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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 14.

TAKE YOU FOR JOINING US.

IT IS A BIG ENVIRONMENTAL MESS.

AND A HISTORIC ONE.

TONIGHT, ALL EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO CONTROL THAT MASSIVE OIL SPILL TO THE NORTH OF US.

BEACHES, BIRDS, SOIL AND THIS SEVERE INSPECT IS UNKNOWN.

GROUP CREWS ARE WORKING OUT.

OUR COVERAGE BEGINS WITH A HEALTH REPORTER, MATT HOFFMAN.

>> WE CONTINUE TO DO OVERFLIGHT ASSESSMENT OF THE COAST LINE.

WE KNOW THAT THERE IS OIL OFF OF THE COAST LINE.

MANY OF YOU HAVE UNIT SHOWING UP ON THE BEACHES.

>> Reporter: COAST GUARD OFFICIALS ARE DEPLOYING RESOURCES TO TRY TO STOP THE OIL'S MOVEMENT.

THIS TO HAVE COME FROM A LARGE AUTO WONDER POP LINE FIVE MILES OFF OF HUNTINGTON EACH WORD THE LEAK WAS DISCOVERED ON SUNDAY MORNING.

>>> THERE IS MORE INFORMATION TO COME.

WHERE MOVING CLOSELY TO THE SOURCE AND CALLS.

>> Reporter: DEVILS HAS IS A PORTION OF THE PIPE TO DISCOVER WHAT CAUSED A HUGE FIELD.

OFFICIAL DO NOT KNOW THE FULL EFFECTS FOR WILDLIFE.

AVERAGE BECKER'S POOL IS 20,000 GALLONS OR MORE.

THIS SPILL COULD BE AS LARGE AS 127 THOUSAND GALLONS.

WE KNOW THAT THE OIL HAS MOVED PAST DANA POINT.

OFFICIALS THAT IT COULD CONTINUE TO TREND SOUTH.

>> IT IS MOVING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION BASED ON THE WIND, WEATHER AND CURRENTS.

TRUCKS INDIOS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICE HAS BOOTS ON THE GROUND NEAR THIS BILL, PREPARING FOR WHAT COULD THE COMING.

>> IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER THE OIL IMPACT OR THE OIL WILL MAKE ITS WAY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THE DIRECTOR OF THE COASTAL OCEAN RESORT AND ABUTMENT CENTER AT THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTION.

HE WORKS WITH THE RADAR SYSTEM THAT TRACKS OCEAN CURRENTS.

>> THAT I'M AN OUNCE OF THE OCEAN IS THAT THE WATER IS IN MOVEMENT.

THINKS YOU ARE DISCHARGED IN THE OCEAN QUICKLY GET UNDER THE AFFECTS OF THE OCEAN CURRENTS AND GET TRANSPORTED.

IT IS VERY TYPICAL FOR AN OIL SPILL FOR IT TO START DISPERSING ITSELF ALONG THE COASTLINE.

>> Reporter: THERE IS NO ESTIMATE ON HOW LONG IT COULD TAKE TO CLEAN UP THE SPILL., WATER SHOULD GET CREWS AND EDGE.

>>> THERE IS A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF PAYING ATTENTION TO THE OCEANOGRAPHY IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT THE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND STATE AGENCIES RESPONDING TO IT, THE BETTER.

>> Reporter: ASSESSMENTS ARE ONGOING.

OFFICIALS ARE NOT ROLLING OUT THE AND ANCHORED SHIP MAY HAVE ACCIDENTALLY COME IN CONTACT WITH A PIPE LINE.

>> AN OIL SPILL OF THIS SIZE WILL REQUIRE AN ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH TO CONTAIN THE DAMAGE.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING BUSY LIFE ALONE.

KPBS REPORTER HAS MORE ON HOW SEAWORLD IS READY TO HELP.

>> WE ARE ON STANDBY.

WE HAVE PREPARED THE BUILDING TO ACCEPT THOSE SPECIES OF ANIMALS.

WE ARE JUST WAITING.

>> Reporter: SEAWORLD AS PART OF THE WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK, WHICH IS A COORDINATED EFFORT BY ANIMAL CARE FACILITIES IN CALIFORNIA TO RESPOND TO INJURED AND ILL ANIMALS.

