go to our nbc washington app and search college apps. back to you. >> good suggestions there. >>> coming up this morning, a mystery in local water. the man says he was bitten by a shark not far from theap cheseake bay. now he's sharing his story from news 4. >>> plus, remembering aretha. we continue to look back on the life and legacy on the iconic queen of soul and her connections to d.c. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, iderica. off to a very humid start and it is going to be ar sum sizzler. temperatures in the low to mid 90s. temperatures near 100 degrees and >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> we kick things off with a live look outside. it is friday. things are calm and dry for now, but there is possibility of some rain later on today. 4:29 right now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i just kicked you. rry about that. story. >> the bruise, get my wyer's on the phone. >> good morning, everybody. i'm erica gonzalez in for eun yang. >> or go to hr. g we're going toet a check on your commute. >> get on with it man. >> first chuck bell is joi

has hacked apps using the same piece of software he targets apps that generate the transaction authentication number or turn on the same device what's why on the concept of a few years ago we proved it was fundamentally risky but the banks dismissed it saying it was only possible under controlled conditions that's what we wanted to address we wanted to prove it could be automated and that it could realistically be exploited on a large scale. that the banks made his hacking work easy they all use the same security software. developed by a norwegian i.t. company with the help of a colleague created software able to say. this is how you go to the official app store and download off demo it looks like a real like a picture gallery to scroll through but really it's malware that deactivates promo . an interest coach that enable us to manipulate bank transactions. then the way to tax the unprotected banking up. around its corresponding time number whenever the user authorizes a transaction it's secretly being manipulated the software can change the amount transferred and divert it to a new recipient

sixty seconds but first risky banking making transactions smartphone is convenient but many banking apps are unsafe but from the computer chaos club show one of the largest hacker worldwide. ten minutes that school it takes him to hack the app now he can manipulate any bank transaction luckily this is just a demonstration of the chaos communication congress. has hacked thirty one apps using the same piece of software he targets perhaps that generate the transaction authentication number or turn on the same device what's why on the concept of a few years ago we proved it was fundamentally risky but the banks dismissed it saying it was only possible under certain controlled conditions that's what we wanted to address we wanted to prove it could be automated and that it could realistically be exploited on a large scale. but the banks made his hacking work easy they all use the same security software called crime and shields developed by a norwegian i.t. company with the help of a colleague fence and created software. able to so. it's just another sign. you go to the official app store and d

apps on itunes like manly let men add six-packs, tat the due beards.e is doing it, everyone is on social media, there is this risk people are creating two versions of themselves. the social media version, and the person that's out there in the real world. o may haoeams ylis to help them create the perfect post love filtering themselves. khloe kardashian telling chelsea handler in 2016 on her netflix show -- >> let's talk about apps we're passionate about. >> face tune is the best thing. >> i should be touching myself up? >> yes. >> i believe in face tune. >> yes. >> the only way to live. >> it's like how -- >> it doesn't matter. >> it's not real. you are presenting to the world what you want them to believe you are. >> reporter: face tune costs about $4 to download, while face tune 2, a selfie cam and editor, runs nearly $36 a year. together the company says both apps have more than 50 million downloads. but psychologists warn these photo filters can be particularly troubling for teens and young people, who are still developing their sense of self. >>

limousine the majority of the new cars are used for app servis like uber and lyft. with that surge has come more congestion, making it harder t move through the city. but are there enough ridersad fr all thostional cars? an independent transportation study in 2017 found that more than a third of taxi and app vehicles in manhattan's centrald businetrict were unoccupied during daytime hours. when you were working er or lyft, do you find that you're busy all the time or-- >> not anymore. in the beginning, yes, it was busy because there was less o rs. but now, if i were solely let's say uber or lyft i can go 30 minutes, 40 minutes without a passenger. and when you do get somebody you're driving you say seven minutes to get them, and the ride will only be like six dollart s. so you jend like an houru' and d make six dollars minus your gas money and so you rely like operating at a loss. >> whenever you feel like driving with uber. >> sreenivasan: one of uber's recruitment taglines is "get your side hustle on." it targets potential drivers looking for a part-time gig. >> s

