♪ >> good evening. >> on the newshour tonight, the assassination of a key hamas leader in lebanon raises the risk that the war could spread across the region. >> facing a surge in migrants, including many sent north by the texas governor, so chicago city officials, the white house for more help. >> the ongoing investigation into the january 6 insurrection strains the fbi's resources. ordinary citizens have started to track down suspected rioters themselves.

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♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> welcome. there is fresh concern tonight have a potential regional war in the middle east after tuesday's killing of a top hamas leader in beirut. >> israel has not acknowledged any role in the attack, but it's been today waiting for possible retaliation by hezbollah. >> in lebanon today, the leader of hamas delivered a grave warning. >> if the israeli enemy thinks about going to war against lebanon, are, will be no limits and no safeguards. >> this was in response to a

assassination. by a suspected israeli drone strike. yesterday, the head of the political wing for hamas spoke about the killing. >> we affirm that the assassination by the zionist occupation was a complete terrorist attack. in violation of lebanese sovereignty and an expansion of israeli hostility against our people. >> israel has not publicly claimed responsibility. but the head of mossad pledged to hunt down everybody involved in the october 7 attacks. >> the mossad is ready to settle the score. it will take time but we will get them no matter where they are. >> it is all deepening concerns of a broader regional conflict.

houthi rebels in yemen have targeted ships heading to israel. all shipping traffic is being suspended after a weekend attack. in the occupied west bank, protests erupted over the killing. in the packed encampments of war-torn gaza, palestinian city assassinations will not deter hamas. >> he is gone. a million others will emerge stronger than him. things will not stop. >> meanwhile, the u.s. declassified intelligence yesterday that corroborates israeli claims that hamas used gaza's largest hospital to hold some israeli hostages and house command infrastructure. it was raided by the idf, sparking widespread condemnation.

southern gaza has turned into a massive tent city for displaced people. there is no heat and no real shelter from the cool, wet mediterranean winter. she constantly has to clear water off of the tent roof so it does not collapse. >> displacement and winter are unbearable. a woman just asked me for a dustpan to get rid of the rainwater but i do not have one. >> idf bombings continue. chaos erupted in part of central gaza today after airstrikes. a new year bringing new death destruction, and questions for what comes next. one of the biggest concerns is the prospect of the conflict widening. to decode what this means for the region, we turn to the

director of conflict resolution and dialogues program at the middle east institute. she joins me from beirut. tell us a little more about the man who was assassinated. what should we know about him and what is his death mean? >> he was the deputy chair of the political arm of hamas. he was also in charge of hamas operations in the west bank. he was one of the founders of that wing of hamas. more importantly, he is someone who has been closely involved in the relationship between iran, hamas, and hezbollah. there has been a rift between hamas and iran and hezbollah. after the beginning of the civil

war in syria. the hamas decision to side not with the regime but with the opposition. hamas left damascus at the time. over the last five years, he has been involved in leading negotiations between hamas, iran, and hezbollah. >> what is the impact of his death on hamas as an organization? >> it can survive his death. it has survived in the past the death of other leaders who were assassinated over the years by israel. it will be in the short term an organization that will be difficult. but in the medium to long-term, i think hamas will be able to survive that death. he was also involved in the negotiation over the israeli hostages.

as a representative of the wing of hamas. how this attack and assassination affect those negotiations is yet to be seen. it might derail them, delay them. >> we are constantly evaluating what every move means for whether or not this conflict could broaden into the wider region. as the connection between hamas and hezbollah, does his death mean that you see hezbollah entering the war in full or forest? -- fuller force? >> they are sticking by their decision to not get bated into a fight by israel. to an all-out war. in his speech today, he gave his condolences. he did not go into detail about

