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Father. bernice king's candid accounts of her life at 2:00 p.m. eastern. i'm fredricka witfield, "fareed zakaria gps" continues right now. today more than 50% of the world's population lives in cities. by 2030, 60% will be urban. 70% by 2050. china alone is planning to move a quarter of a billion people from rural to urban areas. by 2025. but this isn't a phenomenon happening just in emerging markets or third-world countries. even in a country like the united states that is already 80% urban, people are still moving to the cities at a rate of about 1% each year. what does all of this mean?...

Legitimacy. and a heartbreaking diagnosis for a tv star millions of people love. i'm talking to neurosurgeon about the cancer fight that valerie harper is facing right now. and that the ban on sugary sodas goes into effect this week in new york. so why are customers getting new rules for their coffee? that's all coming up. in the 4:00 p.m. eastern hour. stay here, i'm fredricka witfield, "the next list" starts right now. . today we're going to show examples of brain machine interfaces you can only see in this laboratory. nobody in the world can do what you're going to see here. she's play...

Fredricka, wow, 17 years younger, 48 years old, still going for bernard hopkins, back to you. >> wow is right. that's smarts, thanks, joe. the south by southwest festival is all about geeks and techies showcasing the latest innovations. but you usually don't think politics mixing with technology, do you? this year two senators are teaming up to pitch a bipartisan bill on immigration and innovation. our laurie siegel spoke with the politicians about their bill. hey, laurie. tell me all about the bill. >> sure. it's called the start-up.3.0, fostering job growth. you think about where are the j...

then what if the americas threw a party but didn't invite us? it happened, and i'll explain. next, more than 60% of the vote in egypt this week went to islamists. how worried should we be? then, is shale gas the answer to all america's troubles or at least to many of them? you've heard about fracking, what is it, is it safe? find out. first, here's my take. president obama gave an important speech in kansas last week. whether you agree with all of it or not, he has begun a national conversation about the economy and the role of government. that's what this election should be ab...

lisa, what happens now? >> right. a couple of things happen. first of all we'll get the official announcement as you're talking about, saying that may come tomorrow, discussions under way. as the super committee fails that would trigger across the board cuts of 8 to 9% to most every government agency and those would not go into effect another year. a lot of speculation to whether congress will pull that back. but let's get back to sort of where we are right at this moment. behind the scenes, we have many, several sources republican and democrats, telling us they're planning for the e...