senator klobuchar: is google paying them? mr. salgado: i'm not sure how the money flow go bus we would be involved in the remuneration to youtube channels. senator klobuchar: that sounds like you're paying them. mr. salgado: i don't know the actual flow. senator klobuchar: we'll follow up in writing. >> i have a question about a couple of ads she we showed, you can tell me how many people obeyed the instruction and texted hilly to 59925, you don't know what other behavior they engaged in and you would know o tweeted clinton with the #between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. mr. edgett: we would know the second one but we wouldn't know if someone picked up the phone and texted that number. >> there's been a bit of atmosphere here that in terms of small dollar numbers it's not a big deal because you have such big platforms. vice news talked with the own over a facebook page who uses facebook ads to use content. after spending $34,100 he controlled pages with 1. million likes. he was able to push out content that could hit some pretty seriou

senator klobuchar: why only one month? we have been talking about these emergencies in texas and florida. why that date? >> the principal concern raised by the attorney general that we were sitting on top of a program that -- on top of a policy that was unlawful is one that we needed to terminate and we needed to do it quickly. we're not authorized to exercise against the advice of the attorney general on something that may be unconstitutional. i'm not trying to put a funny -- phony line in the sand there. what i'm trying to say when we were advised it was unlawful, we wanted to figure out, can we draw it down? if we can, what would it look like? we were concerned about the abruptness that might happen if a court was to terminate the program through a preliminary injunction. and that's why we stepped it down the way we did. at the time we did it, we had the capacity from -- senator klobuchar: right now there is no plans to extend it? >> extend the deadline? we have one extension for folks that are on puerto rico right now.

. >> senator klobuchar. senator klobuchar: thank you so much for being here. would share the representative's concern about the current proposal. but i wanted to start off with something you've done some work in rural economic area. last year we saw a large layoffs -- we talked about the current estate act proposal that only helps to people in district. last year we saw a large layoffs on the iron range due to steel dumping. people are just getting back to work. we have housing issues because we have successful companies and we have job openings, but not in trained workers and i know you have been asked about this. you have written about the challenges facing our rural communities. what policies or programs you think we should implement to help? mr. hassett: thank you, senator. thank you for your support for my nomination. i am very humbled by it -- i'm very grateful for that and humbled by it. i think that the geographic inequality around our country right now is very palpable in many different ways. there are places that are booming. at the state level, colo

chairman: senator klobuchar. sen. klobuchar: i will start with a few questions following up my colleagues. the president has described this investigation as a witch hunt. do you share that view of the council's work and you still have confidence in the special counsel as you have stated before the intelligence committee in june? a.g. sessions: people are quite free in this country to express views about the matter. i'm just an old prosecutor who just says the process has to work its will. sen. klobuchar: but back in june, you said you had confidence in special counsel mueller's work. do you still have that confidence? a.g. sessions: i've known special counsel mueller for many years before he became even fbi director. i think he will produce the work in a way he thinks is correct and history will judge. sen. klobuchar: are you still saying that your testimony changed about special counsel mueller? a.g. sessions: my mind has not changed. sen. klobuchar: when he appeared before the intelligence committee, you declined to

chairman: senator klobuchar. sen. klobuchar: i will start with a few questions following up my colleagues. the president has described this investigation as a witch hunt. do you share that view of the council's work and you still have confidence in the special counsel as you have stated before the intelligence committee in june? a.g. sessions: people are quite free in this country to express views about the matter. i'm just an old prosecutor who just says the process has to work its will. sen. klobuchar: but back in june, you said you had confidence in special counsel mueller's work. do you still have that confidence? a.g. sessions: i've known special counsel mueller for many years before he became even fbi director. i think he will produce the work in a way he thinks is correct and history will judge. sen. klobuchar: are you still saying that your testimony changed about special counsel mueller? a.g. sessions: my mind has not changed. sen. klobuchar: when he appeared before the intelligence committee, you declined to

e: senator amy klobuchar is the daughter of a newspaper man. her father was a reporter. she has been asking attorney general sessions and others at doj this question, all your long. in part because president trump the news mediaks via his twitter account and public appearances. open questions about whether his justice department is willing to subpoena news organizations and individual reporters to try to get their sources.

