charles: ken paxton talked about advertising. then he talked about the rest, something akin to a fact-finding mission, some might call it a witch-hunt to borrow a term, to borrow a term. >> right. charles: because one thing they do have, you mentioned the public, there is some form of public support behind the notion that these companies are too powerful, too large, while we don't necessarily pay they do benefit from our information, from our privacy, from our inner feelings. they make a lot of money off of that, there is some sort of violation of the public in that happens. >> there is probably a violation of federal and state law if they sell private information about us or offer private information about us without telling us. usually they tell us, we don't bother reading. i click, i agree. charles: that big thing i never read at the bottom? >> correct. that pretty much gets them off the hook. think about the government complain about somebody violating privacy. what is the biggest violator of the privacy in the land? those 50

let's bring in texas to attorney general ken paxton.ve you buried why is this necessary, sir? >> we have had complaints from other companies, from individuals for years and years. it's an organic thing. it's not coming up through a particular ag's office. there've been enough of those complaints that we felt like it was time to take a look at it. >> mike: "washington post" take on your efforts as this. for years silicon valley has been relatively free of regulation, particularly in washington. former president barack obama took a hands-off approach to encourage the industry's growth in congress never took serious action, but a series of scandals including the misuse of social media during the 2016 election thrust of the industry into the political spotlight, prompting some state and federal policy makers to question whether companies have become too big, too powerful, and too untracked. does "the washington post" have this right? >> they may have this right. that's exactly what we are looking at. we got a company here, online advertisin

the leader of the pack, the texas attorney general ken paxton. here's what to y. >> this investigation is not a lawsuit. it is an investigation to determine the facts. right now we are looking at advertising but the facts will lead to where the facts lead. liz: all right. should you be nervous about this? it's not the first time the tech titan has been under investigation. in 2011, the ftc brought the case against the company. we have that related placement of tracking cookies, et cetera. you have all kinds of issues. >> different times. the political environment right now is ripe for tech companies to be forking over billions and billions of dollars. i will tell you why. you have just -- not just state attorneys general and they are bipartisan here. ken paxton we should point out is a republican, looking at google, tish james is a democrat looking at facebook. i believe she's in this suit as well. but you have the white house. this reminds me of what happened with the banks about more than a decade ago, right after the dot-com crash, where state

liz: ken paxton, thank you for joining us.he fox business network. [♪] lou: good he can. the house judiciary committee officially opened their effort to overthrow the president of the united states. the dems spending more than five hours questioning and berating former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski. the hearing featured lewandowski and the radical dems behaved like farcical hilarious clowns. they abused their witnesses as well as their office and the public trust. for the latest on today's hearings we turn to catherine herridge in

we will speak with texas attorney general ken paxton. meantime, dorian prompting states of emergency along the southeastern sea board with florida, georgia and the carolinas are null the strike zone -- all in the strike zone. we will have the latest forecast and we will speak with north carolina governor roy cooper about the preparations underway in his state. >>> but first, police now looking into a motive for a deadly mass shooting in west texas. they say a gunman opened fire on officers during a traffic stop on an interstate, i-20 near midland then took offshooting at people randomly from his car as he made his way west to odessa even carjacking a u.s. postal vehicle, killing at least four people and wounding at least 20 before police killed him in a shoot-out. we will hear from the texas attorney general in a minute. we begin with correspondent mike tobin in odessa, texas. good morning, mike. >> good morning, mike. the latest update from police is that of the five people who died out here, one of them was the gunman. four of them wer

