collins. dr. redfield. dr. redfield: good morning, chairman blunt. ranking member murray, members of the subcommittee. i'm pleased to be here with my h.h.s. colleagues. together we're working on the , critical issues related to covid-19 vaccine development, manufacturing distribution under the auspices of operation warp speed. vaccines are one of public health's greatest scientific achievements. with the support of congress, investments in c.d.c.'s domestic and global immunization programs continue to diminish disease threats and advance the human condition. most importantly, vaccines save lives. preparing for the implementation of the safe and effective covid-19 vaccine program is a critical next step. through our existing influenza vaccine program, c.d.c. continues to work with state, tribal, local territorial health partners to prepare and maintain public health distribution pipeline. this includes training personnel, building strategic relationships, utilizing data systems, identifying the

and a recent poll shows collins 5 points behind and now collins is facing harsh political ads on the lincoln project. >> great independent leaders rise from maine's heart soul, always have and always will. take margaret chase smith when the men in the senate were terrified of josive mccarthy she called him out, just like susan collins stands up to donald trump. oh, wait, she doesn't stand up for donald trump. she makes excuses for criminality, for cruelty or while pretending she's worried, concerned hoping trump learns a lesson this time. he never does. and maine deserves a leader not a trump stooge. >> joining me now rebecca tracer. she spent a good part of her year last year writing about collins. joins me from her home county of maine. you have a collinsologist for the last year and has been looking at this race ever since the kavanaugh vote. what's your assessment of where things stand right now? >> well, the polling shows her down, which is surprising. she's had a history of popularity in this state. maine has a big history of political independence and collins like many of herf

collins: here's another dream. diseases for which we know the precise d.n.a. misspelling. couldn't this same strategy, this same set of principles work for lots of those, maybe someday all of them? >> lapook: you've been working on this for decades. you're at a moment which is significant. >> dr. collins: to lead the human genome project and to put that foundation in place. and now, to see that emerging not just as hoped-for advances, but real data showing cures for people... >> lapook: you just used the (yo wo at?ord. >> dr. collins: i believe that this looks like a cure. i've got to be careful. but from every angle that i know how to size this up, this looks like a cure. ( ticking ) this is ava. these are ava's shoulders. they square off. and bear it all. but now ava's shoulders are stronger than ever. this is what medicare from blue cross blue shield does for ava. and with plans that fit your life and budget, you can count on us when it matters most. this is medicare from blue cross blue shield. this is the bene

senator tim scott. >> thank you, chairman collins, chairwoman collins. i will say this, your leadership, chairwoman has been spectacular. from the ageing community to the paycheck protection program, and to this hearing, you consistently show up for the seniors in maine, for the seniors in america. the small businesses. how you accomplish all that you do, i'm not sure, but you're one of the hardest working, most dedicated public servants i've met. thank you for this hearing and this opportunity to discuss this incredibly vital issue of protecting our ageing communities which i am closer and closer being a part of. >> thank you so much for your kind words. >> to the panel, i'll just say this, without any question if you are in south carolina or most of our states what you'll realize very quickly is that those diagnosed with covid-19 on average is just over 50 years old. who are hospitalized. and those who die from the disease in south carolina is just over 50 -- over 75 years old. in fact, nearly 90% of fatalities in my state, south carolina, have been fr

gideon is the most formidable challenger that susan collins has faced before. it's a combination of who is there giddiness in her possession -- position but it's also the question of whether susan collins has lost that kind of moderate -- that she was able to use to her advantage in her previous election. only look back over the last couple of years in confirming just as brett kavanaugh and voting for their public and tax cuts, she has come up in conversation with voters as just some operative and maine as the main reasons why certainly democrats and even a lot of independents in the state no longer view susan collins as a down the line in the senate. they view her as being aligned with the republican party and in a cycle like 2020 which is shaping up to be a -- against the republicans and president trump that's not a good physician for collins to be in. we have seen her lag behind in fund-raising which is where for senate incumbent especially one that's deeply entrenched as she is and most of the polling that has come out of the state she's been trailing in th