klobuchar: thank you. my asked you about voting rights at your here in january, you acknowledged the discriminatory that led to the passage of the voting rights act. with the specific purpose of blocking african-americans from voting, and it was just wrong. ics facing some of the same problems today. as you know, the circuit court in north carolina voter id case said that the north carolina laws were crafted with "surgical precision to give certain people from voting." my question is do you believe voter id laws that are found to be intentionally discriminatory serve a legitimate policy objective? why the justice department changes its position on the texas voting case? a.g. sessions: they cannot be that you have voter i do you laws or other laws that deliver the seek to diminish one group's vote total. objectivehere can be criteria set that could have --e impact on different disparaging impact. with regard to taxes, the way when i became attorney general texas has been sued over its voter id law. it was b

e: senator amy klobuchar is the daughter of a newspaper man. her father was a reporter. she has been asking attorney general sessions and others at doj this question, all your long. in part because president trump the news mediaks via his twitter account and public appearances. open questions about whether his justice department is willing to subpoena news organizations and individual reporters to try to get their sources. jeff sessions did not give a lot of comfort to the news media this week in the statement you just heard. he said we not have taken any aggressive action. ms. sanders: good afternoon. it is friday. come on, guys. last night the senate adopted another budget resolution and this is another milestone for tax reform and sets the stage for us to deliver major tax cuts that will deliver more jobs and higher wages for americans all of the country. the first lady donated the gown that she wore to the inaugural ball to the smithsonian's national museum of american history. and her speech she said leading up to inauguration day, the dress designer ended up only h

klobuchar: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i wish to speak this afternoon -- the presiding officer: we are in a quorum call. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i wish to speak this afternoon to honor the memory of paul and sheila wellstone. today marks 15 years since we lost paul and sheila, their daughter marcia and staff members tom, mary mca voy and will mcclawf lynn. it is hard to believe because paul is such a memorable and incredible person, it's hard to believe it's been 15 years since we lost all of them. for me as so many minnesotans, it is impossible to forget the moment that we first heard about their plane going down. it's impossible to forget the wait to get the final news that there were no survivors. that's how much paul and she lament to the people of our state -- sheila meant to our state. i hear my own special rem

. >> it is sponsored by senator klobuchar and senator mark warnerto of virginia when it cos to the principles of the act it would require the digital platforms more than 50 million to create a public database that spends more than $500 it would also create a public file to add the description of the targeted audience and the number of views that added contact information for the. purchaser. what do you think this boy to do? >> the goal is to provide a tool using disclosures to protect the national security. that was the frame of the discussions when it was being crafted and that was the goal sponsors set up introduced by the democrat from washington and republican from colorado. the whole conversation that started is how do we protect national security is at the tools we can use that we already have in wall on political advertising on television and radio and that deal with disclosure by candidates and so the goal was to take a modest step forward and include social media as appropriate and as it fits the platform and that was the goal and i think the disclosure tool is probably the best tool

and i would note that klobuchar and warner did the same on the senate side. there are other senators who said they are really interested in this legislation and simply want to have some hearings first. so i think -- i'm hopeful that the senate will in fact will hold hearings and that the honest ads act will be the basis for those hearings to explore some of these issues like how do you find an online platform that should be covered in this instance? what kind of money -- i saw a story from a magazine which reported that 50% of these ads that were run by the russian troll farm cost $3 or less. and that 99% of those ads cost under $1,000.$1,000. yet they were very effectively targeted and in many cases, i think, really sought to find the persuadables they felt could be most influential. these are some of the issues that serious hearings should look at and the honest ads act should be the starting point. >> one of the reactions came from an organization, they put out a statement. it reads this from the president david keating, who said the foreseeable effect of

