this post office scam must stop. amazon must pay real costs and taxes now. >> yeah, that figure came from a "wall street journal" op-ed that was published last summer. and that op-ed relied upon an analysis done by citigroup. and that analysis, funny enough, i had been looking for it for months and months and months and only about a week ago got my hands on it. josh barrow, a sharp business writer for "business insider" wrote a column taking issue with that number, which, again, is raising the question of, like, whose numbers are right and what's the cost? but that's, i think, where trump got the number. >> do you have a number in mind that you think is right? >> no. no. i'm trained to look for data, to assess data before opening my mouth. my mouth. i know it is unusual in this time. no i do not. >> tom is in hollywood, florida. >>. >> caller: i want to comment on certain things. why would you tell everybody what you are doing with them. big business keep these things secret. number two, possibly, when they entered i

>> all signs point to "the washington post." it smells, it looks, it tastes like a "washington post" dispute. because of the president's tweets in the past linking amazon and "the post" and his rhetoric saying "the post" should register as a lobbyist. tonight "the post" is out with a new statement saying it's preposterous and disingenuous to say that bezos' other business, work over at amazon has anything to do with "the washington post." but we've seen this pattern before. you know, the president has attacked this channel, cnn. now his department of justice is suing cnn's parent, time-warner, as it tries to be acquired by at&t. that suit is officially about antitrust, about market competition, but the talk outside the courtroom is all about whether it's premised on the president's political or personal animus towards cnn. here we are with another case. the president targeting a giant company, but it seems to be all about the newspaper he doesn't like. >> dylan, previous administrations have been very careful not to pick winners

the post office is in our constitution.nt as global networks for things like distribution and product that amazon represents, literally a modern-day railroad, that really probably should be confronted for antitrust in a way that is rational and thoughtful. and instead of a rational and thoughtful discussion about the impact of a massive tech monopoly, we end up with a personal vendetta and a silly conversation about the post office. it's unfortunate and we can do better. >> brian, i mean this notion that president trump thinks that jeff bezos is using "the washington post" as a political weapon against him, "the post" has made clear he has no editorial influence over the paper. and i got to imagine given all the reporters at "the washington post," if there was even a hint that jeff bezos was pulling the strings of those reporters, there would be, you know, leaks or just out and out outrage and, you know, people protesting. >> that's right. look at what happened with sinclair this week. those reporters would be calling me, t

"the washington post." jeff bezos yes, he runs and oversees both of them but those entities aren't connected. business insider said if trump were to take action that caused amazon shipping cost to go up it would be a political nightmare for the president. whatever democrat runs against him would run as the candidate

this post office scam must stop. amazon must pay real costs. the president scorned for the online giant runs deep, conflating anger at amazon with "the washington post," both owned by jeff bezos but operating separately. along simmering frustration. >> "the washington post," which i call a lobbying tool for amazon, okay, that's a lobbying tool for amazon. >> reporter: but experts say the president's claim that the post office will lose $1.50 on average for each package it delivers for amazon cannot be backed up. postal service regulators approved contracts with companies like amazon in advance and require that postal service costs are covered. but those agreements are not made public, if. >> we don't know if each package makes a dollar, makes $2 or loses money. that data is not available publicly. and i'm not sure where trump is getting his figures. >> reporter: the president's own 2017 financial disclosure form shows he reported gains from owning amazon stock. but his businessman roots are in a brick and mortar world. >> we're all builders in

site visits were conducted at leading post acute care programs. and finally, there were -- there was a point in time survey in april of 2017, the p.a.c.c. completed a point in time survey across the hospitals to add critical data about the numbers, needs, and the characteristics of patients waiting for post acute care placement. the interviews, the survey, and the p.a.c.c. deliberation informed our next steps. so at this point, it's my pleasure to have kelly come up and -- to do the presentation. >> thank you, daniel. thank you, commissioners. the -- this was actually really a perfect group to work with. everybody was really committed to trying to tackle the issue at hand, and we worked very good together, so thank you to the team. jumping to the key findings of the survey, we did a point in time survey because an he can dotally jucan -- anecdotally, just talking to the hospitals, they were behind, so try to get some data to really identify who was actually found to be long staying at the hospital, so we can two point in time surveys. those survey

