East coast, President Donald Trump has a busy week ahead of him. On monday hes expected to take questions from reporters in a joint News Conference with the visiting Prime Minister of italy. Mr. Trump will likely be asked about his latest twitter rant against the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller. The president now claiming mueller has multiple Conflicts Of Interest in the russia investigation. In addition to that, there are still questions about the tapes the president s former attorney just released as well as mr. Trumps threat to shut down the government to get funding for his border wall that he said mexico would pay for but in fact he means the taxpayers will pay for. Cnns Boris Sanchez is traveling with the president , or he was in new jersey. He has more on mr. Trumps twitter tirade. Thats hard to say. Reporter cnn has reached out to the white house to get clarity on specifically what President Trump was referencing when he mentioned Business Conflicts with the Special Counsel Robert Mueller. We have yet to hear back. But previous reporting may indicate what the president was talking about here. Earlier this year the
Washington Post and the New York Times separately reported that the president had privately expressed frustration with what he sees as Conflicts Of Interest with Robert Mueller rooted in what he believes are unpaid dues that Robert Mueller owed his golf club in virginia. A spokesperson for the Special Counsel at the time responded to the Washington Post saying that those claims being made by President Trump were inaccurate. Of course the broader context here is that reporting came out when the New York Times published that four sources had told them that President Trump tried to fire Robert Mueller last year and that in that process he expressed his frustration to don mcgahn, the white house counsel. Don mcgahn refused to carry out that order to fire mueller. In fact, he threatened to resign according to sources. At that point President Trump backed off of his decision to try to fire mueller. Now hes obviously frustrated again, tweeting out some of his
most direct attacks on the Special Counsel. The backdrop of that of course is this bombshell reporting. Sources close to Michael Cohen, the president s former attorney, saying he is prepared to testify to the Special Counsel that President Trump approved that june 2016 meeting between his son donald trump jr. , other members of his campaign, and russian nationals, promising dirt on hillary clinton. It also comes on the heels of the release of that secret recording made by Michael Cohen of a conversation that he had with President Trump. Rudy giuliani, the president s relatively new attorney, talked about those recordings this weekend, suggesting that they had been tampered with or doctored. Listen to this. He abruptly ended that recording as soon as the president said the word check. We are now what were investigating is why did how did that happen . What actually did happen . What was eliminated . And then hes got to raise that question with every one of these
tapes, how many of them did he play around with. We have determined the fact that he tampered with the fact in the sense that he abruptly midconversation turned it off. Now, we know he didnt do that for a good reason. Reporter the president and his Legal Team Strategy here is clear. They want to question the credibility not only of Michael Cohen, who just a few months ago they referred to as an honorable man, but also the veracity of the recordings that he made. Boris sanchez, cnn, traveling with the president just outside bedminster, new jersey. Boris, with the report,thank you. And now dlooipthser with scott lucas. Scott a professor of International Politics at the University Of Birmingham live this hour in birmingham, england. A pleasure to have you on the show with us. Look, we understand the publisher of the New York Times told the president his attacks on the media were divisive and dangerous. The president then on twitter airing out his typical grade school name calling. Nothing new to that. But noteworthy to point out he is leaning into these media attacks more as we get closer to the midterms. How will that play beyond mr. Trumps base as people now see the president s playbook . Weve got two fronts going on, george. One that Boris Sanchez referred to is the trump russia investigation. And this is not just a question of questioning the credibility of the former lawyer Michael Cohen or the credibility of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Trump and his camp have to destroy the credibility of those men and possibly others to keep the investigation from closing and possibly bringing the president down. But the second front of course, as you mentioned, is the election front. We are now just about three months away from the congressional midterms. And amongst the tweets yesterday donald trump was also tweeting about immigration. And what is quite clear is that the Trump Campaign is going to double down on Zero Tolerance on immigration despite the separation of children from parents. Its going to double down on the idea that the media is their enemy and they hope the combination of those attacks on journalists and focusing on
