the fact is, jeff bezos does have business interests. of course amazon and blue origin, his space country. they have contracts with the government. i was proud that during my time at the post, and during the ownership, during that period he resisted pressure from donald trump, trump try to undermine the amazon business, he said he was do that. he threatened to increase postal rates, double and triple them, quadruple them. he did intervene and attend billion-dollar defense department cloud computing contract to ensure it did not go to amazon. jeff bezos stood up to that. he let us do our work with full independence. he let the opinions department do their work as well. they actually wrote two editorials against trump's campaign for the presidency, first in 2016 and then 2020. when a question was raised, as to whether they would actually write the editorial in 2016, jeff bezos said, why would we not issue an editorial endorsement. and they went ahead and did so. so i see this as a betrayal of the principles of the post-. and also a betraya

they're angry at jeff bezos.g this only harms the great work that that newsroom is doing, so what advice do you have for those who want to send a message? >> it's a tough one. i understand why people are upset, but as you note, if they cancel their subscriptions there will be fewer resources to do the kind of reporting that the post does. it does extra ordinary investigations. it is held accountable. it's held other powerful individuals and institutions accountable. it does that every day and it does it in a superb way. they have a tremendously talented staff and they have the resources to do all that. look, if people cancel for a short period of time, like a week, and just send a message that they don't want to see any more of this, okay, i understand that, but canceling for the long term is going to do severe damage to our democracy. there just are not that many news organizations with the kind of resources and the kind of talent that exist at the washington post, to do substantive, powerful investigations of t

he talked about how he was so proud that when he was at the washington post under jeff bezos, at jeff bezos resisted regular attacks from former president donald trump on washington post, on jeff bezos on amazon. but now it seems as though he feels as though something has changed now, the washington post published russia. will lewis has put out a new statement pushing back on the idea that jeff bezos was intimately involved. he said he said in a statement that jeff bezos was not sent, did not read did not opine on any draft as publisher. i do not believe in presidential endorsements. we are an independent newspaper and shoots, put a reader's ability to make up their own minds. but jessica, i've been speaking to washington post journalist and even those do you say, you know, i actually agree with the idea of the editorial board not endorsing a candidate. all of them unanimous unanimously. just question the timing. they are saying, why is this coming out just days before the presidential election? this goes off like a bomb and it puts the u.s. the journalists on the new side in an uncom

>> yeah, these are the first public comments were hearing from jeff bezos after this surprising newsf the wash post would not endorse not only not north, but they had prepped and endorsement of the vice president that was then quashed by jeff bezos. and for the first time, he's coming out now in his own op-ed that was published in the washington post, he says essentially the mainstream media has lost a lot of trust by the general public they perceive it as biased and so ending this practice of endorsements will help build back up that trust. he said in part what presidential endorsements actually do is create a p perception of bias, perception of non-independence ending them is a principled decision and it's the right one. he did also talk about how the timing was on fortunately, he says it was an inadequate planning that he wished he had made it early because that's a lot of the issues that i hear from washington post staffers, actually, quite a few of them say, i actually liked the idea of the editorial board not endorsing anybody because it makes our jobs harder. the issue is that

and when we come back, washington post owner jeff bezos defending his decision to block the newspaperdorsing a presidential candidate is thousands reportedly cancel their subscription over the move. now another news paper doing the same, we'll have that next it all comes down to this. we can now make a major projection. >> do we only cnn can bring it to you election night in america, special coverage begins tuesday, november 5 at four on cnn stay tuned to learn more about this limited time offer from renewal by anderson when it comes to our homes, we only want the very best, particularly when it comes to choosing replacement windows and doors. >> hi, i'm an romer thrilled to be with nick from renewal by anderson. >> thanks. and we believe that everyone deserves to have windows and doors. that look great. stand the test of time and don't break the bank and when are unpredictable weather, i got to tell you quality in durability super important absolutely. and that's where our fiber composite material truly shines. it's twice as strong as vinyl, so it's warranted not to crack or rot. and

and that is essentially jeff bezos argument. he's saying that people have lost trust in the media. they believe the media is biased, and that these types of endorsement endorsements only contribute to that perception of bias is when they're trying to rebuild the trust, want to read part of what he says. he says, i wish we had made the change earlier than we did in a moment further from the election and the emotions around it that was inadequate planning thank and not some intentional strategy. i would also like to be clear that no quid pro quo of any kind is at work here, and that's because of that meeting we saw on friday between former president donald trump and members of the blue origin jeff bezos, space space company. and there was a perception that this non-endorsement is coming at the same day of this meeting. there was also a meeting of the editorial board yesterday, led by david shipley, the opinions editor, and he is saying that he had tried to convince jeff bezos to still make this endorsement, that jeff bezos first expressed doubt back in september for with what he call