dragging them into any kind of major extension. he said they are losing so many fighters in the south of lebanon because they have been calculating their move on that front very carefully. in order not to give israel any kind of reason to launch an all-out war. he said that if israel were to drag us into this war, the response will be great. there will be no limits to this response. >> what does that mean to you when they say if israel was to drag us into that war? what line do you think needs to be crossed? >> there are several lines being crossed every day. like today, there are unconfirmed reports of senior hezbollah commanders being targeted. and killed in the south of lebanon. more of this kind of assassination targeting

hezbollah in lebanon, especially in the southern suburbs of beirut, is the redline that hezbollah will not tolerate. he was a palestinian. despite the fact that he was killed and assassinated in hezbollah perimeter. this is not a major redline for hezbollah. but he said in his speech, the assassination will not go without response. very much in line with that. he did not say anything about what kind of response and when it will happen. >> israel has not publicly claimed responsibility for the assassination. but they have repeatedly said they will go after hamas

leadership wherever they are. do you see the possibility of israel carrying out targeted assassinations and other countries like turkey or qatar? >> intelligence services in turkey already issued a warning to israel not to carry out these assassinations on their territory. that will be a little bit difficult for israel to do. especially as they need qatar to mediate with the hostages. unless all of them are released. i think they will continue to target them in lebanon. but after his assassination, hamas leaders might leave lebanon or will take extra security precautions. the fact that the assassination happened in lebanon also raises a lot of concern about the security of hezbollah leaders

who live and work in that area. >> that was the director comfort -- conflict resolution of the middle east institution joining us from beirut. thank you so much. ♪ >> here are the latest headlines. a double bombing in iran killed at least 95 people and wounded more than 200. the deadliest attack since the islamic revolution back in 1979. crowds had gathered to honor a top military commander who died in a u.s. drone strike in iraq four years ago. tv captured the panic on the main road as the blasts erected 20 minutes apart. the supreme leader foul -- vowed a harsh response without any suspect.

u.s. officials disavowed any involvement. >> it is too early for us to say what has caused it. i want to address some of the year as possible claims i have seen circulating saying that the u.s. was not involved in any way. the suggestion to the contrary is ridiculous. we have no reason to believe that israel was involved in this explosion. >> no group has claimed responsibility for the bombings. bomb threats across the u.s. forced evacuations of a number of state capitol buildings this morning. officials in connecticut, maine, georgia, kentucky, mississippi, minnesota, michigan, montana, and hawaii confirmed email warnings. police found no exposes in any -- explosives in any of the buildings. donald trump's challenge to being banned from the colorado primary ballot is now before the u.s. supreme court. today he formally appealed a ruling that found he is ineligible to serve as president again for engaging in the

january 6 insurrection. mr. trump is appealing a similar ruling in maine. the u.s. military academy at west point can continue to consider race in admissions for now. a federal judge rejected a request to block affirmative action at the military college. it is a second blow to a group trying to end race-based admissions at all colleges. a federal judge issued a similar ruling for the u.s. naval academy. ukraine and russia have completed the biggest prisoner exchange since the war started. the united arab emirates arranged the swap today. president zelenskyy shared video of some of the 230 ukrainian soldiers who returned. the russians recovered 248 prisoners. moscow said forces shot down 12 missiles fired at the russian southern border. ukrainian shelling killed people there last weekend.

the death toll in monday's powerful earthquake in japan reached 73. at least 35 people are still missing. rescue crews searched through rubble today before heavy rain and freezing temperatures set in. many survivors spent a third day without water, electricity, or cell phone service. >> no supplies whatsoever have arrived. for food, everybody is cooperating and sharing, but it is so cold and there are still aftershocks. i cannot believe this is reality. when it gets dark, everybody is so scared. there are not many people who are able to sleep. >> much of europe's nordic region shivered through record-breaking siberian cold. overnight temperatures plunged to -46 degrees in sweden. the lowest winds and snow caused reading there in businesses 25 years. businesses enclosed -- schools to be close. and disrupted travel. thousands of doctors in britain

