you and i are speaking right now through skype, we use zouma, neither of which are owned by apple, google, facebookthe use of all technology whether apple, google facebook for amazon get bigger that may be true but so was all of their competitors at the same time. may be true but so was all of their competitors at the same time. there we competitors at the same time. there we have to leave it. thank you so much, i know you've sat there for a long while listening to that evidence waiting to talk to me so thank you so much for your patience and your analysis, thank you so much. let's turn to coronavirus because the united states continues to struggle with combating covid 18 because the latest statistics from thejohn hopkins because the latest statistics from the john hopkins university because the latest statistics from thejohn hopkins university shows that 61,700 new cases were confirmed on tuesday. president trump says that's because the united states is the world leader on testing, many people disagree with that saying new cases are rising faster than the nations testing capacity. in total over na

lawmakers press the leaders of apple facebook google and amazon in congress they accuse the tech giants of killing off the competition to boost profits also coming up. the u.s. slashes its military presence in germany by a full 3rd the decision coming after president trump repeatedly said berlin was quote delinquent on its defense spending. and nigeria's appetite for wild game meat often puts endangered species on the butchers for w. follows one man's quest to save wild animals before entire species are wiped out. and a giant leap in the search for life on mars nasa preparing to launch a new mission that it hopes will help solve the riddle of the red planet. i'm brian thomas critelli with us today global tech giants have been accused by u.s. lawmakers of creating unfair market conditions that suppress competition for of america's biggest names and technology have appeared before congress to answer questions from an antitrust battle the leaders of facebook google apple and amazon deny that they're crushing competitors and acting like cartel. america's tech titans on the defensive faceboo

this is news live from berlin are america's tech giants killing the competition the heads of apple facebook google and amazon defend their companies during a grilling by u.s. lawmakers in congress also coming up the u.s. announces a partial military withdrawal from germany a 3rd of its troops are being ordered to leave that as president trump accuses germany of being a freeloader at nato and not paying its bills. and a giant leap in the search for life on mars nasa prepares to launch a new mission that it hopes will finally solve the riddle of the red planet. i'm told me a lot of welcome to the program is big tech too big for of america's biggest names in technology have appeared before congress to answer questions from an anti trust panel the leaders of the so-called big 4 facebook google apple and amazon defended their companies from accusations that they've become too powerful and are stifling competition. america's. on the defensive facebook's mark zuckerberg alphabets sindoor pitch. i am a zines jeff bezos and apple's tim cook all face the virtual grilling on capitol hill lawmakers say the c.

lawmakers press the leaders of apple facebook google and amazon in congress when they choose the tech giants of killing off the competition to boost profits. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today germany is officially in a deep recession with the economy contract in by 10 point one percent in the last quarter it's the sharpest fall in the country's modern history the figures cover the period during which the country was in its most restrictive lockdown face close borders shut down shops and production halted thousands of work places dealt a severe blow to small businesses and many export dependent industries and europe's biggest the cup. let's go straight to the financial correspondent chelsea doing he's standing by in frankfurt for us to date you josie what have been some of the reactions to these numbers well it's really just a stunning stunning number to see. broken basically every record for the sharpness and the steepness of a quarterly contraction so it's certainly a bit of a blow people were obviously braced for a big decline obviously given the state of the economy a

paying its bills also coming up on america's tech giants killing the competition the heads of apple facebook google and amazon defend the company's journey grilling by u.s. lawmakers. for months after the last forced by the n.b.a. is preparing a fairy tale return the new season will be held at disney world in florida but will it be a slam dunk. i'm told me a lot of welcome to the program the united states is on the field plans to withdraw nearly 12000 troops from germany a 3rd of its military footprint in the country president trump justify the move saying germany hasn't been paying enough for its defense and the u.s. quote didn't want to be any more german leaders expressed regret at the decision. a historic reduction in the number of american troops stationed in germany even more will be leaving than expected. the u.s. secretary of defense mark asper announced the withdrawal downplaying its significance it is important to note that in nato has 71 year history the size composition and disposition of u.s. forces in europe has changed many times but u.s. president donald trump said the move is meant

lawmakers press the leaders of apple facebook google and amazon and congress they accuse the tech giants of killing off the competition to boost profits also coming up. the u.s. slashes its military presence in germany by a full 3rd the decision coming after president trump repeatedly said berlin was quote delinquent on its defense spending.