i'll let senator klobuchar address that. how are you going to sort this out consistent with the basic values of this country when it comes to freedom of expression? >> it's a great question. i don't suggest it's easy. we do value personal expression. when that is the purpose of your service, there is going to be content that is objectionable, even beyond objectionable. where we're really trying to draw the line with respect to advertising content and using our tools to promote messages -- >> i'm going to stipulate these are all ads. they're all ads. they're being purchased to effect an outsome of an election or to mislead voters. i would like to ask your colleagues to address this, as well. what is twitter saying to that question? >> those ads have no place on twitter. and our policies address those things. so if there's inflammatory content that some would find to be upsetting, that's not the type of ad we want running on twitter. advertising to someone who hasn't asked to be part of that conversation, we draw a hard line m

senator klobuchar was part of the ads t. morning.". >> let's start with the breaking news this morning. it appears that paul manafort, tru trump's campaign manager is turning himself in to the special counsel. what do you think this means for the russia investigation? >> first of all we'll wait until the charges are filed. but we know manafort had the top position in the campaign. he was the chairman. we also know he left that position in part because of his dealings with foreign government. we know he failed to register under the foreign agent act. he did not register when he was supposed to for representing the former government in ukraine, the russian-related government. and we also know he may have had some shady business dealings, money laundering, wire transfers in the past in 2012 and 2013. so there's a lot to go on there. the issue is even if he is charged with something unrelated to beginning. >> you know how grand juries operate. tell us what they are? >> you know, i don't think people know exactly where they are, which is a

senator flake: senator klobuchar? we have aobuchar: vote coming. the reality is we will never prevent all data breaches, mr. smith. i know this from my state. what we can do is control how we react when it happens and we can also put things in place to make sure that we have done it does noto that happen. i'm looking at the response. you did not report the breach for a month. after disclosing the breach, you fell short with response to customers. hours on hold. the right website was not secure. were initially charged. in your testimony you laid out the timeline of discovering the data breach. do you believe you dedicated enough time and resources preparing to respond given what happened later and the outcry from the customers? mr. smith: you mentioned a month to respond. my written and oral testimony, it was not until late august we understood there was a breach that occurred. so it was a number of weeks. response, you are correct. i mentioned in my oral testimony that the response to our call centers and our website was overwhelming in the early d

i interviewed senator amy klobuchar, a bipartisan co-author of legislation put forth by senators johnand lindsey graham. they would essentially make these disclosures much more public and in line with what print advertising has to do, radio advertising, television advertising. what the senator told me was that you would not be driving down the interstate ahead of the iowa caucus and not looking at a billboard with an ad put forth i vladimir putin. at bloomberg, we cover coverage of a financial institution and they send their ceo to testify on capitol hill. the fact that mark zuckerberg or sheryl sandberg is not testify next week has drawn intense scrutiny from both democrats and republicans. david: what does this signal about the relationship between washington and the silicon valley. it seems to be uneasy at times. what are the hearings next week going to do to that relationship? megan: there is the galvanizing force which is potential russian interference with the election and what social platforms they might have used. there is also a greater issue and that is as they as closer to

i know that you had said after klobuchar ... >> senator klobuchar and i are working and that would be the latest touch on making sure that foreign aid for advertising doesn't penetrate our political system and that there was an ability to at least look at the content with regards to political campaigns the same way that the aggressive media already have. i want to make sure we are hoping to finish that draft in the coming days. i assure you that one of the first people i want to share that with is my chairman cause this to be an area where it would be led by consensus. i hope at least from some of the comments of the companies is that i've heard at least that they are open to that type of disclosure. >> let me state today is illegal for foreign money to find its way into us elections so it's not like we've got to rewrite some laws. >> i want to get clarification, so far you have not been able to verify the intelligence community assessments that russia was weighing in on the side of trump? >> we've been very confident that the ica's accuracy is going to be supported by our committee.

