without the favorable policies of the communist party and state, there would have been no fan bing binge wrote on social media, her only public statement so far. >>> in china, it doesn't matter if you're a huge official or a famous actress. if they can disappear, anyone can. it means anyone can be next. >>> for china's president xi jinping, the country's most powerful leader in decades, and the man donald trump calls a good friend, there is no celebrity too big or human rights lawyer too small who can't be taken down as a threat. matt rivers, cnn, beijing. >> we could miss use the word epidemic, but that's what the spread of misinformation in a digitally small world often feels like. and we will look at just how contagious it's become. back in a moment. with tripadvisor, finding your perfect hotel at the lowest price... is as easy as dates, deals, done! simply enter your destination and dates... and see all the hotels for your stay! tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites... to show you the lowest prices... so you can get the best deal on the right hotel for you. dates, deals, done!

. >> bing, bing, bong, bong, bing, bing -- >> trump-pressinos, accept no imitations. >> available atalgreens. >> jimmy: wow. [ cheers and applause ] this is another thing that i found interesting. throughout this process the president has been effusive when he talks about judge kavanaugh. almost to a ridiculous extent. >> brett kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. i know this particular man. judge kavanaugh. he's outstanding. i think he's just a wonderful human being. judge kavanaugh is one of the finest people that i've ever known. >> jimmy: so that was then. this is what trump said about kavanaugh last night. >> i don't even know him, folks. i met him for the first time a few weeks ago. i don't even know him. >> jimmy: hey, words come out of my mouth, do they have meaning, i don't know. do i care, not really. i just say them and they come out of my mouth and they're fantastic. [ cheers and applause ] [ emergency broadcast beep ] >> jimmy: another presidential alert. >> jimmy: all right, that's controversial. cut that of

bing bing. >> you got a bing bing, bing, and another bing. but that's okay. >> i'm sorry. >>well, it was all interesting. so i'm sure everyone learned something from this. let me start off with one question and i have. one thing you said, really, is interesting in terms of what actually happened in the financial crisis and then, as you said, that no other company failed as a result of leeman's failure. that is not a fact that most people know. so my question comes out of that. i would like you to speculate about this. that is what if bear sterns had been allowed to fail? what would have happened if they were allowed to fail? >> i didn't done that research. i have to look at the exposure to bear sterns. my suspicious it would have had an impact. i did look at goldman sachs assuming aig hasn't been bailed out. as i said, i didn't see any big hit there. it would have been hit but they could have survived. >> okay. we have one other -- time for one other question. >> i appreciate your distinction between lender and lender of last resort to sullivan institutions in liquidity ch

which was also sentin that is the message which was also sent in the case of fan bing bing. 0ne sent in the case of fan bing china's best—known stars disappeared for three months before being convicted last week of tax evasion. interpol does not have the power to send officers are brought to make arrests. for now there seems little it can do to attract down its own missing president. further rail strikes will bring disruption today as industrial action continues in the long—running row over the role of guards on trains. members of the rail, maritime and transport union on south—western railway will continue with a 48—hour walkout, and workers on northern will stage their seventh consecutive saturday stoppage. residents in england and wales have reported sightings of some unexpected houseguests — ladybirds that have arrived in their thousands. people have taken to social media to document the invasion of the spotted beetles, that can be seen crawling over doors and windows in their homes. see that there. they're mostly harlequin ladybirds, a species that first arrived in in the uk in 200a. so what is behind

earlier this week, actress fan bing bing, who disappeared in china injuly, emerged with a public apologyine of 833 million yuan, 98.9 million pounds, for tax evasion and other offences. meng hongwei was once in the centre of international law enforcement but he has now fallen foul of laws at home. how long it will be until he is released, and at what cost, is still far from clear. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. indonesian officials say the number of people missing from the earthquake and tsunami which struck the island of sulawesi has soared to 5,000. so far almost 1800 bodies have been recovered. but there are fears that the two worst—affected neighbourhoods in the city of palu may contain thousands more victims. hywel griffiths reports from one of those areas. slowly, some sort of normality is coming back to sulawesi, a basic economy of the bare essentials. the indonesian government has told people they must start thinking about the future. but how do you do that when everything you own has been swept away? this 15—year—old and his father are hoping to salvage somet

