>> house democrats pass planta and the u.s. government shutdown. the trump administration says without a border wall, there will be no end to the shutdown. protesters loom large. emmanuel macron holds his first cabinet meeting of the new year. storm makesropical

landfall in thailand. it is forecast to ask -- to impact some of the best known tourist resorts. thank you for joining us. we begin in the united states, where democrats have passed a plpl to reopen the government without funding the border wall. told reporters the wall is not going to happen and andcalled trump's ideaa immorality. the majority of americans oppose the planned wall. the trump administration maintains without a wall, there will be no end to the shutdown. >> democrats are wasting no time . hours after taking control of the house, they passed two bills

to reopen government, a crucial step towards ending the partial shutdown that began two weeks ago over funding for a border wall between the u.s. and mexico. >> the president cannot hold public employees hostage because he wants a wall that is not effective in its purpose, not >> thefective legislation would fund homeland security operations until the eighth of february as well as fund other agencies until september. it does not provide funding for trump's border wall, meaning it is effectively dead in the water. republican sayed -- republicans said the upper chamber would not sign either bill since the presidenent is certain to veto them. >> we need protection. the people of our country want it. i have never had so much support

as i have in the last week over my stance for border security, for border control and for the wall or the barrier. is scheduled to meet with leaders after an unsuccessful meeting wednesday. with democrats and republicans refusing to budge, the stalemate is showing no sign of easing. the president has suggested he is in no rush to end the shutdown. >> emmanuel macron is holding his first cabinet meeting today. it comes in the form of yellow vests protesters. it comes the day after a poll was published indicating three quarters of the french public is unhappy about how he is running the country. the president is avowing to push ahead with his reform plans.

>> it is a tradition that goes back years. government ministers meet for breakfast before walking to the palace to the first cabinet meeting of the year. they will have their work cut out for them. the president is determined to push ahead with reform. antigovernment yellow vests protest, he has promised to launch a debate that will be held across the whole of france for three months. french citizens to talk about the topics. the agenda, changes to unemployment benefits that aim to save three to 3.9 billion euros. streamlining the public service sector is a priority. macron wantsts to cut 50,000 jo.

expected to be finalized by february. a pensions overhaul is also on the books. the government is set to start the reform in may. on twonda remains vague subjects. this in a bid to better regulate the finance of the islamic institutions. macron has promised to cut back on overseas visits and to set out his project for europe ahead of the elections in may, which will be a test of his political party, created only two years ago. that is a story we are continuing to keep an eye on in germany. personal data from hundreds of

politicians is reported to have been published online. a spokesperson says no information from chancellor angela merkel's office has been affected. the armed forces have not been affected by the hack. tropical storm has made landfall in southern thailand, bringing torrential rainfall, strong wind, and a surging seawater. there are fears it will be the worst weather system to hit the country in decades. affect some ofll the best known tourist resorts. and thees are deserted waters are muddy on the coast. residents are getttting ready to leave. and some other areas in the south, people have evacuated and

been taken to shelters. docked --ies remain here, ferries remain docked. visitors are stranded. >> some more water. we know the hotel will look after us. up to 80nd of kilometers perer hour, thehe stm is expected to make lanandfall later r friday, bringing heavy rain and torrential downpour. officials have taken preventative measures. in some places, dam water has been released into rivers to lower water levels. the prime minister warned of intentional consequences. >> there will be heavy rainfall since we have to be prepared for flooding or an impact on transportation.

we need some time to resolve problems. this disaster is caused by nature. than theweaker typhoon, there are fears it will be the worst to hit thailand in 30 yeaears. a tropical storm in 1960 two killed more than 900 in the south, the same region being hit now. >> police say a third woman has entered a temple. a top court overturned a ban on women aged between 10 and 50 from entering the building. at theple has been center of tensions in the area. an issue granting women access has sparked violent clashes. >> of chaos, a second straight

day of violent demonstrations rocked india thursday as in -- as hindu hardliners protest a recent court decision. most shops closed as temple leaders called for a statewide shutdown. schools were canceledd and publc schools were canceled. the left-wing state government blam the ruling party for the viololence. >> the police will take care of this. they made it very clear anyone closedces shops to be would be arrested. rage explodedist after video emerged showing women entering the temple under police guard to pray. the temple has been off-limits to women of menstruating age.

the rulethe role -- was enshrined in law. despite the overturning of the law, thousands of devotees managed to prevent any women from under 50 from accessing the site. on tuesday, the local government organized a human chain to demand equal access. >> we do not want to walk back. we want equality. >> one man died wednesday after being hit in the head with a rock. four people have been stabbed. accuse the prime minister and his bjp of using his base to stir up ahead of elections. and news from sweden, where authorities report there is a

suspected case of ebola in the country. about 70 kilometers arth of the capital has patient who has been isolated. it is a suspected case of ebola. we will have more as soon we get it. upan markets closed mostly having reversed earlier losses. tech firms have been amongst the worst hit following a revenue warning from apple. the trade spat between washington and beijing for a less than rosy outlook. mary has more. >> after cutting the sales forecast for the first time in 15 years, apple''s share e price plunged. tim cook blamed the following revenue on a slowdown in chinese sales and the trade war between

the united states and china. the economyar begins its flow there for the second half. trade tensions between the united states and china putut additional pressure on their economies. of the iphone has an expected revenue o of $844 billion, nearly 5% down on the same period last year. projected --recast projected a revenue higher. regionater china accounts for 20% of apple's revenue. there are concerns the price tag of the iphones have put buyers off. they said the ongoing trade tensionsns between the u.s. and china have harmed consumer confidence.

