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Shelby holiday and fox business reporter deidre bolton. lot to digest. one thing that struck me was at the very top, sheryl sandberg said on monday there will be a, quote unquote, very easy link at the top of your facebook page to delete apps, get a better handle on your privacy. first thing i thought, thats a great idea. what took so long? >> what took so long? you needed two strikes at the plate, which we have already seen. cambridge was the second strike. the first strike was this runup to ou...

Ask people whether they are american citizens. >> reporter: yeah, david. this could have major implications, as well. critics say this is about intimidating immigrants and will result in a population undercount, potentially could lead to lost congressional seats. but the white house says this protects voting rights and is necessary to measure the eligible voting population. california immediately filed suit, david, and now other blue states are promising the same. >> all right, cecilia vega with...

Necessary. >> when you take what trey gowdy had to say, which was very significant, with the presidents tone tweet, the president calling out mueller by name for the first time in a tweet in which he talks about a witch hunt, it is clear that he is taking this to a new level. if he cant get rid of mueller, is the goal to discredit mueller enough, that this long-term republican, nominated by republicans, would somehow have the results of his inquiry questioned by a decent merge of the american vo...

Half of the total u.s. voting population. >> do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the truth and nothing but the truth? negative, capitol hill wants answers. >> the political ad was paid for by rubles. isnt that a red flag? how could that happen? >> it began more than 4,000 miles away in st. petersburg in this utterly nondescript office building. >> they were placing thousands of ads on facebook during the 2016 presidential election to stoke arguments and in some ways also to hurt hillary cli...

Americans against one another. >> social media was weaponized to target the minds of the american people. >> it seems like the u.s. government was perhaps a bit blind-sided when it came to social media threats. is that fair? >> i think thats a fair statement. >> around 150 million people. thats how many were potentially exposed to the bogus content on facebook and instagram alone. thats equivalent to more than half of the total u.s. voting population. >> do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, ...

That is equivalent to half of the voting population. there -- >> isnt that a red flag? how could that happen? >> it began more than 4,000 miles away in st. petersburg in this unt tterly nondiscrypt off building. >> they were placing ads to stoke arguments and to in some ways hurt hillary clinton and help donald trump. almost all of it praises back to

Daca. this is an election year, and 2018 mid-term elections, when you have the senate so close, 51-49, and the house is in play for months now, and you cant risk losing a section of your voting population that you might if you dont -- look, there are republicans running in states with large hispanic populations and there are other voter groups that care about the daca issue, and it cant turn into a self-inflicted wound. ron made the point you cant make this cleanly if you leverage the opening of...

Be? we have our panel tonight. great to have you both with us tonight. >> thanks, shannon. >> shannon: i think its interesting to look at this, you know, there is a piece in "the new york times" where he said, democrats may like their polling numbers because in a lot of cases though still look good, especially going into 2018 but they need to look at these other things and consider them, 3.3% last quarters annual growth, growth rate, interest rates are not spiking anytime soon. 4.1% unemployment...

Be? we have our panel tonight. great to have you both with us tonight. >> thanks, shannon. >> shannon: i think its interesting to look at this, you know, there is a piece in "the new york times" where he said, democrats may like their polling numbers because in a lot of cases though still look good, especially going into 2018 but they need to look at these other things and consider them, 3.3% last quarters annual growth, growth rate, interest rates are not spiking anytime soon. 4.1% unemployment...

We have to attack this at all levels. when you make an investment in african-american communities, and a little write-in campaign on the side in terms of persuasion, thats how you see results. >> we have those numbers hopefully on the ra african-american vote, they made up 29% of the voting population yesterday and of that group voted 96% for doug jones, and they voted more for the democrat yesterday than even for barack obama in past elections, simone, so what drove the african-american vote ye...