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- Technology, moving the nation forward.
Good evening and welcome to"Faith Nation" I'm John Jessup.
- Thank you for joining us.
Well, a number of high profileofficer involved shootings
are causing policedepartments to re-examine,
how to respond to thesplit second decision
of whether to shoot.
- So how is new technologypreparing officers
to protect themselves and the public?
CBN's Eric Philips has this look at
a high-tech simulatorthat's as real as it gets.
- Law enforcement officers
face a critical balancingact each shift they work.
They strive to follow the law,protect and serve citizens,
and then return home safelyto their own families
at the end of the day,
it's an unenviable position
of having to make split second decisions
that are sometimes deadlyand often second guessed.
We traveled to onefacility outside of Atlanta
to see firsthand the training
that can better prepare officers
for those high pressure situations.
- [Woman] Shots fired, possible shooter.
- Sir put the gun down,I don't want to hurt you.
- [Eric] Welcome to theGeorgia Public Training Center.
- I'm dropping it okay, don't shoot me.
- [Officer] Thank you, sir, goahead and turn around for me.
- [Eric] Training officers on when
and when not to shootis as real as it gets.
Thanks to this 300 degreesimulator made by InVeris.
Chris Wigginton is the Center's Director.
- The simulation canactually have people walk up
behind you, beside you
have multiple people inside the scenario.
And by using this type of system,
it puts the officer that's in training
or an advanced officer
in the types of situationsthat we can't recreate
in real life without somebodygetting hurt or injured.
- [Eric] This facilityhas been training officers
across Georgia in crucialdecision-making since the 1980s.
- [Chris] We requiredevery officer in the state
to receive additionaluse of force training
and deescalation trainingbefore any other,
on a national level or anyother state was doing it.
So we, talk about it in alecture based environment,
we test them academicallyon a written test.
- [Officer] Put the gun down.
- [Chris] And put themthrough high tech simulation,
instructors showed us how it works.
- [Officer] Drop the gun.
- I'm not going to.
(gun clicking)
- [Eric] During the simulation
an instructor controlseach moment of the scenario
and can change what happensnext with the click of a button.
Here is where costly mistakes are revealed
before they happen in reallife, as I learned firsthand.
- [Voiceover] While standingin line at your bank,
you notice a man actingvery strange and nervous.
(gun clicking)(people screaming)
- [Instructor] All rightEric, you just shot a guy
who had an accidental discharge.
- [Chris] And it all boils down sometimes
to an officer making a bad decision.
And if an officer makes a bad decision,
sometimes someone's life will be lost.
- [Eric] I askedWigginton about statistics
that indicate Blacks aremore likely to be killed
by law enforcement than any others.
- I just do not believethat law enforcement
sets out to murder people of color.
When you talk to officersthat are involved
in use of force cases, Black,White, Asian, Hispanic,
it doesn't matters,
every one of them willtell you the same thing
that when that situationstarted to escalate,
color or creed had nothing to do with
the decisions they made,
it was all about survivaland staying alive.
- [Officer] Stop moving.
- [Eric] We talked specifically
about three high profile cases in 2020.
First, the case thatelectrified the nation,
the killing of George Floyd.
- [George] I can't breath officer.
- [Chris] What happenedthere was not justified
and I think it was very shocking to
not only the law enforcementcommunity but to the nation.
- [Crowd] I can't breath.
(bell ringing)
- [Eric] Then there was Breonna Taylor,
an innocent woman shot todeath when Louisville police
stormed her apartment searchingfor illegal contraband.
Her boyfriend shot at themthinking they were robbers.
Officers returned fire,
one of their bullets killed Taylor.
- When those officers
went through the threshold of that door,
if they start receiving fire,
they're justified in returning fire.
And I asked somebody the other day,
how many rounds should an officer take
before they feel the need to shoot back.
- [Officer] I think you've had
too much to drink to be driving.
- [Eric] Then the case of Rayshard Brooks,
shot to death by Atlanta PD
after a tussle where Brooks grabbed
one of the officer's Taser and ran.
- In that incident, the use of force,
up to deadly force was justified
in the way the officers applied that.
- [Eric] Wigginton saysthe Center requires
racial sensitivity and diversity training
but some things are outof officer's control.
- [Chris] People wanna look at it and say,
well, an officer haddeescalation training,
why did this incident end upin a deadly force encounter?
Well, sometimes that's notthe officer's decision.
We always leave out the otherpart of that conversation
and that's the citizen that'sinvolved in that encounter.