JAKE PETERSON IS A RESCUE SUPERVISOR AT SEAWORLD.

SHE SAYS THIS TEAM IS ON STANDBY AS LONG AS THEY ARE NEEDED.

>> SEAWORLD SAN DIEGO WILL BE TAKING IN AFFECTED TURTLES, SEA TURTLES, AND ANY DOLPHINS THAT LAND ON THE BEACH.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 100,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE SPILLED INTO THE OCEAN OFF OF ORANGE COUNTY.

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EXPERTS ARE WARNING THE OIL SPILL IS OF EXTREME CONCERN TO MIGRATING SEABIRDS.

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OIL WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK IS ONLY FOUR BIRDS HAVE NEEDED RESCUE EFFORTS BUT WARNS IT MAY BE WEEKS TO MONTHS UNTIL WE SEE THE FULL EFFECTS OF THIS SPILL.

MORE ANIMALS ARE LIKELY TO BE RECOVERED.

>> THE ANIMALS COME INTO US IN DIRE NEED.

A LOT OF THEM WOULD NOT MAKE IT IF WE DID NOT, IF WE WERE NOT HERE TO HELP THEM.

>> Reporter: PETERSON DESCRIBES THE DELICATE CARE THAT GOES INTO SAVING THESE ANIMALS COVERED IN TOXIC OIL.

>> YOU THINK THE OIL CAN GETTING THE OIL OFF WOULD BE THE FIRST THING.

IT IS NOT THE FIRST THING.

THE FIRST THING IS TO SUPPORT THEIR HEALTH AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO SURVIVE THE STRESS OF BEING WASHED.

AND THEN REMOVING THE OIL IS A LOT OF ELBOW GREASE AND DISHWASHING LIQUID AND WATER.

>> Reporter: PETERSON SAYS THERE IS NO BETTER FEELING THAN RELEASING AC ANIMAL BACK INTO THE OCEAN ONCE IT HAS FULLY RECOVERED.

SEAWORLD 8000 SQUARE FOOT CARE CENTER CAN HOLD UP TO 200 SEA OTTERS AND 200 SEABIRDS AT ONE TIME.

>>> AND OTHER LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING SPARED THE THREAT OF A VIOLENT SEXUAL PREDATOR MOVING IN.

DEMONSTRATIONS, SITES, AND PUBLIC MEETINGS.

THEY ALL HELPED.

ONE LOCAL LEADER IS HOPING TO STOP THE PRACTICE HERE ALTOGETHER.

HERE IS MELISSA MAY.

>> Reporter: DOUGLAS BADGER, A CONVICTED VIOLENT PREDATOR WILL NOT BE RELEASED TO A HOME IN RANCHO BERNARDO AFTER PUBLIC OUTCRY.

THE HOMEOWNERS OF THE HOME WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT HE IS NOT WELCOME.

WHAT THAT NEWS IS A RELIEF TO THE COMMUNITY, IT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR, JIM DESMOND.

>> I AM PUTTING FORWARD THE WE OPPOSE ANY FUTURE PLACEMENTS OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY UNTIL WE GET TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS AND WE GET A VETO VOTE ON ANYONE BEING PLACED HERE AT ALL.

>> Reporter: ON TUESDAY, DESMOND PLANS TO INTRODUCE A PROPOSAL TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO MAKE SAN DIEGO OFF-LIMITS OR S VP PLACEMENT UNTIL THE PROCESS IS IMPROVED.

>> PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR.

YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR.

>> Reporter: DESMOND SAYS RESIDENTS NEED TO BE GIVING MORE THAN A 15 DAY WINDOW TO RESPOND.

WHEN THE STATE WANTS TO PLACE AN SVP IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT HEARINGS NEED TO BE HELD CLOSER TO THE COMMUNITIES INVOLVED.

>> WE TAKE A POSITION OF OPPOSE FOR EVERY SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.

NOT VOTE TO PUT ONE NEXT TO ME.

NOT VOTE TO PUT ONE NEXT TO ANYONE ELSE.

>> Reporter: KPBS REACH OUT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE HOSPITALS.