lawmakers have accused apple facebook google and amazon of using harmful practices to stifle their competitors while the c.e.o.'s of the tech giants were testifying at an anti trust hearing a congressional panel is weighing whether to regulate the company's more heavily. the u.s. administration has agreed to gradually withdraw federal police from the city of portland oregon after weeks of clashes with protesters local authorities have criticised the asians presence saying it made matters worse washington said the officers were needed to protect federal court buildings. hong kong authorities have disqualified a doesn't pro-democracy candidates from running in upcoming elections the governments that they had failed to uphold the city's constitution among those barred is prominent activist joshua want these that the decision showed a total disregard for the will of the people of hong kong. now to something truly out of this world nasa has just longs launched rather a new mission to mars to search for signs of life an atlas 5 rocket blasted off cape canaveral florida early on thursday on board is

these big tech companies, apple, amazon, google, and facebook, because amongst the democrats and some republicans, these -- there is a feeling that these companies are too big, take up too much of the economy, gobble up competition by acquiring smaller companies, and amazon's case by both selling products and being a platform, and in apple's case running the app store. they feel that antitrust law has not kept up with what the digital economy looks like. senator elizabeth warren has tweeted recently "here is what you will not read and big tech's bought and paid for research. amazon, facebook, google, and apple have too much power over our economy, society, and democracy."

well as we've been saying apple facebook google and amazon are 4 of the 5 most valuable u.s. companies let's take a look at the scale of their operations they have a combined market value of nearly 5 trillion dollars that's slightly more than the entire g.d.p. of japan the 3rd largest economy in the wild the annual revenue of the 4 tech giants combined is more than $770000000000.00 that's equal to the g.d.p. of saudi arabia the washington post reported that the 4 companies have spent more than $350000000.00 over the last decade on lobbying activities out of the estimated $4600000000.00 people connected to the internet google and facebook have crossed the 2000000000 use the mark apple's 1500000000 while amazon hasn't disclosed its reach we can now speak to kani guglielmo she is the editor in chief of the american tech website seen at and she joins us now live via skype from san francisco county thanks for being with us this was a hearing that was really meant to be about competition in the market but the dominance of these giants has not really been in question so why are we s

amazon, facebook, google, and apple have too much power over our economy, society, and democracy." what is she talking about when she says we need to break up big tech and stop mergers? guest: facebook is a very large company. they also own instagram and whatsapp, huge companies that people across the world use. is that is saying smaller companies never have a chance to emerge into the marketplace and become successful, if facebook, which has the means to buy up smaller companies, keeps doing that. she thinks google is too big and it should be separated from youtube, that amazon should not be able to be both the seller for products and the marketplace of products. she thinks the federal trade commission and the department of justice should sue to have these companies spinoff from each other and become smaller companies. host: so it is a role for regulators, not for congress? guest: well, what congress can laws past new antitrust that would make it easier for federal regulators to do so. currently, some of the lawmakers feel our antitrust laws that are on the books simply are not str

is of amazon apple facebook and google is set to defend their businesses at a u.s. congressional hearing they're expected to be questioned about antitrust practices. it's being virus free for months vietnam is bracing for a wave of covert 9000 infections dozens of cases have been reported in the central city of denying meanwhile hong kong's lead to carry says its hospital system could face collapse as it deals with shop rise in cases. the world food program is warning at least 14000000 people could go hungry in latin america this year as the region reels from the impact of the creative us pandemic that's more than 4 times the number of people who experienced severe food insecurity last year and many of those at risk all informal workers who make up a large part of law today america support for years. there today we had lines here and out there and got more news coming up right after witness after. the. audition with.

