in two thousand and eight said michelle kosinski created the most famous of these tasks on facebook called my personality a questionnaire to learn more about yourself. became really popular we had over six million people to take the question there and a large fraction of these people also donated their facebook profile information to us and from this information you can use. algorithms to transform this information into very detailed and very i curate intimate profiles so as a result michelle kosinski hospital largest psychometric database in the world. a database he can cross-reference with the facebook profiles of the six million people who respond it's. so basic you can turn your facebook likes into an accurate prediction of your political views religious views your personality intelligence happiness sexual intake or even whether your parents were divorced or not people often ask me how accurate those algorithms are at predicting our intimate traits and i think that a great example comes from a recent study where we have compared the curacy of algorithms with a curiosity of other people

in two thousand and eight said michelle kosinski created the most famous of these tasks on facebook called my personality a questionnaire to learn more about yourself. became really popular we had over six million people to take the questionnaire and a large fraction of these people also donated their facebook profile information to us and from this information you can use. algorithms to transform this information into a very detailed and very i curate intimate profiles so as a result michelle kosinski hospital largest psychometric database in the world. a database he can cross-reference with the facebook profiles of the six million people who respond it's. so basic you can turn your facebook likes into an actor it's a prediction of your political views religious views your personality intelligence happiness sexual intake or even whether your parents were divorced or not people often ask me how accurate those algorithms are at predicting our intimate traits and i think that a great example comes from our recent study where we have compared the curacy of algorithms with a curiosity of other

in two thousand and eight said michelle kosinski created the most famous of these tasks on facebook called my personality a questionnaire to learn more about yourself. became really popular we had over six million people to take the question there and a large fraction of these people also donated their facebook profile information to us and from this information you can use. algorithms to transform this information into a very detailed and very i curate intimate profiles so as a result michelle kosinski hospital largest psychometric database in the world. a database he can cross-reference with the facebook profiles of the six million people who respond it's. so basic you can ten your facebook likes into an actor it's a prediction of your political views religious views your personality intelligence happiness sexual intake or even whether your parents were divorced or not people often ask me how accurate those algorithms are at predicting our intimate traits and i think that a great example comes from our recent study where we have compared the curacy of algorithms with a curiosity of other

in two thousand and eight michelle kosinski created the most famous of these tasks on facebook called my personality a questionnaire to learn more about yourself. became really popular we had over six million people to take the question there and a large fraction of these people also donated their facebook profile information to us and from this information you can use. algorithms to transform this information into very detailed and very i curate intimate profiles so as a result michelle kosinski hospital largest psychometric database in the world. a database he can cross-reference with the facebook profiles of the six million people who respond it's. so basic you can turn your facebook likes into an accurate prediction of your political views religious views your personality intelligence happiness sexual in taishan or even what are your parents were divorced or not people often ask me how accurate those algorithms are at predicting our intimate traits and i think that a great example comes from our recent study where we have compared the curacy of algorithms with a curiosity of other

go to cnn.com and michelle kosinski is at the state department for us.'s been listening in to the news that's been made there at the podium tat white house. so we heard ambassador bolton talking about these sanctions. can you just put this newsspect. this is a real, given what is going on in venezuela right now, the deterioration we've seen, it seems as if this next big step was going to be just a when and not an if. but it is a significant step. the criticism and worries surrounding venezuela's oil production is over how it affects people. over the humanitarian crisis that could escalate as well as disruption in oil markets. so what they're saying is what is targeted right now. venezuela's state controlled oil conglomerate. this will freeze $7 billion in assets now. they said this will mean $11 billion worth of lost exports over the next year, so what the administration is banking on is that this is the final step to clamp down on revenue going to the maduro government, what he clings to at this point and this will escalate to the point that he finally

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here is cnn's michelle kosinski with more. >> reporter: we heard some tough messages on the floor ofhe u.n. security council. this was a special session on venezuela. called by the united states. secretary of state mike pompeo went there to tri to get other countries on board, to supporting the opposition leader, juan guadio as the legitimate leader of venezuela. he said he would have liked to have seen some kind of presidential statement come out of the security council. at least supporting the people of venezuela, supporting democracy, but he said even that could not happen because russia and china blocked it. and that was indicative of the kind of statements we heard. while pompeo was saying the time for games is over, either you're on our side and supporting democracy or you're on maduro's side and supporting mayhem, while russia and venezuela accuse the u.s. of orchestrating a coup in venezuela. on the ground there, the u.s. has kept its embassy open, but pulled out all but essential staffers. and pompeo warned venezuela that it needs to keep those diplomats safe. listen. >> i w