jeff bezos' case, right, he remembers when donald trump was president. jeff bezos ran amazon. mp do because he didn't like jeff? he raised postage prices. >> and what happened to the "washington post"? it soared. >> correct. the absurdity. jeff bezos has blue origin. elon musk has spacex. if jeff bezos thinks not endorsing kamala harris is going to get him closer to trump, elon musk is always going to be donald trump's numero uno. it's not going serve jeff bezos and trump likes punishing people. >> what is elon musk all about? >> oh, that's a whole separate show. >> go ahead. we have two hours. >> what do i think elon musk's about? i think elon musk, look, i am going to go back in history. i always thought -- i know it's a counter fact. many years ago president biden made a mistake -- shl i agree. >> pivotal mistake in his presidency, he held this conference around electric vehicles at the white house to herald electric vehicles. >> he drove a truck, right? >> invited mary barr, runs general motors, the ceo of ford, all the auto makers except for tesla. he didn't invite elon mu

jeff bezos admits what i've been saying. timing was terrible to drop the stink bomb before the election and shows a fear of donald trump because they have a testy relationship. jeff bezos does a lot of business with the federal government through amazon and blue origin rocket company. if trump wins which he seems to think is a strong possibility, he doesn't want to be on the enemy's list. >> dana: one of the things the "washington post" in terms of timing, it is interesting that just recently they did endorse the democratic candidate for maryland senate over the former republican governor who is very moderate, larry hogan, then they do this. what about the point of not being believed as the media? the media being a part of that. one other things in terms of cbs, abc and nbc, 78% of the coverage is positive for harris and 85% has been negative. >> that's the thing i agree with jeff bezos on. people don't trust the media for good reason. he has set back the post ten years with this blunder by which i mean ten years from now pe

now its owner, jeff bezos defending the decision.dential endorsementses do nothing to tip the scale. what they do is create a perception of bias. a perception of nonindependence. ending them is the right decision. what do you think, greg, of this blow-up that the elite media is having over this nonendorsement? >> greg: what is it going to cost him? a couple million dollars a month in losses? right? >> jesse: he's what? $68 billion -- >> greg: he spends that much money on hormone treatments. let's be honest. it's amazing, why is -- okay. i said this before. one side is miserable. the other side isn't. is that just constant? why is it that -- if trump loses, our viewers will be sad. they might even take it hard. they always bounce back because their lives are prioritized. family, friends, work, spirituality. politics is downstream from that. for the dems, it's upstream. so it affects family, it affects friends, work, spirituality. because the ideology of leftism is about power, a press versus oppressor, every relationship is transactio

but the washington post itself reporting that it was ultimately spiked by owner jeff bezos. now some of the biggest names, both current and former in the water washington post are speaking out about this former editor, marty baron, who led the paper under bezos during the first trump administration, coming out swinging against his former boss, calling the decision not to run an endorsement cowardly. he also said that the explanation given that readers should make their own choice affable, given the timing, take a listen to what he had to say to cnn's michael smerconish the fact is that bezos has other commercial interests, as we know, he obviously founded amazon has a huge, big, big stake and amazon, he has a space company called blue origin trump has threatened to pursue soo his political enemies and he rewards his friends and he punishes his perceived political enemies. >> and i think there's no other explanation for what's happening right now. >> washington post publisher will lewis pushing back on the idea that jeff bezos was intimately involved in nixing the endorsement

jeff bezos is putting a lid on it issue arguably saving journalism. third hour of varney starts now. >> i take it you're in favor of this service delivery models >> i think it's great. paper shouldn't be endorsing anyone for this point. it's not the 50s. they should be reporting the news and feels like they're tipping the scale when is they do endorse and i'll tell you this, i've been a libertarian for a long time and not a member of the libertarian party and by in large, i tend to vote for libertarian candidates ask my person won't get elected and try being a libertarian and you'll be disappointed and tend to not get that emotionally involved in the outcomes but the journalists are and they've gotten too emotional and the more you are, jeff bezos had to cut costs and that's how you make money and the bottom line and we hear about a massive contract that amazon would have with the pentagon and might not want to upset a person he'd be non-endorsing. >> stuart: that side of the coin and reporters and trump in the garbage truck in wisconsin and we want y