let's bring in texas attorney general ken paxton. general, great to have you this morning. >> mike, i appreciate it. obviously a tough day in texas. tough day in florida. >> no doubt about it. any word on a motive at this point, sir? >> no, you know, as you know, it's difficult when the shooter is killed to quickly assess what the motive was. it was a lot easier in the last case, in el paso, since we had a shooter that didn't die. so it becomes a lot more challenging for us and for law enforcement in general when the shooter is killed. mike: have you learned more about the shooter? >> well, there is definitely an ongoing investigation that mostly our department of public safety is heading up, and so yes, they are -- they will be working through that this weekend and i think we will be learning a lot over the next couple of days. mike: four weeks ago it was an attack, 300 miles to the west of odessa in el paso. any initial thoughts on what more texas may be able to do to try to keep this from happening again? >> that's a great questio

let's bring in ken paxton. why is this necessary?had complaints from companies and individuals for years and years. it's not coming from a particular ag's office. there are complaints that we have to look at it. >> washington post's take on your efforts to silicon valley, free of regulation particularly in washington, barack obama took a hands-off approach to encourage growth and congress never took serious action on the series of scandals including misuse of social media, thrust the industry into the political spotlight opting state and federal law that -- policymakers to question whether companies became too began powerful and unchecked. does the washington post have this right? >> they have this right, that is what we are looking at supposedly everything is free for all these searches. there's a lot of money being made and they control the entire market. >> some folks will ask what about these other big companies, amazon, facebook that has your eyes on them as well. >> the department of justice is looking at google. that is where

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texas attorney general ken paxton is leading the investigation is a. >>dominate the buyer's side. the seller side. the auction site and even the video side with you too. >>south dakota's attorney general jason rounds berg says they'll start by looking at google's vertising practices in you know get that. >>person at the top of the surgery, you get the one pays the most they say that's especially important when people are searching for doctors or other critical services were talking potential looking search privacy and all of those different aspects utah's attorney general sean reyes says consumers may not understand they pay to use google. >>by giving up their personal information i don't think the average american understands how much google is involved in their lives notably missing from this investigation are the attorneys general of alabama and of california where google isaheadquartered. >>calls the bow with choice as google is not a monopoly in part because alternative search engines are just a click away now let's remember that the ftc just a couple of years ago looked into

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ken paxton is leading the investigation saying the states are initially focusing on google's dominanceon line advertising. >> it is an investigation to determine the facts. right now, we are looking at advertising that the facts will lead where the facts will lead >> we are looking at businesses, small businesses that may be locked out as a result of what may be mondopolistic power. >> the questions that google has used its power to violate privacy. looking into similar concerns with facebook. adding momentum on the skrut piling up on tech giants the company has confirmed it is cooperating with the broader view of house tech ongoing probes around the world including here in europe little impact on google's alphabet share price still up about 15% so far this year >> thank you tim is still with us your take. why do you think investors seem to be pretty much all but ignoring these seemingly big headlines. >> investors paid attention when this stuff started earlier this year the state attorneys general have a point in their dominance of advertising. whether they can prove whether consumer

we'll ask texas attorney general ken paxton about all this. democrats on the house ways and means committee considering a thanks on the middle class to pay for social security. the idea is raise the wage level for payroll taxes from 132,000 900 to $400,000. and the tax rate goes up to 7.4% from 6.2%. they will catch way more middle class taxpayers with this. >> this will be -- they are ignoring the reality that for the younger generation, those born in 1975 and later. those forced to contribute from their incomes every week, they could have invested that money over the course their careers, they would end upwards of $700,000 additionally in their retirement accounts. but no one wants to discuss that. liz: the government takes the money, takes the payroll taxes. instead us investing it. it's a good points you have. they want to spend the money. here is an option direction taken by team trump. they are saying they are going to gear up for tax cuts 2.0. watch. >> with regards to a middle class tax cut we'll be looking at tax cuts 2.0. something w

