NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) - May 11th, 2021

 NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) - May 11th, 2021

 

tabindex="0">THE RUSH TO FILL UP AFTER                            w1

THE PIPELINE CYBER ATTACK. LONG LINES FOR GAS IN SEVERAL

STATES. OVER A THOUSAND STATIONS IN THE

SOUTHEAST REPORT THEY'RE RUNNING OUT.

DEMAND SPIKING AFTER THE PIPELINE SUPPLY, NEARLY HALF THE

EAST COAST FUEL WAS SHUTDOWN. OFFICIALS PLEADING DON'T PANIC.

AND GROWING U.S. CYBER SECURITY

CONCERNS. VACCINATING KIDS 12 TO 15

AGAINST COVID. THE FDA AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY USE

AND TENSIONS ON CAPITOL HILL. REPUBLICANS ARE GRILLING THE CDC

DIRECTOR ON MASK GUIDELINES. VIOLENCE ESCALATING IN THE

MIDDLE EAST. EXPLOSIONS IN TEL AVIV AFTER A

RESIDENTIAL TOWER IS DESTROYED IN GAZA.

THE RISING TOLL. >>> FAMILY OF ANDREW BROWN JR.

PRIVATELY VIEWING JUST 18 MINUTES OF VIDEO SHOT BY POLICE

OUT OF TWO HOURS OF FOOTAGE. WHAT THEY SAY IT SHOWS.

  NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SPA SHOOTINGS, THE DEA SEEKING THE

DEATH PENALTY AND HATE CRIME CHARGES.

NEW CLEARED TO RUN THIS WEEKEND'S

PREAKNESS. THE TRAINER'S EXPLANATION AFTER

THE HORSE'S FAILED DRUG TEST. >>> THIS IS NBC "NBC NIGHTLY

NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING, WE ARE SEEING

HOW NARROW AND FRAGILE SOME OF THE KEY SUPPLY LINES ARE, THE

COMPUTER HACK ON A U.S. FUEL PIPELINE IS TRIGGERING SLOWING

DEMAND AND PANIC BUYING FOR GASOLINE IN PARTS OF THE

SOUTHEAST. REPORTS OF AT LEAST A THOUSAND

GAS STATIONS HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS, AFTER RUSSIAN CRIMINALS

TOOK THE COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPUTERS HOSTAGE, PREVENTING

TRANSPORT OF FUEL FROM TEXAS TO NEW JERSEY.

OFFICIALS GETTING SOME FUEL MOVING NOW, BUT FULL CAPACITY IS

PERHAPS DAYS AWAY. NONE OF THIS BY THE WAY A

SURPRISE TO CYBER SECURITY EXPERTS WHO HAVE BEEN WARNING OF

SUCH VULNERABILITIES. LET'S BEGIN WITH TOM LLAMAS.

YOU'RE IN CHARLOTTE. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THERE?

  Reporter: GOOD EVENING. YOU CAN SEE HUNDREDS OF CARS,             

THIS IS ONE GAS STATION. DRIVERS SAY THEY'RE WAITING UP

TO AN HOUR. THAT'S WHERE THE LINE STARTS.

WE CAN'T SEE WHERE IT ENDS. DRIVERS ARE TELLING ME THEY'RE

SEEING GAS STATIONS RUN OUT AND TAKING NO CHANCES TONIGHT.

TONIGHT, LINES FOR GAS GETTING LONGER FROM THE CAROLINAS TO

FLORIDA. OVERWHELMING GAS STATIONS.

  YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, LOAD UP ON GAS, NOT TRY

TO GO TOO FAR AWAY FROM HOME. >> Reporter: AFTER A LONG WAIT

AT THIS GAS STATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

  I HAVE BEEN WAITING 45 MINUTES JUST TO GET GAS.

  Reporter: FRUSTRATION. >> WE ARE OUT OF GAS.

ALL OUT. >> Reporter: ACROSS THE

SOUTHEAST, DEMAND IS UP 40%. PRICES ARE INCHING UP, TOO.

NATIONWIDE, SIX CENTS HIGHER THAN LAST WEEK.

 I'LL SPEND AN EXTRA FEW BUCKS.

THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. >> HEARD THERE WOULD BE A RUN ON

GAS. FIGURED I BETTER GET IT NOW.

