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Doj have divvied up responsibility for probes into these gigantic players. what do you want to learn with your congressional hearings involving antitrust? >> well this is part of really a broad investigation. this is a bipartisan investigation launched by the judiciary committee that will be led by the antitrust subcommittee. its to look at the entire marketplace. its to look at the monopoly moment were in and figure out how to get the market working right. i want to make sure they are not engag...

Disregard for privacy of users, misuse of data so consumers dont control what happens to their data. so this is going to be a top to bottom review to see how the markets are working. what do we need to do to make sure competition exists in this space and we are protecting users and consumers and people who use the internet. >> you called for the breakup of facebook. why should companies -- >> no i havent called for break up of facebook. i called for an ftc investigation and well look at a number...

Quick. >> this is a broad investigation of the digital marketplace the dominance of the large technology platforms. for example, google controls 94 percent of searchers - - searches on mobile phones facebook has two.7 billion users the largest social network in the world and this is a monopoly so what we are concerned about is the impact on consumers you say they are free but the data that is collected the tct t and the intention to generate revenue so its not really free there is significant re...

Voluntarily. >> so its going to be a combination of those. >> congressman, you are in the middle of and in fact at the point of a fascinating development from capitol hill which is you want to lead antitrust investigations into big tech and were talking about amazon, google, facebook, apple. what are you hoping to achieve here? >> yeah, with he announced yesterday the judiciary committee will begin an investigation, a broad investigation of the digital marketplace of these very dominant platform...

Competitors from entering the marketplace which will drive down prices. the question about nt a competitive conduct and what it means to the consumer is a real issue, privacy is a real issue, the sharing of data with third parties. we want a system where people have control of their own data, they have reasonable expectation that their data will be kept private when they want it to be, that other competitors will be able to enter the marketplace that will spur innovation. there are a number of c...

Statute of a confederate general who led an army to maintain slavery in this country and slavery was based on race. >> youre right. the president is glorified andrew jackson who led the trail of tears against knave it americans and hes held up confederate leaders who helped to perpetuate the system of slavery. we need to understand the incidents of hate have increased since his presidency. hes dismantled institutions that were tasked of going after hate crimes. we need to restore that funding. w...

Point, inspired, enabled, or directed this or are going to do this in the future. >> i can make one point? i agree there should not be poly the liezation. this is not pay political question, its part of what youre saying, james, thats why law enforcement professionals even technology platforms that are monitoring accounts, look for certain words that incite this kind of violence. >> but facebook dont a very good job of looking for the kind of words than i cite vooimtion violen violence since thi...

Jobs? >> oh, no. i would have never rejected a single job. all kinds of jobs for all kinds of people. i would have been thrilled to get amazon. i understand why bill de blasio wanted them and why cuomo really pushed for it. and why virginia is going to benefit enormously as a result of this. its a shame that they, you know, that they didnt -- but i do think the point that de blasio is making about how a lot of these technology platforms have exacerbated income inequality and its hard to look awa...

I would not. a single job all kinds of jobs for all kinds of people. i would have been thrilled. i understand why he wanted them and why cuomo really pushed for it. it is a shame that they, you know, that they didnt come but i think the point that he is making about this technology platforms have exosar baited. it is hard to look away from the fact that he is the richest man in the entire world. amazon is a hugely successful corporation that obviously didnt need the tax breaks that would be spen...

Republican campaign are making this a fire up the base kind of election and republican voters who go to the polls, for them, immigration is a huge issue. look for the president to keep hammering on that. >> how much do you think were going to hear about kavanaugh? >> kavanaugh, as well. that came up again. another great issue that motivates voters to the polls, the way kavanaugh was treated, the spectacle of that hearing, the success in tipping the balance of the court, that is a huge thing for ...