lawmakers grilled the leaders of apple facebook google and amazon in the congress they use the tech giants are killing off the competition and the boos from fits. and 4 months after the last ball was balanced the n.b.a.'s character gets returned the new season will be held at disney world in florida but will it be a fairy tale slam dunk. i brought down the street have you with us today the united states has unveiled its plans to withdraw nearly 12000 troops from germany a 3rd of its military footprint in the country defense officials say the move is align with addressing new threats from china and russia but president trump has tied the reduction to germany's defense spending. a historic reduction in the number of american troops stationed in germany even more will be leaving than expected. the u.s. secretary of defense mark asper announced the withdrawal downplaying its significance it is important to note that in nato is 71 year history the size composition and disposition of u.s. forces in europe has changed many times but u.s. president donald trump said the move is meant to send a mes

>>set to testify today on capitol hill amazon apple facebook google executives all will be testifying it could you know spell out the fake the future in terms of regulating. these big tech companies will see what comes out of that. >>we'll see what comes on a day at the end of the day we're in this fog let's going to be like rebecca, yeah we definitely well daryn for the most part around the bay area except for some of our stubborn coastal areas right like normal, we will still see that a fog and the low lying clouds a stick around through like half moon bay parts of san francisco. but everywhere else lots of sunshine and some mild to warm temperatures across the coast in bay and some hot ones inland tomorrow, we're going to see a much of the same as what we're seeing today and then by this weekend though we're really going to get a jump up and temperatures, especially are in the valley locations we're going to see anywhere from low to even mid 90's on the board possible. so i'll have all the details coming up in my full weather check in just a bit back to the news. >>thanks a lot hap

. >>> chief executives from apple , facebook , google , and amazon were on capitol hill where they were answering questions about whether their companies are too big and stifle competition. the seals faces some tough questions from their role in election interference to how they handle customers data. >> reporter: even members of congress and never agree came together on wednesday to rip into big tech. >> are founders would not bow before a king and we shouldn't kneel before the emperors of big tech. >> reporter: members question the seals of amazon, apple , facebook , and google and an antitrust hearing that could lead to huge changes for the online giants and potentially the entire online universe. >> it carries with it remarkable responsibility. >> reporter: the tech leaders push back. >> we try to be the best. and when we succeed it's because we deliver great experience that people love. >> reporter: they came at the google with a long list of businesses that said that they had been bullied by them. expecting a how google responded when yelp said stop stealing their reviews? i will

apple, facebook and google. at a congressional hearing. the ceos will take the hot seat coming face-to-face with congressional leaders and they'll answer questions about whether they're too dominant. suppressing competition. and hurting consumers. the complaints about amazon are over it dominance over e- commerce. for apple it's the app store and for google the company's share of internet searches. >> all of them will get out their violins and play a really sad long. life isn't easy just because you are big. you continue to face pressures. they will make that case and i'm sure make it effectively. >> house subcommittee began the probe on the issue before the pandemic hit and it's due to begin just before 9:00 this morning. >>> now to campaign 2020. joe biden will pick a running mate by next week. california senator kamala harris is a frontrunner and while holding a media briefing this week, joe biden's personal notes on kamala harris were captured by a news photographer and they said do not hold grudges. campaigned with me and jill. talent

s of apple facebook google and amazon defending their companies today in a grilling by u.s. lawmakers and it feeling close to your god while keeping a distance from other is the annual haunch pilgrimage which normally drawls millions of worshippers begins under tight pandemic restrictions and drastically diminished. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome the united states has unveiled plans to withdraw nearly 12000 troops from germany a 3rd of its military footprint in the country president justifying the move today saying that germany has not been paying enough for its defense and the u.s. quote did not want to be the suckers any more german leaders are saying that they regret the decision. a historic reduction in the number of american troops stationed in germany even more will be leaving than expected. the u.s. secretary of defense mark asper announced the withdrawal downplaying its significance it is important to note that in nato's 71 year history the size composition and disposition of u.s. forces in europe has changed many times

