrust scrutiny from the ftc as well. kristina, you have been following this story. how much trouble for these giants? >> right now, this is just a green light to open an investigation. i like to preface that. we are selling a selloff but nothing at the moment is happening thus far other than the fact they can open an investigation. you mentioned the ftc. the ftc could potentially look at amazon and facebook, the doj would look at google and apple. they are splitting up which is interesting because they are now name calling, going after specific companies. you saw huge drop in facebook's price today. the news came out in the afternoon. reason being the ftc has been looking into facebook for the past year but over privacy concerns. now they are going to shift their focus and look to see whether facebook is stifling competition. david: look at that. 7.5% down today. >> a huge drop. for the other tech giants, google, this is an ongoing story. google has been fined in the eu for antitrust situation and now they are m

. >>> "the washington post" says republicans in congress could revolt against the president's new tariffs on mexico. >>> google, apple, facebook, and amazon all targeted as house lawmakers join federal regulators taking aim at big tech. >>> what a game. >> a librarian from chicago takes down jeopardy champ james holzhauer ending his $2.4 million run. good morning, and welcome to "early start," everyone, i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it was a strange final game for jeopardy james. tuesday, june 4 in the east. it is 9:00 a.m. in london. that's where we begin on game two of president trump's visit to the uk. in the next two hours, theresa may will be spending a lot of time together. first up on the schedule, a business round table at st. james palace. then the president and prime minister hosts a breakfast attended by the duke of york and prominent british business leaders. talks follow later in the day and it is anyone's guess how this will all go. the two leaders already had a rocky relationship before the president publicly second guessed the prime minister this week on her brexit strategy. let's go live to london and bring in

look into how the social media giant affects digital competition. she washington post then jumped in and said the ftc might look sto amazon and not to be outdone, reutersd the justice got the jurisdiction to investigate apple a their practices. late in the day a house committee said that it was going to launch a bipartisan inveigation into competitiveness in the digital markets. it's too early to say whether any of these stories are gng to panout, but the stocks were hit and they were hit hard in today's trade. >> so let's bring in john freeman to discuss what regulation could mean for some of these big companies. he's an equity analyst at cfra research. nice to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> it's a diverse group of companies. they're all in the tech space, of course, but they all do very different things. how would regulation apply? >> well, you know, looking at historical perspective the wayed it app to microsoft, there are certain remedies, you know? the fines andh. so fo those are really immaterial, but for microsoft the big one was of course debundling the browser from the operatingsystem, windows, whi

the washington post claim that the federal trade commission is looking into potential anti—trust violations of amazon probe into facebook. it's not uncommon for the agencies to negotiate over who gets to that which companies and markets. it is to avoid duplication and stepping on each others' toes. it's also worth noting that the last big anti—trust suit in the united states was against microsoft, that was roughly 20 years ago. part of the challenges that it's hard to show american consumers that have been harmed. as a requirement of us anti—trust law. big tech companies like google and facebook and they hang ona like google and facebook and they hang on a second, we are providing oui’ hang on a second, we are providing our services for free in exchange for people's personal data. but make no mistake, the threat here is real. for a while now, many americans have come to believe that the tech industry has too much power and needs to be reined in. but washington, well, it's tended to be hands. silicon valley was seen to be an engine of economic growth not to be tampered with, but opinion has shifted. d

there will be looking into google, the federal trade commission, according to the washington post will be looking at amazonrving up the work so that you do not have duplication. this is all fairly sort of routine in some ways, but what it signifies and the reasons why you saw in the share price, is for regulators to get serious and ways that they were not in the past. the last big antitrust case to be seen here in america was 20 years ago that involved microsoft and in part, the companies have been very successful because they been able to make the case that, where's the harm being done to american consumers but we have been providing a free service in exchange for people's data. the latest front in president trump's trade wars is this 3,100km border with its southern neighbour mexico. from next week the us president wants to impose tariffs on everything that comes into his country because he thinks mexico isn't doing enough to stop illegal migration and drugs. almost $350bn worth of goods came from mexico into the us last year and the mexican government want to keep them tariff free which is why several o

saved by a billionaire out of mÉxico, telecommunications billionaire, the washington post had to be saved by jeff bezos of amazonbroke and $250 million, it was worth 3 or $4 billion. maybe people have had enough and all kinds of things but there's also smart people and senator websites. it's my contention that they will destroy themselves and thanks to new technology or newer technology we are not aware of down the road, platforms and so forth, we will continue to have a free press in the country just not that press, what do you think of that? >> well, the marketplace for news is there. whether or not we have the organizations that can fulfill the marketplace is different. i in my polls look at people and say, i break them up there's news junkies, sports junkies, entertainment junkies. >> just junkies. >> and couch potato, half of the country half potato but 23% to have country, news junkies, they really want several times a day to check the news and they want to get news and information that's accurate, that's fast, that tells them what's going on and i think they know that the press is really getting the lowes

a telecommunications billionaire the washington post had to be saved by jeff bezos of amazon becauseke and he got it at a fire sale $250 million. when i was young it was worth two or three or $4 billion and now technology is some of that, but maybe people just have had enough and they know they can get it on the internet where there's all kinds of things but there's also smart people and smart websites and people all over the world are providing news and video and so forth. it's my contention that if they don't reform themselves, they're going to destroy themselves and thanks to new technology, and newer technology we're not even going to wear it down the road and the news platforms and so forth, we will continue to have a free press in the country, just not that press. what do you think of that? >> well the marketplace for news is there. whether or not we have the organizations that can fulfill m that marketplace it's different. i, in my polls, look at people and i say well if i break them up there's news junkies, sports junkies, entertainment junkies. >> and just junkies. >> and co

