thousands lined up to see george orwell's classic, many seeing it in a . new light. consumethat cubans their news is changing. the government has launched a tv channel with the aim of bringing viewers a more 21st century offering. one way has been looked at in detail why our havana correspondent who reports from the cuban capital. reporter: new graphics, modern music, young presenters. cuba's latest television channel is an attempt to break from the past. unlike the heavily scripted newscasts on state tv, they are trying fresh formats, including links to correspondents abroad and twitter. revolutionary for even tv. as one of the founders of another left-wing latin america news channel, he says this venture will stand out as unique in cuba. >> the difference is that it will be a news and information channel with reports, analysis, on air for 18-hours a day. the majority of the coverage will be live. reporter: most cubans see state media as an extension of the government's voice, such as the mouthpiece of the cuban communist party. this channel will only be considered

>> i would say george orwell, virginia wolf, james baldwin. >> what do they have in common? >> they all write about polit politics, beautiful essays and refused to -- orwell is a straightforward political writer although he wrote allegorical novels. the other three refused to let the personal and political, sort of beautiful subjected lyrical experience and kind of the harshness of political realit s realities. if you write about politics it is dead language and not going to be beautiful and there is so many other things from marcos to jorge lewis who has been important for me too. i don't know about anyone one woman. so much of the work is about the power we have together and the way that something changes not because one person does something exceptional but because a million people come forward and tell stories and stand up for what they believe in. that power of civil society has been center to my work. i don't think there is a single most important woman but i think that is contrary to this story that we need to tell. >> well, two contemporary names we know. betty forda

. >>> fast forwarding today, may be 2017 but it's 1984 that's all the rage with george orwell's storying on new meaning for anti-trump activists and a day in a global protest against the president over 200 theaters are screening the famous film. >>> prepare yourself for a brain freeze. free cone day is back with ben & jerry's annual celebration coast to coast. the company has been keeping its free ice cream tradition for 40 years. expected to give out over a million free cones. >>> host bob harper opens up on his near fatal heart attack. in an interview with today's savannah guthrie. that is this morning on "today." >>> also this morning new allegations in the sexual harassment scandal plaguing fox news. new accusers coming forward against ousted ceo roger ailes and bill o'reilly after network paid out millions to settle complaints against the star. some pulling ads from o'reilly's show. nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: former fox news commentator accused the network's biggest star bill o'reilly of sexual harassment. >> i knew how to behave and i simply said i'm sorry, i ca

the movie based on george orwell's novel is about a man who rebels against an oppressive government.e day he begins his protest. the theaters say they want to spark community conversation in a time where art programs and free speech are under attack. >>> a pennsylvania mailman gets an april fool's message. >> you're going to love this story. a couple pulled a pretty clever trick. take a look at this. bill kelly and his wife of lewisburg got a really long piece of paper and folded it to look like an envelope. they stuck one end through the mail slot and waited. and moments later, the mailmain came and began pulling on the never-ending envelope only to see the words april fool's on the other end of it. good joke, and -- >> creativity in lewisburg. >> yeah. good sport by the mail man p.. i would have just left it. >>> now for other stories that we're following on "nbc10 news today" at 6:00 a.m. -- >> reporter: >> home invaded. new overnight, armed men storm a philadelphia home and leave with a four-legged family member. >>> going on trial, the man accused in a deadly ambush at a pennsyl

it's based on george orwell's novel and about a man who rebels against the government.il 4th is the day he begins his protest. theaters say they want to spark community conversation in a time where art programs and free speech are under attack. >>> at the jersey shore, check out this very happy and newly protected police dog. he does look happy. the ventner police department took to facebook to announce that their k-9 officer, joker, has a new bullet and stab-proof vest. the equipment is courtesy of a donation from a nonprofit vested interest in k-9s organization. >>> and today you could see delays if you're taking amtrak to new york. amtrak is operating on a modified schedule after new jersey transit train derailed at penn station yesterday. there will be fewer trains running between washington, d.c., and new york city. there will be additional stops in delaware, pennsylvania, and new jersey today. just check the nbc10 app. >>> and new jersey on a holiday schedule as it tries to get back on track after a derailment. five people were hurt. commuters in new york city wer

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the have 20 seconds to say something profound and george orwell. the barricades to protest against their leaders. in american's america they grab the popcorn. what happened to militant demonstrations? you're watching one hundred days from bbc news. stay with us, still to come for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news: the gloves are off. the second french presidential descends into a slanging match. we'll have the details. and a new first lady, with a new approach. she's chosen to stay in new york rather than move to the white house and she's kept her official role toa minimum. we find out more about melania trump and how she compares so far to her predecessors. that's still to come on one hundred days, from bbc news. good evening. very interesting weather as we head into the weekend. before then the next few days will probably be dry or rather cloudy as we start to get more sunshine over the weekend, especially in england and wales, it will warm up considerably. for many this we will have sky is a bit like this over the next couple of

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. >> host: well, george orwell was one of your influences. why? mean, you know, that idea of what the future may be like is very interesting to me. and unlike cautionary tales because you can see what you want to avoid. what you hope to avoid. the idea of dystopia is a spooky one, and particularly important this speaks to "the pentagon's brain", the last chapter in "the pentagon's brain" i wrote about darpa's quest to create a synthetic brain. and my visit out to los alamos to meet with the scientists were working on it. will artificial intelligence lead us to a place that george orwell would've written about, or did write about? or will it liberate us? it's that eisenhower question. how do security and liberty live side-by-side? now that artificial intelligence is such a major player everywhere, the quest for it because of course we have, whether or not we will achieve machines, but we have yet to know. but the defense department is moving in the direction of marrying autonomous weapons, drones, with artificial intelligence. i see danger in that.

