committee, to speak with some of the senators and among those senators will be south dakota senator john thuneconference. he will meet with mr. trump today as well. senator thune, good morning to you. lots of excitement there, huh? >> good morning martha. yes indeed it is, yes. martha: what is your take on all this? >> this is opportunity for many of us to get aidanted with donald trump for very first time. i think most members of the senate, for that matter house of representatives don't know him. and so this is sort of introduction to him. it is opportunity for us to hear from him about his visions for future of this country. what he intends to do to unite the party and the nation. as we head into the fall election. and, so we're looking forward to good, productive meeting. it really is for us a opportunity really to get aidanted with someone we expect to be our party's nominee. martha: he just met with paul ryan. how important do you think it is for paul ryan to endorse him? >> paul ryan will make his own decisions and own conclusions on that. this is process needs to happen organically you

that's why i think john thune would be great. he carries the central swath of the united states and people love him inside and out and he's got the credibility and that kind of x factor everyone is looking for. i heard you talking about the money. i remember distinctly donald trump saying he was going to self-fund in the primary, and then figure out where he's going to go after that. deirdre: yeah, earlier something like i don't want to sell a building but if i have to i'll think about it. >> listen, he's going to use his own money but also going to have to -- i'm sure raise money as well. >> here's your money problem, scott. look on what he puts on fec forms. he has about 300 million in quote, unquote -- he has something like, this is his estimates, not mine. exactle buildings are, real estate of something like 4.5 billion, which is less liquid. >> some are licensing deals >> here is the problem he faces. if jeb bush was nominee he would have people raising 100 million. donald trump does not have that. he has degree of animus fr

senator john thune fired off a letter demanding an explanation.ining us now is a commentator in washington. these facebook who have contractors, unnamed as we should stress, said it was common to suppress conservative topics and news. how much does this tarnish the media outlet? >> we had to assume this these were the biggest stories from across the web. you expect your friend's priest to be biased but not from the site itself. however, i'd be very surprised if this the affects how often people log into facebook. they are still going to go there and post pictures of their kids and dogs. i don't think that's going to change. >> that part may not change. republican senator john thune conducting an inquiry demanding facebook explain its editorial process for the trending topics. if this letter was sent to the "new york times" or cbs or fox news it would probably say get lost so should the senator be involved in this sort of thing? >> probably would. my question is if the government is going to get involved in what facebook, a private company can emph

republican senator john thune fired off a letter demanding an explanation.commentator the journalists who are unnamed we stress, say it was common to suppress conservative tommics and conservative media. how much does it tarnish credibility? that is -- we assumed they were surfacing, the biggest most neutral news story from across the when and you log in to facebook your expect your friends' post bias but not from the site. however, i would be very surprised in this affects how often people log in to facebook and they will still post pictures of kids and their dogs but i don't think that will change. >> but we have john thune republican senator conducting an inoccurry demanding they explain the editorial process for the trending top is which boost the traffic. fit was sent to the "new york times" or cbs or fox they would say get lost." should a senator be involved in this. >> they would. my question is, in the government is going to get involved in what facebook, a private company can emphasize on its site, where does it stop? is facebook going to be in invo

jan crawford is at the capitol where commerce committee secretary john thune calls the issue serious.reporter: john thune is raising questions, facebook has launched its investigation into whether it filtered out conservative topics. interestingly, this controversy trended for much of the day on facebook yesterday. >> keep an open mind -- >> reporter: in this video posted last month, facebook urged viewers to seek out opposing points of view. >> maybe, just maybe it's a good time to search for them. to find the other side of the story. >> reporter: south dakota senator john thune is worried the conservative side is being suppressed on the social network. in a letter sent to facebook tuesday, the south dakota republican asked if the trendg topics were subjective and filtered to support or suppress particular political viewpoints. >> consumers have rights, and wea want to make sure that we're protecting consumers' rights and that businesses aren't in fact engaged in any deceptive practice. >> reporter: on monday, gizmodo's technology editor said that facebook employs human curators who