but it is not just collins and mcsally who are vulnerable. senator cory gardner in colorado, senator thom tillis in north carolina, and joni ernst in iowa are in a precarious situation. texas and ts in could montana. even in kansas there is a possibility that that race could be become more and more competitive. the democrats have done a really good job of expanding the map te where they have multiple paths f toic victory. so even if they do start at negative one, because doug joned is not able to hold on to his t seat, there are plenty of ways to make up that difference and get themselves to that 50 or 51 park they need to control the senate. >> aboutsi 20 minutesde left wi jacob of inside elections.com, to check out their work and their race ratings. you mentioned iowa just a second ago. senator joni ernst, the democrat there, teresa greenfield. we dr here is two of their campaign ads back-to-back and we'll come back and talk about them. rist >> we drove c our trucks all ov baghdad, through terror cells su and ied's but we kept the supply ch

francis collins. dr. collins, thank you so much for joining us. i know you got a lot going on right now. as you know, and as you just heard, the u.s. shattered, yet another, record yesterday. reporting 77,000 new coronavirus cases. these past few days, we're up to nearly a thousand people dying. a thousand americans dying, every single day. is this country t, the greatest country in the world, losing the battle against coronavirus? >> well, we're certainly not winning very well right now, but we could. you know, what happened was we had the terrible outbreaks in march and april, particularly in new york. and a lot of hard work got done. a lot of people were sent home to shelter in place. and people learned about social distancing and wearing masks. and then, that kind of seemed like it was getting better. and as tony fauci said a few minutes ago on your program, there were these phases that were supposed to be followed, with various benchmarks along the way. and unfortunately, some of those just got skipped. and, now, here we are, where we never r

senator mcsally. >> thank you, chairwoman collins. thanks to all of you for your expertise during this very unprecedented time. i first want to echo, a co-sponsor of rick scott's bill focused on testing and ensuring that people can get protesting in this once in a century pandemic. that insurance companies are not, and that this is not a financial bir den. hopefully we can agree about and that will get passed. and it shouldn't be a barrier for people getting tested. i want to talk about the impact of the coronavirus on native american communities. you've all mentioned underlying health conditions, such as diabetes. we know as one of the strongest risk factors for covid-19. we also know that diabetes is far more prevalent in minority communities and we have 22 native american tribes in arizona, they have a greater chance of having type ii diabetes than any other population. in fact, in arizona, the gila river indian community has the highest rate of type ii diabetes in the world. so we've established, congress has established the speci

collins is recognized for five minutes. rep. collins: i am beginning to believe you are probably the cause of the common cold and possibly even covid-19, i'm not sure. everything has been thrown at you. mater doesma not like you anymore. the chairman said why all the drama. that is the most outrageous statement i have heard from this committee. we are seeming to contort ourselves to get to some way to show you have nefarious motives. i believe the biggest problem you have is telling the truth. i believe that is the problem with you. you tell the truth and you take responsibility for your actions and that is why you are being attacked. i want to continue on this peaceful protest. talking about the courthouse just inside the straight, what if they decided -- you think this body would rise up if they decided to go tonight and paint the capital building? a.g. barr: this body, i'm not sure. rep. collins: i think this side would. i'm not sure about the other. maybe we are about the other -- maybe we are about 1812 again. the statement

jon: georgia congressman doug collins, thanks. >> thank you so much. take care.on: authorities searched the home on the arms of missouri couple who went viral for protecting derek property from protesters last month. why officials take action against those homeowners. that is when managing diabetes you can't always stop for a fingerstick. with the freestyle libre 14 day system, a continuous glucose monitor, you don't have to. with a painless, one-second scan you can check your glucose with a smart phone or reader so you can stay in the moment. no matter where you are or what you're doing. ask your doctor for a prescription for the freestyle libre 14 day system. you can do it without fingersticks. learn more at freestylelibre.us. . . . . as you get older, are you worried about staying sharp and alert? forebrain, from the harvard-educated experts at force factor, contains key ingredients to help boost memory, learning, clarity, focus, and more! rush to walmart and find forebrain, our #1 brain booster, in the vitamin aisle. book two separate qualifying stays and ear

if you've got collins and murkowski -- it also depends on what he tries to do. if it is trying to pass the green new deal, that will be frustrated by having a very narrow senate majority. would be aink it very narrow senate majority. it depends on who is there, but if you've got susan collins and lisa murkowski, mitt romney, some of these other folks that are looking to find some corrective action -- something i think is going to happen pretty early on, there is to be a bunch of -- like there was with, not , whereer, after nixon they do a bunch of rule of law reforms. like you can't put your kids in the white house, can't just install them in the white house and have one of their spouses running security without clearance. i think a lot of republicans would support that. i think you would get support for a variety of things. but as a conservative one of the things i like is for people to actually negotiate and for there to be more incremental change. to susan'sack question, i want donald trump to be thoroughly repudiated and that probably means him losing the se