cnn senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kosinski has details. >> most of what we know comes fromr who cnn spoke to just yesterday. the case really wasn't known until this circulated widely yesterday. she says michael white who is a navy veteran and a job counselor in southern california is 46 years old, he has had for years had a girlfriend who he communicated with online who lives in iran. he's been there to visit her several times. this time he left in early july about two weeks later, though, he seemed to disappear. he stopped answering messages from home, and it was only three weeks ago, his mother tells cnn that she found out from the state department that he had been in an iranian prison. it has been now nearly six months that he's been in prison. there is no word on why he was arrested, on what his charges are, only today, again thshgs is o one day after news of this hit the public is the foreign ministry in iran saying yes, we have him and they're not saying anything about the case only that he's not being mistreated and that details of his arrest will be made public in d

>> michelle kosinski at the state department. you. >> joining me now is florida senator marco rubio. maduro ordered all u.s. diplomats to get out of venezuela within 72 hours. secretary of state pompeo said maduro doesn't have the authority to do that. guaido is the interim president they're recognizing. considering that the military is, for the most part, backing maduro as of right now, are american diplomats safe? >> well, there's two different -- there's a difference between the military generals, the guys that show up at the press conferences with the nice military uniforms and stars and stripes on them. those guys will back maduro. he's the reason each of them are stealing money. but the rank and file members, their family members are in those marches. no matter where they are in the world, they could be with a friendly country. we are never going to allow our men and women in the foreign service to be in danger. maduro or people around them harm any of them there will be severe consequences. i'll leave it at that. what the

as cnn's michelle kosinski reports, the secretary says it was a working trip. >> reporter: secretarymike pompeo traveled threw the middle east. eight countries reassuring allies about the u.s.' role. it's the role of someone else would went on that trip, pompeo's wife, susan, during the government shutdown, that has raised questions about many state diplomats. according to one official, this is b.s., you don't need more people that need staffing and transportation et cetera when embassy employees are working without being paid. the state department says most diplomats abroad have not been paid during the shutdown. though many had to come to work any way to handle this trip. some requiring very long hours. one source familiar with the planning tells cnn, i've been outra outraged. why was this necessary? this wasn't a matter of national security. pompeo described the trip as a working one for his wife as well. >> she meets with the medical officers. she'll tour housing. i wish i had time to do each of those things myself. she is a force multiplier. >> reporter: susan pompeo had a state

. >> let's bring in michelle kosinski.asn't been a ton of information right now. >> to have been hear the secretary of state say they hope to an understanding and learn more about what he's been charged with. he was detained on the 28th so it's been five days and we're hearing nothing from the state department. we expect to hear something from them soon but the secretary of state himself there doesn't know much detail. we don't know why the russians aren'ting them this information. we found out that he was accused of an act of espionage from the russians. we also found out from the russians, not from the united states that he was able to have some consular access today so someone from the u.s. side this afternoon was able to meet with paul whelan. he's 48 years old, the director of global security for an automotive supply company. he was in russia for a wedding. he got there on december 22. when he didn't show up for the wedding, his friends were the ones who reported him missing so only now do we know he's been detained a

michelle kosinski has more. >> reporter: we heard some tough messages on the floor of the u.n.uncil. this was a special session on venezuela called bill the united states. secretary of state mike pom pay owe went there to try to get other countries on board to supporting the opposition leader juan guaido as the legitimate leader of venezuela. he said at the very least he would like some kind of presidential statement come out of the security council. at least supporting the people of venezuela, supporting democracy, but he said even that could not happen because russia and china blocked it. that was indicative of the kind of statements we heard. while pompeo was saying the time for games is over, either you're on our side and supporting democracy or you're on maduro's side and supporting mayhem. and russia accuse the u.s. of orchestrating a coup on the ground there in venezuela. the u.s. pulled out all but essential staffers from the embassy and pompeo warned venezuela it needs to keep those diplomats safe. listen. >> i want to be 100% clear. president trump and i fully expect

cnn senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kosinski is here.o says he's cutting diplomatic ties with the united states. what does that mean for the relationship between the u.s. and venezuela and allies? >> yes, we heard a real battle of words today on the floor of the u.n. security council. for the u.s. to have extremely strained relations with venezuela is nothing new. we've seen this incremental tightening up of the economy. as the venezuelan economy has collapsed, the u.s. has imposed sanctions on top leaders. it took the extraordinary step of putting sanctions on maduro himself. here we are now with maduro declared not the legitimate leader of venezuela anymore by the united states. with him saying he's cutting off ties completely. the u.s.' response has been while we don't see him as a president anymore so anything he says about that is not legitimate. that he doesn't have the authority either to tell u.s. diplomats to leave, which he has tried to do, and the u.s. says he doesn't have the authority to pull his own diplomats from the u.s.