are now on strike for the next six days. the planned walkout is set to be the longest in the history of the national health service. junior doctors in the first years of their careers walked picket lines today. this the latest in strikes across the british health sector over low pay and the cost of living. still to come states implement a , new gun restrictions after a year marred by mass shootings. we take stock of the 2024 campaign as voters prepared to make their choices in the first two states. and one of the fathers of the internet gives his brief but spectacular take on its future. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour, from our studios in washington and from the west at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> now to the second of two

reports on how northern cities are dealing with a surge of migrants from the southern border. last night we reported from new york. tonight we have the story from chicago on the response as more migrants are getting busted and flown in by texas republican governor greg abbott. >> it is move-in day on the south side of chicago. a team of movers for a local nonprofit is helping yet another migrant family start a new life. housing assistance for three months. they fled venezuela across the mexican border and cleared a silent. he left venezuela after they did. >> i left my country because of the security situation. to get to the u.s. and start a better future. >> it took in the couple of months to get here, including four days in central america. before he arrived in mexico and made his way to chicago.

>> they have given us a lot of support. many venezuelans are trying to do the same thing. create a good future for themselves and their family. >> scenes like this are playing out hundreds of times a day in chicago. 27,000 from venezuela have come to chicago. but city officials coordinating and funding this unprecedented wave are proving to be a serious burden.

city and state leaders have been at odds for how to respond. they have echoed the calls of other big-city mayors asking for more help from washington. >> this is a national and international problem. the federal government has to do more. >> chicago is overwhelmed. the shelter beds are nowhere near enough for the surge of new arrivals. once it stood up contemporary shelters, those were criticized for being overcrowded and unsanitary. the city argues that many migrants are being sent to chicago and already poor health. >> this was a preventable death. it was also a predictable death. >> if i had sent to you a year or so ago here are the numbers you will be dealing with, here's how you're going to have to scale up, what would you have said?

>> i would've laughed out loud and not believed you. >> he runs new life centers, and mostly spanish-speaking faith-based group. they have partnered with the city and state to help migrants as soon as they get off the bus. before this current group arrive, they ran programs for young people in their community. now they have dialed up a full-scale housing program. >> we have moved 2000 families into apartments. about eight the -- 8000 people. starting next week we will be making 65 moves per day. 1100 apartments a month. >> that is an incredible volume. even since you were doing none of this a year ago. >> we have had an amazing team step up. we have built a system. we have partnered with the chicago furniture bank. to have clothing and furniture. >> they operate this 20,000 square-foot warehouse full of

donated goods and household supplies. meanwhile, the buses continue to arrive from texas. chicago has now filed lawsuits against multiple bus companies hired by greg abbott. one of the arguments we have heard is that they have been dealing with this for years now and they are trying to say the rest of the country ought to deal with it as well. >> i hear that argument. the first thing i think this is a federal issue. the federal government needs to come in with the appropriate resources. we are building infrastructure with almost zero federal support.

this is been all state and city resources in chicago and illinois. the resources and sustainable systems are not there. >> there is space for people. chicago needs people to work. >> she runs a food pantry. a nonprofit that provides food, clothing, and other services. she says she understands the severity of the crisis, but understands that chicago has the capacity to handle it. >> it is 25,000 people. our population is 2.8 million. are we really going to get tossed apart by 25,000 people? of course not. >> what do you say to people who argue that this is very costly and we cannot afford it? >> it is expensive. when it is reactive. when we do not develop systems. we are doing things the hard way. it is harder for us. it does not have to be like this. we have thousands of nonprofits in chicago that are helping.

but we are doing it like chickens without heads. >> she blames city hall and the state government for poor ordination. one example, this month the state had to scrap a camp on a former industrial site because the soil was contaminated. the city lost close to $1 million on that effort. governor abbott has been posting new videos showing migrant families being flown from texas to illinois. >> the u.s. justice department sued texas over a new state law that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter the country illegally. also today, thousands of house republicans led by the speaker traveled to the border as negotiations continue over immigration policy between senators and the white house.