i have this incredibly soft spot for susan collins. susan collins led the fight to repeal don't ask don't tell. i know that she is the one that is in the sights, it's been hard for me to watch all the moderate republicans like carlos gravel and jeff all get run out by donald trump. we made a decision not to senate races in what we're doing we are very focused on donald trump. >> there is absolute value in the republican party learning about the lesson about what they've done donald trump. the key is for joe biden to run up historic margins and i think that there are maybe fond of susan collins,. if some if joe biden wins by enough in those senate seats go, i don't think that's better off for the republican party to learn the lesson that you nominate a guy like donald trump, ultimately i just decide that the best thing for us to do strategically -- we want people to participate in our program who aren't necessarily going to vote for democrats. we want to attract people who say i'm deeply pro-life, i'll never vote for a democrat ever, bu

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collins and dr. redfield has put together, with the national academy of medicine, a group that will fortify that decision-making process so that we're making sure that we're very fair and equitable and getting that -- in getting that distributed. pres. trump: tremendous progress has been made beyond anything we would've thought if you go back six months. what you think? frankly it has been astounding. i've seen some amazing things happen. but the way in which the whole research community,, public and private everybody has come together to work on this, not right about who gets the credit, trying to figure out to strip away anything that slows us down. and i think all of us, motivated by the fact that this is the most serious problem we've encountered in our professional lifetimes, even a day matters. and so that's why a lot of people look kind of sleepy because we're all working 20 47 trying to make sure nothing possibly slows this process down 20 47 trying to make sure nothing -- 24/7 trying to make

chairman grassley alexander collins rubio shell bead blunt and senators cornyn have each spearheaded a part of cares to and so on monday the committee chairman and republican members will introduce each camp on it. the sum of these efforts will be a strong targeted piece of legislation aimed direct we at the challenges we face right now. mr. president our country is at a middle ground between strict lockdowns of a few months ago and a future day when the vaccine will put all this finally behind us. our project now is to build a middle ground that is smart and safe but more sustainable. we are still waging a health care war against the virus and we cannot let up on that. we need to continue to strengthen the defenses we have built encouraging mask wearing reporting testing and raising -- racing towards treatment. atre the same time we need to gt back on offense. we need to carefully but proactively step back toward normalcy. this disease has already stolen the lives of more than 140,000 americans. it has stolen half a year of our national life. we cannot let the robbery continue witho

collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i want to commend the senator from maryland, the ranking member on the senate small business committee, for bringing this legislation forward this evening. i also want to commend my neighbor from new england, senator shaheen. senator cardin and senator shaheen along with the chairman of the committee senator rubio and i crafted the paycheck protection program that has literally been a lifeline to small businesses and their employees throughout this country. more than 4.8 million loans have been made under this program. these are forgivable loans, mr. president, as long as the small business, the employer uses the percentage that is established now at 60% in order to pay for his or her employees. then the loan at the end of the day is forgiven. and this has made the difference between a small business shuttering its doors forever, laying off its employees permanently, and surviving this pandemic. small businesses do not want to lay off their employees. their employees are th

collins: we're seeing that being played out over and over. switch back. we talk about the investigations especially with flynn, do you think there was a basis to general flynn and keeping an investigation open, there is actually a basis for the beginning of this investigation to start with or it?inuing a.g. barr: i asked another u.s. attorney in st. louis who had 10 f.b.i. and 10 years in the department of justice as a career prosecutor to take a at it and he determined based on documents that had not to flynn's side and not provided to the court no , in fact, there was basis to investigate flynn. further more, it was clearly the documents that the f.b.i. agents who interviewed him did not pble he thought he was lying. rep. collins: another part of that concerns as well what was giving to the court and interviews, the facts were not isclosed to flynn prior to the interview. that seems like a brady violation to me. o you believe there is a brady violation in this case? a.g. barr: there wasn't a brady there.ion i think what the council concluded was the onl

collins was joined by the anddirector, dr. redfield, the biomedical advanced research and development authority. this is just under three hours.

couldn't be feeling any more pain than his family, which i offer my deepe esest sympathys staff, michael collins and all of his staff and his constituents. certainly i am feeling deep pain and i think that's an unspeakable pain because it was not just the loss of a man, a member of congress who has served with such distinction, it is a beloved american that brought out the best in everyone. and the good news is that i had a chance to speak to him in the last week, and his strength, his power, his love and his connectedness to our journey and the fight for freedom was continued and strong.