The officer can't controlwhat that citizen does.
- [Eric] He says training here
is designed to prevent asmany deaths as possible.
- [Officer] I don't wanna hurt you sir.
- [Eric] Which he believes
is the goal of the vast majority
of officers on the streets.
- And I think about this just a minute.
You think there's a policeofficer that wakes up
and puts on their uniform and says,
today I'm going to goout and murder someone.
(crowd chanting)
I just don't see a policeofficer that wakes up
that wants to get involvedin a use of force situation.
- Law enforcement officials say
it's important to rememberthe emotional toll
officers suffer when theyshoot and kill someone.
That's something they have to live with
for the rest of their lives.
And that's when adifferent kind of training
or therapy comes in.
Even then some can't recover
and are forced to give up their careers.
Eric Philips, CBN News.
- All right, all right, thank you, Eric.
Well, shifting gears here,
a muscle car with no engineunder the hood, that's right,
the Mustang Mach-E is part ofthe new wave of electric cars
about to sweep the nation.
- What about the famous Mustang roar?
George Thomas took a spinto find out firsthand.
(engine roaring)
- Should've seen this coming.
A stampede unleashed 55 years ago is.
- [George] Is the electricvehicle revolution finally here?
- [Idris] The all electric Mustang Mach-E.
- [George] After years of attempts,
the world's big auto giants.
- [Male Voiceover] Introducing the next
all electric super truck,
the revolutionary GMC Hummer EV.
- [George] And dozensof startup companies.
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- [Female Voiceover] The future.
It's impossible to see.
And when it's finally here,
it might not be what you'd expect.
- [George] Are bettingbig that the electric car
is here to stay.
- [Female Voiceover]Introducing Lucid Air.
- [George] Joe Wiesenfelder
is Executive Editor at cars.com
- We could be at a new point
of acceptance for electric vehicles.
- [George] 52% polled in a CarGuru survey
say they plan to own an electric car
within the next 10 years.
Up from 34% in 2018.
GM, Volvo and Jaguarpositioning to capture
a piece of the market by goingall electric in 15 years.
- And we're going to see muchmore of the types of vehicles
that Americans are alreadymost interested in,
in gas and diesel forms,which is small SUVs.
- [George] Mustangaficionado Ken Kirk says
tying Ford's Mach-E SUVto the iconic sports line
is a bold move.
He already drives a 2018 GT,
then took the 2021 allelectric for a test run.
- To put that badge,
to put pony on anothervehicle and call it a Mustang,
I think it was very brave
but I think they did a really good job.
- [George] Ford and othercar companies chasing Tesla.
Which right now dominatesthe US EV market.
- Tesla basically has revolutionized
automotive industry.
- [George] Vitaliy Katsennelson, author of
"Tesla Elon Musk & the EV Revolution"
says Tesla's innovationsforced car makers worldwide
to rethink their business model.
- When people thoughtabout electric cars before
they thought about golf carts, right?
Tesla made an electric car
and then people realizedelectric car is actually
a superior vehicle to internalcombustion engine car.
- I love the way the cardrives, it handles wonderfully.
- [George] Skip Bowmancouldn't agree more.
He's owned one for three years and says,
he'll never go back.
He's not alone.
Four out of five of all electric cars
bought in 2020 were Tesla.
- With Tesla, I can speakwith, they don't advertise,
but yet they're doing really, really well.
And why is that?
It's because the car is very stylish,
it has that punch.
This car can beat practicallyany car on the highway.
So guys really liked tobe able to see, you know,
some type of muscle car pull up to them
and you just wave goodbyeto it as you go past it.
- Sales and reviews forFord's Mustang Mach-E
have remained solid sinceit came out late year.
Let's see how fast this baby flies.
So I wanted to see for myself.
And it wasn't bad though though
I missed the growl of theMustang gasoline engine.
Let's be clear,
gas engine cars aren'tgoing obsolete anytime soon
but there are big challengesfacing electric cars.
For example, there aren'tenough places around the country
where you can charge an EV car like this.
And then there's the issueof the battery range.
How far do you have to go
before you have to choose juice up.
And finally, the sticker price.
Cars like this are typicallymore expensive than
vehicles that are powered,similar vehicles that is,
that are powered by gasoline engines.
Ford and others aretackling those concerns.
- That's one thing that I think Ford Motor
really thought about when theyintroduced the electric car.
They want to make it as affordableas the normal Mustang GT
to attract that consumer
that loves the power and thespeed of the muscle Mustang.