michelle kosinski is out front. >> reporter: mike pompeo traveled through the middle east, reassuringt the u.s. role. it's the role of someone else who went on the trip, his wife, susan, during the government shutdown, that raised questions among many state department diplomat. this is bs, you done bring more people that need staffing, transportation, when embassy employees are working without being paid. the state department says most diplomats abroad have not been paid during the shutdown. many had to come to work anyway to handle this trip. for some requiring very long hours. one source familiar with the planning tells cnn, i have been outraged. why was this necessary? this wasn't a matter of national security. pompeo described the trip as a working one for his wife as well. >> she meets with the medical officers. she will tour housing. she will write up her thoughts and comments after that. i wish i had time to do those things. >> reporter: susan had a state department employee dedicated to tending to her schedule. at each location she had her own state official and security to tr

. >> and the diplomats, michelle kosinski, if they have 72 hours to get out, how? where do they go?ory there? >> they are going to have to leave. this reaction came swiftly and harshly, as we might expect from maduro after the u.s. declared him not the legitimate leader of venezuel venezuela. so we have seen these kinds of expulsions before. we saw them with u.s. and russia and your diplomats need to leave by friday and your diplomats need to do the same thing. but those could be replaced. but mahmoud duh ro ending political and diplomatic relations with the united states. here's what he said during his speech just this afternoon. the imperial government of the united states is leading a coup attempt against us in order to install a puppet presidency they can control in venezuela. i have decided to break all political and diplomatic relations with the u.s. get out, leave vens ezuela. we have our dignity, damn it. what we're waiting for now is to hear from the state department on their response to this and also logistically during the shutdown how they are going to get everybody out

cnn senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kosinski is with me.izing china and russia at the u.n., they have been backing the maduro regime. where are we now? >> we heard strong but predictable statements on both sides, with russia saying the u.s. is trying to orchestrate a coup, that its behavior is destabilizing, unacceptable. similar statements we her from venezuela itself today. for a long time russia has backed up communist countries in the americas, think of cuba. last several years, it bolstered maduro, it propped him up, bailed him out with cash, it provided loans to keep the regime going. it provided lots of military equipment to his regime, all in exchange for oil and influence. and we often see russia and china take the same tact on these things. they want to keep dictators in power and keep the establishment as is, similar to what we see in syria with assad. they don't like to shake things up, other than the by the book way because they, themselves worry about destabilization even within their own countries. this just adds another laye

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in two thousand and eight michelle kosinski created the most famous of these tasks on facebook called my personality a questionnaire to learn more about yourself. became really popular we had over six million people to take the question there and a large fraction of these people also donated their facebook profile information to us and from this information you can use. algorithms to transform this information into very detailed and very i curate intimate profiles so as a result michelle kosinski hospital largest psychometric database in the world. a database he can cross-reference with the facebook profiles of the six million people who respond it's. so basic you can turn your facebook likes into an actor it's a prediction of your political views religious views your personality intelligence happiness sexual intake or even whether your parents were divorced or not people often ask me how accurate those algorithms are at predicting our intimate traits and i think that a great example comes from our recent study where we have compared the curacy of algorithms with a curiosity of other

in two thousand and eight michelle kosinski created the most famous of these tasks on facebook called my personality a questionnaire to learn more about yourself. became really popular we had over six million people to take the questionnaire and a large fraction of these people also donated their facebook profile information to us and from this information you can use. algorithms to transform this information into a very detailed and a very accurate intimate profiles so as a result michelle kosinski hospital largest psychometric database in the world. a database he can cross-reference with the facebook profiles of the six million people who respond it's. so basic you can turn your facebook likes into an actor it's a prediction of your political views religious views your personality intelligence happiness sexual intake or even whether your parents were divorced or not people often ask me how accurate those algorithms are at predicting our intimate traits and i think that a great example comes from our recent study where we have compared the curacy of algorithms with a curiosity of oth