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texas attorney general ken paxton will be leading a team of attorneys general around the country looking into big tech firms. today the new york attorney general said she believes the team of attorneys general look into facebook dominance. google saying yesterday, quote. we continue to work constructively with regulators in answering questions about our business and the dynamic technology sector. facebook saying this in a statement. we understand that if we stop innovating, people can easily leave our platform. this underscores the competition we face not only in the u.s., but around the globe. four automakers confirming they received letters from the doj with an anti-trust inquiry. after the 40s car companies landed d after the four car companies whether they violated federal competition law by agreeing to reach tail pipe standards. liz: hillary vaughn, thank you so much. hurricane dorian battering north carolina. we take you to the place that got the worst hit of all. the abaco islands. it's a nasty takedown. that story coming up. >> we have this notion that somehow if you are poor, yo

liz: ken paxton, thank you for joining us. lou dobbs is next right here on the fox business network. [♪] lou: good he can. the house judiciary committee officially opened their effort to overthrow the president of the united states. the dems spending more than five hours questioning and berating former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski. the hearing featured lewandowski and the radical dems behaved like farcical hilarious clowns. they abused their witnesses as well as their office and the public trust. for the latest on today's hearings we turn to catherine herridge in washington. catherine: the hearings just wrapped up. >> the white house is advancing a new and dangerous theory, the crony privilege. it makes immunity look good by comparison. this is a cover-up plain and simple. >> this hearing which is now as you said under the new rules, i have never seen a majority so malaise with packaging. they can't sell the product. catherine: the white house claimed presidential immunity for rob porter and rick dearborn. >> no, i

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texas attorney general ken paxton is leading the investigation is a. >>dominate the buyer's side.side. the auction side and even the video side with you too. uth dakota's attorney general jason rounds berg says they'll start by looking at google's advertising practices in you know get that. >>best person at the top of the search or you get the one pays the most they say that's especially important when people are searching for doctors or other critical services were talking potential looking search privacy and all of those different aspects utah's attorney general sean reyes says consumers may not understand they pay to use google. >>by giving up their personal information i don't think the average american understands how much google is involved in their lives notably missing from this investigation are the attorneys general of alabama and of california where google is headquartered. >>calls a bow with net choice says google is not a monopoly. >>in part because alternative search engines are just a click away. >>now l's remember that the ftc just a couple of years ago looked into

texas attorney general ken paxton is leading the investigation is a. >>dominate the buyer's side. the seller side. you too. >>south dakota's attorney general jason rounds berg says they'll start by looking at google's advertising practices in you know get that. >>person at the top of the surgery, you get the one pays the most they say that's especially important when people are searching for doctors or other critical services were talking potential looking search privacy and all of those different aspects utah's attorney general sean reyes says consumers may not understand they pay to use google. >>by giving up their personal information i don't think the average american understands how much google is involved in their lives notably missing from this investigation are the attorneys general of alabama and of california where google is headquartered. >>calls the bow with choice as google is not a monopoly in part because alternative search engines are just a click away now let's remember that the ftc just a couple of years ago looked into google on antitrust issues and found that t

google facing their own antitrust inquiry, that being led by texas attorney general ken paxton.so in the same hand having access to those consumers at choices, google reacting to this investigation saying in a statement we continue to work constructively with regulators including attorney's general and answering questions about our business and the dynamic technology sector on monday the multistate investigation in tesla firms will be announced on the steps of the supreme court at 2:00 p.m., that is right across the street from congress who this week, their senate judiciary committee just announced they also will be holding their own antitrust hearing looking at how digital platforms like facebook, google and others buy out the competition, charles. charles: hillary, thank you very much, we will take that announcement live 2:00 p.m. eastern time on monday, meanwhile i want to bring senior policy analyst patrice. so coming after all sides, individual complaints, some legitimate, some i think it's sort of government money grab, this is where all the money has been generated and al

the largest coordinated effort to take on big tech we have seen so far attorney general of texas, ken paxtonrepublican, is leading the charge this will be a bipartisan investigation. we have a statement from massachusetts ag maurahealey she said online advertising is everyone this will center on three big questions. has google engaged in behavior that stifles competition, restricts access, harms customers. we're told the investigation will include demand for google to turn over documents related to the advertising business. hoping to get more specifics on how states will frame their case at the announcement later today. google issued a response help people, create choice, and thousands of jobs. it is one of the top spenders on r&d, making investments that support innovation the company also acknowledges it faced a lot of scrutiny in the u.s. and overseas. google says the justice department asked about past investigations, and expects state ags to do the same back to you. >> thank you very much try to get clarity on this from one of the attorneys general out of florida, but have to wait for t