ed: jeff bezos, an incredibly rich person in the world of technology, he owns the washington post.ake this basic facts and explain the significance of the action. michael: the significance cannot be overstated. it is another twist in an election that has had a historic number of surprises already. it even caught the attention of kamala harris this morning. she was interviewed on a syndicated radio program calling it disappointed but also tying jeff bezos, the world's second richest man, to donald trump and other billionaires, saying these are the people, the billionaires that donald trump is likely to support rather than mainstream americans. we do see our own analysis at bloomberg indicates more billionaires have donated for the trump candidacy than non-billionaires. when it comes to the tech industry, we see a reversal of polarity. we see more wealthy tech founders, especially people like eric schmidt and bill gates, they have thrown in with kamala harris, but overall harris is using the moment to point to what she sees as billionaires leaning toward donald trump. caroline: one b

jeff bezos, owner of "the washington post" said, no, "the washington post" will not endorse kamala harrisendorsed joe biden and hillary clinton. this is happening 56 the "l.a. times," the minneapolis star "minneapolis star tribune" won't endorse them either. is america finally at a tipping point away from the far-left craziness? are big tech and big newspapers now betting trump could win? first, this story. chalk. ♪ ♪ elizabeth: okay, former president trump, he's about to hold a rally in michigan. the first of two in the battleground state this weekend. crowds again lining up for hours. fox news' mark meredith joins us live from the scene in travers city, michigan, with the story. mark, it's great to have you on. >> reporter: liz, always a pleasure. the good news too, this time of year the weather's actually pretty decent here in north michigan this time of year as we get closer and closer to november. the former president, as you mentioned, does have quite the crowd at this airport tarmac. he is expected to be here about three hours from now, likely to give a lengthy speech. this is his

i will say this, something, i want to know what changed for jeff bezos.uldn't we? i do think there is this fear of retribution thing. if jay fields owes is concerned about retribution than i, then what is going on, people? when it comes to the l.a. times, that owner, he is best friends with elon musk and there was a twitter exchange where elon musk said good job, go and go. who both stopped and you do with that what you will. i will just, you know, it is the papers. i think about the judge to think , look at how donald trump came after his daughter and now we will sentence him postelection. it is courts, it is all of this. >> will he sentence himself when this is all said and done? will he really? >> how dare you. such a rhetorical question. >>> stick around. we've got another hour, big hour of "the weekend" ahead, including marco lyons, information expert coming up on "the weekend". the weeken. d" n is just the beginning. level up to even toned, radiant skin. new vaseline radiant x body lotion with 1% niacinamide. level up to even toned skin. before taki

this is unbelievably terrible timing if you're going to give jeff bezos the benefit of the doubt, whichow what the editorial said? secondly, can you talk about how bezos' statement conflicts with that of "the washington post"? that would then be another thing that erodes trust, leads me to believe that trump is getting exactly what he wants. because part of his playbook is to put out a firehose of falsehoods and to erode trust in our core values and in the media. >> yeah, well, the last few days, they put out a couple statements trying to leave the impression that jeff bezos was not involved in this decision. they put out a statement saying that he was not sent, did not read, and did not opine on a draft editorial. that was so narrowly written and carefully written, suggesting he wasn't involved. clearly, he was involved. they also put out a statement saying it was a "washington post" decision, which is also another carefully written statement. by the way, he is 100% owner of "the washington post." so using the term "washington post" decision is not very meaningful. well, it's clear he

elon musk is arrival of jeff bezos in the space sector as he pointed out. s blue origin and elon musk has spacex. >> donald trump has been completely open about his plans to seek vengeance. when you think back to "the washington post" history, think of watergate. that wasn't easy for catherine graham but she knew what the right thing to do was in the probe paper proceeded. is the difference, donald trump has made it clear who he is and what he will do? >> yeah, i think that is certainly true. trump has made clear he intends to make people whom he believes are his political enemies, and make them suffer. he will weaponize the was government against his perceived political enemies, and he has considered bezos to be one of those. it's a risk if bezos is on his bedside. if this decision had been main some time ago in a deliberative way, fine. newspapers have a right to decide not to run presidential endorsements, but this was not made in discussion with the editorial board. it was -- they were just informed of the decision by bezos himself. >> when you look at t

this election cycle and now the papers owner, jeff bezos, is explaining his decision. ing in a rare opinion piece that not endorsing is a step toward restoring public confidence in the media. here's what bezos writes, quote we must be accurate and we must be believed to be accurate. it's a bitter pill to swallow, but we are failing on the second requirement. most people believe that the media is biased. anyone who doesn't see this is paying scant attention to reality and those who fight reality lose. reality is an undefeated champion many people are turning to off the cuff podcasts, inaccurate social media posts and other unverified news sources, which can quickly spread misinformation and deepened divisions the washington post and the new york times win prizes. but increasingly we talk only to a certain elite more and more, we talked to ourselves bezos references a recent gallup poll that found quote, the news media is the least trusted group among ten us civic and political institutions involved in the democratic process. the legislative branch of the federal governme