susan collins, sheon with 69% of the vote six years ago. s timehave changed in her approvals are way down. in the upper 30's in o poll i saw. people want change. s that in the engele. r people are disgusted with the way the country is being run right now. if you are a me republican, like moderate decrat, it is not a great place to be right now. and i say that with some evident sadness. amna: before we go, i have to ask you about another story. absentee ballots we have seen them play a much bigger role in the primary election this year androbly

susan collins already faced criticism long before the pandemic for not spending as much time as some voters felt she should in her state. her fellow senator angus king tends to be back here a lot more. he's an independent. he tends to be back here a lot more. she's faced a lot of criticism for not having town halls, for not talking in free situations with voters where she might be criticized. and what she has in this opponent is this technological challenge. she can't even necessarily come back and easily do the kinds of campaigns or public events or

senator susan collins in november. the race is on track to become the most expensive in maine's history. in texas, former air force helicopter pilot mj hegar has narrowly defeated state lawmaker royce west for the democratic party's nomination for a u.s. senate seat. hegar will challenge republican incumbent senator john cornyn in november. meanwhile, in travis county, texas, incumbent district attorney margaret moore has conceded tuesday's democratic primary runoff to progressive challenger jose garza. garza tweeted in response -- "together, we will transform our broken justice system and create a future where the dignity of communities of color is honored, immigrants and working families are protected, survivors are treated with respect, and the powerful are held accountable." democratic presidential candidate joe biden has unveiled an economic recovery plan that would see $2 trillion invested in clean energy projects over four years. biden's plan calls for new

crystal collins is with johns hopkins. i get frustrated. i don't understand how five-plus months into this we hear admiral giroir saying we have to ramp up. why aren't we ramped up? >> we ramped up quite a bit but unfortunately the demand is outpacing the supply now. because we are having these large surges in cases that i think we got complacent and we weren't ready for them so we still need to continue to ramp up demand. this is bad news for controlling the spread of the virus. >> it is bad news. i just want to show you this. four places around the country, starting to see lines for testing with this surge in cases and explosions of cases and some of the states and people want to get tested. this is chief executive of the public health labs saying it is not shortages of any one thing but all of them. clinical labs need swabs, reagents, media, test kits, machines to process the machines, staffing to run the machines. i get now 60,000 cases a day on average. should whether it's the state issue or the private labs or the federal government s

. >> let's start there with republican congressman from georgia doug collins. would you like to respond to that. >> desperate candidates making desperate claims. the democrats in washington, i have been there, watch tv the last year and a half, they know that i'm one of the strongest defenders of values of this president coming along, trying to buy the election in georgia, do anything desperate to try to do that including pictures of liberals which the country knows i have been fighting speaker pelosi and others in chuck schumer and jerry navarrette and adam schiff, what you see is desperation that they are trying to hold off. >> is she inaccurate on the position she outlines for you? >> very much so. we fall back on those issues and the issues, from the last clip you had, a term limit. we've been part of voting for legislation, the end of the federal determination common core, the problem we are having is when you have no record, when you have no background and nothing to give the american people except profiting off of information you gained from the hospital

we've got senator collins a big leader in being sure we had money for the opioid abuse that's occurredpeople found themselves isolated at home and maybe out of work with another problem there and the mental health issues. so we've got about $5 billion on that side of the ledger that would not be there in a normal spending year. and there are some -- oh, hospitals and providers, another $25 billion for them with a real vigorous discussion with the administration that they need to spend all the hospital provider money they currently have not spent, which is about $65 billion, add that $25 billion to it and then see how close the providers are to where they would be in a normal year. you know, we ask hospitals and doctors generally, providers generally to do the two hardest things you can do, stop your income and stand ready for the biggest health emergency that you can imagine that your hospital or your practice would ever have to deal with, and that just doesn't work out very well. so another $25 billion there. >> chairman or i'm rubio -- chairman rubio. >> what's e this about? i'm kidd

director francis collins is part of operation warp speed which aims to deliver 300 million doses of a covid-19 vaccine by january 2021. and he joins us now. dr. collins, thank you for joining us. >> thanks, norah, thanks for the great reporting you are doing on this critical issue. >> o'donnell: are we on the brink of something big? >> next monday if all goes well which is a joint effort of n.i.h. and a company called moderna. they aim to enroll 30,000 people. >> o'donnell: is the vaccine development ahead of schedule as the president has said? >> i have been at n.i.h. for 27 years, i have never seen anything come together this way as we have tried to do and are now doing for the development of vaccines. and the government, by providing additional resources has also made it possible now to plan manufacturing of doses, even before you know if the vaccine will work. but i do want to say when people hear that warp speed term maybe it makes them a little nervous. like wait a minute, are they being a little bit too casual here about safety? no, we are not being casual, as far as safety and