it is unlawful to compete with the post office post office with first class mail. you tried to deliver something across town for less than first class mail, you have committed a felony. in the post office losses are made up by the taxpayers, no matter what the post office -- >> neil: we should stress that the post office has the obligation to serve everywhere. the most remote hut in alaska, that is a vital constraint. but to the deal scored with amazon, the president seems to be arguing -- >> it is a deal that the president himself would have made if he had on amazon. it is an excellent deal. >> neil: float that around, and where were the post office be without the amazon deal? >> it is more money in the post office. they are not to just made for amazon. the post office is the going there anyway. so they deliver these things that people have ordered through amazon. it is more money to the post office. i have not done the math, i have not seen the numbers. but common sense tells you that whatever amazon is paying is helping the bottom line for the them. >> neil: as

and post offices. it does not say we have to have a postal service. if you go back to the days of ben franklin you might be intrigued to find out that a lot of the post offices of the day were actually taverns. people who ran bars could get a postmaster's license and do postal worker -- postal services through there. prior to 1971 the postal service was a general service and taxpayer dollars did flow into it. in 1971 it was created as a government corporation that was supposed to be self-funded. host: when the postal service got into the package delivery business, do you think it was a good idea? guest: we did not see it happening really. they had been in packages since 1913. their market share had always been small. it had not been a big deal. they also were known as being particularly good at it. they're tracking system was not great. there were complaints about packages getting beat up along the way. the e-commerce era hit and suddenly, kaboom. they go from a big player to a major player. host: was

that's according to the "washington post." which also reports that some of the president's advisers are worried that he could be baited into an interview that could land him in legal hot water. this is all coming in the same day that the first prison term is handed down in the mueller investigation. alex van der zwaan, who has ties to paul manafort and to rick gates, is going to spend 30 days behind bars and pay a $20,000 fine after he admitted lying to mueller's team. mueller's office warning that there are, quote, consequences to lying to investigators. also today, president trump escalating his border wall battle, calling on the military to guard the southern border while he pushes for his wall to be built. >> we are preparing for the military to secure our boater between mexico and the united states. >> okay, there's a lot that is wrong with that. that is not factual about that. mexico not at all thrilled about the idea of the troops on the border. and not surprisingly, asking for a clarification about exactly what preside

juan: the denver post has owner.d against his on sunday, the post editorial board posted "as vulturescle, the denver post must be saved," editorial page editor chuck plunkett writes -- "we call for action. if alden isn't willing to do good journalism here, it should sell the post to owners who will." since 2010, digital first media has slashed budgets and staff at newspapers across the country, including the open tribune, san jose mercury, and the st. paul pioneer press. amy: is backed by founder and chief of investments randall smith, and president heath freeman. both are known on wall street as vulture capitalists who make their money investing in distressed businesses and selling them off. for more, we go to denver where we're joined by ricardo baca, the former cannabis editor at the denver post who wrote one of the op-eds, titled, "when a hedge fund tries to kill the newspapers it owns, journalists must fight back." ricardo baca worked at the post for 16 years, and is now the ceo and founder of grasslands: a journalism-minded agency. the denver post in its own pages published this

the failing "washington post," the fake news "washington post," the amazon "washington post." i think it's retaliation. obviously he's a counter puncher, we know that. but the value of president trump's tweets and how that impacts the markets. he wants to defend himself against what he feels is unfair news coverage. when you go after amazon it has a direct impact on the market showing president trump's tweets have no impact. howie: as the owner of the "washington post" he's able to influence editorial policy. but he says he never edited or modified an editorial. sarah: i think you can look at the neglect tef stories they are tide to in the "washington post." why are you going after amazon. amazon isn't doing anything different at the moment. howie: he believes it's hurting brick and mortar stores. he's wrong that the post office gains by shipping their packages. barack obama attacked a casino company. mollie: barack obama did attack companies, fox news and the casino company. it seems unseemly for a president to do that. amazon does a lot of business in china. the editorial pa