it could be a problem for facebook going forward. >> does facebook have to answer to john thune's questions hill? >> that's where this gets interesting. we were talking about cnn or "the wall street journal" or "the new york times" being asked a laundry list of questions from a senator, being asked to hand over records of editorial decisions. i think people would get uncomfortable and say what's the first amendment for if not to protect news organizations from the prying eyes of the senate. however, facebook is in this strained space. we don't know what it is exactly. it started as a way for kids at harvard to connect. now it's one of the biggest publishers in the whole world. it's a way a lot of us get our news. does it have those protections or not? i think it probably does, or they would say it does. but facebook says it's going to cooperate. it wants to help explain this. >> i think it's fascinating, the human hands, the human brains behind an algorithm that affects what so many people see and read. >> ultimately, the news feed is incredibly powerful. a billion people see it. what i see

we would like to think our senator john thune and patrick leahy for hosting us here today. the caucus hosts events every few weeks on salient topics to the internet and policy and we invite you to come out for events coming out the rest of the summer. today we have several excellent panelists with us. we have m a from the center for democracy and technology on the free expression project. we have them from the department of justice countering extremism over there. wheels and shamus hughes, the

south dakota senator john thune want to know who at the company controls trending topics, what sort of training they receive, and whether the company is investigating. >>> two other senators want airlines to stop charging baggage fees this summer. connecticut's richard blumenthal and edward markey of massachusetts sent a letter to 12 major u.s. airlines. they say canceling the fees would speed up inspections and would mean fewer carry-on bags. an industry spokesman said it would be better if there were more tsa screeners. >>> critics contend president obama's upcoming visit to hiroshima will be viewed as an apology no matter how the white house frames it. later this month, mr. obama will become the first sitting president to visit the japanese city where during world war ii the u.s. dropped the first atomic bomb. it's estimated 140,000 people were killed. the white house says the president will not revisit the decision to drop the bomb. >>> the brazilian senate is scheduled to vote today on whether to impeach president dilma rousseff. her supporters set fires and marched through the st

in a letter to john thune, the social media giant said while the internal review revealed no evidenceas in the selection of those stories in the trending it couldn't rule out bias by the works. it is working to minimize the risk where human judgment is involved. >>> questlove found himself defending the madonna tribute to prince at the billboard awards. it received mixed reviews, there was a lot of backlash on social media. b.e.t. took the opportunity to reassure fans that its own award show tribute will be better. questlove who helped put the billboard performance together responded in a series of tweets reading in part, naturally there will be folded arms and shade thrown because the purple standard is hard boots to fill. and a lot of us don't want to come to grips. >>> all right. thomas, finally this morning, actress and co-host of "the view" raven-symone is opening up about her sexuality. she was filmed for the third season of "it got better series". take a look. >> i kind of pushed myself to open myself up to look for boys in a more than just, you know, oh, my god way. i look bac

john thune has write up a letter to mark zuckerberg demanding that the company explain how trending articlessen. >> if these allegations that have been made by these former facebook employees are accurate, it completely contradicts everything that facebook says that they're about when it comes to their trending topics. they have 167 million users who rely on facebook. i assume for news and information. and if the news that's coming through there which is represented to be objective and based upon some algorithm and it's not, then the people have a right to know that. >>> harry reid hit back, writing that the republican senate refuses to hold hearings on judge garland, refuses to fund the request for zika aid and takes the most days off of any senate since 1956, but thinks facebook hearings are a matter of urgent interest. the people probably want their money back. for their part, facebook said there are rigorous guidelines in place and they found no evidence that the anonymous allegations are in fact true. >>> let's change gears here for a second, jonathan. budweiser will replace the word bu

