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we have a very busy news day. five things to know for this tuesday, july 11th, 2023. right now, president biden is in lithuania is kick off a high-stakes nato summit. ukraine's future set to dominate the agenda. new overnight, donald trump's legal team filing a request for a lengthy delay to the start of his trial in the classified documents case. his lawyers saying they want to wait until after the 2024 election. >> and catastrophic flooding hits parts of the northeast overnight. officials say more than 50 people had to be rescued in vermont. some areas received more than 8 inches of rain in a single day. northwestern university has fired its football coach pat fitz jared. this firing coming after an investigation looking into alleged hazing within the football program. and happening today, senators will get a classified briefing on artificial intelligence. this will be the first-ever briefing of its kind. we're told the director of national intelligence will be

attending. "cnn this morning" starts right now. ♪ u. we're going to get you straight to the news because the news shapi s happening right no. moments from now president biden is set to speak at the critical nato summit with allied leaders at the war in ukraine rages on with no end in sight. the high-stakes meeting comes that turkey will no longer block sweden from joining the alliance. a giant strategic blow to vladimir putin. national security adviser jake sullivan says the u.s. is coming into this summit with, quote, a full head of steam following the sweden announcement. he says the allies will also discuss a path for ukraine to possibly join nato in the future. we're going to start with cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz live on the ground there. what exactly heading into this

high-stakes sum submit the white house hoping to achieve? >> well, phil, president biden is hoping to emerge from this summit with a strengthened and united nato that will ultimately disappoint russian president vladimir putin. now, any minute now we will see president biden alongside nato secretary general and the meeting between the two men comes on the heels of a big win for both of them after turkey announce d stunning reversal to approve sweden's accession into nato. turkey had been blocking sweden's entrance into nato for a little over a year. the fact that sweden will very soon be joining nato really speaks to an expanded nato alliance that in part has been driven by president biden. now president biden spoke with turkish president erdogan as he flew from the u.s. to europe over the weekend on air force one. and he made clear in that call that he wanted sweden to be accepted into nato as soon as possible. we're expecting to see president biden and erdogan hold a

bilateral meeting a bit later today. but another big question facing leaders at this summit is the future of ukraine and a possible pathway for ukraine to one day join the nato alliance. president biden poured cold water on the idea of ukraine joining the alliance at this moment as the war in russia is on going. but zelenskyy has been trying to seek some security guarantees and a clearer pathway to membership. this morning, national security adviser jake sullivan said that the u.s. and allies will be ready to send a positive signal to ukraine when it comes to that possible membership. take a listen. >> there's consensus, including from ukraine that the question is not ukraine and nato now here in vilnius. the question is what's the pathway towards ukraine's future membership. we can come to that among all the allies and with ukraine. that's really what these next two days are about. i think that will be reflected in the communique. >> reporter: now, sullivan also

said they don't have a timeline to outline right now for when air quality could join nato. that is something that could possible come up as president biden is set to meet here with ukrainian president zelenskyy at the nato summit tomorrow. there had been questions whether zelenskyy would be attending. but it will be a major show of unity as the president is once again trying to show that the nato alliance is right behind ukraine, ready to offer that support in the face of that war against russia. >> all right. arlette saenz on the ground for us in vilnius. stay with us. >> a lot going on this tuesday morning. let's bring in former deputy director of national intelligence beth saner and david sanger will be joining us from lithuania in just a moment. dave, we'll talk to you soon. beth, short of getting an invitation to nato, president biden ruled out. what does success look like for this nato summit and for ukraine? >> well, the nato summit itself is absolutely historic in terms

of bringing in finland and now bringing in sweden. but i think at the end of the day, the real success here is having a positive view coming out, a view of inspiration and hope coming out and not one of just utter disappointment that they haven't been able to thread that needle between ukrainian -- ukraine not getting an invitation and ukraine getting some kind of security guarantee. and that's really the issue on the table today. >> david, i was heartened when i was listening to your stellar colleague ben hubbard last hour talk about how he was surprised when turkey signed off or at least cleared the path way for sweden to join the nato summit because i was surprised, assuming people like you and ben probably had some secret knowledge that all of this was happening. but it was fairly shocking yesterday that all of the roadblocks seem ed to be moved out of the way. people not following this at such a granular level like we