The latest news from around the world. Actually take over and bring him down. As the relationship continues to unravel between Michael Cohen and donald trump and were seeing their legal team, scott, no longer sharing information, theres also the issue around Allen Weisselberg being subpoenaed. Weisselberg, the chief Financial Officer of the trump foundation. This is the man who knows all of the financial inner workings. How big of a risk could this be to trump world . How big is a mountain . Or rather several mountains. Just to repeat to viewers, this is now three interlinked investigations. One is around the Trump Campaign. The second is around the workings of the Trump Organization including before the campaign. Thats why Michael Cohen is so important. And the third is the trump foundation. And money which was supposedly spent, supposed to go to charity but there are question marks. And thats why Allen Weisselberg is so important. Im not saying that this necessarily means the end of donald trump, but what it means is this is more than simply now an issue of one particular
russian hacker. And on top of this remember one other thing, george. The trial of Paul Manafort, trumps former campaign manager, starts this week and goodness knows what comes out of that. It will be interesting. That case certainly focused on bank and tax crimes. Financial fraud. But you know, not connected to the trump camp, mr. Trump directly, but the question is how will that impact Paul Manafort with the bigger investigation playing out . Scott lucas, thank you so much for your time today. Well stay in touch with you. Thank you. In a few hours the Trump Administration is facing another reunification deadline order by a judge. Were talking about whats going on at the border. This time the administration has to provide a list to the American Civil Liberties union detailing the Migrant Children it has reunited with their meantime, President Trump is returning to a Central Campaign issue that fired up his base in 2016. His promise to build a border wall. We are going to build a great
on the impact of President Trumps Zero Tolerance policy, weve learned no two Family Stories are the same. But there have been some Common Threads among them. That of confusion and frustration. At times chaos and incredible challenges in communication. The story that best encapsulates where we are today, though, is that of a woman well call alejandra. About a month and a half ago she and her 6yearold daughter crossed the u. S. Border. They had fled their home country of honduras because of the Gang Violence there. When they crossed the border, they were detained and separated. 11 days ago alejandra was told that she would be reunited with her daughter later that day, given her paperwork for release. But that never happened. As of today she continues to sit in a Detention Facility in texas. Her daughter remains in new york. And as alejandra asks questions, as she sits in limbo, heres what she says shes told. Translator the first thing that i ask is always, do you know when will be, my girl will be brought here so she can be reunified with me . And they tell me, no, i dont know anything, they say to me. Reporter alejandras daughters attorney has been
The latest news from around the world. The president has adopted a view with which i completely agree. Hes a free trader. And he wants to have no tariff. Kudlow claims President Trump is trying to fix a completely broken World Trading system. A ferocious wildfire tears through northern california. Firefighters may have finally turned a corner in containing it. But the tragedy continues as people have lost their lives. He said come get me. He said come and get me. The fires coming in the back door. Come on, grandpa. I said im right down the road. Its a very emotional story. It will stick with you. Cnn speaks with a man who lost his wife and great grandchildren in one of those raging wildfires in california. Stay with us. My name is jeff sheldon,
and im the founder of ugmonk. Before shipstation it was crazy. Its great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize ive got a hundred orders i have to ship out. Shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everythings pretty much done. Its so much easier so now, were ready, bring on t. Shipstation. The number one ch of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get two months free. The fire was just intense. But i still tried to get down in there and they come and stopped me, wouldnt let me go down in there. So i got in my car and took off and passed everybody in the dirt and went all the way around to the other end of quartz hill and come up keswick, and my son was in there. He was up there, but i didnt see him. He was up there and then gary, my son, was on the other side of the house. And gary opened the door to go run to the house and it burned his hair off. And took his breath. So he got