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i'm jessica jean in washington d. c so glad to have you welcome to cnn newsroom. great to be with you, jessica. i'm boris sanchez were thrilled that you can share an afternoon with us. we start with a pressing question in tech and for parents to should the united states ban tiktok, the social media app has more than 150 million users in the united states alone. it's a question that's front of mind for president biden and today for members of congress as well. tiktok ceo shu chu was thoroughly grilled by lawmakers over whether the chinese government has access to the private data of american users and whether the chinese communist party could influence american politics. juice says they're working on a project to move all future data into the us take a listen. and i'm from singapore. that's why i was born has that data. how how can you

promise that that will move into into the united states of america and be protected here? congressman i have seen no evidence that the chinese government has access to that data. they have never asked us. we have not provided. you know what? i have asked that question. i find that actually preposterous control any american dance employees in china. including engineers currently have access to us data. congressman would appreciate this. this is a complex topic today. all data by not that complex. yes or no? do they have access to user data we have after project texas. is the ant done? the answer is no. today there is still something that we need to meet. cnn national security reporter natasha bertrand has been following this for us today. natasha obviously deep concerns about access to american data by the chinese government. did the ceo did he say anything to calm the security fears, which are bipartisan, by the way? well

guess he certainly tried whether or not lawmakers actually believed what he was saying is another question entirely, but the main argument that he was making during this hearing today is that tiktok has essentially started the process and nearly completed it moving all us data from tiktok onto us based servers based in texas. they are going to be overseen by the company oracle, which has its headquarters in austin, and so his argument was that that will create a firewall between any us data and parent company, the chinese company, bytedance. now he explained that this process has project that they are conducting. it is referred to as project texas, and he believes that that is going to really assuage a lot of the key national security concerns that lawmakers expressed today. here's what he said. the bottom line is this american data stored on american soil by an american company overseen by american personnel. we call this

initiative project texas. that's why oracle is headquartered. today us tiktok data is stored by default in oracle service only vetted personnel operating in a new company called tiktok. us data security can control access to this data. now as you heard, one lawmaker has already called this idea preposterous that china would not be able to access any of this user data, and another lawmaker, said quote . i don't believe it is technically possible to accomplish what tiktok says it will accomplish through project texas now, importantly, lawmakers did not explain why they do not believe that this is going to be an effective way to prevent americans user data from ending up in the hands of the chinese government, and they did not provide any actual evidence that the chinese government has used tiktok to actually spy. on americans, but so far, you know, the lawmakers are really just grilling the ceo, and they're not being really alleviated. their concerns are not being

alleviated by anything that he is saying. boris yes, senator, senator mark warner, who sponsored legislation to ban tiktok has said that he believes after this testimony, his bill is going to get even more support from lawmakers. natasha bertrand, thank you so much. and i'm joined now by democratic congresswoman debbie dingell, who serves on the house energy and commerce committee. that's where the ceo appeared. today she was able to question the tiktok ceo, congresswoman. always great to see you. thanks so much for making time for us. i just want to know what you think. do you think the u. s should ban tiktok evidence? i haven't come out and said that, but i have to say that this hearing has 10, very disquieting and the inability to get strong answers. he has the ceo. i'll give him credit for being there. but i will also tell him that he is the only person that i've ever seen such bipartisan right now. in these times, the entire committee is very concerned about what's happening with tiktok. and when you ask

questions, you don't get very many definitive answers, which is contributing to the center about how much data is being captured by the chinese. how they are influencing what our children are. tell you, the most anything from me. today was the death threat. tiktok against the committee chair on republican committee chair that's been there for 42 days when you're saying that they don't allow violence, the violence to be on their site. it's not quieting day. i think it has reinforced many people here would be able to and we heard just now from our reporter natasha bertrand. she was talking about how how the ceo who was talking about this project, texas and that the data could be stored in america by american company did that assuage any of your fears or your colleagues? fears? do you think have to be very honest. we have chinese blue swine over this country when we know how much our data is being captured

