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welcome to all of your viewers watching here in the united states and all around the world. ahead on "cnn newsroom," crisis averted.
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president biden and u.s. house speaker mccarthy reach a tentative deal to raise the debt cree but will they be able to sell it to skeptical lawmakers on both sides of the aisle? and polls open in turkey. we're live in istanbul as voters began casting their ballots in the country's historic presidential runoff. plus, fueling speculation. ukraine's top commander releases a video that has many wondering if the country's counter offensive could be imminent. we begin in the u.s. with a late night agreement to try to prevent a disastrous debt default. the white house and republicans say they've agreed in principle to raise the u.s. debt ceiling and cap government spending. u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy is hailing the deal as
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a breakthrough that was reached after a flurry of crisis talks. >> after weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do, but i believe this is an agreement in principle that's worthy of the american people. it has historic reductions in spending, consequential reforms that will lift people out of poverty into the workforce, rein in government overreach. there are no new taxes, no new government programs. there's a lot more within the bill. we still have more work to do tonight to finish all the writing of it. >> well, to strike the deal mccarthy and president joe biden agreed to concessions, but members of both parties say their side gave up too much. president biden addressed those concerns as saying, quote, the agreement represents a compromise, which means not everyone gets what they want, and that's the responsibility of
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governing. and this agreement is good news for the american people because it prevents what could have been a catastrophic default and would have led to an economic recession. retirement accounts devastated and millions of jobs lost. while there's still a long way to go for potential for disagreement and dissent, but mccarthy says the house is expected to vote on the agreement this wednesday. cnn's manu raju has more on what the legislation will likely include and why there could be opposition on both sides. >> after a furious round of negotiations and staring at the prospects of the first ever debt default in american history the speaker of house kevin mccarthy reached a deal late saturday with president biden to raise the national debt limit and do that for two years time and also to include a range of other spending cuts and other policy concessions republicans had
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demanded including pairing back some safety programs central to the efforts here. the white house concede on those accounts and shook hands and reached an agreement in principle, and now the real challenge begins because there is push back. some conservatives do not believe this bill went far enough. they believe it's a retreat of sorts from the republican position demanding even deeper spending cut. the proposal would cut spending going back to 2023 levels of federal spending. republicans wanted to go back -- some of the conservatives wanted to go back to 2022 levels, but the white house had conseed substantially on that approach. they did not want any cuts whatsoever as part of this agreement. on the democratic side many did not want any work requirements on social safety net programs like food stamps. also they have furiously opposed any spending cuts, so expect some opposition from democrats. now, kevin mccarthy in speaking to reporters in the immediate aftermath of this deal said that a vote would occur on wednesday and then the bill text would be
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released on sunday. that gives them some 72 hours essentially to begin to lock down the votes. the question is going to be how many republicans will defect. we do expect several dozens republicans, at least 35 at the moment warning they'll vote against it. that number is expected to grow, but how many more will vote against this plan? and can mccarthy keep a majority of his conference behind it? that is the hope and the expectation at the moment from republican leaders, but that does not mean it's enough to pass the house. they will need to get support from democrats. there's a number of house democrats who are concerned about this bill who will have to be convinced to vote for it. we do know the house democrats are going to get briefed by white house officials on sunday. that'll be part of the white house efforts to try to get their members in line. can they get that coalition together, get it through the house on wednesday? and then they have to worry about the united states senate which can take time to get any legislation through, several days, sometimes up to a week
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depending on how members respond to this bill. so still some major questions despite the significant agreement that was reached late after these frantic negotiations. still uncertain whether they can get there and avoid the nation's first ever debt default by june 5th, the deadline for congress to get the bill through both chambers and get it signed into law. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. >> well, mccarthy tried to wrangle support for the deal by outlining details in a conference call with conservatives. the house speaker said most republicans were excited about it, but many expressed concern on twitter. representative ken buck said, quote, i listened to speaker mccarthy earlier tonight outline the deal with president biden, and i'm appalled by the debt ceiling surrender. meantime ralph norman called the deal, quote, insanity. he said a $4 trillion debt ceiling increase with virtually no cuts is not what we agreed to, not going to vote to
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bankrupt our country. joining me now is david sanger. he is a cnn political and national security analyst. he's also a white house and national security correspondent for "the new york times." david, thank you so much for making time to speak to us. the white house and republican negotiators have now reached a tentative deal to raise the debt ceiling. so does that mean crisis has been averted? >> it probably means that, leyla. we thought we were going to go down to the wire here whether that was going to be june 1st or as the treasury suggested a day or two ago closer to june 5th and everybody would be right on the edge of default. so this is just an agreement in principle, so there's a possibility you could see votes melt away once they see the specifics. but the fact of the matter is that the agreement in principle itself is itself a significant