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hello i'm ros atkins, welcome to outside source the bosses of amazon, facebook, apple and google are being grilled by congress over claims they're stifling competition. we'll bring you the latest. america's top infectious diseases expert warns the politicisation of the coronavirus is coming in the way of an effective response. there is a considerable degree of political divisiveness to a level that everyone admits, you don't need me to make that declaration. and in europe young people could be contributing to the resurgence of coronavirus, the new warning from the world health organization. and a new law for turkey giving the government sweeping new powers over social media platforms — we'll look into the motives. we will be talking to bbc turkish. welcome. now — this hasn't happened before. four of the most powerful people in technology are giving evidence to the us congress. they are — jeff bezos of amazon, tim cook of apple, mark zuckerberg of facebook and sundar pichai of google. and the question at the heart of all this is whether these companies are simply too big. there's no d

to try and recover the economies of the continent while at the same time of companies like apple facebook google receiving these very very loose tax arrangements on avoiding billions in tax the thing is that your being commission is increasingly trying to crack down on this and you have actually the potential at the moment and we just this very day gentleman in the european economy commissioner said in a piece in the financial times he suggested that the e.u. is now willing to use an obscure article article 116 in the treaty a role which would mean that the e.u. could make major decisions on taxation that it deems to affect the european single market without the assent of all the member steps so simply with a qualified majority so if that is to happen for the 1st time that is history it would mean the countries like ireland the netherlands belgium luxembourg they may not be able to block changes to the law on the which would mean that corporate tax rates could be cut across the could be increased across the board on the kind of tax ranges we've seen maybe no more so that's that's a potential thi

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not apple,ertainly facebook, google, and amazon, but they have been on a really good run. nvidia is one company. it has very valuable stock to be able to use. but there are certainly places that, i think, have been overlooked by some investors that really should not be. would lead you to believe there are certainly other places to be looking. a quick question before we leave it -- if we get a blue wave in washington, how much more tax are these tech companies going to be paying? mark: well, the taxes will go up. i think there is no doubt about that. i think specifically it would appear that the democrats will be keenly focused on making sure they pay something. i do not think it is going to be outsized. i also think that -- i am not convinced that, if a blue wave happens in november, it is something that is going to happen immediately. let's not forget that the republicans were not able to do this very quickly either, to lower taxes. so i think raising taxes would take some time. go up andwould go up, a lot of different areas. technology would not be the only sack their th

executives at amazon, apple, google, and facebook are to be questioned over accusations that they are too powerful and that their business practices are anti—competitive. this is the scene live in washington as the hearing before the house judicial committee is about to get under way. the boss of heathrow calls for coronavirus tests at uk airports to avoid the need for holiday—makers to self—isolate for m days on their return. people would stay in quarantine until they had had two tests that showed that they didn't have, and then they would be allowed out. earlier than otherwise would be the case. the world health organization warns increasing infections among young people could be driving spikes in coronavirus cases across europe. and the next head of the secret intelligence service, otherwise known as mi6, has been named as richard moore — currently political director at the foreign office. so, there's some curry for your boys. laughter. and the prince and the podcast: prince william discusses football and mental health with peter crouch. welcome to bbc news. four tech giants and th

. >>> chief executives from apple, facebook, google and amazon are on capitol hill today. they answered questions about whether their companies are too big and stifle competition. we look at how they handled the questions. >> reporter: even members of congress who almost never agree with each other came together on wednesday to rip into big tech. >> our founders would not bow before a king, nor should we bow before the emperor's of the online economy. i will just cut to the chase, big tech is out to get conservatives. that's a fact. >> reporter: members question the ceos of amazon, apple, facebook and google at an antitrust hearing that could lead to huge changes for the online giants and potentially be entire online universe. >> with it comes remarkable responsibilities. >> reporter: tech leaders pushed back, but gently. >> we try to be the best. that was what i was taught matters in this country. when we succeed it's because we delivered great experiences that people love. >> reporter: the head of the committee came at the ceo of google with a long list of smaller online

