this is don lemon tonight. let me ask you this. do you feel a little calmer today? do you feel like there were fewer angry voices out there? well, maybe that s because facebook along with instagram and what s app were down for most of the day and you know what that did. that silenced the feedback loop that seems to be making americans angrier and angrier. people couldn t yell at each other online so people were maybe looking for other places to do it. i want you to listen to this. this is facebook whistle blower francis that s claiming that anger is good for facebook s business and alleges a scale of the problem is much worse than the company is letting on or that the public even understands. she s on 60 minutes and here is what she said. it s own research is showing that content that is hateful, that is divisive, that polarizing, it s easier to inspire people to anger than it is to other emotions. facebook has realized that if they change the algorithm to be safer, peo
mr. avlon, you are first. the company is facing its first default. republicans know this could be catastrophic, but they re still refusing to blink. do they care what this could do to the country, or do you think is all about making democrats look bad? well, as mitch mcconnell said in the previous debt ceiling and crisis, this is a hostage they re willing to ransom. but that of course is a very dangerous game by its nature. here we are tricycling towards a fiscal cliff yet again. default would be disastrous not just to our economy, but the world economy because we re the world s reserve currency. we re the only major industrialized nation in the world that does this to ourselves. this is a self-inflicted crisis. we need to get rid of the debt ceiling. we ve raised the debt ceiling 31 times under republican presidents since 1980. mitch mcconnell has voted for debt ceiling increases dramatically under the debt. this is designed to pay for things the republican congress alread
Tonight, president biden slamming republicans for refusing to join democrats in raising the nation s debt ceiling, calling their actions hypocritical, dangerous, and disgraceful. congress facing a deadline of october 18th, two weeks from tonight, to increase the country s borrowing limit, or the nation could default on its debt for the first time in history. facebook whistle-blower frances haugen testifying on capitol hill today, saying she is coming forward because she says facebook knows its platforms are used to spread hate and misinformation, but she alleges the company hides that evidence. and is this the end of the covid pandemic? is the end in sight? new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are all trending down. but what about the upcoming holiday season? we re going to get some answers from our very own dr. sanjay gupta. first i want to bring in cnn senior political analyst kirsten powers and john avlon. mr. avalon, you are first. so the country is facing the
Tonight, president biden slamming republicans for refusing to join democrats in raising the nation s debt ceiling, calling their actions hypocritical, dangerous, and disgraceful. congress facing a deadline of october 18th, two weeks from tonight to increase the country s borrowing limit or the nation could default on its debt for the first time in history. facebook whistle-blower frances haugen testifying on capitol hill today saying she is coming forward because she says facebook nose its platforms are used to spread hate and misinformation, but she alleges the company hides that evidence. and is this the end of the covid pandemic? is it the end in sight? new case, hospitalizations and deaths are all trending down. but what about the upcoming holiday season? we re going get some answers from our very own dr. sanjay gupta. first i want to bring in kirsten powers and john avenue len. good evening to both of you. good to see you.