Having me on. It is really important that we are talking about Rural Broadband. Ive been engaged in this for years. I am one of the cofounders of the Rural Broadband caucus and we also have groups that are meeting all the time. This is not a republican or democrat or independent issue, this affects everyone out in the rural areas. And it is important for us to get this out as soon as we can because, especially during this covid19, we have really seen the effects in what can be done when we have the broadband out in our rural areas. Everything from telehealth ive talked to so many doctors that said it has been a savior out there for people to have telehealth, but then again, if you dont have the access and you have a problem so that is one of the first things ive heard right off the bat ive heard from people on the telehealth side. We also hear on the educational side, here in the state of ohio, they started closing the schools and they decided, well, we will have the kids do it remotel
Back at this particular moment and talk about facebook the inside story couldnt be more timely. I am just going to start off we have a lot of places to go with this kind going to start with something timely. This morning as we came to the show you heard about the hacking of her and the fact trump has gone to facebook to get his message out. Facebook got a lot of criticism for things over the years and i actually wrote a column recently about why Mark Zuckerberg hasnt fact checked. Tell us about your relationship with facebook and free speech. Im going to throw a big question to launch this off. Guest it is good to be here again with some virtuosi. Like a lot of things you cannot just tease out any one problem of facebook dna in its origins. In the case of trump obviously it wasnt something they talked about but by the time the campaign got rolling in 2015, this became an issue for facebook blather on top of the way that it dealt with controversy and it first came out in 2015 when he po
Proposals put out to expand Rural Broadband, especially in this time of covid. Which ones are you supporting and which ones do you think would benefit your largely rural district . Guest thank you for having me on. Its important we talk about Rural Broadband. I have been engaged in this for years and one of the cofounders of the caucus and also have groups meeting all the time because this is not a republican or democrat or independent issue but this affects everyone in the rural area and its important to get this out as soon as we cant because during this, 19 you will see the effects and what can be done when they have the broadband of our rural areas. Everything from telehealth and i talked to so many doctors that they have telehealth but again if you dont have the access and a problem so that is one of the first things on the telehealth side and we have educational side here in the state of ohio where they share closing schools and say we have the kids doing it remotely from home an
Ten year is yielding around 0. 65 . Yeah, 0. 648 30year is at 1. 383 andrew thanks, becky nice to see you. Meantime, civil Rights Groups involved in that meeting with facebook which we previewed for you yesterday right here on squawk, well, the companys platforms, they are calling that sitdown meeting disappointing. They say they were unable to get commitments from Company Leaders on how they plan to combat hate speech and misinformation on the site facebook spokesperson said this was an opportunity for the company to reaffirm the commitment to combatting hate on the services well talk a lot more about this later with somebody who was on that phone call. I dont know if it was a phone call or a zoom. They dont do zoom, guys. They didnt i thought it was a zoom . Facebook now has their own. They do they have their own platform now. I dont know if you are going to meet with well, ive had meetings on facebook they often use blue jeans. I thought it said zoom but it might have been used sayi
Never forget that you can also sustain us in the future. Today, give our senators the wisdom to trust you in the small things, realizing that faithfulness with the least perhaps them for fidelity with the much. As they seek to be stewards of your justice, mercy, and grace, use them to fulfill your purposes. Lord, give them a love for your wisdom and a passion to be guided by your precepts. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask so speak in morning business for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley thank you. Now that the United Kingdom has separated from the European Union, its our opportunity to sit down with the United Kingdom and do some