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CHRISTINA MACFARLANE, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: President Trump talks tough before his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin. Is he prepared to back
it up? It's 09:00 a.m. in Washington. It's 02:00 p.m. here in London. I'm Christina Macfarlane, and this is "Connect the World".
Also coming up, brewing international outrage at Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu as he talks about the possible resettlement of Palestinians from
Gaza to countries in Africa and Asia. As the U.S. cracks down on immigration, we look at deportation flights, the planes that carry out the
missions are getting harder to track.
We have a special report. And Taylor Swift spills the tea on her new album, her relationship and why orange is her favorite color. And the stock market
in New York opens in about 30 minutes from now. You can see the U.S. futures here all down. They continue to look for direction as investors
keep the Alaska summit in focus.
Russia's President is speaking out on the eve of his summit in Alaska with U.S. President Donald Trump. Vladimir Putin, voicing praise for the Trump
Administration's efforts to forge peace in Ukraine.
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VLADIMIR PUTIN, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT: To tell you about the stage we are at with the current American Administration, which, as everyone knows, is
making, my opinion, quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, stop the crisis, and reach agreements that are of interest to
all parties involved in this conflict in order to create long term conditions for peace between our countries and in Europe and in the world
as a whole.
If by the next stages, we reach agreements in the area of control over strategic offensive weapons.
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MACFARLANE: Well meantime, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is rallying European support, meeting today with British Prime Minister Keir
Starmer in London. That coming amid a rush of diplomacy, as European leaders present a united front heading into the Alaska summit.
President Zelenskyy says they discussed security guarantees in detail, a key issue in getting Ukraine to agree to a ceasefire. And a senior Putin
aide today shared some details about the summit, which will be held at a U.S. military base in Anchorage, Alaska. He says it will start at 11:30
a.m. local time, that's 03:30 p.m. in Washington and 10:30 p.m. in Moscow.
After one-on-one talks with the help of interpreters, he says the two presidents will hold a joint news conference. He also says both delegations
will have five members with groups of experts nearby. We are joined by Clare Sebastian here in London, and Nick Paton Walsh is joining us live
from Kyiv.
So, Nick to you first, just in response to what we heard from Vladimir Putin then? Can tell us what you can unwrap from those comments as we look
ahead to the summit this Friday?
NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, it's appeared that some of the worst fears potentially of European leaders
and certainly Ukraine about what this summit may evolve into are potentially being realized, certainly in how Putin is framing this
bilateral meeting, talking about a strategic weapons treaty.
He doesn't say the word nuclear, but most treaties refer to that kind of weapon, or nuclear capable missiles. And really, I think focusing the
discussion on what Trump can get out of improving relationships with Russia? Can there be a U.S.-Russian strategic deal in all of this.
Playing on the some might say, misconception within Trump's inner circle that somehow Russia, utterly dependent on China to bankroll its war. Can
somehow be prized away from Beijing and moved into the American orbit, almost as an ally against China? That was a misconception that most, I
think, felt would be laid to rest months ago after Trump got increasing disappointed with Putin, but Putin does appear to think that this summit is
much more about bilateral relations.
Yes, he talked about the energy being put into trying to find a solution to the Ukraine conflict, which he started, but it is clear too, also that, you
know, in those simple words that he may well be trying to throw at Trump in that meeting something not of a red herring.
Obviously, the world is interested in seeing a great, lesser threat of strategic weapons being used by either the United States or Russia. But
that wasn't initially the point of this Alaska meeting that was the war in Ukraine. And so, while it's entirely impossible, frankly, to predict how
this meeting will go.
And Trump appears to when he speaks to his European allies, emerge tough talking about very serious consequences yesterday, apparently, according to
the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, saying he won't be negotiating away Ukraine's territory. That's for Ukraine to do.
Merz also talked about how serious decisions can be made at that meeting. So, there's no doubt in the minds of Europeans what they want him to enter
into that meeting thinking or either that there could be some potentially unpleasant surprises between those two sides meeting without Europeans or
Ukrainians in the room.
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And so, Zelenskyy in Downing Street to gain have another audience or feel amplified his concerns for Europe to amplify their concerns. Again, it's
all been pretty consistent, frankly, ceasefire first negotiations around the frozen front lines as they currently stand, no suggestion that either
side would be happy to give up territory at all.
