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About privacy, child pornography, and allowing politicians to lie on facebook. >> are you telling me -- i think as you said to me before, youre planning to do no fact checking on political ads? >> chairwoman, our policy is that we do not fact-check politicians speech. and the reason for that is that we believe that in a democracy it is important that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying. >> joining me now, bloomberg technology reporter sarah friar. sarah, thanks so much for ...

Welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." mark zuckerberg is testifying before congress. today is about libra. libra is his battle plan for global digital currency. >> i believe this is something that should be built. i get that i am not the ideal messenger for this right now. we faced a lot of issues over the past few years and i am sure a lot of people wish that anyone but facebook who are helping to propose this. there is a reason that we care about this. thats because facebook is about putting power...

Market has a correct reaction here. i believe with libra, it is not ever going to launch. i dont believe. you are seeing abandonment by big corporations and regulators around the world are justifying and anxious about this. i think a lot of this is mood, stephanie. i think libra is dead on arrival. great idea, it should not be from facebook and nobody trusts. >> scott and tony, thank you very much. amazing, they decide to get in the libra game in a time like this. >> thats a great conversation. ...

Last month he had private meetings with lawmakers as well as president trump. this time hell face questions about facebooks plan to launch a digital currency, the crypto currency known as libra is controversial. seven companies that signed on as founding members of the project have already dropped out. house financial services chair maxine waters has called on facebook to cancel libra all together. so we could see some fireworks on capitol hill. in new york, im alison kosik.

The cryptocurrency platform hes trying to launch and so many companies, including paypal, have fled that platform already before its even started. but beyond that, we expect to hear a lot more on what has happened here, why he gave that speech. the real philosophies behind it. and you can expect this time its going to be a major grilling on privacy, safety, and of course now free speech, ayman. >> i can imagine all these things will be brought up. nbcs jo ling kent, thank you very much. at 1:00 ...

Nato under president bush. hes taken this position to ukraine to help president trump handle a relationship with a smaller country but one that is very important, especially when you consider aggression from russia and how ukraine has to deal with that. so his testimony, especially since hes left that position could be very dangerous to the trump administration. since hes left his career in the foreign service, hes now worried about his legacy, in making sure that he is a person on the right sid...

Army private first class. he lived alone in a hurricane-battered home. news of the solitary funeral quickly spread, his military family mobilized. >> all veterans should be honored every day. >> he will be remembered for now and ever more. >> reporter: some 1,500 gathered, veterans, citizens from near and far. >> what a tribute, as it should be. >> reporter: as taps played, pfc edward pearson moved on with respect and dignity. kevin tibbles, nbc news. >> its always incredible to see a community ...

This is according to "the wall street journal." is this coming not just from european officials but also officials like jerome powell saying talking about his reticence about fully endorse libra with facebook. coca-cola upping its caffeine offing with the addition of a new energy drink. what more can you tell us about that? when are we getting our samples on set? >> you know, i thought of you guys when i read this story. especially if you need an energy drink when you wake up at 2:00 in the mo...

Million of reimburse meant and 5.2 in nonprofits of opioid related nonprofits. its the fourth company to come to a settlement. others include melecon and allegan. another story, libra, which is facebook potential venture. remember, they announced back in july, they were planning on the launching their own version of cryptocurrency. well, looks like theyre running into problems there. some key partners, im talking visa, mastercard and other institutions that originally said they would partner w...

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