by other people when we know the crimes of issues that are impacting our national security . no it is not appeasing my fears and the lack of been in the dancers. too many of the questions we had today. i used to get back to you. i can answer that clearly has done nothing to make me have more confidence and project texas. it makes me think is adding to the inside of all of us, congresswoman. there's some 150 million users have tiktok i would venture to say the majority of whom spent hours on the app have no idea about any of this or don't really haven't really plugged in to any of these fears that you all have been talking about today. they fit goes away. they're just going to be mad at went away. make your case to them. what would you say to someone who is who loves tiktok is on it all the time thinks that it's a great value added their life. what is the case you'd make to them? so i'm not gonna say it's just about tiktok. it's about

all social media sites. there are many applications many using in this country that they have no idea how their privacy is being tracked every single day, the kind of data that is being stored in them that is not only targeting marketers telling people about who you are aware you are what your income is. what your health she was on and can be used in so many different ways from young people when they go to get a job. the older people in terms of insurance needs medicine. the kinds of these are unfortunately, the cat's out of the bag in many ways, but we need to pay attention to privacy issues period, that kind of data people are storing on us. and also our young people have no idea of knowing what is truth and not truth, and we need to teach them somehow that their minds are having things to help them think a certain way and that's a danger to them, too. congresswoman debbie dingell.

thanks so much for joining us always great to see you. thank you. good to see you. quick programming note for you tune into cnn primetime tonight when abby phillip takes a look at tiktok future amid calls to ban the app abby hosts is it time up for tiktok? it's tonight, right here on cnn at nine pm so if you were going by former president donald trump's timeline, he should have been arrested two days ago, but the new york grand jury looking into the case against him, is apparently taking a pause. sources tell cnn that the next time members are going to gather is on monday, and it's possible that jurors are actually going to hear more testimony from a witness they've already heard from. the d. a leading the probe is not yet commenting. but today we are hearing the d a. alvin brags pushback against several top house republicans, all of whom are donald trump allies called this week for brag to testify before congress, accusing him of

prosecutorial misconduct. brag via his office attorney rejected their inquiry and a very blistering letter. cnn congressional reporter melanie's winona is on capitol hill and melanie this letter from the district attorney's general counsel just slammed republicans request to his office. yeah pretty steering response from the manhattan district attorney's office. they said that the republican investigation has no legitimate basis. they rejected the idea that their investigation into donald trump is politically motivated, calling it completely unfounded and they're also calling into question the republicans motivation and all this. i want to read you part of letter from the general counsel. they said that the gop probe is an unprecedented inquiry into a pending local prosecution. the letter only came after donald trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day, and his lawyers reportedly urged you to intervene. neither fact is a legitimate basis for congressional inquiry, but

nonetheless, the manhattan district attorney's office said they are willing to meet with these committees to determine if there is indeed some sort of legislative purpose. if there are some documents that they might be able to turn over as long as it doesn't infringe on new york's sovereign interests, they were given a deadline of today to respond. so clearly they're trying to find some sort of resolution here. and all of this comes as republicans are actually expanding their probe into the manhattan district attorney's office last night. jim jordans, who chairs the house judiciary committee, requested documents and testimony from two prosecutors. former prosecutors in the manhattan d a s office, but it is unclear whether republicans are willing to issue subpoenas if they do not get the type of responses that they are looking for also very unclear if those would hold up in court anyway. my colleague anne grayer, caught up with jim jordan moments ago asked for his response to all of this, and he said, we're still reviewing the letter. justin boris more to come, but that is that's what we'll be watching about the subpoena. and if that would even hold up in court.

melanie is the known on capitol hill for us. thanks so much. turning now to another criminal investigation of former president trump this one at the federal level regarding those hundreds of classified documents found at his florida estate source says that tomorrow donald trump's attorney, evan corcoran, is expected to give further testimony before a federal grand jury remember. that's because in appeals court ruled yesterday at corcoran must do so they compelled him. after a lower court judge found that trump may have used his defense lawyer. and the perpetration of a possible crime sources say that trump's side is not expected to try another appeal this time to the supreme court. joining me now is harry litman is a former u. s attorney and deputy assistant attorney general. he's now host of the podcast talking feds. and he writes in l a times legal affairs column as well, harry. we're grateful that you are with us this afternoon. obviously, with corcoran testifying tomorrow he's providing testimony and documents, including handwritten

