>> senator amy klobuchar today chaired a u.s. senate hearing that was uprooted from washington and moved to georgia and held in georgia instead. this is the first time the rules committee in the senate has held a field hearing in 20 years. but senator klobuchar decided that the issue of voting rights was worth hitting the road for. to go understand in person what new republican-installed voting restrictions mean on the ground in states where they are being enacted. so the committee, at least the democrats on the committee who showed up, republicans didn't show up for this, but democrats on the committee heard testimony from georgia voters and elected officials including helen butler who you just heard from there. ms. butler served on the board of elections in her rural county in georgia for more than ten years until this year. when a provision in georgia's restrictive new voting law allowed local republican officials to remove her from the board this month so they could take full partisan republican control of her county's electi

she finished at last, even behind amy klobuchar. maybe the most unlikable politician in america during the primaries. she needs to try to convince americans that she is worthy of this job because she definitely wants that mantle after president biden president biden. >> raymond: lisa, they say for up kamala harris has been thrown these difficult problems to solve, and that's why she's got difficulties but she's got immigration, voting rights, it's too much for anybody. you say what? >> does raise questions. his joe biden try to throw her under the bus. by dismantling all of the policies that deter illegal immigration in the first place and then he said kamala harris, give her that in her portfolio as being the borders are. so does kind of look like she's may be throwing her under the bus. i wonder what those existing tensions may look like. >> we will leave it there. chris, lisa, thank you. i can't wait to join you on juls special at 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. we are going to be cohosting together. pop star britney spears is fighting t

she finished dead last behind amy klobuchar, probably the most unlikable politician in america. she needs -- she definitely wants that mantle after president biden. >> they say poor kamala harris has been thrown these difficult intractable problems to solve and that is why she's having difficulties. immigration, voting rights, too much for anybody. >> it does raise questions. is president biden trying to throw her under the bus? created the immigration crisis by dismantling policies and then say kamala harris, being the border czar, it looks like maybe throwing her under the bus. the existing tensions, kind of. raymond: i can't wait to join you on july 4th for the big fox news special at 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. we will be cohosting together. britney spears fighting to regain control of her life from her conservator. alan dershowitz breaks down the latest develops, stay right there. ♪ ♪ speak of the next question hmi okay? i am totally fine, extremely happy, have beautiful children. i'm taking a break right now because i am enjoying myself. raymond: britney spears so i lied and

thank you, senator amy klobuchar. >> thank you. remember, we were together in atlanta just a while back during the presidential. i know you were covering all of the primaries, and it's bringing back strong them ris. so thank you. >> oh, yeah, we did a lot during all of the debates and also my work during that time. i remember. thank you. >>> joining me now is congressman jim clyburn of south carolina, the house majority whip. congressman, let me start with the filibuster. you've urged the president to publicly support a carve-out measure, rather than getting rid of the rule entirely. the filibuster has been changed in recent years, eliminated for judges and supreme court justices. what a carveout for voting rights look like, and how much leverage does the president have over senate rules? >> thank you very much for having me. a carveout would be simply to apply the reconciliation rules as you apply to the budget, apply that to voting. i am totally against the filibuster. but we had two democratic senators who say that they are not

on sunday rules committee chair woman amy klobuchar had a round table with stacey abrams hearing from voters about obstacles to the ballot. speaking with garrett haake before the hearing, klobuchar took aim at the ongoing complicity with the big lie. >> i believe it is even a bigger deal than party versus party. this is literally a quest to save our democracy because once you start disenfranchising people, then people lose faith. >> for her part, stacey abrams' voting rights organization, fair fight action, is launching 2.0 of its hot call summer campaign, asking supporters to call their senators every day until they take action to pass the for the people act and the john lewis voting rights restoration act. joining me is stacey abrams, author of "our time is now" which is available now in paperback. stacey, it is always great to talk with you. let's talk about what the field hearing that took place today means in practical terms. >> well, first and foremost it is an opportunity to once again set the record straight. there has been an attempt by opponents of s-1 to be, you know, eithe

