let s get down to business. america s supreme court is set to hear two cases back to back that could reshape the internet. the first is gonzalez vs google. the second case being heard on wednesday is twitter vs taamneh. both deal with whether tech platforms should have legal immunity for what their users choose to post. for more, here s our north america business correspondent michelle fleury. should tech companies be held liable for harmful content promoted by their algorithms? that is the question being put before america s top court. eight years ago, gonzalez, 23 year old exchange student was killed by ices gunmen in paris. the family in seeking justice for her death is targeting google s video platform, youtube, alleging that by distributing terrorist training videos on its side, the tech giant acted as a recruiting platform for isis, in violation of us laws about helping terrorists. at the centre of this landmark as is a federal court forged in the earliest days of today
It is 5 00 on the dot. Hurricane harvey battered the texas coast and here in our area, we are in for a beautiful weekend. Couldnt be more different. Lets get right to our meteorologist krystal klei tracking all ever it for us. Yeah, totally different forecast our area to down south. Look over texas, this is the radar view of what is Hurricane Harvey. As you mentioned, downgraded now to the category 2 after a category 4 landfall. And you can tell a bit by looking at the eyewall that is that little doughnut right in the middle of what were seeing on radar, notice how its pinching into it a close because its weakening. Warm waters fuels it, so once it gets over land, it starts to weaken. But it is a very dangerous situation as it continues to spin just to the north of Corpus Christi. It made landfall near rockport, texas. And then a second landfall over copano bay. And now its churning over the coastal area through at least wednesday. This is when the devastation comes into play. Because
10 news today. Im katy zachry. Its 6 00 a. M. Hurricane harvey battering the texas coast. Now lets join nbc news live coverage. Good morning. This is an nbc news special report, im sheinelle jones. And im craig melvin. Were tracking Hurricane Harvey. The storm is pummeling the texas gulf coast. The storm made landfall around 10 00 p. M. Central time last night. It was a category 4 storm then. And its been downgraded this morning to a category 1, but its still an extremely dangerous and devastating situation. Lets head to victoria, texas where Kerry Sanders is standing by this morning. What can you tell us . Reporter well, right now the winds are still gusting upwards of 110 Miles Per Hour. Here in victoria, texas, most of the city has lost power which is of course what you would expect. The but g. News is that two shelters here are up and running and no problems, people who made to the shelters are safe. Unfortunately overnight in this hurricane, which also packs tornadoes and lights t
Ladies night at the amas. J. Los salsa sizzles. One direction scores big with story of my life and pitbull brings down the house. And hes flown all night to get to gma. Just wrapped up the amas. On our way to gma. So get ready. Dial it. And good morning, america. Boy, you have to hold onto your seats this monday morning. So much action. Pitbull here live. Batkid roaming the halls. Hes in times square as well and look who is back from his honeymoon. Sam champion. Speaking of roaming the halls. You were reintroducing yourself. I was going to bring pictures of my vacation. But i think you already had them. Oh, boy. We have lifesized posters of sam on the beach. A little bit different than brazil, the weather out here. That storm has wreaked havoc over much of the country. Its headed this way and its coming up, sam. Got started in the southwest. Its going all week long. No way you wont be affected by this storming if you are traveling around the country. Virtually half of the country is af
Generation that leads us forward to create the economy of the future and to lead the social changes that we urgently need right now. But the concept itself, as enticing as it is, theres one apples to oranges here, quantitative easing, however we dealt with the banks in 2008 right or wrong, those loans, zero interest in some cases were repaid. So that would not erase student debt. No matter what Interest Rate it is, you still have the principal. Its not the same mechanism with the bank and how would you get a congress that wants to do nothing like this to do Something Like this. It was easy for the banks to repay the loan. Theyre an extremely advantaged and privileged group. They get the money at zero interest, they loan it out at 7 so its really easy for them to pay back those loans. Young people are not in that situation. They dont have the jobs that we need. We dont have an economy that can employ them. So heres what im suggesting. That debt is largely owned now by the federal govern