notes. if you're prosecuting this case, what questions are you asking him? well, for starters, let's see all these documents. but then he now has to testify for us about the very conversations he had with trump at the time when they were preparing and sending a declaration that was false. i have two in response to a subpoena, they said. we're done at a full search, and we haven't found anything. that's a really serious transgression. clean violation as far as prosecutors are concerned. and he is by the ruling of the court of appeals required to just give it all up chapter and verse that what the same as if it would be for any other witness. we'll see if he possibly tries to invoke the fifth amendment. but short of that he's got to give everything and to me, given the context here, because it's really a crystal and violation of an obstruction in making a false

declaration to subpoena it could be the centerpiece of the case that jack smith is now building involving the mar a lago documents. it is unusual for a judge to pierce that attorney client privilege. but a trump spokesperson want to make sure i get this right at trump spokesperson told cnn quote. prosecutors only attack lawyers when they have no case whatsoever. is that true, harry? i mean, it's silly on its face, isn't it? they do it only when they need that evidence and they have the ability. it is rare because it's very rare for lawyers and clients to conspire together to do a crime really important to note what the district cord found in the court of appeals affirmed is they are in these very communications that he's going to have to tell the grand jury about tomorrow. it's probable it's probable that this is an actual crime in and of itself in these communications, so that's killer

testimony. it rarely happens not because prosecutors don't want it, but because that's not how lawyers and clients behave except donald trump. well, harry , i want to ask you about these new developments in that defamation case between e. jean carroll and donald trump judge ruled today that the jury is going to remain anonymous over fears of potential harassment. how unusual is that? quite you know, it involves not just high profile defendants, but ones that could be potentially worrisome as far as security goes, but this has been both a careful judge and a judge who's really given full birth for t e jean carroll to air her allegations. i think this one is looking, uh, problematic for trump. he's also the judge ruled that that that certain evidence like the access hollywood tape can come in their previous allegations of sexual assault. so this is moving kind of like a

freight train that that won't won't stop until trial and unless he comes up with a very big settlement, i think it's going to be a big verdict against him and harry, as you know, there's a lot of cases that are facing donald trump right now. i want to ask you about the one in manhattan, specifically the general counsel for the district attorney sending this letter in response. the house republicans requesting that district attorney alvin bragg testified before them the general counsel here. the letter is scathing. it diminishes all of their arguments that provides testimony and documents and legal theory as well as to why they believe that this is an appropriate but the general counsel still requests that there be a meeting between the d a and house republicans. what did you make of that aspect of the letter? yeah well, iron fist and a little bit of velvet glove. at the end. we'll give you what we can but the basic, it's not going to satisfy jordan. the basic request that he wants is for information that

no member of congress could ever have for a local, um, prosecution and i think melanie is right. if he tries to take it to court, he'll lose. there's just no basis for congress to be overseeing and meddling in a local prosecution this way. and harry that argument that was brought up in the letter that this is a quote, unlawful incursion into new york sovereignty. it sounds like you believe that this could stand up in court. the d, a obviously preparing for a potential legal fight if brad gets subpoenaed. you know, nobody can stop jordan's from suing, but yes, i think it would stand up in court. it's very much in the middle of the heartland of new york sovereign interest, and it's just well established under the law, which, by the way, is the major bottom line of the letter. even if you think this is political, there are legal remedies to bring and they are not. members of congress meddling in ongoing criminal prosecutions. yeah, we hit a lot

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it. because you protected america for 20 years from attacks. cnn's kylie atwood is joining us now from the state department and kylie tell us more about what the secretary of state said this morning as well. well listen. there were quite a few questions from chairman mccaul for the secretary of state regarding the committee's investigation into the biden ministrations withdrawal from afghanistan. there are three sets of documents that mccall has been clear that he wants from the state department for their investigation. the first are evacuation plans for the embassy, those embassy evacuation plans have actually been provided yesterday there about 3000 documents, according to a source familiar that went from state to the committee, and those evacuation plans are part of them. but then there are two other buckets. the first is the actual plans that the excuse me the state department's review of the plans for this withdrawal their after action report. that is something that the secretary

