here's jacob ward. >> reporter: facebook's internal research shows that for years the company has studiedically every social ill that plagues its platform from human trafficking to violence. and facebook appears to be at war with itself as to what should be done. as some of its researchers loudly sound the alarm. >> they are making dramatic recommendations about changes to the company, but it doesn't seem as if the company has changed. why is that? >> we do listen to the researchers, and first the fundamental question is why would you have a research team in the first place? we have those researchers. we've built a team now of more than 1,000 individuals, most of them with ph.d.s, who work on researching the experience that people have around our products and our different features for only one reason and that's to make those products and features better. >> but researchers post internal messages with titles like, does facebook reward outrage? carol's journey to qanon and we are responsible for viral content. when we post misinformation, it's more likely to be shared. and that can lead to

i'm joined by nbc news correspondent jacob ward.re learning that is new in these documents. >> well, i think it's almost impossible to over state how many documents we're talking about here, joy. i mean, not only are we seeing what you've mentioned on domestic and teenage health and the demise of democracy and hate speech in the middle east and on and on and on. if i put all of the documents into banker's boxes that carries about 2,000 pages, we're looking at 15 boxes worth and we're getting a new dump every weekday. we're looking at an additional hundreds of pages every weekday until probably the middle of november. just a sheer breath of this we've begun to see what is inside the documents. >> you spoke with monica bickered, the facebook vp of content policy. an exclusive interview i want to play. here it is. >> there will always be challenges in the social media landscape but just like you will never stop abuse in the offline world, and you'll never stop abuse in the online world, you can get better at detecting it and preventing

joining me now is nbc news correspondent jacob ward. jacob, good morning. what more can you tell us out of washington state? >> good morning, jose. nick rolovich was two years into a five-year, $15.6 million deal, but that is all over now after he has been terminated for failing to comply with covid requirements. the university points out that he is very much an outlier and that, in fact, about 90% of the faculty are already vaccinated and roughly 97% of the student body. but at this point, now, we have this man, the most public face of this sort of vaccine war going on in the country as the highest paid state employee in washington state, he is now out of a job. >> turning now to texas, jake. several hispanic groups have filed a lawsuit, challenging the texas redistricting maps. >> that's right. late last night, republican lawmakers in texas had passed this new map, adopted it. and even before they had done so, a lawsuit had been filed, alleging discriminatory practices. essentially, the new redistricting, as you know, jose, basically dilutes the latino vo

for more on this, i bring in jacob ward.od morning. 10,000 john deere workers went on strike this morning. why are we seeing what feels like an uptick in strikes? >> good morning, jose. that's right, it is the largest private sector strike in two years. 10,000 members of the united autoworkers striking against john deere, asking for better pay and as you say, that is part of a national push when it comes to negotiations between labor and management. we also see iatsi, the behind the scenes union in hollywood preparing to go on strike. they say they could strike as early as monday. that's about 60,000 members of the behind the scenes union in hollywood and would bring hollywood production to a halt. they say the revenue for hollywood has gone up during the pandemic and they haven't seen their share of it and you mentioned nurses. about 21,000 members of the nursing union here in california saying that they are prepared to go on strike, about 96% of them voted in favor. they have the to issue about a ten-day warning, because i

nbc news correspondent jacob ward is up early in california for us this morning. behind this move? >> reporter: good morning, jose. elon musk has not been shy about airing his grievances with california as both a place to do business and a place fob regulated. he, in fact, has referred to the mask mandates and other covid restrictions as fascistic. and on thursday, he nonchalantly announced during a shareholder meeting that they were going to move the headquarters of the company all the way to texas. now, he has personally relocated to texas already, and i think it's worth noting here, as you say, lots of the manufacturing will continue in the fremont plant, a plant in nevada, and now a plant in texas. but elon musk's personal financial liability will go down by moving to texas. his stock options coming up could be worth as much as $20 billion. and as you know, in texas, there is no personal state income tax, jose. >> and yesterday we reported on los angeles tightening its covid restrictions, but i hear san francisco may be doing the opposite? >> it's a very intere