. ♪ emily: we are watching senator amy klobuchar make -- introduce a bill to make online platforms like facebook and twitter legally liable for misinformation about health issues, including covid-19. this coming less than one week after president said that misinformation about the vaccine is killing people, in his words. it has no cosponsors at this point. teaming up with a tech startup to equip warehouses with robots, part of the effort to speed up delivery and cut costs as instacart plans to build new standalone warehouses and fulfillment centers. plenty more is still ahead on "bloomberg technology," including bitcoin. the cryptocurrency rebounds after comments from elon musk and kathy would like this. >> the idea that it's a hedge against confiscation of wealth and it can take place in a myriad of ways. inflation, especially hyperinflation in emerging markets is the primary way. ♪ emily: this is bloomberg technology. let's get another check on the markets. intel, twitter, snap moving after the bell. what are you watching? kriti: i'm going to take the macro point of view because you

republican senator rob portman of ohio and democratic senator amy klobuchar. until then, follow me on facebook, instagram, twitter. our coverage continues now with one mr. wolf blitzer right next door in "the situation room." we'll see you next monday. >>> happening now, new data confirms what experts have feared for weeks. covid cases are now on the rise in every single american state. and now deaths and hospitalizations are climbing as well. also, cnn has learned that new york is working to gain the cooperation of a top executive at the trump organization as they build a case against the former president's company. >>> and the tokyo olympics set to begin one week from today under the cloud of a surging covid pandemic. tonight experts say japan is dangerously unprepared to safely host the summer games. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> and our coverage continue begins with disturbing new numbers, a dramatic rise in covid cases here in the united states. it has

senator amy klobuchar has introduced a bill to make online platforms, including facebook and twitter, legally liable for misinformation about health issues such as covid-19. the democrats as the pandemic has highlighted how lethal inaccurate information can be. the proposal comes less than a week after resident biotin says false -- biden says false vaccine information is killing people. nfl teams have been warned that in the event of a covert outbreak among nonvaccinated players, they could be forced to forfeit a game. roger goodell says in a memo obtained by the associated press that if that happens, players on both teams would not get paid that week. he says the nfl does not expect to add a next week to play games that cannot be rescheduled within the regular season. and tokyo olympics organizers have fired the director of the opening ceremony the day before it was set to take place. a say it is because of the discovery of a 1998 video that shows kobayashi joking about the holocaust as part of a skit put on by the former comedian. officials say with the director out at the last minu

senator amy klobuchar has introduced a bill to make online platforms including facebook and twitter, legally liable for health misinformation. democrats saying the misinformation about the vaccine was killing people. the director of opening ceremonies was sacked a day before they were set to take place because of a discovery of a 1990's video that shows kobayashi joking about the holocaust as part of a skit. with the director out at the last minute, it is unclear how the opening ceremonies will be held. david: let's tell you what is coming up on the show. brands sponsoring the limits which are set to begin in about nine hours, with a private equity investor who focuses on sports and entertainment. yvonne: just ahead, a fresh rounds -- a fresh round of luck in and restrictions in asia. we will look at the impact of the delta strain next. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: the delta variant has continued to drive a surge of covid cases across asia and with low vaccination rates, that means covid cases are rising more than in other parts of the world. this is having a huge impact on the ec

senator amy klobuchar has introduced a bill to make online platforms including facebook and twitter legally liable for misinformation about health issues such as covid-19. the democrats says the pandemic has highlighted how lethal inaccurate information can be. the proposal comes less than a week after president biden said. i and vaccine information was killing people. -- said false virus and vaccine information was killing people. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. shery: the summer olympics opening ceremony happens later friday in tokyo, kicking off an event that was supposed to symbolize the best of humanity. after being played by delays and uncertainty, thousands of athletes can breathe a sigh of relief. even as the cauldron is lit, the challenges for organizers and officials will only intensify. juliette saly is a recap of what it took to get the olympics to the starting line. juliette: a global sporting specular in the -- cloak sporting spectacle in the middle o

and senator amy klobuchar is introducing the bill in the decency act which has liability over tech companies. the bill would give the department of health and human services jurisdiction over what would be considered misinformation it includes an exemption for fake information promoted through an algorithm >>> and jpmorgan chase adding 500 more positions in a bid to expand the wealth management services that move would double the brokers working for the boutique firm it would lag behind morgan stanley which has 15,000 wealth advisers dom, people will do transfers of wealth as they get over the next five to seven years. i imagine they are trying to find people to get that best. >> it is a demographic trend that's very large on people's minds. bertha, thank you. >>> back to the markets and a positive week after kicking off with the steep sell off on monday let's now bring in alex ely at macquarie asset management alex, why did investors and traders come back to buy that dip so sataggressively >> because we're in a bull market there's plenty of retail cash on the sidelines and a lot of good thi