of state said, is going to be provided over the course of the next few weeks. and that is something that chairman mccaul appeared to be satisfied with. but then the third thing here is this dissent cable, and that was a cable written by diplomats to the secretary of state to senior officials here at the state department. that hasn't been provided to the committee yet, and the secretary of state described that that is a channel. for diplomats to speak truth to power in a confidential way, and he doesn't want to taint that process. listen to what he said. it is vital to me that we preserve the integrity. of that process and of that channel that we not take any steps that could have a chilling effect. on the willingness of others to come forward in the future. to express dissenting views on the policies that are being pursued. now. the secretary did offer to brief the committee on the relevant information in that channel. but he just doesn't want to provide the cable itself because he doesn't essentially want those

diplomats who wrote that cable to feel like they are becoming part of this back and forth between the hill and between the state department. now chairman mccaul didn't seem to be buying that argument. he said that they still need that cable. he gave the state department until monday night to provide it and he held up a subpoena that he is going to be issuing. if that isn't provided just for us. there's something to continue to watch for blinken, also mentioning that there are dozens of american citizens who are in afghanistan eager to leave and that the administration is trying to help them through that process. carly atwood, thanks so much for the reporting. transportation secretary pete buttigieg has said said this year alone near collisions on airport runways are occurring at double the rate they used to. and he revealed that startling statistic this morning in front of us senate committee we think that the uptick is partly related to the exceptionally fast surge in demand and the swift return to the skies faster

than even the most optimistic scenarios that we heard a couple of years ago. we need to make sure sure, of course, that as that system comes back to that high level of demand, there is no negative safety impact to that. cnn's pete mountain joins us now with the latest pete the faa is laying out steps that air traffic controllers should take to mitigate risk, and they include the understanding among pilots and flight attendants of extraneous communication being a risk, but they don't explain what that means. you know, it's so interesting, boris because communication is so key and preventing and all of these issues really developing their known officially as runway incursions, and we see six of them now under investigation by the ntsb nationwide from honolulu all the way to boston the most egregious one and jfk back in january. this is a really serious issue, and it's something that's being taken very seriously by the federal aviation administration held

this safety summit last week, and after that, it's really laid out this two pronged plan not only for pilots, reminding them to be extra vigilant about the procedures that take place on an airport to try and avoid these runway close calls, but also two air traffic controllers. this five point plan that the faa says will include stepping up oversight by supervisors and air traffic control towers. also trying to get more air traffic controllers through the training pipeline. that's a huge issue because traffic controllers are top union says staffing is a really big problem. the just released these numbers, saying staffing his own. at 54% at one of the main air traffic control facilities in new york that governs the three major airports there. only at 90% nationwide, so we're going into the faa reauthorization period, where the faa tries to get money from congress that will be a top priority for them. the faa even warning that delays and cancelations could go up this summer and really piqued because these problems are happening at

a traffic control facilities, and it's telling airlines to maybe scale back a bit on the number of flights scheduled to some of these really busy airports. boris suggests. yeah, well, and i also want to ask you about a separate issue because we've learned a pilot flying a southwest airlines flight bound for ohio needed medical attention, not long after takeoff and a passenger onboard jumps in a ask for well, i'll let you tell the rest of it, but it wasn't a doctor that came to the rescue. yeah, pilot. is there a pilot on board? i was, in essence, the question here, and that was so critical because this pilot onboard the southwest flight there. two pilots up in the flight deck, apparently had some sort of medical issue is still a mystery right now. and this other pilot who was in the passenger cabin flying for a completely different airline mine. you came into the flight deck called upon to work the radios to help this flight divert safely back to las vegas was in the air only about 27 minutes before it started to turn around southwest airlines, thanking this off duty pilot for

coming in and helping out really pretty amazing, though. here it happens very, very rarely, and something that happened very, very safely. this flight safely landed back at las vegas pretty well, always. well that ends well and really a case of right place right time. no kidding about that. what a story. alright. pete mountain. thanks so much. we appreciate it. still ahead in the newsroom. republican governor ron desantis is pressing ahead with more proposed restrictions on what he thinks should be taught in florida's classrooms, lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity now on the chopping block. we're gonna talk to an expert about the implications plus saved from the sewers. several children in new york rescued after getting lost in a tunnel. coming up how a 911 dispatcher saved the day. the seats. gotta g go. we'll play is that you play here? no back.