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accomplishment. and remember that for foreign nations that were looking at the domestic politics of this year they didn't really care about the details. they cared about the united states not becoming a source of financial and fiscal instability and thus of political instability. it's been a remarkable thing in the past few months, but ithe biggest risk factor to the world economy has been what happens here in washington. that's not usually the case. we usually in washington think that other nations are the bigger risk. we were it, and this may avert it. >> this may have reverted, but arguably as you also touched on it in your answer, the hard part really starts now, getting everyone onboard, securing enough support from lawmakers from both sides of the aisle for this tentative agreement. so in some ways this is not a
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done deal yet. you just returned from the g7 in japan. help us understand what would it mean for countries around the world whether they're high income, middle income, or low income and especially those that depend on the u.s. dollar if another standoff were to take place, if there was another delay or the u.s. does end up for some reason breaching the debt ceiling. >> so it was going to have a number of bad effects. the first, of course, is interest rates would probably go up if investing in the united states became a riskier enterprise and if, in fact, moody's anderts rating agencies lowered the u.s. rating then obviously we'd then have to pay more interest for government borrowing, and that would raise interest for everybody because so much has hinged on the u.s. dollar. the second thing it would do,
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though, and i think in some ways the more insidious thing it would do is that it would solidify the chinese and russian narrative that democracies can't get their act together, that you give a democracy all of the string it needs to debate out an issue and it paralyzes itself. and that it becomes such a source of infighting that it can't make any decisions. and this is the key that particularly xi jinping in china has made the argument he's made about the united states. remember when january 6 happened the russians tried to use it, you know, around the world to embarrass the u.s. the chinese broadcast it internally to say you want to see what democracy looks like, he's what it looks like. and the same would have happened if the u.s. went into default.
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i think we probably avoided that now. >> we probably avoided that now, but when you reflect how this all has unfolded, what are the long-term effects of this, taking things almost to the breaking point and then retreating? >> it's interesting. as i was talking to foreign leaders, government officials in hiroshima last weekend at the g7, the most incisive question they asked me was why do you do this to yourselves? and the united states didn't have a debt limit vote a number of decades ago. it was a self-created facility, something that congress itself required. and it was kind of backwards, right? you spend the money and then you take another vote on whether you're going to pay off your bills. we'd all love that in our personal lives, but it doesn't make any sense. and it's only there as leverage for the future. now, the republicans will
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probably think at this point this leverage worked because what they got out of this at the end, leyla, was an agreement from president biden to freeze non-military spending. and that would have essentially keep the programs he cares about the most from growing. the fact of the matter was he wasn't going to get those through this congress anyway. so his argument would be that it keeps in place the significant programs and accomplishments that he believes he had in the first term until he lost control of the house. >> to be continued. david sanger, always good to have your take. thank you so much for joining us. >> great to be with you. people in turkey are heading to the polls for the second time in two weeks for an election to choose their president. coming up we'll have a live report for you from istanbul in
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voters are now going to the polls in turkey in the country's first ever presidential runoff election. president erdogan faces off once again with challenger -- after failing to get an absolute majority of the votes needed to win outright in the first round two weeks ago. while turnout was strong in that vote, nearly 90% of those who were eligible cast their ballot. you're looking now at live pictures of those first voters casting their ballots there. let's go to istanbul to cnn's -- joining us. are voters motivated to go to polls a second go around? what do you see? >> reporter: as you mentioned the there the turpout was quite
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high, nearly 90% and turnout expected to be high once again. polls opened over an hour ago, and we're already seeing streams of people coming to this polling station here in istanbul. everyone has their own designated polling station to attend to today. there are just under 8 hours now until polls close, and there has certainly been a real push by both parties over the last few days to get those last minute voters to sway those undecided voters to get over that 50 plus 1% threshold to declare victory today. we've seen that campaigning up, that campaigning ended yesterday evening, and of course now it's up to the turkish voters to make their division. now, for many who are there to vote for president erdogan's party it is a vote in some ways for political stability. president erdogan has been in power for more than two decades now, and this is a country facing a significant series of crises. we have the economy which has
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left the country in a deep cost of living crisis, soaring inflation, and of course the weakening of the lira and of course the aftermath of the devastating turkey earthquake in february which has left millions of displaced, killed more than 50,000 people. president erdogan has made significant promises. he has pledged aightening speed reconstruction effort in the southeast. on the other side, in the opposition camp for those attending the opposition camp this is a vote for change after more than two decades of ak party rule, they hope this will be an opportunity to transform turkey's future particularly, leyla, as there are real concerns over the state of democracy here in turkey. for the last few years president erdogan has really centralized his grip on state authority. you've seen the restrictions placed on the media across the country and democratic freedoms
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really being constricted, and there is a fear another term for president erdogan could see the country backsliding towards something like authoritarianism, so there is a hope by opposition supporters that a vote for the nation alliance which is a vote to get six very different parties on the political spectrum could be a key moment of change for turkey. of course later this evening we will see supporters gathering at rallies on both sides waiting anxiously for those results to come in later this evening. it certainly was a long night two weeks ago and is expected to wrap up slightly quicker this time around. many will be staying up to wait for those results. leyla? >> high stakes election. thank you so much for your continued coverage. nada bashir in istanbul.
