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the

2:00

marching band

2:01

honor guards and multi gun salute for

2:03

meeting with president biden in the oval office head

2:05

of a formal state dinner the media come

2:07

amid a broader push from the white house to strengthen

2:10

ties with india which by views as

2:12

a key ally in asia member india's

2:14

not just the largest democratic country on earth

2:16

they're not a largest country on earth period

2:19

earlier this year the overtook china for the world's largest

2:21

population with one point four billion

2:23

people here's bind in a press conference

2:25

welcoming modi challenges

2:27

and opportunities tracing

2:29

the world of the century require

2:31

that india and united states work

2:34

and lead together

2:35

and we are and what

2:37

were some of the main take a ways from the visit

2:40

well

2:40

the two leaders announced a long list of new

2:42

initiatives they will strengthen cooperation on

2:44

artificial intelligence telecommunications

2:47

and the all important production of semiconductors

2:49

member the white house has been working to reduce dependence

2:52

on china for semiconductors and

2:54

is encouraging us businesses to move their factories

2:56

and supply chain out of china into

2:58

countries like india to that point the to announce

3:00

the deal between general electric and an indian

3:03

state owned manufacturing company to

3:05

build engines used for american effie eighteen

3:07

super hornets the two leaders also signed

3:09

an accord promising the peaceful exploration of

3:11

space and announced the joint mission

3:13

to the international space station for next year and

3:16

perhaps most importantly the two sides finalized

3:18

a multibillion dollar deal that will send

3:20

us predator drones to the in the military

3:23

that you'll have been in the works for years but it's

3:25

doled out after india agree to weapons deals

3:27

with russia and it's important enough that

3:29

india russia dynamic was key part of this visit

3:32

get tell us more on that from so

3:34

us officials have been upset with india over

3:36

their lack of support in the war in ukraine or

3:38

most of our allies have supported sanctions against

3:40

russia and offered military and economic support

3:43

for ukraine india has kept a

3:45

more neutral stance while they haven't directly started

3:47

with potent they have increased the amount of oil

3:49

that they're purchasing from russia accounting

3:51

for half of all russian experts by seeing

3:54

in the has also remained the world's largest buyer

3:56

of russian arms about twenty percent

3:58

of the weapons coming out of russia go to India.

4:01

The White House is hoping these new arms deals will

4:03

decrease Indian reliance on Putin and

4:05

draw them closer to Western allies in their alliance

4:07

against Russia. And on another front, the

4:09

US also views India as an important buffer

4:12

against China. The two countries share a

4:14

border and have clashed in recent years. The

4:16

White House has been clear that a stronger Indian economy

4:18

will reduce the global reliance on China and

4:21

create a new democratic superpower in the region.

4:23

Yeah, certainly an important goal for the US. We

4:26

did see some lawmakers push back

4:28

against this visit. Tell us about that. Yeah, not

4:30

everyone was pleased with Biden's warm welcome

4:32

of Modi. On Tuesday, 75 democratic

4:34

lawmakers in Washington sent a letter to Biden

4:37

urging him to address Modi's human rights violations

4:39

during their meeting. And on Thursday afternoon,

4:41

when Modi offered his address to Congress, a

4:43

number of Democrats boycotted the event in protest.

4:46

The number of progressive lawmakers held a briefing during

4:48

the address to, quote, discuss Modi's

4:50

record of repression and violence. But

4:52

clearly, the Biden administration

4:53

views this relationship with India as

4:56

important enough to upset some within its own

4:58

party. Yeah, it's very clear here that this is

5:00

a major priority for his administration. Capit,

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5:48

This week, California Congressman Adam Schiff

5:51

became only the third member of the House

5:53

of Representatives to be censured by that body

5:55

in the 21st century. The vote to

5:57

punish the Democrat representative was 213. the 209

6:01

solely on party lines with six Republicans

6:04

voting present. Schiff has since responded.

6:06

Here to discuss his daily wire contributor, David Marcus.

6:09

Morning, Dave. On what grounds did Republicans

6:11

censure Schiff?

6:13

Morning. Schiff was censured for

6:15

misleading the American people for years

6:17

during the probe into Russian collusion. You

6:19

may recall him saying that he had personally seen

6:22

evidence that Trump had committed a crime, but

6:24

it never emerged and even the Mueller report

6:26

didn't find any crimes. There are also

6:29

questions about him leaking sensitive

6:31

or classified material in an effort to

6:33

politically damage the former president. Republicans

6:36

are basically saying Schiff didn't just

6:38

get everything wrong. He deliberately

6:40

deceived the American people. Yeah. As

6:42

you might imagine,

6:43

Democrats strenuously disagree.