john thune called the accusations serious. good morning. >> good morning. senator thune, he's raising a number of questions. facebook has launched its own investigation into whether it kind of filtered out these conservative topics. interestingly, this is controversy actually trended for much of the day on facebook yesterday. >> so keep an open mind. >> in this video posted last month, facebook encouraged users to seek out opposing points of view. when maybe, just maybe, it's a good time to search for them to find the other side of the story. >> reporter: but south dakota senator john thune is worried the cuff side is being suppressed on social network. in a letter sent to facebook tuesday, the south dakota senator asked if they were filtered. >> consumers have rights and we want to make sure we're protecting consumers' rights and they aren't engaging in deceptive practice. >> gizmodo said facebook employs curators for stories based on algorithm. they select stories that become facebook trending topics. >> we have evidence of them blacklisting, in a lot of

senator john thune, the leader of the commerce committee, launched the inquiry, thune has given mark zuckerberg until may 24th to respond to the charges. >>> turning to the campaign trail, donald trump says he's not planning to modify his substance or style for the general election. in a "new york times" interview, trump explained -- the times pointing out trump is right, winning about the same 40% share of the popular vote through the course of the primaries. more by the way, than any of his two immediate predecessor as the nominee of the party, that is governor mitt romney and senator john mccain. >>> joining us now, former reagan white house political director, great america pac strategist ed rollins. good to have you with us. >> thank you very much. lou: last night talking about the elections, i mean trump taking nebraska, taking west virginia, moving, what, he needs not many more to get to the 1237. >> he's going to win big in california. nothing stopping him. he gets to run a campaign theme that he wants to run on, and he's right. he has done it his way and a lot of doubters, i

. >>> republican senator john thune is sending a letter to facebook asking for more detail on how it chooses its trending news stories. you recall facebook is mired in controversy after a former employee said workers would sometimes quash news stories that favored conservatives. they're supposed to remain neutral. thune would like to see a copy of those rules. >>> we warned you tsa lines will be awful this summer with some suggesting that you show up to the airport three hours early. some senators are suggesting the airlines drop their baggage fees in order to speed up the line. that makes sense. people carry their luggage with them to avoid that fee. that makes security checks longer. i'd like to point out, those pictures are from spud hilton who keeps track on twitter of people with ridiculous bags. the idea is if you just take a book or ipad on the airplane and put the bags underneath, we could go through security just like that. >> and everybody who carries on a bag doesn't want to carry on a bag. >> they're just trying to save their $25 and pretty much they're carrying a refrige

. >>> senator john thune wants answers from facebook.ta sending a letter to the company demanding the social network explain how it handles articles on its trending list. suggesting facebook intentionally suppressed articles from conservative sources. facebook has strongly denied those accusations. and more and more questions come around that article, including the source that was mentioned as politically conservative. and none of the other sources that they spoke to explains that facebook hinted to this. >> it suddenly hit a nerve but if it is proven that they are doing it on purpose, does it break a law? lots of news agencies are politicized -- >> very much against. facebook has come out and said not only do we not do but it's extremely important for us to be politically agnostic. they're a source for 1.6 billion people around the world. it's an important issue for them. >>> let's move on to the sports. the most well-known name in the mixed martial arts game may be up for sale. espn reports ufc is up for sale. at least three have submi

disaster, an absolute disaster and we've got to come together -- >> he met with rob portman today and john thune think, governor, he should pick a woman or maybe a minority? >> i'm probably one of the few women. i don't think that it needs to be a woman. he's got choices. i don't think people vote for the president because they have a woman vice president. i think they vote for the person because of their ideas and their policies and they want change and i think that mr. trump has come forward with several policies that have struck a huge cord amongst the people. >> is there someone who would help you -- if that he would pick as a vice presidential pick, bill, that would help you move over to the trump side? >> not really. for me the question is if you're trump's vice presidential running mate, do you get to call him donald or do you have to keep on calling him mr. trump? that's the question he needs to be asked. what is with the mr. trump thing? he's a private citizen. he's not the president of the united states. i think we can call people by their first names, can't we? >> i don't know. i thin