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this has a lot of user input, this app and also it relies oi'i woitiei'i input, this app and also itupposed to put in your data for three months but not every woman has a perfect 28 day cycle. why do you think these kind of apps are so popular? first, i think it was misleading in what it says and i think almost how bad press, i think people think about the older generation pill, where the hormones in them where a bit clunky and not as modern as now. there are coi'icei’i'is and not as modern as now. there are concerns that women used to have about weight gain and mood changes. when what they were taking the pill? as the interview explains and we have modern pills that don't have side effects but the long acting, reversible forms of contraception which use lower doses of hormones or evei'i i'ioi'ie which use lower doses of hormones or even none at all and those are the oi'ies we even none at all and those are the ones we would recommend but most importantly, nothing protects you against an std apart from a condom. getting pregnant when you don't want to get pregnant, while using a app

using a dating app. ripple an app that lets you swipe right on a potential mentor. one freelance photographer says he's received about ten job referrals because of dating apps. >> assuming you feel confident in the power dynamics or boundary setting that might lead to, it actually does allow access to a group of people or a conversation or getting in front of someone you might not get in front of otherwise. >> if this is raising some red flags for you, you're not alone. experts warn if you're using dating apps to find jobs, be transparent. you could risk setting yourself up for an uncomfortable situation, tarnishing reputation or even getting fired. >>> stuck in a hole for several days, no food, no water. what authorities did that allowed this tortoise to we have one to two fires a day and when you respond together and you put your lives on the line, you do have to surround yourself with experts. and for us the expert in gas and electric is pg&e. we run about 2,500/2,800 fire calls a year and on almost every one of those calls pg&e is responding to that call as well

we want you in our news app.are making a choice, are taking responsibility for that c other platforms say who are we to judge there's now controversy that there's censorship of conservative views, companies are koicoiling in horror at tha. we need to draw a distinction between taking stuff not fact based, pure make stuff up that happens to be conservative views and banning that from platforms, saying no, here are journalism companies that are fact based and diligent but have a conservative point of view they have to make these decisions. i would say apple has gotten this right they set a high bar. >> i want to hear your thoughts on this, but it feels like it is a broader, bigger animal over at facebook when it comes to misinformation, and that they're sort of trying to do what henry is talking about it is a personality app, do they have any idea what it is >> i don't think they still have it part of it, you look at fake news specifically, they don't have a developed, don't have the same conviction that henry has

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being on app store, apple reportedly offered 1.8 million apps on the app store in china so 2r5 thousandy just over about 1%. >> simpson fan out there, i know rob is, i remember watching as kid, it's coming to live for us. tracee: yes, the kwik-e mart. if you ever wanted a hot dog, maybe donut, now is your chance. this is set up, opened on friday, myrtle beach, south carolina, you can also pick up some character memorabilia. rob: the kwik-e mart didn't have a good reputation. >> i don't think they did that there. >> time good, bad and ugly, first the good, the match putting on display of true sportsman with handshake after game, the mets winning second annual little league classic 8-2. rob: next bad, mom accused of having 15-year-old running pot shop out of bedroom, confiscating guns and 80 pounds of marijuana along with you can see here edible marijuana, edible marijuana and a dozen pot plans plants from the home, california teen with hanging sign on door, two adults arrested and two kids put in protective custody. what a story. >> the ugly, single woman going viral for show casing for

here is how we will use apps and respect others. and what is really fun is on the student side, we actually created a game called inter-land. students can go on a quest to be internet awesome, and through all these modules, they can one up cyber bullies, and shut down fishers, and it is a really fun, interactive game. it has been used -- i think we have over 4 million users of the game now. we see a lot of power and success in having a consistent message and learning path with educators, parents, and students. we find this app facilitates discussion and makes things, especially when it comes to teaching these new lessons to students, it certainly makes it stickier when they are hearing inconsistent things from everyone. every adult in their life. alex: to echo what coco said, education is so important. i wanted to highlight a few initiatives. we work with many ngos and partners for our twitter for good program. one of those partners is i can help. they are pretty new. what they are doing is gather students and teach them and give th

