the chinese communist party wants to replace us. tiktok is one of the ways they are trying to influence our downfall. as many as 150 million americans use tiktok. 52% of them say they regularly get news through tiktok. and we know that the ccp uses tiktok to slant the news. this is part of their pro propaganda. data shows, for example, my esteemed colleague from arkansas referenced it, the anti-semitism on tiktok. if you go back and look, you can see 50 times the posts on pro-hamas, pro-palestinian content, 50 times the views, despite the fact that overwhelmingly americans support israel, the polling shows it. that's just one of the issues that they get involved with. we wouldn't allow any foreign adve adversary, tv stations, radio stations, or newspapers to reach 150 million americans. why are we allowing our chief adversary in the world, one that seeks our downfall, to have that kind of access? it makes absolutely no sense. and of course, the chinese communist party has no free rights in america. those belong to american citizens.

on its board. >> and must share information at the request of the chinese communist party? >> well, that was the concern. >> exactly. >> of a lot, right? >> and tom cotton is saying that just now, the republican running the intelligence committee. >> the author of the law is saying both can be true. we can have an app that protects americans. i can tell you i wouldn't want the fbi or the u.s. government monitoring every keystroke or seeing every password, nor would we want the chinese communist party, but we also want an app that 170 million americans clearly really enjoy and that we were able to get our message out during the trump campaign in a very powerful way. >> so you believe that an american owner will emerge and the deal will be done within 90 days? >> -- president trump on the deal but he is definitely wanting to have the time right now, which would mean an extension to evaluate the deals that are on the table. >> okay. the head of the -- the republican head of the intelligence committee says the law wouldn't allow for that because you would need to know that ther

i don't care if it helps the chinese communist party or not. we will see if i'm right or i'm wrong, but there is no when you look at it, it said in the terms of a good faith negotiation, there had to be real progress being made in a company trying to buy it. >> have you seen any evidence of that that would justify an extension? >> well, there there are entities trying to buy it. so is it good? >> but they'd be farther along, further along in the happen. >> who who knows? i'm not paying attention to the commercial negotiation between these folks. i've got other things i got to pay attention to, you know, a cease fire deal in gaza. thank god. nominations for cabinet secretaries, some good, some disastrous coming before me. i'll. i'll let the commercial folks negotiate a tiktok purchase. but i'm very interested whether a donald trump who wanted to ban tiktok has now done a 180 because he's decided that, hey, if it helps me, who cares if the chinese communist party can suck up all the data of 170 million americans? >> well, your republican colleagu

tiktok has repeatedly denied any potential influence by the chinese communist party and has said thataw violates the first amendment free speech rights of its users. project liberty put in a bid on thursday to buy the assets he previously was the owner of the baseball team the la dodgers. boeing is donating $1 million to incoming president donald trump's inauguration. the plane—makerjoins a host of major us companies donating to the event, including ford, microsoft and meta. boeing previously donated the same amount to the last three inaugurations, including trump's first one back in 2017. now the latest on the wildfires in los angeles. officials are warning most of the fires are still uncontained. more than 9000 structures have been damaged or destroyed. according to some reports, the damage incurred could cost up to $150 billion. the bbc�*s north ameria business correpondent ritika gupta has more on the economic cost from this disaster. wildfires engulfing swathes of los angeles are expected to be one of the nation's costliest natural disasters. it will likely cause tens of billions

teacher at dewitt clinton high school in the bronx , he was an aspiring writer and member of the communist party. having joined in 1932. he contributed to the young communist league, the theater arts committee and the lincoln brigade, which was why he chose to publish under the pseudonymallen . in homage to a stillborn son who would have been given that name. and he did not wish his leftist all it takes interfere with his ability to earn a living. still, he was sympathetic to the parties advocacy for racial equality, particularly in supporting its federal antilynching legislation. throughout the jim crow era, lynching pose a danger to blacks especially in the south, in the 1930s, there was a concerted effort to pass legislation in the u.s. congress to outlaw the product this. he was seeing this as an opportunity to contribute to the political debate. when he ran across a picture in a civil rights magazine. this is a quote. way back in the early 30s, he said, i saw a photograph of a lynching published in a magazine devoted to the exposure and elimination of racial injustice. it was a shocking pho

it's a great honor to welcome his excellency, member of the standing committee of the chinese communist party and vice premier of the state council of the people's republic of china, for the first time to the world economic forum's annual meeting. your presence here today shows the importance of china's global engagement and the critical role china plays in shaping our shared future at such an important and critical moment. your excellency, china has emerged over the last decades as a key player in addressing global challenges and its contributions to global economic development are undeniable. china's commitment to sustainable development and its ambitious goals for a green economy are impressive. your multiple initiatives have the potential to improve global trade and infrastructure, connect continents further and forestall economic woes, especially for the global south. vice premier, you've been a pivotal figure in china's political landscape, known for your strategic region and dedication to advancing china's modernization. with a career spanning several decades, you have played a crucial

