Marie harf and joining us today on the couch fox News Politics editor of Halftime Report Chris Stirewalt here. He is outnumbered and you never know what you are going to get when stirewalt sits on the couch. Should be a good hour. Enthusiastic gratitude. Start with that thank you for having me. Harris on fire. Sandra we look forward to the hour. Lets get it started. Unilateral move diane spine stein released the tringted of her committees interview with Glenn Simpson the cofounder of fusion gps. The firm that was behind the antitrump dossier. Republican Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley saying while they will continue to Work Together is he disappointed and that the release could hurt their investigation Going Forward. Guys, its did create some problems. For instance, when you are getting people to voluntarily come to you. It make a lot of people a lot more reserve about whether they want to cooperate. And i think particularly in regard to Jared Kushner, that it could maybe effect movi
Very clear that its looking into the dominant tech firms of the day to see if they are unlawfully reducing competition, stifling innovation, or harming consumers, and consumers really seem to be the driving force here because according to the press release, it reads the departments review will consider the widespread concerns that consumers, businesses, and entrepreneurs have expressed about research, social media, and some Retail Services online. Remember, this probe comes as a growing number of lawmakers, and even President Trump, have called for stricter regulation. If some lawmakers have been called for the breaking up of some of the Big Tech Companies including some democratic 2020 contenders. As of right now, most of those companies are not commenting. We had nothing so far from amazon or facebook according to the associated press. Apple did get back and referred them to recent comments from ceo tim cook who told last month that he doesnt think anybody reasonable would call apple
reporter: and people here that we ve spoken to have a lot of different messages, and as you mentioned, there are so many different tea party movements, so yet to be determined exactly the unified message that comes out of here when this is over. all right. maybe next time we see you, you ll show us some of the t-shirts they re telling. there must be something good. conventions are always good for slowinge slogans. reporter: very colorful ones. when we come back, we ll speak to mark scota, he s central to the tea party movement. we ll talk to him about whether it s a movement or a political party or a protest. let s talk to the people who organized it think about what s happening there in nashville. for strong bones, i take calcium.