Territory. Trying to listen to whatever you can. Obrien all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien President Trump came to the defense of his former National Security adviser today. Michael flynn pleaded guilty on friday to lying to the f. B. I. About his contacts with russia. Today, the president called the charges very unfair. Well have more on the unfolding russia investigation, later in the program. Mr. Trump is also throwing his full support behind roy moore, the Republican Senate candidate in alabama. In tweets today, the president said democr
He declared only 2 of the west bank is occupied. The u. S. Says his comments do not reflect policy shift. Global news 24 hours a day. Parenti and this is bloomberg. Emily i am emily chang and this is bloomberg technology. Coming up, the growing social media lines to fight fake news. The latest on the investigation into russian interference in americas electoral process a day after twitter visited in the capital. Hoteltonight opens its booking window to a wider audience and raises nearly 40 million in its latest funding round. The c. E. O. And cofounder sam shank checks in. Elon musk upgrades his commercial space dream with a new mission for rockets on earth. How realistic is shanghai to new york in half an hour . We will discuss. We begin with breaking news out of washington. Tom price has resigned as the health and Human Services secretary after taking private and military jets at taxpayers expense. Alex wayne joins me now. This happening in the last 20 minutes or so. The latest white
Senate republicans have unveiled a budget revolution for the coming year which they intend to use to push through as much as 1. 5 trillion worth of tax cuts in the coming months. It will not allow a full repeal of Affordable Care act but leaves the window open to consider repeal of the individual mandate. The u. S. Ambassador to israel described settlements on the west bank as part of israel according to the washington post. He declared only 2 of the west bank is occupied. The u. S. Says his comments do not reflect policy shift. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am Alisa Parenti and this is bloomberg. Emily i am emily chang and this is bloomberg technology. Coming up, the growing social media lines to fight fake news. The latest on the investigation into russian interference in americas electoral process a day after twitter visited in the capital. Hoteltonight opens its booking window to a wider audience and rai
At the aspen ideas festival this year. [laughter] it is about the most Important Technology that will affect our technology Crispr Technology that will allow the editing of the human genome. Importantt the most moral question you and your children will face, which is to what extent should we allow this. Echnology to edit human genome with me is the author of a more and creation. Importantly she is author of a 2012, scientific paper that is basically explaining how Crispr Crispr testas9 nine, can be used cas9 can be used in the human genome. We will talk about the implication of what that means, especially as we edit the human germline, and allow it to be passed on to our children. But before we get to the ethical implications i thought we should start a little bit with the narrative of how you got there. Think on this stage, some of you remember, we had dr. James watson, and Francis Crick of the double helix dna, and one of the main things he did was he wrote a book about how he got th
At the aspen ideas festival this year. [laughter] it is about the most Important Technology that will affect our technology Crispr Technology that will allow the editing of the human genome. Importantt the most moral question you and your children will face, which is to what extent should we allow this. Echnology to edit human genome with me is the author of a more and creation. Importantly she is author of a 2012, scientific paper that is basically explaining how Crispr Crispr testas9 nine, can be used cas9 can be used in the human genome. We will talk about the implication of what that means, especially as we edit the human germline, and allow it to be passed on to our children. But before we get to the ethical implications i thought we should start a little bit with the narrative of how you got there. Think on this stage, some of you remember, we had dr. James watson, and Francis Crick of the double helix dna, and one of the main things he did was he wrote a book about how he got th