  Reporter: THE 5500 MILE COLONIAL PIPELINE IS MOSTLY

SHUTDOWN. TONIGHT, AMERICAN AIRLINES IS

ADDING REFUELING STOPS TO TWO LONG HAUL ROUTES THIS WEEK

BECAUSE OF THE OUTAGE. TIMING COULDN'T BE WORSE, WITH

37 MILLION PEOPLE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL THIS MEMORIAL DAY

WEEKEND. THAT'S UP 60% FROM LAST YEAR.

  DON'T BE HOARDING GAS. IF YOU DON'T NEED IT, DON'T BUY

IT. IF GOING ON A CAR TRIP, DON'T

WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE EMPTY. FILL UP WHEN YOU'RE AT A QUARTER

TANK. >> Reporter: DESPITE LONG LINES

AND EMPTY PUMPS, IF COLONIAL RESTORES MOST SERVICE BY FRIDAY,

THERE'S NO REAL CAUSE FOR ALARM. TOM LLAMAS,

NBC NEWS, CHARLOTTE. >>> THIS IS TOM COSTELLO.

FOR YEARS, HOMELAND SECURITY SECURITY WARNED CRITICAL U.S.

INFRASTRUCTURE IS UNDER CONSTANT FOREIGN SURVEILLANCE AND THREAT

OF RANSOMWARE AND CYBER ATTACK, INCLUDING POWER AND WATER

SYSTEMS, BANKS, HOSPITALS, INCLUDING BANKS, HOSPITALS,

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, RAIL, AVIATION, PORTS, NUCLEAR

PLANTS. ALREADY RANSOMWARE LOSSES

ALREADY EXCEEDED $350 MILLION, 300% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.

  THERE'S NO COMPANY TOO SMALL TO SUFFER THAT ATTACK.

WE ARE SEEING INCREASINGLY SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE BUSINESSES

SUFFER RANSOMWARE ATTACKS. >> Reporter: THEY SAY OVERSEAS

GANGS, CHINA AND RUSSIA, POSE THE BIGGEST THREATS.

TODAY, THE KREMLIN DENIED ANY CONNECTION TO THE COLONIAL HACK,

SUGGESTED THE U.S. AND RUSSIA SHOULD COOPERATE IN FIGHTING

CYBER CRIME. BUT THE FBI WARNED FOR YEARS

RUSSIAN SPY AGENCIES ALREADY PENETRATED THE U.S. ELECTRIC

GRID. THE CHALLENGE FOR U.S.

UTILITIES, SAFEGUARDING AGAINST AN ATTACK WHICH THE FBI SAYS

RUSSIA HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR FOR YEARS.

RUSSIA IS WIDELY SUSPECTED OF SHUTTING OFF POWER TO 230,000

PEOPLE IN UKRAINE IN 2015. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S

CHOICE TO RUN HOMELAND SECURITY, CYBER SECURITY IS AWAITING

SENATE CONFIRMATION. THE WHITE HOUSE URGES ANY

POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE TARGET TO HARDEN THE CYBER DEFENSES AND

COORDINATE WITH HOMELAND SECURITY.

  IS IT SIMPLY TOO COSTLY FOR US TO BE ONE STEP AHEAD OF

HACKERS? >> IT COST MONEY TO HAVE A

ROBUST SECURITY POSTURE. COST MORE MONEY WHEN YOU ARE

RECOVERING FROM A DEVASTATING BREACH THAT YOU WEREN'T

NECESSARILY PREPARED FOR. >> Reporter: THE COUNTRY'S

ELECTRIC GRID MADE UP OF MANY SMALLER GRIDS, MAKING A SINGLE

SUCCESSFUL ATTACK LESS LIKELY. AS FOR THE FUEL IN THE TANKS, IT

MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE PIPES, 5 MILES PER HOUR.

ONCE COLONIAL REOPENS THE PIPELINE, IT WILL TAKE DAYS TO

TOP OFF THE TANKS AGAIN. >>> THE CDC COULD SIGN OFF

TOMORROW ON THE PFIZER COVID VACCINE FOR 12 TO 15-YEAR-OLDS.

SOME ARE ALREADY GETTING THE SHOTS.