THE AGENCY IN CHARGE OF HOUSING SVP'S ABOUT THE PROPOSED HOUSING PLACEMENT OF BADGER ON OCTOBER 29.

THEY DID NOT RESPOND IN TIME FOR THIS NEWSCAST.

>>> THE SUPREME COURT HAS BEGUN A NEW TERM BACK IN THE COURTROOM AFTER A NEARLY 19 MONTH ABSENCE BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

DEMONSTRATORS WERE OUT FRONT IN FULL FORCE TODAY AS A HIGH COURT AGENDA INCLUDES ABORTION, GUNS, AND RELIGION AMONG OTHER ITEMS.

EIGHT OF THE NINE JUSTICES TOOK THE BENCH FOR THE FIRST ARGUMENTS OF THE NEW TERM.

JUSTICE CAVANAUGH IS PARTICIPATING REMOTELY FROM HIS HOME AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 LATE LAST WEEK.

>>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS OUT PUSHING HIS AGENDA, HOPING TO AVOID LETTING THE U.S.

DEFAULT ON ITS DEBT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

AS WE REPORT, CONGRESS HAS TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING TO AVOID AGE ARE ECONOMIC FALLOUT.

NOT JUST FOR THE COUNTRY BUT THE ENTIRE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: ON MONDAY, AND URGENT MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE GOP TO PUT PARTISAN BICKERING ASIDE.

>> IT IS DANGEROUS AND DISGRACEFUL.

>> Reporter: THERE TWO WEEKS TO RAISE THE BORROWING LIMIT AS HE WAS FACES DEFAULT, WHICH COULD HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES.

>> NOT ONLY ARE REPUBLICANS REFUSING TO DO THEIR JOB, THEY ARE THREATENING TO USE THEIR POWER TO PREVENT US FROM DOING OUR JOB.

THAT IS SAVING THE ECONOMY FROM A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS SAY THEY SHOULD VOTE ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS TO VOTE FOR WHICH PARTIES ARE RESPONSIBLE.

PUBLICANS BELIEVE DEMOCRATS SHOULD HANDLE THE ISSUE ON THEIR OWN THROUGH A SPECIAL BUDGET PROCESS KNOWN AS RECONCILIATION.

>> DOES NOT WORK.

WHAT WORKS IS WHEN THE MAJORITY ACCEPTS THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION.

>> Reporter: FAILURE TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING COULD DELAY PAYMENTS THAT MANY RELY ON, INCLUDING MEDICARE, MILITARY PAYCHECKS, TAX REFUNDS AND SOCIAL SECURITY.

ALSO ON THE LINE, TENS OF BILLIONS IN COVID-19 ECONOMIC RECOVERY AID AND A POSSIBLE RISE IN MORDRED AND CREDIT CARD ISSUANCE RATES IF LAWMAKERS FAILED TO ACT.

>> WE HAVE BEEN WARNED BY NOT ONLY THE TREASURY SECRETARY BUT ALL OF THE FINANCERS ACROSS AMERICA.

THIS WOULD BE DEADLY TO OUR ECONOMY.

IT WOULD COST A 6 MILLION JOBS.

>> Reporter: A CONGRESSIONAL STANDOFF WITH NO SIGNS OF WHO WILL FOLD FIRST.

>>> AFTER MONTHS OF THE DELTA VARIANT DRIVING THE PANDEMIC IN THE U.S., GOOD NEWS ON THE CURRENT COVID-19 SURGE.

LINDA'S NUMBER SO A DOWNWARD TREND, INCLUDING HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, WERE 390 CASES WERE REPORTED TODAY.

SADLY, THERE WERE ALSO 9 DEATHS.

AS WE REPORT, TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY VACCINATION REMAINS KEY TO ENSURING CASES STAY DOWN.

>> Reporter: IN THE WAR ON COVID-19, THE U.S. MAY BE TURNING A CORNER.

CASES, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS ARE DECLINING.

>> THE WAY TO KEEP IT DOWN TO MAKE THAT TURNAROUND CONTINUED TO GO DOWN IS TO DO WHAT WE MENTIONED.

GET PEOPLE VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: NEW COVID-19 CASES REPORTED IN THE U.S.

IN THE PAST WEEK VERSUS THE PREVIOUS WEEK ARE DOWN IN AT LEAST 24 STATES.

