in the last few years, we have heard lots about the metaverse and how it s going to change our lives online. i ve made several stories about it and the effect it s going to have. yeah, but you had help! i beg your pardon? you had help from the likes of me the trimmer, younger looking virtual version of you that s helped with all of these stories on the telly. well, if you know so much about it, perhaps you d like to explain what the metaverse actually is then? my pleasure! if we think of the current internet as something that we look at, the metaverse is the next version of the net that we are inside, experiencing as a sd avatar like this one. that s the broad idea it doesn t truly exist yet. but games like fortnite and roblox of us a glimpse offer us a glimpse of what the metaverse could be virtual realms that play host to pop concerts, fashion shows, and sports. ah! as well as allowing us to play games. and mashing up different activities across genres and industri
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. twitter s new owner elon musk has defended his decision to sack about half the firm s workforce without warning. mr musk said the social media platform was losing large sums of money every day. he s insisted twitter s commitment to content moderation remains unchanged, despite the loss of key staff and anxiety among advertisers. in an interview, elon musk revealed that twitter was losing around $4 million a day, meaning costs had to be cut. he promised twitter wouldn t degenerate into what he called a free for all hellscape when content moderation is loosened. but advertisers including general motors have withdrawn their business, which is likely to lead to a drop in revenues. and now twitter faces lawsuits from the hundreds of employees over the way they were fired. out technology editor, zoe kleinman, reports. elon musk did not speak to any of the twitter employees laid off today. he was a surprise guest
and say check i-phone. gaming yourselves with family and friends and how many friends your kids have. gillian: thanks for joining us today. have a great weekend. have a great weekend. bill: we start a new hour right now and start it live from the beaches of normandy, france. president biden arriving at pointe du hoc on the cliffs of normandy giving a speech. we ll share that with you. look at the stunning weather they have on france s northwest shore just really beautiful, beautiful time. welcome. brand-new hour begins here live in new york city. dana has the day off today. i m bill hemmer and our friend gillian is back with us today. gillian: will you keep me for the second hour? that s official. here we are. i m gillian turner. national security advisor says the president will make the case for democracy drawing a line that starts at world war ii and the cold war, nato and russia s current war with ukraine. bill: taking a page from ronald reagan in 1984 in the sam
american today? these rangers remembered with reverence those who gave their lives in battle. could they or anyone ever imagine that america wouldn t do the same? they believed america was the beacon of the world. i m certain they believed that it with be that way forever. you know, we stand today where we stand that s what became june 6th. the rangers who scaled this cliff didn t know they would change the world but they did. i ve long said that history has shown that ordinary americans can do extraordinary things when challenged. there is no better example of that in the entire world than right here at pointe du hoc. rangers from farms and cities and every part of america, from homes that didn t know wealth and power.
the shore. everything exploded. a sergeant was knocked into the freezing water and as he told it, he began to utter a prayer dear god, don t let me drown. i want to get in and do what i m here and supposed to do. americans like colonel james rutter of texas, military asked for a battalion for this mission he raised his hand and said my rangers can do the job. he knew their capacity, he knew the strength of their character. a few days after they scaled this cliff he wrote a condolence letter to a mother of one of the rangers who gave his life here and the letter said a country must be great to call for the sacrifice of such men. a country must be great to call for the sacrifice of such men. americans like john from new jersey. he is here. john, we love you, man, thank