in a news conference, he attacked the administrations approach to the border. >> if he wants that bill, it better begin by defending america's national security. >> to delve further, we are joined by our congressional correspondent. good to see you. you have been tracking the numbers and the activity at the border. >> we are in a great migration surge around the world. we saw that on the border. let's look at the numbers. from the department of homeland security. 302,000 total encounters. these are from sources. those illegal entry numbers are at 250,000. let's compare them to 2022. not quite that high.

these are record numbers that we saw in december. i have also been told that the members went down. there were not as many people visible. those numbers change day-to-day. always fluctuating. >> republicans are demanding a border deal. you have been covering those senate talks. >> they were meeting with other key senators. who are at the core of the negotiations. and the homeland security secretary. senator chris murphy of connecticut. and senator james lankford of oklahoma. i am told that they have been working every day except for christmas over the break.

staff has been working at breakneck pace to try to figure out how to handle the border situation. they are talking about more limits on asylum. some kind of increased detention. the details are very difficult. she came out and said they are closing in on something and it is reasonable to think they could have something by next week. chuck schumer said they are also in town. another indication of how serious this is. here's what he told reporters. >> if the senate gets to hunt in a bipartisan way, it will put enormous pressure on the house to get something done as well. not just let these hard right people get up and say they are going to dictate how the whole country should work.

>> so many of these deals fall apart but there is tremendous pressure right now for many reasons. millions of lives are at stake. because funding for ukraine will not advance until this deal. >> what about house republicans? where are they willing to compromise? >> that is a good question. they are still demanding that bill passed. it is your conservative version. they would deport or detain every new undocumented immigrants in the country. that includes families. they would reinstitute family detention. they would have tougher screening standards for those who apply for asylum, making it much more difficult. although a couple of republicans in the house voted for that. will they compromise, they have engaged yet. >> they seem to be moving on another front. they want to impeach the homeland security secretary. what do we know? >> they announced they will have a hearing about his possible

impeachment next week. they are willing to move toward that this month or next. even as he is dealing with the border crisis. they say he has not handled it well. they see this as political. all of this could tie into a potential government funding crisis in the middle of the month. republicans say they need border money before they will keep the government operating. it will get even more intense. >> thank you as always for your great reporting. ♪ >> new gun safety laws are taking effect in a handful of states in this new year. while the country ended last year with more mass shootings

than days in the year. new laws in california, colorado, michigan, minnesota, and washington are aimed at preventing gun violence. i spoke with an expert tracking the new laws. he is an expert in gun policy. thank you for being with us. in this new year, several states have implemented new gun policies. tell us about what they aim to do. >> we have a host of new gun laws that have gone into effect. some states like california have adopted new restrictions on who can carry concealed weapons and where they can be carried. states like washington of expanded background checks that imposed the waiting time. other states have enacted red flag laws. that allows judges to remove firearms from someone the death

threat to themselves or others. >> there were over 650 mass shootings last year. those are incidents where more than four people are shot or killed. what effect could some of these laws have on preventing gun violence of that sort? >> mass shootings or one of the biggest problems in the gun safety world. some of the laws that have been adopted are targeting these mass shootings. for instance, washington state has expand background checks to try to keep guns out of the hands of people who will commit mass shootings. a waiting time could also prevent that in the extent that it is a crime of passion as i was does without much thought and consideration. states like illinois have banned the weapons most commonly used in high-profile mass shootings. >> many of these are democratic led states. what a republican lead states

doing in the way of passing new gun safety laws, if at all? >> we have seen red states make their gun laws more permissive and loose. several states have adopted what they call concealed carry. you can carry a concealed firearm even if you do not have a permit. >> many of these new gun restrictions are already being challenged in the courts. how do you expect that to play out? >> it is very difficult to play -- understand how this will all play out. the supreme court has recently expanded second amendment protections. virtually any gun law is likely to be challenged in court. many of those challenges will be successful. the supreme court has said they have to resemble gun laws from hundreds of years ago. given how different they are, many gun laws that are innovative and trying to solve today's problems are likely to run aground when they get into