earlier this week, actress fan bing bing, who disappeared in china injuly, emerged with a public apologyei was once in the centre of international law enforcement but he has now fallen foul of laws at home. how long it will be until he is released, and at what cost, is still far from clear. police in turkey are continuing their investigations into the unexplained disappearance of a high profile saudi journalist inside its consulate in istanbul. jamal khashoggi, who was often critical of the saudi government, entered the consulate last tuesday but hasn't been seen since. saudi arabia has denied mr khashoggi was murdered. mark lowen sent this report from istanbul.. five days ago, jamal khashoggi arrived at this consulate building and seemed to vanish. turkey's allegations are explosive, that he was killed inside the consulate building. that has been fiercely denied by the saudi authorities. jamal khashoggi has been a strident critic of the new saudi crown prince mohammed salman who has been praised internationally who —— for protecting his country's of debt image that has grabbed down hard

you mentioned the actress fan bing bing who also similarly disappeared suddenly back in june, then only reappeared three months later when authorities announced she had been investigated for massive tax evasion and ordered to pay a massive fine of $130 million in total. so that kind of incident, that kind of episode really give critics of the government a lot more evidence to say, look, this is xi jinping's china. nobody is safe. nobody is immune from the clutches of the authorities here. >> steven jiang, following the questions around what we now know from chinese officials. thank you very much for your time. >>> now to a dire warning about climate change. according to a new report, experts say that we have until 2030 to avoid catastrophe. it also says that if unprecedented changes are not made and made soon, there will be irreversible damage to the planet that we all share. the report focuses on what could happen if global temperatures rise by more than 1.5 degrees celsius, that's 2.7 degrees fahrenheit. cnn meteorologist ivan cabrera is in the international weather center following t

. >>> chinese mega-star fan bing bing has been seen in public for the first time since she vanished invisual china says the snaps were taken october 15th. they show fan arriving at beijing capital national airport. cnn cannot independently authenticate the photos. earlier in year, chinese media reported fan was fined $130 million for misreporting earnings on film projects. >>> a tense exchange between a columbus, ohio, police officer and two boys with a b.b. gun captured on body cam video. officer peter casuccio said when he pulled up, one of the boys pulled the b.b. gun from his waistband and threw it to the ground. twha that's when he drew his revolver. >> are you scared? >> yes, sir. >> do you know why you should be [ bleep ] scared? this is getting kids killed all over the country. do you think i want to shoot an 11-year-old? do you think i want to shoot a 13-year-old? i could have killed. i want you to think about that when you go to bed. you could be gone. >> the officer later spoke to the families about the danger of kids carrying b.b. guns. he said they needed to hear it. >>> m

the actress phan bing bing mysteriously vanished after allegations of tax evasion.he resurfaced, offering a public apology. interpol has expressed concern for meng and his family is pleading for his safe return. sara harmon, nbc news, london. >>> there's a new name for pop la venetian bike trail. it runs parallel to the state recreation area and now named for one-time environmental reporter michael pollier. he wrote environmental stories for more than a decade for the contra costa times. he has transitioned to the department of fish and wildlife and sadly drowned in a snorkeling accident in hawaii. a nice tribute. >>> kari is paying attention to the weather. a lot of things we have to look out for, especially with the winds blowing. >>ing you can see the flag waving as we look outside in fremont. i' i'm watching the fire conditions as it's been dry around the bay area. not only that, but it feels like summer out there. we're heading into the low 80s in fremont today. we'll check out all of our microclimate coming up next. >>> you have seconds to leave your home beca

bing bing? >> you got a bing, a bing and another bing. >> i'm sorry, sir. >> it was all interesting. i'm sure people learned something from this. let me start with one question that i have. one thing you said is quite interesting in terms of what actually happened in the financial crisis, and that is you said that no other company failed as a result of lehman's failure. that is not a fact that most people know. so my question comes out of that, and i'd like to you speculate a little bit about this, and that is what if bear stearns had been allowed to fail? if there was no serious reaction in terms of the ability of firms to survive after lehman -- >> counterpart. >> what would have happened if bear stearns, which was much smaller than lehman, would have been allowed to fail? >> i haven't done that research. i would have to look at the exposures of bear stearns which is what i did with lehman. but my suspicion is it wouldn't have had a big impact. i did look at goldman sachs, assuming aig had not been bailed out, and as i said, i didn't see any big hit there. it wasn't a hit, but they

