middle east i was reporting that the head of editorial for the middle east africa twitter one gordon mcmillan who joined the social media companies u.k. office 6 years ago has for several years also served with the 77th brigade unit formed in 2015 or developed non lethal ways of waging war and just what are these non-lethal ways of waging war you ask well let me lay it out for you at the time of its creation back in 2015 according to the independent british army officials told the media that the 77 for great big aid would use social media including facebook and twitter to fight in the information age troops were to deliver means of shaping behavior through the use of dynamic narratives using the very best talent from the regulars and reserve in other words propaganda leaders and gentlemen they are warriors created to spread british military propaganda so isn't that a wild going to be doing that mr mcmillan found himself an exhibit in an executive position on one of the biggest social media empires on the planet. one of the chances yes that's the narrative they're pushing which means it's time

army former journalist gordon mcmillan has openly shared this information on his linked in page and the 77th progress mcmillan serves in is no ordinary unit created back in 2015 it conducts non-lethal warfare with a proud slogan influence an outreach these warriors fight their battles on the front lines of social media seeking to change and influence behavior our aim is to challenge the difficulties of modern warfare use alone lethal engagement and legitimate nonmilitary lever's as a means to death behaviors of the opposing forces and adversaries it's no wonder the middle east has become a priority for the british army with its forces having played quite a role destabilizing the region in the past decade. or. so great 77 it's certainly got plenty to get its teeth into general nick carter the head of the u.k. army was full of high hopes for his social folgers in a speech he delivered last year 77 pre-k. the show should come back to we've got some remarkable talents when it comes to social media production design and indeed arabic poetry and at least one of them seems to have lived up to

absolutely insane the british army by the way did the client to disclose anything about mcmillan's duties with the 77th grade or say whether or not you know twitter helps with it or are involved in it they're basically saying you know we know nothing we can say anything like nothing at all unusual but usually. a bowl.

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mcmillan,lalease. d> jamie foxx there pla walter mcmillan, an innocent man who is sent jsed to death by a judge wit a name none other thanobert e. lee key. >> yes. >> what happened with that case? >> it's aeally fascinating case for a lot o reasons. fit of all, it takes place in monroeville, alabama, which is the communi where harper lee grewl up in "to k mockingbird" andhat community celebrates that story, that story. but when i got involved in walter mcmillan's case, a black man wrongfully accused of killing a white woman, it was almost as if they couldn't ke the connection. he was miles vountded by dozens of black people who could confirm his innocence and he was largely prosecuted because he had an which provoked people to see him as a dangerous person. he was convicted and sentenced to life without parole by the jury and the judge overrode the jury's sentence of life and o imposed the death pentty and h sphe next six years on death row for ae crimedn't commit. i got invved and was challenged by pe

mcmillan,lalease. >> jamie foxx there played walter mcmillan, an innocent mai wh sent jsed to death by a judge with a name none other thanobt e. lee key. >> yes. >> what happened with that case? >> it'seally fascinating case for a lot o reasons. fit of all, it takes place in monroeville, alabama, which is the community where harper lee grew up in "to kill a mockingbird" andhat community celebrates that story, embraces that story. but when i got involved in walter mcmillan's case, a black man wrusgfully a of killing a white woman, it was almost as if they couldn't ke the connection. he was miles from thehecrime,y vountded dozens of black people who could confirm his innocence and hege was l prosecuted because he had an affair with a young white woman, as a dangerous person.to see him he was convicted and sentenced to life without parole the jury's sentence of life and t imposed the death penalty and h spent the next years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. i got invved and was challenged by people who didn't th should represent someone like that. we got death threat, bomb threat

also this like major executive of tauriel of twitter that's incredible and you know apparently mcmillan's involvement with the something some group was made public when he disclosed to of all places on his linked in page. absolutely insane the british army by the way did the client to disclose anything about mcmillan's duties with the 77th grade or say whether or not you know twitter helps with it or involved or that they're basically saying you know we know nothing we can say anything nothing at all unusual or usual. because a confirmation or didn't write well twitter responded a spokesperson from twitter had told the independent that it was quote an open neutral and dependent service and matter of you mr mcmillan service as an army reserve found no violations of its policies they went on to declare saying employees who pursue acts volunteer opportunities are encouraged to do so provided they're complying with our company guidelines i find it a little hard to believe that the company divide guidelines. say that you can be working for the country's military while you're. making decisions

he was lucky with mcmillan as his press. especially the book jacket. we were chatting about the book jacket. not tong to show you read oklahoma version but the green mcmillan version, which features this scary dead eyed eagle holding a tomahawk in its beak. notice where the color comes in and the handle of a tomahawk and the tie-dye thing on the blade. the design of this was by a guy named jason. curiousa sidebar, i got about it. it is a designer with pushpin studio, the definitive studio in york for 20 years between the mid-1950's and 1970's and beyond. a number ofne of young guns in the studio graduating from the school of visual arts. one of my debts happiest moments around this book was getting a letter from native soldiers in vietnam who had taken the eagle at the tomahawk and made it into a pass for their flight jackets. they sent him a couple of them emotionally was so important and meaningful to him. what is interesting is the way this reflects the late 1960's design. her you can see a textual design and conversation between the designer and hi

