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Hotel in sevare and parts of the cocotry were occupiedy islamist f fhters linked to al qaeda. France has 1,000 peacekeeping troops even though they recently took over security operations. Again, special forces now surround that hotel. Possibly going in, trying to end this siege. Robin and george. Very fluid situation, martha, thanks. We have on the phone right now Olivia Salgado fromm the u. N. We know thehe took 170 hostage and 20 released including three u. N. Personnel . Yeah, thats correct. ...

It started as satire, as a joke. lets go to washington state, katz star bird, could you founder of an informed public and researches this every day. and we have kate, a misinformation expert. kate, yo kate, youre in washington state. have you seen the internment camp with your own eyes? >> no, i have not seen the internment camps, no. >> what is going on? >> this is something weve seen over and over again. and we know conspiracy theories and rumors are often built off an old building block. this...

Kate, this is related to a concept you study, you use the phrase participatory disinformation, which i think is an interesting phrase. this isnt a one-way misinformation, its people participating in the misinformation. >> were seeing misinformation collaboratives, people are creating it and working together in ways that they dont even necessarily know where elites in the media or politics are setting the frames and telling people, you know, to be afraid and to believe things. every day people ar...

Entertainment -- news/entertainment financial models actually is whats happening there. >> right, sell their books and all of that. im getting emails from people whose friends are scared about these lies. they read them and believe them and are scared about them. i think its important to remember, this is not hypothetical. were talking about flesh and blood. were talking about families being ripped aparts based on lies about covid and vaccines. do you ever experience that firsthand, kate? >> abs...

More defiant and more forward with this disinformation about the election, claiming that he had not really lost the election, and really just doubling down on the lies that have caused so much trouble over the past year, year and a half. and last night i heard him, you know, more forcefully put those lies out there than ive heard since january 6th. i think its scary and we should be paying attention as a sign of things to come. >> you say we ignore it atz our peril. caroline and kate, thank you ...