6:45

Right. Funny how that works. What

6:48

was the response to this vote from Schiff's

6:50

own party? Were there any Democrats who were

6:52

critical of his actions, even though they voted

6:55

against censure?

6:56

No. The immediate reaction to

6:58

the vote from Democrats was to begin screaming

7:01

at Republicans. Here's a taste of that. Without

7:03

objection, the motion to consider is laid

7:05

on the table. House

7:08

will be in order.

7:12

There was a dramatic moment when Schiff

7:14

had to appear in the well of the body, supposedly

7:17

to be chastised, but in fact, he was celebrated

7:19

by Democrats giving him hugs and pats on the

7:21

back. The kind of disgraced

7:23

congressmen then took to CNN where

7:26

he called the censure a badge of honor

7:28

and railed against Republicans. Any

7:31

regrets on how you handled the Russia issue? Obviously,

7:33

the former president was never criminally implicated for

7:36

anything involving Russia.

7:37

No, not at all. I think the investigation

7:40

of his misconduct was very important. I

7:42

was also proud to serve on the January 6th committee, and I

7:44

would do all of that again, and I would do it the

7:46

same way.

7:47

So was this mainly a symbolic gesture

7:50

Schiff had already been kicked off the Intelligence Committee

7:52

by Speaker Kevin McCarthy? Does this

7:54

censure come with any actual real

7:56

punitive measures?

7:58

No, though interestingly...

7:59

Last week, a censure motion failed

8:02

that included a $16 million

8:04

fine for Schiff. That was apparently

8:06

a precedent that many members were not eager

8:08

to set. But there is one

8:11

stick in this censure, which is that it

8:13

occasions the opening of an ethics investigation,

8:16

specifically into those sensitive materials

8:18

that he may have misused. So that's something

8:20

to keep an eye on. Beyond that, it

8:23

is mainly symbolic, though, as Democrats

8:25

were fond of saying about Donald Trump's impeachments,

8:28

censure is forever.

8:29

This comes at a time when there are claims

8:32

from the right that the Department of Justice and FBI

8:35

acted with bias against Trump and other

8:37

Republicans. In fact, Schiff was

8:39

one of the Democrats grilling special counsel,

8:41

John Durham, who did find what he called

8:44

markedly different treatment of Trump and Hillary Clinton.

8:46

How does censure play into that broader narrative?

8:49

Over the past few months, there have been a slew

8:52

of stories, most of which we've covered here,

8:54

such as the Durham Report, Trump's indictment,

8:57

the FBI informant claiming Biden

8:59

bribery, the seemingly light sentence

9:01

for Hunter Biden, and now this censure.

9:04

In a significant way, this is all just one

9:06

big story. And the main theme is

9:09

the claim that there are two sets of laws, two

9:11

sets of justice, and that prosecutions

9:14

and state persecution are politically

9:16

motivated. As Republican Jim Jordan

9:18

pointed out at the hearing that you referenced,

9:21

60% of Americans do think these decisions are politically

9:24

motivated, and it's shaping up to be a major

9:26

issue in the 2024 presidential race

9:28

with all the top GOP contenders

9:31

promising major shakeups at DOJ

9:33

and the FBI.

9:35

Now, we also learned this week that Speaker McCarthy

9:37

will not move ahead with an immediate impeachment

9:40

of Joe Biden, which some in his caucus are calling

9:42

for. Why is that his position,

9:45

and where does the effort stand now?

9:47

Right, some of the more aggressive GOP

9:50

members, including many who opposed McCarthy's

9:52

speakership in January, want Biden

9:54

impeached now. McCarthy thinks

9:56

this is premature, especially given that James

9:58

Comer is running. a pretty effective investigation

10:01

in his committee right now. When an affirmative

10:04

evidence directly tied to the president emerges,

10:06

McCarthy may act on impeachment.

10:09

In the meantime though, this censure was

10:11

a bone thrown to the hardliners and

10:13

we could see more. We'll see what comes next.

10:15

Dave, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me.

10:21

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon

10:24

for allegedly tricking and trapping customers

10:26

into signing up for Amazon Prime. The

10:28

scrutiny from the FTC comes as Amazon

10:31

is looking to expand into even more markets.

10:34

Daily Wire investigative reporter, Mereda Lourdy, is

10:36

here with the details for us. So Mered, was

10:38

Amazon actually tricking people into signing

10:41

up for Prime memberships?