plus jeff bezos breaks his silence. the washington post owner drops an op-ed in his own paper explaining why he blocked the endorsement of kamala harris and hulk hogan is on trump's side of the ring, but harris has a wrestler in her own corner mick foley, ak mankind is my guest tonight on laura coates sliwa polls at a virtual standstill. >> you might be wondering, are there really any voters whose minds can still be changed? well, after what happened on trump's new york city rally play last night, some in his camp are worried about this very argument was overshadowed by controversy. one source close to trump says, quote, i am livid especially over this comment from a comedian who as part of a trump warmup act at the garden there's a lot going on like, i don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. >> yeah. >> i think it's called puerto rico that's just by the way, one example it puts malice at the palace to shame call this one, maybe grievance

jeff bezos explains why and when his paper decided to get out of the endorsement business and how his decision could buy back trust from the public. and don't look up. >> leonardo dicaprio's signs on to support harris while accusing trump of denying science the science guy ways in. live at the table. scott taylor, mehdi hassan, ryan gradowski, and ashley allison with eight days to go. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other. but here they do in new york. >> let's get right to what america is talking about indecent exposure tonight, donald trump's campaign is mad. they're worried that what was supposed to go down as a triumphant moment in his hometown here in new york, at a mecca for star power will now end up hurting his campaign sources tell cnn that trump and his inner circle, they are concerned that voters didn't hear a closing message you've probably seen the headlines about this comic. who made the joke about puerto rico, among other things. but it wasn't just this one comic as many people took that stage, they all were saying vile, reprehensible, sexis

post newsroom now reporting that the decision not to endorse was made by the newspaper's owner jeff bezos cnn's media correspondent, docx gold is joining us now with more so hadas. this resignation by kagan, perhaps just a first of more to come. we don't know really does highlight just how badly this is going down with some of this stuff yeah, it's not just a non-endorsement. >> there was an endorsement for vice president kamala harris that was drafted that was ready to be presented to the board. that's according to a source with knowledge who tells me that there was a harris endorsement ready to go. now, the washington post themselves is reporting that it was there aos, the washington post owner, jeff bezos, one of the richest men in the world who ultimately spiked it's, there's a lot of anger in the newsroom, as you noted, we have our first resignation, bob kagan and editor at large, confirming to me that he is resigning as a result of this non-endorsement, members of the editorial board are furious. they're telling cnn that they felt blindsided. others are questioning the timing. why i

here's a bit afoot jeff bezos writes. presidential endorsements do nothing to to the skills of an election. no undecided voters in pennsylvania are going to say i'm going to go with newspaper a's endorsement. none. what it does is create a perception of bias, a perception of non-independence. ending them is a principle decision, jeff bezos says, and the right one. washington post from 1933-1946 thought the same, and he was right. declining to endorse presidential candidates is not enough to move us very far up the trust scale, but it is a meaningful step in the right direction, jeff bezos says. i wish we made the change earlier than we did in a moment further from the election and the emotions around it. that was inadequate planning and not an intentional strategy. jeff bezos in the washington post today if you want to read his piece, it is available online. it's just after 7:30 on the east coast, seven days from election day. bruce in indiana on the undecided line. are you with us? caller: yes. host: go ahead. caller: he

donald trump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate jeff bezos and others. last i checked, the washington post tagline was democracy dies in darkness. >> when bear was in charge absolutely it was. you know. i'm from nebraska. north omaha, to be specific, and to me, the non-endorsements, what that says is if these powerful papers who are helmed by these billionaires are concerned about what donald trump could potentially do to them, if he comes to power, if they weigh in in this race than how am i going to survive? i agree with you. i don't think people are going to make their decision based on what the washington post is going to say. however it does indicate like if all these papers are endorsing someone, it says something, that their campaign is doing well but i do think it matters if papers are choosing not to endorse for fear of what could happen. >> do you think you're changing hearts and minds talking right here on a friday night? i mean, the people who are of -- watching the show has already made up their minds, right? >> [ inaudible ] it is fear. doe