It seems, to be honest, mostly far-fetched, but that has been translated to Trump quite whether it gets echoed in that meeting with Putin is really
unclear. Trump is called it a listing exercise. It feels at this stage like he's ultimately going to see what Putin is willing to offer, if he likes
it, he'll pursue it, and that somehow takes U.S. agency out of these discussions.
MACFARLANE: Yeah, Nick, thank you. Turning to Clare Sebastian. Clare, as we look at those images of the prime minister meeting with Zelenskyy this
morning, you were there actually outside 10 Downing Street as that happened. The Prime Minister issued a statement afterwards. Do we know what
has come from that meeting?
CLARE SEBASTIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Christina, this was, I think, just as much about optics as it was about substance. It was a way to sort
of follow up, not only on the big meeting that we saw yesterday between European leaders, involving also Zelenskyy and Trump, their last best
chance ready to get into Trump's ear ahead of the Alaska summit.
But also, to follow up on the big show of solidarity and support for Ukraine that we've seen from Europe this week. And I think the image of the
two leaders, you see it there, sitting in the garden, Downing Street, drinking tea, and the sunflowers, a potent symbol of Ukraine between them,
really gives across that image, in terms of the statements that came out of it from both sides.
I think we see the optimism that we saw come out of yesterday's meeting, now heavily caveated. Keir Starmer, the British Prime Minister, saying that
the talks present a viable chance to make progress, as long as he said, Putin takes action to prove he is serious about peace.
Similar tone from Zelenskyy, saying that they discussed in detail security guarantees that could make peace sustainable, but only if the United States
manages to pressure Russia into stopping the killings and engaging in genuine, meaningful diplomacy. I can tell you, watching President Zelenskyy
walk into Downing Street this morning.
It was a very serious, very sober demeanor that he struck despite the warm greeting that he got from Keir Starmer, he has been warning throughout this
week that Russia will seek to manipulate and to deceive. In his words, the United States, I think that fear very much remains.
And I think for both Europe and Ukraine at this point, the sense is that they really have done everything they can to try to influence this meeting,
and they now have to watch and wait and, of course, make plans for what happens after Alaska, depending, of course, on whether that meeting is
judged by Trump to have gone well or not, Christina.
MACFARLANE: Yeah, a lot of wait and see right now. Clare Sebastian and Nick Paton Walsh, thank you to you both. Now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu says talks are underway with several countries about taking in Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza.
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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: First of all, inside Gaza. We are not pushing them out either, but we are allowing them to leave.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is happening very slowly.
NETANYAHU: You need the receiving countries. We are talking to several countries. I can't detail it here.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is there a special response and cooperation?
NETANYAHU: There is dialogue and that is important.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you really believe that this will happen in the end?
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MACFARLANE: It's unclear how advanced any of these discussions are. The Israeli leader hasn't offered a detailed vision of what will happen to Gaza
after the war. His comments come as international alarm groans over Israel's stated plan to take over Gaza City. The Israeli military has been
bombarding Gaza City ahead of that plan to take over.
Meantime, more than 100 humanitarian organizations are calling on Israel to end what they call the weaponization of aid in Gaza. Let's get straight out
to Oren Liebermann is joining me here from Jerusalem. So, Oren, what more are you gleaning from these talks about the resettlement of displaced
Palestinians, and is this really likely something that may happen?
OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN JERUSALEM BUREAU CHIEF: The second part of your question, there is a key part of this. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
has tried to portray this as something that is really advancing, that there are countries that are willing to take in Palestinians, that there are
Palestinians who have been willing to leave Gaza, and that this is a plan that is likely to come to fruition.
The problem is we have seen very little evidence of that, and Netanyahu himself has declined to name the countries. We have learned from senior
Israeli officials that there are talks with at least five different countries, that includes South Sudan, Libya, Ethiopia, Somaliland and
Indonesia.
From Israel's perspective, at least three of those have issued denials. South Sudan did so within the last 48 hours or so. Somaliland did so in
March when reports first emerged that Israel was in talks with Somaliland to take in displaced Palestinians and resettle them.
And then Indonesia just said a few days ago that they would take in 2000 Gazans, but that was for treatment, and then they were fully expected to
return to Gaza.