back in the car and then he couldnt even hardly see nothing for smoke to get out of there. His house was on fire. He said there was flames probably 70 feet high. I talked to junior on the phone till he died. He just kept saying, grandpa. He said, come and get me. The fires coming in the back door. Come on, grandpa. I said, im right down the road. He said, come get us. Emily said, i love you, grandpa. He says i love you grandpa. And junior says i love you, come and get us, come and get us. I said im on my way. I said he talked until he died. I tried to call him back, and it just went to nothing. Poor babies and my wife. Just so, so sad. The poor man. Heart goes out to him. Ed bledsoe said nobody really talked to them about evlacuatin. He said his wife called 911 and they told her someone would come get her. Well, firefighters have been fighting uncooperative weather since theyve been trying to contain this fire. That isnt the only obstacle facing these fire crews. One danger sen tirely manmade. Drones. We have noticed that there are Drone Footages online of
folks flying drones over this fire. That poses a huge safety risk to our folks. If you fly, we cannot. We have to ground all of our aircraft if theres reports of drones over the fire. And its quite a process to get our aircraft back in the area as we try to clear those drones, find out where theyre coming from, and chase that down. So we ask that you please remain from flying drones over the fire. Lets bring in Bus Foozzfeed reporter brianna sacks. Brianna following the story in redding, california. Thank you so much for taking time with us there. Tell us about the situation, the conditions as they stand now. As people say this is one of the worst fires theyve seen before. The temperature there, the conditions on the ground. What are you seeing . Sure. So whats interesting is they
keep saying weve been dealing with over the past almost year that each one is unprecedented in its conditions, its behavior, its pattern. So weve been at tripledigit temperatures for the past few days here, and thats supposed to remain until i think tomorrow morning or maybe tuesday. And were going to get some but the thing is its hot, its dry. The winds are erratic. And its giving firefighters trouble in terms of trying to actually hold the line. Theyre still very much in the saving residents and homes phase. Thats why the amount of acreage has jumped up. Were at a little above 95,000 now, the latest numbers released at 8 00 p. M. Tonight. But the good news is it did jump to 17 containment and it had been hovering at 5 for the past few days. And every bit of, you know,
acreage that theyre able to contain, that is good news, and we appreciate you sharing that information with us. But i want to press further with the firefighters themselves. Were seeing an image right now, and now were seeing the flames theyre dealing with. But talk to us about what a days work must mean for them. Youre talking about men and women putting their lives on the line for sure. Dealing with some really long days and nights. Yeah. I actually just got a story out on this. So these firefighters, many of them have been constantly on these unprecedented blazes for, you know, months on end and they just from incident to incident. Theyre out on these lines for like sometimes 24, 48 hours at a time. They come back, they get a few hours of shuteye, and then theyre back out again. And you know, they go for about like maybe two or three weeks without seeing their kids and they tell me that when they
do have a break its usually about two days, which is really not a lot of time to recharge. You know, one firefighter said to me, i was like oh, how do you deal with, you know, kind of the emotional toll . And hes like oh, i dont have time to have feelings. It gets in the way of the job. So its theyre stretched. Just like the states resources. Theyre putting everything they have into these fires, and they just keep getting more and more destructive and more frightening. And now id like to talk about the people there. This area just to the west of the city of redding, so many roads closed there, so many new communities being threatened. What is the situation with making sure people evacuate in time and also making sure people get that message clearly and in time to take action . Yeah. So alerting residents has kind of been an ongoing hot topic of
