pay and notice that that quote that you just read the quote that comes from facebook i'm from campbell brown former n.b.c. anchor who now works in communications for facebook the idea is facebook is essentially saying by being on our platform if you're some beazley little newspaper or you know journalism publication you.

pay and notice that that quote that you just read the quote that comes from facebook i'm from campbell brown former n.b.c. anchor who now works in communications for facebook the idea is facebook is essentially saying by being on our platform if you're some measly little newspaper or you know journalism publication you are basically receiving something from us that's of great value getting to be on our platform and therefore we shouldn't have to pay you anything because so what if you're on the platform we don't need you as much as you need us that's essentially what facebook is saying and there's that wow that's crazy especially considering how much facebook makes off of ad revenue and how it has become as big as it is right now because of all of those smaller publishers that have taken to their platform and it's interesting to see how they're flexing their power not just by saying that to the smaller publishers but also with cutting off those news pages altogether yeah i mean just the fact that they were able to do that and to really show australia hey this is the bargaining power that we

and on negotiations — their vice president of global news partnerships campbell brown said — "we have've agreed. the biggest alteration that they agreed on is a two month mediation period before the government arbitration kicks in, that allows the two parties to make a deal in private and it delays any government involvement. so this could be a last resort, which was very important for facebook because it was a big point of contention. it wanted to make deals on its own terms, not the government's. facebook also mentioned in a statement that under the agreement it now has the ability to decide if news content is carried on its platform. there is a lot of detail still needing to be hammered out, and a lot of teething problems of course on the way. but all in all both sides have reached a compromise of some sort, and both can claim victory. government can come out and say that they have convinced facebook to come around and restore news in australia, and facebook can say that it convinced the government to compromise and amend the law. so both sides think they have won. and so have the

campbell: germany is letting go of coal. europe's biggest economy has closed its black coal mines without sacking a single worker. now it's phasing out the brownctricity. but climate activists say it's still not enough. we find out why a country built on coal believes coal's days are numbered. and we join a raid with young activists fighting to stop

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joining us now dean of the brown university school of public health dr. ashish jha and dr. dave campbelldly across the u.s. what are we to make of them and will the vaccines cover them? >> mika, good morning. this is a big race. so environment experts across -- viral experts are worried about the b 117 strain that is now spreading most rapidly in the state of florida where i am. it is very much a concern. we see if it doubles every 9 .1 days in florida. we see by late march, well into april, we will see that -- what's called the uk strain or the x 117 strain, the dominant strain in the united states. it's more transmissible. 35% to 45% more transmissible. so far the vaccinations are effective against this particular strain. the concern down in south africa, of course, is that that strain, the b1351 strain seems to be a bit more sneaky in its developing of mutations that avoid the impact of the vaccines that are currently available. mika? >> thank you, dave. excuse me. dr. jha, boy, this segment is going off the rails, isn't it? dr. jha, it's interesting, we see it around where we live. p