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>> I DON'T BELIEVE THE RESEARCH
SUGGESTS THAT OUR PRODUCTS ARE
ADDICTIVE RESEARCH ACTUALLY
SHOWS THAT ON 11 OF
12 DIFFICULT ISSUES, THE TEENS
FACE TEAMS ARE STRUGGLING SAID
INSTAGRAM HELPS OR HARMS NOW
WE ALWAYS CARE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE
FEEL ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES ON
OUR PLATFORM AND IT'S MY
RESPONSIBILITY AS HEAD
OF INSTAGRAM TO DO EVERYTHING I
CAN HELP KEEP PEOPLE SAFE WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.
>> LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN VOCAL
ABOUT THEIR DISTRUST AN
INSTAGRAM AND OF COURSE ITS
PARENT COMPANY
IN ONE BIG TAKE AWAY INSTAGRAM
CEO ADAM MOSSERI REFUSING TO
COMMIT TO SCRAPPING PLANS FOR A
KIDS VERSION OF INSTAGRAM WHICH
OF COURSE HAS FACED HARSH
CRITICISM EARLIER THIS YEAR WE
TOLD YOU ABOUT
THAT STORY. TODAY'S TESTIMONY
COMES AFTER A SERIES OF BAD
HEADLINES FEATURING MET AS
INTERNAL RESEARCH ON THE MENTAL
HEALTH IMPACT OF
ITS PLATFORMS. WE'LL HAVE MUCH
MORE ON THIS LATER IN
THE HOUR. LET'S TURN TO
POLITICS ON CAPITOL HILL,
SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKING
TO UNDO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
VACCINE MANDATE FOR
PRIVATE EMPLOYERS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT AS MAY AND
FRANCE JOINS US LIVE OUTSIDE OF
WASHINGTON WITH MORE AND MEGAN
IF YOU CAN PLEASE BREAK THIS
DOWN FOR US.
>> ABSOLUTELY NO OF COURSE IS
BACKING MANDATE WAS NOT
NECESSARILY CAUSE CONTROVERSIAL
UNTIL IT WAS RIGHT, WE KNOW
THAT REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE
REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE
REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
IDEA THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS TELLING PRIVATE
BUSINESSES WHAT THEY CAN AND
CAN'T DO WITH
THEIR HIM POLICE ALSO TELLING
INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS WHAT THEY
MUST STU TO KEEP
THEIR JOBS. THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT REPUBLICANS REALLY RALLY
AGAINST IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY
WAY
SHAPE AND REMEMBER IT WASN'T
THAT LONG AGO IT CERTAINLY
DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THAT LONG AGO
WHEN REPUBLICANS WOULD
ROUTINELY FIGHT AGAINST THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND
IT'S INDIVIDUALLY MANDATE.
THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN IT'S
ALL ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING TO DO
WHAT THEY WANT AND THAT'S WHAT
REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING TODAY
THEY DON'T WANT TO UNDO PUBLIC
HEALTH THEY JUST WANT TO GET
PEOPLE THE CHOICE TO DECIDE
WHETHER OR NOT THEY
WANT TO HAVE THE SHOT OR NOT
THEY GET TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO
WITH THEIR BODIES. NOW OF
COURSE FOR THE DEMOCRATS
PERSPECTIVE, IT IS
ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH AND MAKING
SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING WHAT
THEY NEED TO DO TO KEEP
WORKPLACES SAFE TO KEEP OTHER
PEOPLE SAFE IN CONGREGATE
SETTINGS LIKE AT WORK SO
THAT'S KIND OF THE 2 SIDES OF
THE ARGUMENT WHERE REPUBLICANS
DO HAVE A BIT OF AN ADVANTAGE
RIGHT NOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO
USE A PROCEDURAL MANEUVER WHICH
DOES NOT REQUIRE A
FILIBUSTER-PROOF MAJORITY
MEANING 60 SENATORS TO PASS.