151 MILLION GETTING AT LEAST ONE DOSE,

CRITICS IN CONGRESS SAY THE CDC IS OUT OF STEP WITH ITS OWN

SCIENCE. MIGUEL ALMAGUER EXPLAINS.

  Reporter: VACCINATIONS FOR CHILDREN 12 TO 15 YEARS OLD

BEGAN TODAY AT SOME SITES IN GEORGIA, MOVING BEFORE THE REST

OF THE NATION, PRIOR TO THE CDC'S REVIEW, THE FIRST SHOTS

WERE ADMINISTERED AFTER THE FDA EXPANDED PFIZER'S EMERGENCY USE

AUTHORIZATION. BY THURSDAY, VACCINATION SITES

ACROSS THE NATION WILL LIKELY START INOCULATING 17 MILLION

KIDS THAT QUALIFY, GIVING THEM THE SAME DOSE AND THE SAME TWO

SHOT REGIMEN AS ADULTS. >> I COULD NOT WAIT TO GET MY

CHILDREN VACCINATED. MY DAD PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER

FROM COVID. >> Reporter: WITH THE VACCINE

100% EFFECTIVE FOR CHILDREN IN CLINICAL TRIALS, VACCINATIONS

ARE THE BEST SHOT SAY EXPERTS FOR SAFE RETURN TO SCHOOL, TO

SUMMER CAMP AND SLEEPOVERS. A 13-YEAR-OLD TOOK PART IN THE

TRIAL. >> REALLY FEELING OPTIMISTIC.         

  Reporter: THE VACCINE IS NEARLY READY FOR MASS USE,

HESITANCY REMAINS A PROBLEM. TODAY ON CAPITOL HILL, SENATORS

SAID SO IS TRUST, BLASTING TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS, SAYING THE

NATION IS LOSING CONFIDENCE IN THEIR GUIDANCE.

  YOU'RE VACCINATED, EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM IS VACCINATED

BUT YOU'RE WEARING A MASK. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE LOST

PATIENCE FOR THIS. >> Reporter: WITH

HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS DOWN SINCE JANUARY, LAWMAKERS CITED

CONFUSING AND CONFLICTING GUIDANCE OVER RESTRICTIONS.

  I ALWAYS CONSIDERED THE CDC TO BE THE GOLD STANDARD.

I DON'T ANY MORE. >> WHEN MIGHT CHILDREN UNDER 12

BE APPROVED TO GET THE SHOT? >> Reporter: TRIALS ARE UNDER

WAY FOR CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS SIX MONTHS OLD.

BY THE END OF THE YEAR, DR. FAUCI BELIEVES THERE WILL BE A

VACCINE AVAILABLE FOR NEARLY ALL

CHILDREN. LESTERST?

  MIGUEL, THANK YOU. MAKE A PLAN WHERE AND WHEN TO

GET VACCINATED. PLANYOURVACCINE.COM FOR MORE.

  FAMILY OF ANDREW BROWN JR. GETS TO SEE SOME BODY CAM VIDEO

OF THE DEADLY SHOOTING.

  BACK WITH THE DEADLY GROWING CONFRONTATION BETWEEN ISRAELIS

AND PALESTINIANS. HUNDREDS OF ROCKETS FIRED ON

ISRAEL. ISRAEL RESPONDED WITH AIR

ATTACKS AND LATE TODAY, A NEW WARNING FROM ISRAEL'S PRIME

MINISTER. ANDREA MITCHELL NOW WITH LATE

DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, HAMAS

ROCKETS FIRED AT TEL AVIV, MOST INTERCEPTED BY ISRAEL'S AIR

DEFENSE. DEBRIS FALLING OVER THE CITY.

ONE THAT GOT THROUGH, KILLING A WOMAN.

HUNDREDS OF ROCKETS FIRED FROM GAZA INTO ISRAEL IN THE LAST 24

HOURS, KILLING TWO WOMEN THERE, INCLUDING ONE IN A DIRECT HIT ON

THIS HOUSE. THE ISRAELI MILITARY RETALIATING

IN FORCE, LIGHTING UP THE SKY OVER GAZA, SAYING IT STRUCK MORE

THAN 500 TARGETS IN THE LAST DAY AND A HALF.

