Cheddar News' Shannon LaNier visits New York City's Museum of Failure, a collection of failed inventions and products from around the world. 

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Museum of Failure Highlights Faulty Inventions, Products

Hello, everyone. Good morning. It's time to wake up with Chatter live from New York City. I'm baking machado. Hey, hey, and I'm she Lanier. Today is Fry Yay. March 24th T G I F to you. You made it through the week? Yes, we did. Doesn't it feel so different on a Friday? I mean, the world feels different. The air feels fresher, you feel more relaxed, all of it feels uh well, it's good to have everybody here with you. So let's dive right into your need to know headlines on this Friday. And let's start in Washington, Tik Tok under the microscope. This is their CEO Q was grilled in Congress and questioned about the video app security and its ownership by Chinese company. Bike Dance lawmakers repeatedly called for the ban of the video app based on national security concerns about the app's ability to collect data from its users. But tiktok, CEO maintains that the app doesn't collect any more data than other social media companies. House Speaker Kevin mccarthy though says he supports Congress moving forward. Think the hearing today. Have you all been part of it? I think you see bipartisan concern here with what's happening on Tik Tok, especially what's happening to the data for Americans. There's many different ramifications here. So I think they could come together. I do their work product comes out. Now, the issue of a possible ban of tiktok is particularly important to influencers, especially those who make an income all through their videos. It is such a huge launching pad and accelerator for so many people creating content to open a world of opportunity that really does unlock economic um benefits and opportunity for all of us across the board. Now, some experts are saying that an all out tiktok ban would still be difficult. Meanwhile, the governor of Utah Spencer cox signing legislation Thursday that was require minors under the age of 18 to have consent from their parents if they're going to use social media. And that includes Instagram tiktok and Facebook. The new law would allow parents to access all of their kids social media posts. The governor also signed another bill this aimed at curbing social media addiction among teens. It's unclear though how the state of Utah plans to enforce these new rules. Meanwhile, here in New York, Manhattan district attorney investigating former president, Donald Trump rebuffed House Republicans request Thursday for documents and testimony about the case. The general counsel for the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg slamming the congressional request as quote an unlawful incursion into New York sovereignty. Bragg's office is investigating the role Trump played in a hush money payment to an adult film star. And there have been several signals that prosecutors are nearing an indictment. The parents of a boy who shot and killed four high school classmates will stand trial for manslaughter. 16 year old Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to terrorism and murder charges. This for carrying out the shooting at Oxford High School back in November 2021. Now, his parents are charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors arguing James and Jennifer Crumbley gave their son easy access to a gun and did not pay any attention to the warning signs. Well, according to the CDC, autism is being diagnosed more frequently now in black and Hispanic Children than in white kids among all eight year olds, one in 36 had autism back in 2020. That's up from one in 44, just two years earlier. The CDC says 3% of black Or Asian or Pacific Islander Children have an autism diagnosis compared to about 2% of white kids. Experts attributing that change to improve screening and autism services for all kids. They also say a rise in awareness and advocacy for black and Hispanic families impacting those numbers, track and field has banned trans athletes from international competition. The move comes as the sport adopts new regulations that would keep athletes with differences in sex development development from competing. The World Athletics Council adopting the same rules as swimming did last year that in deciding to bar athletes who have transitioned from male to female and have gone through male puberty. Currently, no such athletes compete at the highest levels of track and be sure to stick with us here on chatter news for some of the headlines. You need to know, Shannon, thanks Baker. The world of politics is waking up this morning. So let's turn to the most pressing stories affecting our political landscape. President Biden and first lady went to on a 24 hour trip to Canada where the White House officials say that Biden will quote, promote our shared security, shared prosperity and shared values. Before Biden addresses the Canadian Parliament this afternoon. He and Justin Trudeau have a few issues to discuss the United States and Canada also reached an agreement that would allow both countries to divert asylum seekers from their borders. At a time when migration has surged across the hemisphere. A new bill proposed in California would ban popular candies like skittles and nerds along with other processed food items that contain chemicals linked to health problems. The bill would ban processed foods with the chemicals red dye number three, titanium, dioxide, vegetable oil and more. Now, the chemicals have often been put in processed foods to make them last longer tastes better and look more enticing. The European Union has already banned those chemicals for their link to cancer. And a woman who barged into former speaker, Nancy Pelosi's office during the Capitol Riot has been sentenced to three years in prison. 24 year old Riley Williams of Pennsylvania is convicted of impeding an officer, civil disorder and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Prosecutors say Williams Stole Pelosi's computer from her office which they say she boasted about on her own social media platform. The FBI was investigating whether Williams allegedly planned on selling the laptop to Russian foreign intelligence agencies. All right. Meanwhile, let's take a look at some of the business stories you need to know this morning. Let's start with Activision Blizzard. They're making headlines yet again this time for failing to boost the number of women and non binary people in the workforce. And that's according to their latest diversity report at the end of December, Activision, Blizzard's full time employees were 25% women and just 1% non binary. The company also says 29% of their 2022 hires were women that is down from 30% executives pledged to increase representation. This after several high profile media reports alleged mistreatment of women within the company. You also might remember that those reports prompted the state of California to launch