neil: the post office cut a very lousy deal. but the post office was losing money before amazon.s: congress will not allow the post office to compete against fedex or ups, ironically what they have lied is let amazon grow enough where they will launch own version of fedex and ups. ultimately free market wills take care of this because they always have. neil: shouldn't the president let the free markets take care of this? >> if he has a chance to make a better deal for post, there's nothing wrong with that. connell: maybe the post office is better target than amazon. you get rid a day or two, amazon has to deal -- neil: the president's concerns with the post office? connell: i have no reason to believe it's not about the washington post. charles: i think there's legitimacy. we talked about the amazon effect, every year we say, x amount of brick and mortar stores went out of business, we always blame amazon. president trump -- neil: before blamed wal-mart. charles: wal-mart was never able to operate at losses, amazon was able to operate for more than a decade losing billions of dol

the post office certainly has. on their own website's list of ten things to know about the post office, fact one is, i'm quoting, the postal service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to fund its operation. now, here's another fact that might be relevant. amazon's founder jeff bezos also owns "the washington post" which the president despises. his attacks on amazon have been blamed for sending the stock market into wild gyrations. hundreds of points at a time. on top of that, the president attacked our boss at cnn, misspelling his name, took yet another shot at hillary clinton, and then tweeted this in reaction to some new polling. thank you to rasmussen for the honest polling. just hit 50% which is higher than cheatin' obama at the same time in his administration. not sure what kind of cheatin' he was referring to, perhaps we shall have to wait another tweet to explain that. mr. trump also repeated his call today to send troops to the southern b

means they will see less content as a percentage that is poste posted by the news organizations. around the same time, we came up with another announcement saying we are testing something in the united states that looks at a survey results from a broad degree of people across the political spectrum saying which publications have the broadest trust and the goa goal is rather than was ratherthan a popularitf which ones are best if was looking to see across the political spectrum what are the immediate organizations people tend to think over reliable if they are here or over there. it's something we've are starting off with and we understand what the media companies. i would love to give you the testing to enter the dialogue with that. we know that identifications are huge and we want to make sure if we take something off back in january 2017 it's the facebook journalism contact int contactee plaintiff that initiative is looking more closely with publishers to understand because for the entire journalism industry, social media has required some changes -- and all been good so we are

carolyn posts i shall continue using face book and posting my political comments, it's my favorite hobby, i love comments from my friends and relatives and rebecca, republican line, hello there. >> so i pam frustrated and so with deleting information everyone is so focused on information that you post, that they didn't talk anything about what other people posted and there are somehow they got my name. and so once you deleted your stuff, others have it too. >> about you? linked you in? >> yes. and i have an account and i'd like it if people with more experience could have a better interfaith so they can point their questions more towards flaws this the system which is how they're going to paint the picture for us. >> thank you. we're going to get about five more minutes of calls. we'll hear from jill in bridge view, illinois. >> hi. sorry for my sore throat. i've opinion watching you guys this is what i have on during the day. since you've been on the air this, is one of the best committee hearings it was actually, you know they actually addressing substantial policy issues and i to the

the post pulled the cartoon because it was a pro-eisenhower paper. he was pro-stephenson and very adamant about that in his cartoon. they felt mr. bloch's opinion of eisenhower failing to control mccarthy and nixon went too far. and so it didn't run. it didn't run in the areas mr. bloch was syndicated, the other newspapers. s missedon post reader it. they knew that a cartoon had appeared elsewhere. they were angry. the washington post ran every single cartoon that he chose to draw after that. he had a lot of power at the post as a cartoonist. we can see that mr. bloch's art style and a very loose drawing style. he'ses a lot of graphite using a simple board. it really grabs the pencil and gives it a nice texture. white out as a way to enhance his image. for example, on this canoe being guided by president kennedy, he's got budget written in white out. on top of the ink and pencil so that it stands out in his cartoon. kennedy was hard. and even as late a 1962, they had not found big nose or something that stood out to make him look funny. so he kind of