STUDY IN 20 STATES AND RAISING IN 6th.

THE TREND IS THE SAME FOR HOSPITALIZATIONS, DOWN IN 33 STATES.

NEW DEATHS IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD ARE DOWN IN 18 STATES.

THE TOP U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS URGED AMERICANS TO NOT LET THEIR GUARD DOWN.

>> WE HAVE 70 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE VACCINATED WHO ARE NOT YET VACCINATED, THAT IS THE DANGER ZONE.

>> Reporter: DESPITE HOPES THAT VACCINE HESITANT AMERICANS WOULD BE CONVINCED TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES WITH THE FDA'S FULL APPROVAL OF THE PFIZER VACCINE, A NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

VISOR VACCINATION RATES DID INCREASE IN THE DAYS AFTER THAT DECISION IN AUGUST BUT THE UPTICK WAS MODEST AND RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED.

ACCORDING TO POLLS, YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON TROUBLE AND CONCERTS OR SPORTING EVENTS.

>> I THINK THAT WE ARE SEEING THAT VACCINE MANDATES AND INCENTIVES TO IMPACT PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR.

>>> DESPITE THE POSITIVE TRENDS, THE CDC IS URGING CAUTION FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

THEY ARE RECOMMENDING PEOPLE DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL THEY ARE FULLY VACCINATED, EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS IN PUBLIC AND ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

THE CDC SAYS THE SAFEST WAY TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS IS VIRTUALLY, WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH YOU OR OUTSIDE AT LEAST SIX FEET APART.

ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND AN IN- PERSON PARTY, GET VACCINATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

MASKS INDOORS OR IN PUBLIC IT IN AN AREA OF SUBSTANTIAL OR HIGH TRANSMISSION.

ALSO, DO NOT IN ANY EVENT IF YOU ARE SICK OR ARE EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS.

>>> WE HAVE REDESIGNED OUR WEBSITE.

KPBS.ORG LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

YOU CAN FIND THE LATEST ON THE PANDEMIC AND RESOURCES IN THE TRACKING COVID SECTION.

YOU WILL FIND UNDER THE NEWS TAB ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> WE COULD BE IN FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY TONIGHT.

WE HAVE THE FIRST OF THE WEEK FORECAST.

>> WEIRD TRUCKING ALEX LOW PRESSURE.

IT WILL BE MOVING IN LATER TONIGHT COME INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

IT WILL BRING BACK THE RAIN CHANCES AND ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN LATER IN THE WEEK.

IN NEWPORT THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.

COASTAL AREAS WILL SEE SOME RAIN.

IS TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW.

YOU CAN SAY ON THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY YOU CAN SEE THE MOISTURE FEEDING INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA.

HERE IS THE STORY.

HERE IS THAT LOW.

IT WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE AND INCREASING THE MOISTURE.

THERE IS A THREAT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS HERE AND AM THE BLADE AT RISK FOR WILDFIRE.

FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BENEFICIAL MOISTURE.

ALONG WITH THAT IS LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

FOR TONIGHT, WET WEATHER FOREMOST IN THE FORECAST.

YOU CAN SEE THE SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE.

TEMPERATURES IN RAMONA OR MID- 50s.

66 IN SAN DIEGO.

62 FOR THE OVERNIGHT LOW.

IN OCEANSIDE, HE WILL NOTICE SOME STEADY RAIN AT TIMES MOVING IN AFTER ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

THINGS AND SLOWLY PUSHED EASTER THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW.

TEMPERATURES TOMORROW GETTING BACK UP TO THE UPPER 70s.

NOT EVEN GETTING UP INTO THE 90s IN -- SPRINGS.

WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW.

IT WILL LIKELY BE DURING THE MORNING HOURS FOR THE COASTAL AREAS.

FURTHER EAST, THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WE GET ANOTHER PUSH AS A DIP ON THE DESK DREAM AS WE HEAD TOWARD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

COOL AIR DIPPING SOUTH.

WE MAY SEE EVEN MORE IN THE WAY OF RAIN.

NEAR THE COAST, SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

WE SEE THINGS BRIGHTENED BACK UP WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 70s THE END OF THE WEEK.

