it's a full family affair. >> we could see a different world. >> confident, and unafraid. we must labor on. >> they made a lot more enemies than friends and some of those enemies are truly dangerous. >> with the kennedys, it's always tragedy and triumph mixed together. the u.s. blocks a call at the united nations for an independent inquiry into deadly violence in gaza. plus this. >> protesters in california are angry about the shooting of an unarmed afternoon r african-american man and there are questions after one protester was apparently hit by a sheriff's deputy's vehicle. >> plus, easter at the vatican. this is a live look at st. peter's square. we have a live report ahead on how the pope is marking easter sunday. >> and happy easter to all of

you and thank you for joining us. to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world, i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell from cnn news headquarters. newsroom starts now. >> and we begin with the war games ongoing on the korean peninsula. the u.s. and south korea kicking off an annual military exercise, this despite thawing tension between the two koreas. >> north korean leader kim jong-un is set to meet with the south korean counterpart, president moon jae-in later this month. a meeting between mr. kim and the u.s. president donald trump could follow the month after that. let's go live to seoul, south korea, cnn's paula hancocks is on the story this hour. paula, so, this time the drills shorter than last year. is this a concession? and does north korea seem more accepting to more difficult employment si underway? -- diplomacy underway?

>> reporter: george, the us you has not called it tway concession. you look at the facts, it's a month long. it's usually two months long. so, certainly that is a big change. the pentagon i insisting, though, it is still going to be the same size, the same scope. this is the full legal, the field training exercise, every single spring annoys pyongyang. they see it as having the power, seeing it as a dress rehearsal for an invasion. interestingly, what we've heard this time around is that the south korean delegation that went to meet the north korean leader kim jong-un said they brought up these drills and kim jong-un said he understands that they will go ahead. so, we would imagine that we're not going to see much of a reaction like we usually do from the north koreans. often we will see a number of missile launches, potentially even a nuclear test from the north korean leader. he said while negotiations are going on, tests will be on hold. one interesting point, though. at this juncture when the drills

stop, we usually know when media days are going to be. we usually know when we can go along and film this fairly visual military exercise. we haven't heard of anything at this point. the assumption is that they will not be showing this to the world very much. they'll be going ahead with these drills, but not necessarily allowing us to film it so north korea can see it. >> and, paula, one other question. so, diplomacy underway, these drills will take place, of course, and kapa in place here, cultural exchanges twren tbetwe two koreas. how important is that? >> yes, this is a concept in pyongyang that will take place in a few hours. it was pushed back a couple of hours at the request of the north koreans saying they wanted more people to see it. though it's the first time since 2005 that you had a south korean act in north korea performing. there's a number of k-pop acts individuals and groups and it's going to be an interesting viewing because certainly k-pop

is not something that most north koreans would be very familiar with. but it's unclear at this point whether or not the north korean leader kim jong-un will be in attendance. we heard from the culture minister who is leading that delegation up there from south korea, he said that president moon went to a performance by north korean artists durlg the olympics. they're hoping that will be the same situation in the north. they're hoping the north korean leader will be there but they simply don't know that at this point. he's also saying that he wants more cultural exchanges. so, it's certainly significant in the way that it shows that this momentum in improving inter-korean relations is continuing, not just on the political side and the sporting side which we saw during the olympics, but also the cultural side. >> paula hancocks live in seoul, south korea. thank you so much for the reporting. here in the united states, there is anger on the streets of california, sacramento, california, two weeks after the death of stephon clark, an unarmed african-american man who was shot by police.

take a look at the scene in sacramento. this happening late saturday night. police say the protests began peacefully, demonstrators there chanting stephon clark's name, demanding justice. >> but they grew tense with the crowd of around 100 or more facing off with a line of riot police. protesters also blocked traffic. and police are investigating after a sheriff's vehicle struck a protester in the street. video of that, we warn you, it is disturbing. [ bleep ] >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> there you saw it right there, this again from the other side of that car. you can see the panicked reactions of the protesters. the woman was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, we understand. an eyewitness describes what he saw. >> a woman was walking in between the two vehicles, stopped in front of the deputy's