, or at least the communist party has access to it. now, it's, this is an untenable situation. - the debate over internet regulation is not a new one. in fact, william frank buckley, jr., on the original "firing line," hosted a debate right after congress passed the communications decency act of 1996. - oh, great, tell me about it. what did he say? - so i'm gonna have you take a look at this exchange between none other than arianna huffington and susan estrich-- - wow, a blast from the past. - about the topic of internet regulation. take a look. - okay. - i'm calling for a partnership. i'm calling for a partnership of government, of the industry and of parents. and the truth, susan, is that, when you have a 12-year-old, as i have a 12-year-old goddaughter who is an expert in using the internet, she can get anywhere she wants. and unless you're prepared to have somebody there with her the whole time to stop her from doing that, she will, no matter what ground rules you place as a mother, it is completely irresponsible for you to say tha

millions of americans could be compromised, and that they are also prone to manipulation by china's communist partyas consistently denied those allegations. they have expressed confidence that they will get the outcome that they seek from the supreme court. our north america technology correspondent lily jamali has more. congress passed that law in april on national security grounds. lawmakers expressed concerns that tiktok�*s chinese ownership, bytedance, means that the data of millions of americans could be compromised, and that they are also prone to manipulation by china's communist party. tiktok has consistently denied those allegations. they have expressed confidence that they will get the outcome that they seek from the supreme court. president—elect donald trump, meanwhile, has weighed in, despite once trying to ban the app himself. he has now filed a brief in this case asking the supreme court to temporarily block the law so that he can try to save it. joining me now is kelsey chickering, principal analyst at forrester. shejoins us from she joins us from florida. shejoins us from florida.

so this isn't an outright ban, this is a requirement that the chinese communist party, that is basicallye, using their phones, this is unwitting, obviously, but 180 million at last count americans were using this app that is being used by the chinese communist party and the people's republic of china, so if they want to sell it to anybody who is not part of the chinese communist party, that's fine, but i think president trump, my impression is he thought he could make a deal. that's who he is, what he does. and i am certainly not opposed to that, as long as it is out of the hands of the chinese communist party. >> sandra: yeah, just reading through the details here, suspend the tiktok sale or banned law for 60-90 days according to people familiar with it, noting that trump may e looking to bolster his reputation as a powerful dealmaker. final few seconds on that? >> well, i don't think president trump needs to bolster his reputation as a dealmaker. i think that's who he is. he's t "the art of the deal." and he has used that very effectively now as president in the best interests of the u

. >> and what we know, is that the chinese communist party is desperate to maintain access to data andu.s. users because what they do is build a virtual you, what they've done with tiktok the reason it was banned it is so invasive, so the goal has to be putting the burden on these platforms finding a way to protect u.s. users, and their data, and their information, and not have this spyware invading everyone's phone. maria: are do you believe that trump's nom niles all be confirmed? there frp questions about actual actual. >> i think observer is going to get confirmed, maria, they are doing such a great job we are so proud of them, indeed everyone should be confirmed we are going to be working in the senate as soon as the inaugural is complete going to be confirming nominees we are going to be advancing nominees marketing them up in hearings we may even do a hearing or two on inaugural -- >> the hearing would focus where on tiktok or on your plans to execute -- >> on nominees on nominees, to get them pushed through the process. so, we want to complete this, we are working on the laken

it is a great honor to welcome his excellency, cindy committee of chinese communist party and of state counsel in the people's republic of china and for the first time, the world economic forum's. in thisee meeting. your questions here today is importance of china global engagementen. it is a critical roar that underwrote the title place injecting our shared future as such importance in a critical moment in your excellency, china has emerged over the last decade, chinese vice premier ding xuexiang, in addressing the challenges and the contributions, to the global economic it and it's undeniable braided china's commitment to sustainable development and ambitious goals, through green economy are impressive. in the initiatives have some potential during the trade and infrastructure in the connect continenceec and economic coast especially for the global south. in the meeting been a pivotal figure in china political landscape known for your strategic reason in region and education to advancing china. in these her career spanning several decades. it yes played a crucial role in shaping poli

