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Clearly hasnt happened. >> exactly. we thought it might be dying down a little bit after the hearing. trust me, he did not want to go before congress. it was the last thing he wanted to do. you know, he hates that. most tech ceos absolutely hate that. but it turns out that there are deeper consequences to this. i think one of the questions is whether there are discrepancies and what zuckerberg told the lawmakers and told the public which would be material information to investors and what actual...

Children. they say that theyre here. theyve been here for weeks and theyll continue trying to figure out a way to get north of the refer. what is really interesting perspective here, poppy, when you look out the window of this shelter, literally just beyond this tree line is the rio grande to give you a sense and scope of how close all of this is unfolding here along the southern border in mexico and texas. poppy? >> ed, thank you for the reporting and thank you for being on the ground to show u...

Enforcement. well, they then issued a statement after having publicized that, gotten word saying they were dismayed by trump administration policies. it was a public letter addresse nain a della, he say he considers the immigration policy cruel and abrasive. this seems to be broadly representative of tech workers and tech bosses. tim cook calls the policy heartbreaking, googles ceo calls it gut-wrenching and the fans of airbnb calling it immoral. >> strong words from some of those tech ceos, one...

That knows less about firearms? nicole wallace mistook a soda or opening for a gunshot. >> i opened my diet mountain dew, which i happen to like, and no one around here jumped and thought it was an ar-15, let alone a 9-millimeter. i need diet mountain dew because im up at n 6:00 in the morning used to be, it keeps up awake, but ive never mistaken, nor anyone would mistake that is gunfire. they know nothing, tucker. how many members of the media are members of the nra, how many of them have fired...

>> they are experts in that stuff. any group in america that knows less about firearms. nicole mistook a soda opening for gun shots. >> i opened my diet mountain dew and no one jumped. i need it because i am up at 6 in the morning. no one i know would mistake that as gunfire. how many members of this media are members of the nra. have many have fired weapons? they dont know a squat automatic weapon from a b-b gun. but they tell me what i cant and carry. of course its political activism to help t...

Founder and ceo mark zuckerberg will testify before congress april 10. most experts say facebook is sure to face fines or some form of regulation or both. this specter of regulation means investors may no longer see tech as a safe investment but as a risky one. two other tech ceos have been invited to testify at the same hearing. google and twitter. the perception of risk pushing chip giant in video down. its chips go to driverless tech. lastly, and uber driverless car killed a pedestrian in ari...

Though, again, one of the most powerful men in the world. so hes willing to testify although he add a little wiggle room. he also said hes open to conversation about rememberlation. its not whether there should be regulation, its what kind there should be. >> he did say regarding testifying that if he was the only -- if it was a subject that he was the only person who was an expert on or, you know, the single expert, he would be happy to testify. i think that was basically his message. >> report...

Only -- if it was a subject that he was the only person who was an expert on or, you know, the single expert, he would be happy to testify. i think that was basically his message. >> reporter: yeah. you know, at first he did say, well, its got to be the right person. and i think, look, i think there was a lot of pressure for tech ceos to show up and testify when we saw what happened with the election and russian influence. people wanted to see the ceos of these tech companies who have put us thr...

It has to happen without anyone thinking thats propaganda because the moment you think thats propaganda, the next question is put that out. >> we started today with the reports about the trump campaigns data firm. the campaign while donald trump was running for president. in 2014, cambridge analytica harvested complicated extensive personal data from tens of millions of americans who didnt know they were handing that kind of information over. according ochoto a new whistle blower was basically t...

Incredibly consequential for what speech gets aired and seen by ordinary people, ordinary americans. >> reporter: while major tech ceos are beginning to grapple with the unseen consequence of their increasingly powerful platforms, there are some calls for tech companies to be regulated as utilities. many in silicon valley disagree. i recently spoke to twitter and media founder ed williams about it. a congressman suggested there should be an act passing legislation to put disclosure requirement...