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raising more questions, one of the people being floated as a potential replacement for hegseth is expected to be at the army-navy game in a week where trump will also be and divisive decision. >> the owner of one of the nation's largest newspapers says he will implement an ai powered bias meter for their articles. ahead, why it's fueling turmoil in an already turbulent newsroom. we're following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central we're following some new developments in the hunt for the gunman who killed unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. >> we're told that investigators have recovered possible dna evidence from a water bottle and a cell phone that was found at the scene. and that it's being tested right now. we've also learned that police are heavily focused on the shooter's gray backpack, launching a search for it in new york's central

park and possibly the biggest clue yet in identifying the suspect. this surveillance photo from a new york hostel where he was staying, smiling with his mask down during a flirtatious exchange with a female clerk. let's go to cnn's senior crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz in new york. shimon what more are arning aut possible dna evidence i can't hear shimon. is he on air all right, we're going to. we're having a problem shimon, with your audio. we're going to try to reestablish that. let's bring in meg tirrell because meg, i know that you have some new reporting on enhanced security measures. put in place for unitedhealthcare employees. tell us more about that yeah brianna, there is an email sent out to unitedhealth group employees from the ceo. that's the parent company of unitedhealthcare. the insurance

unit of this major company that brian thompson was the ceo of. we've obtained that email and the ceo andrew witty, telling employees, quote, our immediate priorities are very clear. they say we're lending all the support possible to brian's family as they deal with the tragedy of losing someone they love so dearly and they say we're ensuring the safety security and well-being of our employees. they say that they've increased security at their campuses in minnesota, as well as sites in washington d.c. and new york city and surrounding areas. they say they're assessing other sites as well. and in the coming days, folks may see increased security protocols at many locations. they're also not allowing external visitors to their campuses through the end of the week. also here in this email to employees talking about increased media attention, including themes they say are untrue. they also note the social media environment has become increasingly vitriolic, and they said that they're pausing all social media at this time. they're also pausing all

external events and speaking engagements. they say, until further notice out of respect for brian and his family and they say out of an abundance of caution for their employees and their teams. guys, so this communication coming from the unitedhealth group ceo to their employees late yesterday around the increased security and all the other measures they're taking. brianna. yeah it's very serious. meg tirrell, thank you so much for that. i do now want to go back to shimon prokupecz. we've gotten his his signal back up there. shimon, you are following this investigation there's a question over whether there may be dna evidence that investigators can find very useful what are you learning yes, sorry about that, brianna. >> we somehow hit the mute button on the microphone so in terms of the dna evidence, what we know is that that is evidence that is coming possibly from a water bottle that was found at the scene in the hours after the shooting, on the day of the shooting. and then also a water bottle and

that they may have been able to get some dna off of that that was a water bottle that came from a starbucks where the alleged shooter was last seen before the shooting where he made some purchases. so all of that is what authorities are working through now. that is with the new york city medical examiner's office. they are the folks there, the forensic folks that do that kind of work. so it's going to take some time, perhaps. but the other thing is going to be important. we don't even know if this individual is in a dna bank for them to even compare it to anything. but that's also very important for when they start to build out the criminal prosecution. you also talked about the backpack that backpack that he was seen wearing during the shooting. we don't know where that is. authorities have not been able to locate that. in fact, the last time it was seen was when he was entering on the bike into central park. he gets in the park and somewhere they believe between the park and this street here on 85th street, where i'm standing, it disappears because we have

video showing the alleged suspect on a bike coming down 85th street to columbus avenue and then what we see is he is not wearing that backpack where he goes from here. brianna. right now we don't know because he either makes a left on columbus avenue or a right. he does not go west of columbus avenue because our team has reviewed surveillance video around the time that he was seen on this street and it does not show him going up west on 85th street, obviously, for authorities, that is the biggest question where is he? who is he? those those two questions are the biggest priority right now. we're now on day three of this. we have yet to hear a whole lot from the nypd since the hours after this happened. so perhaps you know what's happening is they're working through this obviously, they may have some indications of who this individual is. they may not have any idea who this