. >>> chief executives from apple , facebook , google and amazon were on capitol hill where they answered questions about whether or not there companies are too big and stifle competition. caroline shively is here with more. >> reporter: members of congress who never agree with each other came together on wednesday to rip into big tech. >> our founders would not bow before a king and we shouldn't bow before the emperors of this online economy. big tech is out to get conservative. that's a fact. >> reporter: they had an antitrust hearing that could lead to huge changes. >> the power to influence carries with it remarkable responsibility. >> reporter: tech leaders push back. >> we try to be the best that was what i was taught matters in this country. when we succeed it's because we deliver great experiences the people left. >> reporter: the head of the committee came at the ceo of google who complained that his company had bullied him. expecting know how google responded when asked you to stop stealing reviews from yelp? our investigation shows that google's response was to threaten to do l

amazon, google, facebook and apple have too much power over our economy, society and democracy. they think they're too big to be held accountable. we need to break up big tech and stop mergers that kill competition. what is she talking about when she said we need to break up big tech and stop mergers? >> so, take facebook, facebook is a very large company. they also own instagram and what's app, other huge companies that people everywhere across the world use. what she's saying is that smaller companies never have a chance to emerge into the market place and become successful if maybe, which has the means to buy up smaller companies, keeps doing that. she thinks that google is too big and should be separated from youtube. that amazon should not be able to be both the seller of products and the market place of products. she thinks that the federal agency, the federal trade commission and the department of justice should sue to have these companies spin off from each other and become smaller companies. >> so it is a role for regular lators, not a role for congress? >> well, what c

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s of apple facebook and google all right now defending their businesses at a u.s. congressional hearing they're expected to be questioned about trust practices. all right what's the headlines go to for news are coming up right after inside story. but if the defending of the environment the rights group global witness says a record number of activists well killed last year so while an environmentalist being protected this is a story. hello and welcome to the program on the wrong call and around the world environmental activists are being arrested jailed even killed for trying to protect our planet the u. .

apple. their business model, relative to google and facebook isn't predicated on ad growth. plications in terms of how data is being used. so, that is a piece of it. another look is when you look at apple's influence, there is a small percentage of the units in the smartphone markets. anhink the app store is important part of the story. the majority of their apps are free. there are some differences. what's a little different with apple is that if customers want or be and other parts, they do not need to rely on apple. they can go to samsung. there are other smartphone vendors. across otherdors products. within music there is spotify. sure, apple has advantages and they do a good job integrating things, but there's is the competition. i would add, in these other businesses as well, amazon, facebook, google, competition remains fierce. we all remember history with american online and other platforms that were viewed as unbeatable at the time. of course things changed. i go back to this point around innovation because if these companies are not able to do that effectively over

the bosses of amazon, facebook, apple and google are all about to appear before congress to answer claims they are stifling competition. we will bring you that hearing live from washington. a new warning from the world health organisation that young people could be contributing to the resurgence of coronavirus in europe. the boss of heathrow calls for coronavirus attests at uk airports to avoid the need for holiday—makers to self—isolate for m days on their return. and the next head of the uk's return. and the next head of the uk's secret intelligence service, otherwise known as mi6, has been named as richard moore, currently political director at the foreign office. hello and welcome to bbc news. the heads of four of the world's largest test tell macro tech firms are due to congress tell macro testify before the us congress related to their size and power. butjeff basis of amazon, mark zuckerberg of facebook, tim cook of apple are all preparing to appear via video conference. together, their companies represent $5 trillion of the us economy. let's show you the pictures in washington righ

the chief executives of facebook google amazon and apple have been defending their business practices that in u.s. congressional hearing there accused of stifling competition and avoiding liability under current laws. millions of children and both wealthy and poor countries are at risk of a vast civil health damage because of lead poisoning the study by the u.n. agency unicef as well as an environmental group found nearly one in 3 children has high levels of lead in their blood this can impair brain development never systems of vital organs it blames inadequate recycling of lead acid batteries paint in homes and contaminated food. japan's government has been ordered to recognize victims exposed to radioactive black rain after the attack on head in 1945 dozens of plaintive said approach the codes after they developed illnesses linked to radiation exposure before the ruling they weren't satisfied atomic bomb victims because they were originally located in areas deemed safe by the authorities next week will be the 75th anniversary of the u.s. attack and head off that killed 148000 people

