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It to. Us hello, im alicia menendez. As we come on the air tonight we are closely monitoring the second deadliest wildfire in u. S. History in hawaii on the island of maui. 80 people are now confirmed dead. Sadly, the kit mayor tonight wanting the death toll could go up as more damages are assessed. From the air, the toll of these fires, well, look at it, it is hard to take in. Homes reduced to rubble. This as half a dozen fires are still burning in maui and on the big island. Officials say fire...

Plus, experts share what makes a person instantly more likeable.

Are watching at florida? >> oh, no question, alicia. he has definitely been caught in that likability trap. and you look at the fact to the question of confidence, what most voters are seeing that dont recognize the work he can afford, they are looking at hows campaign is run. now that might be a reflection of the organization, but -- that campaign has been an litigated disaster. so when you couple the fact that he comes across as very unlikable and he has had a disastrous campaign, it makes it ...

Doing better than people anticipate, but eating away at the black support that joe biden has in south carolina. shell probably be stronger in nevada than people think. so i really think that the biden campaign realizes at this point their firewalls can be doused. he has got to do better in iowa. he cant just give up iowa and new hampshire, because black folk will change their mind if he does not present himself as being the best chance to get rid of donald trump in 2020. >> okay. jason johnson, ...

Weve been offered these two paths, lean in and do gender correcting performance or let it go. im offering a third way, which is we need to reckon with concept of likability when we hear people discussed as being unlikable, we have to ask what that means. theyre even sort of subtle things you can do as male allies in this arena which is catalyst has all this great language around is she, you know, is she ind indecisive or deliberate? those two things are important. even something that i would thi...

The context of wages and promotions, all of which are important, but theres a price that western facing for internalizing these demands and time that is lost. if i sit down with my supervisor and all the feedback i get is how i use my hands and how i sit in my chair and whether or not i smile enough with everybody in the office, thats time were not spending about hard skills that might allow me to deliver better results for my company or organization. >> and also if you show that aggressive side...

Likability, there is a lot of focus on appearance, both physical appearance and even the tone of womens voice and some of the characteristics that we tend to expect from our leaders like toughness or, you know, strong strength, those are stereotypically associated with men whereas women have to actively prove that they also have those qualities and -- >> if i may, if i may, let me just jump in. youre running through these and i want to hone in on the likability trap you talk b you talk about sex...