another person i'm hearing from trump associates is john thune, the senator from south dakota.really like someone who can come in and work with mcconnell and speaker ryan. charlie: what is it that you think, and i know it is a broad question, what is it that we don't understand about donald trump at this juncture, even though we have been covering him every day, writing about him in every magazine and newspaper? he's been at the center of news coverage since the primary campaign began, if not earlier. i think what is always misunderstood about trump is that he is not running as part of an ideological project. he does not come from the right. that is unusual in republican politics. what that means in this general election in my view is we have a candidate who does not play by the rules, and traditional republican politics. what he relishes is to fight. this is often underplayed with trump. he loves to fight politically, personally. he thinks he can outlast you, outpace you, the relentless and eventually he will win. . that is how he is approaching the fight with hillary clinton.

commerce committee chair john thune sent a letter to facebook chief mark zuckerberg asking detailed questionsrending topics are chosen and who is responsible for doing it. in a statement, the senator said, quote any attempt by a neutral and inclusive social media platform to censor sore manipulate political discussion is abuse of trust and inconsistent with values of open internet. facebook has denied directing employees to manipulate which stories are trending. it is continuing to investigate the claims. the government getting involved, your thoughts? >> look, i don't know if it is matter of legality do what they want. in surveys, 53% view facebook as news site. there is some expectation of objectivity how they will share some news. facebook, if they do this as practice, say we do this as a practice, but they don't of the they say our guide lines try to prohibit this selection to favor one side over another. i think there needs to be a lot more transparency. i think government has a role helping expedite -- harris: rather than saying it is not happening, you want to see what is happening? >>

committee chairman, senator john thune, spoke with neil cavuto moments ago. >> a platform that professes to be neutral, protesting to use objective algorithm determining what those topics are and frankly 167 million users they have actually see in the form of news, that is what they're putting out there, that is what they ought to be doing. so it is a question of having them clarify what they, how they go about doing this if in fact what is their policy and if their policy has been breached, what they have done to correct that. deirdre: facebook denies any bias. author and editor of conservative black chick, crystal wright is with me now. hi, crystal. facebook employees using a company poll asking zuckerberg whether or not employees should prevent a president trump in 2017. the poll, we have to make it clear, not sponsored by management but employees essentially organized themselves to do this. what are your thoughts? >> do we really believe that in light of recent news or should i say non-conservative news comes out -- deirdre: sometimes it is about tone, right? >> well, facebook is pos

that's what republican senator john thune of south dakota has done, he sent a letter to facebook, asking for details on how it chooses what stories to put on its trending topics. it's up in the corner of the facebook page. it's gotten a lot of attention after former ploy years claimed they sometimes quashed stories favoring conservatives. facebook says the trending stories are cure rated by people. those people are supposed to remain neutral while picking the stories. thune wants to see those facebook rules. no matter who is right, for most people trendingtories is kind of an unnoticed feature t. top three trending stories right now are wal-mart fussing about visa with chip cards, kissinger prince's death and a story about a rapper who supports donald trump. >>> redwood city's electronic video games in the world reported profits last night. there is an interesting tidbit. more than half of all ea game sales were digital downloads, not this. this is obviously a problem for stores, particularly stores that still video games. it's like being blockbuster in an age of on demand movies. let's

. >>> republican senator john thune sent a letter to facebook asking for more detail. you will recall, facebook was mired if controversy after a former employee said workers would sometimes quash news stories that favor conservatives. facebook says the trending stories are kur rated by people. thune says he would like to see a copy of those rules. >>> we've warned you about tsa lines. they will be awful this summer with some suggesting you show up to the airport three hours early. some senators are suggesting that airlines drop their bag fees in order to speed up the lines. that makes sense. people carried their luggage with them like this guy to avoid the baggage fees. is this really carryout? >> maybe he's not. maybe he's traveling light. >> look at that backpack. come on, now. >> that woman has a dog, a purse, a carry on roller and something over her shoulder. many people bring a book. >> it's like an obstacle course, watching people position the stuff over their seats. if you ever get on the plane. off the plane. but most importantly, it takes forever to get throug