titans of technology accused of an abuse of power the heads of facebook google amazon and apple face a grilling at a contentious congressional hearing. i'm about this and this is i'll just have a live from doha also coming up the rest of the. national security law. 4 students arrested in hong kong accused of posting secessionist material on social media. or than 150000 americans are confirmed dead from coronavirus florida california and texas record their highest single day tolls and a dream shattered are families still seeking answers about how their teenage son died while in training for the time military. the heads of some of the world's biggest tech giants have faced a 5 hour grilling on the way they do business facebook google amazon and apple are accused of stifling competition and monopolizing the industry is the end of a year long investigation by the u.s. congress which claims to outline how current laws allow the companies to avoid liabilities alan fischer reports the ranking member fittingly the tech giants appeared virtually to face questions the subcommittee chairman mak

google and facebook have a grip on line advertising. apple has its app store and the fee that is it charges people too. so there is definite economic cone constraint arguments to be made. they say they are fonts of innovation. a lot of their products are free to consumers. consumers choose to go to google. i'm not really sure congress has, congress is dealing with antitrust laws promulgated in 1890, 1914. these are long time ago laws meantme tot t t assdd dreomssiny en upenow sortf ol oompanies addressedrdrd. e lesseee aere a a a going t beb gotoin bg eing e lit atlitit hao yap tploapplheapseplheomhe comea .nedpp wenicrosoftrosoft t tbuybuhe bheehe har to t t apy to t t ces.. o,hi qhiuesthiiouenio o o wha n nt nt andnd how h f getss bsack bacthe mt on. wh awhrewhrewh sreck ssreck contio up. because i think the stock market has digested that. neil: you could be right. i know this is the subcommittee of the house judiciary committee. as you recall, john, yesterday, things goat a little heated. i wonder whether some of the theatricses on both pa

ceos on facebook, apple and google grilled on capitol hill answering questions on squashing competitionical bias on platforms. todd: lawmakers take on tech titans. >> reporter: it was contentious during the hearing on capitol hill, the ceos of amazon, apple and google were grilled by lawmakers, representative jim jordan accusing the tech industry of being out to get conservatives. >> big tech is out to get conservatives, that's not a suspicion, not a hunch, that is a fact. if i had a nickel for every time i was told it was just a glitch i wouldn't be as wealthy as our witnesses but i would be doing all right. >> that conversation spilling over to the fairness of the 2020 election with google's ceo. >> can you assure americans you won't taylor your features to help joe biden in the upcoming election? you did it in 2016. donald trump won. i want to make sure you're not going to do it again in 2020. >> you have my commitment. >> reporter: representative gates drilled google over its involvement with china. >> why would an american company with american values so directly aid the chinese mi

for all things facebook and google, we have kevin. amazon a and for more for apple, raising his price target on apple shares beginning with you and start with apple, shares are up more than 6% pre-market announcing that rare 4-to-1 split what do you make of apple's quarter? >> brian, thank you for having me on your show. phenomenal quarter look, it is very clear the pandemic is not affecting apple whatsoever they were very specific about it iphone sales are up 2% they are specific that stimulus is helping them. in june, they saw openings in some stores, which affected small degree of apple services, which came in a little below expectations but the rest of the products, ipad, mac all doing great. the pandemic isn't going anywhere at least the rest of the year, we expect work from home, distance learning, and tools such as apple phones to do really well along with the variables for the rest of the year >> i guess that is hardest part for you or other analysts, if you are working, you probably saved a lot of money because you are not commuting or traveling your free c

hello welcome to the program on amazon apple google and facebook for companies that have changed the way we live work shop and stay in touch with our friends and family but the american tech giants have long been accused of abusing their power to drive out competition and mishandling user data the u.s. congress has been investigating their business practices for years old wednesday politicians question the firm's chief executives as they consider changes to anti trust laws will bring in our guests in a moment but 1st this report in washington d.c. . you know as the ranking member of fittingly the tech giants appeared virtually to face questions the subcommittee chairman making clear he sees a problem their dominance is killing the small businesses and you factoring in the overall dynamism that are the engines the american economy their ability to dictate terms call the shots up and entire sectors and inspire fear represent the powers of a private government this was meant to be an inquiry into business practices do the 4 companies google amazon apple and facebook stifle rivals and ki