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for our live viewers be sure to watch the special live coverage of turkey right here on cnn. explosions are rattling areas on both sides of the front line in ukraine as speculation grows about its expected counter offensive. officials say kyiv came under drone attacks sunday morning with at least one person killed and another one injured. ukraine's air force says more than 50 drones were shot down across the country overnight. kyiv's mayor says the fallen debris damaged buildings and caused fires in kyiv. ukraine also reported multiple blasts in the occupied cities of mariupol on saturday. while russian missiles and artillery hit the kharkiv and zaporizhzhia reasons. russia says artillery fight also
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went over the border striking two large enterprises in its belgorod region. a state news agency says one person was killed and several others woundp. a new speculation about a looming counter offensive was fueled by a video posted by ukraine's top general. take a look. >> translator: let my hand be firm to kill my enemies. let my eye be clear to kill my enemies. let my weapon to be sharp to kill my enemies. let my will be of steel to kill my enemies. >> well, the video appears to drop strong hints about the counter offensive, it does not specifically say that the operation is coming. well, the fooage could be part of kyiv's deception efforts, ukraine has said earlier it would not officially announce the beginning of its offensive. meanwhile a ukrainian intelligence agency is praising the recent cross border raid.
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what are ukrainian intelligence officials saying about the recent incursion into belgorod? >> they're saying, you know, they gained very important information. of course they're not going to say exactly what that is. it's going to be strategic. this is such a pivotal moment in the war. and, you know, one of the things a lot of the analysts are saying this is probably very much focusing on russian vulnerabilities especially in its defensive. we didn't have to see russia defend itself so much up until this point, leyla. >> we also heard from the russian leader,putep on saturday talking about protecting russia's borders. what exactly did he say? >> you know, he said he underscored the need to protect the borders not just to protect the sovereignty of the nation but keep corridors open for military and civilian vehicles and humanitarian aid going into ukraine and rebidding materials for newly gained russian territory. of course this is really important moment in the war, and
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everybody's waiting to see as you mentioned when and if this counter offensive begins. >> thank you so much. thank you. tens of thousands of people in serbia protesting for a fourth week over recent mass shootings in the country, demanding the resignation of the president and other top officials. demonstrators blame the shootings on a culture of violence that they say is allowed by the government. at least 18 people were killed in two back-to-back shootings earlier this month. a teen from saudi arabia arrived in syria on saturday to setup the reopening of the kingdom's embassy in damascus. the two countries had agreed earlier to reopen diplomatic missions in both countries. it comes more than a decade after it cut diplomatic ties with the syrian government in
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weeks after syria was readmitted into the arab league. the u.s. embassy in uruguay is warning. it recommends consuming bottled water for infant formula. the national water company is mixing saltwater into the fresh-water to stretch supplies. >> reporter: it's supposed to provide water for more than a million people but these days the reservoir looks more like a muddy field where residents can walk. a multi-year drought and lack of rain have combined to create a severe water crisis. the government is urging people to stop wasting water by avoiding washing their vehicles and watering gardens as well as repairing leaks and reporting water main breaks. the drought is so severe that public works officials have
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resorted to a drastic alternative. we're having to mix fresh-water from the river with water from ocean tides coming from the south, which is salty, this public works union official says. on the streets people are protesting almost daily, and heated debates have exploded with the opposition accusing the government of the president of sitting on their hands. he acknowledged his country is leading what he describes as a complex moment adding he takes responsibility and stressing that his government is already taking measures to solve the crisis. those measures include acquiring a desalination plant and activating two facilities that can purify water by osmosis and produce bottled water. and it's not just just uruguya. soukt america has been suffering through a prolonged dry spell
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for several years. levels have plummeted to their lowest level in nearly eight years and argentina is facing its worst drought in 60 years. they're desperately seeking alternatives, but things are not looking good. companies that sell bottled water say they're already at a point where demand has vastly surpassed supply. demand has shot up and we've been unable to keep up for the last week this distribution director says. for now drinking salty water and conserving as much as possible seem to be the only options for many in uruguay. >> and thanks so much for joining us. "marketplace africa" is up next. for our viewers in north america, the news contininues after a quick k break. communiti, and we do too. pnc bank.
