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Of amazon in the past. not anymore. for years, brick and mortar stores complained and blasted amazon for not collecting sales tax. they only tax those with a physical presence, giving online companies an advantage. since then amazon has opened physical stores and fulfillment centers. it now collects sales taxes from its customers in every state. t the president claimed bezos used the "washington post" as a toy. >> amazon is getting away with murder tax-wise. hes using the "washington post" for p...

And pays taxes in every state. the president frequently attacked bezos during the campaign, claiming he used the "washington post" as a toy. >> amazon is getting away with murder tax-wise. hes using the "washington post" for power so that the politicians in washington dont tax amazon like they should be taxed. >> relations seem to have warmed since the election. the amazon ceo has met with the president several times including with other tech executives earlier this month. hes sitting next to na...

Digit gain. record highs, nicole? >> thats right. everybody loves it. 4o1 kays and iras say its bring it on. they like to see the record highs, and that is exactly what we are seeing today. the dow jones industrial average at this moment is up 113 points, and thats a 21497. thats too high. topping 215. the s&p also up. that is a big one. look at the tech titans that are topping these stocks. amazon, intel, microsoft, dr the best performance today, and since the election, they have really done we...

Citizens, how exactly did the russians try to impact the election. but you know this better than i. these investigations tend to take on a life of their own. >> jared kushner, the presidents senior adviser and son-in-law, is among those welcoming tech executives to the white house today. moments ago, he spoke at the summit meeting that is going on. the president will be meeting with all the tech leaders later in the day. listen to this. >> this is technology here at the white house and we are pr...

Hes got all these tech executives. for a lot of people thats the first time probably they have heard his voice. >> he just got a speaking role. >> hes got this big summit today with all the tech executives that hes organizing. later in the week hes heading to jerusalem, to meet with israeli and palestinian leaders, trying to get some sort of peace process under way. hes a busy guy. >> the right-hand man for president trump. we talk about the chief of staff and reince priebus, steve bannon, the s...

As one of the top tech executives in the country, shes used to dealing with stress and difficult work situations but thiss one simple thing that really drives the youtube ceo notes. poppy harlow talked to her about fighting sexism in silicone valley and why you should never interrupt. >> is there a sexism problem in silicone valley today? >> well, i think silicone valley is a diverse place and there are many different opinions. but when you have a majority -- and t and minority. its going to be ...

Is, that raises an enormous amount of questions. >> hes got china policy, middle east, the opioid epidemic. >> during the transition, he often said to tech executives that everything runs through me, that apparently is quite literal right now. i dont know what this means in terms of the budget. the president talked about it frequently on the campaign trail. its a much harder issue to actually solve with practice than the u.s. to talk about and jason said something about the war on drugs of the 1...

Added another voice. elon mufsk. he joined other tech companies in the legal fight declaring the order on immigration violates the immigration laws and constitution. the total number of companies who signed the friend of the court brief to 127. including casper and slack. teslas musk was one of the top tech executives who met with trump in december. it is interesting. usually companies dont wade into this. after the same-sex marriage deba debate, i call it conscience capitalism. they want what i...

Administration, youre referring to the fact that teal got elan musk and ubers ceo on to the presidents advisory board. >> yes. into that big meeting, the silent meeting of tech executives who could never shut up suddenly became silent which was fascinating to me. >> uber is facing a big backlash, telling people to delete uber, and to start using lyft. lyft comes out and says, were going to make a million dollar donation to immigrants and after i guess figuring out that they were in major trouble...

This country, they must have it from overseas and we need them to stay ahead of the curve. >> would have an their own agenda, tech executives supported hillary clinton. peter teal is one of the only one saying lets give this a chance. he likes donald trump. >> it is a true prompt thing. most of them are progressives and assaults of business. most of them want these engineers are in generic from around the world. the question is do they need -- are there enough home grown folks they can hire who ...