Lockdown. Now the crisis here in new york city. We had seen this in other countries. This is queens, new york. Covid19 wasnt just another cold. The worst Global Crisis since world war ii. The u. S. Acted but only after waiting. They all have covid. We knew it was coming. Its too little too late. The world has never seen anything like this. There will be a lot of death, unfortunately. Its only a matter of time before it hits your community. This isnt going to get any better. America is not prepared. Even as some places see signs of hope, the question remains. Will life ever be the same again . This is what one of the most vibrant nations in the world looks like in 2020. Italy was the First Western country hollowed out by the coronavirus. A clear warning of what a pandemic could do to an open, democratic society. And to a people who love life, love to socialize, and love their cities. With no vaccine, italy faced the outbreak the only way it knew how. It delved into its history. Becoming
Ambitious plans to achieve Economic Dominance abroad and total surveillance at home. Whoever wins the tech wars, especially in Artificial Intelligence and big data, in the next five years, is going to control the world in the future. I traveled all across china with amazing access to see how Chinese Technology is already leapfrogging the u. S. China has become a rival superpower to the United States. And maybe even spying on us in places youd never expect. It creates a major vulnerability. Ill just leave it at that. Im richard engel. This is on assignment. Theres an old chinese saying, that just as theres not enough room in the sky for two suns, theres not enough room on earth for two emperors. Even as the two nations go head to head in a trade war, many people here seem convinced that the time has come for china to replace america as the great power in the world. To see what fuels that sense that chinas on the rise, im heading to one of its most dynamic new cities. Im on my way to she
Nicole carol about what we need to preserve and protect while so much of media is changing. Lets take a big picture view as we begin this hour. This was the decade of streams and screams and the shared notion of truth. To see what has changed, look at some of the words that have been added to the Merriam Webster dictionary in the past ten years. There is bingable. Thats a new one. Screen time. Cyber safety. Also airplane mode. Plus click bait, emoji, meme. Thats a new one in the past ten years. And deep state, truther, alt right, idiocracy. Think back to 2010 before any of those words hit our lexicon. It was the year the ipad launched and the year instagram started. In 201135 of adults owned a smartphone now that number is up to 81 and still rising. You wake up and if youre anything like me, you wake up and we start scrolling. All day long our phone addictions have taken hold. These addictions start at a young age. New platforms keep popping up changing the way we communicate and chang
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