i'm eamon javers where republican senator john thune has sent a letter to facebook chairman mark zuckerberging for information about how exactly facebook handles trending topics. this is a story that's been in the news over the past couple of days about whether or not facebook's moderators actually manipulate the trending data in order to suppress conservative views. senator thune wants a lot more about that. has a lot of questions for zuckerberg here and he wants to know the organizational subject and who ultimately is responsible for approving its content. in a statement facebook said yesterday that there are rigorous guidelines in place for the review team to ensure consistency and neutrality as it handles that trending topics issue, so this one is going political, and we'll see some questions and answers here from the united states senate, guys, on whether or not facebook is being objective with the trending topics. >> interesting story. continue to follow t.eamon javers live in d.c. for us >>> let's move and talk caterpillar. it's been down nearly 10% since you bought it for the portfo

now south dakota republican senator john thune has sent a letter to facebook ceo zuckerberg wanting answers the company chooses its trending topics and whether facebook is using an objective algorithm. facebook is now reviewing that letter. >> thank you. joining me now, the host of "media buzz" here on fox news, howard kurtz. if this is true, it's deeply troubling. the allegation from this former anonymous worker is if the news was trending and it had to do with mitt romney, rand paul, c pac, glenn beck, drudge report, things like that, if it was trending, pursuant to the algorithm, they would take it out of the trending column. and if news regarding things like black lives matter or syria was not trending, they would move it in. so they would actively manipulate the data. >> these allegations, megan, really strike at the heart of facebook as a neutral platform. to hear journalists were hired by facebook to fiddle with the formulas, not all of them, perhaps some with anti-conservative bias, it really amounts to cooking the digital books. if true. and this is a massive public company that de

another person i'm hearing from temperature associates is john thune the senator from south dakota, someone from senate leadership. i think trump likes someone who can work with mcconnell and speaker ryan. >> rose: i know this is a broad question -- what is it you think we don't understand about donald trump at this scwungture, even -- juncture, even though we have been covering him every day, writing about him in every magazine, newspaper. he's been at the center of news coverage and politics in america science the primary campaign began, if not earlier. >> i think the thing that's most misunderstood about trump is he's not running as part of an ideological project. it's not someone who comes from the right, and that's unusual in republican politics. what this means is we have a candidate who doesn't play by the rules in traditional republican politics or traditional politics. he relishes the fight. i think this is often underplayed with trump. he loves the fight politically, personally, and he thinks if he can outlast you, he can outpace you, he can be relentless, eventually he'll win. th

at least speculatively, people like newt gingrich and john thune, jone joani ernst. corker is set to arrive at trump tower in a little bit. while the meeting may be about foreign policy, trump takes these conversations wherever he wants to take them. look at his discussion with jim baker a few weeks ago. focused much more on political strategy than anything else. than on foreign policy or international relations. we're hoping to get a read out after this meeting ends, and we'll keep you posted. >> all right, hallie jackson. thanks for that. >>> more on trump's fund-raising issue. let's bring in alex burns. he wrote the article this weekend that is key gop donors still deeply resist donald trump's candidacy. who are these people? how much are they worth in terms of campaign money? >> over the last three election cycles, it was worth 90 to $100 million to republican candidates and outside groups that typically spend heavily to support republican candidates. donald trump is operating from a serious organizational deficit as he enters this general election. only appointe

on the investigation piece, greta, they are going to respond to senator john thune who is with the commerce committee and has promised an inquiry on this. we would expect to hear more on that soon. nobody outside the organization of facebook is planning to investigating. as far as i know. they will be conducting that interriblely. >> i was more sympathetic to facebook until now it looks like to me i realize rob and dana went there and very good that they went there and talked. they haven't said they have a problem beyond a p.r. problem. >> look. when you're gonna really solve a problem you don't start communicating. communicating is not the problem with facebook. everyone has a good relationship with facebook in and out of there. what they haven't done is acknowledged they have done something wrong. whistle blowers be. >> is it wrong? can't facebook put whatever they want. >> i'm a conservative. i don't think the government needs to intervene and tell facebook how to run its business. you can't fraudulently explain that your business operates one way when it operates another way. if they ar