conversation with the fires now because you know, they do destroy cell towers and the way that people really get the word out is when police are knocking at their door. I went home with one man today who lost his home. He was saying they were kind of just waiting around for Police Officers to come and get them. They were trusting that. But the fire moved so fast that a Literal Firenado he called it was at his door in a matter of minutes. So alerting residents has become a very difficult thing because the fire is moving so fast. What they keep saying is the speed at which the flames move is really, really unprecedented. So its hard to get the word out. All these people are upset. Theyre like why didnt they tell us sooner . But theyre kind of trying to roll with it as much as the residents are. Its really like i havent really found a good answer for that unless they evacuate large swaths of the population days in advance. And that creates chaos as well. So its tough. Brianna sacks, im sure you heard that story just a few minutes ago of Ed Bledsoe Talking about the fact his wife called 911 and they told her that someone would get her. So certainly the evacuation word getting that out very important. Thank you for your time today. Well keep in touch with you. No problem. Well, the good news is the fire went from 5 contained to 17 contained, and well see if the weathers going to get any better. Pedram javaheris here with more about it. Hi, pedram. Hi, guys. It is going to improve a little bit. Well see temps cool off a little bit. That certainly is going to help the firefighting efforts. The winds hopefully will die down. Tripledigit heat still in the forecast the next couple days. Unfortunately no rain. You go into this area and the explosive growth of the fire is remarkable. Consuming over 140 square miles of land or about 95 acres of land. Thats equivalent to the size of manhattan six times over. That happening in a matter of days in this area. Weve had very gusty winds that havent helped the situation. Take you above the earth, satellite footage. Air quality concerns have been very poor with the containment bumped up to 17 . Were expected to make some ground over this region in the next couple of days. Unfortunately, the drought situation hasnt helped. You know, we often say about 90 of all wildfires start because of manmade issues, manmade cause, whether to be a vehicle parked on the side of the road, sparks, ignites from the bottom of the vehicle, or cigarette butts are thrown or its a campfire thats left on. Thats kind kind of a scenario thats impacted much of the western u. S. This year and with this particular fire the car fire happening because of a
vehicle that was malfunctioning, parked off the side of the road. The Dry Grass Set Ablaze there. Of course the landscape doesnt help. Very elevated terrain, hilly terrain across this region, that helps to exacerbate the situation, and we often say the fire speed tends to double with every 10 Degree Increase in slope. If youve got a 30 degree slope, 24mileperhour winds, take that up to a 40 degree slope you actually double your wind speed and the fire travels in the same general direction as well, upwards of 48 miles per hour. This is whats made this fire so difficult to be able to contain over this region. But hopefully the next few days bring better news, guys. Hope so. Pedram, thanks. Thank you, pedram. As the u. S. President starts his monday, he will have a sympathetic voice next to him. We look ahead at the italian Prime Minister and donald trump, who may just be kindred spirits. Also ahead, malaysia releases a new report on missing flight mh370. Well go live to the region. Stay with us. Mr. Mugabe ruled the country for 37 years. And now he says he will not vote for his former party. Instead hes suggesting he supports the opposition. The publisher of the New York Times says that he urged the u. S. President to ease up on his criticism of the media. The two met earlier this month. The publisher described mr. Trumps language as divisive and general, though the president continues to attack the media 37. And President Trump also fired off a number of tweets monday slamming Special Counsel Robert Mueller. He claims mueller has a conflict of interest because they once had a contentious business relationship. He didnt elaborate. And mr. Trump again railed against the russia investigation, calling it an illegal scam. The president will begin the week meeting with one european leader who shares many of his views. That is the Prime Minister of italy. At the white house later monday. Delia gallagher reports the two men agree on Immigration Restrictions and the desire for closer ties to russia. Reporter President Trump may see some European Countries as foes, but in italys Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte hes got a friend. The new Prime Minister of italy is great. Got to meet him. Very strong on immigration. Like i am, by the way. Reporter Closing Ports and borders to Illegal Immigrants is one area where trump and italy see eye to eye. Italys interior minister Mateo Salvini visited the president in 2016 on the Campaign Trail and ripped more than a few pages out of trumps playbook for his own election campaign, even the winning slogan, italians first. [ speaking Foreign Language ]. Reporter more than 600,000 refugees, most from north africa, have landed in italy in recent years, but in june more than 600 refugees at sea were turned away from italy. Salvini was defiant. They will only see italy on a postcard, he said. They were eventually accepted in spain. Professor Fred Riggo Argintieri says the government is similar to trumps in random Decision Making and an apparent incoherent plan. Trump has understood or at least hes being told that italy must be coddled, so to speak, because its so far the only real similarity in western europe. Reporter although italy has refused trumps request to give more money to nato, theyre behind the president in his support of vladimir putin. Prime minister conte tweeted i agree with the president. Russia should be back in the g8. Mateo salvinis made no secret of his admiration for putin, calling Him One Of The Best politicians of our time and publishing a photo on facebook wearing a putin tshirt in moscows red square. Italys Government Coalition received 69 of the vote in march elections, but not all
