we know that the ftx money went publicly the democrats and secretly to republicans. asked about this one under indictment for campaign-finance crimes, sam bankman-fried linked citizens united to dark money. he said, quote, that was allegedly known, i.e. his dark mighty spending. because despite citizens united being literally the highest will file supreme court case of a decade and to think everyone talks about when you talk about campaign finance, , for some reason in practice no one could possibly fathom the idea that someone in practice would actually give dark. all of my republican donations were dark, end quote. the american public doesn't know whether it was ftx dark money that generated the dysfunctional house of representatives we have now. we know the ftx gave to republicans because republicans have return the money to the u.s. marshals. we have to think about the big picture. what would a crypto currency company want? i think that they would want a deregulated legal environment, and nothing was facilitate that better than a split and dysfunctional congress,

we know that it ftx went publicly to democrats and secretly to republicans.when asked about this while under intime for crimes, sam bankman-fried linked dark money, that was not generally known, ie, his dark money spending, because despite it being the highest court case and talk about campaign finance, for some reason in practice no one could fathom that someone in practice would give dark. all of my republican donations were dark, end quote. the american public doesn't know whether it was ftx's dark money that generated the dysfunctional house of representatives that we ever now. we know that ftx gave republicans money because republicans have returned it to the u.s. marshals. we have to think of the big picture, what would a big cryptocurrency company want? i think a regulated legal environment and nothing would have that better than a split and functional congress for their industry. there are knock-on effects. congress struggled to pass the federal budget and we're about to hit another fiscal cliff and we can't fund aid to the struggling democracy in ukr

that had their accounts at ftx.t's very good news for bitcoin holders, i believe. a lot was in bitcoin. it got frozen in the bankruptcy, it got dollarized, low numbers for bitcoin, but it will go back to those account holders shortly. we think a lot of that will flow into the assets. i was going to ask you that. do you think at least for those people, right, in their minds, there's some tarnish on the story, enough they won't want to assume the risk again in crypto because of what happened to them in the first place. >> yeah. i mean, you know, we call these things life chips. if you get a wind fall back like that, you are counting on not getting that money back. now that you're getting it, you may buy a car, a house, a summer house, but i do think 40 to 50% of that will go back into the asset class. these are hard core people. remember, they are early adopters, too. if you have an account at coinbase or ftx, you're considered early adapter in the digital coin space. early adapters, typical loyalty to the asset class

ftx, his son don, jr. is very connected to ftx. they took 24 million dollars.ff: i've got to stop you there, by the way, because you said donald trump's old. i mean, donald trump was young compared to biden just a week ago and now we're talking about that. but more importantly, the actual issues, she is defending-- harris is defending the biden-harris administration and you know, when you look at that poll, we can put it up again, you can see how close it is. tied in pennsylvania, tied in michigan, and the fact is, voters, americans, in those states, michigan, minnesota, wisconsin, are not feeling love for bidenomics and inflation, and we've heard the numbers and the americans aren't feeling it poll after poll. how does she craft her message on the economy that continuing the economic policies of this administration is a good thing for americans' pocket books? >> you know, griff, we've moved from agonizing as democrats to organizing as democrats and we're so excited because we know that she brings freedom, she brings new jobs, she brings a real focus on the ext

we put fiber to homes or ftx points on the agenda so that , god willing, we can launch 20 million high-speedl over the country. the implementation of this project was started in march 1400 and so far more than 7.555 million people. targeting that for at the end of this year, we wanted to cover 14 million khans with full fiber coverage. currently, there are 10 communication companies including iran telecommunication company, irancell, rightel, the speed of those commitments will be taken and given to another operator. the commitment of 20 million coverage in the 13th government is the first step and it is foreseen in the seventh plan until the end. our seventh plan is to have 20 million connections, so the first step in all countries of the world is that the first step is to create coverage , the second step is to convert the coverage into connections. both i followed the comparison, which was very excellent and very good. my smart tv. all home business owners should refer to the iran website for more detailed information on how to cover optical fiber. in the cities covered by iranft, my dear

fiber to homes or fiber to ftx points , so to speak. we put on the agenda that , god willing, we will be able to open 20 million high-speed flights let's start all over the country. the implementation of this plan was started in march 1400 and so far more than 7500 thousand households are covered, which is approximately 25 million people. our goal for the end of this year is to have 14 million households fully covered by fiber. let's say that now 10 communication companies, including irancell, rightel , shuttle, fenap, asiatech, haib, the pioneers of sabant, mebinnet , are participating in its implementation, and each of them has taken over a province and a city in the country. the organization for regulatory regulation and radio communications also supervises the implementation of this plan . if the operator does not fulfill his commitment to the speed of those commitments will be taken and given to another operator. the commitment of 20 million coverage in the 13th government is the first step and in the seventh plan it is predicted t

two former executives of the cryptocurrency exchange ftx have been scheduled for sentencing.euters reports. nishad singh will be sentenced in october. gary wang in november in manhattan. both pleaded guilty to fraud. both men testified against sam bankman-fried, who is serving a 25 year prison sentence, for defrauding clients of more than $11 billion. their cooperation could play certainly play a role in their sentencing. >> our time now. 750 meta expanding its policy against hate speech on its platforms, meta says it will remove posts that have the word zionist. it will also remove all content on facebook and on instagram that appears to be attacking people. meta expanded its hate speech restrictions because it only covered specific circumstances. >> all right, let's head over to sal. keeping an eye on the commute. where are you starting? >> well, we're starting on some of the bridges here, pam. we're going to start with the bay bridge toll plaza and show you the traffic is moving along. okay. if you are driving at the toll plaza, no major issues there. in fact, it looks lik

two former executives of the cryptocurrency exchange ftx have been scheduled for sentencing. will be sentenced in october and gary wang in november in manhattan. they pleaded guilty to fraud and both testified against sam bankman-fried, who is serving a 25 year prison sentence, for defrauding clients of more than $11 billion. their cooperation could play a role at sentencing. stocks were once again mixed on wall street today. the dow was down more than 52 points. the nasdaq in the s&p finished the day up, setting new record highs. meantime, investors reaction was muted to fed chair jerome powell, who told the us senate that inflation has eased but offered little guidance on when the fed might lower interest rates. >> a bright orange sunset tonight over san jose. air quality could take a hit tomorrow, prompting a spare the air alert. bay area air quality officials are asking people to limit their driving to help reduce pollution. our chief meteorologist, bill martin, joins us now. and bill, looks like more heat is on the way. yeah, more heat and some smoke coming down from the