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welcome back to all of our viewers here in north america. just days before the u.s. government was expected to run out of cash and setoff a global economic calamity, president joe biden and republican house leaders say they have a deal in principle. right now both sides racing to secure the votes in the republican controlled house and the democratic controlled senate to approve the agreement. negotiators are set to be working on the final text which would go to a vote in the house of representatives possibly on wednesday. while it reportedly includes raising the government's borrowing authority for two years but also includes a raise
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in government spending until 2025. >> the white house and house republicans have reached an agreement in principle on the debt ceiling, this the outcome of 24 hours of tireless talks between hill negotiators and white house negotiators as they came up against that june 5th deadline when the u.s. would run out of funds and in an attempt to avert a debt default. now, over the course of the day white house officials said there was general optimism about the trajectory of these talks, some echoing what president biden had said on friday on his way to camp david that a deal was, quote, very close. but a pivotal moment came early saturday or saturday afternoon when president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy connected over the phone, and that we are told is when they were able to reach an agreement in principle. now, of course over the next several hours both sides will be working on the text of this
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agreement. and the devil will be in the details. that is where republicans as well as democrats will learn more about what exactly this agreement looks like. and they're up against a very tight deadline. not only was it important for both sides to reach an agreement, but then then, too, it is what this legislative text will say showing that to members of congress, and then later a vote on the house floor, and then it has to go through the senate. so a long road ahead for what amounts to a very short amount of time. at least on saturday a very important development as president biden and the white house reach that agreement with house republicans allowing them to move forward and trying to avert a debt default on june 5th. priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. >> and the u.s. isn't the only western country with a debt limit based on a fixed amount of money. den mark has one, too, but it has never undergone the kind of political turmoil and economic brinksmanship the u.s. is
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experiencing. let's talk a bit more about this. he is a senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics and he joins us from brussels. sir, thank you for taking out the time. i want to talk about denmark's debt limit ipjust a moment. it might be too early in the day to ask you this, but will there be a sense of relief among european lawmakers waking up to the news now of a tentative debt deal reached in washington? >> i don't think there's any doubt about that, but i'll also say it isn't something that has actually featured much on their radar. i think they have also quietly assumed this would be fixed in time. they are after all used to using their own deadlines to get an agreement at it last minute. >> all right, now, the u.s. is not the only country with a debt
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ceiling. denmark as you know better than anyone else has a debt ceiling law, and i'm told den mark's debt ceiling has never been a problem. >> no, the debt ceiling was instituted for a particular set of constitutional reasons because they wanted to make the central bank which an independent institution basically manage the government debts of daily issuances, et cetera, so they had to pass a law because like in the united states in denmark only parliament in principle with issue new debt. but they gave parliament that right, and by that therefore they had to pass a debt ceiling that is reasonably similar to the one in the united states. but they did so at a level about three times the outstanding level of debt. so it was by design never meant to become operational. >> so that's one of the reasons why it makes it so less likely
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for the country to run into problems. so would you say this is a uniquely american problem? >> i think it's a uniquely american problem that you have a political system with the different branches of government basically one of the few ways in which proper fiscal policy can be conducted. and by fiscal policy i mean the sort of forward looking multi-year agreements about government spending can be struck is when you have a gun to lawmakers's heads in the form of a debt ceiling. in most other country or certainly any other country and certainly denmark, this is done on annual base, you reach a fiscal agreement on annual budget and you move on. the problem is the political leverage that appears to be necessary to have bipartisan
