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We have breaking news about r. kelly who we just learned is being hold without bond on federal sex crime charges. prosecutors argued he presented a danger to the community to underage girls. kelly was arrested in chicago last week on charges that he recruited girls and women to cover up the crimes. he faces federal chancrges in brooklyn. he will be held there without bond pending trail. nagexecutives from the most powerful tech giants are testifying on capitol hill. today marks the committees ...

Regulated. kyc, know your customer, is a major portion of the industry. based on just so we can explain it, based on you have to take a licensing exam so you are not selling super risky products to senior citizens on a fixed income. who is going to regulate this? >> that is what kick-starter does. its not regulated and people start their businesses. >> when you do a kick-starter you do not own a share in the company. its like the npr pledge drive. you get a t-shirt. in this case youre talking ab...

Im not sure thats an american bargain. >> another thing we talk about here. social media or otherwise, opt out of it. you cant opt out of facial recognition technology, unless youre walking around with a mask on all the time. >> reporter: thats right. >> shareholding in amazon, where did it come from and what effect, the proposal voted and tomorrow have on the company? >> reporter: a group of small activist shareholders including a religious community in upper state. requiring outside independen...

In the history of facebook. >> reporter: and controversial. but to understand facebook of today, you have to go back to the beginning. >> there you go. theres your teaser. cnn business senior tech correspondent joining us now. this is your baby. i know youve been working on this a long time. youve had incredible, incredible access and insight into facebooks world. when you pulled back that curtain -- i mean, you were there during the height of the most recent scandal. what was that like? >> yeah...

Maryland. hell lie in state at the capitol rotunda friday. mourners will gather saturday for a service at the national cathedral in washington. mccain will be laid to rest at the naval academy in annapolis on sunday. breaking overnight, parts of southern california rattled by a magnitude 4.4 earthquake. it was centered near the city of laverne but felt over a wide area. happened at about 7:30 pacific time last night, was followed by some smaller aftershocks. there have been no reports of injur...

Musk provided some context for his claims last week about having funding secured. it turns out he doesnt have the $60 billion to $70 billion required to buy up shares and pay bonds. hes had discussions with saudi arabias public investment fund about possibly going private. joining me now, nbc news business and tech correspondent, jo ling kent. hes gone from funding secured to continuing conversations. has elon musk just showed us that that emperor has got no clothes? >> it seems the sec is possi...

>> eight minutes away were watching for the potential release of three american prisoners in north korea. are the reports of a breakthrough in their case a sign the presidents strategy on north korea is working? ari fleischer joins us. plus a congressional chaplain withdraws his resignation in a capitol hill controversy. how did his job become the latest political foot ball. nbc forced to make a major correction on the michael cohen story. how did they get it so wrong? >> bill: see you in seven ...

Unaware that companies were dlekt data and using it for a variety of purposes outside of facebook just feels incredibly inaccurate. >> so that is alexander kogan, the man at the center of facebooks scandal. defending his actions, firing back at facebook. hes the guy, remember, behind the personality app that collected data from tens of millions of users, which is then sold, without their knowledge, to a company called cambridge analytica. nbc news and tech correspondent jo ling kent is with me i...

Special in store exclusive offers, just a couple, some of the retailers have set up trying to bring some of the customers and guests out to the stores, trying to keep alive the tradition of black friday. there is a slight change although nearly 60% ofp shoppers this year telling the national retail federation they are choosing to stay on-line rather than get in line. again that is kind of one way that this black friday tradition is evolving. >> and so begs the question, polo, how do the targets ...

Until they know for a fact, but they usually know quickly. >> as well as tech correspondent in london, what are you learning and about where are you? >> we are in the city in central london. this is the oxford circuit underground. this entire area was teaming with people on this very busy friday evening. now where i am standing, the police are evacuating a wide area. they are trying to direct people away from this area. i know you have been talking about this and advising people to get away or s...