are, explain what this means erdogan's decision to clear the way but sweden joining generally. >> well, turkey had blocked sweden because it believed that it was promoting or at least allowing what the turks call terrorists and what were, in fact, groups that for a long time you've seen president erdogan try to put down. and he's been very sensitive about this. but it became clear over time that he had his price. and part of the price was that turkey is not in the european union. it looks like they will now get an accelerated way into the european union. the u.s. congress was not going to release f16s to turkey until they approved sweden. it looks like he'll get his f16s.

what other concessions were made to turkey? turkey is a very unusual nato ally because it flirts with putin left and right and bought a good deal of his weapons and done a fair bit of trade with them. so there's always been a lot of tension back and forth. but this was a surprise and it was a surprise to me and ben as well as to you, phil. you weren't missing anything. >> and clearly russia is not too pleased about that. we have the statement from a russian defense official saying that russia has gone from being a neutral country to now being an unfriendly one after this move. >> turkey, yeah. >> sorry, turkey. >> well, you know, putin and erdogan have such an interesting relationship. they're forces have literally come to blows in syria, and yet they seem to somehow figure out how to manage their symbiotic relationship. they have a lot of things that they depend upon each other, especially economically. but erdogan has done a number of things over the past few days.

releasing the as of stall leaders. saying publicly that ukraine should be a member of nato and saying that he and ukraine will agree to extend the black sea grain initiative even if putin doesn't and he'll use turkish warships to escort. so i would love to be a fly on the wall during the meeting between erdogan and putin when putin is supposed to visit turkey next month. it will be a doozy, but i think they will work it out. i think they will work it out. >> that's optimistic. >> i was reading the briefing with you earlier with jake sullivan. i'm interested now that the turkey/sweden issue seems to be resolved satisfactory for the white house. nato membership for ukraine is always a significant issue at this summit. what do you see as the fault lines, the key deliverables they

want out of this summit? >> reporter: >> i think the overall theme they want to project from this summit is that they are entering with a more united and strengthened nato alliance that in part has really been in some responsibility from president biden's leadership. given that he has pushed forward when it comes to delivering a security assistance to ukraine, a push forward in trying to unite these countries over the course of the past year and a half of the war against russian president vladimir putin. and i think that they want to ensure and tried to stress this message that there aren't any fractures within the alliance. you saw president biden right before he was traveling over here announce that he was going to send over cluster munitions, controversial weaponry to ukraine. that counters some of the legal positions of other allies as many have signed on to this convention that bans that type of weaponry.

but i think what's important in that briefing, sullivan was noting that even though legally these countries are opposed, they can't encourage the use of this type of weaponry, you haven't seen them out there contradicting or criticizing president biden directly for that decision. that is another example of how they're trying to show that the allies are all together at this moment. that meeting with zelenskyy will be a really high-stakes moment. it will send a message not just to the alliance but also to russian president vladimir putin that the u.s. and its allies continue to be behind him. that's another one of the key moments to watch here at the summit over the next two days. >> and david, you heard beth lay out some of the steps turkey has taken in recent days and weeks against what russia would want. what does that tell you in terms of how turkey, erdogan, views russia and putin right now and how much does all of that weaken putin? >> you know, the situation

between turkey and erdogan and putin is similar to the one between xi jinping, the chinese leader and putin, which is to say that they have a relatively tight relationship as beth explained before. it's a contradictory one. there are moments when they're on opposite sides of these issues. but it is born essentially of mutual need, different needs than they have with the chinese. i think the place where you're going to see this really play out may well be in the decision about what to do with ukraine getting admitted to nato at some point in the future. you heard jake sullivan say it's not going to happen now, but you also heard president biden in his interview with cnn last week say to fareed zakaria that he had two objections. and the first objection is that ukraine isn't ready, that it's not yet a democratic country. it hasn't gone through the reforms. but the second one was that if

