government sites were completely unrelated to the media code which is yet to pass through the senate facebook's actions to unfriend australia today cutting off essential information services on health and emergency services. as they were disappointing i am in regular contact with the leaders of other nations on these issues we will not be intimidated by big seeking to pressure our parliaments as he votes on our important news media bargaining code so what we just heard that and this is what's really got people tugging on facebook now the proposed legislation is about news but facebook has gone beyond the meta and it's blocked pages that really can and do affect people's lives so the bureau of meteorology blocked far and a much as the saga says which post updates about deadly bushfires they've been taken down to charities including women's shelters or legal services for aboriginal people as well as very crucially state health departments which pay a really big role of course in the ongoing pandemic now some of those pages have been restored but it's too little too late straight to like ah this i

of meteorology were completely unrelated to the media code which is yet to pass through the senate facebook's actions to unfriend australia today cutting off essential information services on health and emergency services were as they were disappointing i am in regular contact with the leaders of other nations on these issues we will not be intimidated by big seeking to pressure our parliaments as he votes on our important news media bargaining code so we just heard that what's really got people turning on facebook now is that it's gone well beyond the media sphere and blocked pages which can and really do affect people's lives so we're talking about the bureau of meteorology which got the boot fire and emergency services which put out obviously warnings of bushfires blocked charities including women's shelters all he calls services for aboriginal people go on and crucially state health departments which obviously pay a really big role during the pandemic now some of those pages have been restored but it's too little too late facebook showed itself willing to play with people's lives in these

you would like to help, you can find that information on our nbc's nightly news facebook page >>> new fallout on senator ted cruz gabe gutierrez has more on that >> reporter: senator ted cruz now admits his stay to cancun was a mistake. >> as i was heading down there i started to have second thoughts immediately because the crisis here in texas. >> reporter: he got a frosty reception. the "houston chronicle" says texans is angry with ted cruz right now. >> he needs to show up and act like he cares. >> reporter: "the new york times" reveals a series of text messages from his wife mrs. cruz telling friends her house was freezing and inviting hers to join the cruz at the ritz carlton in cancun >> when things were happening we simply stayed on the ship and that's the commitment that we made when we signed up for these positions. >> reporter: cruz's office did not respond for comments about those reported texts >> gabe, thank you >>> this week's weather is still having a ripple effect on the covid-19 vaccine effort 42 million americans have received at least one dose hospitalizations in just over 62,000 migu

meteorology were completely unrelated to the media code which is yet to pass through the senate some sydney residents say facebook's decision will have a dramatic impact on the way people access information i think it's crazy i think i mean some software developers are fascinated to see that the ban is actually affecting other sites that are getting. you know the bombs going off and everything like. this so easy and so widely by right now just. people will just fall sick and like honestly like i specially the younger generation they would just be like you see they banned facebook. back a strong is the federal president of a strain is media union the n.e.a. he says he's been taken aback by facebook's actions. well it is just such an arrogant response from oh take monopoly responding to not was. a pretty minor but tends to control some of that monopolistic behavior kind of proves the point that their monopoly behavior needs a little bit of control because news organizations use whatever platform they can to share their content problem is that what this is meant is google and facebook now take the lion's share of adve

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facebook. that law, as we say, has passed the lower house of the australian parliament last night. it's due to go to the upper chamber, the senates approach with that of google, the other major tech company covered by this australian media bargaining code. this week, it's signed deals with several broadcasters and publishers worth many millions of dollars, and that is an apparent softening of google's hard—line opposition to the law. so on the one hand, you have facebook taking this extraordinary measure of blocking users from reposting australian news, and you have google reaching deals to pay for news content shared on its services. so, this is a dispute between australia and facebook that is likely to get pretty testy. this is shaping up to be a real arm wrestle between one let's get some of the day's other news. the security forces in myanmar have fired shots after some of the biggest demonstrations since the military seized power at the start of the month. the shooting was heard after dark at mandalay train station — it's not clear if anyone was targeted, or injured. police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protests

facebook. that law, as we say, has passed the lower house of the australian parliament last night, it's due to go to the upper chamber, the senateontrast, facebook approach to that of google, the other major tech company covered by this australian media bargaining code. this week, it's signed deals with several broadcasters and publishers worth many millions of dollars, and that is an apparent softening of google's hard—line opposition to the law. so i'm the one hand, you have facebook taking this extraordinary measure of blocking news from reposting australian news, and you have google reaching deals to pay for news content shared on its services. so, this is a dispute between australia and facebook that is likely to get pretty testy. and facebook that is likely to get pretty testy-— pretty testy. fail, thank you for monitoring _ pretty testy. fail, thank you for monitoring it _ pretty testy. fail, thank you for monitoring it for _ pretty testy. fail, thank you for monitoring it for us. _ pretty testy. fail, thank you for monitoring it for us. fail - pretty testy. fail, thank you for monitoring it for us. fail live i pretty tes