so there are several posts in question, and i won't go over all of the posts, but i've read the letters to both google and the internet archive, and for one example that we can discuss in detail, there was a post from 2006, january 11th, and in that post, there are two posts that her lawyers argue that she did not write. so, there are copies of that post in the internet archive which have since been redacted using something called a robot exclusion protocol from her camp. but the key issue is a copy of that page still exists in another web archive, in this case, the library of congress web archive, so we can go and inspect that page, and one of the things that we see is the window of opportunity, if there were a target the hack, is as small as less than 30 minutes for a hacker to go in, change the content, have the internet archive make a copy of that page, and in 2006, you could not control when the internet archive came to visit your page. you can do that now, but not then. so the window of opportunity for this hack to have occurred and nobody to have noticed, including joy reid and o

post.orting the story for "the new yorker". >> we didn't uncover evidence it's real. however, what we did uncover very firmly was source after source within ami saying they paid this money. >> reporter: radar online, a tabloid also owned by ami, published a story wednesday outlining the deal and included a memo, e-mail and report of a lie detector test saying sajudin took and passed. they couldn't prove the allegations. >> they then added a liquidated damages clause with the individual of the information supposedly within the company saying he would have to $15 million if he ever breathed a word of this. >> reporter: former doorman confirmed in a statement to cnn of a confidential agreement with ami which has since been leaked adding, quote, i can confirm that while working at trump world tower i was instructed not to criticize president trump's former housekeeper due to a prior relationship she had with president trump which produced a child. ami's chairman david pecker is a friend of the

lillian: go to the "washington post" site.ou can type in washingtonpost.com/constitutiona washingtonpost.com/constitutiona -- washingtonpost.com/constitutiona l. washingtonpost.com/presidential. you can click play and listen to any episode you want. you can also just do a google search. you will find them. brian: this is another interesting one on the constitution, about george cassaday. the bootlegger. let's listen to a little bit of this. you set up the story and then i will get you to finish it. [begin audio clip] >> he was clean shaven, baby faced, in his late 20's, early 30's. he was smartly dressed. tie, vest, fedora. shined shoes that clicked on the marble floors. he had keys to congressmen's offices and his own stowaway spot in the canon house office building. he was a bootlegger. he supplied congress with illegal liquor during prohibition. [end audio clip] brian: how much illegal liquor? lillian: a lot of it. he was essentially the main supplier for a very hefty percentage of congressmen during prohibition. we are rig

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but what you need to know is washington post readers missed it. they knew it had appeared elsewhere and not in their hometown paper and they were angry. and "the washington post" ran every single cartoon that mr. block chose to draw after that. he had a lot of power at the post as a cartoonist. we can see that mr. block's art style has evolved from that mid western tight pen and ink drawing to a very loose drawing style, but much more loose he oouss a lot of graphite, a lot of ink brush. and he's using a board, a step willed board. so it grabs the pencil and gives it a nice texture. and he used whiteout both as a way to control his mistakes, but also to enhance his image. so, for example, on this canoe being guided by president kennedy, he's got budget written in whiteout on top of the ink and pencil so that it stands out in his cartoon. kennedy was hard for most cartoonists to draw. he was a handsome looking fellow and even as late as 1962 they really hadn't found like big ears or big nose or something that stood out too to make him look funny. s

analysts say the post office makes a profit.mazon has been trading over the last five days. you can see it started back over here when it was kind of high and back over here. it's had a bit of rebound today up $15.78 at the moment. a little bit more than 1%. current share price in the top licensed corner up there. gerri willis is here for the fox business network. help us understand, the post office makes a lot of money on amazon, right? >> they make a lot of money on packages. i want to start with where trump got this idea to first place. it came from a op-ed in the "wall street journal." it was written by a money manager who wrote this an april analysis from citigroup estimates if costs were fairly allocated on average parcels at usps would cost $1.46 more to deliver. it's as if every amazon box comes with a $1 or 2 stapled to the packing slip a gift card from uncle sam. we went out and started looking. is that true? is that really how this works? what we found is this: of the postal regulatory commission oversees usps. they l