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health consumer data feeds into dominance but it could go be on that, texas ag ken paxton leading thetigation. he says they will go wherever the facts lead. >> that is what our investigation intends to recover and rebuild whether google played by the rules and acted fairly. there is a fine line sometimes between aggressive practices and legal ones. usually the line is very clear. and again our investigation will determine whether google has crossed that line. >> this is not the first day ag probe into google but it is the largest. the 50 strong bipartisan watchdog is a show of force for the company, missouri attorney general eric schmidt tells me there is strength in numbers. >> but ultimately that is the force and power of attorney general getting together to get answers and to make sure everybody is held accountable. even the big tech companies are held accountable. when 50 attorney generals come together, 50 attorney generals sent a strong message to google. i will not quote joe biden but i will tell you, it is a big deal. >> paxton saying he will not say today what legal remedies

i'm told this will be a bipartisan effort led by the republican attorney general of texas ken paxtonmmer, paxton and seven other state a.g.s met with u.s. attorney general william barr about their concerns over competition in big tech. states have also been pushing federal regulators to expand the way they think about anti-trust, not just focussing on price but also on the value of data and privacy. in a statement earlier this summer, paxton said that technology platforms often lack the incentive to provide strong privacy protections for consumers and their dominant position in user data creates barriers to entry for new competitors. texas has been fighting google for years, brian the previous ag who is now the state governor greg abbott launched a anti-trust investigation into google all the way back in 2010 today texas will have a lot more states who have its back back over to you. >> big effort obviously here is it safe to assume that whatever occurs in the courts in the short-term, this is far from the end for big technologies regulatory issues in capitol hill >> oh, absolutely.

texas attorney general ken paxton on monday is expected to announce his investigation into google and the digital advertising market he's coordinating with 30 other ags. is new jersey part of the effort to crack down on google and facebook >> i would defer on that one to the attorney general i'm sure if there's something so say there, he will say it. he's doing an extraordinary job. we're battling washington in particular day in and day out joining if not leading a lot of suits, but if there's any news there, i'll leave that to him if and when that becomes a appropriate. >> i'm also curious about the impact if you've seen one about tariffs and trade. obviously we have a big port here has that been hit by any kind of slow down? is it having any knock on effect in terms of the state's economy right now? >> so far, so good we just printed our second consecutive all time low unemployment rate. i'm also proud, you're getting me on a good week. we were just rated as having the number one public school system in new jersey in america, of any american state we're starting to see some troublin

liz, it's possible that this probe could include other tech firms because texas attorney general ken paxton announcing they are going to launch an investigation into big tech firms so that not only would include facebook and google but really any company that fits into that category. this on the heels, of course, after today, we heard from the new york attorney general announcing her own investigation with a bipartisan team of attorneys general from states including florida, iowa, nebraska, north carolina, looking into whether facebook endangers consumer data, reduce quality of consumer choice and also increase the price of advertising. google and facebook responding to the separate investigations, google saying this in a statement. quote, we continue to work constructively with regulators including attorneys general in answering questions about our business and the dynamic technology sector. facebook saying this. people have multiple choices for every one of the services we provide, we understand that if we stop innovating, people can easily leave our platform. this underscores the competi

