in, and you just can t do that. so i think that google and twitter and facebook, they re really treading on very troubled territory. joining us now to take a closer look at this is our reporter who covers google and tech companies. ben, first of all, do we know about these thousands of complaints the president is talking about? we have no citation. we don t know if he s just talking about all the tweets that he s getting or if they came through an agency body. we don t know the source. that s the main question here. do we know the source of the complaint, was the president googling himself? we tried to trace it back. it looks like the night before fox business news lou dobbs who he likes. he s been known to watch, sourced this report from a conservative blogging network that said 96% figure, the same figure that trump used in his tweet. you dial that back and you find a blog post where this editor did a test on two different
and clinton watts, nbc, national security analyst. president trump just wrapped up an event in the oval office with the fifa president. fifa is the organization that oversees international soccer and the world cup. the u.s., canday and mexico are hosting the world cup in 2026. the president didn t answer whether mexico agreed to pay for the border wall as part of the new deal that the president announced yesterday, but he said mexico, yesterday he said mexico will pay for the wall. he also talked about the controversial google tweet earlier saying google is treading on troubled territory. we ll bring you more news from it as it breaks and talk about google. but up next, senator lindsey graham is getting set for a tribute to his long-time friend and colleague, john mccain. ohn n if you re turning 65, you may be learning about medicare ohn n
you might or joints.hing for your heart. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in clinical trials to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. president trump has made a big show of going after media companies and journalists, but now he s going after the platforms the news appears on, specifically google, accusing the tech giant of burying conservative voices and hiding news and information that he says is good. the president tweeted, without
pretty far from both of us, for example, on agriculture. canada is for protectionist of agriculture. if canada doesn t sign up for the deal by friday, the train may start to leave the station given the weird rules of motion authority and stuff like that. so there s a lot of pressure to come in on canada to join us this week. an it will be interesting to see. i know the talks have begun. it will be interesting to see if we can establish that. even this week, that will be astonishingly good news for americans. we ll see how this happens. kevin, good to see you, as always. kevin hassett. after googling himself this morning, president trump went after the tech giant, google, alleging the search results are, quote, rigged. when it comes to news about him and his administration, we ll put this in context after the break. you re watching msnbc.
more than most people, that it probably is worthy of a real study. right. there should be a real study, have a large sample size, have lots of computers. you know, let s check this out. let s check it out because we don t know how google ranks things. it s admittedly a black box. this is a problem. this is where they do have a cudgel to go after google. this is all part of this large conversation about how the algorithms are pushing news. ben, thank you very much for continuing coverage. we ll be right back. you re watching msnbc. ing msnbc. try new alka-seltzer pm gummies. the only fast, powerful heartburn relief plus melatonin so you can fall asleep quickly. oh, what a relief it is! to put on our website? i mean i would have but i m a commercial vehicle so i don t have hands. or a camera.or a website. should we franchise? is the market ready for that?