juan: the denver post has owner.d against his on sunday, the post editorial board posted "as vulturescle, the denver post must be saved," editorial page editor chuck plunkett writes -- "we call for action. if alden isn't willing to do good journalism here, it should sell the post to owners who will." since 2010, digital first media has slashed budgets and staff at newspapers across the country, including the open tribune, san jose mercury, and the st. paul pioneer press. amy: is backed by founder and chief of investments randall smith, and president heath freeman. both are known on wall street as vulture capitalists who make their money investing in distressed businesses and selling them off. for more, we go to denver where we're joined by ricardo baca, the former cannabis editor at the denver post who wrote one of the op-eds, titled, "when a hedge fund tries to kill the newspapers it owns, journalists must fight back." ricardo baca worked at the post for 16 years, and is now the ceo and founder of grasslands: a journalism-minded agency. the denver post in its own pages published this

by family and friends and less content that is posted by news organizations. around the same time we came out with another announcement saying we are testing something in the united states that looks at a survey result from a broad degree oproperdegree of people e political spectrum say which publications have the broadest trust into the goal is rather than a popularity test of which do you thinknk is best it was looking to see across the political spectrum with rv organizations that people tend to think our reliable even if they are way over here and you are way over there and then they will see increased visibility. some people were testing. i don't think we'r think we've t right yet. we understand the ramifications are huge to media companies. >> [inaudible] seÑora blocking us from going to our own likes? i would love to be able to help youths we cayou so we can entera dialogue on that and our ceo is a very high-end we are addressing this but we would like a dialogue about it. >> we will definitely follow up and make that happen. even when we are running te

as far as the post office is concerned, if the post office or the president thinks the post office ising too little, they should charge them more. it's not amazon's fault if they happen to be paying less. as ali said, because they are a volume shipper, they get a special deal. but the post office are big boys and girls. they should negotiate fair rates. >> and there were other structural problems that caused the post office to lose money and some of them are the way the pension is set up. >> first class mail is declining and packages are replacing some of it but not all of it. that's not amazon's fault. >> and they don't have the ability to charge more and lose that shipping. but that's one valid and interesting problem. the -- getting rid of retailers in favor of online buying is another and separate problem. but that's not really what the president is handling in a sophisticated manner here. >> no, because we all think, at least i think this is really about "the washington post." what's going on in the retailing industry is massive change. there are more jobs being created than lost

"the washington post" has more. mueller's investigators have indicated to the president's legal team they are considering writing reports on their findings in stages with the first report focused on the obstruction issue, according to two people briefed on the discussions. under special counsel regulations, mueller is required to report his conclusions confidentially to deputy attorney general rod j. rosenstein who has the authority to decide whether to release the information publicly. they said they want to write a report on this to answer the public's questions, and they need the president's interview as the last step. one person familiar with the discussions said of mueller's team leading off our discussion now by phone is one of the reporters who broke that story tonight, robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post" and an msnbc political analyst. robert, you're also reporting in this that the president's reaction to the news that he is a subject of the investigation is that he is relieve

discussions with the post office. but the president or any part of the administration. >> i'm not aware of anything specific taking place in amazon. we are looking at ways to help the post office. the post office has lost tens of billions of dollars. i'm not aware of anything on the table. >> whether the u.s. and china are actively in negotiations now or the routine, -- that you are with direct negotiations. negotiation period. >> one following up on that, chinese officials said negotiations would not be possible. what is your response to that? until then we are going to continue moving forward in this process. >> farmers have suggested that volatility has made it hard to plan for the upcoming season. many of whom supported the president. >> we're working directly with the department of agriculture. the president has directed secretary perdue to do a we can to protect our farmers. >> thank you. the white house has to come up with policies to match what the president said to talk about the military at the border. can y

