Good morning, this hearing is called to order. The title of this hearing is congressional oversight in the face of executive branch and media suppression, and in particular case study of the crossfire hurricane, corrupt investigation. Ill add that. The hearing is actually quite a bit broader than that. But well certainly focus on that. I became chairman of this committee in january of 2015 and will complete my sixyear term at the end of this month. We can all be proud of the more than 100 piece of legislation we worked on together as a committee that became law. The other than more than 200 bills we passed out of committee, although not signed into law, can still serve as the basis for future legislation. Our committee and subcommittees also have broad oversight jurisdiction, and responsibilities that we have not ignored. We investigated and exposed problems within the Va Health Care system, human trafficking, National Security leaks, and systemic violations of the hatch act within the
Of questions using the Polling Technology this afternoon. This is a conversation i have been looking forward to all day, and for many weeks. We are joined by bill gates, somebody who needs no introduction. I have had the privilege to know him for a long time and talk to him through the pandemic. Hes the smartest person i know about setting the tables of where we are. Ive called him a national treasure, but hes now a global treasure. Hes donated 400 million to covid research. Advancecalled this in in 2015, when he warned about a possible pandemic of this sort. I should also note hes trying to get into the journalism business, hes starting a podcast, which we can go out and get, as well. I should also introduce albert bourla. Albert may no longer need an introduction, either. He is the ceo of pfizer. He has done something quite remarkable with this Covid Vaccine and the trial results we have seen have been astonishing. We will talk to him about what that means and where it is all headed.
Host as many people do when they are trying to research a a new place or a new thing, i went to wikipedia and want to get your reaction to what is on your wikipedia page. It says parler markets itself as free speech and unbiased alternative to mainstream social networks such as twitter and facebook have however, journalists and users have criticized the service for content policies that are more restrictive than the company portrays. Guest we have heard some of those criticisms but i have not seen evidence that really backs it up. If you read our Community Guidelines you will see we permit the widest possible amount of speech, consistent with law because of course we will not allow our platform to be used as a tool for crime or anything else. Within that we are in the spirit of the First Amendment. We are viewpoint neutral. To the extent that there is human beings involved in the process we have Community Jury and sometimes the jury is fallible, but otherwise no, we are viewpoint neutr
Bring to our guests, and also we are planning to ask you a couple of questions using the Polling Technology this afternoon. This is a conversation i have been looking forward to all day, and for many weeks. We are joined by bill gates, somebody who needs no introduction. I have had the privilege to know him for a long time and talk to him through the pandemic. Hes the smartest person i know about setting the tables of where we are. Ive called him a national treasure, but hes now a global treasure. Hes donated 400 million to covid research. Advancecalled this in in 2015, when he warned about a possible pandemic of this sort. I should also note hes trying to get into the journalism business, hes starting a podcast, which we can go out and get, as well. I should also introduce albert bourla. Albert may no longer need an introduction, either. He is the ceo of pfizer. He has done something quite remarkable with this Covid Vaccine and the trial results we have seen have been astonishing. We
Saying china is the greatest threat to democracy worldwide. The u. S. The bloomberg u. S. Dollar index. Crude getting a lift after an opec agreement that came through. Theyre going to be keeping curbs in place in terms of production but we could see on a month by month basis some of those curbs being removed. Agrees to ease cuts more gradually. Gold about 1 10 of 1 lower. Bitcoin using some of its sheen and declinings extensive 1 . With all that in mind, lets find out what is happening in new york. Karina we start with the news on pfizer. It slumped on reported may ship only half of the vaccines it planned to this year. Issues supply chain will cut it to 50 million. Anthony found she is taking the u. K. For rushing to clear the pfizer vaccine. Moderna claims it shows what it claims is durability. Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is calling for a smaller more focused stimulus package for the u. S. Economy as democrats scale back demands to find a route forward. The base