individual is, and they're still continuing to gather as much as they can and information. the other thing is the cameras are becoming so important in this case, it's just fascinating how the nypd has been able to track so much of so much of his movement in the day leading up to the shooting, but questions about where he went afterwards, they have yet to reveal. so we wait and we watch and we wait to see what happens. and when we learn more information. >> yeah, and it seems like no doubt we will shimon prokupecz is live for us on the streets of manhattan. thank you. kayla thank you. >> brian. a retired fbi special agent daniel brunner joins me now. he's the president of the brunner sierra group. it's good to have you today, daniel. let's start first with just the passage of time. it's now been three days, as shimon was just mentioning do you believe that the suspect could have left new york city? or do you believe that that he's hiding among the 8 million people who live there no, i think i think he's

definitely moved on. >> i think he's no longer in new york city. i think he's you know, he had his plan prepared. >> he had he knew where at the beginning and he had an escape plan, a very well put. >> pre-placed bike. >> and he knew where he was going into the park, moving to the west side. >> i lived in manhattan for three years, so i'm familiar with all of these locations moving around. i think he definitely was has left new york city. >> i think the nypd in coordination with other law enforcement agencies such as the fbi, really should expand the scope and talking to especially the atlanta division of the fbi, knowing where he boarded the bus and expanding the look where he is. we're just waiting for him to make another mistake. he's made some mistakes leading up to in his escape. we know this, and now he's just a matter of making another mistake in which that's what how a fugitive gets caught. >> well, one of those moments was when he pulled down the mask. as we've now reported, based on the hostel clerk who was flirting with him and asked him to remove that mask, which

led to one of the pictures that has been perhaps the most revealing of who this suspect is. but i'm wondering what you think authorities can glean from the hostel itself given that he used a fake id to check in and he paid in cash what can they glean from his stay there i think what he was trying to do was trying to be a professional. >> he thought that he was being professional by paying the cash and the id. there are some things about this operation which appear to be the professional, but there is the mistakes, the mask, the utilization of a backpack, which is quite extraordinary and unique. so the the agencies and the detectives will be able to focus in on that company and figure out where it was sold company. it is so utilizing these different mistakes and staying with at a at a hostel where he had roommates and other people seeing him come and go those are mistakes that will eventually lead to his capture. >> law enforcement says that he arrived ten days before

committing this murder what do you make of the fact that during that time, he checked out of the hostel for one day and then checked back in the next day and these are all things that clearly are part of the investigation trying to determine where he went is going to be the problem and creating the map of where his locations were across the city that's the amazing thing about new york city is there are so many cameras and what your previous reporter was saying, that it's amazing how he disappeared after he arrived at 86th street, moving north or south eventually there will be cameras that will see him there is an immense amount of surveillance within new york city moving out of when he leaves new york city. >> that's where it becomes a much bigger puzzle piece in trying to put together his movements. but that one day where he checked out i'm curious to see what it is. it was part of his movement, the fact that he was there ten days in advance before the

shooting shows. again, a little bit of advance work, but yet did he, you know, staying at a at a hostel you have a lot of eyes upon you and then he removed his mask, and that is one of his biggest mistakes in the back alley, where law enforcement found the water bottle that my colleague was just referencing. >> they also found a burner phone that law enforcement is currently trying to unlock. what do you think the odds are that they'll actually be able to unlock it which has bedeviled the fbi in many cases before yeah absolutely. >> a lot refer back to the san bernardino and california shooting investigation, where fbi had a very difficult time getting into the phones and, you know, it was difficult getting cooperation from apple because because of the restrictions. so it depends on the make model version of the phone and the programing of the phone. the fbi and the nypd have amazing technology to be able to break into phones but if it's a newer model, if it's the latest versions, it makes it more and more difficult to get into it. i don't know if he

dropped it on purpose or if it was a burner phone. it may not reveal much information, but if they utilize that phone and they have it they will be able to track his movements through the past ten days because they will be able to see what towers it was hitting off and where his movements were around the city. so that cell phone not only is going to have information on it, but it is going to be able to provide a tremendous amount of data that will show the movement of that phone around new york city and possibly before the his even arrival at new york city. >> so many questions that still need answers. our thanks to you today, daniel brenner. we appreciate it my pleasure. >> brianna tiktok is now one step closer to facing the possibility of an outright ban in the us this morning, a federal appeals court upheld a recent us law that says if tiktok's chinese parent company does not sell the popular video sharing app by a deadline next month, tiktok can be banned in the us. cnn's