WE'RE FINDING ALL THESE
LOOPHOLES AND KEN WHICH IS
FUNNY BECAUSE OF COURSE THERE
ARE NO LOOPHOLES WHEN IT COMES
TO ISSUES LIKE VOTING RIGHTS OR
PASSING THE BUILD BACK BETTER
ACT. BUT THERE'S TIME TO LOOP
HOLES WHEN IT COMES TO
OVERTURNING EXECUTIVE ORDERS
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS THERE'S
A PROVISION IN CONGRESS THAT
ALLOWS THEM TO OVERTURN
PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS
WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE,
BUT IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER
PIECE OF LEGISLATION WHICH
MEANS EVEN THOUGH REPUBLICANS
CURRENTLY HAVE 2 DEMOCRAT
SENATOR JOE MANCHIN OF
WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR JON
TESTER OF MONTANA TO RED STATE
DEMOCRATS WERE MUCH MORE
MODERATE THAT THOSE 2 GENTLEMEN
JOINING REPUBLICANS FOR A 52 TO
48 VOTE IF NOTHING ELSE CHANGES
THAT WILL ALLOW THIS
RESOLUTION TO PASS, BUT IT WILL
NOT NECESSARILY PASS THE
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY HOUSE AND
IT WILL CERTAINLY ALMOST NOT
NOT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM
GET A SIGNATURE.
ON THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT HE WOULD
VETO ANY RESOLUTION TO OVER
TURN. ONE OF HIS EXECUTIVE
ORDERS THAT'S THE KIND OF THING
THAT YOU WOULD ASSUME A
PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER WOULD NOT BE SO
KEEN TO OVERTURN SO THERE'S NO
VETO PROOF MAJORITY IN EITHER
OF THESE CHAMBERS TO SORT OF
MOVE A MANDATE AT AN ANTI
MANDATE PROVISION FORWARD, BUT
IT DOES GO TO SHOW THAT THERE
IS SOME POLITICAL WILL
PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE
IT LEADING THESE RED STATES
HE'S
MORE CONCERN PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY WHO REPRESENT THOSE
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT THIS
IS NOT POPULAR THERE.
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE BEING TOLD
WHAT TO DO WE ARE OF COURSE
FACING THE OMICRON VARIANT
WHICH IS A VARIANT OF NOT OF
PANIC AND SINCE WE DON'T KNOW A
LOT ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW THE GOV
AND IT'S VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE
GETTING VACCINATED GETTING
THEIR BOOSTER SHOTS BECAUSE
THAT'S KIND OF ALL WE CAN DO
UNTIL WE KNOW MORE.
THAT IS WHAT IS AT ISSUE HERE
THERE'S SO MANY ME SORT OF
INTERWOVEN PARTS OF THIS
REPUBLICANS
JUST DON'T WHAT IF YOU MANDATED
DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC
HEALTH IS IN A HIGHER PUBLIC
INTEREST AND NEVER THE TWAIN
SHALL MEET BUT EVEN THOUGH
THERE WILL BE A WHOLE LOT OF
POLITICAL PERFORMING IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN THIS WE'LL GO
ANYWHERE AT ALL 1010
GREAT BREAKDOWN.
>> MEGHAN THERE'S ANOTHER BIG
STORY MAKING HEADLINES TODAY
REALLY JUST THE PAST FEW HOURS
CANADA, AUSTRALIA UK ARE
JOINING THE U.S. IN A
DIPLOMATIC BOYCOTT OF THE
BEIJING
WINTER OLYMPICS. HOW
SIGNIFICANT IS THIS FOR CHINA
NOW THAT OTHER COUNTRIES ARE
JOINING US UNITED STATES.
>> IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A GOOD
LOOK FOR CHINA RIGHT THIS IS
NOT THE MOMENT THAT THEY WERE
LOOKING FOR A
HEAD OF BEING THE ONE OF ONLY A
FEW COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
ACTUALLY THANK HER PERHAPS ONE
OF THE ONLY COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD TO HAVE BOTH THE SUMMER
AND
WINTER OLYMPICS IN THEIR SAME
CITY THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT
CAN HAPPEN VERY OFTEN IN MOST
PARTS OF THE WORLD TO FAIR
BEIJING DOESN'T HAVE A SUPER
SNOWY ATMOSPHERE EITHER.
BUT YOU KNOW MAKE IT
CHINA, IT'S REALLY EXCITED TO
HOST THE WINTER OLYMPICS.
THEY BELIEVE IT GIVES THEM A
TYPE OF LEGITIMACY THAT THEY'VE
NOT HAD ON THE INTERNATIONAL
STAGE BEFORE. AND SO THIS IS
NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE LESS
THAN 2 MONTHS OUT FROM OPENING
THOSE GAMES. THEY HAVE COME OUT
AND SAID IT
IN THE WAKE OF THE U.S.