. >> amy klobuchar gave away the game, watch. >> what you can do with infrastructure which is not in the bipartisan package and i'm glad they are continuing to negotiate and make progress, what you can do is put election infrastructure there, you could tie to certain things as incentives for states to do same-day registration, mail in balloting. >> mail in ballots, that's part of infrastructure. >> roads and bridges, this is the paragraph, the $3.5 trillion democratic infrastructure packages got not a thing to do with infrastructure, they are wanting to put amnesty in the infrastructure build a great story moment ago about broken border. imagine if you gave legal status to illegal immigrants without securing the border. no proposal that has ever been made in washington gave legal status until the border was first secure. president biden said today he wants to put amnesty in the democratic infrastructure bill, that will lead to an invasion of illegal immigration, it will put jet fuel on a system that is on a broken. if you give one person legal status that will be a run on our border

several senators including raphael warnock, amy klobuchar and joe manchin are huddled in senate leader chuck schumer's office to discuss the legislation and the momentum is building. the new york times and nbc news both report that the president will meet with speaker nancy pelosi, and leader schumer tomorrow to discuss voting rights legislation. the need for action could not be more pressing. today texas state democrats who fled their states to block a restrictive voting bill testified before congress about the desperate need for federal action to block voter suppression efforts at home. vote >> this is a practical implication that is going to disenfranchise hundreds and thousands of votes of texans. and so that is why we're here. we try to work with our counterparts but every amendment that we presented was declined. >> where was that, in committee? >> yes sir. in committee. on the 23 hour there were amendments that were presented, even during the regular session when we presented amendments they would not always admit it. and so we have tried, we've used every tool in our tool box t

. >> well, amy klobuchar kind of gave away the game. watch. >> what you can do from infrastructure, which is not in the bipartisan package and i'm glad they're continuing to negotiate and make progress. what you can do is put election infrastructure in there. you could tie it to certain things as incentives for states to do same-day registration, to do the mail-in balloting. >> laura: okay. mail-in ballots. that's part of infrastructure. what? >> with roads and bridges. yeah. so this is the power grip. the three and a half trillion dollars democratic infrastructure package has got not a dam thing to do with infrastructure. they're wanting to put amnesty into the infrastructure bill. so you had a great story just a moment ago about a broken border. imagine if you gave legal status to illegal immigrants without first securing the border. no proposal that's ever been made in washington gave legal status until the border was first secured. joe biden said today he wants to put amnesty in the democratic infrastructure bill, that will lead to

would you include budget reconciliation about senator amy klobuchar mentioned it. jim clyburn said the same thing. would you rule out using budget reconciliation for democracy related action? >> i'm not here to rule anything out. as it relates to budget reconciliation. there is going to be a lot of work done over the next week or two as you know. writing that piece of legislation, having discussions between democrats on what they want to see included in there, what their priorities are. we'll see how that all plays out. >> when joe manchin and kirsten sinema oppose changing the filibuster because they believe everything should be done in a bipartisan way, even though republicans are getting rid of voting rights in a very partisan way, they're wrong about that, right? i just want to confirm the president does not share their view that reforming the filibuster or protecting voting rights needs a republican buy in. >> well, first i would say the president has never advocated for changing the filibuster. he said he's -- he supports changing to a talking filibuster. he

republican senator rob portman of ohio and democratic senator amy klobuchar. until then, follow me on facebook, instagram, twitter. our coverage continues now with one mr. wolf blitzer right next door in "the situation room." we'll see you next monday. >>> happening now, new data confirms what experts have feared for weeks. covid cases are now on the rise in every single american state. and now deaths and hospitalizations are climbing as well. also, cnn has learned that new york is working to gain the cooperation of a top executive at the trump organization as they build a case against the former president's company. >>> and the tokyo olympics set to begin one week from today under the cloud of a surging covid pandemic. tonight experts say japan is dangerously

minnesota senator/comb enthusiast amy klobuchar thinks social media companies should be held liable. >> i think we should look at changing the liability standards when it comes to vaccine misinformation. when we have a public health crisis and people are dying every day, enough is enough >> greg: to think i wasn't going to vote for her. and dr. fauci after realizing old diseases still scare people recently said smallpox and polio would still be around if this kind of vaccine misinformation existed back in the day. i hope he wasn't with the lab that researched those. imagine how much they would on a plane of tech as democrats. apparently it's contagious with the biden administration. in this upside down clown ward freedom is only for times when everything is perfect and as they same to go after your aunt lisa's facebook post the administration is the biggest pushers of bs ever. >> clear this vaccine even if approved would not be widely available for many months yet to come. i trust vaccines. i trust the scientists. but i don't trust donald trump. and at this moment, the american peopl