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was reading in the final edits of this book, i got an advanced copy, but it's out now, the jesse mcmillan book -- >> yeah. >> moderator: and that and thats up for the national book award for essays. that's another -- please, go read that book. we're all writers that are writing for these themes and collectively you can start to, like, have some thoughts, right? none of us is the one story, right? there's that danger of, like, oh, i read this, and now i understand what all americans might think about something. the book is actually being like please don't do that, right? the idea -- and i think we're conditioned for that. you go to college, and because we are predominantly white spaces and we're invited to represent a whole group. that's a danger that can happen. i think both of us are working to dismantle that. the minute we got any sort of privilege to do so, we were like let's try to break that down and, like, put -- take the power of it and do something else with it. >> yeah. and you do both write very effectively about that in each of your memoirs, each of your essays collections abou

he was lucky with mcmillan as the press and the book jacket. i'm going to show you not the red oklahoma version but the green version which features this scary, dead-eyed eagle holding a tomahawk in the beak and notice where the color comes in and the tie dye thing on the blade. the design was by jason mcwherter. he was a designer with a push pin studios which was the definitive studio in new york for 20 years between the mid-1950s and the '70s and beyond. a number of young guns graduated from the school of visual arts. one of my dad's happiest moments was getting a letter from some native soldiers who took the eagle with the tomahawk and made it into a patch for their flight jackets. they sent him a couple of them. this was so emotional and meaningful to him. what's interesting some of the ways this reflects the late '60s design kind of thing, you see a textual conversation between his boss and mcwerten. they partnered together on jacob javits campaign buttons and then he clearly went back to the 1967 design. for the cover of we talk, you list

giants a suspended iranian press agencies and banned thousands of middle eastern accounts although mcmillan was proven to be working on 2 different fronts simultaneously twitter doesn't seem all that bothered we actively encourage all our employees to pursue external interests in line with our commitment to healthy corporate social responsibility and we will continue to do so so while twitter wants to maintain how independent and unbiased it is its policy of encouraging staff to pursue outside interests coming back to haunt it has been the u.k. government propaganda operation which has attempted to create pastors to draw journalists and academics in order to essentially promote particular agendas in relation to clearly international affairs and this kind of manipulation in commemoration of our own is profoundly unfair and old some of the profoundly dangerous if you allow governments to start to shape what people think and understand about what's going on in the world in a way that is going on through brigade 77 an. operation to see any you carry when you do look you maintain any trying to s

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but chris mcmillan would know. he's here. this is you could go "let go of my lego."fall over. that's what happens when you-- that's what happens when we take the wig off. >> stephen: look. >> oh, no! that's a little-- that's an exorcist -- >> stephen: angry. and here's matthew perry. matthew perry right there. we can take his hair off. >> oh, yes. equal wl now... ( applause ) well, i'm-- now i'm clearly the most attractive "friend." >> stephen: here's the thing? >> yes, sir. >> stephen: i don't want this to end. >> why does it have to. because there's-- wait, what's his name? >> stephen: please say that again. it will make him feel so good. "what's his name" has to come out. >> i didn't read it. i just heard the last name. >> stephen: it's a hard name. thomas middleditch. >> that guy. >> stephen: is he waiting in the wings? he left. thomas middleditch left. >> now we have more time. all the time in the world. >> stephen: let's keep going. what do you want to talk about? what's on your mind? before we go, do you mind-- do you mind? this dress is absolutely beautiful.

. >> her name is mason mcmillan, aka mac-sauce.songs. ♪ it's a little kid fight you cannot get in ♪ ♪ we know that you're too old ♪ you know that you're not in see me playing ♪ ♪ make up with my friends first single was a hit now i'm doing it again ♪ >> not bad. her dad shared a video on twitter where it was retweeted 21,000 times and viewed by nearly 1 million people. very impressive. >> yeah, there's a lot of adults that are way worse at rapping than that, that was great. >>> next to a former first couple celebrating their 27th wedding anniversary. >> the barack and michelle obama, former president, former first lady, celebrated their big day yesterday with a pair of social media posts sharing never before seen photos. the former president showed this snap of the two of them facing away from the camera as they watched the sun rise in tanzania. >> the former first lady shared this photo of the two of them standing on a porch on martha's vineyard. she captioned it, here's to our next chapter of becoming empty nesters and discoverin

by the way, doug mcmillan is still in place. this guy reports to doug. executive structure intact, there's no movement on the stock. stuart: look at that. it's 9:40 eastern time. joel can go back to boston with a solid good heart. thank you, joel. >> thank you. stuart: look at this. 319 points up for the dow jones industrial average. that's about 1.25%. it's a rally. >>> netflix is facing a lot of competition in the streaming world. disney and apple, their streaming services both coming out next month. here's the question. is there room for more than one streaming service? of course there is. how many are going -- how many will be winners? slurring my words. susan: it's friday. stuart: anti-trump protesters rioting outside the president's rally last night. that's an intimidation tactic designed to turn away the president's supporters. we've got more on that coming up after this. this is the age of expression. but shouldn't somebody be listening? so. let's talk. we're built for hearing what's important to you, one to one. edward jones. it's time for inves