their free press claims that tiktok is flooding millions of american users with tiny -- chinese communist partyrchers at rutgers university finding "the more time really users time spent used on tiktok the more positively they viewed chinese human rights record and china as a travel destination". tiktok tells fox the flood experiment was clearly engineered to reach a false predetermined conclusion peer the apps chinese owners are set for a supreme court showdown on friday as they fight a law forcing the sale of their u.s. operations. let's bring the former republican congressman mike gallagher who served as chair of the select committee on the tcp now i distinguished fellow and had of defense at palantir technologies. mike gallagher welcome it is good to see you again. thank you for joining us this afternoon. what is the reaction to the wreckers study and how valuable is it to how we need to understand whether or not tiktok should be banned in the united states? >> it's incredibly valuable a cat think it was so unique about the initial and cri analysis that came out in august is they use the me

a joint partner a partnership or the best teacher with a local owner and tied to the chinese communist party, trump is firing a shot to buy dance and tiktok saying if you want to operate as the united states government is now going to be your partner you going to share all the data with us. they're not going to solve algorithm, they're not going to do it there is no way tiktok is going to give up the algorithm that algorithm is a ccp entry into the private data of americans. >> i think this will be short-lived this extension to force their hand to see if they will come and do something. if they don't you're delaying the inevitable by not shutting it down today. cheryl: jonathan your thoughts. >> he may be right at least he does have a 90 day extension to use and he can use it effectively and were talking with my head cut earlier he can drag it out in the process of adjudicating the issue as long as under the law you can show your making can enter contracts and doing something productive and towards advancing the goal you can actually have an extension. what you can do want to have the extens

he said, this is an app controlled by the chinese communist party that is essentially collecting data from not essentially, it is collecting data from american citizens and giving it to the chinese communists, our enemies. so he came out against it. democrats and republicans came together, heated. trump's call, passed a bill, bipartisan bill to kick tiktok out, make them sell to an american owner or some other non communist chinese owner. and then one day he flipped. now why did he do that? we know there's reporting. he met with some tiktok billionaire and just flip flopped. the facts didn't change. the chinese communist party is still the adversary of america. they're still an evil regime. they're still spying on americans. and now mr. trump has flip flopped on this. and i think it's an enormous problem. and i really think he needs to get right on this. again, elena's reporting is excellent. marco rubio has a wonderful record being strong on china. mike waltz the incoming national security advisor. very tough on china. even as a democrat. i'm really happy to see those men come in. bu

he questioned witness this not only about their own possible affiliations with the communist party, but also grilled them about their friends and families, their coworkers and their neighbors. senator mccarthy's subpoenaed famous composers and writers such as aaron copeland and dashiell hammett, journalists such as james reston and numerous actors and actors aces. but many indeed most of the witnesses were low level government employees from the state department. voice of america. the u.s. overseas libraries, the government printing office, and the army. while senator mccarthy informed witnesses of their constitutional right to decline to answer a question, he interpreted any refusal to do so as an admission guilt. as he lectured one witness, a communist and an espionage agent has the right to refuse on those grounds. he also encouraged government agencies and private corporations to fire anyone who invoked his or her fifth amendment right. he threatened witnesses with contempt and in cursory fashion, and that was senator collins from the c-span video archives. jim townsend of the levin

we're not against tiktok, we're against a chinese company in cahoots with the chinese communist party owning tiktok. senate democrats tried to pass a bill to extend the deadline. republicans blocked it he said. right now there are conflicting reports on whether biden is considering taking any action at all so we just don't know. meanwhile, tiktok is reportedly preparing to shut down on sunday. it is expected the app would become unavailable in app stores for downloads and updates. some analysts i've been reading expect it to become unavailable for current users as well. on sunday, you may wonder where is tiktok's ceo, where is he going to be, reportedly with president-elect trump at a rally in d.c. and then at the inauguration party later that day that will honor trump. the next day on monday he'll be at the inauguration upon a special invitation from the trump vance transition team, this comes as trump's pick for national security, congressman mike waltz, said trump is considering options on how to preserve tiktok. if we don't have the last minute action from the supreme court of the

