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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, that's 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 our presidential election in which 125 million americans, half of our voting population, more than th...

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 us tonight. thanks, cecilia. in california tonight, the attorney general is now on the case, as t...

Necessary. >> when you take what trey gowdy had to say, which was very significant, with the president's 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 can't 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 voting population? >> absolutely, i think that's a major part of the president's strategy here, is i...

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. isn't 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 clinton and help donald trump. >> almost all of the propaganda found so far traces back to the interne...

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 that's a fair statement. >> around 150 million people. that's how many were potentially exposed to the bogus content on facebook and instagram alone. that's equivalent to more than half of the total u.s. voting population. >> do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth -- >> now capitol hill wants answers. >> the political...