- [George] President Biden'smassive infrastructure bill
calls for spending $174billion toward electric cars
including consumer tax credits to buy EVs
and building 500,000electric charging stations
across the country.
Jeff Lyash's group in Tennessee
is already moving with a planto put one every 50 miles
along the state's roads and highways.
- We will deploy thesechargers in locations
that are safe, secure,clean, and with conveniences.
So that individuals who havea nearly depleted battery
can plug their vehicle in
and reach an 80% chargewithin about 20 minutes.
- [George] TVA is also teaming up
with five other power companiesto create a charging network
covering the South,Midwest, and Atlantic coast.
- We hope to have thefirst of these chargers
in service before the end of the year
and have the projectcompleted sometime next year.
- So with dozens of new vehicles
set to hit the American roads this year
the question is can cardealers convince drivers
that EVs are the future?
Despite some of theconcerns consumers have
about switching to electric cars.
George Thomas CBN News.
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Well the Red Cross is in thedisaster response business,
while there might be plenty of work,
the response part canbe pretty challenging
during the pandemic.
- Well as Caitlin Burke reports,
the well-known humanitarian organization
has had to adapt to helpstruggling families.
- From large-scale naturaldisasters like hurricanes
or wildfires to smaller emergencies,
Red Cross volunteers are oftenamong the first on the scene.
Joining state, localand federal authorities
to provide support.
- We work with all of those agencies
to set up a family assistance center
where the families of thosewho died during the event
are able to come and access resources
from a number of different organizations.
- [Caitlin] When the scope ofthis pandemic became apparent
folks at the Red Cross realized
this type of mass casualty event
would require new approach.
- We set up what we were calling
our Virtual Family Assistance Center
on a website by inviting
many different agencies tojoin us on that website,
to let people know whatservices they offer,
what resources they have.
- [Caitlin] Rather than sending volunteers
to physical locations,they deployed virtually.
- Because normally in aFamily Assistance Center,
we would have mentalhealth and spiritual care
and health services volunteers
working directly with the clients.
Because of the pandemic, we can't do that
so we have a call center.
- Good morning is the Red Cross
Virtual Family AssistanceCenter, how may I help you?
- [Caitlin] Spiritualcare is the specialty
of volunteer of Linda Rainey.
- So spiritual care for the Red Cross
is not based on any
religion or denomination.
For us spiritual care really is about
care and compassion for the people.
- The Red Cross, our missionis to alleviate suffering
in people who have beenaffected by a disaster
or by an emergency, andthat's what we're doing.
- [Caitlin] Over the lastyear, just about every call
seems connected to the pandemic.
- People call in askingfor all sorts of things.
They ask for help designingfunerals or memorial services.
Many people are lookingfor financial resources.
- [Caitlin] The pandemicled to the creation
of the Virtual Family Care Center
but it will continue even after the US
is no longer in COVID's grip.
- We feel that there will continue to be
a need for a place where people can go
to get both that emotional support
and some access to resources.
- [Caitlin] And the virtual model
allows the Red Cross torespond within seconds.
- We can scale up.
We can add people to the call center
if we start gettinglots and lots of calls.
We can pivot to being a morelocal or regionally based site.
- During a time when safetyseems synonymous with isolation,
the Red Cross wants youto know you're not alone
and their volunteerswant to hear your story.
Caitlin Burke, CBN News.
- [John] Thank you Caitlin.
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- You probably don't realize it
but nearly 200 million security cameras
are watching on Americancitizens every moment,
catching you on camerahundreds of times a week.
- That's an awful lot,
so is there any way toprotect your privacy?
Once again, here's CBNs Eric Philips.
- A recent report estimates
about a billion securitycameras rolling worldwide,
18% of them here in the United States.
Like at this ATM, everytime you do your banking,
you're caught on camera.
But you don't have to beusing a service like that
in order to be caught on camera,
in fact just walking down the street
you can be captured on closed circuit TV.
The US is second only to China
when it comes to keepingeyes on its citizens.
Make no mistake Big brother is watching.
According to safety.comthe average American
is caught on camera 238 times each week.
- Wow. (laughing)
It surprises me and it feels a bit weird
to think about that.
- [Eric] Concerning at all?
- No, I just think it keepspeople safer than it doesn't
and if you don't wantto be doing something
that shouldn't be recorded, don't do it.
- [Eric] Here's how those238 camera views rack up.
Cameras capture you at home
or in your neighborhood 14 times a week.