INLAND, MY STORY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE DECLINE.

WE HAVE SHOWER CHANCES THERE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES DROP FROM THE 60s AND 50s WITH A SIMILAR STORY WITH RAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

AND DESERTS, TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE DECLINE.

THE MOORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY.

>>> THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER IS MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK.

IT COMES AS A NEW FACILITY SUPPORTING THOSE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OPENS ITS DOORS IN VISTA.

MELISSA MAY DESCRIBES HOW THIS FACILITY WILL HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: A CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT, OR CSU IS A SMALL INPATIENT FACILITY FOR PEOPLE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COMMUNITY-BASED ONE ON FRIDAY.

>> THIS IS AN URGENT CARE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR SAYS THE CSU WILL SAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT TIME AND RESOURCES.

AND MORE IMPORTANT, GET INDIVIDUALS THERE'S EXPRESSING AND CRISIS FAST AND EFFICIENT CARE.

>> THIS WILL SAVE LIVES.

FOR THOSE GOING THROUGH A CRISIS AND THOSE STRUGGLING WITH A BURDEN AND A NEED TO GET HELP.

>> Reporter: EXODUS RECOVERY WILL RUN THE FACILITY 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

THE PRESIDENT AND CEO SAYS THIS IS THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR A CSU.

>> WE WILL SAY YES TO EVERYONE WHO WALKS IN THE DOOR.

>> Reporter: IN THE SAME COMPLEX, THERE IS A MOBILE CRISIS TEAM TRANSPORT ALONG WITH PROGRAMS FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL, MENTAL HEALTH OUTPATIENT CARE, AND SAN DIEGO START.

CRISIS PREVENTION AND RESPONSE PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOP MENTAL DISABILITIES.

>> IT WILL MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR US TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

THAT IS TO FIND A PLACE TO DISCHARGE THIS PERSON AFTER THEY ARE STABILIZED.

NOT JUST SEND THEM BACK TO THE STREET.

>> Reporter: ONE COUNTY BOARD CHAIR DESCRIBES WHY CSU'S ARE IMPORTANT.

>> IS A BEER.

HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, THE MEDICATION, THE PEER SUPPORT AND THE TRANSITION PLANNING.

IT ALL GETS DONE REALLY QUICKLY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

THAT TRUST THAT YOU BUILD AND THE CONNECTION IN THE ONGOING CARE IS WHAT, I THINK, IS SO ESSENTIAL.

>> Reporter: -- SAYS A CSU IS A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO JAIL AT AN EMERGENCY ROOM.

IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

TO SPEND EIGHT HOURS WITH A DEPUTY SHERIFF IN HANDCUFFS AND AN EMERGENCY ROOM IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

IS FAR TOO IMPACTFUL ON SOME OF HIS MENTAL HEALTH TO UNDERGO THAT TIMEFRAME WITH SOMEONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> Reporter: IN ABOUT ONE MONTH, EXODUS RECOVERY PLANS TO OPEN ANOTHER CSU IN OCEANSIDE.

BOTH FACILITIES WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS GET THE PROPER CARE THEY NEED.

>>> FACEBOOK IS, ONCE AGAIN, AT THE CENTER OF A FIRESTORM DUE TO A WHISTLEBLOWER.

PORTRAIT PROJECT MANAGER HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO ALLEGE THAT FACEBOOK KNOWS ITS PLATFORMS ARE USED TO SPREAD HATE, VIOLENCE, AND MISINFORMATION.

TRIED TO HIDE THE EVIDENCE.

WORN OUT FROM OUR REPORTER.

>> Reporter: THE FACEBOOK WHISTLEBLOWER COMING FORWARD.

>> THERE WERE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BETWEEN WHAT WAS GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC AND WHAT WAS GOOD FOR FACEBOOK.

FACEBOOK, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, CHOSE TO OPTIMIZE FOR ITS OWN INTEREST.

>> Reporter: PROJECT MANAGER THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF INTERNAL RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTS.

SHE CLAIMS THEY SOLD THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT KNOWS THE PLATFORM IS USED TO SPREAD HATE, VIOLENCE, AND MISINFORMATION.

THEY HAVE TRIED TO HIDE IT.