DIPLOMATIC BOYCOTT THAT THIS IS
DISAPPOINTING IS NOT IN THE
SPIRIT OF THE OLYMPICS IN THAT
THEY'RE PREPARED TO TAKE
DIPLOMATIC RETALIATORY MEASURES
WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE I DON'T
KNOW IT COULD BE THE REMOVAL OF
THEIR AMBASSADOR FROM
WASHINGTON, IT COULD
BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS NOT
SENDING A DELEGATION TO A
U.S. EVENT THAT REMAINS TO BE
SEEN AT THIS POINT BUT THESE 3
OTHER COUNTRIES THESE ARE 3 OF
THE OTHER 5, 5, EYES COUNTRIES
IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD THAT TERM
BEFORE IS
5 WESTERN. LEANING MUCH
ENGLISH SPEAKING NATIONS THE 4
THAT WE LISTED
US YOU KAY, CANADA, AUSTRALIA
AND JOINED BY NEW ZEALAND WHO
IS NOT TAKING A STANCE AT THIS
POINT IN THESE 4 OF THE 5 THEY
HAVE A LOT IN COMMON THEY WORK
TOGETHER IN A NATIONAL SECURITY
SPACE AND THEY ALSO ARWA IRA
LINES KIND OF IDEOLOGICALLY.
WHAT IS EASY FOR THE 3
COUNTRIES WHO JOINED IF THEY'RE
NOT FIRST-RATE THE UNITED
STATES BY TAKING THE STAND AS
THE SUPER POWER IN THE WORLD
AGAINST THE OTHER SUPER
POWER IN THE WORLD MADE IT A
LOT EASIER FOR OTHER COUNTRIES
TO
KIND OF FALL INTO THAT TEAM TO
DECIDE TO DO THE SAME THING
BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING SO WITH
THE BACKING OF A MAJOR
MAJOR PARTNER. SO IT'S ALL KIND
OF PERFORMATIVE RIGHT THE SAME
DIPLOMATIC
BOYCOTT. THERE ATHLETES WILL
STILL GO AND PERFORM THEY WILL
CHEER THEM ON FROM HOME BUT
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SEND A
DIPLOMATIC DELEGATION, IT'S NOT
GOING TO BE AN OFFICIAL A VENT
FOR
THE GOVERNMENT. ANY OF THESE
NATIONS I DO EXPECT MORE
COUNTRIES TO GET ON BOARD WITH
THIS PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE
CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE UNITED
STATES PROBABLY SOME OTHER
WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES,
WE'LL DO SOMETHING SIMILAR BUT
CHINA HAS A SUPER POWER THAT
THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T HAVE
AS SO THAT'S A LOT BUT
NOT AS MUCH AND THAT'S ITS
ECONOMIC MIGHT THESE ARE
COUNTRIES THAT ARE VERY CLOSELY
TIED
WITH CHINA AND A DIPLOMATIC
BOYCOTT COULD REALLY HARM THEIR
ECONOMIES AT A TIME WHEN THEY
CAN'T REALLY AFFORD
THAT SO CHINA HAS CERTAINLY
SOME CARDS TO PLAY HERE
AS WELL. BUT CERTAINLY IF
YOU'RE THE U.S. ARE FEELING
IDEOLOGICALLY CERTAINLY MADE
THE RIGHT CHOICE, ESPECIALLY
WITH SOME OF YOUR PARTNERS AND
GOOD FRIENDS GETTING ON BOARD
AS WELL.
>> AND BEFORE I LET YOU GO YOU
MENTIONED NEW ZEALAND IS IT
SAFE TO SAY THEY PROBABLY WON'T
BE JOINING THOSE OTHER
COUNTRIES BECAUSE THEY ARE A
LITTLE BIT MORE ALIGNED WITH
CHINA IS THAT A SAFE
ASSUMPTION.
>> MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THEY
WILL NOT TAKE A STAND ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER TO SEND ARDERN THE
PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND
IS SOMEONE WHO HAS SORT OF
ROUTINELY CHOSEN NOT TO ENGAGE
AND IN FACT AT TIMES WHEN
THESE OTHER FOR 5 EYES
COUNTRIES HAVE RELEASED
STATEMENTS NEW ZEALAND HAS
RELEASED ALMOST IDENTICAL
STATEMENT COUNTERING CHINA
BUT DIFFERENT SORT OF STANDING
ON THEIR OWN I EXPECT THEM TO
DO SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE AND
SHE'S NOT TO CHOOSE ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER. THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION AND THEY DO SORT OF
TRY TO STAND ALONE CERTAINLY
OVER THERE. 2000 KILOMETERS
AWAY FROM US RIGHT.