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So, it's unclear that there is any real momentum behind this, that this plan is likely to come into effect. It's also worth noting that this was
something really floated first by President Donald Trump, much earlier in the year, at the beginning of his current administration, Israel seized on
those comments, and continues to do so.
Bringing it up is what they see as a real option, even though Trump appears to be cooling on the idea. And on top of that Christina, is the idea that
Palestinians have to want to leave. And it's not sure anybody does. Netanyahu has tried to portray this as voluntary immigration from Gaza, but
we have seen Israel repeatedly issue evacuation orders for pretty much almost all of the territory in Gaza.
So at least that movement hasn't been voluntary, and it's not clear that this would be either.
MACFARLANE: Meanwhile, Oren, we're just learning a short time ago that the Head of Mossad has arrived in Doha, a Hamas delegation that was in Egypt.
We know is there as well. I mean, is there suggestion here that there's some movement now on ceasefire negotiations? What are you hearing?
LIEBERMANN: It's not clear that there is, although the movements themselves are certainly noteworthy. Hamas was in Egypt over the last couple of days
specifically to discuss ceasefire negotiations. And from what we understand, that's why they headed to Doha at the same time, the Head of
the Mossad, David Barnea, it looks like this was a very short visit to Doha.
It's possible he's already on his way back. An Israeli official said he was there to discuss Mossad related matters, and that Netanyahu now would only
consider a full deal that is a comprehensive deal to release all of the hostages in return for an end of the war and certain other issues there
trying to downplay any expectations that this might lead to some breakthrough.
There are clearly international efforts here. This past weekend, we saw U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff, meet the Qataris in Spain. But there doesn't
appear to be concrete movement, and certainly no imminent breakthrough. But even so, the fact that Barnea was in Doha at the same time as Hamas.
Hamas more openly acknowledging that they're discussing ceasefire there, or at least willing to discuss ceasefire there. This is something we're going
to keep an eye on here as frankly, the international community, tries to get negotiations back on track.
MACFARLANE: All right. Oren Liebermann, appreciate your reporting, thank you. You are watching "Connect the World". Still ahead, immigrant
deportation flights are skyrocketing in the U.S., but the planes used to carry out those missions are getting harder to track.
We'll explain why. Plus, when the world's biggest pop superstar takes over, one of the biggest sporting podcasts, will get the inside scoop from Taylor
Swift on her new coming album.
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MACFARLANE: Welcome back. A federal judge has ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to immediately improve conditions at a holding facility
in New York City. Detainees have complained about dirty conditions with cell phone video showing about two dozen men crowded into one room with
only blankets.
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This comes as a number of immigrant deportation flights is skyrocketing and also becoming harder to track. CNN's Rene Marsh has more.
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RENE MARSH, CNN U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: More than 30 migrants, detainees handcuffed, walk up those steps and get on board. 1, 2, 3, 4 more
detainees. You can tell that their hands are restrained.
MARSH (voice-over): This is one of about 6000 ICE flights since President Donald Trump took office. We were able to find this plane here in Richmond,
Virginia, but most of them are hidden from the public and operating with little transparency. Virtually every ICE flight carrying detainees blocks
their tail numbers from flight tracking websites, making it nearly impossible for families and advocates to find their loved ones once they're
in ICE custody.
MARSH: This is one of the tail numbers that we think could possibly come here. And right now, it's in Youngstown. Oh, look, I think it's taken off
because the altitude is increasing.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- OK.
MARSH: Yeah.
MARSH (voice-over): We studied months of flight paths, got a tail number, and made an educated guess about which flight would arrive in Richmond.
Then, using a crowd source database that monitors aircraft radio signals, we tracked the suspected flight, revealing every city and state it stopped
in within 24 hours.
This is the plane we're tracking, a Boeing 737, operated by Eastern Air Express, with the tail number N668CP. It has up to 148 economy seats, a
bathroom in the front and the back. But it's unclear how many people are on board this flight or any other ICE flight.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tyson 51, continue on.
MARSH: OK. Tyson 51 is this one right now? That's the call sign that they're using for this flight.
