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this busy new hour. a brand new episode of "kiking charles" starts right now. >> weve got a couple questions for you. >> she said this country has never been racist. >> there is been a history of racism in the united states. and unfortunately, it continues today. >> i think thats completely false. >> this country was built on racist policy. >> its too cold to what? >> to hang out and chat for too long. >> being from canada -- >> you dont even have a jacket on. >> from the cnn studios i...

On, thats not journalism. thats extortion. thats blackmail. again, this is not the textbook, dictionary definition of extortion and blackmail because theyre not asking for money specifically, but what theyre asking for is for the bezos parties to make statements about "national enquirer" and ami that will protect amis relationship with the saudi government, potential potentially, who is paying them money. i think this is what is ultimately happening. this isnt journalism. this is mafia behavior....

Replace elon musk. and im not talking about the tweets. hes a genius, a crazy genius. neil: thats what they say about layfield. >> if be in did a 420 pot reference, the guy -- im not going to --. >> very good, very good. >> anyway, needs to come down from the ambian or whatever. anyway, look, this situation with the tweet, i dont know if he was kidding around or getting the convertible bonds to convert to get more money because theres a serious cash burn. alternative energy is not easy economics...

He also hosts a podcast called crazy genius. mark zuckerberg and the company itself has been mired in a variety of controversies in the last few months. how much about that? how much this is about the facebook model itself perhaps running its course? >> thats the perfect question. before i get to it, i think its worth spending a bit of time savoring that statistic. this was the largest drop in value for any company in the history of the country. >> thats staggering. >> first, it tells us that fa...

Senior ed toward for the atlantic, host of "crazy genius." love the name of that. tony, youve been digging through these ads. most of them, as far as i can see, its not like theyre endorsing a specific candidate. what theyre doing is spreading inflammatory messages on sensitive subjects including immigration, race. was this largely a campaign to inflame and divide the american voter? >> it was absolutely about sewing social and cultural unrest here in the united states at a very important time, ...

Think that this can be fixed by 2018. >> it cant be fixed by 2018. this is an unbelievably complex problem. mark zuckerberg has built -- >> mark zuckerberg of course. >> hes built a persuasion machine. he has built this platform. and he goes around telling advertisers we are the new television. we are the best way to tell people what to buy, how to buy it, how much to spend, where to go, come to us, give us your money, stop giving it to television. that is the reason why this company is worth 40...