>> REALLY GREAT EXPLANATION.
MEGAN I KNOW I SAY THAT TO ALL
THE REALLY MEAN IT YOU'RE SUCH
AN INCREDIBLE REPORTER MEGAN
FROSTBITE OUTSIDE WASHINGTON.
THANK YOU
SO MUCH, TURNING TO THE LATEST
COVID HEADLINES PFIZER AND
BIONTECH ARE MAKING THE CASE
FOR A 3RD DOSE OF THEIR VACCINE
AGAINST THE
OMICRON VARIANT THE COMPANY
SAYING A 3RD DOSE NEUTRALIZE
THE VARIANT LAB TEST WHILE THE
STANDARD 2 DOSE REGIMEN WAS
SIGNIFICANTLY
LESS AFFECTIVE HOWEVER, THE
COMPANY SAID 2 DOSES MAY STILL
BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST SEVERE
DISEASE DUE TO THE VIRUS'S
SPIKE
PROTEIN STRUCTURE.
>> PFIZER'S CHIEF SCIENTIFIC
OFFICER CALLED THE NEWS
POSITIVE INCENTIVE TO MAKE
EVERYONE MORE MOTIVE AND TO
GET VACCINATED MEANWHILE, SOUTH
AFRICAN SCIENTISTS CONDUCTING A
SMALL STUDIES SAY
OMICRON VARIANT SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCES ANTI BODY PROTECTION
FROM THE
PFIZER VACCINE. BUT THOSE WHO
HAVE RECOVERED FROM THE VIRUS
AND GOT A BOOSTER WILL HAVE A
GREATER PROTECTION, YES
STICKING WITH PFIZER'S CEO.
>> ALBERT BOURLA SAYS THE
COMPANY PLANS TO SUBMIT FULL
DATA ON ITS COVID TREATMENT
PILL TO THE FDA WITH THE NEXT
FEW DAYS FOR THE SAYS
HE'S CONFIDENT IN THE FULL
CLINICAL TRIAL RESULTS WHICH
SHOW THE PILL REDUCES
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS BY
89% WHEN TAKEN ALONGSIDE A
POPULAR HIV DRUG PFIZER
SUBMITTED ITS EMERGENCY
APPROVAL APPLICATION TO THE FDA
LAST MONTH AND FOR
THE BELIEVES IT COULD MAKE A
DECISION THIS MONTH. THE U.S.
HAS ALREADY BOUGHT 10 MILLION
COURSES OF THE DRUG AND
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SAID
DELIVERY COULD START AT THE END
OF
THE YEAR.
>> THE OMICRON VARIANT HAS NOW
REACHED 57 COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE LIKELY
TO RISE. THE WHO SAYS MORE DATA
IS NEEDED TO ASSESS JUST HOW
SEVERE THIS VARIANT IS AND
WHETHER ITS MUTATIONS COULD
REDUCE PROTECTION FROM MAXINE
SOURCE IMMUNITY. MEANWHILE IN
THE U.S.. THE CDC IS STUDYING A
RECENT ANIME CONVENTION IN NEW
YORK CITY TO GAIN INSIGHT AND
JUST HOW THIS
VIRUS SPREADS.
>> THE U.S. HAS REACHED A MAJOR
MILESTONE OF GETTING
200 MILLION AMERICANS FULLY
VACCINATED ENDURING OMICRON
FEARS BOOSTERS IN THE U.S. ARE
CISSE'S SURGING TO
AN ALL-TIME I'M HIGH NOW
GOVERNMENT DATA SHOWING ALMOST
A MILLION PEOPLE PER DAY
RECEIVED BOOSTERS LAST WEEK THE
HIGHEST RATE SINCE THE SHOTS
WERE AUTHORIZED BACK
IN SOME TEMPER ABOUT 47 MILLION
AMERICANS HAVE NOW RECEIVED A
BOOSTER SHOT INTO THEM. I SAY
THANK YOU.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER NEWS
ABSOLUTELY
THINKS ABOUT AND THE FATE OF
ACTOR JUSSIE SMOLLETT IS NOW IN
THE JURY'S HANDS AFTER
ATTORNEYS PRESENTED CLOSING
ARGUMENTS SURROUNDING CHARGES
OF SMOLLETT STAGING THAT RACIST
ANTI-GAY ATTACK AGAINST
HIMSELF. PROSECUTORS SAYING THE
ACTOR LIED UNDER OATH AND
PRESENTING EVIDENCE THAT THEY
SAY PROVES HIS GUILT
INCLUDING MAKING FALSE
STATEMENTS ABOUT THE RACE OF
HIS ATTACKERS AND WITHHOLDING
MEDICAL AND CELL PHONE EVIDENCE
FROM POLICE. THE DEFENSE
DESCRIBED THE 2 BROTHERS WHO
CLAIM SMOLLET PAID THEM TO
CARRY OUT THE HOAX ATTACK
AS QUOTE SOPHISTICATED LIARS
AND CRIMINALS SMOLLETT COULD
FACE UP TO 3 YEARS IN PRISON
IF CONVICTED.