illegal gambling apps in error app store.n our efforts to find these and stop them from being on the app store. apple pulled about 25,000 apps. >>> tesla in its latest update plans to add a video streaming feature to the center screens of its cars. the car can't be moving if you want to watch it. the tesla model as and model x both have a 17 inch screen . the model three has a 15 inch screen. right now the video playback feature is locked and only works with the rear camera feed. elon musk says with this version 10 update video playback will be available in the version 9 update the videogame atari was added. >>> the a's lost to the houston astros yesterday afternoon. oakland still trails houston by just one game in the al west. the a's got off to a good start. matt chapman had already homed -- homered in the first and chris davis hit home run 35 on the her to put oakland up early. the astros got six runs off the athletic starter sean minaya. oakland hosts the texas rangers tonight at the coliseum. >>> how about those giants?

the app allows you to start a timer to put your phone on hold, which means you can't get other apps.sume you have to get past that! i think it's a behavioural shift — the idea is you're putting the phone, ideally, to one side, the phone can then get locked, so having the screen up there can be a distraction. but it can be to one side, and the idea is then to say, "right, i'm going to be productive now." once you've done 20 minutes on hold, you start earning rewards — things like cheap cinema tickets, free drinks, donations to charity. and also there's an idea with gamification, when you can actually start to calculate how much you're holding versus your peer group. so users can start to see where they're featuring versus their friends, so this guy has got the highest crown. wow, nailing it. so you can start to see this by school, also breaking this down by month, by week. so someone might have gone on holiday and had a fantastic digital detox, and they might be top of the charts. this app is still doing advertising. it allows brands to market their products to users — but as rewards.

facebook also banning an app called mypersonality for failing to agree to an audit because the app sharedchers and companies with only limited protection in place. they say they will notify people that have purchased the app. this comes on the heels of facebook announcing that it's identified more manipulation by russian an iranian tied accounts the question is how much this drip of use about potential manipulation on facebook and data privacy issues, and users and investors. shares are down 18%, since facebook last month reported slowing user growth. >> thank you and facebook shares are higher despite the news today >> honeywell reaches its full year profit forecast for the fourth time this year and so spinoffs of two of its businesses are on track. and you can see right there, shares are up 1%, meeting of the minds, the jackson hole fed simm posimm -- symposium is going live. welcome to the place... where people go to learn about their medicare options before they're on medicare. come on in. you're turning 65 soon? yep. and you're retiring at 67? that's the plan! it's also a great time

get on other apps.phone gets locked, having the screen there can be a distraction. it can be to one side and the idea then is to say i will be productive now. once you have done 20 minutes on hold you start earning rewards, things like cheap cinema tickets, free drinks, donations to charity. this app is still doing advertising. it allows product marketing to users. it does not work overnight and is currentlyjust for students, like clara, a masters student from the london school of economics, from singapore. she says the destruction of lent is a problem for the whole family. i have voiced my unhappiness to my parents before. about them using their phones. i really think that it comes down to the psychology and the depth of the interactions you have with your family members or friends at the dinner table, for instance. their creators of hold are making a version for families to use together. they say they have had tens of thousands of people get in touch, because phones are disturbing their dinnertime, to

or you could use them with a backing app for directions. hello, ta ke backing app for directions.thejob well, take me to brick lane. but will they do the job well, would you pay £200 for these sunglasses? and there are plenty of other interesting headphones out there. and here i had a pairof headphones out there. and here i had a pair of headphones that are all about recording 3—d audio. now, the microphones are positioned here, so they will be taking in the sound just as your ears would be. the aim being to recreate sound exactly as you hear it. book audio allows you to wirelessly pick up your surroundings in by new rule sound, as well as catch you by your phone 01’ as well as catch you by your phone or with a wi—fi connection. while you may get the greatest benefit from these at something like a live music event, i have been putting them to the test in everyday situations. here there is music playing, people making juices and a lot of sound around the. i'm going to record it, but at the same time it also takes a video. so i took the video somewhere quieter to listen back. they a