you go in now during a war and bring ukraine into nato, then the united states is directly at war with russia because the core of nato is a mutual defense pact. that's really going to get in the way here. so you'll have president biden, germany opposing anything that sets too much of a time line. you'll have the baltic states trying to say it's time for this to happen. >> and we're going to be talking to the british defense minister ben wallace later in the show about just that. >> all right. arlette saenz, beth saner, david sanger, thank you very much. stick around. we're waiting for president biden to give some remarks a the top of this summit. first, we want to turn to the historic and catastrophic flash flooding in parts of the northeast. it's being called a once in a millennium rainfall. particularly in vermont is bracing for more after nearly two days of intense rain.

two dams are expected to breach their spill ways today. already more than 50 people needed to be rescued from their homes. cnn's miguel marquez is live in mount pellier, vermont. one of the hardest-hit areas. what can you tell us about what's happening on the ground there? >> reporter: well, the good news is the sun is starting to come out and the rain has slowed down significantly. it rained for most of the night here. but this is the state capitol. if you look at that car down there, that was -- the water was about six or seven inches below that car earlier. th's state street. the capitol is a block away here. i couldn't get there. the water is flowing too fast through here. all through the river which is right behind us. we're going to just walk over here. i want to show you what this look like and let you listen to it as well. it crested at almost 21 feet overnight. that's not the record. the record was in 1927. but it is absolutely raging.

we keep seeing these pulses of water coming up out of the street. this is the taylor street bridge. i'm going to stop talking for a second and just let you listen to this. that is the power of this river. we also heard explosions in the last hour or so. they may be electrical transformers. hard to say what they were. there was a series of explosions in downtown montpellier earlier today. one big concern right now is that wrightsville dam north of here. it's about six feet left of space before it hits the spillway. if it goes over that spillway, it will drop more water into the north branch of this river and bring more water here into the capitol. they are starting to dry out today, but it will be a long, long process of getting their lives back together in vermont. this state has been slammed. back to you guys. >> incredible pictures.

miguel marquez, keep us posted. thank you. well, russia launched a missile attack on kyiv hours before the start of that nato summit we have been discussing. live on the ground in kyiv with the latest. attorneys for former president trump are asking the judge n this case to postpone the start of the classified documents probe until after the 2024 election. their arguments just ahead. okay. i'll work on that. save $1200 on our most popular sleep number 360 smart bed. plus, save up p to an additional $500 when you add select adjustable bases.s. with 30 grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! uuuhhhh... here, i'll take that! woohoo! ensure max protein, grams of protein, 1 gram of sugar. enter the $10,000 ensure max protein, powered by protein ♪ ♪

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lithuania. the nato secretary general is speaking. president biden expected to speak shortly. listen in. >> it's good to be here. thank you for continuing to deliver. as i made no -- press is not surprised that i've been touting the fact that i think it's really important at this critical moment in the whole nato that you continue to lead nato. you're trusted. no one knows the situation that we're facing better than you do. and this historic moment, adding of finland and sweden to nato is consequential. and your leadership really matters. and we agree on the language that we've proposed, that you proposed, relative to the future of ukraine being able to join nato. we're looking forward to a continued united nato.

my american press heard me say many times, i still think president putin thinks the way he succeeds is to break nato. not going to do that. especially with you leading. so thank you for being willing to do it. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> thank you, all. >> mr. president, what is your role in getting turkey to agree -- mr. president, mr. president? why weren't -- >> you were just watching president biden and general stoltenberg at the start of a very consequence shall nato summit and a nato summit that comes as the 31st member of nato, finland, as already joined the coalition and the 32nd sweden appears to now have a pathway forward after a lengthy process where turkey and to some degree hundred gary as well were standing in the way. those pathways have been cleared. the president making clear adding those two countries to the alliance at a very consequential moment in the on going war in ukraine.