facebook took the opposite route. the australian said it would not be intimidated into backing down on its legislation, which is expected to be approved by the senate in coming days. british lawmakers have accused of -- british lawmakers have accused facebook of acting like a bully. analysts say it underscores the need for cooperation among countries as they try to regulate tech giants. >> internet users will also assess what facebo has done here. on the one hand, you keep hearing lobbyists and representatives of the companies saying we are in favor of freedom of expression. we should not take content down unnecessarily, but here, even if they admit that it is a small percentage of their revenues, they do not want the australian proposed law to touch their bottom line, i.e. their revenue, their money. that is why they are fine limiting access. i'm not worried that australia will not find a solution. i think people will find access to news on the original websites. there may be new services springing up. we have heard competitors jumping in and trying to take the space that others might leave, but i think it really shows how willing these huge corpo

one, it�*s something that has been bothering facebook specifically in that news—media bargaining, called the law that is in front of the senatews outlets and facebook to set a price. they didn�*t like that at all when it was proposed and now it has been agreed that that is going to be a very last resort. it�*s there, but it�*s going to be a last resort. so essentially, any digital platform will be given one month�*s notice to say that they have to enter into negotiation. there will be three months negotiation and two additional months of mediation before the government steps in. i think that was key to facebook, that they wanted to do this on their own terms with the news outlets, not the government. the second thing that the treasury did not mention is part of a statement by facebook. they say, going forward the government has clarified that we will retain the ability to decide if news appears on facebook so we won�*t automatically be forced into negotiation, which means that they have the choice to support news outlets which they choose. it is unclear how that is going to work. it is unclear whether, for example, facebook w

negotiations between big tech in the maybe that weren't going to happen without the senate intervention at the end of the dive facebook's accepted the premise that there needs to be an accommodation between the their market dominance in advertising and the public interest having journalism and news content in a strike so it's curious is that when you look at it you'd think that facebook and platforms like it they more useful to news organizations in the other way round when i read there was something like 5000000000 clicks on you sites through facebook. he had. the idea of the code which comes out of a night a month inquiry from a competition regulator is not actually devalue the exchange all the clicks or locks or whatever. you put on an individual pace of news it was to look at the market imbalance and the impact of a monopoly industry in advertising its impact on the is made in journalism so the argue of the card is actually to get to develop a mock up and a prize for fact bice public interest journalism which is actually creating effectively a new a new market in truth and it was always going to be a difficult proce

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senator any closer charter has unveiled sweeping new f.h.a.'s legislation that would significantly raise the risk for companies like facebook and google the club which are who is now the chair of the senate judiciary subcommittee has proposed the competition and teachers law enforcement reform act which would make major changes to editors law granting in force meant agencies more powers to impose bigger fines and shifting the burden of proof for companies over mergers here to break it all down is the us coast investigative journalist ben swan ben what kind of fines are we actually talking about for these companies and and how would they actually be enforced yes so that the fines are pretty significant in terms of upping the value or you know you and i talk about this all the time right that that's part of what's been built into these tech companies and their bottom line as in doing business is to say well we know we're going to be painful because we're going to break the law that's the way they do it and so they build that into their cost of doing business so right now the maximum fine that a tech company can face is $100000000.00 that is the

this morning and join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets. this morning, the senate health education labor and pensions committee holds a confirmation hearing for miguel cardona to serve as education secretary, watch on c-span three. ♪ >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span to viewers as a public service. utah senator mike lee talked about the senate filibuster at an event hosted by the heritage foundation. this is just over 30 minutes. >> will the nature of the senate be preferred in favor of ramming through an agenda the that's -- that does not enjoy broad-based support amongst people or in the united states senate. to sort through this question, senator mike lee is with us and it's our great rebels to have them with us. the senior senator from utah is the chairman of the joint economic committee and chairman of the senate steering committee but i wanted to speak with him about this particular iss

