And twitter to basically advance a message that would and posts and ads that would exploit the racial tensions that exist in this country effectively as part of the larger russian goal of undermining american dem kraszcy. Sowing political discord, contributing to an atmosphere of partisanship and incivility. And they were doing this at a time during a campaign when race was at the forefront or at least one of the major issues going on in america at that time. Still is today, if you couple this with the reporting we had last night, that one of the ads, a black lives matter ad, was targeted at the cities of ferguson, missouri, and baltimore. You begin to understand how sophisticated the russians were in terms of understanding the pressure points for american politics and american culture. Did this group have a big following online . In fact they did. If you look at the facebook account now suspended for blacktivits. They had over 360,000 likes, that is more than the 300,000 likes that th
Congress. The accounts both called blacktivists posted videos of Police Brutality on africanamericans. And wrote about injustice to africanamericans. Look at the page, it says watch another savage video of Police Brutality. Police are directly letting us know how they feel and where we stand. Joining us is a senior media on politics. These posts were all designed by the russians to amplify racial bias. Thats right the posts coming from this social Media Campaign was made, our sources tell us, by an account linked back to the Internet Research agency which has ties to the kremlin. This campaign used both facebook and twitter to basically advance a message that would and posts and ads that would exploit the racial tensions that exist in this country effectively as part of the larger russian goal of undermining american democracy, sowing political discord, contributing to an atmosphere of partisanship and incivility. And they were doing this at a time during a campaign when race was sort
Puerto rico was an incredible unsung success. Reporter this tragedy will go down in history. And its not over yet. Tonight, a cnn special report, storm of controversy. What really happened in puerto rico. Welcome to old san juan. A city named after john the baptist by Christopher Columbus on an island that has been part of the United States for over a century. But one of the most tragic chapters in the long rich history of this place was written in the last year. And it is still unfolding. Its a story of unprecedented destruction that came from the ocean and for many an even more frustrating response coming from the president in charge of protecting it. Happening now, breaking news. Monster storm. Summer of 17 was a perfect storm of perfect storms. First, Hurricane Harvey blasted texas. It is delivering not only punishing winds but the potential for feet of rain. Feet. Then irma careened through the caribbean on its way to the florida keys. And when it graced puerto rico, they thought
Systems failed. Maria has knocked out power to the entire island. Reporter but mother natures wrath was just the beginning. And human nature would mean the difference between life and death. What is your death count as of this moment . 16 certified. 16 people certified. 16 people versus in the thousands. Reporter they were wrong. Thousands would die. It is really a good news story. And the limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane. Damn it, this is not a good news story. This is a people are dying story. Weve running out of food and water. Reporter and while the president brags puerto rico was an incredible unsung success. Reporter this tragedy will go down in history. And its not over yet. Tonight, a cnn special report, storm of controversy what really happened in puerto rico. Welcome to old san juan. A city named after john the baptist by Christopher Columbus of the United States for over a century. But one of the most tragic chapters in the long,
Here in washington. Guess what . The next crisis is likely going to be bigger, longer, and im possible to control. The president s long time lawyer and fixer has agreed to temperature publicly. Democrats are going to have to draez kashlly with this one. While he admitted to lying about some matters, were going to talk to a top democrat in just a few minutes to find out the scope, what can they talk to him about and what cant that. But speaking of muellers report, cullins testimony will be a amtizer to the anvil that is about to drop on this. They say that the president is in the bottom of the ninth inning and that report could land on his desk in late february or early march. An Emergency Declaration is not are really an option. The president may want the shut down crisis to stick around for awhile. Not to say it is a distraction to have this government shut down. Today he was a the border for what he said was a photoop. One that his Communications Team he says pushed him to do. Lets n