>> that's absolutely right. let's bring in someone on the ground there, british defense secretary ben wallace. thank you for joining us. i want to get your reaction, if you would, first to what we just heard from stoltenberg and president biden. >> really good news sweden have literally got to final 99% of getting into nato. just has to go through the turkish parliament. a lot of us have been working behind the scenes to make thur sh happens. first of all, russia will pick on countries that don't manage to get in or transitioning from nonmembership to membership. that can leave them exposed and russia we often see try to use division. but it's also really important for the integrity of the alliance that, you know, we have an open door policy. we say if you meet certain conditions you can join. and sweden is a strong member of europe, a member of in a sense

the uk's backyard, scandinavia, it's important they got that protection alongside long-standing members such as norway and denmark. >> can you tell us any more about how this came to be. i think it was surprising to many watching all of this unfold how quickly there was an about face from turkey. can you tell us more about what concessions were made to turkey for this deal to happen? >> i think sweden made the main concession, which was at the outset of this, turkey faces quite a lot of terrorist threat, whether that's from isis, whether that's from al qaeda or the pkk, a kurdish terrorist group that's prescribed across europe. and turkey felt that sweden's counterterrorism suite of legislation was not sufficient enough to deal with that thread. and the new swedish government changed the legislation. and there was a point -- i used to be the government security minister and certainly sweden had a set of legislation that

wouldn't really reflect the legislation we have or the united states have. so, i think they made those changes. when they started to show the turks they made actual solid recommendations, they have taken bills through parliament, i think that helped the move the turkish a long way and the international community talked to the turkish at length and said, look, it's really in everyone's favor. the only winner of this schism would be putin. >> turkey wants to be part of the eu. they want f16 fighter jets. so, it seems like this also paved the way for those to happen as well. would you agree? >> i don't know if there was anything extra. you know, turkey is a long way from eu membership. we're no longer a member of the eu, but certainly i think turkey would have had some asks. but fundamentally i'm delighted we turn up today and literally in the place where sweden will be joining us. >> you talked about the conditions that have to be met to join nato. you say that sweden has met those conditions. you said thursday that nato

should look at clearing hurdles in order for ukraine to join the nato alliance. you heard secretary general stoltenberg saying just a minute ago here that we carried live on cnn that nato plans to remove the requirement for membership action plan, that you have the white house saying that in addition to waiting until after the war, ukraine still has further reform steps to take before joining. do you disagree with the united states' stance here? >> well, i totally agree with the united states. we can't have a new member the middle of a conflict. that would just import war into the alliance. and i think it's certainly the case we should all as we are work together to make sure that russia fails in its attack and it's an illegal invasion of ukraine and we end up in a position where we can then discuss the future. but after this war, i think first of all, given we have an open door policy, it's important to state that we believe ukraine does belong in nato. there are some steps that need

to be met to get there. and those steps would involve the likes of making sure its military is up to standard. but we can see right now that its military is up to standard. its military is taking on a vast superior sized russian force and dealt a heavy defeat. i think overall ukraine is not far off membership. but obviously we're in alliance by then 32. everyone has to move at the same pace. from britain's point of view, ukraine belongs in nato. we have to wait until after the conflict is over. a lot of reforms set out back in 2014 by nato accession, the rules actually going earlier than that towards 2008, ukraine has followed. we have been involved -- >> let me ask you then -- >> united states, can ad helping them modernize. and you know, they started to deal quite strongly with corruption that had been a hallmark of ukraine. that's very much in a much better position. so we think the path is set out.

ukraine have followed it. it is starting to be of healthier democracy and demonstrate that it can stand for people. and all those people fighting right now for their freedoms, they aren't going to give that freedom up lightly after this war by just turning it into a former russia sort of russian state with lot of corruption. they're determined to look to europe and behave like europeans. i think that should be recognized. we should be prepared to bring ukraine into nato as quickly as possible. >> you clearly agree with the u.s. in terms of waiting until after the war is over but the u.s. also said that ukraine needs to take more reform steps. can you not hear me? can you hear me? are we having some audio issues. >> no sign. >> that's too bad. >> nothing. >> we have more important questions to ask including about cluster munitions. hopefully we can get the defense minister of the uk ben wallace back with us on the show. not sure what happened there. but those technical issues happen especially the fact that he's in lithuania and we're here