court. >> are laws and policy enough to address this problem? what more needs to be done? >> policies are one thing. but the truth is we have over 40 million guns in america. any new policy we adopted runs into that fact. we are a heavily armed society. there will be firearm fatalities. and mass shootings. and the easy availability of firearms for those who try to wish to commit suicide. we can reduce can violence that we cannot expect to eliminate it. >> thank you so much for your insights. we appreciate it. >> thank you. ♪ >> the investigation into the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol is the largest fbi operation in history. more than 1200 people have been charged and 900 convicted so

far. hundreds more charges are expected before the investigation concludes. it has stretched resources. the bureau has had to rely on citizen investigators. we spoke with one of these as part of an ongoing series. >> in the beginning, it was intense. i would drop my children off at school and calm home and be on it almost like a workday. once the kids were in bed, i was up until the early morning hours and then waking up a couple of hours later. it definitely takes its toll. >> she was playing -- paying close attention. >> we fight like hell.

if you do not fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> an angry mob violently broke through police lines and stormed the capital. >> i remember hearing shots have been fired. i don't think i will never forget that moment in my life. >> in the following days, she joined a massive citizen effort to try to identify the individuals who broke into the building. she has been responsible for people being put behind bars. she has to hide her identity for fear of retaliation. >> one of the more insidious ones was someone who was yet to be arrested. he started sending me videos of him wracking his gun.

>> she is today part of an informal community of dozens of ordinary americans who came to be known as sedition hunters. developed their own methodologies, guidelines, and a software application to keep track of every individual writer. -- rioter. giving a 20 pseudonym and compiling evidence that they turned over to the fbi. along with their real identity. >> one of the first things is getting a face. there was one, you can see him in the title section of the building beating up the officers. when i found his face, we were able to plug it into some facial recognition software. that popped up a picture of him at work. >> that photo led to his real name. which they submitted to the fbi

along with evidence of his actions. he has since been arrested. >> they have all of these images. you see a lot of these. the people who have been identified but not yet arrested. >> he is also following the investigation closely. he is an nbc news reporter whose new book spells out how the fbi has struggled to investigate thousands of people who stormed the capital. >> the fbi was so overwhelmed with the number of tips they were receiving. now you have them going to these

people and saying, can you help us out? we want to make sure we know everything he did that day. they do not have the technological capabilities that they need to really pull this together. >> is the fbi that far behind in the terms of technology? >> they are behind on open source intelligence. >> he says it is estimated that about 3000 people unlawfully entered the capital, damaged property, or assaulted police officers on january 6. the fbi has charged 1200 people so far. but the citizen sleuths have identified tips on a thousand more. >> they will not be able to get to the number of people who can actually be charged with crimes. we will end this investigation when the five-year statute of limitation expires with people who are identified but not yet arrested. >> the fbi said that each tip is

only the beginning of an investigation. and they are working diligently to gather sufficient evidence for prosecutors to bring charges. the fbi did not address the question of whether it's technology is outdated. but they knowledged that their work has been greatly assisted by the many tips provided by the public. adding that they hope the tips continue to come in. he says fbi technology is not the only reason for what he calls a backlog of cases. >> we do have a lot of cases when the fpr not so enthusiastic. >> are there still people in the i who were not enthusiastic? >> there are. some of these individuals have come out and said that publicly. they have resigned because of these cases. >> he points out that in addition to current and former law enforcement officials pushing conspiracy theories,

members of congress has opposed investigations into january 6 and contributed to misinformation about what happened that day. >> some of the people who breached the capital to date were not trump supporters. they in fact were members of antifa. >> these included the new speaker of the house, mike johnson, who in the run-up to january took the lead of filing a lawsuit to overturn the presidential election. he has said he plans to make public video footage from january 6 but with faces blurred. >> we have to blur some of the faces of people who are dissipated and the events of that day because we do not want them to be retaliated against. charged by the doj. >> if you will blur the faces because he thinks we will identify more criminals, go for it.