the chinese communist party has control over that.he editor in chief is the general secretary of the communist party. come on. >> i voted to shut down the app. yes, it needs to be sold. and look, i get it. americans love tiktok. but we're not going to let their information be at the behest of the chinese communist party. we're not going to let that happen. >> and if you think about it, though, if donald trump in his first week or two were able to save tiktok for the 170 million americans who use it, they would be going like you know what, i like that guy. he's smart. sees the numbers. he'll figure a way to do it. >> it's not just going to be that. when americans see deportations or repatriations happen, they're going to be like thank you. when they see the border closed they're going to say this is what i voted for. when they see peace break out again around the world they're going to be like this is the stability that we were asking for. daddy's back. that's what you're going to see. >> so you just touched on it. is tomorrow the depo

not at all addressing the fact that it's owned by the communist party of china. has worked to protect for those 170 million american users and mentioned the 7 million businesses that operate on tiktok. he mentioned the president's support, but much more to come. stay with us. i'd like to take a moment to address my fellow veterans, because i know so many of you have served our country honorably. one of the benefits that we as a country give you as a veteran is the eligibility for a va loan, for up to 100 percent of your home■s value. if you need cash for your family call newdayusa. with automatic authority from the va we can say yes when banks say no. give us a call. $70,000. $70,000. that's a lot of money. if you're a veteran homeowner, that's how much you can take out at newday. pay off your high rate credit cards and costly car loans, make home improvements, and put extra cash in the bank with our lower rate newday 100 va cash out loan. with home values high, now's the time to turn the equity in your home into the cash you need. an alternative to pills, voltar

that somehow by engaging in more trade with the rest of the world, that somehow china and the communist party would change. well as one of the former leaders of communist china said, hide your motives and bide your time. and that's exactly what china has done. china has now become the manufacturing center for the world. now, when you're buying inexpensive consumer products, that's one thing. but when you consider the vulnerability of our supply chains and things that china makes and does, like processes critical minerals which it does 90% of the critical minerals in the world that we need for a variety of products, including military weapons, that represents a huge vulnerability. well, we need to know who is investing in what industries in china, because right now the rough estimate of the market value of american-based investment in china in 2020 was $2.3 trillion. well, china has built its economy, which by itself should not be a big concern but they've now become a rival to the united states. if they played by the rules, that would be one thing, but china is famous for not honoring intelle

. >> national security, how much will be on the chinese communist party? is. >> that is litigated in the courts right now. i don't have anything to add i'll let. >> in washington last week the relations here. >> i don't have anything to read out your. >> suggesting the french troops deployed to the end. i'm not aware of any things like that. >> obviously you know defeat isis and syria remains but i don't think there is any truth to those reports. one more and that i have one more thing to add at the end. >> the troop numbers, there have been numbers not only in movement but they may be planning the u.s. troops that are there, has there been any change? >> let me address the question on the structure. i think i talked about this but i can be more clear here. the u.s. is not setting up any permanent structures. in terms of this posture, no exchanges. terms of this administration, no changes to force posture and the mission they are therefore still remains. very quickly, it's friday so i want to take a few minutes to express gratitude for those who have suppo

speaker, standing up to the chinese communist party, it's a no brainer. and standing up to communist china means standing with taiwan. mr. speaker, taiwan's security and economic prosperity are important to the united states and the rest of the world. why? because if anything were to happen to taiwan, the effect on the global economy would be devastating. here are the numbers. taiwan is the united states' seventh largest trading partner, 10th largest export market, and eighth largest source of imports and, yes, taiwan is the biggest trading partner without a deal with the united states. today taiwan is and will remain one of our most strategic partners and allies in the region. this is not only because of our shared values of democracy, peace and freedom, but also our economic ties. as communist chinese partners -- as communist china continues to threaten america's interests, we must do all we can to strengthen our partnership with taiwan and that's why, mr. speaker, we need hrment r.3 -- h.r. 33, the united states-taiwan expedited double-tax relief act. i

it's a very dangerous thing and the communist party is not our friend.gle and microsoft have taken steps to comply with the law. there needs to be a sale of full divestiture from the chinese communist party, and i think president trump is the one that will make it happen so we're excited about it. >> as you say, he did post just this morning, save tiktok when i spoke with him in the phone interview on saturday, he said to me that he is likely going to impose a 90-day extension to give tiktok that extra time to divest from the chinese-owned company bytedance, but mr. speaker, they've had months to sell their ownership. why are they going to do it now if they haven't done it so far? why should americans have confidence? >> that's the question. we don't have confidence in bytedance. they've had 270 day, to be exact. the law is very precise. the only way to extend that is if there is an actual deal in the works. kevin o'leary and elon and others have talked about buying it, and i think kevin o'leary has an offer on the table. president trump is intrigued by