in washington, d.c., right? >> very significant player in lithuania as well. >> of course. >> was considered a potential prospect to be the next nato secretary general. stoltenberg's term has been extended by another year but has been a critical player within the alliance over the course of several years now obviously in his role as uk defense minister. also very interesting perspective. there are some disagreements underneath the surface but aligning to some degrees with the u.s. >> it was interesting. what i was going to ask him he made clear that the uk agrees with the u.s. when it comes to waiting until after the war to include ukraine, but he also made clear it sounds like what he was saying that he's not quite on the same page when it comes to all the different steps that ukraine needs to take the reform steps to become more democratic to join as we heard from jake sullivan and president biden. >> a critical opponent, something ukraine acknowledged and been working on for a significant amount of time. what that actually means going forward, that's a good interview. >> thank you. we have more.

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♪ welcome back. new this morning, attorney bs for former president trump are asking the judge overseeing the classified documents case to delay the start of the trial in florida until after the 2024 election. they say the justice department request for december start will come in the heat of trump's presidential campaign. sara murray joins us on set with the latest. he was always a candidate when the charges were brought. you could argue the presidential campaign is happening now. what are we supposed to take from this filing? >> look, there will be a big fight over scheduling going forward. and in this filing they make clear trump and walt nad da's team they don't think a trial can proceed fairly as long as donald trump is running for president of the united states. it would impact the outcome of the presidential election as well as the ability for both

donald trump and walt nata to prepare for filing. donald trump versus joe biden even though there'special counsel in this case. proceeding to trial during the pendency of a presidential election cycle where opposing candidates are effectively if not literally directly averse to one other in this action will create extraordinary challenges in the jury selection process and limit the defendant's ability to secure a fair and impartial adjudication. it will be hard to get a fair trial the middle of a presidential election. look, there's a lot of evidence we have to go through, including so far at least nine months of security footage. >> it's not a surprise that they're asking for this trial. i mean, you know, and also there's the question hypothetically if he did become president, does he -- will he really get a fair trial then? and there's the doj memo saying that it's unconstitutional to criminally prosecute a sitting president. so there's all kinds of -- >> yeah. i think if you are a very

cynical person, which of course i'm not. >> of course not, sara murray. of course not. >> you might suggest that donald trump wants to kick this down the road because if he is the president of the united states, you're in a much better position to pardon walt nata and be in an interesting constitutional question about whether you can pardon yourself. >> interesting points to raise, sara. >> she's cynical. that's the cynical point of view. exactly. let's make that clear. this was really interesting that the u.s. attorney in delaware, david weiss, is openly refuting now some of the irs whistleblower's claims in the hunter biden probe. tell us what he's saying. >> he wrote a very concise letter to capitol hill and made a lot of news. we heard from the irs whistleblowers who complained there was political interference in the hunter biden criminal probe and two paragraphs david weiss said, one, you said i wanted to be a special counsel. i never asked to be a special counsel. that knocks down one of the big allegations. two, he says i was never blocked from bringing charges anywhere

in this investigation. that was another thing the whistleblowers claimed. he again decided to move forward with tax charges and hunter biden decided to plead guilty to two of those tax crimes. it was in delaware. but weiss is making very clees that he had the authority to proceed with his investigation. again, this is a big deal. republicans held up these claims on capitol hill as an indication that the biden administration was somehow influencing this probe and david weiss is trying to make very clear that he was able to move forward. again, he's a trump appointee. >> yeah. >> do we think he'll testify at some point? >> i think he will. this has to be taken care of in court. hunter has to officially file his plea in court in the next couple weeks. i think both weiss and merrick garland made clear that he's willing to testify when it's appropriate. >> sara murray, thank you. >> thanks. well, the first classified briefing on ai in the senate is today. what can we expect to hear about it? and right now, we are waiting for nato leaders to gather for a group photo as the future of ukraine's membership