i'm sure they may find a way. >> senator amy klobuchar we'll be watching for that at 12:30.e're in. >> thank you. >>> up next, wall street on a record run. the treasury secretary says that comes with a caveat. why steve mnuchin is warning markets will tank inless congress passes tax reform. we're closing in on a know your value event in new york city including a special computation for a $5,000 bonus. we'll be joined at the grant hyatt by a whose who including sarah jessica parker, ma that stewart, jane pauley, bobby brown, just to name a few. you can still get tickets. we'll be back. ♪ (woman) one year ago today mom started searching for her words. and my brother ray and i started searching for answers. (vo) when it's time to navigate in-home care, follow that bright star. because brightstar care earns the same accreditation as the best hospitals. and brightstar care means an rn will customize a plan that evolves with mom's changing needs. (woman) because dad made us promise we'd keep mom at home. (vo) call 844-4-brightstar for your free home care planning guide. >> tech: d

it's this kind of back-and-forth that leads to a question from senator amy klobuchar of minnesota who says is it possible president trump could issue preemptive pardons for people who are targeted by the special counsel? and he says, sessions is like, well, it's broad authority. but if that's where we are going, that's really curious. i mean, sessions is saying yes, maybe he will pardon everybody. i don't know. >> kimberly: you thought that was a towel. that line of questioning, maybe they had heard it. something that could come to fruition. >> juan: that's what the democrats are worried about. >> greg: all i can think is the only thing more boring than this whole meeting is having it rehashed by juan. >> juan: you know it's even worse, greg? >> jesse: i thought the amy klobuchar reference was fantastic. >> greg: you are like cliff's notes. >> juan: a lot of this happened in june in front of senate intelligence. this is the first time it's before judiciary. >> kimberly: dana saying you are a reporter. that's why you do your tick-toc tick-tock. >> juan: benefiting from knowing what hap

. >>> ahead we'll hear from amy klobuch klobuchar, democrat. >>> actor kevin spacey apologized following allegations that he made sexual advances on a 14-year-old boy. actor anthony rapp now 46 years old says he attended a party in 1986. he said spacey got him on top of the bed and got on top making a sexual advance but he was able to leave. spacecy replied if i did it, i apologize. he added publicly he is gay and he wants to deal with this honestly. >>> more than half the east lost electricity as a powerful storm moved up the coast with damaging winds and torrential rains. the storm came five days. the national weather service says the severe weather service continues through early this morning. the rain come down in buckets. some areas will be soaked with up to six inches. mother and son in new jersey had to be rescued. the storm was fueled by moisture from tropical storm felipe. >>> puerto rico is looking for another company to restore its power grid. the controversial contract with whitefish energy, a small company from ryan zinke's hometown has been canceled. i about 70% of the isla

recently senators warner, klobuchar and mccain and representatives introduced the bipartisan aid. this would increase transparency in online political advertising by requiring online advertising platforms to disclose copies of the ads to targeted audiences. this bill is a great start thank you to the witnesses for being here today i look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas on how we can protect our democracy. thank you mr. chairman i would also ask unanimous consent that the representatives be allowed to join our subcommittee today and participate in the hearing. >> so ordered. >> thank you ranking member kelly and now we will introduce witnesses. first we have the legal director of the center for competitive politics. mr. david to chief executive che officer of news media alliance, jack goodman order of the law offices, randall rothenberg president and chief executive officer and the advertising bureau and senior counsel for the brennan center for justice democracy program at the new york university school of law. welcome to you all and pursuing all witnesses will be sworn

democrats mark warner and amy klobuchar will hold a news conference this afternoon. g-o-p senator john mccain is a co-sponsor of the bill. it's called "the honest ads act." it would require political ads sold online to be covered by the same rules as ads sold on t-v, radio, and satellite. meanwhile, new details are surfacing about russia's alleged efforts to stir up racial tensions in the u.s. congressional investigators say russians working out of a so-called troll factory in st. petersburg conducted a sophisticated campaign. it included facebook ads, twitter posts, and music videos. a st. louis rapper who wrote the music for one video says he received instagram messages from people he didn't know. they asked him to write a song about police brutality. investigators also say russians set up a group called "black and they paid five american fitness trainers to run so-called self-defense classes. investigators say russian efforts to stir up racial tensions in the u.s. are still underway. today is the deadline for cities across the country to apply to amazon -- to be t