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using a dating app. >> bumble has a part of the app called bumble biz and the creators created ripplepp that lets you swipe right on a potential mentor. one photographer has gotten about ten job referrals through dating apps. >> not necessarily using dating apps as networking. >> assuming fee comfortablehe b that you might not ple o a get in front of otherwise. >> i can see so many potential problems with this. experts warn if you are using dating apps to find jobs, be transparent. you could risk setting yourself up for an uncomfortable situation, tarnishing your reputation or getting fired. #hr. #becareful. >> yeah. none of that really sounds like a great idea. even talking about it sounds like -- >> i don't want to date you but hire you. >> yeah. something about that makes -- >> yeah. >> red flags. >> i don't know. little gray area there. >> speaking of gray area. >> yes. >> we've got quite a bit of gray. live doppler 7 and the satellite image and we had gray skies, low cloudses pushing in, starting to thin out as you can see. unfortunately in san francisco still socked in at the go

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there are now loads of apps to get you off your phone, an app called forest grove is your tree is onnes who should it helping us to spend west time on tech. facelock and instagram are releasing their own time and tools. an app called kattegat hold was created in the uk, created by three students in copenhagen. why was it that you wa nted copenhagen. why was it that you wanted to start this? we were struggling so much about actually focusing, checking our phones all the time and we started to give ourselves incentives. the ones that check the phones all asked to get a copy and that has worked for a spree. it allows you to start a timer to put your phone on hold, which means you cannot get on other apps. the idea is you are putting in the phone to one side, it then gets locked, having the screen can be a distraction but it can be to one side and the idea is to say i am going to be productive now. once you have done 20 minutes on hold you start earning rewards, things like cheap cinema tickets, free drinks, donations to charity. this app is still doing advertising, it allows brands to m

apps, starbucks apps pizza hut apps, attempts to get more transactions filtered through the facebookosystem in the hopes that you won't have anything but facebook messenger. and facebook -- what facebook is trying to do is to become more like we chat and comes outside of china. at the same time mark zuckerberg is flying to china, learned mandarin, trying to get into china to compete there. and 20 years down the line. and what happens in thermostats, cars, refrigerators, clothes and glasses, chips in our brain. some company, whatever company, manage that data. and outsourcing decisions to that country. and that might be google and microsoft. or facebook. that is the long game and into artificial intelligence and self driving cars like google is, wearable, facebook is taking a different route, amazon and google want to have those obelisks in your home to manage everything you think about and listen to everything you are doing. that is part of the process to become the operating system of our life and it has to be one company because there needs to be standardization for the data to wor

this can be a good chance to show what i can do and i'll be building an app. this is the start screen. >> reporter: so he did, spending hundreds of hours creating a spanish-english translation app. tailored specifically for his dad's needs. joseph says his "say what" app is a simple way for his dad and anyone like him to communicate. joseph says his father sacrificed a lot so that he could have the opportunities that he did. no one else in his family has ever gone to college. and now to use what he's been given to give back? well, that's almost too good to be true. >> teaching me how to bike, how to do all these things but now to teach him something new is one of the most beautiful things in the world. i love him. >> reporter: and of course there are other translation apps. >> right. >> why create a new one? some are a little more complicated than they need to be for his dad, so he got together with his dad and said what do you think about this? what do you think about this? does this work for you? it helped him design the app to work particularly for him. >>

