you need to see or what's important to you that's actually a fundamental question that congress needs to ask that other government leaders that as users need to ask how do we get to control what we're seeing there's no dials to do that right it's the algorithms and. up until now we haven't been granted access to those algorithms is it going to take an act of congress basically to open up those algorithms to the public so we've actually consulted for the federal trade commission and the f.c.c. about this issue because facebook should imagine that you know it when you go to facebook and you have these different dials on different interest that you care about and you can see more about sports and less about you know politics or whatever it might be imagine you could do that kind of balancing facebook doesn't want to open that up because that just creates a whole can of worms imagine write these these senators are having trouble even understand the basics of what an ad driven economy looks like imagine if you expose the algorithm right imagine what that does to face between facebook apple

. congress passed the civil rights act which ended segregation and outlawed discrimination based on race religion sex or national origin dr king was awarded the nobel peace prize and continued to organize nonviolent protests and inspire millions in one nine hundred sixty eight he traveled to memphis tennessee where he delivered what was to be his final speech. tonight. was the next day from this window a man called james earl ray fired a single fatal shot at the activist as he stood on his hotel balcony dr martin luther king had been forever silenced. martin luther king was shot and was killed by god was the painful events of that day are etched on his friend's memorise. the term. and that of his relatives speaking ahead of the anniversary of his death his youngest daughter recalled what the world lost when her father died but also what it gained. he taught us. the importance of embrace it. is not merely as a tactic it is and way of life. fifty years on and dr king's final speech still reverberates today. and with me at the big table tonight is just a tailor she runs and hides the monthl

. congress to live up to your expectations the united states is the one who invented this middle of dualism you are zero one now who has to herb to preserve and reinvent it. merkel won't have this kind of stage for two and a half hour visit is set to focus on working down the list of problems my car had to leave unresolved with but lynn already resigned to the fact that a trade war is in the making expectations are low. that they are all i'm joined now by our correspondent clear richardson she is at the white house tonight good evening to you claire's mr mark ron he left the white house empty handed merkel will probably do the same to morrow has this week of european lobbying has it failed. hi brant it's a little bit too early to issue a final verdict on that microphone and medicals efforts to get president trump to see eye to eye with them we're going to have to wait and see until the end of her visit which is going to be very much all business and no frills will be in the united states for less than twenty four hours now the two leaders have been looking as we heard in that report

states i mean what reasons can zuckerberg give these congress members to prevent them from regulating social media. well basically i mean his track record of facebook's track record on data privacy issues is not that stellar they have been investigations before by the f.t.c. and by the trade commission and also a lot of consumer advocates have to have cost that facebook needs to prove its standards but the track road isn't so great so basically what facebook and her books have said is that they will do better this time they will really improve their act and they will be able to make make these rules and stop these transgressions whether that resonates and with lawmakers and ultimately prevents facebook from being regulated is to be seen and we know some of the congress members on the on the senate committee they said that they hadn't seen this much interest in a tech topic since the one nine hundred ninety s. and we can expect that there will be plenty of political theater for the world to view today and tomorrow but but what about the day after that i mean will zuckerberg testimony w

c.e.o. will be testifying before the u.s. congress he will likely talk about how facebook uses and protects user data and his plans to limit user data accessible to other companies. then the money could be some of the most watched television in a very long time i know i'll be watching it and truly so lucky here for motherboard germany because you'll be watching it suits reasons good to have you back on the show we know he's going to mr zuckerberg is going to testify before two congressional committees next week i think on wednesday and thursday. he'll be the only one test device so he probably will be grilled what we've never seen grilling before but is that going to change anything. apart from some very uncomfortable questions i'm not really sure what the consequences are going to be i am more putting my hope at least for european users the reform of the e.u. what. form it takes effect next next month exactly because that actually gives the user a bit more power information that the network failed to provide a but so now it informs them what is being saved by whom and where it is

speak i bring berlin this is the day. members of congress i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you his excellent city emanuel mccrone the president of the french republic. the miracle of the relationship between the united states and france estatic we have never lost the special bond deeply rooted not only history but also you know flatfish personally. if you ask me i do not share the fascination for new strong powers the abandonment to freedom and the illusion of nationalism. today the international community needs to step up all game and build the twenty first century world order basin's of perignon principles we established together after the wall to the united states. is the one in fantasies milton up the elites and you are the one now. who has to to preserve and reign fountains. also coming up a warning not to wear jewish kippers on the streets in berlin that was yesterday today a rally against hate in berlin and guess what they wore. it's absolutely important to be proud of who we are but hearty ourselves that is not the solution to anti-semitism th

congress that he was reopened at the f.b.i. was reopening an investigation into clinton by saying that you really have to see it through the lens of the time she was widely believed to be the incoming next president of the u.s. and he felt that he really had to be seen as not playing favorites and to cover himself by reopening this investigation but of course she and her campaign see it quite differently and claire just very briefly before we go one of chum's lawyers has been in court today also the porn star that he allegedly had an affair with what has been going on on that front. that's right trump's longtime personal lawyer michael cohen has been in court trying it to get the court to let him and his legal team look at these documents that were seized during a very high profile raid of his offices last week they say that they want to see whether they are protected under attorney client privilege between the lawyer and john will trump and the federal prosecution has been saying that that would be special treatment would not be appropriate for richardson in washington thank you. for