MARSH (voice-over): Many ICE flights go by Tyson, the same call sign used to identify Trump's personal plane after he was elected in 2016. Here's the
flight path it took on August 6, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania to Louisiana, back to Ohio, then New York, picking up and dropping off detainees at every
stop.
MARSH: If it's actually coming to Virginia, it should be here very soon. It's on approach. It's on approach right now. Its altitude is like,
literally 50 feet.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK, think over there, over there.
MARSH: All right, I think that might be it. This is a plane. This is a plane that we've been tracking all morning. This is it. And we just saw
like more than 30 detainees handcuffed walk up those steps and get on board. There's 1, 2, 3, 4 more detainees. You can tell that their hands are
restrained another one, another.
OK, so they're unloading another vehicle here, multiple detainees walking up to get on board this Eastern Air Express flight.
MARSH (voice-over): The Trump Administration has used more than 70 airports across the country for domestic shuffle flights so far, moving ICE
detainees between detention centers before deportation. In the past three months, the number of these flights spiked 90 percent compared to the same
time period last year, according to an immigrant rights group.
And that trend is expected to continue after the Department of Homeland Security recently earmarked $14.4 billion for ICE flights.
MARSH: We know that the tail number of the flight that we've been tracking today is N668CP. And we want to see if this public tracking site that gets
its data and information from the FAA has any record of the flight. Nothing comes up.
MARSH (voice-over): But we were able to track the flight as it made its way back to Alexandria, Louisiana, the busiest hub for ICE deportation flights.
At this point in the journey, some of the first detainees on board were possibly on this plane, handcuffed for nearly 10 hours.
As this ICE flight completes its 24-hour trip, Louisiana is likely the last stop in the U.S. before the people on board are deported.
MARSH: Well, the reality is, it was not very simple to track this ICE flight. We weren't even sure we had successfully done it until it was
coming in for a landing at Richmond's airport. And the point is, these flights really have virtually no eyes on them.
Families and advocates have no idea where their loved ones are going once, they are in ICE custody. Now, one of the airlines flying the flights for
ICE, Avelo Airlines, told CNN in an email quote, flights operated on behalf of the United States government are often unidentified at the government's
request.
So, we reached out to the Department of Homeland Security, that's the agency that oversees ICE, to get a better understanding as to why these
flights are blocking their tail numbers, but the agency did not comment. Rene Marsh, CNN, Washington.
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MACFARLANE: All right, let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories -- on our radar right now, closing arguments in the trial of Hong
Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai have been canceled for today because of heavy rain. They're set to resume Friday. The 77-year-old has been in jail for
five years on charges linked to the city's pro-democracy movement.
And is now shuttered anti Beijing newspaper, "Apple Daily". If convicted, he faces up to life in prison. Air Canada says it anticipates flight
cancelations will start on Thursday as it winds down operations. Canada's largest airline is bracing for a strike this weekend, and says it will lock
out flight attendants who vote to strike.
The company plans to suspend operations on Saturday and could remain shut down until a deal is reached. Spanish police say they thwarted a cocaine
smuggling operation, seizing three tons of the drug from a boat near the Canary Islands on Wednesday that's off the northwest Africa coast.
They arrested five people. The Spanish Civil Guard says the crew intended to hand off the cocaine to smaller boats. The investigation also involved
police from the U.S., UK and Portugal. A spike in temperatures is fueling heat waves and wildfires across Europe.
This video was taken in Western Greece, where flames swept through a cement factory and olive tree orchards and forced mass evacuations. In Northern
Portugal, hundreds of firefighters have been working to put out a blaze burning since Saturday. Helicopters have been called in to dump water on
the flames.
And not just residents, but livestock have been evacuated in Albania as high winds force farmers to move their animals to nearby rivers to avoid
the blazes. The country's defense minister says it's been a critical week as forests and farmland burn across Albania.
Now pop superstar Taylor Swift took over the new heights podcast on Wednesday to give her new details on her upcoming 12th studio album.
Swift's boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce hosts the show with his brother, Former Philadelphia Eagle Center Jason Kelce.
And CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister breaks down what the singer revealed about her latest project.
ELIZABETH WAGMEISTER, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT: It's the moment that the world was waiting for. And over 1.3 million people tuned in live on
YouTube to watch Taylor Swift on her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce's podcast.