the chinese communist party leaders are dancing in the streets and biden did it all while refusing to even meet with us to learn the facts. our employees and communities deserve better. what do you think of that response, what is interesting about response to you? guest: both sides are going to be making their statements now. it's look, when the steel was first announced as an idea, last year, my gut reaction studying this initially for a while was that could be a great opportunity, good for the workers, good for the company, good for the u.s. steel industry. it has that fresh injection of capital, fresh technology, new innovative production. also a really good, strong tie to cycle a strong steelmaker and a very strong allied country like japan. and notwithstanding any credible national security threats, it should be up to the company to decide what they want to do and if they think it is a win-win based on the market conditions, then it is a win-win. it's not surprising he is saying this. there's also been some reports that there has been some extra lobbying on the case by the unions

of china and to be an instrument of will communist party of china, right now communist chinese canal, treaty which we gave the canal to panama, a lot of people including ronald reagan were opposed to it jimmy carter did it. they have done with chinese is not neutrality. they put china on both ends of the canal, and control of the canal that can't stand. david: you said before that we let them do it we didn't, biden administration did, now we know have details of relationship between vice president joe biden and some of the business partners of hunter biden, we have the pictures from america first legal that came out this week that exposed that. and it leads in people to wonder about angola, why the heck this month, that pictures from china, the meeting there between hunter biden and president xi jinping. but, why did biden go down to angola give the angolan government, controlled by one party, a marxist kru krucorrupt party since 1974, why give them 600 million dollars for a crazy railway project in light of what happened in china, a lot of people are suspicious? >> you know, i

make sure that we're the main thing, the main thing, which is confrontation with the chinese communist party, but are able to think through defense so we can reborder defense and get to them the social programs you're going to have to talk about and have to be reorienting and some cuts to then eventually have a conversation with the american people over entitlesments, there's not going to be a conversation where they accept the political class in washington where thing that the political class are a bunch of con men bought and paid for by the corporations and the class today. >> i think we have hash tags today, we've got days of thunder, and those are going to come from executive orders. so what is the executive order you're fighting hardest for? >> all the one steven miller and holman got, i think a great grasp on both, on both the deportations, the wall security. that, i think, is covered by very smart guys who know this. i one i want is not the first day, but 100% moratorium on all immigration. >> including legal? >> i say legal immigration in quotes. there is no legal immigration in this

they're using coronavirus and covid, just stay for a second stay for a second at the chinese communist party's use of tech and maybe emphasize ai in particular. how do the communists who lead china -- and to be clear, when u.s. businesses pretend that there is a public-private sector distinction in china, they are exaggerating. there is not much of a public-private sector distinction in china. but it's understandable both because u.s. companies want those markets -- 1.4 billion people and 400 million are middle-class. there are more middle-class people in china than in the u.s. of our 325 million, only about 250 million are middle class. so there are a lot of consumers in china. it makes that u.s. producers would be interested in having access to those markets. but also, it's important for us to always underscore that our opponent here is not the chinese people. our opponent is the communist leadership of china. but what is the communist party trying to do with tech and with ai in particular? rep. ratcliffe: so, i'll use an example. i'll start with 5g because 5g leads to ai, ai leads to quantu

i don't want the chinese communist party looking at my passwords. excuse me. or what's going on in my data, or certainly not influencing 170 million americans. but it is a fantastic app. um, it's something that 170 million americans enjoy. and we're confident that we can save tiktok, but also protect americans data and protect them from influence, whether that's an outright sale, whether that's some mechanism of firewalls to make sure that the data is protected here on u.s. soil. that's what the president will be evaluating. and i'll i'll certainly be helping from that from a national security. >> it's possible that china will still own that. and if so, isn't that totally capitulating to china? >> no no no no, it's not capitulating at all. again, we can do both. both can be true at the same time. tiktok can continue to exist. and whether that's in american hands, owned by an american company or whether the data and the algorithms are fully protected from chinese interference, i you know, there's a number of, i think, of formulas this could take, but the point