we would like to think our senator john thune and patrick leahy for hosting us here today. the caucus hosts events every few weeks on salient topics to the internet and policy and we invite you to come out for events coming out the rest of the summer. today we have several excellent panelists with us. we have m a from the center for democracy and technology on the free expression project. we have them from the department of justice countering extremism over there. wheels and shamus hughes, the deputy director of the program on extremism at george washington university center and cyber homeland security. fellow at the internet law and policy foundry and was it fellow at the congressional internet caucus in the past. >> let's get started. i will give a brief overview of the issue and then we will jump right into it and get into the real issue here with extremist online, what role do platforms like twitter, facebook and google play in this and what is the right way to be approaching the issue of dealing with extremist content online and recruitment for terrorist groups abroad.

congressional internet caucus we are hoping -- we would like to thank the cochairs and senator john thune and patrick leahy for hosting us today. they caucus hosts events every few weeks on salient topics to the internet and policy, and we invite you to come out for events. today we have excellent panelists with us today, emma llanso, rashad hussain, and we also have seamus hughes. my name is miranda bogen. so, let's get started. let's give a brief overview and then jump right into it and get into the real issue with extremists online, what role platforms like twitter, facebook, google play in the right way to be approaching the issue of dealing with extremist content online and recruitment for terrorist groups abroad. so, as you may have seen going on, the social media platforms literate -- generally especially in the early years were not so quite in favor of leaving their platforms as places for free expression. they have been adamant supporters of that, but gradually we have seen that being taken advantage of by groups like how should bob in somalia, al qaeda, and then the islamic stat

and we'd like to thank the co-chairs, congressman goodlatte and congresswoman eshoo and senator john thune and patrick leahy for hosting us here today. the caucus hosts events every few weeks on salient topics to the internet and policy, and and we invite you to come out for events throughout the summer. so today we have several excellent panelists with us today. we have emma llanso from the center for democracy and technology who works on the free expression project. we have rashad hussain from the department of justice, counterrerring violent extremely over there, and we also have seamus hughes, deputy director for the program on extremism at george washington university's center for cyber and homeland security. and my name is miranda bogen, and i'm a fellow at the internet law and policy foundry and a fellow at the congressional internet congress in the past. so let's get started. i'll just give a brief overview of the issue going on, and then we'll jump right into it and get into what's the real issue here with extremists online, what role do the platforms like twitter, facebook, googl

representative john thune is asking c-e-o mark zuckerberg to respond to the allegations. >> grant:facebooks such as those described in the report, would violate the company's "trending" guidelines. the head of the team responsible for trending topics said he found no evidence that the allegations are true. >> grant: and the wake of prince's -there has to have a lot of questions as to who will inherit his estate. >> vicki: and out of questions there. more coming up who wants a piece of the pie? >> grant: market has had its biggest gain in two months. the dow >> grant: rising 222. s&p. and the asp nasdaq at 59. >> grant:what makes a food good enough to be labeled as healthy? the food and drug administration is looking to redefine the term and it's asking for public input. >> vicki:right now, foods labeled as healthy are defined that way by regulations created over 20 years ago. >> vicki:many whole food snacks and nuts aren't considered good for you under the rules, but nutritional research suggests otherwise. the "healthy review" comes after snack company "kind" was told it couldn't claim it

. >> reporter: republican senator john thune called for a congressional inquiry. >> consumers have rights, and we want to make sure that we're protecting consumers' rights and that businesses aren't, in fact, engaging in any deceptive practice. >> reporter: zuckerberg says he wants to meet with leading conservatives and people from across the political spectrum to discuss how facebook can remain "as open as possible." >> they have a history to maintain good public relations, and they're going to do it. my question would be whether or not that will affect their internal operations. i suspect it won't. >> reporter: after those internal documents were leaked, facebook then made the internal guidelines public. the company is really trying to emphasize in its words that while a team of editors vets the content, that what's trending is primarily generated by those computer algorithms. >> thank you very much. >>> a new blackeye for the tsa after a huge baggage mixup. thousands of bags could not be screen ted phoenix airport pause of a computer glitch, so the luggage piled up high outside the ter