amazon is actually helping the post office because the post office is declining in first class mail. so their package business is their big business and one last point, the other thing going on in trump's mind i think from what you read and hear, his real estate buddies aren't happy about amazon because of what it's doing to retailers and malls and things like that and so you have a situation where trump is trying to help another constituent of his which is the real estate community. >> but again, he's trying to help by lying. another area where he continues to lie and you just wonder, david, and again, it's not shading the truth. it's just an out and out lie. he continues to say that nato has been filled with billions of dollars, that boy, the money is just pouring into nato. again, he's either completely ignorant of the way nato has been run since the 1940s or else he's just lying. >> that was one of the hard parts of watching his performance with the three baltic presidents who were visiting. these were people who. >> reporter: literally on the front lines dealing with russia, tru

office, you take a look at the post office. the post office toe because it delivers packaging, and it's not fair to our taxpayers, and amazon has the money to fay the pare rate at the post office, which would be much more than they're paying right now the other thing is there's a lot of retail businesses around the country going out of business. that's a different problem, and it's a big problem unfortunate retailers going out of business. some of these paul towns where they had a beautiful main street with stores. the stores are all gone. that's a different problem that we're going to have to talk about. but if you look at the cost that we're subsidizing, a subsidy to am and we're talking billions of dollars a year, the real cost. a report just came out that he said 1.47, i believe, or about that for every time they deliver a package the united states government, meaning the post office, losing 1.47. amazon will have to pay much more money thank you all very much. thank you. >> epps hoe he 'going to be great. i hope he's going

he had a lot of power at the "post" as a cartoonist. we can see that mr. block's art style has evolved from the midwestern type pen and ink drawing to a very loose drawing style. but much more, he uses a lot of graphite, a lot of ink brush, and a board, a stipple board, so it really grabs the pencil and gives it a nice texture. and he used white-out both as a way to control his mistakes but also to enhance his image. so for example, on this canoe being guided by president kennedy, he's got "budget" written in white-out on top of the ink and pencil. so that it stands out in his cartoon. kennedy was hard for most cartoonists to draw. he was a handsome looking fellow, and even as late as 1962, they really hadn't found like big ears or big nose or something that stood out to make him look funny. and so he kind of looks generically handsome for the entirety of his administration. that doesn't mean that mr. block didn't find faults to pick with him, and this particular cartoon is about the kennedy administration's desire to implement tax cuts but to end some spe

he's accusing the company of a post office scam. ♪ ♪ >> good morning, everyone.s monday april 2nd. i'm alongside jasmine. we begin with president trump who leveled some factually inaccurate charges this weekend. after a week of more turnover in his administration, during which trump sought the advice of former campaign operatives and hard core supporters, the washington post reports meeting with his political soldiers, corey lewandowski and david bossy, strategist brad and son-in-law and senior advisor jared kushner. white house chief of staff john kelly did not travel with the president to mar-a-lago this weekend, but senior policy advisor stephen miller, a proponent of hard line immigration policies, has been at trump's side. and the president reportedly dined with fox news host sean hannity friday night who was later spotted at the president's golf club. >> all right. so, yesterday president trump began the 16th calendar month of his administration by blaming democrats for the border, lack thereof. a, quote, border patrol agents are not allowed to properly do

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the post office is losing billions of dollars because it's the post office that's beholden to unions, they are poorly run, and they are not set up to make a profit. they figured out the cheapest way of doing things is by going to the post office. >> i love amazon, i think it's fantastic. i'm a shut-in now which is very, very nice. i even got a coat rack out of it. i did build it upside down. i have to drape them over because i did the the wrong way. but at least i have the opportunity to fail. but this isn't about amazon. this is a personal thing. it's about jeff bezos. i think he driewf attention by "the washington post." this is "the washington post" and trump retaliating. why? because he can. i think the first mistake he made was with "the washington post." kennedy: "the washington post" says he has no influence. >> amazon has the power to move the markets. they moved into the healthcare sector and a lot of people are looking at amazon, a lot of the brick and mortar. kennedy: if i can get healthcare as efficiently as i get my silicone swim caps -- >> your prostate exam will be here

