i policy and writing books is a critical massive literature so that i, as a layperson, have an idea ofhat's really involved. not to speculate prematurely. i do not at all abandon the idea that social media can help make democracy better. i think we are still far from developing the right platforms for that. it's clear as they exist, the major social media companies are really not able to filter out the distraction and focus people constructively on issues. i do not give up hope for that. >> thank you. >> isn't big data only as good as the people who are using it understand it? in other words, trying to think whether not there some data from 100 years ago, that we don't need to understand but we just accept as true on which we build foundations on. i don't think we do. i think you clearly have to understand it. >> one of my teachers, william mcneil who wrote a book that is whose this book is dedicated to he wrote about the experience of his wife who is in charge of an american information service library in athens after the second world war. she felt her predecessor had been inflating t

. >> i'm watching this laura as just a layperson, i'm saying what in the world is going on. he's investigating the investigators. does it -- i don't know, does it appear like there is the possible of op instruction, what's happening? >> of course. a couple weeks ago he threatened, i may have to one day use my executive powers and take control of the situation essentially. when the department of justice placated it seems he gave it a comp out and said, okay, fine we'll let ourselves be investigated. so, expand the scope of the investigation to say, fine, up us to investigate the investigators we already are doing this because of of the alleged dos areaier issues. >> why not just say, no. why not, go, hey no. this is -- we don't do this. there's already an inspector general in place. >> that's what rosenstein said. looking at the fact from the outside this one looks like an easy one for rosen's steam to handle. el questioningly, quickly, tell the president i'm doing exactly what you want. you put it into his or horowitz hands. you add this, it's easy. >> just one more distract

it's stated that additionally, we're creating a new unit, but it's not the case, including, for a layperson like me, reading this, it's like i'm having -- we're having a vertical addition and a horizontal addition. and in addition to that, we are having another structure built. so where are we putting this -- so it looks like a massive thing, but it's not. the addition, the new unit is within the vertical -- the horizontal addition. it's not separated. now, so since we are creating this unit -- because there is no housing in -- in san francisco, we have a house, we have a place with a spacing that we can create a very hand some and comfortable place for a renter. because it's low, it doesn't have to be -- not to have the amenities of this century. so the upper floor where we live right now -- >> clerk: thank you, ma'am. your time is up. >> can i say one more thing? >> president hillis: yeah. if you could finish up in 30 seconds. >> yeah. i need more space for my clothes and my shoes and my piano, and that's not right for them to say i don't need the space that i have. >> president hillis: o

that's how i see it as a layperson. how did you see it as lawyers?statement. what's the value of what your lawyer says on tv. >> he says he's speaking on the president's behalf. >> it would definitely be something you would have to like if you're trying to get these admitted in court you would have to show he's agenting as his agent. >> you can't confess on somebody else's behalf ? >> no. >> he goes through lawyers. the next lawyer might have an entirely different story. >> totally different crime. >> it's not inconsistent with trump has said himself. you'd have some good arguments but that's a threshold thing as whether rudy giuliani statement themselves could be evidence of trump state of mind. >> there's a view of the world that the president can't necessarily obstruct justice because he can fire the director at his pleasure for any reason if he doesn't think he'll do a good job or he doesn't like him. he can lawfully fire the director. corruption and obstruction statutes depend on an official doing an otherwise lawful act but with a corrupt motiv

as that trickles down across the nation come in most laypersons mines, that makes sense and that s, that makesind sense. host: what do think about that? guest: i think that we are worried about shipping. that is why they backed off on the initial declarations the president made. the white house is divided. you have free traders and the secretary of treasury and larry kudlow inside the white house basically warring with the anti-free traders. policy has not taken shape, but it has created fear in the midwest among certain aspects. i am sure the two michigan members of congress that the caller referred to are right there on that issue. has met with various groups and has heard it first hand. he has made exceptions here and there, but his view of trade deals is so incredibly simplistic. he thinks if we sell less to you than we buy from you, then somehow we are losing. global fluid thing you cannot adjust every country to make it come out so that the u.s. is a winner. chinawould you say in their pledge to buy more from the u.s. in some ways could be marked up as a victory for the administrat

being the underlying case or underlying case coming to fruition in this part so that is just a layperson'sunderstanding of that. >> he's wrong? >> he's wrong. >> he's just flatout wrong when he sends that out and it's the second tweet within a ten minute period where he's wrong about the nature of this investigation saying there are no questions about collusion. jackie, let's move on to this national enquirer thing. david pecker, the ceo, good friends with the president, very good friends, apparently does things for the president at times. >> yes. >> every reason to believe that this cover is done to help the president. michael cohen was asked directly by our jim acosta whether he thinks the message was being sent here, his message was, what do you think? yikes. >> he recognizes some of the threats he made for other people. michael cohen, he threatened "the daily beast" reporter about a story that we were writing at the time. michael cohen is seeing his life turned upside down and game recognizes game, i guess. >> yet another headline that i thought would be the lead this morning until the