wednesday morning pressure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> today the senate approved tom vilsack as to be agriculture secretary. and u.s. of that un general assembly for the senate will work on more nominations this week. watch live coverage of the senate when they return at noon eastern tomorrow, here on cspan2. now here's a look at some of the floor speeches from earlier today starting with the senate majority leader schumer. >> mr. president, today the senate will complete the confirmation of two key nominees, linda thomas greenfield to serve as the un ambassador and tom vilsack to service agriculture secretary right as i said yesterday the senate will also confirm to serve as the next energy secretary and begin the confirmation of doctor miguel cardone to serve at the next education secretary. we also hope to do unit

has the state's republican senator left his reputation out in the cold? and facebookriends australia. the social networking giant blocks access to news media on its site in a row over paying for content. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. we start on another planet — mars, where the nasa perseverance rover has safely touched down. it's already sending back messages from its new home and will now try to find signs of life on the planet. here's our science correspondent rebecca morelle. and a warning — her report contains some flashing images. perseverance is going about one kilometre per second. a nerve—racking wait at mission control. perseverance has landed safely, on the surface of mars! cheering then celebrations as a signal is received from mars. it's touchdown for nasa's perseverance rover. and these are its first images — a view of its landing site before it starts to explore. the rover has even started tweeting, too... what an amazing team. to work through all the adversity and challenges that goes with landing a rover on mars, plus

has the state's republican senator left his reputation out in the cold? and facebooktralia — the social networking giant blocks access to news media on its site in a row over paying for content. hello, welcome to the programme. we start on another planet — mars, where the nasa perseverance rover has safely touched down. it has already started sending back messages from its new home, and will now set about the business of trying to find signs that mars was once — and could even still be — a planet where life took hold. here's our science correspondent rebecca morelle. and a warning — her report contains some flashing images. perseverance is going about one kilometre per second. a nerve—racking wait at mission control. perseverance has landed safely, on the surface of mars! cheering then celebrations as a signal is received from mars. it's touchdown for nasa's perseverance rover. and these are its first images — a view of its landing site before it starts to explore. the rover has even started tweeting, too... what an amazing team. to work through all the adversity and

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veteran congressional investigations lawyer who prepared mark zuckerberg ahead of facebook's hearings a statement from senator elizabeth warren out this morning about robinhood could hint at some lines of questioning from her congressional colleagues tomorrow senator warren said that robinhood's letter response to letter she sent said robinhood's response to buried important information about consumers' rights in a prepared testimony released today, robinhood ceo vlad tenev fights back against allegations that they were colluding with hedge funds, calling it quote absolutely false, and market distorting rhetoric. shep >> thanks very much. you can watch the hearing right here on cnbc starting at noon eastern tomorrow. >>> americans went on a spending spree last month, and that's what's topping cnbc's "on the money. >>> retail sales rose more than 5% in the month of january that's the biggest increase since june, and much larger than had been anticipated economists say the latest round of stimulus checks helped lure people back into stores. sales rose across the board. department stores saw the biggest gains fo

facebook in the app store. gem and for free devaney. biden democrats have their 1st win in congress early on friday morning as the senate voted to back the president's $1.00 trillion dollars stimulus package that was also the small matter of dealing with a republican representative who has mused on facebook about the likelihood that wildfires in california had been caused by jewish backed space lasers and who has not retracted her claim but no airplane hit the pentagon on 911 but we'll get to that i'm phil gale in berlin and this is the day.

of four years, with the help of major media, and twitter and facebook, and also the acquiescence, the silence, of the republicans in the senatelicans right now, who are elected republicans, have a dilemma on their hands. do they follow the republican party at its base in terms of voter preferences? they want donald trump to president again. they don't want him impeached, in terms of convicted of impeachment. they are actually quite extreme in their views, as a cult — as a kind of irrational religion, in effect. or do republican leaders try to move the party back to the republican party it used to be? i think it will be difficult to go backwards. i think that the republican party is probably going to split into two parties, one a donald trump party, the second is the old establishment business republican party. that is a huge and significant prediction. we will of course keep our eye on the internal machinations of the republican party. i want to go back to the stimulus bill itself. $1.9 trillion. what actual difference will it make for ordinary americans? it will make a huge difference. right now we have 9 million fewer jobs

now you have democrat senator amy klobuchar out with a sweeping new antitrust bill that could slap 15% of revenue fines on the likes of google, facebookd amazon. so that is a big deal. she is the new chair of senate subcommittee on antitrust. let's move on to this story. christian, americans keep getting confused over the guidance of what top do about covid-19. they're frustrated. they're sick much it. they have been in lock down and shutdown mode for nearly a year. let's listen to dr. fauci. critics say is flip-flopping and confusing americans for some time now. christian, you and i talked about it was 15 days to flatten the curve. now that has become indefinite and open-ended. let's listen to this. watch. >> right now the risk to americans is really low. it could really explode into something much bigger. right now at this moment there is no need to change anything that you're doing on a day-by-day basis. >> right now we're seeing all of these school closures around the country. is that the right move for children and families? >> i think what is going on right now is generally an appropriate approach. close the bars and keep the sc