the post office, amazon does pay the post office for the post office's services. amazon pays a bulk rate, like every other bulk shipper, it doesn't get special treatment. it is not the taxpayers bailing out the post office, the post office is having money problems because it has to -- it has lots of retirement obligations that it is unable to pay. we have got this amazon issue floating out there with the president having direct impact on the stock and the nasdaq at this point. and then we have the issues of trade. will the president go ahead and unleash that second phase of tariffs on china, because then if that happens, china could then retaliate in a bigger way. you look at the bigger picture of how the president has impacted the market, the president impacted the market in a good way since he was elected in november of 2016. we saw the dow jump 8,000 points. since then, since the end of january, we have seen the dow lose 3,000 points. erica? >> alison, thank you. richard, as we -- as we heard from alison and seen the last 24 hours, the impact that a president's

post office and the u.s. post office the u.s. taxpayer is subsidizing amazon's profits in an unhealthy way that's got to end i don't think makes any sense for the u.s. post office the american taxpayer just subsidize the delivery cost for. and their shareholders that's absolutely wrong i think we want trump on that well the u.s.p.s. is owned by the taxpayer and subsidized by the taxpayer and they have a natural monopoly on the last mile for mail delivery so amazon has a special deal which is by the way secret nobody knows what it is a special deal that they lose money on every package that's not a deal though we do need to be revisited what we don't know because we were not allowed to see the contract but the fact is that if you if somebody has a fifty pound bag of dog food delivered it costs the same as if you have a like a little tube of lipstick delivered but i was talking about correlation doesn't equal causation and i want to show you like a little chart. on this because i tweeted correlation doesn't necessarily equal causal

in his world, bezos owns the post, hence if the post has negative coverage of the president, it muste jeff bezos' problem. that's an issue from first amendment perspective and president attacking the media perspective, and now as you introduce, it is a problem in that the president is choosing companies over other companies. there are consequences to this. this can go further. >> without question. we have seen the stock market react to this. amazon stock was down yesterday around 5%. down almost 10% the last few weeks. sources say he is seriously considering cancelling a pending contract that amazon has up forbid with the defense department. they also have some very large federal contracts that donald trump would like to revoke. that could hurt amazon's bottom line. we are talking billions of dollars that he wants to exact pain on amazon with. and that to me again is troubling that the president would use personal an moimosity dictate a private company. >> this article is worth reading. it is a big deal that the president is attacking a private company. >>> now to potentially a huge

"the denver post" covering this story extensively.upport of the paper? >> one of the things we can trust as a reader, as a general public, when we have mainstream media like "the denver post," we can always trust they are reporting with standards. with the advent of social media, one of the things we're losing as a society is the trust and the, you know, belief that this is a -- these accusations, these concerns, these stories have been vetted and corroborated. and you can't do that in the social media platform. standards like "the denver post" bring to the market one in which many of us believe in and pick up on every day, we can trust that what we read is at least -- has at least been vetted. and to give at least those accused the opportunity like myself to, you know, give a response that is appropriate, and accurate, and but at least have the balance. and you can't count on that within the social media platform. "the denver post" is a responsible, objective medium here in our city, and we've got to believe that it's important for d

. >>> the breaking news we're covering tonight comes from the "washington post." and it's a big one. mueller's people have told trump's people the president is the subject of a criminal investigation, though not currently a target. mueller is preparing a report about donald trump's actions in office, and there's more. two of the reporters on this story standing by to talk with us. that news dropping just hours after the first sentencing and prison time ordered in the mueller investigation. and the president's comments today on russia and putin are now being viewed in a new light because of tonight's reporting. as "the 11th hour" on a tuesday night gets under way. good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. day 439 of the trump administration. and the "washington post" has just dropped a major story tonight on the mueller russia investigation. carol len and i can robert costa report the special counsel told president trump's attorneys that the president remains under investigation but is not a criminal target, quote, in private negotiations in e

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