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who's the chameleon? the most powerful, shape- shifting, sorceress. nothing like anyone you've ever faced. [ evil laughter ] i eat powerful sorceresses for breakfast. what is it you're holding? a cookie. ah! one last dragon warrior smackdown. oh! ah! we're not so different, you and i. skadoosh. stand back. i'm gonna kick my butt. violence, violence. next stop, super tuesday president biden and donald trump skate through michigan, ever closer to an election day rematch, but are cracks starting to show in their campaigns?
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a state of emergency in the lonestar state a wildfire raging in the texas panhandle. it's already the fuifth largest in the state's history the dangers of deep fakes. the very role eal threat of artificial intelligence setting off alarms in schools across the country. while apple is slamming the brakes on the plans for a ln electric car and stay with me, and you'll see a world of poor fabrication. families thinking they scored a golden ticket to willy wonka's chocolate factory wind up with something closer to the fyre festival good morning, glad you're with me. i'm frances rivera we begin with the latest results coming out of michigan nbc news projects that president
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biden and former president trump are the winners in their race. president biden is facing a new challenge on the campaign trail. >> reporter: the president is facing backlash over his stance on the war in israel and hamas more than 10% of the votes went to the group uncommitted they are calling for a lasting cease-fire in the war. they say activists in other states have reached out hoping to launch similar campaigns. in a statement, mr. biden tha thanked michiganders the president touted investments made for the auto industry and his support of the auto workers union. meanwhile, donald trump celebrated his win by calling in to a watch party
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>> it's going to be fantastic. we win michigan, we win the whole thing. the auto workers are with us we have so many people with us they've destroyed the auto working business november, i can tell you this. november 5th cannot come fast enough, because our country's in serious trouble. >> reporter: trump's remain challenger, nikki haley, is not backing down she campaigned in colorado yesterday. as she focuses on super tuesday. more than a dozen primaries will be held next week with over 800 republican delegates up for grabs. new this morning, president biden's son hunter will sit for a deposition with the house oversight committee. for over a year, house republicans have sought the testimony as part of their impeachment investigation into the president and his son. the gop's case against president biden came into question two weeks ago when their key source was charged with lying to the fbi about the biden family new this morning, the u.s.
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army says it is reducing its force by about 24,000 or 5% of its combat personnel most of the posts are already vacant and have been for a while. so those cuts would not lead to actual soldiers being taken offer the battlefield. a ukraine-funding meeting at the white house between president biden, vice president harris and congressional leaders got heated at times. chuck schumer said it was one of the most quinnintense i've ever encountered. the democrat says he urged republican speaker johnson to quote, get it done, telling repo rep reporters that history would judge republicans harshly if ukraine falls to russia.
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meanwhile, nato has caused a stir on its own turf through startling suggestions that western countries could send ground troops into ukraine good morning, claudio, tell us what happened. >> reporter: on monday, the french president, emmanuel macron suggested that western officials were considering or discussing the possibility of sending ground troops into ukraine, which of course means nato troops now. he did say there was no consensus yet, but also that such an option shouldn't be ruled out. even that suggestion, as predictable, enraged russia, with dmitry peskov saying it will make a conflict between nato and russia inevitable and warns nato countries to consider the consequences of such an action and some nato countries did
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clearly consider the consequences because for instance germany down-played the comments by macron spain and the uk made it very clear that they reject that outright and they prefer to continue helping ukraine by keep sending weapons and funds. as for nato itself, the secretary-general, jens stoltenberg said there is currently no plan to send nato troops into ukraine. frances? >> thank you for the update. new york city's mayor is calling for chainges to be made in the city's sanctuary laws he believes the city should work with immigration officials to deport migrants suspected of violent crimes a reporter asked if this would remove due process >> they didn't give due process to the person that they shot or punched or killed, you know. there's just a philosophical
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disagreement here. >> any changes to the sanctuary laws would need the support of the city council, and the council's speaker made it clear they have no intention of making such a move. >> reporter: two men are facial 20 years to life in prison after they were found guilty of killing a run-d.m.c. legend. they were convicted of shooting the legend at his queens recording studio in 2002 prosecutors argued that it was driven by a potentially lucrative drug deal. both have maintained their innocence. turning to texas where the governor has issued a disaster declaration. the wildfires have prompted evacuations including at the country's main nuclear weapons facility a spokesperson says it has suspended operations an on-site fire department is
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standing by in case the blaze reaches the plant site high winds are making for tough conditions for firefighters. but there may be some relief on the way. farther north, colorado drivers battled whiteout conditions. there were 24 snow squall warnings, the most in the 25 years those warnings have been used multiple cars crashed. luckily luckily, there were no major injuries hi, angie. >> we had some wicked weather overnight for some folks across the midwest. we've just seen the thunderstorm watch come down in parts of michigan notice this tornado watch is going to last until 6:00 a.m we have thunderstorm warnings across the tennessee and ohio valley this system is going to work its way through the east and that means more thunderstorms from parts of the midwest to the northeast, mid atlantic included in this as
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well it would mean that we'll have delays alon those roads. commute won't be great on i-95 much of the east included this this with these wind gusts anywhere 3 30, 40 miles per hour. meanwhile, chilly temperatures behind the system. we're going to stay warm alon the east coast look at chicago. 28 degrees, the gh temperature fohim jackson to montgomery. 46 degrees and mostly sunny skies for oklahoma city. and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you >> thanks for doing that, angie. up next, discord on tiktok
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autonomous car cruising around san francisco bay a few years ago. that was the last year you pretty much heard of it. now they've decided to do away with it completely and ensure that all those engineers are now moving toward their arges i. business and the push toward artificial intelligence. what that really means, though, nobody knows for sure. more question marks will be asked of apple as to what happens from here. on the other side of the scale, you've been talking about tiktok and universal music group, earlier this month, universal music group said they'd be doing away, taking out all the songs that they currently own on tiktok so the license for their use would no longer be permitted on tiktok now they're saying it's not just the music that they own, now they're extending it to songs that are even published by the company. that means tiktok will not have
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quit a wide range of songs is this the death knell for tiktok >> we'll be watching thank you. now to one of the more alarming developments from the a.i. revolution. the rise of deep fake images they ware making their way into the nation 's schools >> reporter: it's the latest incident of a new and insidious form of bullying a group of students creating deep fake pornographic images of their fellow students. beverly hills police are assisting in the investigation >> this is a new, uncharted territory when it comes to information that's being created and disseminated >> reporter: the disturbing
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incident happening just weeks after images of taylor swift appeared online. >> i do believe that played a big part in our students becoming aware of what's possible with the technology >> reporter: this technology is easy to use and so easily accessible, they can get it right on their phones, instantaneously create content and send it anywhere a.i. still so new this falls into a legal gray area it's unclear if the fake images are even child pornography why are there not more protections to prevent this from happening right now? >> this is one of the situations where law is often chasing after technology >> reporter: a federal bill aims to criminalize sharing sexually explicit deep fate photos. the images can last forever. >> if the image is already flawed at this young age, it can have an impact on their mental
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of defeat after the dallas mavericks took a lead with 2.6 seconds on the clock a satisfying swish the 59-foot buzzer beater propelled the cavs over the mavs 121-119. now to furious parents in scotland who thought they had scored a ticket to an amazing willy wonka experience but wound up with something closer to the fyre festival. our brian chung tells us what went wrong >> boys and girls -- >> reporter: a world of pure imagination gone wrong >> my name is willy wonka. >> reporter: riding the popularity of the hit movie "wonka "wonka." all for about 45 bucks, an experience but instead, a near-many at this warehouse.
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