Now the podcast comes as Taylor announced her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl", and she made some big announcements. She revealed that the
album will be released on October 3rd. She also revealed the producers behind the album, and these are two producers who she previously worked
with.
And they are credited with helping her transition from country music to pop music, which means we are in store for a pop album from Taylor Swift. Now,
this was a big deal for the relationship between these two superstars from the entertainment world and the sports world, because it's the first time
that we've seen them in conversation.
So, we got a little glimpse into their relationship and how it all started. You may remember that Travis had previously said on his podcast that he
wanted to shoot his shot to get Taylor. Take a look.
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TAYLOR SWIFT, MUSICIAN: I'm just circling back to "New Heights" to say thank you for this.
TRAVIS KELCE, TAYLOR SWIFT'S BOYFRIEND: Yes. I'm the luckiest man in the world.
JASON KELCE, TRAVIS KELCE'S BROTHER: How did you know he wasn't crazy? Because that's the other side of that, right, like a guy goes up there and
professes his love for -- either one. It's like, this could be the most romantic thing in the world --
T. KELCE: -- crazy --
SWIFT: He is crazy basically.
J. KELCE: But there's a right, crazy.
SWIFT: Yeah, he's the good kind of crazy. And I knew that he wasn't crazy the first couple of times that we talked. I was just like, he's truly,
like, he's truly getting to know me in a way that's very natural, very pure, very normal. Like -- also, like, just the way that he could make me
laugh so immediately about normal things.
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WAGMEISTER: Now, Taylor also got incredibly emotional as she talked about buying back her music catalog. You remember that earlier this summer, the
superstar had made the announcement that she now owns all of the rights to all of her music. After a very contentious battle over the ownership of her
music.
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SWIFT: I get a call from my mom, and she's like, we -- you got your music.
T. KELCE: Yeah.
SWIFT: And so sorry that this is -- it's literally been so long since this happened. It's every time I talk about it, she was like, you got your
music, and I just, like, very dramatically, hit the floor for real, like, honestly, just started bawling my eyes out, and I knock on the door. He's
playing video games, and I'm trying to say it in a normal way, and I'm just like --
T. KELCE: -- What just happened? What just happened?
SWIFT: And he's like, puts his headset down. He's like, guys got to go.
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And I think you thought something was wrong, and you come up and I'm just like -- and then just start absolutely heaving.
T. KELCE: Just dead weight. Just dead weight -- all control.
SWIFT: Had no power in my life to support myself. And, yeah, this changed my life.
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WAGMEISTER: Taylor also revealed that there are going to be 12 songs on her 12th studio album, including a collaboration with fellow pop star and her
friend Sabrina Carpenter. As always, it is Taylor's world, and we are just living in it. Back to you.
MACFARLANE: Certainly, feels that way. Now, YouTube says it's going to use AI to guess your age. So how accurate is it? And what if its guess is
wrong? We'll investigate that next. Plus, U.S. President Donald Trump suggests his takeover of the police force in Washington D.C. is far from
over.
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MACFARLANE: Welcome back. I'm Christina Macfarlane in London, and you're watching "Connect the World". These are our headlines this hour. Russia's
President says the U.S. is making, quote, sincere and energetic efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin speaking on the eve of his summit
with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska.
In London, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Keir Starmer met this morning. Mr. Zelenskyy says they discussed security
guarantees that could lead to a sustainable peace. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says talks are underway with several countries about
taking in Palestinians from Gaza.
It's not clear how advanced these discussions are. An Israeli official tells CNN, talks have been held with South Sudan, Ethiopia, Libya,
Indonesia and Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. Peru is granting amnesty to security forces accused of abuses during the country's brutal
20-year fight against rebel groups.
President Dina Boluarte signed the law Wednesday, sparking outrage from human rights groups, who say it betrays victims and undermines justice. And
we are watching to see how Wall Street will react after brand new data out of the last hour showing U.S. wholesale inflation heated up more than
expected in July, with prices rising by the fastest monthly pay since March of 2022.
The Producer Price Index, which measures the average change in prices paid to producers jumped 0.9 percent from June and was up 3.3 percent annually.
Now the data serves as a potential signal of the prices consumers may see in the store shelves in the months ahead.