now, we'll see what happens in the fall. >> senator mcsally. >> thank you, chairman collins. thank you for your expertise during this very unprecedented time. i first want to echo i'm a cosponsor of rick scott's bill that's focused on testing and ensuring people can get free testing during this once in a century pandemic and insurance companies are not denying that to people or there's a financial burden. hopefully that's something everybody can agree upon and we need to get that passed. we should just not have finances be a barrier for people getting tested. i want to talk about the impact of the coronavirus on native-american communities. and as you've all mentioned underlying health conditions such as diabetes we know is one of the strongest risk factors for covid-19. we also know diabetes is far more prevalent in minority communities and we have 22 native-american tribes in arizona. they have a greater chance of having type 2 diabetes than any population. the river indiana community has the highest rate of type 2 diabetes in the world. congress has established the special

collins? mr. cook? >> mr. cook: here. >> ms. lam: here. >> vice president lopez: here. >> president sanchez: here. ms. collins? that's it. we do have two new student delegates. i don't know if they're with us. >> it's ms. heinz foster. >> here. is it hyphenated? >> just the last time. thank you. >> president sanchez: can you pronounce your first name. i don't want to mess it up. >> katia. >> okay, thank you, welcome. you're going to have a report in a minute or so. welcome, everybody, to our meeting. i really am happy to be here with everybody. it's good to see so many people out there. we have hundreds of folks. it's going to grow probably. in these times of pandemic, i think it's important, we would agree, to offer compassion, kindness and a gentle spirit as we all move through this ordeal together. that we're all in it together and we obviously must work together to make this -- during these times. i count on that. again, welcome, thank you for being here. section b is opening items. we need approval of the board meeting. and

let's bring in white house correspondent kaitlan collins. the numbers up in trump states across the country. the president not saying this is what we have to do to make it better but p.k.ing fights with experts and agencies. >> reporter: yeah. the experts who have offered the sobering warnings of where the country is right now and where it is headed, a different message than seen from the president and we saw this play out when the president went after fauci directly this weekend and you saw the white house circulating that opposition-style bullet point list of thing that is fauci said at the beginning of the pandemic come paured now without noting statements like that that happened from the surgeon general that urged people not to wear masks and false claims that the president made himself and then look at what the president retweeting this morning. chuck woolery, former game show host, he said everyone is lying. the cdc, media, democrats, our doctors. chuck woolery said it's all about the election and keeping the economy come fromming back

i have a soft spot for susan collins who led the fight to repeal don't ask don't tell. the moderate republicans, all get run out by donald trump. we made a decision not to do senate races. we are focused on donald trump. there is absolutely value in the republican party learning a lesson what they have done to donald trump. the key is for joe biden to run up historic margins and i think i may be fond of susan collins but not martha makes sally. some of those -- of joe biden wins by enough i don't think it is bad for the republican party to learn the lesson you nominate a guy like donald trump he decimates the party. that is what you get for it so i am of two mind and decide we wanted people to participate in our program who were not necessarily going to vote for democrats. i am pro-life, never vote for a democrat for but i won't vote for donald trump. we want our tent to be big enough to accommodate those people so you can't put together that kind of coalition if you are also doing the senate. we want people who will vote for tom tillis that won't vote for donald trump.

collins, welcome to "meet the press. let me ask the basic first question that i've asked a number of people that are in this coronavirus task force over the last couple of weeks why are we doing so poorly compared to the rest of the industrialized world in combatting this virus? >> well, good morning, chuck i am wearing a mask, and i have worn it since i left my home to come here to our little studio at nih, but since we're talking and the only other person in the room is at least ten feet away. i'll take it off during the interview, and i didn't want anybody to think that we take masks as something optional to people who want to protect themselves and people around them why are we doing so poorly it's the case that when you compare our experience with europe which your numbers just did, we basically did a good job in new york and new jersey and connecticut with that terrible crisis that happened and took many lives which, we should never pass by without saying what a terrible tragedy that has been basically, steps were

