future is going to be. that s what our trip was all about, to make it clear we re supporting the taiwanese. they asked for additional military equipment and we should supply that. yes, china is going to continue to press the issue, as they have for the last four decades, but along the way the united states has stood firmly with taiwanese making up their own mind about what their future is going to be, and we should continue to do that. congressman, in other news, twitter s former head of security has filed a whistle-blower complaint with the federal government accusing the company of a number of serious security flaws and oversights including members of the company s board of directors misled the public and government agencies about the company s security. this was first published by the washington post and cnn. nbc news reached out for comment. what do you make of this news? well, i m concerned about the entire tech industry.
seat with abortion rights taking center stage. democrat pat ryan is trying to galvanize voters upset with the high court s june decision. we re going to defy the conventional wisdoms and expectations. i think people understand what s at stake. reporter: his republican opponent, marc molinaro, acknowledges national political forces are mobilizing here. do you see outside interests coming in here trying to fire up the voting base. without question. obviously, everyone has a agree of interest. reporter: which means tonight s results could be a harbinger of things to come, including of the potential impact of abortion rights on november s elections, now 77 days away, norah. o donnell: a twitter whistleblower accuses of social media giant of hiding major security flaws. that story in 60 seconds. you weren t made for uc or crohn s,
welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. this hour, the images of jupiter from the most powerful telescope ever launched from earth. images that startled even nasa scientists. what we can learn from those pictures, coming up. place, back here on planet earth, excessive drought is exposing secrets from years ago, from newly revealed dinosaur tracks to world war ii war ships but leading this hour, a whistleblower claims that twitter has major security flaws that are a threat to your personal information. shareholders and perhaps more importantly threats to national security and democracy. the claim comes in a disclosure sent to congress and to federal agencies last month and it describes a reckless environment where too many staff members have access to sensitive information and there isn t enough oversight. as donie o sullivan reports, the disclosure also alleges some of
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heavy rains have caused widespread flooding and landslides in parts of new zealand s south island. more than 400 homes have been evacuated in the nelson region, where double the average amount of rain for august has fallen since tuesday with more heavy downpours expected. the floods have caused problems with the water system in the city of nelson where residents are being asked to save water to safeguard the clean supplies. apple has issued an urgent software update for many of its phones, tablets and computers because of security flaws that could allow attackers to take complete control of the devices. the vulnerability would allow intruders to impersonate the device s owner and subsequently run any software in their name. joining me now is our cyber reporter, joe tidy. tell us more about this, how it works and how we can stop it. fine works and how we can stop it. one -a er, works and how we can stop it. one paper. this works and how we can stop it. one