italians agree with their leaders support of President Trump. Sabrina, legal assistant in rome, says trump hasnt made the best impression, or bella figura, internationally, especially separating imMigrant Children from their families. Bella figura or not, in italys Prime Minister trump has a friend in europe. Something hard to come by these days. Delia gallagher, cnn, rome. For many years now mh370 families have waited for answers. Many refuse to give up hope of finding their loved ones alive. Others just want closure. Now the malaysian government is releasing a new report on the lost flight. It held a News Conference to explain its findings. 239 people were on board that flight when it took off from kuala lumpur in march 2014. It never reached its destination, beijing. The planes ultimate fate
remains a mystery still today. Lets go to cnns will ripley. Hes live from hong kong. Hello to you, will. What were learning about this report, is there any significant new information . Reporter sadly, natalie, and you know, i remember march 8th, 2014 like it was yesterday. It was my first assignment for cnn, covering the missing plane. And for weeks on end we stood there at the airport in kuala lumpur and then we moved to australia where they were centering the search operations. And there was so much hope in the beginning that they would find the plane, that they would detect some sort of a signal from the plane. They were confident. And here we are now more than four years later and there is this report. 495 pages released with absolutely no clues as to what may have happened. What investigators have been able to rule out is any obvious signs of anxiety or mental issues on the part of the pilot and the first officer. Theyve ruled out any speculation that the pilots Flight Simulator at home which showed he had plotted a course,
a simulated course toward the Southern Indian Ocean which is where mh370 is believed to have crashed according to the best guess of investigators, looking at radar and Satellite Imagery and whatnot. They say thats not enough to prove that he intended to fly the plane deliberately. But of course his family has had to live for 4 1 2 years with this kind of cloud of suspicion over them. All of the passengers, 227 passengers, 12 crew members, they looked meticulously at the backgrounds of everybody on the plane. No indication that anybody would have been capable of pulling off Something Like this although investigators cant rule out somebody perhaps breaking into the cockpit, switching off the Communication Systems and turning that plane around right after it checked in at Way Point Igari and of course took the plane on that fateful presumed flight to the Southern Indian Ocean. There have been three confirmed pieces of debris from mh370, three pieces of the wing that washed up along the african east coast. But another 27 pieces of debris have been found that are believed to be highly likely from mh370 as far north as the eastern coast of tanzania and as
far south as the east coast of south africa. And yet you have all these little pieces of debris but they havent found the plane itself, the main wreckage which of course is the final Resting Place for those 239 people. So for all of these families that have lived in a state of limbo ever since that day, march 8th, 2014, it seems sad that that state of not knowing is going to continue for the foreseeable future. That has to be really a living hell for these families and certainly we remember you starting to work for cnn at that time and all your reporting, will ripley, for us in hong kong. Thank you, will. Well, theres a critical moment for the future of zimbabwe ahead. Its the countrys first election since former president Robert Mugabe was ousted. But hes not going quietly, taking a jab at his former party. Well have that story for you coming up next here. Can you think of anything more important than your brain . Your mind is an incredible machine, but as you get older, it begins to slow down. Blood flow declines, neurons misfire, and your brain even shrinks. You may experience a lack of sharpness, find it harder to focus, or forget important information. Fortunately, now theres forebrain, a topselling cognitive Performance Supplement at gnc from the experts at force factor. For a limited time, every man and woman in america can claim a complimentary bottle. Just use your smartphone to text the keyword on the screen to 202020. Forebrains scientifically studied key ingredients have