it does not matter to us. we can look at their clothing. >> this is the largest federal investigation ever undertaken. although she is at the heart of it, having identified hundreds of rioters, almost no one in her life knows about her work. >> people want to know what you been up to. i have all these exciting things i want to say but i cannot. i will just default to the kids and what they are doing. >> you are not getting paid for this? >> no. these are your friends and neighbors. your fellow citizens. dedicating their time and money and energy to holding people accountable. we have some who voted for trump and then after january 6 they were disgusted by it. they took the peaceful transfer of power and stomped all over it. and then they call themselves patriots.

i wish we were in a world where we did not we need to rely on these groups of people. but we are also in a world where the fbi does not have the resources to do these in the -- investigations. >> she is the director of a research and innovation lab. >> we do not have the capacity in any law enforcement agency to handle a surge of political violence or hate filled violence. when it is driven by misinformation that is believed by millions of people. >> she says now that members of the public are engaging in violent extremists acts, it is a greater challenge for law enforcement to prevent and counter. >> it is no longer just on the fringes when you are talking

about people in the mainstream taking up a violent action for a political goal. everyone in my field is watching. >> she says she believes prosecutions in the january 6 investigation have degraded the ability of extremist groups to organize mass mobilizations. but she says the focus must expand to addressing the root causes of extremism. where radical beliefs originate. >> we put almost all of our eggs in the department of justice. but so does the department of education. agencies who work with youth, the elderly, digitally a media literacy. >> i would like to have the ability to counter this misinformation that led us there. it is in -- incredibly frustrating. >> she has seen the effects firsthand in her own family. >> i have not spoken to a few of my cousins since january 6

because they support it. we are divided and i do not know how to pull us back together. i don't know how it will change. ♪ >> republicans and i will be the -- in iowa will be the first to cast their votes in support of a presidential candidate in less than two weeks. they are followed by new hampshire. to give us a read on how the campaigns are shaping up in their respective states, we turn to a news director from iowa. and a senior political reporter from new hampshire. welcome to you both. we will start with you since iowa votes first. ron desantis has spent a ton of time and money campaigning in iowa. he spotlighted what he said were broken promises by donald trump. >> he says he will do the

largest deportation in history. he said the same thing in 2016 what was the result? fewer deportations than the first term of obama. that is not getting the job done. >> why art arguments like that resonating? he said he was donald trump without the baggage. and yet donald trump sits at 50%. what accounts for that? >> you have a big group of iowa republicans who plan to vote for trump. desantis is appealing to people who may be inclined not to vote for him. in the end they may go into a caucus and cast a vote for donald trump. he is walking a very steady line here in that he is criticizing trump policies that he is making the argument did not come to the

fore or come to fruition during the trump presidency. as a way to try to make the closing argument. >> howard trumps legal troubles and authoritarian impulses viewed by republican voters in iowa? >> the polling shows that they have made no difference at all. if you talk to people at the rallies, in some respects it has increased their passion for the former president. >> for decades, iowa was the center of the political universe, but no longer. democrats removed iowa entirely as the leadoff state. what significance does it hold for republicans in this election cycle? >> it will be the first test of whether donald trump can roll to a sizable victory. the key here is what is the margin between trump and his two main challengers, tdesantis and

nikki haley? well trump score a victory here? like when george w. bush was the favorite heading in and he got more than 41% in a competitive race? those are the stakes for trump. can he overcome what happened to him last time around when he did not have a campaign apparatus of the precinct level it was kind of depending on his popularity to carry him to victory? this is a different organization in iowa this time. he has organized at the precinct level. he has been having events around the state that are in smaller venues than one might suspect. he is connecting with people who are precinct captains. people on the ground in iowa. >> let's shift our focus to new

hampshire where the polling shows a tighter race. is there time for the candidates not named trump to close the gap? >> they hope so. it remains to be seen. what happens in iowa could affect what happens in new hampshire. nikki haley is clearly in second place here. picking up steam. whether there is no electorate that can deliver her close enough to trump. a lot of that is going on here. donald trump has not campaigned here a lot. i'm not sure the grassroots outreach that is going on in iowa is going out for trump here. nikki haley has the endorsement of the governor.