i do think amy klobuchar is still ambitious she is very likable as a candidate in group of 200 they are attentive she can command a small audience if she can reach the national crowd that you have to reach. she got hurt by the reports that those that work for her don't like her. >> i have heard it all. think it's forbidding - - for voting to run for higher office you had to have ego and ambition that goes beyond your fear. clinton didn't do it in 88 and then 92 when he with monica he said we will then. so that force of will maybe those that grew up in difficult circumstances somebody says i can do it no matter what i will take any kind of heat because i have a goal. but think about it the thing about our system we may have the only system in the world were a political party you are not chosen by your peers. people run for the presidency and has nobody else in their corner but themselves how many senators back biden? [laughter] it's not like in britain or germany or israel where they get together in the cabinet picks you. they are not here approved. 's you are not chosen as leaders. they

despite the setback, democratic senator amy klobuchar vowed to fight on. >> so, my republican colleagues, this is not the end of the line for this bill. this is not the end of the line. >> stephen: and thanks to republicans, that's something a lot of voters will be hearing. "this is not the end of the line. this is the beginning. the lin next three blocks. also, no one is allowed to give you water. if you brought your own water, you shpe until you finish your bottle of water." ( laughter ) over-- that sunk in. over in the judicial branch, the supreme court is issuing a flurry of decisions before their summer break-- they've been working hard to fit into their beach robes. today, the court ruled in favor of a pennsylvania high school cheerleader, whose school kicked her off the j.v. cheer squad after she failed to make the varsity team and then posted a snapchat rant showing her and her friend holding up their middle fingers with the caption "( bleep ) school, ( bleep ) softball, ( bleep ), cheer, ( bleep ) everything." ( cheers and applause ) i can-- ( applause ) i struck a chord. that s

senator amy klobuchar and congressman james clyburn explaining two ways it can be done. >> we can put election infrastructure funding along with housing and child care and the like and do what we can to incentivize mail in ballot. >> we can reconcile these things by the constitution. the 15th amendment gave the former slaves the right to vote. that was done by the way by a single party vote. to senator manchin, bipartisan is good but it's not required to make a good solid law. >> republicans are taking issue with the

. >> senator amy klobuchar defendant president biden's comments. i really appreciate a president biden. >> calling this out and for months now i've been taking on the dirty dozen 12 people responsible for something like 60% of this misinformation the administration says social media companies must do more. facebook is pushing back saying it is promoting accurate information from sources like the cdc. >> facebook says the administration is looking for a scapegoat in washington. alexandra limon. >> still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news most bay area counties are now recommending that people wear masks indoors as county see an uptick in covid cases. we'll have more on that coming up in a minute. >> and we are looking at much clear skies this morning many the last week brought us. you can see that sunshine over sfo right now. temperatures later today will rise to our warmest 80's and even some 90's further inland. also highest fire danger today. i'll tell you why. still to come. >> and the hot spot in toledo along highway 37 is all clear. all la

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klobuchar said if you're going to leave, leave now. >> the demand justice buses are interesting. it's as if conservativings should donate money to this left wing group to guarantee that he never retires. it will have an opposite effect of what the liberals are advocating. justice brier is independent. he's liberal, sure but he's not a political actor, not a democratic objective. he's going to do what he thinks is right. he's been on the bench a long time. he's the senior liberal justice and in great health. we have to remember that president biden has said he's only going to pick a black woman for his next supreme court justice. the most likely nominee, just jackson just got elevated to the d.c. circuit recently. she needs to be on that court another year before she's ready. >> martha: back to my initial question. is there a precedent for this, this open pressure on a justice to step down? >> i've not seen it. you know, i've never seen a situation where people are driving around the supreme court with banners and buses calling on justices to retire. so it's -- i have never heard

kathleen: amy klobuchar wants to hold company is liable for misinformation, including facebook. reporter: she came out all guns blazing, at the risk of upsetting any sensibilities among our viewers, she said "there is no reason they should not be able to monitor this better and take this crop up their platforms". it comes a day after facebook tried to push back against biden saying on friday -- the vice president on integrity came out with a block on saturday saying we are not the bad guys. the reason why bidens target then happen without our fault. it was a long speech in writing. kathleen: thanks so much. the father and son team that helped and escape out of japan get their sentences. we have a report. this is bloomberg. ♪ kathleen: a father and son team are set to be sentenced later monday. prosecutors recommended a sentence for more than two years . let's get more now in tokyo. what is going to happen today and what to expect to happen? reporter: it taste for straightforward process -- it is a straightforward process. there was no trial. they were extradited to japan back

