genie: mrs. france 24. time for 60 minutes live around the world. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. iran says the massive antigovernment protests there are over. in thewere killed weeklong demonstrations against the country's poor economy and rising food prices. unprecedented takedown from donald trump on the man who was once one of his closest political allies. the president saying former chief strategist steve has lost his mind.

french president emmanuel macron vows to take on fake news with a new law that would let authorities block access to offending websites and shutdown social media post that are untrue. industry ishe tech rushing to fix a problem that potentially puts virtually every computer on earth at risk. more on that coming up in business. and a contestant on u.s. game show jeopardy loses thousands of dollars over the mispronunciation of gangsta. more on that in the press review. in iran authorities are claiming a seven-day antigovernment protest is over. at least 21 people were killed

and hundreds more arrested in the demonstrations. the biggest since 2009. on wednesday officials tried to show stability had come back to iran with state president -- television broadcasting pictures of tens of thousands of people who turned out to back the government. what started as a fight against the flagging economy and rising food prices quickly turned into a mass movement against the country's theocratic government and its president hassan rouhani. catherine clifford reports. >> the northeastern city, and anti-rouhani town. the birthplace of his main rival for the presidency. the protests began there, quickly spreading around the country. they started as a stand against soaring living costs and unemployment which rouhani came to power promising to fix. it soon came to encompass grievances against the regime as a whole. theani finally addressed

country on the fourth day of protests with a speech that struck a strange balance between reaching out to protesters and seating to hardliners. >> we are a a free nation according to the constitution. citizens are absolutely free to criticize or even to protest. however we should also be protesting should be done in s such a way that it will result in the improvement of the country situation. on tuesday the supreme leader spoke out for the first time with a much tougher tone blaming the protests on the foreign enemies looking to destabilize the country. >> all of those who are against republic are joining hands so they can spark chaos in the islamic republic. >> republic the following day tf

thousands attended prpro-regime rallies. the past weeeek has been the biggest test for them since mast -- mastations instructions in 2009. the two key opposition figures remaining silent. genie: a new tell-all book on the trumpet ministration has pushed the president into an all-out enunciation of his former chief strategist steve bannon. donald trump sing the man who was once his closest political ally had lost his mind. the blistering attack came following excerpt from an explosive new book on the white house by journalist michael wolff. the early release chapters quote bannon passing the contact between trump's son and a russian lawyer were treasonous. >> excerpts of michael wolff's fire and fury: inside the trump white house have already sent

shockwaves through washington, d.c. quotes from his former chief strategist steve bannon criticizing the e trump campai's conduct with russians have angered the president himself. tosteve bannon has nothing do with me or my presidency. when he was fired he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. >> according to the book, bannon disapproved of the 2016 trump tower meeting between donald trump's eldest son, son-in-law and campaign manager with a russian lawyer. calling ththe move treasonous ad unpatriotic. fire andnd. also reports that beben and questitions the intelligence of ivanka trump, the president's daughter and trusted advisor. the white house press secretary hit back at the x aid who had spent seven months within trump's inner circle. >> serious, disgusted would

probably fit when you make such outrageous claims and completely false claims against the president, his administration and his family. >> his alledge from arts may have caught the u.s. president but they are not the only revelations. the book also suggests that donald trump did not expect to win the 2016 election and that the ivanka trump has presidential ambitions. the president's entourage will be on a jazz it awaits the full publication of the book due january 9. it is already hit number one on amazon's bestseller list. the u.s. is being pummeled with a rare type of winter storm. bomba of genesis blizzard dumped us know on fortis capital for the first time in 30 years. lots more snow is expected for today and subzero temperatures further north have left at least 17 people dead. it's known for its

subtropical climate and mild winters but at the moment the u.s. southeast coast is being gripped right rear subzero temperatures. i never experienced anything like this. this is crazy. i had to chip ice off my car. i don't even really know how to drive on the road like this in this type of weather. of snow and weather hit parts of georgia, south carolina and florida on wednesday with the state seeing their r heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. the icy weather has prompted five cancellations, school closures andnd warnings to stay off the road. residents are enjoying the rare sight of snow. >> we were not expecting all of this but it has been really awesome. the last time i saw snow was about -- a long time ago. savannah saw its first measurable snowfall in nearly eight years and charleston

recorded 12.7 centimeters. it's most1989. the governor of georgia has declared a state of emergency for 28 counties through to friday and forecasters are warning of hurricane force winds and flooding as the storm travels up the east coast. here in france president emmanuel macron has come up with a new plan to try and stop the spread of fake news. he says he wants to overhaul french law for social media with legislation that would let authorities block access to offending websites and remove posts that aren't true. >> plans to make france the first country to clamp down on media outlets accused of election meddling. the news came in an announcement by emmanuel macron during the new year's address to the press. websites have become a vehicle for propaganda with the help of thousands of accounts on social networks. they are able to instantly