i want to start with you, congressman collins, because the way the president plaited out, it's a clearhoice between lawlessness for the democrats and law and order from president trump's standpoint. how do you see it. >> it's very clear, jason. i hope chairman nadler from theo judicial committee is watching the show because he claimed that antifa was imaginary interest being made up. that's not exactly what's happening. we are seeing it play out in the streets across the country where the civil unrest is turning to violence with people taking things in their own hands, trying to rewrite history and push a leftist agenda and it's coming from folks like antifa and people have no regard for the civil order of our society. president trump made it very clear. civil disobedience and protesting is what heci protects but when we go to attacking statues, we're attacking history, when we go for the sake of violence, that's not what we're about, and it has to end, and there's a clear choice between the president who's willing to put the american people first and joe biden, who is hiding in the ba

congressman collins, congressman matt gaetz, thank you. the outright lies being spread by law enforcement. the 99% that literally protect and serve their communities, all across this country, so many now injured, some dad, the devastating real-world calm federal officers are facing permanent blindness following attacks, lasers in portland, the attorney general talking about the brave men and women that protect and serve, that biden has never said a single good word about except that, "they've become the enemy." take a look at barr. >> fact of the matter is, in portland, the portland courthouse is under attack. federal resources are inside the perimeter around the courthouse defending it from almost two months of daily attacks were people marched to the court, tried to gain entrance and set fires from things, use explosives, injured police including just this past weekend, perhaps permanently blinding three federal officers with lasers. >> sean: blinding law enforcement officers. think about that. look at this disturbing new video from "the

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susan collins has been there in the senate since 1996. has won in tough years for republicans before. this may be her toughest challenge yet. sara gideon will be the democratic candidate. democrats have high hopes of flipping the susan collins seat that they have had their eyes on for years. finally tonight as well, no winner yet declared in this texas democratic senate runoff. mj hegar, royce west. votes still being tabulated here. you see hegar with the advantage. the winner of this race will face off against john cornyn, the republican, in november. cornyn probably a favorite in this race, but let's see how it develops here. i say that because the presidential polling, presidential race polling in texas has shown a dead heat lately between biden and trump. biden campaign starting to put some money, some resources into texas. so let's see if you get a winner here in this primary. eventually you will. let's see if that develops into a race, but right now certainly cornyn, the republican incumbent, been there since 2002, looks like the fa

. >> susan collins? the paycheck protection program has been a lifeline to than five million small businesses and their employees nationwide. in the state of maine, all small of businesses have received these that have loans jobs of 240,000 people of main and brought more to the state ion of maine. a second y proposing ound of ppp loans for the hardest hit smallest businesses. just this morning, i was talking inn keeper in maine who at this time of year, usually his inn would be single night.very down by business is 93%. that t we're proposing is hard hit small businesses, those losses of 50% or ore, compared to last year, would be able to receive a loan to sustain their employees and to help cover overhead expenses. provision ortant llows ppp overhead expenses to be used for renovations that are with cdc to comply protective personal equipment, such as masks or renovations ther that may be needed to ensure the safety of both the employer's employees and customers. particularly helpful to restaurants, fo

again, congressman collins, this could get a little chippy inside there.tech companies, they will have to defend themselves. what points do you expect republicans to make here? >> when we started this investigation, over a year and a half ago, i was part of starting his investigation. we saw the antitrust issues here. it is antitrust problems, when you control so much of the market place that you're buying up competitors and putting them inside your own sphere. we need to get at is using antitrust hearings to make sure we control them but also get section 230. that's the safe harbor provision that allows them to censor conservatives, to put up only what they want to put up or take down what they want to put up, by their own women, and they hide behind this safe harbor. i'm in favor of saying the antitrust and your dominance in the marketplace is a competitive disadvantage, and because of that we will have to look at this section 230 that was put in that the nations beginning of the internet to make sure it could provide. they are the ones who are censoring

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here with the latest, our white house correspondent kaitlan collins.dent is talking about ending the fair housing rule, is this an appeal to white suburban voters he's just trying to get? >> i mean, that's definitely what it looks like because the president has now been in office for this long and he has not rescinded this regulation yet, and if you look at this regulation anderson, basically, what it goes to do is try to combatdiscriminatory practices you've seen and if it's an yar that's getting any kind of grant or aid money, they have to assess the segregation in their area and deal with it if they do find that to be a practice. when the president rescinded this, the department of housing and urban development called it this unworkable rule but though there is no evidence that it drove crime up in these areas, you saw what the president said there on twitter. you know, your housing prices will go up based on the market and crime will go down. of course, there is no evidence that crime went up so it's not clear where the president is making that sta