amy klobuchar of minnesota asking now. let's go live to capitol hill. >> computer that is allegedly going to be housed in the white house. i just wondered if you have had communication with members of the commission about their efforts and what kind of coordination is going on. >> i don't believe i've had a single conversation with any member or staff of the commission directly. >> and have people that worked for you been coordinating with them? >> i don't know that coordinating is a correct -- we've been asked for assistance on several issues. i think it's quite appropriate for the president to have a commission to review possible irregularities in elections. you can be sure that the department of justice will fairly and objectively enforce the law. >> i believe that to be true. i'm just concerned that this commission is off doing their work. and we just found out this week from the "washington post" that one of the employees have been charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. and so i just ask that y

as a result of that, it's why you're seeing bipartisan legislation from people like senator amy klobuchar and senator john mccain for more disclosure. the fact that mark zuckerberg is not testifying next week from the sources that i talked with in both parties is drawing intense scrutiny. >> kevin and kate, stay with us. we'll be back to get more from you two. thanks. >>> so could this target of mueller's indictment be? our legal expert breaks down charges that could be coming as early as next week. i love kiwis. i've always had that issue with the seeds getting under my denture. super poligrip free. it creates a seal of the dentures in my mouth. just a few dabs is clinically proven to seal out more food particles. try super poligrip free. ♪ giveyou're finished! curse you, he-man, you interfering imbecile! give us one good reason we shouldn't vanquish you to another dimension! ok, guys, hear me out. switching to geico could save you... hundreds on car insurance. huh, he does make a point... i do like to save money... catch you on the flip, suckas! geico. because saving fifteen percent or

i know that you and senator klobuchar are working. that, i believe, would be the lightest touch possible, and that light touch with focus on making sure that paid advertising does not penetrate our political system, and that there is a ability to at least look at the content that appears in political campaigns the same way that -- similar to the rules that the rest of the media already have. i want to make sure we finish that draft in the coming days. i can assure you that one of the first people i want to share that with is my chairman, because this ought to be an area where i think there would be broad, bipartisan consensus. from some of the companies, i heard comments that they are open to this type of disclosure. sen. burr: it is illegal for foreign money to find its way into u.s. elections. it is not like we have to rewrite some laws. reporter: i just want to get clarification on this, so far you have not been able to verify the intelligence community's assessment that russia was weighing in on the side of donald trump? sen. burr

recently senators warner and klobuchar and mccain and representatives kilmer and kaufman introduced the bipartisan honest abe ads act. it will increase transparency and online political advertising by requiring online platforms to disclose copies of ads and their targeted audiences. this bill is a great start. thank you for our witnesses. i look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas on how we can protect our democracy, thank you mr. chairman. i also ask for unanimous consent that representatives sarbanes kilmer and cartwright be allowed to join us today and participate in the hearing. >> so ordered. >> thank you ranking member kelly. we now introduce our witnesses. we have allen dickerson. mr. david travern, mr. jack goodman, owner of the law offices of jack goodman. mr. randall rothenberg, and mr. ian vanderwalker. senior counsel for brennan center for justice democracy program at the new york university school of law. welcome to you all. and pursuant to committee laws, all witnesses will be sworn in before you testify. please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear