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instructions all the way through 12th grade. these standards don't incorporate gender ideology or any of these theories in math, social studies reading or anything else. we preserve the health standards. and that provides. it makes it clear for teachers what it is because there are a lot of questions about age appropriate . well, this this clarifies it for everyone. brandon wolff is the press secretary for equality florida, which is the largest lgbtq advocacy group in that state. brandon nice to see you. thanks for making time this afternoon walk us through what concerns you most about this law. well there are a number of terrible things that are a part of this proposal. number one is that it targets individual educators. if you remember last year when we were debating the initial law, we were told that this was really narrowly focused on holding school districts accountable, but as proposed this new state board of education policy would actually make teachers individually liable, putting their professional licenses on the line. this comes at a time when

we already have 8000 vacant teacher positions in the state of florida, largely because because they have undergone character assassination over the last couple of years. and it's interesting that the commission education commissioner there, manny diaz talked about clarifying things because what the state board of education and the department of education as a whole has refused to do is clarify the vague language that's originally in this law that has led to books being banned that has led to censorship of rainbow safe space stickers in classrooms that lead to places like miami dade, refusing to recognize lgbtq history month. they've been asked to define what classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity means and they have refused to at every step of the way, but instead they're going to impose new restrictions are going to impose new liability on individual educators threatening their livelihoods for something they themselves refused to define in law. brendan, i'm

wondering what you make of the argument from ron desantis and his allies that conversations about gender identity and sexual orientation are best had by parents at home with kids and not in class with their teachers. well listen, i think everyone wants parents to be deeply involved in education. i know my education was at its best when my parents were deeply involved were showing up to after school activities and parent teacher conferences. but ask yourself what those words actually mean sexual orientation and gender identity. and what a blanket prohibition on any instruction. incorporating those topics might look like does that mean that, for instance, romeo and juliet will no longer be allowed to be discussed in classrooms. what about any other book that features you know, a mom and a dad or two moms or two dads, you know, think about the first grade reading book that's been recommended by the state of florida that includes benjamin franklin and talks about his relationship with his wife. when

you start to talk about a blanket prohibition on acknowledging that people fall in love with other people, and that people have families, you can see why we've ended up in a place where you know there are upwards of 100 or 200 books being challenged in in school districts across the state. you can see why we're in a place where a book like and tango makes three, which is the animated retelling of a true story from the central park zoo of two male penguins, raising a chick together why that book has been challenged and banned in a number of school districts across the state. you can see why in a free state as ron desantis likes to say it, like florida people are concerned about banning books and censoring history and curriculum, because when you put in a blanket prohibition on topics of sexual orientation and gender identity. what you're really saying is that teachers can no longer or should no longer feel comfortable talking about the realities of our society and our families. so it sounds like brandon based on what you're saying that this specifically comes down to like

the specificity around this, that it's that it's loosely defined, and this has a chilling effect on educators. is that what you're saying? yeah, well, we've we've gone we've undergone a year of that chilling effect, and i think that's why people are so frustrated. i'm frustrated for parents and families in florida who've been lied to for a year who've been gas lit. in the very beginning. we were told that this bill was narrow in scope that it was only intended to do a handful of things, but that the language had to remain vague and broad on purpose. and as a result, we've watched as again. miami dade county refused to recognize lgbtq history month or, you know when we saw yearbooks trying to be censored in orange county when we saw teachers in in orange county being told to hide family photos and their desks all of that all of those chilling effects have been in direct response to this law, which the state department which department of education refuses to clarify the language of and then comes out and says not only will we not clarify the

language, but we're actually going to expand the prohibition. shin to 12th grade and put legal liability on individual educators. i think it's important to mention, too, that this is being approved not by state lawmakers at the statehouse but rather by the board of educators, all of which were appointed by ron desantis. that vote scheduled for april. 19th brandon wolff, thank you so much for the time. thank you. thousands of police officers set up across france as protesters filled the streets there today, some demonstrators even blocking the access to the nation's biggest airport. we're live from paris next. i'm eva longoria exploring mexexico to see how te people have shaped a culinary tradition as diverse as its 32 states saloon. longoria searching for mexico premiere sunday at 10 on cnn ever better disruption hits your supply