. >> unless we were actually to get some legislation out of congress, amy klobuchar's bill unlikely but you never know. >> a will the of congressional mind share that's what you have to say. you have to call it mind share. >> we're going to have a mad dash we are getting closer to that opening bell set up for a far ler oniowpeng taking us down to levels we saw, oh, five trading days ago. u go—- they get our best deals. you got your existing customers — they also get our best deals. everyone. gets. the deals. questions? got it. but, why did you use a permanent marker? because i want to make sure you remember. i am going to get a new whiteboard. it's not complicated. only at&t gives everyone our best deals on every smartphone. like the samsung galaxy s21 5g for free. you packed a record 1.1 trillion transistors into this chip i invested in invesco qqq a fund that invests in the innovators of the nasdaq 100 like you become an agent of innovation with invesco qqq like you this is dr. arnold t. petsworth, he's the owner of petsworth vetworld. business was steady, but then an influx of ne

senate amy klobuchar right to the cdc last week, saying: if the requirement for wearing masks while traveling could be safely listed, we believe it would benefit the travel public. the federal mask mandate is not due to expire until early september, and there's been no indication that is going to change anytime soon. but, neil, we have certainly seen that uptick in passenger incidents onboard airplanes with a lot of flight attendants saying people have to be disciplined and in some cases thrown off aircraft. neil, back to you and happy 4th, buddy. neil: all right. to you as well. mark meredith at the white house. we are awaiting word from surfside, florida, from officials how the rescue mission is going. stay with us, you are watching fox news. ♪ sometimes you wanna go ♪ ♪ where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪♪ ♪ and they're always glad you came ♪ welcome back, america. it sure is good to see you. .... welcome to allstate. ♪ ♪ you already pay for car insurance, why not take your home along for the ride? allstate. here, better protection costs a whole lot less. you're in good

have movement on the legislative front with regard to regulating big tech companies this time from amy klobuchar, she's put forth a bill meant to target internet and social media companies spreading misinformation about medical issues. her proposal would look to create an exemption to a current law called 230. klobuchar wants to strip the protections away when it comes to spreading falsehoods about things like vaccines. and on the path back to normal, first the american ballet theatre is coming home to lincoln center in new york city this october. october 20th has been set as the date when the company's season will open for indoor shows, those tickets by the way, will go on sale september 8th for the fall season. earlier in this morning we had a chance to speak with the executive director, karen barnett. she said she expects demand for performances to be the highest in years given the pent up demand from not seeing regular shows during the pandemic. and we like talking about food every once in a while people are getting back to normal when it comes to eating, at least from domino's piz

we heard brooind say they were killing people before he walks it back with misinformation and amy klobuchar put forth a viola misinformation that's been spread when it comes to health concerns that are out there. what do you say to something like that? >> we work so hard to make sure that twitter can be a trusted source of information around covid. we've had over 200 million people come to our covid resources about 3 billion times. that means they're coming on average 15 times each. that means that they're finding trusted information, and they keep coming back to learn more we've removed over 11,000 accounts for violating our policies around covid, and we've removed over 40,000 pieces of information around covid we have to keep being vigilant about this work to make sure that twitter can be a trusted source of information. we're >> if this bill went through, would it be a problem? you're always going to have somebody who's table to post something that says, okay, here's this quack theory that's completely untrue? >> i'll have to look more closely at the bill. when we step back from any one

senator amy klobuchar, former presidential candidate and minnesota democrat, has muscled a panel into the spotlight. the committee will hold a field hearing in atlanta this morning as democrats turned their attention to voting restrictions in georgia and other gop led states to start the push for an elections overhaul. betty in blacksburg, south carolina, good morning. caller: i don't like nothing that he's doing. i think he's just the worst president we have ever had and i am 76 years old. everything he is changing. like, fox news, those people are truthful. they don't lie. i can look at them and tell that they don't lie. but anyhow, everything he is doing, you look at everything he is doing, everything he done when he come in office, everything that from -- everything that trump done. the country looked better then than it does now. i've never seen the likes of it in my life. host: caller? caller: everything the republicans wanted to get, they got. the democrats need to put a stipulation in these bills that the republican senators, if they vote against it, they don't get it in their

klobuchar, proposed changes to that section of the communications decency act. the current version as it stands , no provider or user of an interactive service shall be treated as the publisher of the speech provided by another provider. the changes proposed to the language, adding to it initially, saying no provider or user of direction computer service shall be treated as the publisher of any speech provided by another information content fighter and it also adds except to the extent that they have accepted payments to make the speech available or in whole or part created or funded the creation of the speech, language adding that it should be at -- an affirmative defense to a claim that they are the speaker with respect to speech provided by another content provider at an interactive computer service provider accepting the burden of proof. much more there at the techcrunch website for the safe tech act the senators have taken a look at when it comes to this area. republicans, to. highlighted by the examiner this morning. jim jordan, speeding up and strengtheni