been clinically shown to promote sharper recall, clearer mental energy, and better concentration. Nothing is more important than taking care of your brain. And now you can, with forebrain. Claim your complimentary bottle by texting the keyword on the screen to 202020 with your smartphone. Do it now before you forget. Thats the keyword on the screen to 202020. A historic election. It is the first time in 37 years that ousted former president Robert Mugabe is not on the ballot. Mugabe resigned last november under military threat. Hes been rarely seen in public until now. And in a surprise intervention mugabe turned his back on the party he helped to create and instead appeared to support the main opposition. Our Farai Sevenzo has more from harare. Sbzimbabwes capital harare s gripped by election fever this last weekend. The city bhecame a tale of two political rallies. Campaigning ended saturday for the first election since Robert Mugabe resigned under the threat of impeachment last november. He had been in power for 37 years. Followers of the Opposition Mdc Alliance gathered to hear from their leader nelson chamisa. Around the same time zanupf supporters of the ruling party once led by mugabe came to hear
from their man, current president emerson mnangagwa. With a record 23 president ial candidates mugabe suddenly appeared on peoples tv screens. He called a Press Conference not to praise the new dispensation but to put one more knife in his back. I cannot vote for those who have tormented me. No. I cant. I will make any choice among the other 22. Reporter zanupfs candidate immediately released a video addressing the mugabe intervention. Now that it is clear to all that chamisa has forged a deal with mugabe, we can no longer believe that his intentions are to transform zimbabwe. Reporter the man at the center of mugabes dubious
praise drew dramatic crowds to his final rally. As you can see the numbers have been absolutely massive at Nelson Chamisas numbers. Whether these numbers in a sea of red will translate into a majority of the vote come monday is anybodys guess. Reporter i wanted to know from the Opposition Supporters what they would do if their man lost these elections. Translator if chamisa loses it means they will have cheated him. We do not want to be continually intimidated. We are tired and we dont want any more. Reporter the zanupf faithful were awaiting their leader. The one who fought for our country. Isnt he too old . After five years hell be 80 years old. Hes not old. We need his maturity. Reporter cnn caught up with the leader On The Last Day of campaigning. Maturitys not a creature of age. Maturitys a creature of your ideas. Mugabe was known to be a man who
was not willing to open the doors of democracy. But mnangagwas west because hes sophisticated. He was in government for those years. You cant tell me he was born again. When was he born again . Reporter the task of Rebuilding Zimbabwe will be a tough one. The hope is the country will not go up in flames, whoever wins. Lets discuss what will be a major test of zimbabwes democracy with our Farai Sevenzo joining us via skype live from the capital city of harare. From your report it is quite clear. This is an important shift, seeing mr. Mugabe support the opposition. Well, yes. It can be seen that way, george. But bear in mind, this is a man whos never really seen in public life anymore. In fact, hes become a bit of an irrelevan irrelevance. But he has the xaflt in mr. Mnangagwas new dispensation to simply call a Press Conference, and of course being who he is
everybody will rush to listen to him. Those words that came out yesterday are really aimed at the man who took over power from him. Hes saying in no uncertain ways that he does not want to support the people who treated him so badly. Now, whether or not that will make any difference, no one knows what power base he has anymore. And it is because of mr. Mnangagwas very open kind of freedom of speech, freedom of worship, anyone can say what they want, but hes able to call an impromptu Press Conference like that. Now, the most important thing about his words, where does it put mr. Chamisa on voting day . Hes being accused now by all the local papers, especially the state papers, of Holding Hands with mr. Mugabe. Some even go as far as to say that his campaign was fund by the mugabes. Of course none of this this is all fabrication. No one has been able to put any Single Center or dollar trail to the doors of the mdc but it does
make a difference to the campaign style. Having said, that this is by far, george, the most peaceful election this country has seen in a long, long time. The crowds we saw, the crowds you just witnessed, were all Passing Each Other without Throwing Stones at each other or without any sort of malicious intent. So as far as the voting that will happen this day, it remains to be seen whether the people will still feel free to make their choice democratically. And lets talk just a bit about that. What this election means, this Changing Of The Guard with mr. Mugabe not on the ballot this time. It is a striking difference from your reporting, from what weve seen before within that nation. It was a very different situation for people under mr. Mugabe, as it is now. Well, yes indeed. You remember those chaotic and euphoric scenes back in november. They seem to have ushered in a new era of, az ss i say, openne