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around to anywhere in france today was made difficult, if not impossible, in some areas by another day of french workers striking and against an increase in the retirement age in that country. today they targeted france's transport networks, oil refineries and schools and check out this video you can see protesters are actually blocking access to charles de gaulle airport this morning. this is one of the busiest airports in the world. today's long demonstrations are in response to the country's controversial new plan that raises the retirement age from 62 to 64. figure live to paris now and cnn's sam kiley and sam some of the unions that have been involved in these demonstrations. they're getting concerned that the protests may get more violent if there isn't a direct response from the government. yeah i mean, it has been a degree of violence called apologize for the fruity language there. this is a very

angry crowd, though that has been gathering a million and 89 sorry, buddy, could you just. okay we're going to have to i'll keep talking. they continue macaroon. so as you can see the population here of this crowd is angry. they're angry, they say over the decision by the macron government to force through the legislation. last thursday against what they feared would be a loss in favor of it at the national assembly. in other words, they didn't think that they would get it onto the statute but without presidential fear. this is sparked what is now the sixth day of demonstrations. this was an organized demonstration by the unions, according to the interior ministry, a million and 89,000 people came out onto the streets across france. this

demonstration the authorities say had about 120,000 people in it. there has been some violence and burning of kiosks and tracking of rocks at the police. the police have responded with tear gas. and at this stage, though, the demonstration appears to be coming to an end after a lot of kind of back and forth between the demonstrators and the police. there is a rump element always at the end of these demonstrations, who perhaps have come out more for a fight, then to make their political views known, but that is also not to undermine the widespread anger that exists about these reforms coming across france. regular opinion polls show about two thirds of the population are against macron's reforms. but he said in interviews recently with the french media that there was going to be no u turn that this reform of the pensions. whatever happens on the streets here is

going through, according to macron back to you. sam kiley, displaying incredible focus as there are explosions and people yelling around him. fantastic live shot from some colleague, sam. thank you. thank you so much. similar scenes are actually playing out in israel for very different reasons. police did turn water cannons on protesters in televisa today as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators again took to the streets across the country. they're protesting the government's plan to take greater control over the country's courts. and today, israel's parliament passed the first of several of those laws. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's coalition approved this legislation in a 61 to 47 vote that would protect the israeli leader from being deemed unfit to govern. netanyahu is expected to speak at some point today, leading to some speculation he may delay parts of this divisive program. still ahead, a new study finds that autism among kids is more

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they think is the issue. and this is actually in some ways. a good thing is that doctors are getting better at diagnosing it. they're getting better at diagnosing autism, and they're getting better at diagnosing it earlier, and they're also getting better at diagnosing it and children of color. this has been a real problem that autism there was clearly children of color with autism who were being being missed for all sorts of reasons, and doctors have been told to get better about this, and in fact, those numbers are indeed getting better, but still it is it. it's still thought that autism does get missed in general and children of, you know, throughout the population , so in a way, seeing these rates tick up in some ways is a good thing. yeah elizabeth. it's kind of counterintuitive when you hear it at first, you think? oh, no, this is terrible, but in a way, well, you're saying it makes so much sense that they're catching this earlier, and they're identifying it more children that have been struggling without a diagnosis.

so elizabeth cohen, thanks so much for explaining that for us. there was a dramatic rescue that we want to share with you in new york after a group of kids got stuck in the city's sewer system , five boys crawled in through a storm drain on staten island on wednesday evening, guided only by the light from a single cell phone. and that phone potentially save their lives after it's somehow picked up a signal 40 ft underground. what's the address in san? we don't know. you don't know? yeah we're like stuck in mr you're stuck where seward's. we're gonna get you some help. okay i hear something. hang on here. the finest i want you guys to screen grand barring call for help guys that they hear you call for help. wow. oh my gosh. rescue

officials say they searched nearly a dozen storm drains before finding the boys and thankfully everybody, all those all five of those kids were fined. one firefighter, though, was injured in the rescue and had to be taken to the hospital. but overall sounds like a successful safety mission. boris you couldn't pay me to climb into the sewer drink. i keep thinking, what were they looking for? down there and then i remember when i was a young boy as well, getting into all sorts of hijinks. yeah. you. yep so we've got a lot to bring you in the next hour of the newsroom, the ceo of tiktok was grilled on capitol hill today. one lawmaker saying the platform is quote literally leading to death, some fiery back and forth when we come back. got a gooood feeling about this? yeah i'm w with it. got a good feeling about this? yeah so lelet's get it. feeling

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