vehicle, put up her hand in a stop sign, and the vehicle accelerated and struck her, accelerated very fast and struck her violently. and she fell to the ground. the deputies then sped off. >> more from sacramento, here's our ryan young. >> reporter: the protest for stephon clark in sacramento have been peaceful until this point. tonight we felt the most tension interaction between police and protesters. you look behind me, you can see that police have donned their riot gear. that is after interaction between a sheriff's deputy and eye a protester. it appeared a woman was between the cars and there was an impact between the two. we're not sure exactly what happened. we'll show you what is happening now. look at all the sheriff's deputies and police officers from around the area that have decided to come down here. they are queued just in case anything happens here. of course this is after a day full of protests where nothing

has happened, but now that tenseness has bubbled up and there is definitely a tense moment. not only between protesters, but between police officers who are trying to protect and maintain the peace. >> ryan young there. we turn now to the middle east. the european union calling for a transparent investigation into the deaths of 17 palestinians cl clashes with israeli troops friday. hundreds of palestinians were wounded in the unrest at the gaza border, according to u.n. diplomats the u.s. has blocked the u.n. security council from adopting a similar statement urging an independent investigation. >> there is also this video posted by the palestinian media center. a woman waving a palestinian flag is seen running back and forth. gunfire is 4erd as sheard as sh to fall. the palestinian media center said she was shot by israeli forces during friday's unrest. in the meantime the israeli defense forces say its own videos like this one that you see here shows its troops were confronted with gunshots, fire

bombs and burning tires as alleged terrorists attempted to, quote, infiltrate israeli territory. it insists troops fired only when necessary. >> extremely tense in that region right now. cnn international diplomatic editor nick robertson is live for us from jerusalem. it is mid-morning there, nick. how is the day progressing so far? >> well, so far all indications are that it looks a little bit more like the protests of saturday which were relatively quiet compared to friday. it still is early in the day. and i think this is the scene that is going to be set now. you know, friday, if you will, both sides had said what they were going to do, israel had been very clear warning that if people approached the fence, they would be breaching israeli sovereignty and that israel would take appropriate action. they were very clear on what that action would be, strong, hard, tough reaction. hamas, their side, the palestinians, called their

protests, people did go close to the fence. certainly there are plenty of images of people using sling shots and in some cases attaching explosives or fires to the fence. so, both sides have now tested each other out. and if you look at what happened saturday in the light of what happened friday, fewer people, a calmer day, six more weeks of this to come. but fridays are typically going to be the day where you tend to see more protests here and where typically traditionally there's more of a potential for greater violence. so, today so far as we know, you know, it seems to be going like saturday. but each day, though, i think has a potential to be different. but what we've heard from the united nations, what we've heard from the u.n., what we've heard from the israeli ambassador from the united nations saying it was antithetical from the spirist of the u.n. to call an emergency session on the first eve of --

on the first evening of passover. he also went on to say that the statement from the palestinian representative at the u.n. who said that these were unarmed protesters was inaccurate. so, you know, both sides have their positions very clearly staked out here today. as i say, so far relatively calm, as best we know at this time. >> nick robertson covering it for us. we're glad to hear that the day is getting off to a peaceful start. we hope it stays that way. thank you. well, some of the russian diplomats expelled by the u.s. are heading home. two russian planes took off from washington bound for moscow. more than 20 countries have expelled russian diplomats over the poisoning with a nerve agent of a former spy and his daughter in the u.k. russia denies any involvement. >> in the meantime the kremlin wants britain to pull out more diplomatic staff so countries are equal in size. also, there was this.

crews removed the u.s. flag from the building that had been used as the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. russia ordered that consulate to be shutdown. >> that was after the u.s. did the same with the russian consulate in seattle, washington. moscow has also retaliated by expelling 60 u.s. diplomats, the same amount of russian diplomats the u.s. expelled. meantime, there is another indication president trump could make significant changes to the u.s. involvement in syria. mr. trump has placed on hold more than $200 million that was meant to be used for a syria recovery fund. >> on thursday, president trump said the united states will withdraw from syria. quote, very soon. u.s. officials fear, though, a complete and quick withdrawal of u.s. troops could lead to a dangerous power vacuum. we are also learning the identities of the two soldiers who were killed in a bomb attack in syria on thursday. they were taking part in an operation against isis in northern -- in the northern part of the area, so the city of

