It was fourth of july weekend of 2017 and i was six months into my activism of trying to warn america about the threat from internet platforms like facebook. And i realized i needed to find a way to go to washington, d. C. And didnt know anyone. And a friend said you need to meet barry so as it happened, he was in new england for the fourth of july weekend and so was i, so we met at a hotel in boston and at this point, im terrified because i had been watching all the things that happened in 2016 and im beginning to get the sense that facebook and other internet platforms are so big that theres nothing we can do and hes got the hair, the tie, the suit, he sits back and proceeds to explain we will control these guys by bringing back antitrust law. At that point i had spent the better part of four years and antitrust was defunct. He says no you just have to believe in miracles. He said we are going to get back and restore capitalism in america. Im looking at him and i think that he is fro
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Manufacturing index hitting its best level since november 2018 but tech stocks as we mentioned lagging. The nasdaq is in the med as apple, amazon, microsoft all trade lower 59 minutes left in the session. Back off the lows. Coming up on todays show, ever corps founder roger altman on how the outcome of the election could affect your machine. Plus mond leez and paypal report earnings after the bell we will bring you all of those nbc first on cnbc with mond leezs ceo as soon as those numbers come out. We start off the month of november with gains after a down ep to october. Bob pisani is tracking some of the action. It is turning out to be a fairly simple narrative to understand today that is investors are choosing stimulus over stayathome plays. Let me show you what i mean. There is a belief there ises going to be very gig stimulus coming somewhere down the road again. Thats taken hold here look at the s p 500, up. Wait look at the small caps, up almost twice as much generally the bep y
Morning to talk the very latest on the newest findings. Markets this morning are rallying. Take a look at futures indicating a gain in triple digits as we are awaiting earnings from travelers, lack heed martin and proctor and gamble. Rough start to the week yesterday. Technology dragged down the markets and really turn in sentiment over stimulus, dow industrials down 410 points at the end of the day, nasdaq 192 and s p down 56 points yesterday on wall street. Stimulus at the forefront. Speaker pelosi and Steven Mnuchin with talks and thats what turned the markets yesterday, uncertainty over no deal. Big energy in 2020, why one experts thinks we will see gasoline at 6 a gallon should joe biden win the presidency and President Trumps latest endorsement. Why rapper 50 cent thinks the president will keep him close to his money. Mornings with maria live right now. Someonan markets this morning look like this on the heels, fractional moves this morning across europe. Overnight asia, best per
Fighting between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed terry territory everyone going to care about the 2 countries rejects calls for peace talks as the conflict threatens to escalate into all out. Im rebecca richs welcome to the program u. S. President almost trump and his democratic challenger who faced off in the 1st of 3 debates as head of the election on november 3rd trump dismissed a recent report in the New York Times about his tax payments insisting he paid millions in taxes biden said he would repeal trumps attack tax cuts and blame the president for the more than 200000 coronavirus deaths in the u. S. Both men hoping their performances will energize their election campaigns race and polls have shown biden with a lead in most battleground states. Well to talk more about this im joined by Stacey Bivins in the studio and our Washington Bureau chief in is paul whos been watching the debate and a republican supporter viewing party in the walky wisconsin but stacey i would like