TONIGHT STRIKING MORE HIGH-RISES AFTER WARNING PEOPLE TO

EVACUATE. BIGGEST EXCHANGE OF FIRE BETWEEN

THE TWO SIDES IN SEVEN YEARS. THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE

CLAIMING TO KILL SEVERAL HAMAS LEADERS.

PALESTINIANS SAY 30 PEOPLE DIED IN ALL, INCLUDING 10 CHILDREN,

WITH MOURNERS POURING INTO THE STREETS FOR FUNERALS EARLIER

TODAY. PALESTINIANS ARE PROTESTING

ISRAELI SETTLERS TRYING TO EVICT THEM IN HOMES THEY LIVED IN FOR

GENERATIONS, PLEAD WHITE GOLD -- PLEADING FOR HELP.

>> JOE BIDEN THINK ABOUT THIS. >> Reporter: A MAJOR FLASHPOINT,

ISRAELI POLICE FIRING INTO ONE OF ISLAM'S SITES.

IN CLOSING DAYS OF RAMADAN. TONIGHT, THE PRIME MINISTER

NETANYAHU SAYING HAMAS AND THE JIHAD WILL PAY A HEAVY PRICE,

WARNING THEIR BLOOD IS ON THEIR HANDS.

CRITICS SAY THE U.S. IS NOT DOING ENOUGH.

TONIGHT, U.S. OFFICIALS MAY BE TALKING TO ISRAEL, BUT SO FAR,

THE PRESIDENT IS NOT INVOLVED. >> ANDREA MITCHELL, THANK YOU.

  IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY, THE FAMILY OF ANDREW BROWN JR. SAID

HE DID NOTHING WRONG AFTER VIEWING SOME OF THE POLICE BODY

CAM VIDEO SHOWING BROWN'S DEADLY ENCOUNTER WITH SHERIFF'S

DEPUTIES LAST MONTH. KERRY SANDERS IS THERE FOR US

TONIGHT. >> Reporter: ANDREW BROWN'S

FAMILY AND ATTORNEYS SAY THEY GOT A CLEARER IDEA WHAT HAPPENED

WHEN THE 42-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY DEPUTIES ALMOST

THREE WEEKS AGO IN ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.

  WHAT WE SAW ON THAT VIDEO WAS AN UNJUSTIFIED KILLING.

  Reporter: FOLLOWING DAYS OF PROTESTS, A JUDGE ORDERED THE

SHERIFF TO ALLOW THE FAMILY AND THEIR ATTORNEY TO VIEW 18

MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS OF 118 MINUTES OF VIDEO RECORDED BY

DEPUTIES. >> WE WERE ABLE TO SEE MR. BROWN

SITTING IN HIS VEHICLE AS HE WAS AMBUSHED, AS THE SHERIFF'S

OFFICE MADE THEIR WAY TO HIS RESIDENCE, APPEARING TO BE

SURPRISED, APPEARS HE WAS POSSIBLY ON THE PHONE.

AT ALL TIMES HIS HANDS WERE VISIBLE.

AT ALL TIMES, YOU COULD SEE HE WAS NOT A THREAT.

HE WASN'T IN THE WRONG. AT ALL.

WHAT'S IN THE DARK WILL COME TO THE LIGHT.

  Reporter: DEPUTIES WERE EXECUTING AN ARREST WARRANT, THE

42-YEAR-OLD WAS IN HIS CAR. AS DEPUTIES APPROACHED,

AUTHORITIES SAY BROWN DROVE OFF, HIT AT LEAST ONE OFFICER.

  WE DID NOT SEE ANY ACTIONS ON MR. BROWN'S PART WHERE HE MADE

CONTACT WITH THEM OR TRIED TO GO IN THEIR DIRECTION.

  Reporter: THE S.W.A.T. TEAM OPENED FIRE, ACCORDING TO A

FAMILY ORDERED AUTOPSY. A FINAL DEADLY SHOT HITTING

BROWN IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. IN COURT TWO WEEKS AGO, A LAWYER

REPRESENTING THE DEPUTY SAID THEY WERE JUSTIFIED.

  WE BELIEVE THAT THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED.

  Reporter: LAWYERS FOR THE BROWN FAMILY SAY THE DISTRICT

ATTORNEY SHOULD RECUSE HIMSELF BECAUSE HE HAS WORKED WITH

DEPUTIES FOR YEARS WITHOUT DIRECTLY RESPONDING, THE D.A.