tarnish officials and journalists. >> it started with the election in the u.s. targeted by disinformation campaigns. the president himself became a victim of the fake news campaigningith his that moscow was accountable. at aen pointed the finger russian state media. when news outlets spread deceitful propaganda that's no longer called journalism. these are pages of influence. russia today and sputnik were ages of influence which on several occasions spread fake news about me and my campaign. >> the websites would include more transparency about sponsored content. the text of the legislation is expected to come into effect before the 2019 european

elections. africa fouruth people have been killed in a dramatic train crash. dozens more were hurt in that accident in free state province. when his reports say parsed of the train burst into flames after it was hit a truck. made a radical change in its policy on political prisoners. on wednesday the prime minister said the government will release and pardon dissident politicians who have been jailed on criminal charges. that's an unexpected shift for ethiopia, a country that is routinely accused by rights groups of using security concerns to stifle dissent. here's more from the ethiopia researcher for human rights watch. one of ththe long-standing criticicisms is the west largely refrains from public criticism. h he seen is s that public criticism can n actually have a positive impact and d if you lok at some of the reforms that have come about thehe last few yearst

has been after strong public criticism. etethiopia's relationonship wite on peacekeeping or require stability inside of ethiopia. the best interest of ethiopia's allies to ensure stability is showing increased respect for human rights and their voice is a powerful one in pushing ethiopia to make these reforms. israel's new plan to force out tens of thousands of african migrants is officially in place. the countries offering them air fare plus $3500 each to leave. that policy could put some people at risk. prison. or go to this is the latest escalation of an anti-migrant campaign in israel. under a new implement a program some 13,000 migrants who entered the country illegally will have three months to leave.

>> the infiltrators have a simple choicice. cooperate with us and leave voluntntarily respectively humanely and legally or we will have to use the many o other lel tools that are at our disposal. i hope that they will choose to cooperate with us. as part of the contentious plan the government is offering the mainly eritrean and sudanese displaced just under 3000 euros and plane ticket to go back to their homeland or a third country. if they don't they could face potential imprisonment starting in april. following concerns over prison spacace, president netanyahu has asked officials to go step further and forcibly expelled migrants. the middlele eastern nation's treatment of african refugees has since come under attack from rightsts groups. >> this is not a real choice. thatf our research shows

those who have been deported to rwanda have been seriously in danger. >> many are concerned over the future of the detention center in the south of the country which the government intends to close. officials argued that the order exempt children, the elderly as well as victims of slavery and human trafficking. it is widely considered one of the most beautiful and romantic buildings in the world. but conservationists say india's taj mahal is now under threat and needs to be protected from the wear and tear of tourists. how authorities are considering capping the number of local visitors per day. >> it's india's most ornate mausoleum. a gigantic monument constructed in the name of love. but as it nears 400 years old the taj mahal is beginning to suffer the ravages of time and pollution.

the vast crowds are also increasing wear and tear on the tomb which must already undergo regular cleaning to stop it turning yellow. >> i must say that when i first heard the restorations were in commencement i was a little disappointed coming all the way from australia. it was certainly a highlight. seeing it now even if there is scaffolding it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and i almost cried when i saw it. >> an average of 35,000 people visit the taj mahal daily. at thember can double weekend and on holidays. today authorities are considering capping the number of domestic tourists allowed to visit the site to 40,000 day. no restrictions will be imposed on foreigners who are charged a much more expensive ticket. archaeologists say the situation is becoming critical.

>> it is a huge alarming situation. >> imposing restrictions on tourism at the monument is also way to prevent crowding that can lead to stampedes like the one that occurred at the entry gates last week that left five people injured. genie: time for our business update. i am joined in the studio. he will start with the discovery of massive security flaws in computer microchips. >> intel and two other major chipmakers are rushing to fix bugs that are present in the process is used on almost all computers, mobile phones and cloud servers in the world. they could allow a hacker to steal information stored in the memory of the chip itself like passwords and files. they say there is no evidence that the flaws have been exploited so far.

joined byn this i am a cyber expert in paris. thanks for coming. onlylaws were disclosed yesterday that you have been aware of these bugs for several weeks now. tell us more about what you know. in the fact and the way that intel was pressed into releasing more information is -- about this vulnerability is shiva researchers started realizing -- civil researchers started realizing the flow of upgrades in major systems in the past few weeks that were rushed in the very surprising pacace in very criticall components and that raised the alarm that something was going on and several researchers all around the world started looking into this and pointed out that while this was related to the cpu it was probably a hardware problem and the mitigations seems to

indicate what later concerns were in the chip itself. >> does that pose a great threat to every computer user in the world? >> it does for two reasons. the first is what enables a hacker to do. it basically opens the door to access very sensitive information on the computer by passing all the mechanisms you can imagine. firewalls and whatnot. it allows the attacker to read thoroughly the computer's memory. and the second reason is it's practically undetectable. it can be triggered very easily with very little overhead and very little expertise from the attacker's point ofof view. the combination of impact and likelihood or visibility makes it quite remarkable. saidcurity experts have there is no evidence that data flaws have been exploited. what you are saying is it

