Troops out of the middle east we take a look at the trillions spent on wars and the billions of men taining us military bases. Also this week the hog and pork industry has taken a hit from african swine flu in china and asia but does the Meat Industry need to change to save the planet. Frances digital tax on big Silicon Valley tech that could escalate a trade war with the United States. Well right now there are 200000 u. S. Troops stationed at more than 800 bases in 70 countries and territories outside the United States despite President Trumps pledges to end the endless wars the number of troops in the middle east has increased well the assassination of irans 2nd most powerful figure qassam soon the money by u. S. Drone strike has led to the deployment of more troops to iraq and one iran hit back and tensions appear to have eased for now a shadow war goes on which raises the question how much does the United States spend on its presence in the middle east well since 911. 00 taxpayers
A forest in my paper the home to thousands of Indigenous People they say they are living in a constant fear of fiction but that they are determined to fight for what they claim is their habitat. Ally iraqs cabinet has met to discuss the Prime Ministers offer to resign the meeting was called to find a political solution after 2 months of antigovernment protests either lab mad he says his government has done everything to meet the demands of protesters but demonstrators disagree and say they wont back down until theres a complete political overall iraqis are demanding more jobs Better Services and an end to corruption and many are also angry at iran accusing it of interfering in iraq he affairs on 400 people have died since the protests began in october seem on a fault in has more from baghdad. The violence appears to have gone down after 2 very violent days that claimed a lot of lives but the aftermath of what has happened still very much reverberate is not just here for Tahrir Square b
Economic opportunity of jobs, of Educational Opportunities for our kids and these counted cuttingedge innovations we hear about cognitive cars to cities and the internet wont work or wont work well without 5g. A lot of things we have to do right and government to secure u. S. Leadership in 5g. One goes to your question which is spectrum. We have to put out a lot of new spectrum bands to enable all of these great new inventions to work on a 5g platform. See ban is one component of that which touches on what we called mid ban spectrum. The secure 5g leadership we need low ban, mid ban and a high ban. This announcement is a good win for the u. S. By pushing more mid ban spectrum out there into the marketplace. Host isnt that mid ban spectrum being used by Satellite Companies . Guest all the spectrum we had is being used by someone right now but the question is how do we make sure we put it to its highest and best use. The idea were putting forward at the fcc is a way to protect and preser
Is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Host brendan carr is one of three republican commissioners on the federal communications commission. He is our guest this week on the communicators. David mccabe of the New York Times is our guest reporter. Commissioner carr, this week there was an announcement by the chairman of the fcc ajit pai about the cband and 5g. Could you walk us through in layman terms what the Commission Proposed and what may happen . Guest 5g and securing u. S. Leadership in 5g has been our top priority at the sec and my top focus. Why is that . 5g is going to usher in a new era of economic opportunity, jobs, of Educational Opportunity for our kids. All these cutting Edge Innovations we heard about today from connected cars to smart cities, internet of cities will not work or not work well without 5g. The a lot of things that you do right. One of the ghost to question which a spectrum. We have to put out a
In the latest Earnings Report . Details ahead. And twitter mrs. Thirdquarter revenue estimates. We find out why new user growth did not translate into ad sales. Facebook dominated of the week in tech with Mark Zuckerberg defending his social network before congress on wednesday. What was scheduled as a hearing on the Cryptocurrency Libra also included issues like antitrust and privacy. Is in a currency . Are you a bank . What is this association . It is a very complex project. And as you say, it is risky. Do you consider libra to be money . I consider to be a payment system. Its like me having my money in wells fargo bank. You could think about it that way. The we are not a bank or applying for a bank charter. That is the problem. Thats what were facing. We are not going to launch the system here or anywhere else around the world until we get approval from relevant egulators. The american competitiveness angle and cognition with china is a National Security issue. In china, especially