>> NOW IN MINNEAPOLIS OPENING
STATEMENTS BEGIN IN THE TRIAL
OF KIM POTTER, A FORMER
POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT AND
KILLED 20 YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN
DANTE WRIGHT IN APRIL POTTER'S
DEFENSE ARGUING
A STRUGGLE DURING A TRAFFIC
STOP LED TO HIS KILLING TAKE A
LISTEN FOR YOURSELF.
>> STRIKE TO STOP.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS STOP YOU
WITH US.
SHE WE.
BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO KILL HER
PARTNER AND SO SHE DOES TASER
TASER TASER AND SHE PULLS THE
TRIGGER. BELIEVING THAT IT WAS
A TASER.
>> NOW POTTER SAYS SHE
MISTAKENLY
PULLED HER GUN INSTEAD OF HER
TASER KILLING RIGHT SHE WAS
CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE
MANSLAUGHTER IN A FEW MONTHS
AFTER THAT ADDITIONAL CHARGE
FIRST-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER FOR
RECKLESS HANDLING OF A FIREARM
IF SHE'S FOUND GUILTY SHE COULD
FACE UP TO 15 YEARS
IN PRISON ON ONE
CHARGE AND 10 YEARS ON THE
OTHER POTTER IS EXPECTED TO
TESTIFY IN HER OWN DEFENSE
DURING
THIS TRIAL.
>> ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE CASE
FOR KEEPING AN EYE ON THERANOS
FOUNDER ELIZABETH HOLMES
FINISHING HER TESTIMONY AFTER 7
DAYS OF QUESTIONING BRINGING
ONE OF SILICON VALLEY'S MOST
CLOSELY WATCHED FRAUD TRIALS
CLOSER TO
A CONCLUSION. DURING HER FINAL
MOMENTS ON THE STAND HOLMES
CLAIMED HER BLOOD TESTING
STARTUPS LONG-TERM INVESTORS
QUOTE WARREN INTERESTED IN
TODAY. BUT INSTEAD ON
ITS IMPACT IN THE LONG RUN.
HOLMES FACES 9 COUNTS OF FRAUD
2 COUNTS OF CONSPIRACY FOR
ALLEGEDLY LYING ABOUT THE
STARTUP'S TECHNOLOGY TO BRING
IN CASH FROM
PRIVATE INVESTORS. JURORS WILL
HEAR CLOSING ARGUMENTS ON AN
UNSPECIFIED DATE.
>> AND A SAUDI MAN ARRESTED AT
A PARIS AIRPORT OVER SUSPECTED
LINKS TO THE KILLING OF
JOURNALIST JAMAL KHASHOGGI WHO
HAS BEEN RELEASED.
IT COMES AFTER OFFICIALS
CONCLUDED IT WAS A CASE OF
MISTAKEN IDENTITY. THE MAN WAS
IDENTIFIED AS 33 YEAR-OLD THE
CA LEAD AUO
TA BE THE SAME NAME OF A FORMER
ROYAL GUARD
OF SAUDI ARABIA WHO WAS
INVOLVED IN THE KILLING OF
KHASHOGGI AT THE SAUDI
CONSULATE IN INSTANBUL IN
OCTOBER 20 18 KHASHOGGI WHO
ALSO WROTE FOR THE WASHINGTON
POST
WAS CRITICAL, SAUDI ARABIA
ALONG WITH CROWN PRINCE
MOHAMMAD BIN SALAM AND
HIS POLICIES.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S TURN TO
SOME SPORTS NEWS, SOME HAPPIER
NEWS TIGER WOODS IS RETURNING
TO HIT THE GREEN WOODS
ANNOUNCING ON
TWITTER HERE WE'LL BE COMPETING
WITH HIS SON AT THE
2021 PNC CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS
WILL BE HIS FIRST TIME
COMPETING SINCE A CAR ACCIDENT
THAT INJURED HIS RIGHT LEG BACK