in the form of an app.s. >> the thought process was how do we get them off their apps and moving again. so simple. assign steps. my kid has to take 10,000 steps in a day. i can break it it down by hour and then i can choose which apps i want them -- i want to block. we are not saying don't, just moderation. >> it was important that we could come up with a way to get kids to get off of their phone but without taking it away. >> reporter: a win-win for all involved. >> what we did find was that once the kids are outside playing they don't stop. it is that initial push to get them outside and going. >> reporter: and once they are outside the rest is up other be >> the accountability part. there is no come on, give me my phone back, it is simple. take 500 more steps. >> reporter: they are poised for a national move through grants to ptas and schools across the country in the name of keeping kids happy and healthy in a digital world. >> we don't want to take technology away from kids. we need to become proactive

we have a link of all the apps we just talked about, go to our nbc washington app and search travel apps a controversial idea aimed at easing traffic in northern virginia. vdot wants to close down the ramp from twn georgeike and inner loop during the afternoon peak times. the rp will be closed from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. weekdays, but this has been met with a lot of criticism. many residents are concerned it will still traffic headed to maryland. the proposal is still in the public comment fauz, and it's not clear if or when that ramp closure will happen. >>> trapping,an treatin teaching. >> advice fromrf faiax county heating officials after its first case of west nile virus this year. >> and we'ren weather alert for the rest of the night. stay with storm team 1s we stay with storm team 1s we mack storms z2x55z z16fz y2x55y y16fy >>> okay. stop if you've heard this one before. hives of rain p through the region this afternoon. >> sounding like a broken record. steam 4 issued another weather alert today. layerun ricketts lauryn ricketts is checking for more. >> there's a severe thunderstorm wa

what the app has plan next.his is bloomberg. ♪ emily: china's restaurant review and delivery have an ipo in hong kong. bloomberg has learned that a stock offering could raise more than $4 billion at evaluation of up to $55 billion. chilly is said to become the latest company to tax services from companies like netflix, air b&b and spotify. it is looking to adapt to changing online digital platforms. theas proposed to level playing field between online services are more traditional businesses like hotels, music stores and cable television. aim to compensate for tax cuts at the same time. it willm has announced offer users the option of using more secure it hurt party authentication to log in. this comes after instagram users reported being hacked to discover their accounts were replaced with russian email addresses. instagram cofounder said we know we have more work to do to keep that actors off instagram and we are committed to continuing to to do justtools that. coming up, stocks are hitting record new levels.

it's an app called natural cycles.ate" and "clinically tested". but the advertising standards authority has found that these claims are misleading, because they exaggerate the effectiveness of the app. the watchdog has banned the company from labelling the app highly accurate. the swedish company that developed the app says it respects the outcome of the investigation. ? jean mackenzie has been to meet one woman who got pregnant while using the app. how many months are you now? 34 weeks. so, you know, about five to go. rebecca wasn't planning on having her first child for a few years. i was looking for a sort of alternative to hormonal contraception at the time. i sufferfrom depression and anxiety, and hormone—related contraceptions just seemed to really escalate that. she came across the contraceptive app natural cycles, which tracks women's fertility over the month and tells them when they can and can't get pregnant. she said she started using it after seeing an advert on instagram claiming it was 99% effective. was

for a smartphone app that claims to prevent pregnancy. the app is from a swedish- based company callednatural cycles." the company says, women can use the app to track the days they are fertile based on body temperature readings ... and the timing of their menstrual cycles. 'natural cycles' claims the app has been 93- percent effective at preventing unwanted pregnancies. but officials in both britain and sweden launched investigations into the app earlier this year, after reports women using it ... were becoming pregnant. in a statement, the f-d-a warns .. the app is not foolproof in preventing pregnancies -- but can be effective if used correctly and carefully. (ken) another white house tell all book ready to be released. we'll have some of the scandalous allegations made by omarosa. (pam) the son of a bay area police chief makes his first court appearance... after his alleged attack on an elderly sikh man. what the suspect did in front of t-v cameras today. (ken) plus... a sad day for the highway patrol... and another man's family. the latest on a fatal crash on interstate 80. just w

