This is an hour. Morning, thank you for that wonderful introduction. Im coauthor of the politico playbook. Sherman, who we write our playbook every morning. For joining us here in austin. To have a great discussion. For those who may not know its the top rated newsletter. Through the noise every day and tell you what you really need to know, whats happening politics. World in its a combination of walter girl. Ite and gossip you can text pb to 66866 if you it. To sign up for his morning were joined here by members of the House Freedom caucus. A specialke to extend invitation to open congress and to our sponsor, pfizer, for politico tent here today. Now im going to introduce our guest. Thank you for the applause. Im going to go down the line. If they dont like a question that means they cant attack us, nd you notice they are on the righthand side of the stage. From the right, jim jordan from ohio, mark meadows from north carolina, who was the House Freedom caucus chairman. Still is. Stil
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Aggressive begging in the town before prince harry and Meghan Markle get married there in may. Raising wages could be putting jobs at risk as employers look to replace staff with Automated Systems and robotics. Ive come to this state of the art paint factory in ashington near newcastle to find out if new tech is good or bad forjobs. In sport, england falter after a promising start on the opening day of the fifth test. Alastair cook is one of three wickets to fall in sydney, england currently 155 3. And matt has the weather. Not only do we have more rain in the forecast but a severe spell of gales. All the details of the next 15 minutes. First, our main story. Children as young as 11 are becomming increasingly dependent on social media likes and comments in order to feel popular and fit in. A new study by the childrens commissioner for england found that children become increasingly anxious about their online image as they get older and are unprepared for how social media use changes as
Vote. Donald trump pushing hard for a yes vote. He says there is still time to do the right thing. He tweeted republicans should step up to the plate, crunch time has arrived. Todays vote dominates politics. How about money . A race to be the richest person in the world, jeff bezos close to exceeding bill gates after another high for the stock. Amazons founder is 3 billion behind. This guy, mark soderberg, is worth 70 billion. Facebook stock hit another record high and that stock has made him an extra 20 billion this calendar year. Watch out larry page and sergei brin, the google guys, their stock will come down and network will take a minor hit. The money story of the day, the massive wealth and power of the five Big Technology companies, the political story, the senate vote crucial to the Trump Presidency and political future of the Republican Party, highstakes indeed. And we are looking at another new high for the Dow Jones Industrials, up 100, 29 minutes from now. Varney and compan
New developments, some Significant Developments i think occurred over the course of the last few days with information that was brought to my attention. And im just going to read a very brief statement. And thats about all i can tell you. But i want to keep you fully informed of whats happening. At our open hearing on monday, i encouraged anyone who has information about relative topics, including surveillance on president elect trump or his Transition Team, to come forward and speak to the house Intelligence Committee. I also said that while there was not a physical wiretap of trump tower, i was concerned that other surveillance activities were used against President Trump and his associates. So first, i recently confirmed that on numerous occasions, the Intelligence Committee collected information about u. S. Citizens involved in the trump transition. Details about u. S. Persons, associated with the incoming administration, details with little or no apparent foreign intelligence valu