i don't think jeff bezos says he is scared but making a smart business decision, it is fear. people are making decisions because they are scared of trump. >> i think we have so many other important things 10 days before the election. i just don't -- i am part of the media, you are part of the media i don't think we are going to look back november 6th and say i really wish "the washington post,"." >> i guess you are not hearing what i am saying. >> not moving hearts and minds but it is are billionaire owners shaping the way we hear the news. >> in 2016, there was a question should we endorse and jeff bezos said why wouldn't we. the question is, if he was saying no problem, of course we should in 2016 what has happened that he is saying no let's stay out of that game. all right, let's move on, donald trump sat down with joe rogan for three hours, clearly making a play for male voters do you think it is working? >> i don't know. it is an interesting play, right? if you want voters on your side you want women, they turn out. >> you want everybody, yes, and you can see kamala harr

and now we've heard from jeff bezos himself last evening. what say you?ch high emotions and fever pitch that every single thing that breaks seems to be the eternal crisis. but the issue in the media industry is so large that i suspect that this will move out of the news pretty quickly, because we're in for a bloodbath in a few days, and i think that is going to consume the public. and i think in most crisis situations what it comes down to is what you're competing with. and i think the media, the post, the "l.a. times," are competing with something much larger than a debate about journalism, given what's about to happen. >> and that bloodbath is a result of what? >> the election. i think that this is not going to be easily resolved. i mean, i think that what's fascinating to me from a crisis management perspective about trump is that what goes around never comes around, not even a little bit. you would have thought that the rally at madison square garden at any time would have been a career killer, a campaign killer. that doesn't seem to be the case. i th

what got you over the line decision. >> this is obviously an effort by jeff bezos to curry favor withald trump in anticipation of his possible victory. trump has threatened to go after bezos's business basis runs one of the largest companies in america. they have tremendously intricate, relations with federal government. they depend on the federal government and trump has made it clear that he will oppose, will attack media organizations that are critical of him, that he's threatened to take away cbs's license. and this is clearly an effort by bezos to try to get on trump's good side and advance of his presidency. so if we want to know how trump is going to stifle the free press in the united states. this is, this is the answer. this is how it's going to happen, especially when the media is owned by corporate titans who have a lot to lose if trump is angry at them, obviously the los angeles times going through this as well. >> but when you say clearly an effort by by bezos to curry favor with trump, or because of his fear of trump you just laid out all your reasons there. i'm just won

>> jeff bezos, he remembers when donald trump was president.ump do because he didn't like jeff? he raised postage prices. >> and what happened to the washington post? it soared. >> correct. if jeff bezos thinks now not endorsing kamala harris will get him closer to trump? donald trump will always be donald trump's numero uno. >> what is elon musk all about? >> that's a whole separate show. >> go ahead. we have two hours. >> what do i think elon musk is about? i think elon musk look, i always thought. i think many years ago president biden made a mistake actually. a pivotal mistake early on in his presidency. he held this conference around electric vehicle at the white house to herald electric vehicles. >> i remember. he drove a truck right? >> and he invited mary barr, the ceo of ford. and everybody except tesla. he didn't invite elon musk though they were the only ones making electric cars and deserve to be heralded on that score at a minimum. and i think that elon musk in that moment and you could see his feelings were hurt. but you know what

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questions about jeff bezos the owner of the paper why they decided to do this. the publisher and ceo william lewis wrote our job is a newspaper of capital city of the most important country in the world is to be independent. and that is what we are going to be. let's bring immediate buzz host howie kirks to pc worked at "washington post" for nearly 3 decades. great to have you back today. what to make of this? >> this is a profile and noncourage. absolute would thing out. jeff bezos does have the right to do this but at the same time the other 364 days earlier liberal "washington post" tells us what to think about everything. every issue under the son and all of a sudden comes onto the most important question like we couldn't possibly give you our opinion now. so i think jeff bezos by the way does a lot of business with the federal government through his company through amazon and he may fear that trump is going to win and he doesn't want to exacerbate already testy relationship. >> i do find it interesting how many entities have decided to stay on the sidelines

jeff bezos speaking out on his newspaper, the washington post, not endorsing a presidential candidate for the first time in nearly 40 years, is he in the paper faced backlash for that decision wracking the whole country is on the edge of their seats unprecedented. this race could not be any closer an election like no other. and it all comes down to we can now make a major projection of election night in america from the first votes to the critical counts. >> a lot of us thought that had come down to this. >> one see you then bring it to you special coverage begins tuesday, november 5 at four on cnn and streaming on max we always love taking care of our home. but last year, grandpa here broke his arm. we realized somehow maintenance jobs aren't worth the risk. >> that's when we call lee filter to protect our gutters, leaf filters it's patented filter technology keeps debris out of your gutters for good. >> they gave us a free inspection and we had the system installed that week, mile and regret is not calling him sooner. now, we can focus on what we really enjoy joining millions of sat