a member of the judiciary committee, amy klobuchar of minnesota is with us.bviously there is a push and even some support by the nra, but you heard heidi. this could have some sort of caveat that doesn't really ultimately get to where we want to go. what do you think? >> well, this is one of the first times we've heard republicans even open to talking about any kind of restrictions like this. and i think it's very important to have this discussion, and to pass something. action is necessary here. the fact that these bump stocks are legal when. they do something illegal, they convert a semi automatic into an automatic or machine gun, and that's what they do. and they should be banned. the guy had a dozen of them in a hotel room, and by the way, none of those innocent people, over 500 injured. 59 killed, could have protected themselves by shooting up to a 32nd floor hotel room. there are a number of us, including some republicans who have supported sensible background checks and banning things like bump stocks. i'm hopeful we'll be able to take action. there's

chairman. >> senator klobuchar. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i'm not going to ask what bar you go to. don't be concerned. and thank you to both of you for this important hearing. so i come at this just with this simple idea that our democracy was formed to be self-governing, and that means we don't want foreign entities influencing decisions that our citizens make. and they have a right -- a right of freedom to make their own decisions, and i think that was interfered with by influence -- by russians and also by others. when there's no rules in place to tell us where these ads -- paid ads, are coming from. and so i do appreciate the efforts from these companies, but i just -- i don't think it's enough. we're going to have a patchwork of ads from different companies. some won't be doing any. some will be doing one thing, another will be doing another. we won't have actual enforcement. management can change, and decisions change. and that's why i think it's very important we have the same rules of the road for these issue ads, as well as candidat

my klobuchar and i are the co-authors. on this particular one, frankly did we hear e, from anybody? the answer was no. the irony is that it actually passed the judiciary committee, not on the judiciary committee, but it went through at the iary committee same time as the comprehensive addiction and recovery act. think a lot of the focus was on the opioid crisis and the prevention, education, and narcan, covery ich is the miracle drug that of rses the effects overdoses. that focus was on the comprehensive addiction of overdoses. that focus was on the comprehensive addiction recovery afpblgt that may have been one of the reasons -- act. that may have been run of the reasons it slipped through. it's unanimous consent in the committee, unanimous consent on the floor. that's one of the issues we now at. look we need to exam that. i did look this morning at what d.e.a. enforcement actions were at that time. they were significantly reduced fore the legislation was passed. there was actually already a ll back of the endorsement actions. but again, it's a very complicated issue. bullet. no s

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amy klobuchar and i are the co-authors. i think on this particular one, i mean, i frankly asked my office did we hear from anybody? the answer was no. the irony is that it actually passed the judiciary committee, i'm not on the judiciary committee but it went to the judiciary committee at the same as the comprehensive addiction and recovery act. a lot of the focus is probably on the opioid crisis and the prevention, education, treatment and recovery, and narcan, which is the miracle drug that reverses the effects of overdoses, the focus is on the comprehensive addiction and recovery act and that made them one of the reasons it slipped through because apparently it was unanimous consent in committee, unanimous consent on the floor. what that's when it issues we now we look at, examined that. did look this morning at what the dea enforcement actions were around that time, they were significantly reduced before the legislation was passed. so that was actually already a pullback of enforcement actions but again, it's a very com

and that's exactly what senators klobuchar and warner said today when they announced this bill. it also has the backing of senator john mccain, the lone republican sponsor of this bill. senate aides say there is outreach to get more but that it is a positive sign they have members from the intelligence committee. the elections committeeand the armed services committee that have thrown their weight behind this bill. senator amy klobuchar of minnesota said that they want to see this as a start to potentially put more legislation on the table, and that they want to put this act in any legislative vehicle that could move to try and thwart any potential influence in the elections that are still to come senator mark warner was asked about the influence of facebook specifically, and his committee's ongoing investigation of that. here's what he said. . >> they used what was relatively cheap, and while we made note of the fact that, for example, in the facebook area, it's 100 to $150,000, i still believe that may be the tip of the iceberg. again, remember, these were the ads that were pa

you and senator klobuchar are working on it?senator klobuchar and i are working on something, that would be the lightest touch possible, and that light touch would focus on making sure that foreign paid-for advertising doesn't penetrate our political system and that there was an ability to at least look at the content that appears in political campaigns, the same way that similar to the rules that the rest of the media already have. i want to make sure we're hoping to finish that draft in the coming days, and i can assure you one of the first people i want to share that with is my chairman, and because this ought to be an area where i think there would be broad bipartisan consensus. and my hope from some of the comments of the companies, i've heard at least comments that they are open to this type of disclosure. >> let me just state fact today. it is illegal today for foreign money to find its way into u.s. elections. so it's not like we've got to rewrite some morals. yes? reporter: i just want to get clarification on this, so s

