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Are not going to have a lot of confidence in their election process going forward into 2020, betsy. >> i think alabama is particularly interesting. reed hoffman a billionaire who invested in facebook very early on, publicly apologized because of funding that he provided was used by a small group boosting democrat doug jones to push disinformation against roy moore. basically a russian-style tactic. doug jones has disavowed it, has called for an investigation. it appears there's a federal investigation into this. and it shows the legacy of the 2016 election where now instead of just russians us...

Group he helped fund was using russian like misinformation tactics. reed hoffman gave $750,000 to anti-fake news organization. that's according to the "the washington post." that organization is accused of using social media to split conservative votes in last year's alabama senate race. democrat doug jones beat republican roy moore. and we telling you about this yesterday. now we have an update. three homeless men caught on camera attacking a police officer will face charges. ♪ get back. get back. get back. jillian: seen fighting off the men inside a new york city subway station after a wom...

Moore. reed hoffman added that he categorically disvows the use of misinformation to sway an election. so hoffman expressed support for a federal investigation to look into what happened in alabama which echos senator doug jones' position on the same reports. and after months of international uproar over u.s. intelligence beliefs with the plot to kill jamal khashoggi, russia is warning against the attempts to push the 33-year-old out of the line of recession.

Philanthropist. according to forbes he fell off their 400 list because he gave away to much of his money to charity. one of the thing he funds is liberal causes here in america. i wanted to talk to him about politics and his new book. reed hoffman, pleasure to have you on. >> it is great to be on. >> let me ask you about politics. you have been active and you say a lot of people in business share some of your dismay with what trump stands for and what he is doing but they don't want to say anything. why? >> i think the classic thing is hey it is business. i have a responsibility to shareholder...

The indian model could end up being a different model where the internet and data is more of a public good that is controlled or manage by the government in ways of connecting people through something like on par. >> you talk in the book, which is terrific, about some of the downsides, some of the cautions. i think for our purposes it is worth focusing on the extraordinary opportunity that the technology has given as you say to a very poor country. pleasure to have you on. >> thanks a lot. the founder of linked in reed hoffman on the american midterm elections he also talks about the race to...