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. >> just to clarify one step further, senator warner, that applies therefore if facebook for example paid directly to promote a post. >> yes. >> however, it doesn't apply if i make a stupid comment on my facebook page and facebook is showing commercials in and around alongside that like many website do on every i think single day posts >> absolutely. this is where we were trying to not get into the speech -- first amendment speech debate, and there will be people who will try to go further. we were trying to work particularly with the civil rights community because the civil rights community two to three years ago was very reluctant to reform section 230. they have now seen the level of abuse that takes place on some of these sites that advances for example, racist, white supremacist views f. that action violates civil rights laws they cannot use section 230 as protection we have gone one on civil rights approach, one on the injunctive relief there are a variety of progs in this legislation. >> president biden himself is on the record making his position clear on this that he wants t

one, it's something that has been bothering facebook specifically in that news—media bargaining, called the law that is in front of the senaten is part of a statement by facebook. they say, going forward the government has clarified that we will retain the ability to decide if news appears on facebook so we won't automatically be forced into negotiation, which means that they have the choice to support news outlets which they choose. it is unclear how that is going to work. it is unclear whether, for example, facebook will say, we are going to support abc melbourne and not abc sydney, for example, the national broadcaster. all of this is still really unclear but i think all of that is part of the teething problems, if you will, that will come in practice, once this is actually put in practice. nature conservation organisations have warned that nearly a third of freshwater fish are at risk of extinction. conservation groups say the fish face a number of threats including pollution, unsustainable fishing, and the damming and draining of rivers and wetlands. they estimate around 80 species were known to have gone extinct, 16 in

facebook, twitter, turn on the nba. >> tucker: appreciated. the member of the senate who might be pressing the tech companies is josh hawley of missouri. no one has been more attacked more aggressively than josh hawley. is it possible they try to take him online because he's the one guy asking those questions? i don't know. this is the moment of no questions to add to the list of no questions. the world health organization is asking that you stop asking questions about china. we will keep doing it, questions like why does joe biden's pick have ties to the communist party of china? that might be worth asking. that's next. >> tucker: a man called william burns is joe biden's nominee to lead the cia and we are now learning just like the biden family itself that burns has ties to china and its communist government. foxes trace gallagher has details on that story. >> william burns is the former deputy secretary of state and u.s. ambassador to russia and in 2014 he left government to lead the carnegie endowment, think take that has close ties to china and one of the global

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facebook. on the senate side, senator bob menendez was a sponsor of this legislation and put out tweets talkingbout it and what he sees as the need for it. "we know the path or will demand negotiations with the other side but we will never win an argument we don't have the courage to make. we must make our case." "this bill will bring 11 million out of the shadows and give them the opportunity to pass criminal background and national security checks and secure lawful status, eventually apply for green cards, and after eight years begin the naturalization process." " to those who preach xenophobia and hate, the status quo deprives us the economic benefits. enough that it is a loss for republicans and a win for america." when it comes to immigrants, they fall into several categories they highlighted last year. naturalized citizens, 20.7 million. total number of lawful immigrants at 32.5 million. when you add lawful permanent residents. 10.5 million illegal immigrants. these are estimates going back to 2017. research done by pew. your idea for this path of citizenship. we will take your calls if y

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media code which is yet to pass through the senate david dale is a cyber law specialist at the university of new south wales and has more on what facebook's decision means. i think the fact that they've had some success in google announcing that they had signed deals for similar sort of commercial revenue sharing with other media and overnight we hear news limited around the world to murdoch's empire that the fact that it's been possible to make a commercial arrangement there i think makes it much less likely that the australian government would. back down they're not really facing a united front here google's worked out ways of essentially coming to terms with their request to share the online ad revenue and facebook in a sense has. played a very strong hand and demonstrated that it has unilateral control over content that everybody sees basically in every country around the world but they have a bit on the nose lightly so it's going to be interesting busy. these are global platforms the issue of. interspersing the intermediaries the sort of a collection of clicks and views in between the end reader and news websites is something that ap