joining me now from san francisco is jacob ward. what's the latest on this oil spill?porter: good morning, jose. at this hour, more than 130,000 gallons of oil from an underwater pipeline are flooding the beaches around huntington beach and the environment. boaters there were, in fact, gathered for an air show over the weekend, when the oil spill struck, and reported spelling gasoline and suddenly being in the middle of it. at this point, there is no immediate word as to where it came from or exactly how it's going to stop. it's not even clear at this point, jose, that the spill has, in fact, been capped off. and as you know, that community is built on the idea of access to the beach. for the moment, that access is too dangerous. jose? >> just what an environmental disaster. jacob, california is now the first state to require that students get the covid vaccine to attend in-person classes, how does the governor plan to roll this out and when would this go into effect? >> well, as you know, jose, the emergency authorization that the fda put in place for 12 to 15-year-ol

back with me is nbc news correspondent jacob ward.r: it's been extraordinary testimony and we're only a few minutes into it, jose. at this hour, miss haugen is describing to senators what she says is basically a fight inside the company between safety efforts that the people within the company have tried to take and the units involved in growth. let's have a listen to a little bit of what she said so far. >> they want you to believe in false choices. they want you to believe that you must choose between a facebook full of divisive and extreme content or losing one of the most important values our country was founded upon. free speech. that you must choose between public oversight of facebook's choices and your personal privacy. that to be able to share fun photos of your kids with old friends, you must also be inundated with anger-driven viralty. they want you to believe that this is just part of the deal. i am here today to tell you that's not true. >> reporter: her big point so far, jose, has been the need for transparency. that ins

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. >>> next on nightly news, jacob ward explores how the u.s. microchips. the ceo of intel gives jacob an inside look. lester holt joins us now. >>> breaking news tonight in the gabby petito case. the remains found on a florida reserve positively identified as her fiance brian laundrie the fbi using dental records to identify laundrie considered a person of interest in gabby petito's murder. the confirmation bringing an end to an intense five-week long hahn man hunt. >>> also breaking, the cdc panel voting unanimously to back moderna and johnson & johnson boosters a day after the fda gave the green light, the cdc director expected to give the final signoff. who is eligible and how soon. >>> plus, the new covid mutation in the u.k. is it more dangerous >>> just in, queen elizabeth hospitalized overnight. what the palace is saying about her condition. the bipartisan vote in the house to hold long-time trump ally steve bannon in contempt for defying a subpoena from the january 6th committee. but will the justice department prosecute him? >>> the chi

nbc news correspondent jacob ward is with us.f homeland security, now the cofounder and executive director of the renew america movement. and former republican congressman david jolly is here, an msnbc contributor and national chairman of the serve america movement. so, jacob, i want to start with you. i want to share a little bit more of frances haugen's testimony. this is from what she said before congress in washington about this false choice that you're seeing play out, even in the reaction to this new document. let's watch. >> facebook has been emphasizing a false choice. they have said, the safeguards that were in place before the election implicated free speech. the choices that were happening on the platform were really about how reactive and twitchy was the platform. how viral was the platform? and facebook changed those safety defaults in the run-up to the election because they knew they were dangerous and because they wanted that growth back, they wanted the acceleration on the platform back after the election, they re

here's our colleague, nbc's jacob ward. >> buying a new car has been harder than the johnsons expectedor maybe nothing at all. they're thinking of going from two cars to one. typically a car dealership would have hundred of new models for sale, but today, because of the chip shortage, dealerships look like this. >> that's because two years ago just before the pandemic about 3.5 million new vehicles were for sale nationwide. last month there were fewer than a million. toyota sales manager keith hernandez says the shortage has been a shock wave through the industry. >> from service, the technicians, our lot attendance, our greeters, sales managers, our directors. >> as for what's caused the plunge in supply, it's something tiny. >> your entire life runs on semiconductors. taiwan makes 60% of the world's semiconductors, but rising tensions with china means global anxiety about the chip supply and the pandemic was a taste of what life was like, when covid struck the pcs and the devices we use to work from home and away from toys, electronics appliances cars. >> it was a pressure test of th