so in 2017, the chinese communist party flew the then greenlandic premier, his government, his top ceosover to beijing, rolled out the red carpet, had the c-suite meetings and tried to pull them into their belt and road initiative. no american company, no american government was doing that. china was doing that. and so they were on it. when i tried to get a high level visit in 2018 to go to greenland for a ceremonial occasion, one of their big anniversaries, i couldn't i couldn't get any interest from the state department. but when president trump focused on it, he said, we cannot have this. denmark can't afford to develop or defend greenland. so i really am excited about this next step for greenland, since they have been talking about going independent for decades. finally, their premier has said it from the podium. so they are looking, i think, to fast track this, but with 57,000 people living on the world's largest island, they will never be able to defend themselves or develop themselves. so they'll need a partner like the united states. in my opinion. i'm not speaking for the trump

one of the principal obstacles he identified was the communist party of which he was the head, and he instituted a savage purge of its upper ranks, including the murder of many people with whom he'd worked for decades. mao's famine. the famine of great leap forward cost an estimated 40 million lives and millions more died in his other campaigns and in his normal methods of governance, all of which make mao tse tung. as i say in the chapter on mao, which is the last chapter of titans of the 20th century, all of which make mao the greatest mass murderer in history. yes, yes, yes. thank you for remarks today. two of your eight are americans and basically we're an island nation. two friendly neighbors. so we get to choose what we get involved in and whether it's world or post-colonial. asia. are there any neglected lessons from these a that might help us as we enter into other external involvements in what remains of this century? well, i draw two lessons. one is historical, and that is there is always a balance. great historical forces and the individual and. what the balance is depends

no. >> have you ever been associated or affiliated with the chinese communist party? >> no. senator. again, i'm singaporean. >> in august of 2020, trump signed an executive order to ban tiktok if its chinese parent company didn't sell it to a non-chinese buyer within 45 days, saying, quote, these risks are real. the government of india recently banned the use of tiktok, which is true, by the way. the united states must take aggressive action against the owners of tiktok to protect our national security. okay, now. so this sort of was born in the cauldron of this kind of anti-china fervor, right? skepticism and anger at china and the politics of that which trump was happy to wield in the midst of a pandemic. he was bungling because he wanted to blame china. now, that's one part of it. it should be said that beyond the maga china bashing rhetoric, the security concerns around tiktok were real and bipartisan, as i said. india banned the app for basically the same reason while trump was banging this drum in 2020. democrats and the biden campaign were telling their own people to

this is about the fact that we would allow the chinese communist party this kind of access to propaganda channels. we would never have let the soviet union buy up the cbs evening news and the wall street journal. the fact that some are okay with the chinese communist party running tiktok is hard for me to understand. >> he suggests that you're okay with the chinese communist party running tiktok the intelligence community produced absolutely no evidence that the chinese government is compromising this information. >> it provided no information whatsoever. what we have right now is something completely different. it's a lot more than just cat videos. it's 7 million businesses who use it. it's 170 million americans who use it every single day. and in many ways very dependent upon it as part of their lives to make a living. there are people in california on sunday. if this gets cut off, they won't have a way to make a living. they won't have a way to generate income for themselves. that's what we're talking about. we need the supreme court to have more time in order to decide this, to creat

what is the communist party trying to do with a.i. next. >> it is an example with 5g. share information under chinese law and thehe chinese communist party and these global networks and information going over those lines. it is jeopardizing our troops and all these things are put at risk respect to the. you are so correct in terms of making sure we are o balanced ad investing in terms of the global threat landscape pandemic. i don't want to say all roads to china but a lot of them do. >> what you most concerned about long-term plotting against us? a tech generation months, where you most concerned about? >> in terms of cybersecurity generally dying in, 5g1 of the things i'm most concerned about, investing the nsa, the best code makers and breakers in the world and you and i agree as a national treasure but china gets quantum first, we are in trouble that is looking forward in the challenges toward those technologies we need to rebalance. p >> i am a small government guy. that is a national treasure and lots of their work is made up by china and we are under investing.

millions of americans could be compromised, and that they are also prone to manipulation by china's communist partyy denied those allegations. they have expressed confidence that they will get the outcome that they seek from the supreme court. president—elect donald trump, meanwhile, has weighed in despite once trying to ban the app himself. he has now filed a brief in this case, asking the supreme court to temporarily block the law so that he can try to save it. staying in the us and the devastating fires that are destroying large parts of los angeles are on track to be among the costliest in us history. the private forecaster accuweather said it expects losses of between $135 billion and $150 billion as the blazes rip through areas containing some of the world's most expensive homes. more than 5,000 structures have been destroyed by fire in the palisades area. and between 4,000 and 5,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed by the fire in eaton. here's our north america business correspondent, ritika gupta. wildfires engulfing swathes of los angeles are expected to be one of the nations' cos