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♪ there are fast-moving developments this morning on the front lines of ukraine. just about 700 miles southeast of the nato summit in lithuania, ukraine says it's managed to repel russia's early morning air strikes in kyiv. and at the same time, ukraine is accusing russia of targeting grain facilities in the southern port city of odesa, using iranian drones. alex, what, if anything, can be read into the timing? do you think this is russia's latest attempt to make a statement as nato leaders gather in lithuania and turkey paves a way for sweden to join nato? >> reporter: well, pam, it is certainly possible, but this is very much a continuation of what we have seen from russia, these

barrages of air strikes both missiles and drones being targeted all across ukraine. around 30 of these drones being targeted at both the kyiv region, the capital where i am as well as the southern port city of odesa overnight. almost all of them, those iranian made kamikaze drones were almost all taken down we're told by ukrainian air defenses. there was some damage to buildings here in the kyiv region. at least two of the drones getting through in the port city of odesa and hitting administrative buildings, we're told. thankfully it appears there have been no casualties. as you note, pam, this is coming at a time this critical nato summit. ukraine hoping for some very concrete results from this summit. they're hoping to be told how and when they can expect to join the nato alliance. but this morning, pam, it is not clear whether ukraine is going to be getting those answers. we heard earlier today from the u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan saying to not expect a timetable for ukraine

to join the nato alliance. you talked about reforms that ukraine needs to undertake. and then just moments ago, pam a rather angry tweetm president zelenskyy saying that th're starting to hear about certain wording being discussed in vil knees you without ukraine. i want to read part of this frustrated tweet. he write unprecedented and absurd when time frame snot set, neither for the invitation nor for ukraine's membership. whe the same time, vague wording about conditions is added even for inviting ukraine. it seems there is no readiness neither to invite ukraine to nato nor to make it a member of the alliance. he goes on to say, pam, this means motivation for russia to continue its terror. now, we have not yet been told whether president zelenskyy will actually be attending the summit. an official tells our colleague arlette saenz he is expected to meet with president biden while there, but president zelenskyy has been clear, pam, he's not going to be going to vilnius for

fun, as he says. it's clear they really do want concrete outcomes from this nato summit, pam. >> alex marquardt, thank you. also this morning, a new trail of paperwork and photographs providing a rare glimpse inside rush president vladimir putin's ghost train. that 22 car loco motive includes a fully equipped gym, skin care and massage parlor, state of the art communications and whole thing is bullet proof so the president can travel in style as analysts say he grows increasingly paranoid about his safety. cnn's matthew chance live in london with more. there's always been a lot of questions about what this train looks likes, what it is. what's the advantage for putin to travel by train? >> reporter: yeah. i think he feels it's safer. look, phil, remarkably little is known about putin's private life or about how he travels around his vast country. but this new trove of documents obtained by thes doier center a russian investigative group and shared with cnn does reveal

fascinating insights about that train and about how the russian president is cared for behind closed doors. ♪ >> reporter: a rare glimpse inside putin's secret train. with leaked documents shown to cnn -- revealing how the kremlin leader travels amid increasingly tight security in luxury. >> he's surrounded by enemies. and psychologically he wants to feel protected. >> reporter: from outside train number 1 as it's dubbed in russia, seems ordinary. it's heavily armored carriages purposefully disguised with regular russian railway's paint work and grime. state media was once allowed inside recording president putin meeting transport officials in a

board room. the train's other 20 or so carriages, some updated as recently as last year, have remained closely guarded secret until now. a russian company builds what it calls elite wagons for its clients. specializing in luxury designs for private and state corporations. of course, the kremlin. among a trove of documents, including blueprints, letters and images, obtained exclusively by the russian investigative center and shared with cnn is one from dated 2018 notifying the kremlin of a test run for what it calls the sports health wagon that's been ordered. accompanying photos show what thes doier center shows is putin's private gym on board the train. as recently as last year, the kremlin was looking to upgrade

the gym with american equipment to replace the italian machines originally installed. the former member of putin's personal protection service says he fitted the train's secure communications equipment before defecting from russia told the dossier center the kremlin leader started traveling by train more regularly in the buildup to the invasion of ukraine last year. but discretion for the russian president doesn't mean discomfort. leaked plans for the train also show a luxurious spa on board, including a turkish steam bath. according to the dossier center,