. >> julia, isn't this what klobuchar and warner were proposing in their transparency act? >> yeah, so what klobuchar and warner are proposing is something that is not just going to be about twitter and not about facebook alone but about any digital ad purchases that are for political ads. this is clearly looking to addressme many of those concern and just make sure consumers can really understand the political advertising they're getting targeted with and there's transparency about everything that's going on with ads on twitter because this is certainly going to be a big issue that's not going away anytime soon >> a golden rule, michael, regulate yourself before congress can >> right it was clear they heard the footsteps on this one. i think the argument kind of moves over toward these are political ads presented as political ads, correct by an organization looking to sway somebody's vote as opposed to a lot of the kind of troll farm stuff that attack twitter that tried to disrupt the political debate a little bit. so you can't do anything but without a doubt just like fac

>> i'll start with -- you had amy klobuchar on, harris, booker, sherrod brown, we have a long list ofy make this race in 2020 depending on what others do. you're seeing a lot of energy among democrats for the chance to take on donald trump in 2020 because, you know, there's so much craziness around him. so much lack of achievement. nine months into his presidency, no major bills passed. he's 0 for 10. we're over 200 days. that's all bringing out a lot of democrats interested in taking him on in 2020. >> will there be any republicans challenging donald trump? >> i'd be surprised if there aren't. we'll see what happens in the next six months legislatively and ultimately what happens in the 2018 midterms will determine how emboldened other republicans are in taking on the president. the president is popular, reasonably popular with the republican base. he has a 65% approval rating, lower than past presidents but certainly high enough to win a primary today. and so it would be be tough to beat him. i think something would have to change in the trajectory of the trump presidency, perhaps t

and congressman coffman with input from my good colleague, representative sarbanes and senators klobuchar, mccain and warner. and our bill would have the federal election commission rules for online advertisements similar to what's already in place for tv, radio and satellite as. those rules require disclosure of who's buying what ads where. and that's vital if we're going to insure transparency to affirm the public's right to know. and it's important that if we're going to -- that's increasingly important if we're going to keep foreign money out of our politics. just based on some of the comments that have been made, i think it's important to acknowledge requiring disclosure when someone purchases a radio or tv ad does not prohibit or inhibit free speech, nor does holding those purchases in a public file. the supreme court has long recognized that commercial speech such as political advertisements is not subject to the same protections as a citizen's comment to speak up in the public square. i appreciate mr. chavren's comment that applying those disclosure requirements to internet-based

the i klobuchar and warner have putportport a proposal.t's one decision, but the objective delg zigs, whether it's r tmt or something less obvious. you're going to have private people. they knew about these accounts before you guys started banging on your door. they didn't come forward, why? i'm not implicating them in the efforts but their business interest is an inclusion. let me ask you another question. with more time, the basic criticism loom the large. you haven't found anything. there's no roof of collusion, nothing anybody can point to. this has taken too long. if it was so obvious, you should have known by now. >> well obviously there was a deep interest in the russians keeping the work hidden, you can't say there az no evidence of collusion. we've seen even in the public realm i think very graphic evidence that the trump campaign was willing to collude with the russians, we've seen e-mails in black and white from the top level of the trump campaign, indeed the president's own son when he is offered dirt on hillary clinton by the