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binge drinking going on. we talk about her passing on binge drinking. look, this is what this tells us.ton arms, these goals were not exactly at a convent school praying confines with the nuns in the evening. this is a fast times at holton high. they were chasing boys and drinking booze. this is the culture of the place. >> laura: i don't like looking at anyone 'yearbook. >> >> laura: at least take a gander. how people miss this entry is beyond me. it's a snapshot of some wild times. >> what's good for the goose is good for the accuser. in that vein, i have copies of that yearbook, your yearbook. i'm going to share this later in the week and we are going to get your boyfriend to call in during the segment. >> laura: [clearing throat] don't talk. >> making comments about the relevant down the credibility of dr. ford's claims. we attach those comments to dr. dr. ford's for some context. >> how did he get home? >> has anyone come forward to say to you, remember, i was the one who drove you home? >> no. >> where was the place? i don't remember. >> you describe is placed near the country clu

binged it like in one sitting.liened to i. and it was like -- about the third, i got a little obsessed. >> seth: yeah. >> so about the third bingeor a tv show." >> seth: and, of course, one of the challenges is making it different enough to make it worth doing. and one of the things you've done that makes it really exciting is julia roberts, who has never done a television series. you convinced her to do the show. >> i don't -- i'm still -- i don't know how. i mean, it's julia roberts. [ laughter ] yeah. but, you know, i was a huge fan of hers, you know, since i can remember. i remember we were face timing and so, right before we face timed, i was like -- you know, it's like two weeks before my wedding, i was doing dance lessons and i was terrible. >> seth: yeah. this was for your first dance at your wedding.fe would cry at the lessons. >> seth: yeah. [ light >> she was like, we're not -- >> seth: and your wife, it should be known, is emmy rossum. she's very talented. >> she's super talented. >> seth: yeah, she probably is a great dancer, right? >> she's amazing at everything. and i can't -- i'm counting as i'm doing the dance s

binged watched a tv show? mr. pappas: yes, you name it. "nailed it," these amateur bakers who make these disastrous recipes. moderator: mr. edwards, have you binged watched television? yes," sons of anarchy." moderator: what is a concert you attended? mr. pappas: nsync. mr. edwards: prince. --erator: new hampshire ken is there anywhere that it is inappropriate for a person to openly carry a firearm? mr. pappas: we should have gun-free school zones in the answer. moderator: mr. edwards? mr. edwards: we should hold someone accountable who uses their weapon inappropriate repaired moderator: we recently spent time with veterans here in new hampshire to find out what their priorities are. army veteran -- an army veteran had to say. >> we need more resources in the services outmore there in the general public. i don't want to see policies in the v.a. system. it should bebe -- more medically-managed and not with politicians. pappas, do you think the v.a. system is adequately funded, what are your concerns about politics getting in the way of veterans' care? mr. pappas: we need to continue to make sure we deliver on the promised war veterans. we should a