that will help her. how much is still in question. there is time for her to catch up but she still has a great deal of ground to cover. >> is there an expectation that more democrats will switch their party affiliation and participate in the republican primary potentially as a means to voting against trump? >> democrats are prohibited from voting in the primary. if you are an undeclared voter, you can pick the ballot you vote on. while democrats cannot vote in the republican primary, there are lot of democratic leaning independent voters. where they go in this primary tends to be with the winning candidate. that is something the campaigns are fighting for. >> nikki haley was in new hampshire today making the generational argument for candidacy. >> republicans have lost seven of eight popular votes for

president. that is nothing to be proud of. we should want to win the majority of americans. the only way we will do that is if we get a new generational leader who leaves the negativity and baggage behind and focuses on the solutions in the future. >> is that a convincing argument for her? what issues are candidates gaining traction on in new hampshire. >> that has been a staple in her stump speech from the very beginning. her messaging has not shifted much of the course of this campaign. the generational argument is a big component of it. in terms of issues, the affordability of everything is something voters are concerned about. housing costs and availability is a big issue here in new hampshire. international affairs. a lot of voters cite her experience of the u.n. her interventionist views in

terms of the u.s. role overseas. she makes a point of linking the war in ukraine with china and taiwan. and the situation in gaza. that is something that some of the boat is turning out to see her find compelling. the generational thrust is a big one. there are a lot of voters in new hampshire and elsewhere who are fatigued and not to doozy a stick about four more years of joe biden or donald trump. her message on that front is finding an audience. >> same question to you. what about the policies? what do iowa republicans say they care about? >> the biggest applause line and most of these events f all of the candidates is how they describe their policies on immigration and border patrol.

i do want to touch on something that my colleague in new hampshire just said. the most interesting thing about the nikki haley crowd in the past couple of weeks is that it is being populated in part by people who have participated in iowa republican caucuses and democratic caucuses. i spoke to several people who are considering becoming a registered republican for a day at a nikki haley event. because they do not want to see either donald trump or joe biden in the white house this time next year. >> our thanks to you both. >> thank you. ♪ >> he is known for his pioneering work is one of the

fathers of the internet. he now serves as the vice president and chief internet evangelist for google. that is his actual title. tonight he shares his reef but spectacular idea on the future of the internet. >> it did not occur to us at 70 -- somebody might want to interfere with it or spread that information. the good part is the voices who might not have been heard can be heard on the internet. some voices you don't want to hear can be amplified. we are being asked in some sense to pay for the powerful tool that we have available by using our brains to think critically about the content that we see. a good friend of mine and i

started working on the internet in 1973. it was not like we woke up one day and said we're going to do the internet. it was more a problem that was posed to us. how do we figure out how to connect to these together. it was an engineering job. let's see where the internet is here today. about two thirds of the world population has access to it. we have to understand how to make all of these applications accessible to everyone. if there is a sound component that provides speech, there should be captioning available. if you're blind but you cannot see, there should be a way of describing the website. all of these things are technically feasible. but not everybody who designs a website knows how to do that or has an intuition for doing that. we need people to see examples of what makes a good user

interface that is universally acceptable. many people get worried about artificial intelligence. it brings to mind the robots taking over. i think that is an overblown concern. we want to make sure that we use these types of technologies in ways that are safe and secure. that will require a lot more attention. but i think that is achievable. there will have to be laws on an international basis to protect people from harm or hold people accountable for bad behavior. to know how to protect themselves in this environment. people ask what i am proud of. i do not feel pride is gratitude to know that what we did is still open to further evolution. it has opened up some the opportunities for other people to contribute. i think that is a very important element. this is my brief but spectacular take on the future of the internet. you haven't seen anything yet.

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