is actually a very interesting, captivating painting that eminds me of picasso's guernica and george orwell's "animal farm," you didn't have to agree with any painting or sculpture in the capitol complex, right? we have great champions of freedom and justice and the republic who are portrayed all over the capitol complex like abraham lincoln, for example, like rosa parks, like martin luther king, like lyndon johnson, like sojourner truth. you know what, we have people who are traitors to the country, people who were confederate conspirators against the united states like john breaken ridge, a guy who -- breaken ridge, a guy who defected from the union, took up arms against the united states of america and was stripped of his -- what was declared a traitor and stripped of his titles as a former vice president and a former senator. or jefferson davis, the president of the confederacy, who there is a statue of him up. robert e. lee, obviously the confederacy.he john c. calhoun who also defected from the union, took up arms against us. so we had these portraits and statues, these busts of great a

. >> host: 1984 and george orwell was one one of your favorite authors growing up. >> guest: i like cautionary tales because you can see what you want to avoid or hope to avoid. the last chapter i wrote about is the quest to create a synthetic brain and our visit to los alamos. will artificial intelligence lead us or will it liberate us. it is that question. whether or not we will attend the true machine we have yet to know. but the defense department is certainly moving in the direction of marrying antonymous weapons with drones. i see danger in that and i see the cautionary tale. >> host: marcia, union bring e-mail, were you ever threatened because of the research you do for your books? do you know if you have ever been under surveillance because of your books? i am just after the facts and i talk to scientists who worked on very secret, very classified military programs and they are saying and what tay can't say. that is where the risk is. i am grateful scientists agree to talk to me because it would perhaps be easier to say i can't. they cannot disclose classified material and that is a gr

visit out there to meet those scientist will artificial intelligence need us to the place that george orwellbout? or will it liberated us? and how that livee side-by-side in how the intelligence is such a major player everywhere with a quest for it whether or not we will achieve with what was predicted by yet we have to know but certainly moving in the direction to marry a autonomous weapons of drones . i see danger in that. >> we're never threatenedev because of your research? had you ever been under surveillance? >> the capabilities of the government are extensive and they're right about that in all of my books i really try to keep my nose clean that i am just after the facts and i talked to scientist who worked on very secret in very classified military programs and they are aware of what they can and cannot say in that is rare the risksk is. i am very grateful the scientists even talk to meen because it would be easier to say i can because they have to tow the line to say i cannot talk about that program because you cannot disclose classified information period and that is the risk that

>> dagen, i remember george orwell's classic novel and you're referring to the obama administration withged surveillance in the denial by susan rice, is that what we are talkinabout? this big bro thing or talking about the mainstream media not reporting the facts necessarily, editorializing a lot of the stories about our president? obviously you're talking about this is a reflection and resisting the democratic party's movement; is that right, because i think it's quite a stretch and they can continue to protest and protest and protest but meanwhile we are going to try to create jobs. this president is going to try to keep our country safe and secure and try to reestablish ties throughout this country and i think it's time to move on but i don't think it's going to happen soon. >> it's fascinating that the left has tried to paint republican and donald trump as fear amongers and yet this is what the left is doing. we are comparing the administration to hitler and who is really the fear monger right now. i -- >> you look at the fact of the healthcare bill that. was the democratic process.

you're not not going to be remembered the way george orwell is down the road. >> host: a little bit later in the program today we will show you a more extensive list of dave barry's favorite authors and influences, but i do want to ask you one of the ones you sent us was mad magazine. >> guest: everybody my age i think red mad magazine. those guys were brilliant. the art was brilliant and the writing was brilliant. i don't know about now, i have not read mad magazine in years but when i was a kid that was sharp and it was like sharp and edgy. mad magazine, national lampoon and early saturday night live were like powerful influences of humor to my generation, and still are i think. >> host: we have a question in the audience. can we get the microphone? there we go. if you could tell us your first name. >> paul. my favorite issue of "the miami herald" is always, always your holiday gift guide. i just laugh myself until i can't laugh anymore. i'm just wondering if anyone of those insanely ridiculous gifts that stands out in your mind more than the others? >> guest: i have to say, every i do

as i have said before, the only thing that appears that george orwell got wrong was the date. it wasn't 1984. but we still have a chance to get off this miserable road we're on and that's why the huge bulk of geographic america rose up on election day in november and said we've got to have some relief. whether you like donald trump or not, we got to have some relief, we got to have some change, and that's why the huge gee graphical united states voted for donald trump. the fringes of the united states, the coast and major cities said no, we like the government telling us what to do, how to live, what we can have. but across america geographically, that was not what people wanted. and this is our chance. and i really had hoped that by compromising again and again and again as the freedom caucus, that we could have a vote by today on a bill that would start us down the road of getting rid of obamacare, getting us back on a road toward freedom. we knew it was going to be tough. and if you don't think it would be tough, look at the soviet union after the fall of the wall and the s

forign says "george or well warned us -- "george orwell warned us."ple on facebook are you typing this on a keyboard? hello. it's enough to drive you nuts. that's why i made this sign. "democracy now! >> are you a science fiction writer? >> i am a science fiction writer. i have been a supporter of science for years. i live and move and it. i write in it. we spent all or time thinking the thoughts that real scientists bring to life. before we went to the moon, someone wrote about it. we wrote about it. before nanotechnology happened, we wrote about it. us, for our life, for our art. >> ima nurse practitioner. a nurse practitioner. >> what is your sign say? -- what does your sign say? >> "mr. president, you will hear from medical research." a direct statement to him about his ideas for our country. i don't necessarily agree at all. >> can you talk about why you are here today? >> i'm here to be the voice behind medical research. i don't one person, but do research myself, but i use research. i fully support research to practice being a care provider. --