clare duffy is with us now on this story. first, claire just tell us what the court's explanation, what the reasoning was here. >> yeah. brianna. tiktok had argued that this law violated its free speech rights. the free speech rights of its 170 million american users. but this federal appeals court upheld the law. they said it does not violate the first amendment. and in fact, it's because of the app's immense reach that it is actually really important. and these national security concerns are valid. i want to read to you a quote from one of the judges from this ruling. he said, the first amendment exists to protect free speech in the united states. here, the government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary's ability to gather data on people in the united states. so as you can see, a pretty strong rebuttal of tiktok's argument there and upholding this argument that we've heard from lawmakers for years that tiktok's chinese parent company bytedance could pose national security concerns. >> so what would it mean for the app and the millions of

people who use it? >> yeah, as you said, i mean, this is one step closer to tiktok, actually being banned. the deadline for the sale is january 19th, 2025, so we could see this app be banned in the united states states next month. if it is not sold off to a non-chinese owner. but this isn't just a done deal yet. the company does say it plans to appeal this ruling to the supreme court. i want to read to you something that the company sent to us, a company spokesperson said. the supreme court has established a historical record of protecting americans right to free speech and we expect they will do just that on this important constitutional issue so the supreme court could potentially side with tiktok and agree with their argument that this law should be blocked. >> so the president elect said during the campaign he opposes blocking tiktok. is there anything that he can do to change this or is this separate? >> yeah, that is a really interesting wrinkle because it was actually trump who first tried to ban tiktok during his previous term. he has since

apparently made a 180, and now says that he does not want the app to be to be banned in the us, but it's not clear that he's going to be able to do anything about this. the the ban would go into effect on january 19th, one day before his inauguration so experts have told me that it may be a situation where he tries to get congress to overturn the law, but that that's unlikely because they've just voted on this there's so much anti-china sentiment in congress at this moment. they also said that trump could try to signal that the doj won't enforce this law, but it's not clear that the app stores who are really the ones who are on the hook for blocking tiktok would actually buy that argument. brianna all right. >> a lot of people curious about this. claire duffy, thank you for the report. president-elect donald trump is standing by his man pete hegseth the latest on his embattled defense secretary pick after a rough week on capitol hill. also ahead backlash in the newsroom of the l.a. times after the owner says he plans to add an ai powered

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not have a drinking problem. cnn's kristen holmes has been keeping on top of all of the twists and turns of this story. kristen, it's been days of trump sharing his private support for hegseth. but why did he feel compelled to go public with it? this morning? >> well, kelly he was seeing all the news reports about this idea that allies were floating other names that this idea that it could be waning. his support for pete hegseth. so he wanted to get out there and make sure that hegseth knew that he was still behind him. 100%. now, i do want to be clear about one thing. donald trump, as we know, can change his mind on a dime. but i am told by senior advisers that there are just a few scenarios in which donald trump would change his mind. one is, if he heard from senators that there were too many hard, no votes. that's what we saw happen with attorney general nominee matt gaetz. right now, donald trump and his team still believe that there is a pathway for hegseth. the other one of this is if there is more allegations that come out or more accusations or even more information. one thing to keep in mind here is

that we know from pete hegseth lawyer that now his name has been submitted to the fbi for a background check, so that could yield more information here so the one thing i do want to do is read this truth social post, because it is not just a brief endorsement, it is a full throated support. here's what he says. he said pete hegseth is doing very well. his support is strong and deep, much more so than the fake news would have you believe. he was a great student. princeton, harvard educated, with a military state of mind. he will be a fantastic high energy secretary of defense one who leads with charisma and skill. pete is a winner and there is nothing that can be done to change that. so he is clearly trying to put to bed any any kind of nervousness or anxiety or thought that he would not be backing hegseth at this time. >> yeah, it's really interesting. kristen holmes, thank you so much. let's talk more about this now with erin perrine, who is a republican strategist for axiom strategies, and tara setmayer, a former gop communications

director and resident scholar at uva center for politics. she cofounded the bipartisan super pac, the seneca project. erin i just wonder as you're watching this where you have trump and vance coming out online supporting hegseth there were earlier reports that trump wasn't making calls to senators on behalf of hegseth, but here he is. he's out there defending him. what do you think hegseth chances are now? >> i think right now it's a better shot than not. >> that hegseth gets to his committee hearing he is doing what donald trump wanted. he's standing up and he's taking the fight directly to the media when it comes to these accusations that are being levied against him, not only is he doing that, his fox colleagues are doing that. you see that his attorney was out defending him yesterday as well regarding the the the settlement that he paid. they are going full force at this. that is what donald trump wanted. that's why you're seeing him at least put out the truth. social comments in support of pete. as all this other news is swirling that there could be other options. this is a good thing for pete hegseth to know that the trump right now is