>>> THE VERSION OF FACEBOOK TODAY IS TEARING OUR SOCIETY APART.

>> Reporter: SHE POINTS A FINGER AT THE COMPANY'S ALGORITHM.

>> FACEBOOK HAS REALIZED THAT IF THEY CHANGE THE ALGORITHM TO BE SAFER PEOPLE WILL SPEND LESS TIME ON THE SITE AND THEY WILL CLICK ON LESS ADS.

THEY WILL MAKE LESS MONEY.

>> Reporter: AFTER FACEBOOK DISSOLVED HER DEPARTMENT.

SHE SAID SHE HAD AN.

>> THEY SUBMITTED THROUGH THE ELECTION, THERE WERE NOT RIOTS WE CAN GET RID OF CIVIC INTEGRITY.

S4, WE GOT THE INSURRECTION.

>> Reporter: FACEBOOK IS AGGRESSIVELY PUSHING BACK.

>> GENERALLY SIX CAN BE EXPLAINED BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

THAT IS LUDICROUS.

>> Reporter: DENYING MANY CLAIMS IN A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ON THE A SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION AND HARMFUL TO CONTACT TO SUGGEST WE ENCOURAGE THAT CONTENT AND DO NOTHING IS NOT TRUE.

>>> YOUTUBE IS BANNING INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 AND OTHER VACCINES.

IT IS UNCLEAR IF THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS FAR INTO THE PANDEMIC.

WITH MISINFORMATION ENTRANCED IN SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY.

WE SPOKE ABOUT THE BAN ON AN ENGINEER WHO WORKED WITH THE ALGORITHM.

>> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THAT DID NOT MATTER IF IT WAS VIDEOS ABOUT VACCINES.

DID NOT MATTER IF IT WAS MISINFORMATION?

AS LONG AS PEOPLE WERE WATCHING VIDEOS?

>> [ INAUDIBLE ] YOU TO ANNOUNCE IT WILL CRACKDOWN MORE ON VACCINE MISINFORMATION.

ALMOST 2 YEARS INTO THE PANDEMIC, THE NEWS LEFT MANY PEOPLE ASKING, WHAT TOOK THEM SO LONG.

>> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> Reporter: THE COMPANY IS SAYING IT WILL BENEFIT WELL- KNOWN FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT IMPROVED VACCINES, INCLUDING THAT THEY WILL CAUSE AUTISM, CANCER, OR INFERTILITY OR THE SUBSTANCES IN VACCINES CAN TRACK THOSE WHO RECEIVE THEM.

>> I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES ALL OVER THE INTERNET WHO HAVE HAD THE SHOTS AND THEY ARE MAGNETIZED.

THEY CAN PUT A KEY ON THE FOUR HEAD.

THEY CAN PUT SPOONS AND FORKS ON THE.

>> Reporter: THE IS ANTI-VAX CONSPIRACY THEORIST, WHO DESPITE A HISTORY OF MAKING UNHINGED CLAIMS LIKE THAT, WAS ONLY RECENTLY SUSPENDED BY YOUTUBE.

>> IT IS NOT CONTACT WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES.

THIS MISINFORMATION CAN HAVE PROFOUND IMPACT.

>> Reporter: AND TAKEN HOLD IT HAS.

ONE CONSPIRACY THEORY HAS SPREAD FAR AND WIDE.

>> I TOLD HIM TO GO WATCH DR. PENNY.

>> YOU TRUST THIS WOMAN ON THE INTERNET MORE THAN YOUR OWN DOCTOR?

>> I DO.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER SUPER SPREADER OF COVID MISINFORMATION ON THE BED BY YOUTUBE THIS WEEK, JOSEPH -- WHO HAD OVER HALF 1 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON THE PLATFORM.

>> IT IS BEING ACCELERATED.

>> Reporter: HE HAS 2 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK AND MORE THAN 300,000 ON TWITTER.

REACTING TO HIS YOUTUBE HE SAID IN A STATEMENT HE WAS BEING CENSORED, AN ATTACK ON HIS FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

BOTH CONSPIRACY THEORIES HAVE LITTLE TO SAY WHEN CONFRONTED BY CNN'S RANDI KAYE.

