u.s. presidents have to varying degrees been willing to pander to saudi arabia. to the arms of an old friend, the kingdom of saudi arabia. the pariah that they are. we must act and we will act. the president who vowed to be different. president biden is about to kiss the ring of mbs. remarkable reversal. it s going to be awkward. is now just another patron of a prince. the crown prince is a wrecking ball. a dictator renowned for a very brutal end. his body was chopped up into small pieces. why would you bring a bone saw? who at the same time is a reformer. this man is extremely popular. revolutionizing his nation. new era, new age. it s that simple. the kingdom s power lies under the desert sands. keep your pumps up and you can do whatever you want out back. liquid gold oil. is america betraying its values? to understand this unusual relationship you need to understand the very unusual country that is saudi arabia. good evening. saudi
a look at what jeff bezos is saying about biden and why. first, two interviews about one of the most influential companies in the world and its name is tiktok. yes, the short form video app is the most downloaded app in the world beating instagram to that title. tiktok downloaded more than 3.5 billion. and the people who download the app love the app. they spent an average of 46 minutes a day on it. other social media giants look at tiktok with envy. tiktok is the fastest growing app in history. it is quite simply storming past the competition causing rivals to create rip-off products. on the surface the app appears to bring a lot of joy to people, influencing dance styles and pushing cooking trends and the like, something more sinister may be built into its model. that s certainly what critics believe. the control tiktok has, the power, comes from its data collection and its algorithms. so a tweak might lead to you stay inside and watch one more funny video clip, one more fu
words that would frustrate them. and there was the word fetus swapped out among the roe v. wade opinion about abortion leaking. are there going to be more episodes like that you have to swap out a word because of the news? well, i would say i can t predict the future. we re moving into a phase we have finer control over that. we want the games to be fun, the focus is on a diversion. we want to have people have a little moment of delight and fun and reward. the news shouldn t be mixed up in that. we ll be keeping an eye out. tell us your average wordle score. are you a two or three usually, are you a six? where do you usually end up? yeah, i end up around four. i got it in one about, i don t know, five or six weeks ago, and nobody believed me because i
twitter. next, when does a divorce warrant global news attention? when it could up-end an empire. rupert murdoch and hall are divorcing and the wall street journal reported it s official. it s not going to affect the future of fox or newscorp, the trust. it will not make a global shock wave in the media business. nicole, does it strike you as interesting that the paper is reporting on the divorce? it s their job. it s their job to do it and it s not as big of a story as his last divorce which did have an impact on the murdoch empire. right. it s a small story. it s different this time. big news at msnbc, oliver. what were you chasing? alex wagner will be the host tuesday through friday when maddow is not hosting. she will be taking the reins. we ll see how she does and if
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