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fiscal discussions between congress and the white house. >> now, just for the purposes of our conversation and for perspective, what would the consequences be if denmark were to bounce its checks compare to if the u.s. breaches the debt ceiling? >> well, i don't think there would be that big a difference outside of denmark. there'd be a few, you know, investors that invested in danish government bonds outside the country that would obviously suffer losses, but the danish currency is not widely used around the world, so it would be a situation totally unlike that of the united states where obviously a default because of the role of the dollar and the role of u.s. government securities around the world would have a cataclysmic effect not just in the united states but almost certainly in the global economy. >> now, obviously it's very difficult to compare the united states and denmark. i mean these are such vastly different countries, but is
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there something that the u.s. can learn from denmark when it comes to managing the debt ceiling? >> well, i think, you know, denmark shows that -- i mean a debt ceiling is not inherently unworkable. it's not inherently insane if you want to put it that way. it can be made to work. it just needs to be set at a level outside the range of the actual outstanding debt, and then you need to have a properly functioning fiscal policy process that sees government, in this case the three branches of government in washington, reach regular compromises on fiscal policy so that you do not end up in this situation where, you know, one branch of government using the debt ceiling and the threat of default to extract concessions from the other two branches. in that sense denmark is
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different because it only has one parliament. it doesn't have a bicameral system or an executive or legislative branch. it just has one parliament, and if the government loses the support there, it has to resign and have an election. >> in brussels, belgium, very instructive. thank you so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. now, texas republican attorney general is now suspended from office after republican lawmakers in the house voted overwhelmingly to impeach him. coming up we'll explain what ken paxton is accused of doing that prompted members of his own party to roundly condemn him. ams bespoke refrigerator because every appliance should have a personal touch. and now, buy more save more up to an additional $1,000.
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in a stunning development republican lawmakers in the texas house have voted overwhelmingly to impeach one of their own.
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the state's republican attorney general. the vote against ken paxton was 121-23. as rosa flores reports now it comes after a legislative investigation accused him of years of corruption. >> reporter: ken paxton has been impeached by the texas house of representatives, and under the texas constitution that means that he's immediately suspended and that the governor of texas has the power to appoint a replacement. but let me start by taking you inside the texas house for this historic vote. >> 121 ayes and 23 nays, two present not voting, three absent. the resolution is adopted. >> reporter: this is a case of republicans policing republicans in the state of texas. in the state of texas republicans lead the house, and the chairman of the committee that investigated ken paxton is also a republican, and he issued this statement after the vote saying in part, quote,
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throughout the course of the investigation we discovered numerous activities that constitute unethical and potentially criminal conduct. these violations of the public trust are alarming and show a systematic pattern of behavior that every member of our committee felt needed to be addressed in a public forum. now, this vote is already historic because ken paxton is the first attorney general in the state of texas to ever be impeached. now, there was another bombshell during the hours long debate leading up to this historic vote, and that was when several members said in open forum that members of the house have received calls from ken paxton threatening them that if they voted yes there would be political consequences. there was concern about this so much so that one of the house members took to twitter saying in part, quote, i will be submitting a journal statement to amend charge of documents to include abuse of power, intimidation of house members, and senate jury tampering in
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light of the statements that a.g. paxton called and threatened house and senate members. now, i asked paxton's office about this and i did not hear back, but ken paxton did take to twitter after his impeachment saying in part, quote, i'm grateful to have the support of millions of texans to recognize what we just witnessed is unethical and profoundly unjust. i look forward to a full texas senate. what happens in the texas house? we know the lieutenant governor serves as judge, the 31 senators serve as jurors, and that a two-thirds vote of those s senators who are present is required to convict. rosa flores, cnn, houston. >> and we'll be right back. rude. who are you? i'm an investor in a fund that h helps advance innovative sports tech lilike this smart fitness mirror.