>> DO YOU FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT GET VACCINATED AND POSSIBLY GOT SICK AND DIED BECAUSE OF YOU TOLD THEM?

WHAT YOU SAY TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST ONCE?

>> Reporter: YOUTUBE HAS BEEN TOO MUCH TIME FOCUSING ON GROWTH AND NOT ENOUGH ON SAFETY, SAYS HIS FORMAL GOOGLE ENGINEER WHO WORKED WITH YOUTUBE GO >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >>> THE STAND OFF HARDIN BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND SENATE REPUBLICANS OVER RAISING THE DEBT CEILING.

THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING ADDITION.

>>> NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OF MEDICINE GOES TO A SCIENTIST AT SCRIPPS RESEARCH IN LA JOLLA.

CONGRATULATIONS GOES OUT TO THE 53-YEAR-OLD.

HE WAS CHOSEN FOR HIS USE OF -- CELLS TO DISCOVER SENSORS THAT RESPOND TO MECHANICAL STIMULI IN THE SKIN AND INTERNAL ORGANS.

THEY WENT ON TO EXPLAIN ITS IMPORTANCE, IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, REDUCE CHRONIC AND ACUTE PAIN RELATED TO A RANGE OF DISEASES.

THE DOCTOR SAYS HE MISSED A BUNCH OF PHONE CALLS AT 2:00 AM BECAUSE HE HAD HIS PHONE ON SILENT.

ENDED UP HEARING THE NEWS OF HIS AWARD FROM SOMEONE CLOSE TO HIM.

>> THEY SOMEHOW GOT A HOLD OF MY 94-YEAR-OLD FATHER, WHO LIVES IN LOS ANGELES.

I GUESS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE DO NOT DISTURB, PEOPLE IN YOUR FAVORITES CAN CALL YOU AND WAKE YOU UP.

MY DAD WAS ABLE TO CALL ME AND LET ME KNOW, WHICH ENDED UP BEING A SPECIAL MOMENT.

>> THE DOCTOR SHARES THE AWARD WITH ANOTHER SCIENTIST, DAVID JULIUS.

>>> WAVES OF MARINES ARE TURNING HOME TO CAMP PENDLETON AFTER A DEPLOYMENT TO INCLUDE THE EVACUATION OF KABUL IN AUGUST.

ON MILITARY REPORTER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: ROUGHLY 1000 MARINES FROM THE SECOND BATTALION FIRST MARINE DIVISION HAVE BEEN ARRIVING IN BATCHES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

ANOTHER 281 MARINES ARRIVED ON SUNDAY TO A HERO'S WELCOME.

FAMILIES WERE GIVEN LITTLE INFORMATION AS THEY WATCHED THE MASS EVACUATION OF KABUL UNFOLD FROM SAN DIEGO.

THAT IS BILLY GONZALES SAID.

>> THIS WAS VERY NERVE-RACKING FOR ME, AS A YOUNG FAMILY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE OTHER FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, PARTS OF THE UNIT HAVE FILTERED BACK TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER LEAVING KABUL AT THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST WITH THE REST OF THE AMERICAN TROOPS.

THE SINGLE BATTALION LOST NINE MARINES ALONG WITH NAB KORMAN.

IS MAKING THEM THE LAST AMERICANS KILLED IN THE 20 YEAR LONG WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.

ANOTHER 15 MARINES CAUGHT UP IN THE ATTACK WERE TREATED AT WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER.

FIRST REMAIN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AT LEAST SOME OF THE WOUNDED WERE ALSO FROM CAMP PENDLETON.

TO REMOVE MARINES BEEN HOSPITALIZED.

ONE IS SERIOUS BUT STABLE.

THE OTHER IS LISTED AS VERY SERIOUS BUT STABLE.

UNIT LEFT IN APRIL.

MOST OF THE MARINES WHO ARRIVED WERE BUCKLED DEPLOYED IN KABUL IN AUGUST.

THE UNIT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE AUGUST 26 ATTACK, WHICH LED TO THE DEATH OF 13 U.S.

TROOPS HAS ALREADY ARRIVED QUIETLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEK.

>> YOU CAN MINE TONIGHT STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY, ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR.

PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS .

AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION .

DARLING MARCOS SHYLY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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