with hours of unsolicited tiktok i have videos about violence and self-harm. ainsley and brian? brian: thanks so much, alex a lot going on there. this went on for five hours a lot of pointed questions. and unlike most hearings, guys. usually wasn t yes or no. it was we were pretty much saw republicans and democrats on the same side with some legitimate questions. some more direct than others. but, keep in mind, we are talking about an app. that s got 8 billion users. 150 million in the u.s. 1/3 of americans get their news from tiktok. so, if you think for a second that this is not an influential app. it s just dance videos, you are just not paying attention. i think what also comes to fruition is this ceo who is remarkably qualified. no doubt about it, harvard educated, worked at goldman sachs. served in the military, became an officer. impressive background but he does not have a strong case because he cannot say definitively that china can t get ahold of this information. i will br
particular. congressman pfluger who joined us yesterday. the question, do you disagree with the fbi director and nsa director when they said that the ccp could have the ability to membership data and send it to the united states? he said no, i don t disagree. this is really case closed, ainsley. ainsley: i think what really was impressionable for many americans was to see the parents there of chase who was 16 years old. apparently his parents say that he had 1,000 videos that he had seen that were sent to him unsolicited through tiktok and the parents said your company destroyed our lives. the father, his lips were quivering. he was in tears. he was interviewed as you saw in alexandria s peace. kat cammack talked about tiktok. she pulled it up. someone threatening with a gun house energy and ghers committee on a video on tiktok it was up for 41 days she said and it was removed after she played it. congressman gus billie rockus
at dick cheney during his final appearance on the daily show with john stewart. they say it didn t good enough. typically they are vague and they fall back on well if you beat your chest a little bit more done it in 2011. or if you brought dick cheney to the negotiations. let s gotnot get crazy. everything would be fine. the president said iran remains an adversary which is anti-american and anti israel. the northeast cooling off a little bit but the south definitely still feeling the heat. maria molina is in the travel center with more on that. hello ainsley and everybody at home. if you are traveling across parts of the plains or into the southeast you could be looking at issues we are going to be looking at. this is a frontal boundary that will enhance thunderstorm activity. even a marginal risk for severe
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sienna mini van. shopping for school now. headed back and parents have done 40 percent of the back-to-school shopping according to the national retail federation. that makes the next two weeks critical for retarryls to check off the list. the average american is expect to do spend $688 sending junior back to school. but wal-mart said something yesterday that was pretty interesting. they said they are noticing shoppers are spending more at the beginning of the month when they are getting paid. we are still struggling to make ends meet. maybe we have some of these back to school shoppers waiting until september for their paychecks. $688. that s just high school. more for college. thanks so much as always. thanks so much. time for your first degree weather update. more on the storms that are headed in this weekend. hello ainsley. happy friday to you. that is the good news.