. >> seriously, i'm watching this, lau laura, just as a layperson who doesn't know about it.ut i'm saying what in the world is going on. he is investigating the investigators. i mean, i don't know. does it appear there is the possibility of obstruction going here? what is happening? >> of course. remember a couple of weeks ago he threatened i may one day have to use my executive powers and try the take control of the situation essentially. he apparently has found this is the point and time to do that. when the department of justice play indicated, it's a cop-out to say okay, fine. we'll let ourselves be investigated, they haven't done much more than they normally would do which there is already a mechanism in place to investigate yourself. it's called the inspector general. so all he has done is expand the scope of the investigation to say fine you want us to investigate the investigators? we already are doing this because of the alleged dossier issues. we'll do it for this as well. it's really not something that is strategically out of line of a smart -- >> why not go hey, n

that's how i see it as a layperson. how did you see it as lawyers?liani's statement, so, a kind of threshold issue is, what's the value of, you know, what your lawyer says on tv -- >> he says he's speaking on the president's behalf. >> right. so, but -- it would definitely be something -- if you were trying to get these admitted in court, you would have to show that he was acting as his agent -- >> okay. you can't confess on somebody else's behalf. >> no. and there would be challenges to that, but you know -- >> he goes through lawyers. >> yeah, exactly. >> the next lawyer might have an entirely different story. >> totally different confession. totally different crime. >> it's not inconsistent that -- with things that trump has said himself. that's sort of a threshold thing, if giuliani's statements themselves could be evidence of trump's state of mind. >> go ahead, danny. >> there's a view of the world that the president can't necessarily obstruct justice, because he can fire the director at his pleasure, for any reason, if he just thinks he doesn't

their provider and can you say a little bit more about what shaken is, if you are explaining it to a layperson? >> you asked a rather long question, but -- so yes. so at its core shaken allows the originating service provider to sign the call and basically to attest to what they know. that's one of the key things. this, all calls that are assigned are not the same. if the service provider knows that that's your number then they can sign, this is your number. if they don't know it's your number but they know who originated this, this is my customer, i know who they are, i know how to find them if they do something bad, you can do a lower level, a partial attestation that says this is somewhat reliable and then you have the ones where it's a gateway coming in from who knows where, i don't have any idea, but i know where it entered my network which might be very useful both for call blocking and analytics engines and also for tracing. the other thing and then at the receiving end that information is verified, it's crypto graphically signed and verified so that you can't mess with it in between. t

on the other hand, your opinion on, i am only a layperson, but you are a professional on this topic. cannot imagine north korea giving up its potential nuclear threat to anybody with the kind of situation they are in. they would be. to do that. i am certain they are not going do that.ols to i'm certain they are not going to do that. what is your opinion? host: thank you. guest: i think the north koreans do not like john bolton. they have made that clear. they mentioned him in a statement a few days ago when they threatened to pull out of the summit. again, they don't like the fact that john bolton has talked about regime change, talked about the libya model of denuclearization when gaddafi was got rid of that short time after getting rid of his nuclear weapons program did whether they -- program. he has aney think influence on president trump, that has yet to be determined. they are aware president trump is his own man. they have studied his negotiation style and strategy in the past. north koreans are reading books about trump. his unpredictable leadership style can be an advantage.

as that trickles down across the nation come in most laypersons mines, that makes sense and that s, that makesind sense. host: what do think about that? guest: i think that we are worried about shipping. that is why they backed off on the initial declarations the president made. the white house is divided. you have free traders and the secretary of treasury and larry kudlow inside the white house basically warring with the anti-free traders. policy has not taken shape, but it has created fear in the midwest among certain aspects. i am sure the two michigan members of congress that the caller referred to are right there on that issue. has met with various groups and has heard it first hand. he has made exceptions here and there, but his view of trade deals is so incredibly simplistic. he thinks if we sell less to you than we buy from you, then somehow we are losing. global fluid thing you cannot adjust every country to make it come out so that the u.s. is a winner. chinawould you say in their pledge to buy more from the u.s. in some ways could be marked up as a victory for the administrat

unfortunately the average layperson doesn't understand that words in my world can cost you money.have. i don't mean to be presumptuous, to defend the case. ainsley: already cost her $20,000. thanks so much, bob. catch his show friday night. >> thanks. ainsley: 8:30 p.m. eastern time on fbn on fox business network. >> prepare. thanks, bob. prepare for action, that warning sparking panic across an entire state. we just learned it was a false alarm. how does that happen? >>> first lady melania trump fires back at the media after they pushed conspiracy theories in the public eye. keep in mind she just had surgery. that is next. ♪ why did i want a crest 3d white smile? dinner date...meeting his parents dinner date. so i used crest. crest 3d white removes... ...95% of surface stains in just 3 days... ...for a whiter smile... that will win them over. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. 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 sea