a fully equipped cosmetology suite with high end beauty equipment, including a radio frequency machine used to enhance the tautness of human skin. now the kremlin disputes the dossier center's finding. saying that president putin neither owns or uses a railway car like the one described. but in the aftermath of a recent armed rebellion in russian which putin's authority was threatened, the focus on his isolated existence is higher than ever. the idea of putin being pampered as he traveled incognito by armored train how strangely paranoid the kremlin leader has become. why is it, do you think, that vladimir putin and the kremlin spent such large sums of money planning and constructing this

armored presidential train ? [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: there are signs that's an image the kremlin knows it should shed. seen putin more publicly engaged than he has been for years. but in his increasingly hostile world, the security and luxury of train number one maybe sanctuary indeed. phil, putin of course has good reason to feel threatened from outside. we saw the dramatic events, the armed uprising of the past couple weeks. but the problem is the more closeted he is from the general public, the more that threat is

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been able to achieve this substantial growth in such a short amount of time? >> because it's linked to instagram which has well over a billion users around the world. what they did is they waited until they could figure out how can we launch this product quickly. when they saw that elon musk was limiting the number of tweets people could get, they bumped up the launch, had over a billion people get this message out if you want to sign up for threads, you use your same instagram account and basically overnight this became a success. a huge success by the way, if you think about it, mes ta launched so many copy cat apps in the past few years, many have been shuttered. this one so far i think will stick. >> they're getting good press. i'm sure they feel finally, right, after -- >> for going after a competitor. when does mark zuckerberg get good press for going after a competitor. >> when the competitor is elon musk to some degree. >> exactly right. >> i want to shift over to artificial intelligence. pamela who talks about it every second of every commercial break -- >> only because i'm taking a class on it. >> very fascinated by it.

the u.s. senate will have a classified briefing today. first classified briefing with senior intelligence and defense department officials. what's your sense right now of lawmakers understanding and what they could possibly do to get in front of this very fast-moving technology? >> i actually think they're doing the right thing by taking these briefings, by holding their own educational briefings and bringing folks like sam altman into capitol hill. if you think about it, we didn't have lawmakers taking social media regulations seriously until it was far too late, ten years into the process. we have this type of technology rolled out to the masses about six, seven months ago and already we're having white house classified briefings, briefings on capitol hill. they're doing the right thing there. what they need to do, phil, is get consensus. right now i think there is a bipartisan understanding that we need to do something around legislating with ai. no one knows exactly what we're going to do. what this briefing will help understand is how our adversaries are handling ai. not only will they share with lawmakers today about what we're doing as a country in terms of

national security, science and technology, advancing the country with ai, but also how are other countriies leveraging and legislating it. >> love that optimism. >> they better get to it fast, right, because like you say, other countries are doing just that and it's really touching every sector as i was learning in my class last night and automated weapons in ai and each country has a different view on whether automated weapons should be fully controlled by ai. there's so many different questions within just the national security realm. there's also a lot of questions about copyright law and artificial intelligence and really not a lot of clarity about how this is going to shake out. you have this new lawsuit filed by sarah silverman suing meta and open ai for copyright infringement. this is what they said. oh, i'm sorry. i misunderstood my producer in my ear. i thought there was sound.

so basically sarah silverman is suing over the training data that was used for these platforms. and it's really an interesting case. and this is probably going to be the beginning of many, right? >> so many cases. so until we can figure out how we're going to legislate ai, most of this is going to be left to the courts to figure out how we interpret our current laws to be able to fit this new technology. what sarah silverman is suing for is she's saying these companies like open ai and meta used my copyrighted work to train their algorithms i want to get paid. i want money for that. these celebrities are trying to set a precedent so other artist's work aren't going to be abused. but it's interesting to note again, pamela, these are pretty serious lawsuits that are going to be filed in courts all throughout the country as we try to figure out what's going to happen. >> these companies say, look, it's fair use. we should be able to use this. the copyright office said that works from artificial intelligence is not copyrighted. it raises all kinds of questions of who do you hold accountable in these cases. >> totally.

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