SAYS HE TOOK AN OATH TO ABIDE BY NORTH CAROLINA LAW.

LESTER? >> KERRY SANDERS, THANKS.

  THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING 8 PEOPLE AT AN ATLANTA SPA,

SEVERAL SPAS, WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER.

PROSECUTORS WILL SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY AND HATE CRIME CHARGES.

SIX OF THE VICTIMS WERE OF ASIAN DESCENT.

  WANT TO TURN TO THE MIGRANT SURGE AT THE BORDER AND ANOTHER

DISTURBING VIDEO. AN 11 MONTH OLD LEFT ABANDONED

ON THE U.S. SIDE OF THE BORDER. WITH THAT, HERE IS GABE

GUTIERREZ. >> Reporter: THEY WERE FOUND

ABANDONED BY SMUGGLERS ON THE BORDER, FIVE UNDOCUMENTED GIRLS

FROM HONDURAS AND GUATEMALA, RANGING FROM 11 MONTHS OLD TO

SEVEN YEARS, DISCOVERED BY A TEXAS FARMER WHO GAVE THEM WATER

AND FOOD IN THE SWELTERING HEAT. >> THEY WERE OUT THERE IN THE

DARK ALL NIGHT, TOTALLY ALONE. >> Reporter: BORDER PATROL SAYS

THEY'RE IN GOVERNMENT CUSTODY, DIDN'T REQUIRE MEDICAL

ATTENTION. IT IS ANOTHER REMINDER OF THE

STAKES IN THE BORDER SURGE. LAST MONTH, THIS BOY WAS FOUND

ALONE AND CRYING. ANOTHER VIDEO SHOWED THEM DROP

TWO TODDLERS OVER A 14 FOOT HIGH BORDER FENCE.

DESPITE REPEATED REQUESTS, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

HASN'T RELEASED UPDATED APPREHENSION NUMBERS FOR APRIL.

IN MARCH, THEY STOPPED 172,000 AT THE BORDER, A 20 YEAR HIGH.

THE RECORD SURGE OF CHILDREN BEGAN AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN

CHANGED BORDER POLICY, BEGAN ALLOWING UNACCOMPANIED MINORS

AND FAMILIES TO STAY IN THE U.S. TODAY, THE MESSAGE TO MIGRANTS

FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. >> THE BORDER IS CLOSED.

  Reporter: IN TEXAS, THIS WOMAN OUT OF BREATH AND SAID SHE

WAS DESPERATE TO BRING HER CHILD TO THE U.S. BECAUSE THERE WERE

NO JOBS IN HONDURAS. OFFICIALS ESTIMATE 160,000

CHILDREN COULD CROSS THE BORDER, SHATTERING PREVIOUS RECORDS,

ADDING TO THE ONGOING IMMIGRATION DEBATE HERE IN

WASHINGTON, LESTER. >> GABE, THANK YOU.

  UP NEXT, THE GROWING PROBLEM OF INTERNET ADDICTION AND WHAT

THAT MAY HAVE LED TO THE FAILED DRUG TEST.

  TAX DAY IS LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY.

IF YOU HAVEN'T FILED YET, STEPHANIE RUHLE HAS WHAT YOU

NEED TO KNOW. >> Reporter: FOR FINANCIAL

PLANNERS LIKE MILTON RODRIGUEZ, IT IS GO TIME.

  I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE WITHOUT

EXTRA MONTHS. >> Reporter: THE IRS TAX

DEADLINE IS LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY.

DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF I FILE ON PAPER OR SHOULD I DO IT

ONLINE? >> IT IS MUCH MORE SECURE TO DO

IT ONLINE AND QUICKER TO GET A REFUND VIA DIRECT DEPOSIT.

MAILING IS NOT THE IDEAL OPTION. >> Reporter: BETWEEN STIMULUS

CHECKS, MILLIONS ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND WORK FROM HOME SURGE, TAXES

ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE CONFUSING THAN EVER.

KEY THINGS TO KNOW. AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, STIMULUS

CHECKS ARE TAX FREE. IF YOU CLAIMED UNEMPLOYMENT,

FIRST $10,500 IS FREE. THE CHILD TAX CREDIT IS NOW

$3,000 FOR KIDS SIX AND UP, 3600 FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN.