mandish, one was british, the other from the united states. >> defense officials in the u.k. say british soldier sergeant matt tonrow was a natural in his role. the 26-year-old master army sergeant jonathan dunbar from austin, texas, died from his injuries on friday. >> back here in the united states, president trump is attacking amazon again, accusing the online retailer of scamming the u.s. postal service. >> however, the facts do not back up the president's accusations. our white house correspondent boris sanchez is on this one. >> reporter: a relatively uneventful saturday for the president at his mar-a-lago estate, a quiet one, too, by trumpian standards. he did as usual on weekends here take to twitter to attack a political foe, at least in his eyes. president trump targeting online retailer amazon, tweeting out, quote, while we are on the subject, it is reported that the u.s. post office will lose $1.50

on average for each package it delivers for amazon. that amounts to billions of dollars. the failing "the new york times" reports that the size of the company's lobbying staff has ballooned and that that does not include the fake washington post, which is used as a lobbyist and should so register. if the post office increased its parcel rates, amazon's shipping costs would rise by $2.6 billion. this post office scam must stop. amazon must pay real costs and taxes now. now, there are some factually questionable claims the president made in the tweets we have to point out. first off, amazon does pay state and local taxes. there are some third-party vendors, especially international ones, that sell via amazon that don't pay u.s. taxes. further, we do have to point out that the post office itself has claimed that it has a mutually beneficial relationship with amazon, so it's not clear exactly where the president is getting those figures. and further, it appears that he's conflating amazon with the

washington post. the ceo of amazon, jeff bezos, privately owns the washington post, but the two businesses aren't related in the way that they conduct business. it leads many to speculate the president perhaps is targeting amazon because of the washington post, which has been very critical of his administration thus far. the president has no public events on his schedule umenyiora for sunday. of course, we may be talking about more tweets to come. boris sanchez, cnn, traveling with the president in west palm beach, florida. >> we'll talk more about political developments with kate andrews, she's the u.s. political columnist and joins us from london. good morning to you, kate. >> good morning. >> well, we heard the family language there in boris's report from president trump, the fake washington post, the failing "the new york times," attacking the two prestigious newspapers in the world. what do you make of the fact he's pro business on one hand and on the other seems to undermine it? is it personal or is there something more businessy here?

>> well, look, because of the connections which aren't particularly meaningful connections between amazon and the washington post, i agree it is hard to separate those two facts and surely part of the president's attack is related to the fact that he's frustrated with certain news outlets. but that being said, we cannot forget that donald trump has moved so far away from what really was the republican party platform on economics since ronald reagan. he's on a big 180 here and he really enjoys talking about companies not paying their fair share, countries not putting in their fair share. we've heard a lot of this around trade gork trade negotiations with other countries, china, the e.u., slapping tariffs on allies. his attack on amazon isn't really out of character with that. he's suggesting that taxpayers and the public sector aren't faring as well because a private company has come into the market and been a disrupter. traditionally for decades, they have encouraged disrupters in the market.

they tend to bring down costs for consumers, they tend to make things more efficient. as you palomino pointed out, as your program pointed out, the post office is not necessarily complaining about this. there have been some calls about readjusting who pays what costs in terms of shipping between companies and between the post office. but amazon is not getting any kind of special deal. it's the kind of deal that is carried out for all bulk carriers. it does seem personal on the part of the president, but it's also part of a new economic ideology, a more canesian democratic ideology he's bringing to the party. >> interesting take there. we will talk about his remarks on syria, saying that he would pull out troops very soon. we just reported that that could cause some instability in an area that's already unstable. what might our allies be thinking about efforts in that area? >> well, surely everyone would be deeply concerned. trump did run on a more isolationist platform saying he wanted to bring troops home. he didn't want the u.s. involved in as many foreign engagements. but of course the u.s. has been

bombing syria. it's been very actively involved there. and we have to be responsible for part of the mess that we ourselves have contributed to. of course, we have very good efforts there, but given the fact that we have contributed to some of the destabilization in the region, we can't simply walk away. the president did make these remarks very off the cuff at a speech that was supposed to be about infrastructure. so, it doesn't seem fully thought through. yet again, something that the president has said on a whim at a big speech almost a throw away line has become international news. but as you point out, this international news could have our allies deeply concerned about more instability in the region. >> kate andrews, always appreciate your thoughts. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> the pope is presiding over easter mass at the vatican this hour. >> billions of christians all around the world are celebrating easter. we will go live to the vatican right here live video for you as we prepare to hear from pope francis.

