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Interview. >> jake, i sat down with jeff bezos ant his partner lauren sanchez over the weekend at their washington, d.c. home and we discussed the tough economic times and i asked jeff, are we in a recession. >> dont know whether were technically in a recession. economists argue over that and they have certain definitions. what i could tell you, the economy does not look great right now. things are slowing down and youre seeing layoffs in many sectors of the economy. people are slowing down. the...

Lifetime. do you plan to give away the majority of your wealth in your lifetime? >> yeah, i do, and the hard part is figuring out how to do it in a levered way. its not easy, you know, building amazon was not easy. it took a lot of hard work, a bunch of very smart teammates, and im finding and i think lauren is finding the same thing that philanthropy is very similar. its not easy. its very hard, and there are a bunch of ways that i think you can do ineffective things too. were building the capa...

Now to a cnn exclusive with one of the worlds richest people. khloe malice spoke with jeff bezos and his partner lauren sanchez about his plan to donate a majority of his wealth valued at spl $124 billion to charity. he said he will use to fight climate change and for people that could help unify humanity. dolly parton got a $100 million check for her charitable work. >> talk to me about choosing dolly parton. >> well look at what shes done. and how shes led her life. and the way shes done it, t...

Vaccine research during the pandemic. the singer also has a library initiative and scholarship program and bezos spoke with our very own chloe melas about the decision. >> talk to me about choosing dolly parton. >> well, look at what shes done and how shes led her life and the way shes done it, these bold things, always with civility and kindness. shes a unifier. we have big problems in the world and the way to get big problems done is you have to work together. we have too many examples in the ...

Could decide the governors race in that state, that very closely watched, highly contested race between katie hobbs and kari lake. cnn will keep you updated throughout the evening on all the latest developments. stay tuned with cnn for all that. dolly parton is being honored, not for her musical talent. the country music legend is the latest recipient of the jeff bezos courage and civility award. it comes with $100 million with no strings attached. parton has donated to various causes for deca...

The discourse was never all that civil on Twitter. The loudest voices have often drowned out softer, more nuanced takes. After all, it’s much easier to rage-tweet at a perceived

Biden. >> so tuesday, you know, everyone said, well, joe biden, hes too old and his approval rating. what do you believe? it looks to me like hes winning. >> i think the people, they may not like everything hes done, but they like a lot of what hes done. they like that hes trying to get it done. they see what hes trying to do. thats the beauty of all of this. >> well, whoopi has a lot more to say about politics, about civility and quitting. >> not quitting "the view," quitting twitter. >> yeah, ...

To unite a divided minnesota." doesnt that apply nationally, too, for you guys? >> well, of course it does because i think the message from this election was a number of people, despite their party affiliation, voted against extreme candidates on the right. so what theyre voting for is not that they buy every single thing that a democrat says. what theyre voting for is getting things done, civility, working across the aisle when that happens. and in our state, as you know, poppy, we have one of ...

District is turning. >> we picked up a new district, and third congressional district, much of western and southern california, its neck and neck. it will most certainly be a recount. we of probably wont know until december. the fact that heavily republican seat is so competitive says a lot about the pragmatic, thoughtful solutions democrats offer. and the support for civility, right? lauren boeberts opponent adam frisch worked on im here to provide stability to this office and that resonated. >...

Putting up with other people can be a bear, especially when they are clearly in the wrong.