divvying up tech territories in tech, media and retail "washington post" reported this past weekend that the ftc will take the lead on anything amazon related and now perhaps facebook as well while the justice department will leave anything related to google parent company alphabet, now apple. the majority of what's known as the faang trade. some putting google, apple in that mix as well alongside google even netflix down despite no headlines regarding regulatory inquiry there. i mentioned the big stock dropper, facebook, off the worst levels of the day. it managed to bounce at 161 a share. that represents the long term trend line for the stock for 200 day moving average that, guys, will be a key level for watch. >> let's break this down with jason and a reporter at the "new york times." jason, start with you. these moves are extraordinary. what do you make of it >> sure, so a lot of headlines to digest. i first want to say that facebook seems more of an overreaction more of a trade, as you will, between government agencies but let's back up a second so first, we heard of the doj basically oversight for google and basically kind of

. >>> "the washington post" says republicans in congress could revolt against the president's new tariffs on mexico. >>> google, apple, facebook, and amazonrgeted as house

amazon mentioned start at $15. are starvation wages? >> i think the first thing i need to do is make a disclosure, the washington post is personally owned he's the founder and ceo of oom don. as to your specific question, i think the thing to keep in mind this kind of critique was true at one point. that the people who worked at amazon did not make very much money, particularly relative to other kinds of opportunities they might have had. but as you just read allowed, amazon now pays a $15 an hour entry wage, they do offer benefits to their workers and i think one thing that those on the left need to keep in mind is that they need to update, if their goal is to shame companies into raising workers wages, which may or may not have been what happened here, if they don't update, if they continue to shame those same companies even after they have done the things that have been asked of them, and they're still being shamed for their past behavior, what incentive would they ever have to cave in the future? i think that's something we need to keep in mind as we critique these kinds of companies, if they do offer in the case of if they do offer

amazon restaurant service by the end of this month. >>> and facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg reached out to house speaker nancy pelosi to discuss how his company handles viral misinformation. according to the "washington post," she has not called him back or replied. pelosi recently expressed frustration with how facebook handled a video clip of her. >>> president trump is ramping up his war of words against former vice president joe biden and both of them are headed to iowa to campaign for the 2020 presidential race. today before leaving for that key battleground state president trump had this to say about vice president biden. >> biden, who's a loser. i mean, look, joe never got more than 1% except obama took him off the trash heap. and now it looks like he's failing. it looks like his friends from the left are going to overtake him pretty soon. >> meantime, new developments are tied to the mueller report. after weeks of negotiations the justice department agreed to provide congress with more evidence from the special counsel's investigation. this as a key figure from watergate takes center stage on capitol hill. here's nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: as democrats launch an ambitious new round of hea

. >>> "the washington post" says republicans in congress could revolt against the president's new tariffs on mexico. >>> google, apple, facebook, amazon, all targeted as house lawmakers join federal regulators taking aim at big tech. >>> what a game, oh, my god. >> a librarian from chicago takes down jeopardy james holzhauer, ending his $2.4 million run, and a wrote a masters paper on jeopardy. she knew what he was doing. went to princeton as well. welcome to "early start," i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans, tuesday, june 4th. 5:00 a.m. in the east, everyone, and this is day two of the president's three day state visit to the uk. over the next few hours, things could get interesting. there's the president sitting down talking about trade. the president and british prime minister may be spending a lot of time together. first up on the skechedule, thi business round table, the president and prime minister host a breakfast attended by the duke of york and prominent and u.s. british business leaders. bilateral trade talks follow later in the day. it's anyone's guess how this is going to go. the two leaders have a rocky relationship

amazon as led the way voluntary to pay its workers much more than the minimum wage. she is just simply wrong. what gives this such savage teeth is that jeff bezos bought the failing "washington postrmalize liberal line. alexandria ocasio-cortez is the twisted fruit of that corrupt tree he plant when he did that. he now knows what it's like to have liberals lie about you. there is an expression in economics, you lie down with dogs and you get up with fleas. it's what he has done to himself. trish: all correct. i think you are on to something here. but i'll propose something else. i think she may be trying to get at something which i think in fairness everyone is trying to get at right now. that's this income inequality issue which frankly, i don't have a tremendous problem with -- look, bangladesh has great income inequality levels because everybody is poor. you don't want that. sometimes you have to have some rich and you have got to have some poor. but one of my concerns, and i keep saying this over and over again on this show is we are living in an hourglass economy where there is a lot of rich on top, there is a lot of people on bottom. and the ones in the middle are the ones

amazon in the mix as well. there are more reports over the weekend from the "wall street journal" and "the washington post" talkingogy companies, more specifically the department of justice has the opportunity to investigate google and if we are talking about google, more specifically on the search engine as well as its advertising model. if you are talking about how much does google control of the market share, the search engine market share, according to net market share.com, it operates 75% of the market, which is why these regulators want to crack down. you look at the pace of how several of these big tech companies have been growing, and it's difficult to follow through and see are they acting in a monopolistic way, stifling competition. there you have alphabet stock right there and we are talking about the entire sector as a whole is being hit at the moment, weighing heavily on the nasdaq. you have facebook, amazon, netflix, even microsoft, all of them down but of course, big hitters like facebook as well as alphabet that are hit the most. these come as previous accusations amazon restricting third party sel