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actor and comedian bill cosby is headed back to court.

it has been less than a year since his first trial for aggravated and indecent assault ended in a hung jury. >> the new legal showdown is happening in a new era. women are speaking up about assault and people are listening. cnn jean casaras has more. >> reporter: with united me too and public accusations from hollywood. >> i have been silenced for 21 years. >> reporter: only one major celebrity has been charged with a felony sexual offense, america's dad, bill cosby. >> good luck, mr. cosby. >> reporter: the comedian and tv legend's retrial beginning now with jury selection. >> the atmosphere has shifted. it's not a very favorable time to be defending yourself against accusations of sexual assault. >> reporter: charged with three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault, the 80-year-old cosby could face a decade in prison if convicted.

prosecutors say in 2004 he assaulted this woman, andrea constand, at the time the director of women's basketball operations at temple university in philadelphia. diana parsons is her sister and says it took a year before constand said anything about what happened and went to police. >> she said that she just knew she had to lie down, and she said that bill cosby helped her to the couch. she said she really couldn't walk on her own. >> reporter: constand told police cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her at his home in montgomery county, pennsylvania. cosby denied the allegations. the district attorney at the time said the case was weak. >> did i think that i could prove beyond a reasonable doubt based on available credible and admissible evidence? no, i didn't. >> reporter: no criminal charges against cosby. constand then filed a civil

suit. cosby testified in a sworn deposition before they reached a confidential settlement. fast forward to 2015. that deposition was unsealed, revealing cosby had admitted giving drugs to women he wanted to have sex with. prosecutors reopened the criminal investigation and days before the statute of limitations ran out, cosby was charged in criminal court. pennsylvania defense attorney brian represented cosby from the beginning. he pleaded not guilty. a first trial last year-ended in a hung jury. >> she's entitled to a verdict in this case. >> reporter: now a new trial with some big differences. a new defense team for cosby led by tom mezaro who got an acquittal in 2005 for michael jackson in his child molestation trial. before representing cosby in 2015, mezaro told cnn how he

would question constand. >> the first thing i would ask her would be, what's more important to you, money or principle? did you take money and walk away confidentially? or did you take this to a jury and do it publicly? >> reporter: in the last trial, one other woman who said cosby drugged and assaulted her was allowed to testify for the prosecution. kelly johnson. >> i remember waking up in a bed with mr. cosby naked beneath his open robe. >> reporter: this this trial the judge says five prior accusers can take the stand. one who has been subpoenaed, former supermodel janice dickinson. the defense, for instance, wants a witness by the name of margot jackson to take the stand. she knew andrea constand and would testify according to the defense that constand said she could fabricate everything, that bill cosby drugged her and sexually assaulted her and then she could get a lot of money. prosecutors say that is blatantly false. with no forensic evidence, the case is all about credibility.

gene casara, norris town, pennsylvania. >> on good friday, pope francis said he feels shame for the state of the world. live video right here from vatican city, what will his message be this easter sunday? he will speak soon and we'll go live to the vatican next. >> plus, with facebook at the center of a data scandal, is your data safe? we speak to a tech expert later this hour on the topic. you're watching cnn newsroom live from atlanta, ga this hour on cnnal worldwide. anks for being with us. we'll be right back.