jacob ward, stephanie ruhle, appreciate both of you.he white house transportation secretary pete buttigieg will join my colleague jeff bennett for a one-on-one on this issue. but first an update on the closely watched gubernatorial race in virginia as democrats have less than one week to hang on. you're watching "meet the press daily." g on you're watching "meet the press daily. introducing new vicks super c and dayquil severe convenience pack . [coughs] dayquil severe for you... and daily vicks super c for me. vicks super c is a daily supplement to help energize and replenish your body with vitamin c and b vitamins. dayquil severe is a max strength medicine for cold and flu relief. it's the daytime, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever, power through your day, medicine. someone is feeling better. get your shoes. alright! try the new vicks convenience pack. i just became eligible for medicare, and i'm already confused. i just called humana; i talked one-on-one with an agent who suggested a plan that fit my life. you should call too! so

documents to work with nbc's jacob ward explains that >> the securities and exchange commission should investigate your intentions and claims, ms. hougen, so should the federal trade commission. >> reporter: greg pressure to act in the face of the whistle-blower's blistering testimony. hougen, legally considered an s.e.c. whistle-blower because she filed accusations of fraud with the commission, allege is facebook misled the public, investors, and congress about the harm from its products. >> my disclosure has proved that when facebook is directly asked questions as important as, how do you impact the health and safety of our children they choose to mislead and misdirect. >> reporter: if the commission investigates and levies fines, haugen would be eligible to collect anywhere from 10% to 30% what was facebook is fined lawyers say she's also afforded protections from potential legal claims, though facebook hasn't indicated any plans to file lawsuits the chair of the s.e.c., gary gensler, said today he couldn't discuss whether there is or isn't an investigation but added this. >> if exe

joined by our correspondent garrett haake, jair jacob ward in menlo park on the west coast and mike isaaca technology reporter for the new york times. p garrett, let me start with you, this is one of the rare days where it's not a political argument taking place via the questioning, but actually, members of congress seeming to actually want to figure out what can we learn from this whistleblower and what more do we need to know to decide how to -- how to tackle this regulatory challenge? >> chuck, i think one of the things they're learning they they'd to know a lot more than they do. this has been the problem for congress as it's tried to figure out how to regulate big tech and the social media platforms in general. they couldn't get their arms around it. they were behind on the technology, behind on cultural significance of these platform and having a whistleblower here no at company official, not someone with any agenda other than exposing what they know, took some of the steam out of what, you know, we sometimes are involved in, partisan hearings where people are trying to score politi

. >> jacob ward. >>> analysis for the casey newton here.and the cnbc contributorer casey whistle-blower france he is haugen told urk lawmakers that facebook is making hate worse. does the company have the ability to solve the problems it's creating online or have they lost control? >> well, i think there are any number of places around the world where they clearly have lost control or at the very least they haven't built the systems and put them in place to detect surges in hate speech in fact, as i reported today, there are a number of places where facebook doesn't even speak the language, even though the users very much are using the languages to say who knows, right we don't know. at the end of the day, hate speech is not a problem we can solve at the level of facebook it's a societal issue. but i do think there are reasons to be concerned about how this issue is playing out all around the world. >> casey, a lot of the recent criticism hingings on decision that is mark zuckerberg made himself. what's the pressure like on him now? >> well