chinesed to prefer products and support chinese production. >> as a chinese citizen, it is important to support phones made in china. >> until recently, they were the largest traded company in the if convicted, a 40 eight-year-old could face up to 20 years behind bar. is offering him assistance because he is a joint u.s. u.k. national. of spying for america, he could face 20 years if convicted. he denies the charges.

release onrequested bail. his detention and arrest baseless. it is based on supposition he will escape and hinder the investigation process. we are asking for bail instead. >> the resident is a former u.s. marine and works as a security chief for an international auto parts manufacturer. his family insists he is innocent. they say he was visiting moscow for a wedding. authorities arrested him less friday at the hotel in the capital. according to a russian news agency, he was apprehended after receiving a usb stick of employees of a classified department. the case is the latest in a series of tit-for-tat spying

accusations in washington. putin pleadedaria guilty for acting as a foreign agent in the u.s.. ties between the two countries remain strained, exacerbated since russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. >> that brings us up-to-date with the news. stay w with us here on france 2.

>> welcome to the tech show. have you wondered why cap tongues feel l like sandpaperer? scientists have the answer. it is thanksks to a design that makes it the perfect self-cleaning brush. we will tell you how this discovery is set to inspire new technolologies. virtual l reality has the powerf making us betttter people. homelessnessavr experience are more likely to say they care.

the next discovery is proof that some of the best design solutions are the simplest and come from the world around us. spikes on cats tongues are shaped like scoops and not like cones, allowing them to groom more thoroughly. >> sometimes the most sophisticated solutions are to be found where you least expect them. >> my cat decided to sit on my lap. he decided to take a lick and he got his tongue stuck. it got me thininking, why y dids totongue get stuck in the first place. i came back to the lab. in ad a cap tongue

freezer. tongues,,nes on their they have a specif shahape. u-shahaped form with a channel to h hold saliva, whwhih memeans it can reach its skin through the fur. intelligent design allows our pets to avoid overheating and can be deployed elsewhere. be newications could types of carpet cleaning technologies, or r way to apply medication to your pets for or skin for people who have allergies. has made a prototype brush which mimics the bars on his tongue.

>> our expert is here to tell us about the latest virtual reality project. >> these shoes will be able to track and respond to your feet movement. the goal is to keep you confined walls of thertual vr experience. it is difficult to incorporate movements. >> according to researchers, the technology can make people more compassionate. people saw what it would be like to use -- to lose their jobs and

homes. to talk more about this, let's talk to the co-author. thank you for joining us. >> ultimate empathy machine was >> imagine you can have any experience at all, you can become someononelse, g go bk in time, higher milillions of actors to create a s scene, vr n eate that t experience..

vr can mat that a and create magical sceses very easily. if you do not think a physical experience wouldld change the wy you ththink towards others if yu could create it, vr is not going to help. >> to prove it can make people more compassionate, you showed avr movie to some participantnt. what did you discover? was trywe wanted to do to reverse this narrative that all people are homeless because of who they are. and experience when you are in your apapament and you look around and the landlord says you have paid your rent and you lose your job and you t try to sell items in your apartment, you get evicte y you live in y your carr and the police take away your car and you are forced to sleep

--. it is a very intense experience. one of my graduate students ran a study wherere thousands went through this experience and we looked at how becoming homeless in virtual reality caused behavior change compared to traditional metrics such as role-playing or reading about statistics or playing a 2d videogame. when you look after the , the experience causes you to sign a petition that says i am willing to have my personal taxes increased to support affordable housing measures. becomingience of homeless in virtual reality causes you to change your behavior. psychologicalear manipulation through beat --

through vr? >> when we think of the downsides, we think about addiction. people don't want to go outside. we think about distraction.. world.'t see the real perhrhaps y y bump into walls. we had our first death, a man fell through a plate glass table and bled to death. virtual reality creates an experience. the next step in terms of figuriring out whahat it is goio do to us is if you have the experience in the real world, what would it do to you? ththink of itt as an actual experience where the brain treats it as if it were real. >> thank you for that.t. >> i appreciate you having me. thank you for the work you do.

>> virtual reality can the hallucinatory issues of some images. --these images were the room were the result of google's deep learning. it is trained to identify features such as animals or objects and to strengthen those the next fe. you see there is a normamal vido of a marketplace. it is now made to identify dogs. what you see is a hallucination. images andsed these theexperience to understand

mechanisms of our consciousness. hallucination machine. >> these perceptions can play tricks on us but our minds are strong enough to control it. >> it was not a long time ago when we were able to control the movement of a ball by using our mind. that was done because of the firing of neurons that generate these. it results in the corresponding motion. the principle is similar here. there is a game in which a child is supposed to escape a lab and you play the role of the child. object, certain neurons are firing.

they are transmitted by the software. to test 24.e on we take a look at a smart toothbrush and a corresponding app set to give you the most perfect and brightest smile. >> it is called the m1 connect made by colgate. it is a practical toothbrush, nonelectric. all you have to do is move this brush and it connect with your app. it has the similarity of the brushing movement. it is directly

there. it tells you how much time you spent brushing, what is the more youe, and what should do.

ruben martinez: a century ago, hundreds of thousands of mexicans fled the chaos of the mexican revolution, most of them arriving in los angeles, gravitating to the old pueblo area around olvera street. raquel gutierrez: they recreated a sense of home and history in the theaters of the nearby broadway corridor, where