10:42

Well, that's the claim. The FTC

10:44

filed a federal complaint on Wednesday saying Amazon

10:47

used manipulative, coercive, or deceptive

10:50

user interface designs to trick consumers

10:52

into signing up for Prime subscriptions, which

10:54

automatically renew and charge customers cards

10:57

again. Then the FTC says

10:59

Amazon made the cancellation process unnecessarily

11:01

long and complicated for customers, which

11:04

kept them paying Amazon longer. FTC

11:06

Chairwoman Lina Khan, who is a huge Amazon

11:09

critic, said on Wednesday that Amazon

11:11

tricked and trapped people into Prime subscriptions,

11:14

costing them significant money. In

11:16

one colorful detail, the FTC said

11:18

Amazon named its Prime cancellation process

11:20

the Iliad, referring to, quote, Homer's

11:23

epic about the long, arduous Trojan War.

11:26

And according to the FTC's complaint, required customers

11:28

to navigate a four page, six

11:30

click, 15 option cancellation

11:33

process. Also, the complaint accuses

11:35

Amazon of trying repeatedly to delay

11:37

the FTC's investigation by bad faith

11:39

responses to requests for documents.

11:42

The FTC's investigation into Amazon Prime

11:44

began in March, 2021.

11:46

And has Amazon responded to these

11:49

allegations? Yes, Amazon

11:51

responded with a flat out denial of wrongdoing

11:53

saying customers love their Prime subscriptions.

11:56

An Amazon spokesman said the FTC's claims

11:58

are false on the facts and-

11:59

and the law, and Amazon deliberately makes

12:02

it clear and simple for customers to both sign

12:04

up for or cancel their Prime membership. Amazon

12:07

added that it listens to customers to improve their

12:09

experience, and they look forward to the facts becoming

12:11

clear as this case plays out.

12:13

Now, how much money are we talking about?

12:15

Does Amazon Prime drive a lot of sales? Yes,

12:19

Prime drives billions of dollars to Amazon,

12:21

especially since the pandemic. Amazon

12:23

reported that it made $9.6 billion from

12:25

Prime subscriptions in just the first three

12:27

months of this year. Prime was

12:30

launched in 2005 and now has more than 200 million

12:33

members worldwide. Prime subscriptions

12:35

costs $139 a year or $14.99 a month.

12:39

Now, we've heard a lot about regulators targeting

12:42

big tech recently, especially as companies like

12:44

Amazon continue to expand. Is

12:46

this part of a broader trend,

12:49

or is this case actually different?

12:50

It's pretty much part of the broad campaign by

12:53

US regulators to target powerful big tech

12:55

companies. This is not even the first time the

12:57

FTC has targeted Amazon. Last

12:59

month, Amazon settled with the FTC for $25 million

13:03

after allegations had saved recordings of

13:05

children's voices and their location data

13:08

through its voice assistant Alexa. Also

13:10

in May, Amazon agreed to pay another 5.8 million in

13:13

customer refunds after the FTC

13:15

accused the company of privacy violations

13:17

involving its ring doorbell cameras. The

13:20

scrutiny from regulators comes as Amazon works to

13:22

expand into new markets, including groceries

13:24

and healthcare. President Biden and

13:26

Republicans have both signaled they want to rein in

13:28

big tech in recent years, but they disagree on how

13:31

to do it. Biden has said he wants

13:33

to change the law on social media content policies

13:35

and change antitrust policy, while Republicans

13:38

have focused on censorship and free speech.

13:40

Well, the battle over big tech is far from

13:42

over, so I'm sure we'll be having updates on this. Maureen,

13:45

thanks for reporting. Thanks, John.

13:51

Another story we're tracking this week, a

13:53

text message sent by Hunter Biden to

13:55

a Chinese businessman was first made

13:57

public on Thursday in the message

13:59

Hunter threatened. threatens Henry Zhao saying,

14:01

I am sitting here with my father and would like to

14:03

understand why the commitment made has not been

14:06

fulfilled. There were additional WhatsApp

14:08

messages which threatened Zhao using

14:10

the power of Joe Biden to force

14:12

that commitment. One read, if I

14:15

get a call or text from anyone

14:17

involved in this other than you, Zhang,

14:19

or the chairman, I will make certain that

14:21

between the man sitting next to me and every

14:23

person he knows and my ability to

14:26

forever hold a grudge, that you will regret

14:28

not following my direction.

14:29

President Biden has repeatedly denied

14:32

having any knowledge about Hunter's business dealings.

14:35

IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley turned

14:37

over the WhatsApp text messages to the House

14:40

Ways and Means Committee last month. That's

14:42

all the time we've got this morning. Thanks for waking up with us.

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