. >> senate commerce committee republican senator john thune called for a congressional inquiry. >> consumers have rights, and we want to make sure we're protecting consumer rights and businesses aren't, in fact, engaging in any kind of deceptive practice. >> zuckerberg says he wants to meet with leading conservatives and people from across the political spectrum to discuss how facebook can remain, quote, as open as possible. >> they have a history of trying to maintain good public relations and they are going to do it. my question would be whether or not that will actually affect their internal operations. i suspect it won't. >> after those internal documents were leaked, the company really trying to emphasize while a team of editors vet the content, primarily generated by computer algorithms. >> thank you. a huge baggage mix-up. thousands of bags could not be screened because of a computer glitch so the luggage piled up high outside the terminal as passengers had to leave without them. reagan national airport outside washington where the tsa will face reporters later today. chris, they cann

. >> he also met with rob fortman today, jeff sessions, john thune, all who have been mentionedmates. a woman or minority? >> i probably maam one of the f women, i don't think it mneeds o be a woman, joanni ernst, mysel i don't think people vote because they're a woman, they want policies and change. and i think there are policies that have struck a chord with the people. >> is there someone that if he picked as a vice presidential pick that would help you move over to the trump side? >> not really. for me, the question is, if you're trump's vice presidential running mate, do you get to call him donald? or do you have to keep on calling him mr. trump? that, to me, is the question to be asked. what is with the mr. trump thing. he's a private citizen. really, i think we can call people by their first names, can't we? >> i don't know, i think when someone's running for president you should show some respect and call them by their last name. sometimes i slip and call him donald. >> i'm not talking about you, i'm talking about his peers, governors, is that rights, congress men. it's mr. tr

course, gingrich has that, i think he'll also look for two members of congress, two current senator, john thune joni ernst and telegraphed he wants an insider while many on the outside say he needs a woman and an hispanic, probably somebody from the outside. >> thanks all very much. back to robin. >> okay, now to that massive wildfire burning out of control, a state of emergency declared as nearly 90,000 people and an entire city evacuate. this view from space showing fire creating what looks like a giant white cloud of smoke. abc's neal karlinsky is on the ground in ft. mcmurray, canada, with the latest. neal. >> reporter: robin, good morning. police are escorting us right now just to be here where we are. had is the only highway that runs in and out of town and you can probably see the problem. there are flames that are leaping right at the edge of the highway and they are actually jumping over the side. the wind has been kicking up and we have more flare-ups going on on the other side over here. conditions out here continue to change rapidly. [ sirens] >> reporter: this morning an entire can

course, gingrich has that, i think he'll also look for two members of congress, two current senator, john thune joni ernst and telegraphed he wants an insider while many on the outside say he needs a woman and an hispanic, probably somebody from the outside. >> thanks all very much. back to robin. >> okay, now to that massive wildfire burning out of control, a state of emergency declared as nearly 90,000 people and an entire city evacuate. this view from space showing the fire creating what looks like a giant white cloud of smoke. abc's neal karlinsky is on the ground in ft. mcmurray, canada, with the latest. neal. >> reporter: robin, good morning. this is as close as you can get to the town. this roadblock here. we were given a police escort. about a half mile town the road and the flames leading up to the edge of the road. the only one into town. they're on the other side of the road as well and many of these police officers here have told us they lost their homes as well. >> reporter: this morning an entire canadian city on the run. [ sirens ] the wildfire scorching more than 18,000 acres in