still standing in his corner. >> tara, i spoke to a senior transition official yesterday who, at the close of at least this week's meetings for hegseth on capitol hill, suggested that there's still a lot of yeses that they need to get. and to erin's point, the committee hearing will be critical to answer a lot of those questions on the hot seat. but that, at least as of now there are no nos on the board. do you think that's significant? what does that tell you well, i think it tells me that republican senators are scared to death of donald trump and personal retribution against them if they're honest about their feelings concerning pete hegseth being completely, wholly unqualified to be the secretary of defense. >> i remember a time where republican senators would never have even considered someone with a spotty record that pete hegseth has. >> usually you needed to be more qualified than just looking good on tv to be the secretary of defense. >> pete hegseth has a terrible record running small organizations, and you want to turn around and hand him the

most powerful military in the world with a 3 million plus personnel $800 billion budget to run that. >> besides the fact that he's credibly accused of sexual assault and his questions about his drinking and all of the things that are plaguing him, that he's out there, even deploying his own mother to now come to his defense after she even admitted that he was an abuser of women. and now she's gone back on that. the fact that republican senators are still contemplating whether someone like this is qualified to run our department of defense i think, speaks volumes about them they should really stand up and say, absolutely not because they know deep down inside he is not qualified. they're just upset and scared to death of upsetting donald trump. >> well, regardless of how the trajectory of the nomination goes, erin it's serving a very valuable purpose to the transition at this moment, which is that it's deflecting heat from other high profile and potentially controversial nominees many of whom will themselves be on capitol hill next week. i want you to take a listen to what steve bannon, of course a very notorious member

of trump world said on his show on this very topic i wish and i recommended matt gaetz stick the whole way. >> why? >> because of matt gaetz had still been in there and going through up to christmas. >> he be drawn so much fire because they would be freaking out. he'd be attorney general. he'd be drawing so much fire, you wouldn't even hear pete hegseth name. >> cash would be gliding into here, the media. >> and this is why the concept, the construct is always flood the zone. there's only so much they can handle. you can overwhelm the system quite easily. people say bannon that's so terrible. well hey, that's just it's information warfare flooding the zone. >> so is that just a byproduct of this environment or do you think that's an actual strategy? >> i think there's certainly a strategy to how quickly donald trump was able to put forward an entire cabinet of nominations. it was very quick and efficient. you saw him do that within a couple of weeks of winning the presidency. for them, it is about flooding the zone. how much can we keep this

moving forward? because right now donald trump is doing what donald trump always does. he is owning the media cycle, whether it's about doge and what cuts to the federal government are going to be done, or the cabinet or what the other policy proposals are already the senators are already talking about what kind of reconciliation vehicles they're going to be using in the senate to get tax legislation done. they are flooding the zone. i don't think it's necessarily just the cabinet picks and i don't think it's a distraction technique from them. they are just getting fully ready to go in on january 20th and kick the ball off. >> tara i wonder what you think about you know, there can be a practice in washington, d.c. of trying to show up at the party of someone who, you know you need to talk to, and florida governor ron desantis is going to be we've learned at the army-navy game next weekend, which we know trump is also going to be attending desantis. he's not a naval academy grad, navy veteran. yes. of course i'm assuming he'll be cheering for navy, but nonetheless, they'll be in the same place at the same time. and i wonder

what you think of those optics look i just think that this whole idea of kind of a cross between the hunger games and celebrity apprentice for picking who are cabinet officials, are going to be is unbecoming. >> and you know, donald trump has a pattern of doing this. and you know, the fact they're both going to be there at the same time there's no love lost between them. let's not forget that susie wiles was also an official for ron desantis, and they did not have an amicable split at the time so donald trump doesn't like people who are who pressed too hard for the job. and so if if ron desantis is doing this and freelancing a little bit to think he's going to curry favor, i don't know if donald trump likes that or not. he likes to play games and i think that this entire process is frankly, unbecoming. we're talking about our department of defense. we're talking about our men and women in the in the military who put their lives on the line and swear an oath to our constitution, to uphold our democracy and freedom around the world. and we're doing this

