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Caldwell and jacob ward in menlo park, california. leann, i want to start with you. we've received an early look at haugen's opening statement. what can we expect about what she is expected to say today? >> reporter: good morning, jose. it is expected to be a bombshell testimony when frances haugen, who was a whistle-blower, who has come out publicly and shown herself. and she's going to deliver this scathing testimony about facebook, in which she says, i came forward because i recognized a frightening truth. almost no one outside of facebook knows what happens inside of facebook. now, her tes...

Even that content? >> facebook has a long history of having a very successful and effective growth division where they constantly are trying to optimize it to grow. those kinds of stickiness could be construed as things that facilitate addiction >> you brought up other countries and what's been happening there. on 60 minutes you said that facebook implemented safeguards to reduce misinformation ahead of the 2020 election but turned off those safeguards right after the election. you know the insurrection occurred january 6th. do you think facebook turned off the safeguards because it cost the c...

Those types of companies. take a look at other companies like nvidia and qualcomm and there is a reason why companies like facebook are a key trader, the biggest traded company in america and had the biggest decline over the last month. that's $158 billion in mark value loss. >> dom chu, thank you so much. just 25 minutes from now, the whistleblower will testify. there is a lot more questions whether the company needs to be regulated or possibly broken up. joining me now to discuss, facebook's global health of safety. i know it has been a couple of days. your entire unit is about

>> we all know the big lie started and originated with donald trump. if you had not had that big lie, you wouldn't have had january 6th. could you make a compelling argument that if you hadn't had the big lie amplified by facebook, you could have also prevented january 6th? >> oh, there's no question. the way this is organized and gained strength and was so for many of them inside the capitol that day, well planned and they were well resourced in touch with each other. not to mention the fact that they were continuing to live stream their violence on facebook. without that, they just couldn't ...

Facebook to target their voters so this is going to be an enduring problem and why i've testified, i think, four times regarding social media and different facets and not one rule has ever come from any of those things. >> i'm glad that you said that, clint, because again, i think the election impact is the biggest thing. facebook in and of itself can't do anything. but facebook can facilitate people who want to do harm getting together. i'm going to play this sound from miss haugen and i'm going to get kara's thought on what the impacts are and what facebook has been doing when it comes to am...