this is deeply serious. >> jeff bezos has been breached. whether the opinion pages has endorsed the candidate they wanted to endorse. >> and these are the opinion pages to be clear . >> it is the opinion pages and it means something. i think actually the striking thing is the most powerful people in society, ali, the jeff bezoses of the world, it would be nice if they safeguard a society when there is a threat or sinister forces trying to seize power. instead, you are seeing them kiss the ring. and the journalists who make far less money than these billionaires with less power than they do, they are the ones resigning in protest taking a stand saying, democracy is on the line and were going to hold this line the best we can. >> both papers are facing massive cancellations. tell me about this? >> obviously, readers are going to be upset. if you go on x or twitter or whatever it is called these days or threads, they tell me i am canceling my subscriptions. the problem is if you are a subscriber to the washington post, you expect that newspape

it also speaks to hedging your bet, jeff bezos is the writing on the wall in the day that he actuallyut the op-ed apparently the head of blue origins the space company that he has was meeting with president trump, clearly he is hedging his bets and sees this could be a trump victory. i think that's a good sign for trump but you have a major billionaire hedging his back close to the end of the selection campaign. maria: i agree i see it that way as well, it is good news for trump the fact that these people are not endorsing the candidate, would you agree with that. >> also had a very important time it undermines kamala harris argument that trump is the end of democracy and he is hitler to point out. it is not good for her. maria: we are just getting started, we will slipping a short break, markets are on the move the final trading week of the third quarter, were looking at a big week of economic data and earnings we will check on the back of a mcdonald's a major player we are watching before the opening bell the numbers will hit in about 45 minutes. we will get those numbers, sapphire

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and it's like jeff bezos has this person at his disposal.what do you think about this, i'm weighing back and forth, i'm a little scared, and he would have probably said the same thing ian said to him, this is a loser in the medium to long term, you're going to go down the path of whoever that russian guy was if you do this, and he has to be stopped now. and that's the obvious thing to do, and for all the people in the world out there right now, immigrants, family member of immigrants, trans kids, the people -- the shaye and ruby moss and every person that is going to go out next tuesday to work at their voting place and be menaced by some maga freak, all of those people are putting themselves on the line, and fact that a billionaire can't. >> it's appalling. >> appalling. >> to be continued? go yankees? alicia menendez, tim miller, ian bhasin, thank you so much. when we come back, former first lady michelle obama with a warning about what a second trump presidency means for every woman in america. that story and much more is next. woman in a

but the payment's owner, amazon founder jeff bezos, made the decision to stop the endorsement.are also learning that trump met with leaders from bezos' aerospace company yesterday. you used to be an opinions editor for the post. what do you make of this and what motivated it? >> yeah. it's a crazy story. media companies need better pr teams, first and foremost. secondly, i have great respect for the "washington post" opinions department, the editorial board, david shipley runs the department and is so wonderful and lovely. i think this story really should call into question whether or not jeff bezos should own the "washington post." whether or not he is even up for the job. whether or not he respects the job of journalist to the degree that is necessary in these trying times. whether he is able to manage the "washington post" and not view it as a conflict of interest with other entities that he owns or has stake in. when we see photos and learn that donald trump is meeting with executives from blue origin, that certainly raises eyebrows as to whether or not jeff bezos was motiv

jeff bezos in op-ed said there was no quid pro quo, we are doing this so the people can make up their. at the same time it looks to a lot of people like those two things happened exactly at the same time. he says it was a coincidence. >> ainsley: jeff bezos said he didn't know blue origin was meeting with donald trump. he said i sighed when i found out because i knew it would provide ammunition, which it has to those who would like to frame this as anything other than a principled decision. >> steve: right. >> ainsley: he didn't know about it. i would love to see a show of hands how many of y'all have ever voted for someone only because "the washington post" has endorsenned or another newspaper. [laughter] exactly it. doesn't really matter. i love amazon, that matters to me. i care more about that than the newspaper's decision who they are going to endorse. >> brian: minnesota star tribune, governor walz. they will not endorse. the tampa bay times says they will not endorse. >> ainsley: i think it's good for journalism. >> brian: big picture, if trump is able to win. he never had one