kind of celebrity apprentice picking process with with these unserious people like pete hegseth. our military deserves better. the women in our military deserve better. and i just think that we need to stay focused, laser focused on what's best for our military and for our country and our national security and expect better. and all those republican senators who are supposed to advise and consent, they need to remember that their pledge is to uphold our constitution not to pledge fealty to donald trump. our troops deserve better. >> we will see what the optics look like at that game next weekend. and of course, there are several weeks still to play out during this confirmation process. ahead of inauguration. for now, erin perrine tara setmayer, our thanks to you the jury in the daniel penny trial tells the judge they're deadlocked on the more serious charge he is facing for the death of a new york subway performer with the judge is now saying. up next cnn heroes, an all star tribute meet and celebrate the honorees.

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being sentenced for nonviolent. but felonies. today in federal court. and the judge, judge royce lamberth, the judge who sat on that bench, the longest and is nearing the end of an extraordinary judicial career puts him in prison immediately that rarely happens in a situation like this and then as the judge exits the courtroom, the defendant, phil grillo, is standing there with the us marshal taking off his tie, taking off his belt, being put in handcuffs, and he yells out trump's going to pardon me anyways and his two friends who are sitting there in the front row of the courtroom telling people that they're members or leaders in the republican party in new york, they're shouting at him, don't worry, phil, donald is going to take care of you. so just this encapsulation of the political and judicial moment we are in right now with these january sixth rioters being convicted, being sentenced, being brought to justice. but knowing that the moment that donald trump takes

office, they will be freed and in this circumstance of this man, he's going to be in prison at least until that pardon comes on january 20th. >> i'm wondering what message you think this sends to the other january 6th defendants, because on one hand, you have judge lamberth saying that these people invaded the very nerve center of our republic during the performance of one of its most important functions. but then you have the president elect himself and his most senior aide saying they will, in fact, be pardoned. >> yeah, i mean, it's clear to people like phil grillo that they are going through this process and they have to in a way that respects it, respects the federal judges there before he did say at his sentencing hearing today that he wished he hadn't been there on january 6th when he joined that mob. but judge lamberth says that he needs to do his job as well. and he noted he was bound by his oath of office. and the president will do his job. it's as simple as that. >> katelyn polantz. thank you. i know you'll be following that as we get closer to january 20th and beyond.

brianna. >> day four. in more than 16 hours of deliberations in the daniel penny trial and the jury appears deadlocked on one of the counts, the 26 year old ex-marine faces manslaughter and negligent homicide charges in the death of jordan neely, a homeless man he's accused of choking to death inside of a new york subway car. nealy's family is now speaking out, saying penny had a choice not to commit this alleged crime jordan neely didn't have to die that day. >> he didn't have to be murdered that day he didn't have to be the subject of anyone's top topics today in the news. come on, he didn't have to be the example in the example, daniel penny had an option. >> new york city, i want you all to know that daniel penny could have went to another cop. >> yes, sir even even he has the legal right to do so. >> yes, sir. when he feels afraid cnn's gloria pazmino was outside of court with more on this.

>> gloria, the jury just broke for lunch. bring us up to speed well, brianna, they deliberate right through lunch and this morning we heard from them for the first time for today and they sent a note to this judge telling him, we are deadlocked on the first charge. >> the manslaughter in the first in the second degree charge. that is very significant because this jury has been instructed that they cannot move to the second charge unless they come up with a verdict on that first charge. now, daniel penny cannot be convicted on both charges. but before they even start to consider the second charge, the lesser charge, they have to get to an agreement on the first charge. now they got sent right back into deliberation by judge wiley. he issued what is known as an allen charge essentially instructing them to go back and do their jobs. this is part of what he told them. he said, quote i'm not asking anyone to violate your conscience. be

willing to change your position if they reevaluation of the evidence allows you to do that. i urge each of you to make every possible effort to arrive at a just verdict. now there is a possibility here, brianna, that there's one, 1 or 2 people in that room who are just not agreeing with the rest, and they're working through those differences. but shortly after they were sent back to deliberate they sent a second note. this time asking for the definition of what is a reasonable person as defined by the law. so one thing is clear they are taking a look at this very closely. now it is friday and there is the possibility that there may be jurors in there who want to go home for the weekend and not have to come back on monday another significant development, while the parties were discussing the allen charge without the jury in the room, the district attorney's office said that they were willing to consider dismissing the top charge if the jury hangs on the first charge, the more serious charge

