We will go to San Francisco shortly for the latest on changes in ubers leadership. On thewe have our eye middle east with the crisis in vauxhall, later in the program. This is daybreak asia, coming to you from 7 00e it is just after a. M. In hong kong. I am yvonne man. We escaped the typhoon in hong kong. A whirlwind of a storm. The selloff going global. It is hard to tell if this is a pause or meaningful rotation out of some of these growth stocks. Betty it seems to make perfect sense, right . Yvonne, these big tech shares are the ones that have led the rally, so you can see at some point, investors would say let us take some profit on these gains. The question is, what is the timing . What gives here . That is what investors are tied to parse through in the next few hours. Heavy some of the tech investors. That looks set to continue. Let us look at how the state of play is into new zealand. Plenty flat. The kiwi at 72. 02. Australia returning back from its holiday, could play catchup
Youve cited reports at least 8 of twitter accounts are bot accounts and dont represent an actual person. Was out recently with facebook and they took down accounts. Facebook acted like they had no responsibility for policing fake news. I think they moved into a more responsible position. Id love to hear from all of you what role you feel these Platform Companies that control so much information, google, face boork, twitter, et al, have in this new world. Well go down the list, ambassador burns. Ambassador burns i was impressed with the number of people, take youtube, for example, they now dedicate to try to filter out hate speech and thats commendable. If thats the case, there ought to be an ongoing dialogue between the u. S. Government, our National Security agencies and these companies to try to filter out russia propaganda. Its a direct assault on our country. I was impressed by his testimony. I thought it was quite convincing there has to be an integration of a Technology Company a
I call the hearing to order. Today the committee convenes its seventh open hearing of 2017 to examine russias interference in the 2016 u. S. Elections. In the 12th open hearing this year, to date our open hearings have largely focused on the domestic impact of russias activities. Todays witnesses, however, will highlight for the committee and for the American People russias interference in the european elections. We hope to gain additional understanding of russian efforts to undermine Democratic Institutions, worldwide as the committee continues its inquiry. The Intelligence Committee assessed in january that moscow will apply Lessons Learned from its campaign aimed at the United States president ial election to further influence efforts worldwide. It further assessed that russia has sought to influence elections across europe. Director of National Intelligence coats echoed those words as recently as may when he testified before the senate that russias seeking to influence elections in
Department and nato. Id like to call the hearing to order. Thatd committee convenes its second open hearing of 2017 into russian interference in the 2016 u. S. Election the 12th open hearing this year. To date our open hearings have largely focused on the domestic impact of russias dealings. Todays hearing will hilet russias intersfeerns in the european elections. Senator burr we hope to gain additional understanding of russian efforts to undermine Democratic Institutions worldwide as the committee continues its inquiry. The Intelligence Committee assessed in january that moscow will apply Lessons Learned from its campaign aimed at the United States president ial election to further influence efforts worldwide. It further assessed that russia sought to influence elections across europe. The director of National Intelligence copse echoed those words as recently as may when he testified before the senate that russias seeking to influence election in europe, including france, germany and
The russian federation. Their relationship has been the subject of speculation for months and Long Distance until today when they met at the summit in germany. First Lady Melania Trump interrupted to urge them to wrap it up, to no avail. Tillerson was the only other administration person. Began on an awkward note, the 2016 election. The two leaders differences may be intractable tillerson said in a briefing where cameras were not allowed. The president pressed president putin on more than one occasion about russian involvement and president putin denied involvement as he has in the past. But Sergey Lavrov described things differently, said President Trump accepted putins denials and said some are fueling stories of russian meddling. The intelligence communities concluded with high confidence Russian Hackers were responsible. Putin asked President Trump for proof. The two agreed to cooperate in syria. A limited cease fire in the southwest of the country but admitted key key details were