a $30 million donation from mackenzie scott, a philanthropist and former wife of amazon founder jeff bezos. the group is a certified community development financial institution. housing trust says it will use the funds to expand its mission of providing loans to develop affordable housing. >> we also work with first time homebuyers, providing down payment assistance, and so we will use these funds to basically enhance what we're already doing right to seed our next capital raise so that we can provide more loans to developers. >> the housing trust says since 2000, it has provided more than $600 million in financing to provide affordable homes for more than 50,000 people. >> it has now been one year since california started the care court program, designed to address the needs of people with severe mental illness. care court allows family members and others to petition someone with untreated mental illness into civil courts, where a judge could then order a treatment plan. san francisco's program has received 43 petitions so far. we did speak with the judge overseeing the program about trus

that is jeff bezos in "the washington post."t after 7:30 on the east coast this is bruce am -- in indiana on then decided line. are you with us? caller: yes. on the border everyone keeps talking abe amount of people coming across that i host: we are listening, bruce. go ahd. caller: anyone talabt the currents law and the krpblt -- current law and howan are allowed to come in. al all of the news channels on tv and just in general, they all have to have experts who are commenting on anything that happens. i'm not understanding why that is needed or allowed. host: what do you mean by allowed, bruce? caller: well, to me, any channel i watch, whether it is republican or democrat, they always have people on this skewing the information to one candidate or the other. that is democrat and republican. host: if you don't like it, bruce, why do you keep watching? caller: i try not to. but even if i want to get local news, they will go to national news any more. so, i do look your channel. you seem to give people a voice on their own. but i

this is obviously an effort by jeff bezos to curry favor with donald trump in anticipation of his possible victory. trump has threatened to go after bezos's business basis runs one of the largest companies in america. they have tremendously intricate good relations with the federal government that depend on the federal government. and trump has made it clear that he will oppose, will attack media organizations that are critical of him. the post has had no trouble endorsing presidential candidates up until now. and by the way, this argument that they're making, that somehow they want to become above it all on this thing. they've endorsed all kinds of candidates in this election season. they endorse the democratic nominee in maryland. they've endorsed other democratic nominees. so is it just only in the race that donald trump happens to be running in that they've decided not to endorse it it's absurd on brownstein is a cnn senior political analysts and senior editor at the atlantic. >> and he joins us now from los angeles, ron we are about ten days out here. >> you know, we keep saying it as

the washington post is making no endorsement for president for the first time since the 80s and jeff bezoshe paper will be sending this out, and the guy who was reporter from britain a statement of support for our reader's ability to make up their own minds so joining us from new york, molly lion. what have you been able to find out about the intensity of this revolt? reporter: well, it's pretty interesting, and i think one of the reasons that the revolt so to say and the intensity of the story stems from the timing on this. so close to the actual election and election day. now, for a great many decades, actually, big name papers have stopped endorsing candidates but the timing of this has been particularly impactful making the story more interesting, but the other question is also the perception of editorial boards and that they are independent. that they have their own minds and in this case where both newspapers actually kind of reporting in this bizarre circular fashion on what's going on in their own newsrooms, have acknowledged that the owners played this role in the decision not to

the post reported the decision not to endorse was made by the papers owner, amazon founder jeff bezos. it will be the first time since jimmy carter's 1976 election that the paper won't be selecting a candidate in a washington post op-ed, louis expanded on the decision writing we recognize that this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate or as a condemnation of another, or as an abdication of responsibility. that is inevitable. we don't see it that way. we see it as consistent with our values that the post has always stood for. and what we hope for in a leader, character, and courage in service to the american ethic veneration for the rule of law and respect for human freedom in all its aspects. we also see it as a statement in support of our reader's ability to make up their own minds on this, the most consequential of american decisions, whom to vote for as the next president. the decision comes shortly after the owner of the la times stop the newspaper from publishing its proposed endorsement of kamala harris in reaction, the head of its e

and we are seeing less trust in institutions like media and big corporations, even jeff bezos came out with a news article talking about how people do not trust newspapers anymore like " the washington post." what we are seeing is a real political realignment where you are seeing more working-class voters want to vote republican. host: class by setting media narratives is something you talk about. what are some examples of that? guest: for example, look at the u.s. nca -- usmca policy. during the biden administration where high inflation costs and less opportunity. and so people are voting their pocketbooks and that is the mose deal between mexico, canada and america and it was a focus on the working-class voters, unions and more jobs into the united states. easier to create more supply chains and people saw that as real movement by the party to help working-class voters. what they saw under the trump administration was high wages, low inflation and more economic mobility. in the four years that preceded me in 2000, economic mobility has been at an all-time low. during the biden admini