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artificial intelligence looks set to revolutionize political campaigning. but its ability to blur the lines between fact and fiction is raising concerns ahead of next year's presidential election. donald trump jr. is among those circulating a clip online, a deep fake of florida governor
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ron desantis in an episode of "the office." the original scene is about the boss wearing a women's suit. but this clip was made with a.i. and does not show the real desantis. cnn's john sarlen explains why he believes these videos show we're in the beginning of the a.i. election. >> two things are happening right now. we're at the dawn of a new election, which is happening at the same time as we're seeing this rapid improvement in a.i. technology to the point where it's creating photo, video, and audio that are becoming increasingly hard to discern from real things. so because of that, we're seeing norms pop up about them. before you clearly stated that those videos were a.i. generated, right? former president trump has shown a willingness to post these fake a.i. content without any acknowledgement that they are a.i. you mite might remember the rnc last month created the first
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100% a.i.-generated ad. the ad clearly said it was a.i.-generated with the fake audio of elon musk and ron desantis. former president trump is posting the stuff without any acknowledgement that it's fake. from artificial intelligence in politics to its use in medicine now, neuroscientists at university of texas have figured out a way to translate brain activity into words using the very same a.i. technology that powers the popular chatgpt bot. >> you're reading people's minds? >> we don't like to use the term mind-reading. >> reporter: these neuroscientists at the university of texas in austin say they've figured out how to translate brain activity into words using artificial intelligence. earlier this admonition they published a paper explaining how they had research volunteers listen to audio clips while having their brains scanned by
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an fmri machine. over time, the same tech behind chatgpt were able to figure out what the volunteers were listening to just by watching their brains. >> it is crazy. you can watch how blood flows through the brain. using a.i. and gpt and everything else, translate it into words. >> it's wild that this works when you put it that way. >> reporter: to test it all out, professor alexander h uute and had our brained scanned while listening to part of the "wizard of oz" audiobook. ♪ if i only had a brain ♪ >> we have a picture your brain. >> i have a brain! >> it looks good. >> reporter: i was scanned first, followed by professor hute. capturing images of the change in blood flow as we listened to the words from the audiobook, showing how our brains interpreted those words. >> when she had finished her meal and was about to go back to the road of yellow brick --
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>> you can see we're getting recordings every two seconds while he's listening to a story. we'll feed this data through our decoder and try to predict the story he's listening to. >> reporter: next morning, results were in. it's been 24 hours since we got our brains scanned. you can confirm i have a brain? >> absolutely. >> brilliant. >> so we were able to decode some stuff from my brain, not so much from yours. this is one from my brain. this is from "the wizard of oz." on the left side is the actual words that i heard. when she'd finished her meal and was about to go back to the road of yellow brick, she was startled to hear a deep groan nearby. the decoded version is on the right. i was about to head back to school and i hear this strange voice calling out to me. so it gets some things right. about to go back, head back. it completely misses some things like the road of yellow brick versus school. it gets this nice example, she hears something, then instead of a deep groan, it's a strange
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voice calling out to me. it means something related even if it's not exactly the right words. >> still pretty incredible, to think that something just by scanning your brain -- >> yeah, that's one of the things that's surprising to us about this. it can get things like that, get these entire phrases of exact words. here's the same segment for you. >> we expected mine not to be great. >> because we haven't trained the model on you. the whole day i'd be fine, but she wanted me to make it to her place. first i got a little excited about it. >> reporter: the reason it wasn't able to decode my brain was because the technology currently needs people to sit in the fmri machine for more than 16 hours so the a.i. models can train on specific people's brains. are we going to live in a world where i can walk by somebody on the street and they'll be able to hold something up to my head ask know what i'm thinking? >> currently we're very far from that. that might also never be possible.
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we can't completely rule it out, but as far as we know that won't be possible in the next few decades. the real potential application is helping people who are unable to speak without them needing to get nerve surgery. >> reporter: jerry tang explains how they used open a.i.gpt's large language model to hem decode the brain. the gpt model is made up of millions of pages of text from the internet that the a.i. trains on and learns how sentences are constructed and how people talk and think. >> gpt basically made our predictions a lot better. >> reporter: it doesn't just work listening to audio. professor hute showed us what happened when he watched a movie with no sound while his brain was scanned. watch as the technology is able to devote what his eyes are seeing. >> she took my hand and held it to her lips. is she kissed it. i smiled. >> my god. >> she pulled me in for a hug. i got her back for about hours. i had to stop the bleeding and
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gave her my shirt to put over it. it's pretty good. it's a pretty good description of what was happening here. >> wow. should we be scared by the work people like you are doing? >> we think it's really important to continually evaluate the implications of brain decoding and also to start thinking about enacting policies that protect mental privacy and regulate what brain data can be used for. >> that was cnn's done neo sullivan reporting. history made at west point. vice president kamala harris becoming the first woman ever to speak to the military academy's graduating class. >> to all the cadets here today, you stand on the broad shoulders of generations of americans who have worn the uniform, including many barrier breakers and trailblazers. in fact, this year you celebrate
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