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and welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. you're watching cnn newsroom on this easter sunday. i'm natalie allen. >> happy easter to you. i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you this hour. the united states is kicking off joint military drills with host nation south korea. these annual exercises said to be shorter than last year's, but was delayed to avoid tensions at the olympics. the u.s. says it will still be similar in scope as the past drills like these. >> the european union is calling for a transparent investigation into the deaths of israeli troops. hundreds of palestinians were also injured in the unrest at the gaza border friday. diplomats say the u.s. has blocked the u.n. security council from adopting a statement that also urged an independent probe. >> united states president donald trump is putting a hold on more than $200 million for a recovery fund in syria. now, this comes after the president said the u.s. will

withdraw from syria, quote, very soon. u.s. officials fear a complete and quick withdrawal could lead to a dangerous power vacuum. around the world, christians are celebrating easter sunday. >> it is one of the most important holidays in the christian calendar and it is celebrates the resurrection of jesus. this hour, pope francis presiding over holy easter mass at the vatican and our cnn senior vatican analyst john allen joins us now. hello and happy easter to you, john. >> reporter: hi, natalie. happy easter to both you and george. >> thank you. what are the expectations of the pope's message to the world today? he certainly didn't hold back in his address on good friday. >> reporter: no, well, easter fundamentally is about hope, hope of new life, hope of conquering death. i imagine we will be hearing and pope francis is preparing to give his homily as we speak.

we will be hearing from the pope a strong message of hope. pope francis is in many ways a pope of hope. particularly for the most suffering and marginalized people in the world and i would expect that there would be some sort of reference to those folks. and let's remember, this is -- there are two big events today for the pope. one is the mass and then at the end of the mass he will also be giving his blessing to the city and the world. that sort of is 360 degree review of the global situation where the pope will talk about his diplomatic and political concer concerns. there, too, natalie, i would expect to be the top news. >> that is something he can bring the world on this day where we've begun this newscast with war games and south korea, et cetera, et cetera. he often does talk about and urge people to keep their priorities straight, to be noble in your pursuits and service to others. do you think pope francis ever gets somewhat weary of telling

us to do that and collectively maybe people aren't? >> reporter: well, listen, you know, the pope certainly has eyes. i mean, you know, he can look around at what's happening in the world today and discern it is not exactly the way he would like it to be. but, on the other hand, you know, i think pope francis is a deep christian believer and, therefore, believes there is all this hope. and the other thing, natalie, you know, when you watch this pope in action, he is just indee fatiguable. he's like the energizer bunny of popes. he just keeps going. so, you know, i think he would be concerned about the state of the world, but i don't think he would be in despair. >> that's good to know. john allen will be covering the pope's remarks when we hear from him. thank you very much and happy easter again. >> and just in time for easter snow, natalie, you might get to see some snow, yes? >> 100% chance of snow coming to

new york city, not here. >> it is going to be snowy and it is going to be very cold. happy april. april and snow. >> not an april fool's joke. i wish it was. this is terrible. legality me show you whe let me show you where it's been snowing. this would be a boring piece of video. nice man using his snow blower. but it's april 1st, so it's very unusual despite the fact that we're taking you there into wisconsin. there it is, back breaking kind of work, likes of which you don't want to see again until, my goodness, at least november or december. but we're dealing with it. and look at this. winter storm watches are posted for montana and we have winter storm warnings for parts of nebraska oh, and by the way, yes, this storm will continue pushing to the east. not a huge storm, but it's falling on april here shall where we've had flowers blooming and all sorts of foliage. well, it's going to be covered by snow. winter weather advisory as well. and, again, it's all relative,

right, because it's going to only be a few centimeters or a few inches of snowfall. it's the point of falling that is the problem. i'll put it in motion for you, piece of energy coming out of midwest. kansas city, snowing good, st. louis as well. this all heads to the east with a horrific timing here because it's going to be in for the morning commute across the 95 corridor here across the northeast. so, perhaps you're flying into new york or boston. you may have some issues with delays monday. continuing before the storm, it will accumulate big time. several centimeters, anywhere from 3 to 5. it is a pretty narrow swath. you go further north, not much there, further south, nothing doing. but across this area and including new york and then heading into boston there, we'll see several inches of accumulation. look at those giant eggs. like ostriches on the screen here. we'll go fahrenheit for the folks in the u.s. as far as temperatures. 50s, that would be nice.