now some people are seeing jeff bezos as caving to pressure. we seen in way of reaction at the washington post from editors and reporters and staff? >> the staff i have spoke to her very demoralized and upset. several of them have said to me, and i agree with it, maybe it is time to rethink whether presidential endorsements are useful. you could have done that a year ago. that would've been a very reasonable decision. but that is not what happened here. anchor: we have two major publications both owned by billionaires raking with years of practice, not endorsing a presidential candidate. is a concerning trend? >> it is a great question. i think that endorsements, we have to think about their usefulness. i believe it the state and local level, the newspaper is helping you decide about judges, ballot questions, things where there is not a lot of news and publicity. editorials can add rate insight. they are interviewing people on pros and cons. the presidential support is less useful because there is so much attention. that is a legitimate discuss

a high of just a mere 206 billion, more than a billion ahead of jeff bezos, there we go. with us, this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we would like to grow and keep unemployment where it is and third quarter shaping up that way but not strong enough to cause resurgence or lead to recession. tom: ok. bill dudley who has been writing about his hard landing views. here is where the focus is in here is what has been happening, blue line indicating how hard jobs are to find. unemployment 4.2% holding, becoming harder to find jobs now in the u.s.. jay powell does not want to see further deterioration of the labor market so 150,000 is the estimate. if you get 4.3 does that put 50 basis points on the table given what we know about jay powell? that is the softness that has come through. slight cooling of the labor market. let's look at potential impact on the rate trajectory. these are companies that cannot afford their debt pile. you've had a furred of them not able to make their payments, sitting on 1.3 trillion dollars of debt. yields spreads were crushed and investors moving into the junk

look, i think jeff bezos is a smart guy.he had to know the damage he was making to "the washington post," and he did it anyway. it was best not to antagonize donald trump before the election. he obeyed in advance. i think this is the real danger that a lot of these billionaires and oligarchs are taking donald trump's threats both literally and seriously. they're bending the knee. the newspaper and the newspaper editorial, they're the collateral damage. this is not about whether or not the endorsement would have moved anything. it's about what you're seeing with a handful of extremely wealthy individuals who you would think would be insulated from any fear about what donald trump would do, saying, you know what? we're going to go along. by the way, it's not just the media moguls. you're seeing this throughout the business community. i think jonathan lemire made the point a little earlier, a lot of the guardrails are already down. people are anticipating all of this. now, imagine what a trump presidency would be like, where yo

and to give people like elon musk and and jeff bezos, who is a coward by stopping and endorsement that the washington post was going to run of kamala harris. they would get big tax breaks under him. he's not talking about the american people. i think that's where we need to be having the conversation. and i think we need to remind me when we're talking about throwing around these concepts about fascism, we're talking about how a leader would govern and whether or not that person is going to focus on you and your issues which you do not hear from donald trump versus kamala harris, who today is going to be talking about the basic freedom of women to control our own bodies. and frankly, the men who love women and men who care about our lives and our freedom. >> listen, i think certainly trump wrote is no fan of jeff bezos. we've never called him a coward. his newspaper. yeah, i understand that, but that's what it makes the rhetoric worse because now you're going to have some people who feel they're responding, use a more powerful language and that we sort of going down this cycle of insul

amazon, they are setting up their own satellite constellations into space and blue origin from jeff bezos, building their own rockets certainly been closer to you as government whichever administration is going to be very helpful to elon musk yeah and i think you're absolutely right to point out that the importance of starlink satellite internet company that that he started but up hugely important in ukraine and elsewhere, which gives him frankly, a huge amount of sway over the countries in the places that he puts it in place dimitri alperovitch, thank you so much. your thoughts today. >> thanks. around me. >> and still ahead this hour on cnn news central, we are live in austin, texas, where former president donald trump is expected to hold a precedent ben, any minute. we also have reporters on the ground in arizona where president joe biden will be addressing the native american community and apologizing for hundreds of federally on boarding schools which writ thousands of native american children away from their families. over 150 years >> i've been saying publicly what people are say a

host: jeff bezos argued that this is a step towards increasing trust in newspapers saying now according to the latest gallup poll newspapers are below congress. guest: what kind of -- i do not want to use the word i want to use because this is c-span. that is garbage. to use my other word. because he has been on this paper for a long time. he could have taken this position two years ago, four years ago, six years ago. he did not. and it just so happens that this man has business with the federal government that he does not want to disturb and has his own employees at blue origin meeting with donald trump the day this gets into the newspaper. he has zero credibility. ok? zero credibility on this. and you see that, that is essentially what you are seeing. it is like lenin's adage that the capitalists create the world -- the rope which with they will hang. it is the same with fascists, and donald trump is definitionally that. it is something i do not like to say and i wish i did not come to that conclusion. if you look at the pages of history there is no question. and what people are doing

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