i think it's john thune from south dakota become the poibt man calling for a congressional inquiry. >t of equal time and balance between the two sides of the political spectrum was abandoned. other thing that it gets to though, i think, is what bucket facebook puts certain sources. so in other words if certain websites are not categorized as news sites, maybe their opinion or political advocacadvocacy, l how the sausage is made. >> exactly. when we come back we'll get breaking news on consumer sentiment plus more on this retail rout and apple's latest best on china. don't go away. whoa. what's going on here? oh hey allison. i'm val, the orange money retirement squirrel from voya. val from voya? yeah, val from voya. quick question, what are voya retirement squirrels doing in my house? we're putting away acorns. you know, to show the importance of saving for the future. so you're sort of like a spokes person? no, i'm more like a metaphor. okay, a spokes-metaphor. no, i'm... you're a spokes-metaphor. yeah. ok. see how voya can help you get organized at voya.com. anything worth pursuing h

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that is why the chairman of the senate commerce committee john thune is calling facebook to congresse scale and you're trying to tilt it to the left. >> but what i don't understand is why is congress getting involved? because their facebook -- they're a private company. why should congress be asking them anything? >> they have all sorts of power over big corporations. >> why? you should just observe the news source and make your judgment. i don't want washington going, facebook, you better balance it out. they can do whatever they want. >> well, facebook can come out and say we're a lefty website. but right now they're saying we're fair and balanced, but according to the curators at facebook, that's not the case. >> tell us what you think. are you going to facebook for your news? send it to friends@foxnews.com. >> write us about something you have found incorrect. >> people trust facebook. >>> coming up, donald trump has a high opinion of himself and that does not sit well with some of his opponents. but dr. keith ablow says narcissism might be exactly what this country needs right n

senator john thune also sent facebook a letter demanding changes.e taking the matter very seriously. they met with conservative personalities last week. they are on top of it. they are making changes which is somewhat unusual for facebook to be so transparent about some of its internal processes. >> it really is. sara eisen, thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. >>> coming up next, what, if anything, did we learn today? life insurance automobile insurance i spent 20 years active duty they still refer to me as "gunnery sergeant" when i call being a usaa member because of my service in the military to pass that on to my kids something that makes me happy my name is roger zapata and i'm a usaa member for life. usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. think fixing your windshield is a big hassle? nowith safelite. this family needed their windshield replaced but they're daughters heart was set on going to the zoo. so guess what, i methem at the zoo. service that fits your sched

facing contests, roy blunt and portman in ohio will meet with trump, so will senators john brasso john thuneh dakota and shelly moore cap ito from west virginia. he requested the meeting and the agenda is him. unlike mcconnell, ryan's team said they are ready to work with trump. they do not wan to show disdain for voters who voted for trump. in an interview last night, trump was the one being deferential. >> who is the leader, you're presumptive, not nominee, and speaker of the house paul ryan, so who is the leader? >> i would say paul ryan. i would really think that i'm doing very well. i think i've set the all-time record for votes gotten by a republican candidate, but i would say paul for the time being and maybe for a long time. >> let me read you a line donald trump quoted yesterday and maybe in the "new york times," talking about changing his tone for paul ryan and everybody else. quote, you win the pennant, now you're in the world series. am i going to change? people like what i've been doing. why should i bend for them? >> particularly last few days swing state polls in a dead heat.

but if you want to take somebody in the senate, john thune. smart man. he would be an ideal vice presidential candidate for anybody, but especially for somebody like donald trump. there you have balance in every way. >> condoleezza rice would be the ultimate. let's move on to this now. donald trump begins this week after weekend of really tough newspaper headlines. for instance, the front page "new york times" article featured the stories of women who said they'd faced unwanted comments and advanced from trump in years gone by at trump power, at his homes, and backstage at beauty pageants with his huge color picture on the front. trump tried to dispel many details and stories, telling the paper, quote, a lot of things get made up over the years. i've always treated women with great respect and women will tell you that. he wrote a finer point on things on twitter writing, quote, everyone is laughing at "the new york times" for the lame hit piece they did on me and women. i gave them many women i've helped they refused to use. wow, i've had many