you can watch it for yourself by looking on our "abc7 news" app. download it for free. get the newest information and breaking news on any story that we cover as it happens. when you're on that app, take a live look at the timeline we have detailing this case over the past month. >>> new details on the announcement that orchard supply hardware is shutting down. the parent company, lowe's, releasing an earning report, confirming that all 99 stores will close by the end of the fiscal year. that is february 1st. this chain started right here in san jose 87 years ago. and matt keller is live at one of those stores. matt? >> reporter: a lot of people getting sentimental about this announcement, saying this is where they went with their parents growing up in the bay area. and now those workers and customers, taken by surprise by this announcement. samuel is moving from san jose after 23 years. this morning, he found out he's not the only one leaving. all these stores will be closing for good. >>'s sad. i feel sad for the economy, for the employees, for people. >> reporter: or

mini apps, mini games.king to add additional services, as they have with identification, biometrics, things like that, and then expanding as well along to new revenue streams. we saw with things like cloud computing and payment surged for them in this quarter, 81%. their monthly active users, 800 million. so they have an ingrained advantage over someone like alipay because people are already in the app and it makes it easy to use things like payments, but they will have to expand those offerings and cope with some of the new regulations by the chinese government that increases the reserve rate each company has to have in the central bank. emily: so in the meantime, tencent has invested $93 billion in hundreds of other companies, including snap and tesla. are there any upsides from some of these investments that tencent will benefit from? selina: they actually blamed some profit declines on fewer investment gains in order to bankroll some of their other investments and other services. their snapchat investme

the app allows you to start a timer to put your phone on hold, which means you can't get other apps.phone can then get locked, so having the screen up there can be a distraction. but it can be to one side, and the idea is then to say, "right, i'm going to be productive now." once you've done 20 minutes on hold, you start earning rewards — things like cheap cinema tickets, free drinks, donations to charity. this app is still doing advertising. it allows brands to market their products to users — but as rewards. hey, clara — i'm catrin. this app doesn't work overnight and is currentlyjust for students, like clara, a masters student at the london school of economics from singapore. she says the use of phones is a distraction for her whole family. yeah, and i have actually voiced my unhappiness to my parents before. about them using their phones? yeah, yeah. cos i really think that it does compromise the quality of the interactions you have with your family members or friends at the dinner table, for instance. the creators of hold are now developing a version for families to use together

you can also download the news app. get some of the day's other news: the most senior white house lawyer, don mcgahn, is to step down. president trump made the announcement in a tweet, apparently surprising mr mcgahn himself. it was reported earlier this month that he had cooperated extensively with the mueller investigation into possible collusion between the trump campaign team and russia. two people have been killed in clashes in the south african township of soweto. some foreign—owned shops have been looted. police believe the clashes started when residents accused a somali shop owner of shooting a teenager he said had tried to break into his shop. the violence has spread to other areas. the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, has resigned from the scottish national party. he faces sexual harassment allegations which he strongly denies. a lifelong campaigner for independence from britain, he resigned as first ministerfour years ago when the independence referendum was lost. canadian and us trade negotia

they are using an app as a life license pla line for the communities.ampus law enforcement is stepping u focus on crimes against persons. jay gruber is fresh off a conference of his peers where they zeroed in on how to protect students from assault and armed robberies. >> if it's security, patrol techniques, ways to gather information. >> reporter: o of the tools is the live safe app, loaded on 10,000 smartphones across georgetown campuses. >> our students don't like calling the police department. but they feel very comfortable texting us. >> reporter: h showed how students and staff can text in ti tips about possie crimes on campus. >> we're able to find p ple being suspicious. it's been successful for us. >> reporter: dispatchers can see the messages in real-time. they will let friends track each other after parting ways. chief gruber figured out a unique way to use the app in crime fighting. when the campusibrary started a lot of theft of laptops, he used a geo boundary. >> you're going to make sure that doesn't happen to you. >> the chief says the b