that cold air is going to make it just in time for the moisture and it will be snowing. temperatures in the 70s and 80s further in the south. don't get used to that. that's going to change as well with a cool snap on the way the next few days. look at this, snow accumulating with temperatures only into 30s right about 0 celsius, and there you see this is where you want to be if you want to thaw out and hang out, out in the west coast. san francisco will be in the 60s there, and temps in the 80s down towards vegas. i was just there. lovely place, as you know. but warm, that's the only place i can find, otherwise we're going backward it seems, across the east with snow and cold again for april. >> enough already, okay? >> we'll get there. >> we like the easter eggs there. very nice. >> worked hard on that. >> hope you have an eggs-allent easter. >> terrible, george. >> let's move along. stephen hawking lived most of

his life in a wheelchair. >> a private funeral was held in cambridge university in england where he probed mysteries such as black holes and time itself. >> can you imagine for more than 50 years being trapped in that body, but his mind was free. so, this is the most important thing about stephen. i think the favorite thing that he said is he said don't look down on the floor. he said always look up at the stars in the sky. >> hawking died march 14th. he was 76 years old, and he never let his physical condition keep him from exploring the cosmos. >> his ashes will be interred in june at westminster abi near sir eyes i can newton and charles darwin. >> kenyans are demanding answers after learning their politicians hired cambridge analytica to target voters. >> we'll talk more about that in a moment. plus facebook under scrutiny for how it is handling your data.

we'll discuss how being keep your information safe with a tech expert joining us here on the set. that is ahead here on cnn newsroom.

data from cambridge analytica is embroiled in scandal in the u.s. and the u.k., and now it's affecting kenya. the company denies allegations that it misused data from millions of facebook users to influence elections. >> politicians in kenya hired the firm and voters were looking for answers. our fa ride reports from nairobi. >> reporter: nairobi, thousands of miles away from the offices of cambridge analytica. when the political consultancy firm revealed kenya's current president was the client, the managing director claimed the ken i can't tell a campaign we ran in 2013 and 2017 for kenyata, we have rebranded the entire party twice, rewritten the manifesto, done research,

analysis, messaging. i think we wrote all the speeches and we staged the whole thing. so, just about every element of this candidate. these were polarized elections, full of animosity and questions are being raised now over how big cambridge analytica's reach was. kenyans are dangerously aware of negative campaigning given the history of violent elections in this country. they want to know what it is cambridge analytica did for their government and what impact that had on kenyan democracy. have you heard of cambridge analytica? >> yes, i have. [ laughter ] >> those are the guys who manipulated, in a way manipulated the elections. >> reporter: you think they gave him an unfair advantage? >> i don't know. but if it is, then it's unfortunate. >> it pulls into question the whole electoral infrastructure

in relation to the elections which were held last year, must be fully audited. i think we'll see the footprints of cambridge analytica. >> reporter: images of kenya's president appear on cambridge analytica's website as well as on that of parent company scl where these images have since been removed. >> let's not absolve kenyan politicians of their role in this because cambridge analytica didn't pay themselves. a foreign company came. >> reporter: this video appeared on social media. it made astounding claims about the opposition leader. >> whenever you try to google kenya, the first greeting was all that trash about me. >> reporter: and do you think is contributed to ethnic tensions in this country? >> certainly, and i think very

many innocent people lost their lives as a result of that negative ethnic campaign by cambridge analytica. somebody needs to take responsibility for this. >> reporter: we arrived at president kenyata's headquarters to try to find some answers. >> we had them do analysis, a focus group discussion, focus group discussion results, because they did have that expertise, they did demonstrate to us they had that expertise. and that was it. >> reporter: that was it? no sort of strategy to be completing negative about the opposition? >> no. >> reporter: where are all the videos of the 2017 campaign? >> we have no idea. we saw them, some of them were sent out to us. >> reporter: now, it's possible in this investigation there is going to be a massive paper trail that leads right here. to the headquarters. what would you say about that? >> it doesn't bother me because

in our engagement with scl, which you say is related to cambridge analytica, in our engagement at no time did we ask them to do any kind of data mining. >> reporter: why don't you want to find out who they are and who their parent company is? >> it's not necessary. not my business to find out who are your business associates, is it? >> reporter: those business associates have such a terrible reputation in terms of negative campaigning, would you hire them again in 2022? >> no, i would not, not because of the reputation. i would not because i don't have time to be dealing with all these side issues. i have to deal with my core business and my core business is to run a campaign and win an election. >> reporter: the fallout of a cambridge analytica's tactics is far from over for this east african nation. and time will tell whether kenyans get the answers they're looking for. cnn, nairobi. >> thank you so much for the