160 times behind the wheel.
While you're working, candidcameras catch you 40 times,
maybe more if you're in retail, travel
or high security industries.
And 24 times a week whileshopping or running errands.
- I mean I don't like it.
But I don't know if it'ssurprises me, but yeah,
not a great thing to know.
- [Eric] Jay Stanley isa Senior Policy Analyst
with the ACLU.
- We're seeing a very rapidincrease in the amount of
public cameras thatAmericans are subject to.
Right now, we have about 15 cameras
for every a hundred people in America,
about 50 million cameras.
And that's more per capitathan any other country
in the world, even China.
I mean the basic concern is that
we're going to lose our privacy
and we're going to become a country
that's different fromwhat we've always been.
That from the moment youstep out of your front door
until you return home at night,
every moment of your lifein public will be recorded,
potentially scrutinized, watched.
- [Eric] He Says it's oftenartificial intelligence
keeping track, not humans.
- Computers that analyzeyour daily routines
and understand what you'redoing, what you're carrying,
what you're wearing, who you are,
what your attributes are
and filing that away somewhere.
- You don't expect privacy on the street
so if a camera captures
what you're doing in the street corner,
I don't think that's anintrusion on privacy.
- [Eric] UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh
believes the positivesoutweigh the negatives.
- Makes it easier forexample, to catch criminals,
maybe make it easier to exonerate people
who are falsely accused of crime.
May also deter crime.
While cameras have their problems,
the question is compared to what?
Compared to moreaggressive police presence
the problems may be less.
- [Eric] Both experts agree,
the biggest concern is thepotential for government
tracking its citizens underthe guise of crime prevention.
- We're seeing some cities like Chicago,
putting police cameras all over the city
and networking them together,
they're also tying in private cameras.
In some cases, the Ring cameras
are being networked together by Amazon,
which takes all the camera feeds
and puts them in the cloud,
potentially making themavailable to the authorities.
- [Eric] Part of the solution experts say
is private citizens asking themselves
several questions beforeinstalling cameras
on personal property.
Do you trust the manufacturerwho may store images
on their own servers?
Do you trust the internet?
Because any cameras tied to the web
are susceptible to being hacked.
And do you trust the government
that in many cases can use a warrant
to access what your camera captures.
- But if you're really worried about that,
I think the solution is
to make it harder to abuse the cameras
and not to not to stop them altogether.
- Nobody's saying thatyou can stop technology
from rolling forward
but you can put some constraints on it,
shape how it's deployed
so that it comports with our values.
- Stanley says that's wherelaw makers should step in.
He says they need to implement laws
controlling access to these cameras,
allowing us to benefit from this tech
without becoming a surveillance society.
In Washington, Eric Philips, CBN news.
- [Jenna] Thank you, Eric.
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how cryptocurrency couldrevolutionize the way you spend.,
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- Finally tonight, Bitcoin's been around
for more than a decade,
but the word's been tossedaround a lot, a lot more lately.
- That's right, Dale Hurdhas this look at what it is
and what it means for the future of money.
- Just a decade ago, hardlyanyone had heard of Bitcoin
outside of some technology circles.
Today it's gained widespread buzz
and acceptance from some bigbusinesses and major investors.
Though Bitcoin has a logo,
it's actually a purelyonline digital currency
using computer code,
acting as real money forpeople to make their purchases.
It was born after the crash of 2008.
Although there has beendigital currencies before,
none of them ever really gained traction.
But over the years Bitcoingradually caught on.
In 2010 it was worth less than a penny
but in early April itpeaked at nearly $65,000
before falling back.
The explosion in Bitcoin'sprice since last fall
has come as major financial institutions
are offering it to clients
and electric vehicle builderTesla made a splash in February
buying $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin.
Not only that.
- They intend to startaccepting Bitcoin for payment,
when they sell Tesla cars in the future.
- [Dale] Richard Lyons of theBerkeley School of Business
also said that's the wave of the future.
- The trend is inexorable,
I think that not just with Bitcoin
but other cryptocurrencies,
that those will becometransactable currencies
increasingly over the next five years.
It's not going to happen overnight.
- But even as cryptocurrenciesgain acceptance,
governments like China,the European Union,
the US and more are moving toward
digital currencies as well.
Possibly leading tocompetition for Bitcoin.
Regardless of the futureof Bitcoin itself,
it's clear that it's openedthe door for a revolution
in digital finance.
A revolution that islikely to change the world.
Dale Hurd, CNB News.
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