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Way and so if you say think apple you get similar brain activation patterns so this is this. new finding. that. we have this commonality in our brains its not a random pattern that we all have its systematic. the research has developed a program with which they could a dentist find the phrase a subject was reading simply by analyzing the brain regions activated during reading. like here for example well as trying to predict the center of its unfair to criminal as you can see we get this clusters...

Connected. to you does it appear they are? >> obviously the police chief and investigators have made that connection already. the devices seem similar in nature and the victim and side of town the devices are going off they surely appear connected in some shape or form. theres a relationship where the victims are specifically targeted remains to be seen. >> bill: does it take a level of skill to pull this off or is the skill level more rudimentary than that? >> well, from what has been made publ...

>> because i live out here. >> reporter: is it something you feel like you face in southern california? >> yes. >> reporter: craig, thats the thing, you were standing here looking, talk to me about why you came out here today. >> this is a serious national issue. i think we should get rid of it. >> reporter: do you think its something thats possible in your lifetime, that elected leaders are listening to us today and theyre going to hear what you all are saying? >> i hope so. >> reporter: realis...

Were injured. and it looks like someone is ready talk attachment. >> information. thumbs up when you are ready okay. good. okay. good? >> im going to very briefly just number one thank you for coming out this morning and especially under these circumstances. my name is derec becker with the south carolina emergency management situation. we are supporting lexington county with whatever they may need. any facilities or any sort of resources that a local first responders may need or that amtrak eve...

These jump-start races, these people from outside the establishment. a bigger chance that theres a skeleton in the closet that has a dramatic impact on the race. >> trace: and when these things happen, josh, you have this -- theyre all talking 2018, is this a one-off for 2018. what are your thoughts? this is a stand-out race. you had all of these accusations, all of this money pouring in for the democrats. do you see this as a precursor or not? >> i think its something of a precursor. its a biza...

Molly mchugh is here, an expert in this. lets dive right into these ads because its the ad content thats concerning, okay? we have a few of the right-wing ads on screen, but lets talk about this one, showing a depiction of jesus arm-wrestling with satan. it says "satan, if i win, clinton wins." "jesus, not if i can help it," from a group called army of jesus. whats the goal of this ad? is this as simple as pushing trump as a candidate for president? >> i think there are a lot of layers in the ad...

The russian propaganda efforts during our election, is that much of the content is targeted toward enflaming divides and deepening divisions and creating discord, and all of that is true. but if you look at that ad in particular, whats interesting is it is, again, about activation, its about behavioral change. its not just information. its not just we want you to understand this. its targeting a specific group of people to see if they can get them to go out and protest, to demonstrate, to organi...

Talking point coming out of the hearings this week and sort of what people have learned about the russian propaganda efforts during our election, is that much of the content is targeted toward enflaming divides and deepening divisions and creating discord, and all of that is true. but if you look at that ad in particular, whats interesting is it is, again, about activation, its about behavioral change. its not just information. its not just we want you to understand this. its targeting a specifi...

Activation and mobilization and behavioral change within a population. and this one in particular seems to be targeting a group that has for a long time been targeted by russian propaganda and far right propaganda, the kind of evangelical landscape and making it a simple black-or-white choice -- if you vote for clinton, youre voting for satan, which is a very odd message, but it does appeal to a certain audience in a variety of ways, but i think its, again, this sort of defining an enemy and mak...

Media-academic complex for thats where the division is coming from, the way then uses covered on cnn, thats division in terms of justice and law and order. as for president obama talking about how politics has infected our communities, he was a community organizer. that was his job. to infuse communities with politics. the point is he only favors a certain kind of activation. he liked it when it happened to a bunch of progresses. not too much a -- among conservatives. to george bush, who i admir...