binge drink frequently in high school and in college and they go on to lead productive and successful lives as kavanaugh seems to have done himself. the issue is not whether he binge drank. the issue is whether he was either lying or misleading members of the senate judiciary committee about whether it's plausible, for example, that he frequently drank to such excess that he might not remember what happened that evening as many of his own classmates, including republican classmates who were friends of his, said that he did. they have come out and said, many of them, that it just does not ring true. they drank with him. they do not -- they would not buy his version of events. same deal with these comments that he made, you know, about seemingly very minor things like slang in a high school yearbook. like why bother misleading the senate judiciary committee about this? this all goes to this question of not did he, you know, get stupid drunk when he was a kid, and did he say vulgar things in his yearbook, but is he credible? is he lying to these senators? you know, this is about getting a guy on the highest court in the land, a permanent lifetime job having lots of important decisions in his lap, and we need to know if we can trust him when he talks not about the little things like the slang, but how he describes whether he would rule impartially on major court cases, for example, whether he thinks that roe v. wade is settled law. this calls into question his credibility on so many other issues, and that's what it's about. >> all right. stand by, everyone. >> scott, you mentioned what middle america might think. well, it meant a lot what they thought about sarah palin as it relates to "saturday night live." so it's time to talk "saturday night live." matt damon plays a really angry brett kavanaugh. >> you just want to humiliate me in front of my wife and my parents and alyssa friggin' milano. ♪ all the tools you need for every step of the way. make it, squarespace three are fha, one is va.e so what can you do? she's saying a whole lotta people want to buy this house. but you got this! rocket mortgage by quicken loans makes the complex simple. understand the details and get approved in as few as eight minutes. by america's largest mortgage lender. i'm not picking it up. you pick it up! i'm not picking it up. i'll pick it up! they're clean! ♪'cuz my hiney's clean.♪ ♪oh yeah i'm charmin clean.♪ charmin ultra strong just cleans better. enjoy the go with charmin. each of us is different. and each cancer is different. how it reacts, how it evades and adapts. and how we attack it. that's why at cancer treatment centers of america, we use diagnostic tools that help us better understand what drives each person's cancer. this is what we mean by outsmarting cancer. and for some, it may uncover more effective treatment options. like christine bray. after battling ovarian cancer for several years, her test results revealed a potential treatment not considered previously a drug therapy that targeted her tumor. today, christine's metastatic cancer is in remission. this is precision cancer treatment. because at cancer treatment centers of america. we're not just fighting cancer. we're outsmarting it. visit cancercenter.com and schedule an appointment with our cancer care specialists today. they call me maxie but i prefer tripod. i was your above-average four-legged homie and then wham bam--minivan. some people pity me-- now that's lame. i still run, fetch, and swim. and, the ladies love me. i'm the ultimate wingman. just don't ask me to high five. >>> so, "saturday night live" opened its 44th season strong. watch this. >> i am usually an optimist. i'm a keg is half full kind of guy. but what i've seen from the monsters on this committee makes me want to puke and not from beer. i'm not backing down, you sons of bitches. i don't know the meaning of the word stop. >> did you ever drink too many beers? >> you mean, was i cool, yeah? so am i angry, you're damn right. but if you think i'm angry now, you just wait until i get on that supreme court because then you're all going to pay. give me a can of water. [ laughter ]. >> katherine, scott jennings and ryan as well. what do you think, did he nail it, katherine? >> impression, yeah. it's all in the hair to be honest. the snl wig people are like geniuses. yes, i thought he did a very good job. >> i think that howard did a better impression. the voice was higher. ryan, when people think about sarah palin, tina fey's famous line, i can see russia from my house. that comes to mind. >> yeah. >> palin never said that. tina fey did. is matt damon's angry sniffling version of kavanaugh similar to that? >> yeah. the power of "saturday night live" and now probably more than ever because so many americans are glued to politics right now, all the ratings, all the numbers suggest that. and people are glued -- were glued to the kavanaugh hearings. yeah, these pop culture impersonations breakthrough and come to define people. going back to chevy chase playing gerald ford. >> stumble over everything and i remember that. they didn't try to make him look like gerald ford, right? it was all physical comedy. gerald ford did not stumble all the time, was a good athlete but people still think he did because of chevy chase's hilarious impersonating. these come to define people. wait until they impersonate you, don. >> i was there by the way. please, don't let them do me while i'm here. it's a comedy show, scott. "snl" has a way of nailing the heart of the story. kavanaugh's case, bingerament partisan background after his testimony, you could see this coming, couldn't you? >> you know, oh, could i see hollywood and the liberals in this country jumping the shark, backing over and eating it? >> it's filmed in manhattan, scott. >> it's not hollywood. it's filmed in manhattan and they go after every single president. >> this is what they do. if it's a republican -- >> do you watch "saturday night live"? they go after every single president. >> he needs flake, collins and murkowski. he's not a president. he's a supreme court justice. he needs three votes. >> they go after public officials. doesn't matter who they are. democrats of republicans. >> matt damon is hollywood. >> it's filmed in manhattan. and, you know, come on, scott. >> i'm not sure this is the most relevant question for how people are going to vote. i agree with that. >> it does sway -- it can sway public opinion. go on. >> it can. but kavanaugh is very, very unpopular. he was unpopular before the sexual ass