texas attorney general ken paxton leading the team says the faxes will lead where the facts will lead. >> that is what our investigation intends to uncover and reveal. whether google has played by the rules and act the fairly. there is a fine line sometimes betweening a agressive business practices and illegal ones. usually the line is very clear. again our investigation will determine whether google has crossed that line. reporter: this is not the first antitrust probe google has faced but it is the biggest. 50 strong bipartisan team of state watchdogs is a show of force for google. missouri attorney general ken schmidt telling me there is strength in numbers. >> ultimately that is the force and power of all attorneys general banding together to get answers. maybe sure everybody is held accountable. even biggest of big tech companies are held accountable. >> when 50 attorneys general come together, 50 attorney generals send a strong message to google. i'm not going to quote joe biden but i will tell you it's a big deal. reporter: the attorneys general would not rule out google would

clearly it's bipartisan and the state that's leading the charge is texas, attorney general ken paxtons a republican and he has said that the case will really focus on three central questions. one, are companies stifling competition? are they restricting access and are they harming consumers now, we don't expect all of the state ags to show up here in front of the supreme court but i can tell you that there is one notable state this is sitting this out entirely, and that is california of course home to google's headquarters that was according to a source familiar with the case but the state ag's office sends me a statement saying they remain deeply concerned and committed to fighting anticompetitive behavior that. does raise the question, will there be more toeven after today's investigation is announced. >> super interesting stay right there does this mean that big tech is going the way of big tobacco for more on that let me bring in a cnbc contributor and also joining us at the supreme court is tony rahm he's tech policy reporter at the "washington post." antonio, is big tobacco and

texas attorney general ken paxton is taking the lead on that one he's a republican.e're expecting democrats to be part of this, as well. so the frustration over the power of these platforms is coming from both sides of the aisle. guys, one more date to mark in your calendars for next week thursday, that's when the house judiciary committee will hold the next hearing in its anti-trust investigation so, it's going to be a tough week for big tech. back over to you >> ylan, thank you let's bring in venture capital pioneer alan patrikof who joins us right here at post 9. welcome back, alan >> thanks. >> how worried should investors and google and facebook be as a result of these latest investigations >> i think at the outset, one should understand, i don't believe facebook or google or anyone else will be brought into this have started out to deliberately be monopolistic or to cause problems. they have had an inexorable growth beyond anyone's original expectations and as a result, they've, i don't know, become too big and too pervasive in our whole lives, that that's the

texas attorney general ken paxton was among those speaking outside e u.s.reme court. >> this is a company that pects ofs all vertising on the internet and they dominate the buyers side the sellers side, the auctio side and even the video side with youtube. >> woodruff: facebook is facing a similar investigation by a separate group of states. three u.s. house committees-- artelligence, oversight and g reign affairs- all investigatether president trump and top aides pressed ukraine for re-election help. at issue is whether they pushed kiev to probe hunter biden's connectionto a ukrainian gas impany. his fathformer vice president joe bin, now a democratic presidential candidate. a federal judge in california has re-issued a nationwide injunction against barring most migrants from seeking asylum at the u.s./mexico border. ape trump administration rule ies to those who pass through a third country. an appeals court restricted the judge's previous injunction. today, he re-instated his initial ruling. the white house called it "a gift to human smugglers and traffi

this is texas attorney general ken paxton speaking in washington, d.c. >> many consumers believe the internet is free. certainly we know from google province of $117 million that the internet is not free. this is a company that dominates all aspects of advertising on the internet and searching on internet. amy: big tech has come under increasing scrutiny as companies like apple, amazon, google, anad facebookok are accused of stiflg market c competition through thr search, social media, and retail practices. last week, new york's attorney general letitia james announced multiple states were launching anti-trust probes into facebook and looking into whether the company endangered consumer data. the federal trade commission, the justice department, and the house judiciary committee are also investigating anti-competitive practices in big tech. the white house announced the 30-year-oldwill be white house a minute straight of assistant berkowitz. berkowitz, who has no foreign-policy experience, has been serving as the assistant to senior advisor trump's son-in-law jared kushner. he will g