the app uses smartphone sensors to create a three d. model of humans don't know valuate key parameters and compares the readings with standard values marcus' much you check develop the app in his spare time. does the slums get to go into a month and see a family of six sleeping eating and living in a tiny space and no sanitation three choices thousand people then you know something has to be done. and the people committed to taking action have to be given. to carry out as efficiently as possible. technology is free yet sensible and used responsibly it can open up huge opportunities and help make the world a fair up place. today we saw some really interesting examples in that report there how else are apps helping people in need well there's another really cool app that i want to share with you that's helping farmers in kenya who've been hit by a failed crops and unstable markets and farm creates transparency it's for transparency first of all farmers in kenya and it also tells them basically how to run their farms it gives them invaluab

forward is an app now used by 2,000 national health service clinicians — it's an app specifically developedr every working day. you can imagine the pressure on uk health care workers, it is very valuable. dr barney gilbert is chief executive of forward. it was his big idea. welcome. doctor is key because you are a doctor and have worked in the health service for quite some time and that is where you came up with the idea? absolutely. my story was i was a hospital porter before going to medical school and being a poor tel abyad to understand how a hospital works and that is where i first saw this rubble of broken communication. i went to medical school, came back into the system as an nhs doctor and ten or more years on and realise nobody had solved the problem and somebody had to. what were we doing? we were using pagers, these brick like devices that sit in our pockets and feel terrifying, they are a chaotic and impersonal way of communicating. some people started using whatsapp which is not a secure way of communicating with people around you and also not the right way to do it because if

your temperature into the app.hen it saysfeou're ile, that's the time to use protection. there was a 98% success rate in the women tested during a trial run. ly>> the next time you you did expect a closer look at your carry-on bags, but the tsa is stressing that it's good news saying new machines will ld t shorter wait times. the newest scanning technology will be unveiled at dulles international. sew t 3-d ct scanners are machinehan your x-ray and will snap more than 1,000 pictures to create an image of your luggage. >> expect less bag checks ascause the officer looking at the image the capability of maneuvering that image in a 3-d manner and will take a look to see what he sees inside that bag. >> right now tsa is in the testing phase of these new not just d.c. getting the new machines. they will be in more than a dozen airportnd by the of the year. pretty cool and gets it through the lines quicker. >> up next, okay rowsa's trump tapes. >>he reality star reveals some bombshell quotes from her upcoming memoon. >>

that have mustered this system of retaining customers and making sure they stay in that one app and do everything pizza's telephone with friends and update their bank accounts program for into one of the most popular chinese apps called we chat and i think this incrementally has been doing this all along if you remember for example amazon it started as a book company and now they sell everything what do they not sell so facebook is just following that same strategy of trying to become an integrated platform for everything and yes that should concern data privacy as well and everyone who wants to use facebook should have that in mind. it's not that simple as with the chinese model because facebook is not a state state related company like. to thank you very much for coming in extremely interesting stuff thank you. if you further through amsterdam you'll know it's like a game of super mario brothers you have to have one foot on the brake at all times there are all sorts of digital solutions to ease the traffic. amsterdam is doing everything it can to prevent cars from driving into the

she said, through the app. i said, plenty of fish? she said, yes. i was like, okay, did he mention to you he has a girlfriend? no, he didn't mention that at all. i told him to get out of my car. that was how things started going left from that point on. >> reporter: she says she broke it off. but he persisted, pleading to get her back. even trying to contact her on social media using multiple aliases. how did things start to spiral? >> every day he'll keep hitting me up. wait outside my house, sleep outside my house, spend the night up watch ambiguous window. >> when did you start realizing there might an threat to you? >> the night he waited outside my house, i don't know the particular day, it was in june. >> reporter: she says he started throwing rocks at her window. at one point sneaking inside. >> that's when he placed the latter through my window because i wouldn't let him in. >> reporter: another night she filmed drayton waiting out front. she claims she began to receive killing texts and calls threatening to harm her son. >> i'll kidnap that