report. cambridge analytica has denied any accusations of wrongdoing. the company has suspended its chief executive officer. >> we're going to discuss the cambridge analytica scandal further and facebook's role in it. >> dennis yu is the chief technology officer for blitz network. joining us an industry insider. thank you for joining us to give c context to all of this. there are the users, us, the facebook company we all opted into, and cambridge analytica that in turn used that data, personal data, many people are upset about that. but here's the question. who is to blame here? is it a combination of all? what are your thoughts? >> i think it's facebook to blame for not educating the users about what's possible with data because cambridge analytica could not have done the massive targeting and massive psycho graphic profiling they did. they used facebook the way it is intended all that facebook has to build profile things you and

i can do for a dollar a day to push out our messages. the stuff about cambridge using data from three or four years to go to upload to facebook isn't technically possible. facebook didn't educate us that wasn't possible. it looks like they're hiding stuff and doing this p.r. cover up. facebook has actually been doing the right thing this whole time. >> interesting. >> what about the #delete facebook george and i have been talking about? >> delete, not delete. >> is that having an impact? >> i think that facebook will lose 1 or 2% of their users and it's going to be like delete uber, or it's going to be like united airlines every six months something bad happens. but are people really stopping using the airline? people are still going to be on facebook. they're going to get mad but are they going to leave? their friends are there. >> there is a push now for more government relg lags. we even hear from the ceo of facebook that he seems to be open to it as he told our laurie siegl. listen to this. we'll talk about it on the other side. >> given the stakes here, why shouldn't facebook be regulated? >> um, i actually am not sure we

shouldn't be regulated. i actually think the question is more what is the right regulation rather than yes or no, should it be regulated. >> what's the right regulation? >> well, there are some basic things that i think there are some big intellectual debates on. on the basic side, there are things like ads transparency regulation that i would love to see. if you look at how much regulation there is around advertising on tv and print, it's just not clear why there should be less on the internet. >> okay. so, dennis, when it comes to regulation, what would more regulation mean for facebook? >> can you imagine cigarette labels being on facebook and surgeon general warnings about  your data may be used in certain ways? i don't think that really solves the problem. look at what happened with microsoft and the regulation they had 20 years ago about trying to bust up windows. of course, facebook doesn't want to be regulated, so that's an impossible question for -- mark can't say, i don't want to be regulated. then it looks like he's not being open.

>> right. >> what's he going to do, share his algorithms or share the data he has with the government? something has to happen. something must be done just like gdpr. like he said, there's no clear answer. >> speaking of algorithms, with all this data mining of me, i feel like every little fingerprint, digital like algorithm swirling around my head. is it that bad? are they looking and breathing down our necks with everything we do? >> feels liken am i of the state minority report. look how much amazon has or visa. think about alexa in your home listening to the commands you have. this facebook thing is just the girchi gir beginning of data issues where consumers are willing to trade privacy for convenience. >> how do you think facebook is doing overall owning up to this? >> i think it's a weak apology. i think there is a lot more they can do. how else -- they didn't have a data breach so they're real clear saying there wasn't a security scandal. it was a breach of trust that mark said. he really needs to educate the population, educate the media

about what's going on with your data. the fact that fake news can spread, that grandma will see a claim that a celebrity died, or if you share this message bill gates will give you $100, how do you combat that? that's the real problem. >> one other question to you, dennis. what can people do? look, when you opt into these things, there are, you know, things will happen. so, what can people do to make sure they understand exactly what happens when they post that picture, when they share that information? >> it's tough. but every time you sign up for a loyalty card or you want to earn the points at macy's or airline things, you need to read the fine print because all of us click -- six pages and share my data. >> agree to terms and services. >> understand who can you trust, understand what they're doing with your data. do they want your e-mail address, do they want your phone number, what are they going to do with that information? >> is it really free? dennis, thank you so much. >> we'll speak with you about it some more next hour. stick around. thank you. well, it could be the most delicious dessert you've never

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