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it's interesting that ken paxton, the texas attorney general, is leading this charge against google.is a republican, right. we should also point out that at & t is in texas. you know, there is a little bit -- this gets very politically fraught. at & t increasingly looks at tech as, you know, the big telecom company as a competitor on all sorts of services. remember, there's lots of interesting political dynamics going on here. these politicians don't, you know, care more about getting votes and getting re-elected than they care about the future of innovation. these companies, they believe, are ripe. both the republicans believe that for different reasons, the trump administration particularly, and democrats believe that like letitia james. neil: let me get a sense of this. i was just looking at google alone and its influence. they do have disproportionate control of not only one industry but they leverage off others, as any good behemoth will do. but if you think about it, they control the android operating system that's ubiquitous in more than half the world's smartphones. they own

neil: texas attorney general ken paxton says that has to end, part of the antitrust probe he is leading. virtually every attorney general in this country, and states, save a couple are part of this, including this next attorney general arizona's. who also signed on to this. mr. attorney general, thank you for coming. at your core, if it is what you say, google has really, kind of usurped itself into so many areas and leveraged itself to the degree it is just too big for its britches, what do you do? >> well, i think this is the first step. this is an investigation. we need to see exactly what is going on what is happening with google, how they're manipulating the ad markets. how they're manipulating we see, maybe nudging us in certain directions. neil i've been on here before, and i talked about the fact one of my concerns is this collection of information. all this information that is being collected on us, violating maybe our basic privacy rights. it is being bought, stored, collected, sold, traded, vet often without our permission. as consumers we need to know what is being done and

states led by ken paxton, the attorney general for the state of texas, he'll be leading the charge.ll this unified action from states against silicon valley and the idea of the monopolies, i think there's a thought now that silicon valley has just gotten a little bit too big for their witchebritches and there's not t of room for mom and pops to innovate and enter the march. maria: kurt, thank you so much. we'll be waiting for what apple comes out with. coming up, i'll talk about leslie rutledge about the anti-trust investigation. stay with us on this google story and the investigations into anti-trust behavior. uber announcing the latest investment in chicago along with plans to hire 2,000 new employees over the next three years. it's not all good news. grady drum bell i tremble is lio with the news there. >> reporter: the chicago office will become uber's second largest in the country, behind san francisco. uber has 1,300 employees in chicago. most of them work in freight. now the company is adding 2,000 more jobs here over the next three years. they'll be focused also on uber frei

it is bipartisan and being led by ken paxton, who is a republican, but there is an executive committeeunning the show. one of the early focuses is advertising. far theremember, is by biggest company when it comes to market revenue for online advertising. that advertising only beefs up google's locker to -- lucrative line and it is able to do that because of the data it collects. there is an early focus on that, but there are a lot of state ags part of this organization who have pet issues with respect to google. like paxton others in texas who question weather the company's search results are biased against conservatives, which is something google has denied. it will be interesting if some of these issues in the eyes of the states become part of this broader antitrust probe. takesif an investigation place and states decide to take action, what can they do versus what the federal government can do? guest: it is a great question and it remains to be seen because it hinges on the harm. figuring out what the states plan to look at and weather they find charges that google violated competit

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partisan effort led by the republican attorney general of texas ken paxtop this move has been in the works a while. earlier this summer paxtons have been pushing federal regulators to expand the way they think of anti-trust, not just on price but on the value of data and of privacy in a statement earlier this summer, paxton said that technology platforms often lack the insent tocentive to users north texas has been fighting google for years the previous a.g., greg abbott, now the state governor, he launched an anti-trust investigation into google in 2010 today texas will have a lot more states backing it up over to you. >> ylan, thank you for that. >>> we'll continue that conversation right now join us to talk about what companies could be next on that list, ed lee is here new york times, joe ann litman, journalist and author of "that's what he said." we're thrilled to have them here and both cnbc contributors jo ann, when you have state ags do this in addition to the doj obviously looking at them, politically do they come together, do you think are they looking for a quick settlement is this going to be a five-year micro so