president trump s nominee for the supreme court has ratcheted up still further tonight. president donald trump has ordered the fbi to investigate sexual assault allegations against brett kavanaugh, despite earlier saying he felt it was not the right thing to do. that came after a committee of us senators approved mr kavanaugh s nomination but with the condition that the fbi look into the claims before the final vote in the senate can take place. our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. why not wait? it s just possible this confrontation in a lift in the senate building has altered the course of the supreme court nomination. you re telling me that my assault doesn t matter, that what happened to me doesn t matter! and then you re going to let people who do these things into power! republican senator jeff flake, the key swing vote on the committee, had just announced he backed judge kavanaugh. these women weren t impressed. do you think that he s telling the truth?
believe this is an unsolvable problem but haugen says that s not true. i think if we had appropriate oversight or if we were formed 230 to make facebook responsible for the consequences of their intentional ranking decisions, i think they would get rid of engagement-based ranking, because it is causing teenagers to be exposed to more anorexia content. it is pulling families apart. and in places like ethiopia, it s literally fanning ethnic violence. cnn s done ie o sullivan joi us from capitol hill. haugen said that facebook should declare moral bankruptcy and ask congress for help. this was really compelling testimony. reporter: extremely compelling, and it just wrapped up, and the room behind me in the past half hour, victor. and you re right, senators on both sides of the aisle here appeared to be, i mean, frankly, gripped by what haugen had to say. have a listen. my message for mark zu zuckerberg, your time of invading our privacy, promoting toxic content, and prey
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