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And ringing the opening bell today, the Chairman and CEO of MIAX, the exchange operator Miami International, is celebrating its IPO after raising
$345 million. It is Thursday, August the 14th. The indices are pretty now firmly all down, with markets turning their attention to Friday's talks in
Alaska.
And in the midst of this, YouTube has announced it will start using AI to guess how old you are. But if its guess is wrong, it will be up to you to
prove your true age. The system will analyze the user's activity, like what they watch and search for to decide if that user is a minor, and if you're
mistakenly labeled as underage, you'll have to uphold a government ID, a credit card or even a selfie.
The new technology went into Action Wednesday on a trial basis. The idea is, of course, to prevent children from accessing inappropriate content
while it's still in its early stages, privacy concerns are also already being raised. Well, let's get out to Clare Duffy, who's been covering this
for CNN's Tech.
Clare, to give us an idea of how accurate the technology is and how good it is guessing users ages correctly?
CLARE DUFFY, CNN TECH REPORTER: I think Christina, that is the big question. You know, this rollout, as you said, started yesterday, on a
limited basis in the United States. And I think this is something that some users are really worried about although YouTube does say that this AI age
verification system has worked well in other countries prior to this U.S. rollout.
How this works is the AI system is going to guess users ages based on things like the videos that they're searching for or watching and the
length of time their account has been active. If it suspects a user is a minor, it is going to automatically place them into these more restrictive
teen settings.
So, they won't be able to view certain types of videos, like graphic or sexually suggestive content. Their content recommendations will be
adjusted. They'll be getting these take a break reminder that they've been scrolling for too long. And they also won't receive personalized
advertising.
However, if you're an adult user who was incorrectly flagged as a teen, you will have to upload your government ID, your credit card or a selfie to
prove your age and continue accessing that adult experience on YouTube, Christina.
MACFARLANE: Yeah, you know, the concern with this is I might be flagged as someone who has the age of a four-year-old because most of my YouTube clips
are used to show my younger daughter. But look, just break down those privacy concerns you're talking about.
I mean, it's hard not to imagine a lot of users are going to be nervous about uploading things like credit cards or government IDs.
DUFFY: Yeah, this is a really tricky one, because on one hand, you have parents who have been asking YouTube and many other big tech platforms to
do more to protect their children. And there's been a lot of criticism around these tech platforms youth safety features, because in a lot of
cases, young people can pretty easily just sign up for an account with an incorrect birth date and get around those safety features.
So, this is an effort by YouTube to address that criticism. But there are many users who are concerned about the privacy implications of this
decision, in particular, these adult users who are worried about getting incorrectly flagged as a teen and having to upload their sensitive
information in order to get around these safety features.
Privacy experts have also raised concerns about how YouTube parent company Google will be handling, managing that sensitive information. Now, I did
ask YouTube about these privacy concerns, and they said that Google has basically state of the art safety security systems to protect that
information.
And also, that YouTube won't use people's government IDs their credit cards for advertising purposes. But it does sound like they will be, you know, at
least in some cases, hanging on to some of that private information, Christina.
MACFARLANE: All right, we will watch this space there. Clare Duffy, appreciate it. Thank you. Now the White House is continuing to ramp up
federal policing operations in the U.S. capital, with tense scenes unfolding overnight. Local people had a standoff with D.C. police and
federal officers after they set up a checkpoint on 14th street, a busy route lined with bars and restaurants.
An officer told CNN they were conducting a routine operation, but the locals out protesting said there was nothing routine about it, while the
demonstration grew loud at times, it was not violent. As CNN's Gabe Cohen is joining us from Washington. So, Gabe, the White House said yesterday it
would, in fact, be sending more National Guard troops in.
I mean, has that happened? And what is the -- how tense are things getting across the city, given the images we've just seen?
GABE COHEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Christina, in terms of the numbers, we don't know exactly how many are being deployed, but I can tell you, it's a
pretty quiet Thursday morning here outside Union Station, the biggest train station in D.C., and you can see this National Guard, Humvee, the troops
who are here.
And there's one Humvee basically at every corner of the station. See we're coming up on another one here.
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We've seen maybe a dozen or so soldiers out here, and it just shows the increased federal presence that we're seeing. It's not just the National
Guard. We also are seeing FBI agents, DEA agents. Just a few minutes ago, we saw some Homeland Security officers as well.