and debates. The mud slinging that went on in the last 24 hours with mr. Mugabe throwing daggers at the back of mr. Mnangagwa by saying he cannot support a party that treated him so badly, these are the first signs weve seen of such badmouthing and ill intent. But its absolutely true, george, as you say. It is a new era of campaigning as well as of democracy. Lets see what the results bring and who will accept defeat with the most grace. Farai sevenzo live for us in hara harare, zimbabwe. Thank you for your time today. And up next britain battles fake news. Lawmakers are setting their sights on social Media Companies to stop the spread of misinformation. Ahh. Summer is coming. And for just 14. 95 a month you get a credit, good for any audiobook. If you dont like it exchange it any time. No questions asked. You can also roll your credits to the next month if you dont use them. So take audible with you this summer. On the road. On the trail. Or to the beach. Start a 30day trial and your first audiobook is free. Cancel anytime, and your books are yours to keep forever. No matter where you go this summer make it better with audible. Text summer5 to 500500 to start listening today. Valley. This 89page report released sunday by a british parliamentary committee. The report called on Companies Like facebook, twitter, and youtube to face financial and legal liability when they fail to police fake news on their prafrm plafrmds. We have to create this sense of liability for them that if you dont proactively look for and monitor harmful content and classify real hard fake news, real lies being spread during an election as harmful content, if you dont identify that and the sources of it then you can be liable for the information having been spread. I think if we introduce that liability into law well see them take it more seriously. Reporter the Committee Recommended new taxes on social Media Companies and stiff fines when they promote political ads that lack transparency. The Tech Companies are saying themselves they want to give more transparency. What we could do is write it into our laws. Reporter if adopted, the recommendations would radically change the way Tech Companies are treated in the uk. Less like passive platforms and more like publishers. I think that it is inevitable
that there will need to be some regulation. Reporter but british Lawmakers Said they werent satisfied with efforts by social Media Companies to regulate themselves. What they do is they preempt regulation. They dont like being regulated. If they think the threat of regulation is we will they will try to solve the problem. Reporter the committee which has been working closely with members of the u. S. Congress also proposed measures to combat election interference. And it slams facebook in particular for failing to fully investigate how and if russia uses its platform to influence voters. In a statement to cnn facebook said, the committee has raised some important issues. We share the goal of ensuring that political advertising is fair and transparents and that electoral rule changes are needed. We will work closely with the uk government as we develop these new transparency tools. Zplt chief executive, mark zuckerberg, is 16 billion poorer than when he woke up this morning. Reporter last week the stock prices of facebook and twitter
each fell almost 20 after both Companies Said they were spending heavily to combat misinformation and clean up fake accounts on their platforms. You look to the near future, and the problem is probably going to get worse. Using virtual reality, Augmented Reality Techniques you can already create a fake speech given by someone in a place they never were to an audience they never met and pass it off as real and share that online. Now, were going to need the help of the Tech Companies to stop that sort of information spreading, otherwise that could have a real outcome on elections in the future. Reporter big techs willingness to help out will surely be tested now that regulation is growing closer to becoming law. Samuel burke, cnn, london. Sam, thank you. It was one of the biggest stories in the year on the korea. Peninsula. So its only fitting that one south koreas hottest stars is offering his take on it. Kpop star Big Bang Tackles The Summit between President Trump and North Korean Kim jong un in the video for the song where are you from. It has already had more than 2. 5 million views on youtube since it was released last week. Thanks for watching cnn newsroom. Early start is next for viewers here in the u. S. And for viewers around the world our colleague max foster picks up newsroom live in london. Youre watching cnn, the worlds news leader. See you later
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