being discussed, as you know in congress there's honest ads act, bipartisan backed by mccain and klobuchar warner that sort of gets at this idea. do you think the rules need to come from washington or can the industry police itself >> you know, the challenge irrespective of where the rules come from, the challenge is going to be trying to figure out who is behind these things as you know, you can create any sort of company to buy some of these ads. even when they are tagged, it's going to be a job of combing through the tags and trying to figure out who and what are behind some of these ads again, irrespective where they are political or otherwise. >> two questions here, dick. what do you expect the tone to be like when everyone goes to the hill in the coming weeks, and how much of this -- i always come back to you now, famous memo, about abuse and how you thought the company wasn't tackling it well enough at the time how much worse is it now than you thought it was even back then >> well, i just wanted us to be more aggressive. i liked some of the things that i just -- jack has just recen

senate's armed services committee an is that t senate aide said to win more gop backing senator klobucharell political ads, they should be regulated >> only two companies, google and facebook, accounted for 99% of the revenue growth from digitizing in 2016 a pew poll has found that 65% of americans use the internet for election-related information in the last election, 65% of americans. and online platforms are now dwarfing broadcast, satellite and cable providers. >> reporter: in comes amid multiple investigations into the foreign campaigns on facebook, twitter, and google that influenced the 2016 election warner and klobuchar says the companies were dismissive immediately following the election but have since admitted there were real issues and cooperated with lawmakers. the next stage in that cooperation, public testimony from the general counsels of facebook, twitter, and google on november 1st >> many wall street analysts say the biggest risk to these companies now is regulatory. kayla, thank you very much, kayla tausche in washington. >>> after the break, why today's closing word wi

there was a question from senator amy klobuchar, a democrat, about whether the justice department is going to go after journalists in new ways. here's first what sessions said. >> will you commit to not putting reporters in jail for doing their jobs? >> well, i don't know that i can make a blanket commitment to that effect, but i would say this, we have not taken any aggressive action against the media at this point. >> that's true, so far at this point. you know, the obama administration was harshly criticized for its actions trying to find leakers, sometimes ensnaring the journalists in leak investigations. what did you make about sessi s sessions' comment about not ruling out the possibility of jailing a journalist for not giving up their source. >> well, since i've been to jail for not giving up a source, yeah, i'm righteously indignant towards it and quite upset about it. the government is fond of, and this is part of the fake news stuff as well, they're all fond of criticizing the media but they take away our tools we need to do our job. in maryland, jamie rasken is sitting on

increase disclosure requirements for political ads that appear on social media democratic senators amy klobucharl introduce what they call the honest ads act before 1:00 p.m. today some are already calling it the facebook bills pushing ahead of the testimony on november 1st, basically asking them to keep track of the ads and the engagement and copies of any information about it and make what they call reasonable efforts to ensure it's not being bought by a foreign entity >> this in itself is a small thing, totally reasonable, not big regulation, but potentially the first of many attempts to regulate facebook. sure, it's a step in the right direction if you happen to be an honest political advertiser and volunteer for this, you'll be now regulated a little bit, but the laughable part of it is, when russia came in to meddle in the election using facebook and other tools, they didn't say, hi, we're a political advertiser they said, okay, let's create all sorts of lies and fake stuff and target it at people. >> wasn't even about the candidates it was about gun rights, gay rights, issues >> the real

legislation that has notably been introduced in the wake of this is the honest ads act from amy klobuchar mark warner saying social media ads should have the paid for by so and such disclaimer that tv ads have. so we're just barely catching technology up to where we were 30 years ago in election regulations. the fec had an opportunity to make these rules six years ago google and facebook argued against. twitter at the time did have those disclaimers. the fec did nothing and it became the instant standard. >> why are we seeing the ceos on the hill because they weren't summoned specifically isn't it the serious enough, big enough issue at this point where 126 million, half of the voting population of the u.s., are exposed to these ads, that we should see a sheryl sandberg or mark zuckerberg on the hill? >> i don't know who the committee actually called to testify, so i can't speak to whether it was the committees or the companies that chose who to speak. i think one thing you will see today is evidence of the culture clash. you'll find no two further disparate mindsets than washington and s