So that is one big piece of what the White House is trying to do here. They are also, though, federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department, D.C.'s
local police department, but one of the big questions remains, who at the end of the day, is actually in charge? Because if you ask the White House,
they would say it is Attorney General, Pam Bondi, it is Terry Cole who is the Head of the DEA.
But if you ask the mayor or the police chief here in D.C., they would say the district is still very much calling the shots when it comes to where
officers are going. Of course, they do not have jurisdiction over these federal officers who are out here. And to be clear, Christina, these
troops, I don't know if you can see any of the zip ties.
Some of them have zip ties attached to their backs. They're really mostly here for visibility. They are not out here to make arrests. They are not
out here to use force. They said, really only they can use force to defend themselves or to protect people who are in danger.
But they're primarily here to assist law enforcement and just be visible to try to deter crime. That is a big part of this initiative from the White
House, because they say there's a violent crime emergency here in the nation's capital. Of course, police data here in D.C. disputes that.
It shows violent crime has been declining here over the last couple of years. The president, President Trump, says that data is not accurate, that
the books have been cooked essentially. So, we're still walking this power dynamic play out between the White House and district officials.
And we're still waiting to hear a little bit more from the mayor, because frankly, Mayor Muriel Bowser has not wanted to antagonize the president.
Has not been speaking publicly much about the president's actions and his criticisms of the district. Although a couple nights ago we did hear her
call what the president has done here an authoritarian push, Christina.
So, there's a little bit of back and forth, and it'll be interesting to see how it plays out in the coming days, with the president saying they're
going to extend this order well beyond the initial 30 days.
MACFARLANE: Yeah, well, it is, I can tell you, quite jarring to see a Humvee sitting behind you there in the heart of Washington in the middle of
the day. Gabe, appreciate your reporting, on this. Thank you. PSG added another trophy to their cabinet as the late rally takes them past Tottenham
in this super cup. We'll have those details next.
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MACFARLANE: Now, when a bride to be from New York got engaged two years ago, she held out for the perfect engagement diamond. Until now, Micherre
Fox finally found her stone at Crater of Diamonds State Park in our Kansas last month. One of the few diamond sites with a finders' keepers' policy.
Look at that. She spent three weeks digging, and on her last day, she found the one, a raw white diamond weighing 2.3 carats. It is the size of a human
tooth. Fox says being resourceful is an invaluable lesson for marriage. Big problems can be solved with hard work and not just money.
I'm sure her fiance is delighted. Meanwhile, tennis icon Venus Williams is getting another Barbie in her image, this one, which comes a year after
first, it's part of the Barbie inspiring women series. Williams, who has long championed equal pay, got to choose the outfit, and she picked her
uniform from her 2007 Wimbledon victory. That was, of course, the first time the women and men's singles champions at Wimbledon earned an equal
prize money. So, it's a good choice.
The new Barbie goes on sale on Friday. And it's been a busy couple of months for PSG, the Parisians lifted the Champions League in May, lost the
Club World Cup final in July, and on Wednesday, they added the UEFA Super Cup to their growing trophy cabinet with a really late rally to beat
Tottenham. Amanda Davies has been following in. It was actually penalty finish, wasn't it, Amanda?
AMANDA DAVIES, CNN WORLD SPORT: Yeah, it was. 94 minutes was what the timing on the clock when PSG got the equalizer, having been two-nil down,
there wasn't extra time in this one. It went straight to penalties. So, a fourth trophy of 2025 for Paris Saint-Germain.
Very much the traditional has become the traditional curtain raiser, really, for the European football season, the action in La Liga, the
Premier League and in France, kicking off Friday and Saturday into this weekend. So, lots of football to come, which we're looking ahead to in
"World Sport" in just a couple of minutes.
And really great timing that Venus Williams new Barbie doll as well, because she's just been awarded that wild card and into the U.S. Open. So,
she will become the oldest player in 40 years to be taking part at the U.S. Open. Of course, a two-time winner, but hasn't won the title there for 24
years. So quite --
MACFARLANE: How exciting I really want that being at Venus Barbie from my desk at work. I think Amanda, look forward to seeing you after the break.
Thanks.
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