let's bring in some experts, nbc capitol hill correspondent alley vitale, nbc's jacob ward who covers technology. cecilia wong, tech editor at "new york times," and kara swisher "new york times" contributor, co-host of the pivot podcast and host of the sway podcast. kara, everyone is saying this is a huge disaster for facebook. it's a nightmare, but is this anything more than a pr problem? let's review. user growth is up, advertisers aren't leaving, employees aren't leaving en masse, and as revolt and shocked and surprised as we are about these revelations from the whistle-blower, it's all going to be legal. >> here's the thing whether it's legal or not, i think they have a product problem, that's for sure. a management problem. the fact of the matter is as you were saying just before, congress has to act. that is really the issue going on right now with a lot of these issues. and even though mark zuckerberg has always said we want regulation, the fact of the matter is congress hasn't acted at all, so at this point facebook is just being facebook and people who are in charge of the go

receiving sometimes hundreds of pages a day and that's expected to go on into next month shep >> jacob ward, thank you >>> analyst -- analysis now for that casey newton's here editor of platformer and cnbc contributor. casey, whistle-blower frances haugen told uk lawmakers today when she testified that facebook is making hate worse does the company still have the ability to solve these problems that it's creating online? or have they just lost control >> well, i think there are any number of places around the world where they clearly have lost control or, at the very least, they haven't built the systems and put them in place so that they can detect surges in hate speech. in fact, as i reported today, there are a number of places where facebook, itself, doesn't even speak the language even though its users very much are using those languages to say, who knows, right we don't know. so, look, at the end of the day, hate speech is not a problem we can solve at the level of facebook it's a societal issue. but i do think there are reasons to be concerned about how this issue is playing out all a

. >> roger mcnamee and jacob ward, thank you for is your insights and your great reporting. >>> up next, the new plan to make covid-19 testing at home cheaper and more widely available. >>> and florida's surgeon general asked to leave a state senator's office for refusing to wear a mask even after being told she had a serious medical condition. that state senator joins us after the break. when you really need to sleep you reach for the really good stuff. new zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. it's non habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. new zzzquil ultra. when you really really need to sleep. - [female narrator] five billion people lack access to safe surgery. thousands of children are suffering and dying from treatable causes. for 40 years, mercy ships has deployed floating hospitals to provide the free surgeries these children need. join us. together, we can give children the hope and healing they never thought possible. it's a mission powered by love, made possible by you. give today. as someone who resembles someone else, i apprecia

hougan also gave the sec documents to work with nt bc's jacob ward explains that >> the securities exchangeion should investigate your claims, miss hougan, and so should the federal trade commission >> reporter: growing pressure against facebook, hougan legally considered a whistleblower because she filed allegations of fraud. >> my disclosure has proved that when facebook is directly asked questions as important as, how do you impact the health and safety of our children, they choose to mislead and misdirect. >> reporter: if facebook alleges fines, hougan would be able to collect 10% to 20% hougan has no plans to file lawsuits jerry ginsler said he couldn't say whether there was or wasn't an investigation, but said this. >> if there are executives of public companies mislead the public in their financials or they mislead the public in way of their products, that can be a violation of securities laws i'll leave it there. >> shep, it's part of new laws that make people like hougan to throw over a career in tech or whatever industry in order to give important information to the sec. it turns

jacob ward, thank you. keach, great to have you on the show.anks to all of you. >> we're about to hear from president biden. we think some time in the next 15, 20 minutes, maybe. that's the live shot where he'll be speaking from. he's trying to side step some of the partisan gridlock in washington on a very different topic. making his case to the american people about his economic and social spending bills. white house correspondent mike memoli is probably on the other side of where the microphones are, and mike, we're learning new details about this meeting the president had with democrats right as he's about to make this new pitch in person there where you are in michigan. >> that's right, hallie. yesterday, we know the president was meeting with the progressives in the democratic caucus. he was telling them that he think he's can get senator manchin and senator sinema somewhere in the ballpark of a $2 trillion plus or minus a couple hundred billion final deal for the larger measure. today, it's about what they call the front liners. the demo