until the congress he will become the first secretary of the communist party. watching the presidential handover at their home in havana these cubans believe the fifty seven year old diaz can now is what the country needs. it was a good choice he's young and innovative with a different perspective but on the streets of cuba not everyone is convinced much will change. all the same to me who have a good for the country and the people. may gandy and canal is a ponty loyalist a cautious choice for a cautious country and that's appears to be exactly what the. you know where is cuba headed to not to talk about that i'm joined now by jorge dewani he is director of the cuban research institute at florida international university in miami and mr dorney it's good to have you on the day we don't really know much about this handle for how this handoff from the castro family to the new president came about we don't know much about the new president mr miguel diaz canel what does this dearth of information tell us when i think it's a better very deliberate strategy on the art. elite in c

congress and a white house that have taken no significant steps regarding gun control. was there a message couldn't be clearer. just a handful of the tens of thousands of students to have donned their books to demand tougher gun controls from new york was. to michigan and even the white house they made their point basically we just want to see some type of preventative measures taken you know the change has been powered was more we can feel the school second security measures we feel that the onus should not be on the school to take security measures to prevent their students from being killed in gunfire there should be some type of preventive measure taken some type of change it was not all chanting thirteen seconds of silence were held to remember the thirteen victims of the columbine school massacre they were killed nineteen years ago to the day when two students opened fire on their classmates their slaughter entered school shootings into the global consciousness two decades on and solutions of deaths later many of america's students have seen enough. at our school our teacher

he should be prosecuted he liked the congress under oath he is a weak and untruthful slimeball who was as time has proven a terrible director of the f.b.i. and it continues and as you can imagine in in similar vein now washington post reporter callum bourses has been reading james cohesive book ahead of its publication on the tuesday he joins us now welcome to d.w. does donald trump have much to be worried about. well it sort of comes down to a he said he said in some of these situations and so what you see is probably a little bit more tribalism right so if you are inclined to believe the president you'll probably say yeah komi is lying and if you're inclined to believe komi then you're probably going to side with him our latest polling shows that the general public sides with comi more often than the president so that should be perhaps one cause of alarm for the president he's holding on to his base they sort of believe whatever he says but the rest of the country is far more skeptical ok so let's bring up some of the biggest hits from this book well i think one of the big ones o

consistency is what the justification to let congress and the public know ten days before the election and not let them know about the rest of the times and what does this tell us about washington politics too i mean we've got the former head of the saying i was thinking about the political ramifications when i made that decision about the e-mail investigation but if i had to do over again i would do the very same thing you know if you read the excerpts of the book that have been released thus far the picture that comes out is is a little troublesome in the sense that it indicates that he expected hillary clinton to win and what he was trying to do to preserve the integrity of the institution the f.b.i. is distance himself from that by saying we didn't hand maiden that victory but that's a political decision itself is an. hour before we run out of time michael cohen the personal attorney to the president are you his mercy mystery third client we know now is the fox news host a show on hannity right fox news so far as not commented on this why is this a big deal they actually j

the members of congress the there is nothing to support their own for. control. for you thing and this is really dangerous for democracy well tonight there are reports of resistance from inside newsrooms take a look at this tweet from a sinclair on station in wisconsin now it reads in response to the sinclair message which aired w m s in fox forty seven madison did not air the sinclair promotional announcement during our nine pm news this weekend rather we stayed true to our commitment to provide our madness. in area viewers local news weather and sports of interest to this that we tried to contact fox forty seven in madison today to invite someone from the station to be on the day to talk about why they have decided not to air the promo but we were not successful and that is not surprising considering what their corporate owner has communicated this is a memo from a sinclair station in portland oregon katie eighty years now take a good look here employees were told most certainly don't talk to any press about this issue and if you look down the next paragraph is most revealing i

merger or maybe congress steps in but that would seem to be also unlikely at least until after midterm elections and we've see what happens there but my guess is if i was wagering money the merger will be approved and go through prior to mid terms what does this tell us about independent reporting in the u.s. you know here in europe we we scratch our heads and ask how can independent news be owned and operated by a commercial giant i mean have you been co-opted in the us. it increases the need for media literacy in the u.s. we have lots of commercial giants i've worked for many of them and sinclair is unique the other large station groups do have a true commitment to local journalism because they realize that good local journalism is also good business so while the model is somewhat unique you do have commercial businesses dedicated to good journalism and you also have nonprofit journalistic outlets you have national public radio you have p.b.s. that also do great work the challenge is it's not clear who owns what station unless you're looking for it so if you're in one of thes

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congress the there's nothing the source of their own for. gender control. or for you and this is really dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is a strictly dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy. well that is the message that we're certainly getting this evening and it's all about what it all means i'm joined now by bill silcock director of global initiatives at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university and callan borders a journalist covering media and politi