working on a software update that will show users if they have been shadow banned. the reason why, and how to appeal. as for the next drop of twitter files, weiss says it will come from journalist matt taibbi but no timeline was given. trace? trace: but more shoes are coming. griff jenkins live for us in d.c. griff, thank you. let s bring in fox news media analyst and host of fox news media buzz howard kurtz. we have been hearing about this chatter for years. is it really all that surprising to you? now we have proof what is stunning about the systematic targeting of conservatives is how sweeping and carefully planned it was. how those who complained were dismissed as conspiracy theorist and how top twitter executives lied about it as in oh we would never dream of shadow banning anybody for ideological reasons, false. two telling bari weiss we control the amplification of your content and normal people don t know about it. nobody knew about it. who would know?
example, sanford s dr. jay bhattacharya who argued that covid lockdowns would harm children. twitter secretly placed on on a trends blacklist. prevented his tweets from trending. dan bongino was slapped with a search blacklist which makes it harder to search for their profile. weiss also revealed a small secret group that included dorsey, and several other chief executives were calling the shots. that s drawing bipartisan criticism. they now have gone after people for their own political beliefs. they are effectively a modern public square. and they should not be engaged in censorship. critics of the file dump pointed to twitter s own terms of service which states the site has the right to, quote: limit distribution or visibility of any content on the service. but tech experts say it s not that simple. is it their right? absolutely. is it what is best for their business? maybe not. and, trace, musk says he is
sinema. we would be happy to welcome her into our party. we are a big tent party. thanks, you guys. everyone is keeping an eye on sinema s move. i spend a lot of time watching sinema she spends a lot of time in the well on the republican side. lot lost his post in 2001 when jim jeffress abandoned the g.o.p. to caucus with the democrats. giving them the majority. i think that this is this seems to be a cosmetic change. now, actually, sinema opposed changing the filibuster. arizona democrat reuben gallego is now teasing a senate run. he accused sinema of putting her own interests first. trace? trace: chad pergram live on the hill. thank you. meantime stocks were off today over inflation data and interest rate hike worries. the dow lost 305 points, the s&p 500 was down 29. the nasdaq fell 77. for the week the dow dropped 2 and three quarters percentage points, the s&p 500 off 3 and
accident that involved a capitol police cruiser, about they ve got it appears they re interviewing witnesses on the sidewalk when the cruiser was being when the car was being pursued by law enforcement up constitution here. they re now interviewing some people. they re pointing, trying to figure out exactly what went on. obviously the investigation is in its complete infancy but they re right here, a lot of evidence markers down, trying to figure out what happened, trace. trace: peter, thank you. and updating you on breaking news. a woman tried to ram a gate that leads to the white house and was not successful, and then led police on a high-speed chase up constitution avenue. she was forced off the road and gunfire ensured. the suspect is either in custody. we don t know if the suspect is
commit an act even with the tourists in front of the white house. so pennsylvania avenue was cleared for a while. it has now been re-opened. people are in lafayette park across the street from the white house, and all is secure here, trace. just so we re clear on this, wendell, you said the president is in the white house. at the time of this by our clock, maybe 45 minutes ago, was the president also inside the white house at the time the gates were rammed? he was in the west wing. wendell, stand by if you can. brett, the next step in this investigation, you know it s going to be intense, they re going to go over every bit of this from the white house gates down to the capitol. we have unconfirmed reports the report may have been wounded or injured in some capacity. that s not confirmed. so, we cannot tell you that happened. but the capitol police will come