could've happened already. time thatt the first a major vulnerability of this kind is said not to have been used b but the fact is what evevidence could there be? it can be triggered so easily in so many ways that to make sure before tried any of the many ways to trigger vulnerability. it is most probable that it was not widely before would require going through dozens and dozens of billions of locked files and checking that no one exploited but since the vulnerability applies to 1995 for somein of them some people may have known or some people are starting to use them right now

before the patch. >> 1995 for some of chipmakers have known about this problem. it comes as an embarrassment for the chipmakers. what's the impact on the computer industry itself? >> they knew about the vulnerability but decided not to disclose it. it is not quite clear as far as i'm concerned for how long they have known and whether they understood the full impact of this particular vulnerability. what is certain is that it took some time for they could even start thinking about countermeasures. what this shows is a disconnect between what chipmakers represent. what they mean in terms of security for the vast majority of computer users and the policy that they use to communicate and explore the potential longer ability and how to expose individual users private lives or companies. as far as the situation is right now they have no incentive whatsoever to provide this information to be open about the vulnerabilities they already know about. it's not t the first time a lare company did that. the fact is that it is perhaps not simple to patch this folder ability but it would have been

better to communicate about it in the open. thank you for that analysis. moving on to the market now. here in europe shares trading positively in the green. new data showing the services sector in the eurozone is nearing its best growth in seven years. london's ftse touched a record high during the morning session. pushed energy shares up. earlier in asia tokyo led the markets with the nikkei closing at a 26 year high on its first day of trading this year. 3.25%.chmark jumped the global stock rally since the start of 2018 as well as positive economic data in china boosted investor confidence.

take a listen. >> japan wishes to ensure this growth trend in the economy will become sustainable and for that purpose we hope to improve productivity to drive the momentum forward. her biggest obstacle is depopulation and aging. on a lighter note, the powerball lottery jackpot just keeps snowballing. that's the u.s. powerball lottery. there were no winning tickets for the drawing on wednesday night. that means the jackpot has gone up to over half $1 billion for the next drawing on saturday. powerball is played in 44 states as well as washington, d.c. puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. the odds of winning are just one in 292 million.

genie: are you going to take your shot? >> i am not in the united states. genie: time for our press review. a look at what the papers are saying today. you are going to start with reaction to that ongoing unrest in iran after the revolutionary guard announced protest were now over. >> a lot of the foreign papers are headlining on this. let's start with the tehran times. reputed to be fairly close to the government. it is focusing on the rallying tosters condemn the riots while the french paper is evoking what it calls an awakening of fear saying that after several days of protests that have really unnerved the iranian regime the movement risks now being smothered by that very government. genie: mike pence has also weighed in penning a piece for the washington post. iran accuses u.s. officials

of meddling in their affairs by supporting the protesters. pence in this article for the washington post takes aim at president barack obama a sickly drawing comparisons between the last major protests in iran in 2009 when millions of iranians protested the reelection of mahmoud armitage. -- mahmoud ahmadinejad. under obama him they were silenced. he doesn't say what the government plans to do but says the u.s. stands with the protesters and critiques the eu and the u.n. for not doing anything so far. thee: in india members of doll at community have been leading a march against the government. and protests have virtually paralyzed the city of mumbai since monday. and the untouchables are leading the protests against the

government calling upon the indian government to respect and recognize their rights. ofs making the front page the times of india which has a rather cynical take on the dalitnt calling the citizens mobs. the independent has a really good summary of why exactly they are protesting. this conflict dates back to new year's day when tens of thousand of dalit people traveled to a small village to commemorate the bicentennial of a battle between british forces and hindu rulers in which the dalit actually fought alongside the british. hindu nationalists and attacked the group of dalits and actually killed one man. the independent explains that the dalits were hoping that narendra modi would deliver on promises of social change to their status and better protection from violence. his failure to do so and these

protests for the independence is an advance warning of things to come. genie: there's been lots of focus in the nine states on a new tell-all book that is about to come out on the trump white house. fire and fury is written by a journalist, michael wolff. into an explosive tell-all the perplexing world that is donald trump and excerpts have been published by new york magazine. in addition to those revelations about what steve bannon thought about donald trump's son, mashable has compiled 14 of the most mind blowing items from the book. notably things like donald trump never wanted to be president but his entourage were shocked when he did become president and there were some weird details like trump's fear of being poisoned. one reason why he liked eat at mcdonald's was because the food was safely premade.

there are some questions that have come about the author of this book. >> he has a penchant for pushing facts as far as they will go and sometimes further than they can tolerate. that's what the chicago tribune says. describing thisthere are some qt have come journalist as a provocateur and media polemicist who has been accused in the past of creating scenes wholesale in his books and columns. genie: in the united states a contestant for a hit u.s. tv show lost thousands of dollars over a mispronunciation. >> the hit show is jeopardy. it's a hallmark of the u.s. quiz shows. jeopardy contestant lost 3200 dollars in prize money after responding to a question about hit gangsta'ss paradise. he said gangster instead of getting stuff. -- gangsta. alex trebek said the oxford

dictionary actually separates them and therefore it was not valid. coolio said it should serve as a lesson to white people that when a doubt, pronounce it with an at the end. genie:

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