i can't wait to see how tech stocks hold up today on earnings news, facebook, amazon, apple, google. k will have hardest hit because of ad revenue declining from businesses because of virus. the stocks are 20% of the s&p 500. we can't rely on them to bring us indefinitely through this storm. we have to get us back to work. we have open back up. cheryl: to your point i'm curious what mark zuckerberg says on the call about getting advertisers back on the platform because of all the companies have paused because of their handling of misinformation and you know, frankly meddling. rebecca, thank you very much for your time. good to see you as always. >> thank you, cheryl. cheryl: coming up next, president trump setting off a firestorm today after a tweet where he suggested delaying november's presidential election. we'll get reaction from the rnc after the break. you doing okay? yeah. this moving thing never gets any easier. well, xfinity makes moving super easy. i can transfer my internet and tv service in about a minute. wow, that is easy. almost as easy as having those guys help you mov

you're talking about the ceos of amazon, apple, google and facebook. this is taking place at the u.s. capitol and the offices or studios of four companies. you are seeing succecicilline t. he is talking to senator pachai who is the ceo of google. this is the investigation into the behrw do they use that powe? google choosing what links to show you. facebook buying up all kinds of companies like instagram. apple makes you buy apps through their app store and demands a cut. again, you are looking at live video here as cicilline continues to talk, but all four ceos are listening. so video from earlier we were seeing what members were seeing on a big screen. we don't control the video in the hearing room. congress does. ceos facing tough questions from democrats and republicans. here's jim jordan getting a warmup. >> i'll just cut to the chase. big tech's out to get conservatives. july 20th, 2020, breitbart in the daily caller. we learned google has censored breitbart so much traffic has declined 99%. >> we will expect more of that to come up. again live pi

s of alphabet and google facebook apple and amazon now each of these companies have been accused of manipulating their platforms and search results to promote their own products and interests google users know that any time they search for a product the 1st several results are typically advertisements but today the topic of conversation included how google has benefited from those results. what is the value of the part that you do use the google ads for and it's a substantial part of your business which they are going to 2cb3cb. you know in terms of revenue it's i don't $100.00 plus $1000000000.00 but that's a lot of money was mr which i now face that was quick to defend its size and its acquisition of instagram and whatsapp by claiming china is also looking to dominate the social media world with the popular out tick tock but it was facebook's ownership of instagram which it previously acknowledged was a competitor that raised questions about whether it violated federal law but this is october mergers and acquisitions that buy us tend to competitive threats violate the antitrust laws in your ow

>> the heads of amazon, facebook, google, and apple appeared together virtually at a house judiciary subcommittee hearing on competition within the tech industry great they also took questions about the use of third-party seller data and allegations of anti-conservative highest. -- anti-conservative bias. >> the committee will come to order. i recognize the gentleman from florida. i recognize the gentleman from north dakota for five minutes. bezos, my colleagues brought up -- they were discussing third-party sellers this policy

think the consumers love us portion is not going to be hard to prove everybody uses facebook, google, amazon and apple products. the harder thing is going to be proving whether or not these companies box out competition. expect them to come armed with examples google will point to all of these video providers thriving facebook is going to point to tiktok that will be their biggest argument in proving that they should not be broken up. >> really good discussion on a big topic. our rbi later on is just how big these companies really are a great discussion >>> coming up, your stocks to watch including the semiconductor company up 10% this morning on some strong numbers. there is your mystery chart. first, some other top stories on this wednesday, spirit airlines warning of potential furloughs in the ongoing lockdown. 20 to 30% of spirit workers may be let go in october including pilots and flight attendants >>> new york governor andrew cuomo is calling for an investigation into a concert in the hamptons a packed crowd disregarding health and guidelines amc theaters and universal have agreed on the new re