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>> we seek to balance protecting unborn babies while ensuring the safe care of others. >> you will never back down! >> president biden has speaker mccarthy calling the debt ceiling negotiations productive. >> the president selected two people to directly negotiate us with. default is a disaster. >> artificial intelligence is moving so fast, it baffles even the people that create it. >> there is a chance that goes wrong and destroys humanity. >> we want to work with the government to prevent that from happening. >> are we going to see any action being taken? that is the question. >> h...

Lawmakers, one of them senator amy coney barrett. she said facebook's own research shows it amplifies hate, misinformation and political unrest but the company hides what it knows. she described the financial incentives for not changing the algorithm which prioritizes extreme content because that gets more clicks and more eyeballs and for longer. haugen talked about how facebook's instagram can harm teenagers, an allegation staffers for senator bloomenthal explored. donie o'sullivan reports. >> we created a 13-year-old who expressed interest in weight loss and dieting, and within a day she was...

Policy. changing it a bit to make it countries that he says were not about muslims, but most of the countries put on this list were muslim majority countries. so the democrats have been given ammunition, enough political ammunition to make these connections. richard bloomenthal and beto o'rourke are talking about these things. it's likely this could be part of the 2020 campaign as well. this is an issue going on. president trump in his remarks said that he did not see this as a rise, but that obviously contradicts what the prime minister said with that clip that you played. i want to pivot t...

Himself to attack by not condemning this more than he that done? >> it's surprising to hear from the white house they condemn this as an act of hate, as an act of terrorism, but the president declined to go into more details. he doesn't specifically condemn the rise of white nationalism. the president could have taken a more decisive stance on this. we have heard from the white house communication team saying it's outrageous to tie the president to this. any mention connecting mr. trump to the manifesto is outrageous. senator bloomenthal of connecticut has pointed to trump's rhetoric and tied ...

Katherine herridge is on capitol hill with those developments. >> reporter: that vote was just a couple hours ago. the committee, 12 republicans, 10 democrats. that sets the table for a confirmation vote. lindsey graham said he had some reservations about william barr, but he felt barr significantly didn't need the job. >> i think we need a steady hand at the department of justice and i believe he provides that steady hand. it's not based on what i believe. it's based on his experience. >> reporter: what we heard consistently from republicans and democrats is that when it comes to special coun...