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Matters. Bill weir is standing by in hawaii as we unpack that devastation. Also, a top american pastor who says that Teachings Of Jesus are apparently too woke, yes, you heard me say that, for trump supporting evangelicals. And the Riverboat Captain in that Alabama Brawl is speaking out for the first time right here tonight. By the way, if you havent noticed, it is the summer of women from the beehive to barbie and the swifties. But first, everyone, look, jack smith has already made his new year...

>> abby, i think we should caveat by saying nothing that we have -- nothing has been finalized. they are moving closer to a deal. we have seen some progress over the last few 12 hours, particularly on the spending issue. that is as something that has been really bedeviling the talks. but they started at least floating the idea of a potential compromise that both sides could try to claim as a win. one of the things they are discussing is raising the debt ceiling for two years, which wou...

Talking about the very issue. youre talking about the, way and the political avenues here in particular, do you think that this is being flamed by particular actors in politics? donald trump has been somebody who has been criticized for a very long time about a kind of other-ism and the idea of vilifying people in ways that people latched onto. are you seeing his influence in these conversation? >> ive been clear about what i think about donald trump, but i dont think he is the originator of thi...

The case involves almost everything a victim of sexual harassment would be desperate to avoid. “At the end of the day, they didn’t even investigate,” the female curler said of her 2020 complaint about sexual harassment at her Colorado curling club filed with the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Established six years ago to create accountability in the aftermath of sex-abuse scandals in Olympic sports that landed USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar in prison, the SafeSport center&...

Facebook, but what youre saying is, this is endemic to the market for attention. which is to say, ruthlessly efficient market for attention, on social media, which can be better at getting attention than anything, else because they have essentially algorithms that constantly tested what gets attention, are sort of necessarily perverse. that they will necessarily, go to the place where were seeing all these revelations, about which is outraging conspiracy theory and qanon and all that stuff, beca...

Regular marketplace, with an invisible hand of adam, smith again we have the digital hand of zuckerberg, that everybody has to appeal to, that is a new species of power, when it talks about three billion people who are plugged into that system. >> again, its not the algorithm, the key point is here is that the algorithm is just a very efficient means of aggregating pre conscious attentional desires. which is to say, all the algorithm does, is surface the stuff that grabs our olympic system, in t...

Very little was about the winter olympics. the head of the board directly addressed larry nassar more than 260 accusers. >> to the women, both those who chose to testify and those who did not, who have demonstrated tremendous bravery, and poise and strength in the most difficult circumstances imaginable, let me say this. olympic system failed you, and we are so incredibly sorry. >> reporter: but the head of the usoc said they would step down which high-profile victims called for and larry probe ...

Bravery, poise and strength in the most difficult circumstances imaginable, let me say this, the olympic system failed you, and we are so incredibly sorry. >> reporter: twhen asked if the head of the board will step down, they said they have their own investigation underway and no one will be fired until the investigation is complete. extraordinary, hallie, on opening day of the winter games, this dominated the conversation. >> i think well see a lot more news coming out of the olympics the next...

The chances are too slim. >> at this point the brother and sister team had to decide whether they wanted to challenge the u.s. olympic system or back down which would mean relabeling, rebranding and reshooting all their promotional photos. >> were looking at $65,000, $75,000. >> that would be to challenge their name from olympic provisions to oholympia. >> you dont have that history. if youre not at the top, you take a hit in sales. so i felt like i was doing it right way. we had an attorney do ...

And behavior. >> think of the brain not as a hard plastic surface in this model, but like a bowl of jell-o. when theres trauma occurring to the side of the brain, the entire brain can shift, and as a consequence, the opposite side of the brain can smashup against the wall of the skull, and it can effect the lympic system. >> tony door set believes head trauma effected his mental state. >> short tempered, flying off the cuff when there was really not a necessity. >> reporter: growing awareness of...