You or hurt you . I think the trump tax plan probably helps me more than it needs to, and im missing that part where nobody on the high end was going to benefit and this was going to benefit middleclass folks. So thats fake news. That would be that would not fall into the fact checkable news. Great. Lets get down to the serious things youve been investigating. Some of the platforms that many in the audience and even myself love, facebook, twitter, using Search Engines like google, are all now wrapped up into your committee, intelligence committee, coming in. Do you feel that these platforms are undermining our democracy . First of all, i know this feels like its a story that never ends, but lets look at what we do know. What 99. 9 of everyone in washington believes democrat or republican with the exception of maybe one individual at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. One, we know that russia using its services massively intervened in our election by hacking into both Political Parties and relea
So is the trump tax plan help or hurt you . It probably helps me more than it needs to. Im missing that part where nobody on the high end was going to benefit and this was going to benefit middle class folks. So thats fake news. That would not fall into the fact checkable news. Lets get down to the serious things that you have been investigating. Some of the platforms that many in the audience and even myself love, facebook, twitter, using Search Engines like google are now all wrapped up into your committee, Intelligence Committee coming in. Do you feel that these platforms are undermining our democracy . First of all, i know this feels like its a story that never ends. Lets look at what we do know. What 99. 9 of everyone in washington believes, democrat or republican, with the exception of one individual. We know that russia using its services massively intervened in our election by hacking into both Political Parties and releasing information that helped one candidate at the detrime
European equities are trading 30 minutes into the session. Stocks are falling in europe, the biggest threeday drop since november 4. Donald trumps firing of the acting attorney general adding about uncertainty decisions in the new administration. Thats the biggest drop since november 2. And currencies are rising against the dollar. Look at the greek 10 year yield still no agreement between the latest bailout review itseen greece and creditors. Lots of Corporate News to tell you about shell accelerating its drive to shed assets, agreeing to sell its fields in the north sea and thailand. The disposals include the sale of half the companies north sea assets for about 3. 8 ilion dollars. 3. 8 billion. Bgts filing up after the 54 billion takeover. A swedish fashion retailer, h m, providing relief for the european clothing industry, reporting profits that topped estimates and setting a new annual growth target after missing estimates of five of the previous six quarters. Seasonable weather p
Good monday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. With me at post 9, our own sara eisen. Jon fortt is at the mobile World Congress in barcelona. A lot more from jon in just a moment. It is a busy morning here in the markets, especially in washington. The president wrapping up a meeting with the National Governors association this hour, holding a roundtable with Health Insurance ceos. Our eamon javers is at the white house with all the latest. Hey, eamon. Reporter yeah, good morning, carl. That meeting with the Health Insurance ceos is going to right now behind closed doors here at the white house. We expect to see some tape of that and well bring you any comments that the president does make. But this morning we saw the president in a separate meeting, meeting with the nations governors, talking a little bit about where health care is going and the efforts of the Republican Party to repeal and replace obamacare. The president striking a little bit of a glum note here this morning, a slight