that is a significant turn of events for this prosecution. they are essentially saying we'll let the first one go as long as they can get to the second one, they might be thinking it's their only shot at getting a conviction. the defense in the meantime, has asked for a mistrial that has been dismissed. the judge telling the defense attorney in this case that it is not time for that just yet. brianna. >> all right. gloria pazmino, thank you for the very latest. we'll continue to watch today, especially when we come back. the november jobs report just revealed losses in the retail sector as we're heading into the holidays. also ahead why tokyo is testing out a four day workweek this holiday season, find the perfect gift at cnn underscored from the latest fashion to expert approved tech to the best beauty finds. >> discover it all at underscore com for gentle, dependable constipation relief,

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new jobs numbers out today for november offering some welcome news after the dismal october employment report. >> the newly released numbers show surging jobs growth, with the us economy adding 227,000 jobs in november. the unemployment rate ticking up just slightly. cnn's vanessa yurkevich is here to help us break down the numbers. vanessa, what stands out to you in the report yeah, this is a rebound and a surge. >> this is 227,000 jobs added in november. very strong number. >> and this is the 47th consecutive month of job growth. that's the third longest stretch on record. the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 4.2% from 4.1%. and that is because you have more folks looking for a job. and folks are also looking for jobs longer on average, about five months being unemployed before they can find a new job. but i want to draw your attention to

the month of october, which you mentioned a really dismal report. only 12,000 jobs added because of two major hurricanes and the strike at boeing. we got revisions this month for october, but the total that month, with the revisions still only 36,000 jobs added in the month of october. that is pretty dismal. and the biden administration is really calling that more of a blip. not reflective of the overall jobs market but where jobs were added in the month of november, you have health care leisure and hospitality government. those are where the major jobs were added also retail, though this year or this month. excuse me, in november, retail lost 28,000 jobs, which is unusual during the holiday season but we haven't seen so much of robust hiring this time around, so maybe that tracks a little bit. wages also are up 4% year over year. that's outpacing inflation, which is at about

2.6%. and kayla, as you know, the federal reserve looks at these jobs reports to try to figure out the strength of the labor force. but they also look at other things like how americans, everyday americans are doing, and they're looking at borrowing costs and they're seeing that borrowing costs are still very high for average americans. so that is one reason we could see a rate cut later this month bfed. and just to point out that the odds that the fed would cut rates was 71% before the jobs report when this jobs report dropped earlier this morning, those odds went all the way up to 91%. so folks are thinking, we're going to see that cut in just a couple of weeks. >> kayla, that meeting kicks off december 17th. vanessa jurkovich thank you brianna. >> now to some of the other headlines that we're watching this hour. workers in tokyo are about to get a four day workweek. the japanese capital is introducing this shortened workweek to help working mothers and to help boost record low fertility rates. those rates have actually been

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cnn media correspondent hadas gold is following this for us. okay, first off, i mean, how how would this work? how does yeah lots of questions. >> we don't have a ton of detail. >> doctor patrick soon-shiong, who is the owner of the la times, made this announcement about this ai bias meter while during on an appearance with scott jennings on his podcast, he's invited scott jennings to join the la times opinion section. this is all part of his effort, he says to what he says is to regain trust in the mainstream news that he believes has become biased. take a listen to what he had to say so somebody could understand as they read it that the source of the article has some level of bias. >> and what we need to do is not have what we call confirmation bias, right and then that story automatically, the reader can press a button and get both sides of that exact same story based on that story and then give comments

so first of all, one of the major issues in this is that he's assuming that his own journalist will not be showing all sides of the story in their reporting, which is one of the most basic tenets of basic journalism, that you will get comments and opinions from all sides. >> also, a lot of questions about this aa model. >> what model will it be based off of? >> because keep in mind that even ai models themselves can actually have some biases built in we don't have a lot of details on on any of this, but this is all part of these mounting changes that the la times owner has been instituting. >> it started with some of that backlash to his decision to block the planned endorsement by his own editorial board of vice president kamala harris. that morphed into him wanting to revamp the opinion pages, bring on more conservative voices like scott jennings. we are also hearing that now a new rural institute at the la times that prior to publishing opinion pieces, those headlines must be personally approved by the la times owner. i don't know of another newspaper where

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