  IF YOU OWE TAX, YOU WANT TO PAY AS MUCH BY

THE MAY 17th DEADLINE. ANYTHING UNPAID DOES HAVE

PENALTIES AND INTEREST ASSESSED. >> Reporter: AND IF YOU OWE

MONEY, YOU CAN WORK OUT A PAYMENT PLAN WITH THE IRS.

IF YOU MAKE LESS THAN $72,000 A YEAR, THE IRS WILL HELP YOU FILE

FOR FREE. AND IF YOU MOVED STATES,

CONSIDER HIRING A PROFESSIONAL. AND ONE MORE THING, LESTER, MAKE

SURE YOU HIT SUBMIT BY MIDNIGHT MAY 17th.

  STEPHANIE RUHLE, THANK YOU. >>> MANY OF US TURNED TO THE

SCREENS AND DEVICES TO NAVIGATE LIFE WITH COVID, BUT FOR SOME A

PRACTICAL NECESSITY BECAME SOMETHING MORE.

TONIGHT, MORE ON THE SOCIAL CHALLENGE WITH A LOOK AT

INTERNET ADDICTION. IN OUR PANDEMIC ISOLATION, THE

INTERNET BECAME A LIFE LINE. FOR OTHERS, A LIFE ALTERING

PORTAL TO WHAT SOME DESCRIBE AS A RABBIT HOLE.

SCOTT HAS BEEN DOWN IT. >> IT IS LIKE ANY ADDICTION.

I THINK OF GIVING IT UP. >> HE SPENT MORE AND MORE TIME

ONLINE, FEEDING INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR POLITICS, THE

ELECTION AND CAPITOL SIEGE DREW HIM IN.

  DOES IT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE SWEPT DOWN A TUNNEL?

  THEY CYCLE THINGS THEY KNOW YOU WANT TO READ.

THEY FEED YOU MORE OF THAT. I KNOW I FEED INTO IT.

IT IS HAPPENING. YET I STILL CLICK AND OPEN THE

NEXT ARTICLE. >> PSYCHIATRIST DR. HOWARD

FOREMAN SAYS INTERNET ADDICTION IS REAL.

  BASED ON VOLUME OF CALLS I AM GETTING AND THAT MY COLLEAGUES

ARE GETTING, IT IS CERTAINLY GROWING.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS EMERGE AS ONE OF THE MAJOR

BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.

  PUBLISHED RESEARCH IN THE U.S. IS SCARCE, OVERSEAS STUDIES

NOTED SHARP INCREASE IN INTERNET DEPENDENCE DURING THE PANDEMIC,

WITH LINKS TO ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.

  I HAD TO GO ON BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINE.

  WHAT IS HAPPENING WHEN WE CROSS THIS LINE ON THE COMPUTER

INTO ADDICTION? >> EVERY TIME THAT YOU GET A

LIKE OR A FOLLOW OR SOMEONE COMMENTS ON SOMETHING YOU

POSTED, YOU GET A SURGE OF DOPAMINE IN A PART OF THE BRAIN

WE CALL IN LAYMAN'S TERMS THE PLEASURE CENTER, AND IT GETS

VERY ADDICTING ONCE YOU GET MORE AND MORE OF THE SURGE OF

PLEASURE. >> ATTEMPTS TO STOP COLD HE SAYS

GENERALLY FAIL. >> THE THERAPY THAT I START WITH

IS YOU START WITH A SIMPLE DO AND SIMPLE DON'T.

SIMPLE DO IS DO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE

PLEASURABLE TO YOU BEFORE THE INTERNET TOOK OVER YOUR LIFE.

  AS FOR SCOTT, A HEALTH CARE WORKER, ONLINE DISINFORMATION

ANALYZE ABOUT COVID ARE STILL TRIGGERS.

  I KNOW IT IS HAPPENING AND I STILL CLICK AND OPEN THE NEXT

ARTICLE. >> A STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE

HEALTHY NEED TO KNOW AND ENGAGE AND THE UNHEALTHY FALL INTO THAT

RABBIT HOLE. A STRUGGLE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. >>> YOU'RE GOING TO MEET A