an investigation into Activision Blizzard Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reassured lawmakers that the government is ready to step in and help more when it comes to bank depositors in the United States. Well, Yellen's testimony to the house subcommittee comes amid growing market concerns over small and mid size regional banks after depositors rushed to withdraw their money in the wake of the S V B collapse. Recently, Yellen was has really drawn criticism from lawmakers who argue that the decision to ensure deposits at S V B and signature amounted to a reward from big banks that took excessive risks. However, President Biden said that executives in charge of those banks will be fired. Right? Meanwhile canceling free trials and subscriptions, we know it's always a hassle but a new federal regulation could make that process a bit easier. A proposal by the Federal trade Commission would ban companies from trying to retain customers through deceptive or often burdensome tactics. So under these new rules, consumers would be allowed to cancel memberships and subscriptions the same way that you signed up for them. And if the free service trial ended, well, businesses will be banned from sending out unwanted retention offers. Well, we have some good news for drivers, gas prices at the pump are stuck in neutral for now and demand for gas lanes last week as motorists took advantage of springs better driving weather. But fears of a recession caused global oil prices to hover near $70 a barrel holding off a rise in gas prices. Now, the national average of $3.43 is four cents higher than a month ago. But guess what? That's 60 cents less than a year ago. So I'll take it. Yeah, indeed. Meanwhile, Hyundai and Kia recalling more than 570,000 suvs and vans. This is due to a potential fire risk. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the tow hitch could cause electrical shorts included in the recall are the 2023 Hound, Santa Fe, the Santa Cruz and the Kia carnivals. As well as a few slightly older versions. Owners with affected vehicles should receive letters by mid May. That drivers can also check the NSA website and see if their VIN number is included there. Shannon. All right. You know what time it is? It's time to check our weather and it looks like the Midwest is set for a huge rainstorm. But guess what, those on the east coast are set for some sunshine. We need it. I'll take it right. All right. Here's your cheddar weekly forecast. I'm meteorologist Samantha. And this is your cheddar weather update. The big weather story today for your Friday is going to be a potential severe weather outbreak in the Midwest here, starting down from Louisiana, extending up into Illinois. We could see some storms that could bring very heavy rainfall, large hail, possibly a tornado and those damaging winds. So that's what we'll be keeping an eye out on today as we have this warm air that's clashing with cold air building in from the west and we see some of those snow showers across the north. Let's head to the east coast by Saturday. The storm is moving in your direction. We're going to be watching rain cooler temperatures around the northeast to kick off the weekend. Breezy as well on Sunday. Now, a little bit of a lull in the action. It's not that bad. No big storms, but the west coast will get slammed again. Watch the storm here spiraling around, heading into Monday from Oregon to California, the higher elevations, the mountains once again getting that snow with possibly flooding rains along the coastline and of course, the gusty winds. So that's where we're gonna be looking at. The busy weather pattern continues today for your Friday. A little bit of a chill around the northeast. We had the mild weather but that's traveling back down south. Now, New York City, 55 showers will be winding down in Philadelphia at 53. Let's head south where we could see some of that severe weather in New Orleans. 84 up towards Nashville, 81. You see the heat here, also the humidity and then it's a bit colder north and West Salt Lake City. Some snow showers for you. 39. Not a bad day at all in Vegas to L A. Enjoy your sunshine. Temperatures will be in the sixties. All right, thanks to Samantha for that weather report. Yes, indeed. And let's just really quickly go back to the insane storm that, that she was just mentioning that's going between Oklahoma and West Virginia. 20 million Americans essentially under a big flood watch from those states, they're expecting 1 to 3 inches of rain in areas from Oklahoma to Missouri on the border and flash flood warnings are in effect. So again, listen to your local authorities about what you need to do to protect yourself in a situation there. And also, and more importantly, if you are in those situations, they always say turn around, don't drown, don't try to walk through a drive through flooded streets because it could be very dangerous. All right guys coming up a museum that makes failure a point of pride. All with the collection of dozens of fascinating products. Shannon is going on to the Museum of Failure. Plus another check. You need to know headlines. We got more. Wake up for Cheddar head your way right after this and good morning, everyone, welcome back to wake up a shake PAAD. You know, failure is something we all try to avoid. But a museum that collects notoriously failed inventions really wants to change our perception about that. That's right. I visited the museum of Failure to get a tour from founder, Doctor Samuel West, a clinical psychologist with a specialty in innovation to find out why he's so fascinated by failure and what helped inspire a whole museum dedicated to it. I work with organizations helping them be more innovative. And one of the biggest obstacles is the fear of failure. So if we can understand that we need to accept failure, if we want progress or any kind of innovation. This is the place to learn about it. OK. So what happened to the Google Glasses? Did that ever become a really good on you? It looks like the future. So imagine seeing a screen out right here in front of you. Yeah, I remember in 2012, I really wanted one of those but didn't go, I didn't go anywhere because of several reasons. One there was no use for it. So there was no applications for it. And secondly, people were kind of spooked about the privacy issues back then. Today. We, you know, it's already gone and it was an issue and it's a spider. It's got a video audio recording. It's cool. Yeah. Well, you know what is really cool, Atari? I Atari all the time when I was a kid. I know you like that. Atari is not a failure but you say the game E T was so back in the early eighties, Atari was, was, was at the top of their game and they launched Atari E T for you remember the, the, the film by Spielberg? Anyway, so, uh the game was an absolute nightmare. I remember the neck would raise. But it was like, what do we do? Enough said if you ever played the E T game, you know why it was a failure. But you know, it's interesting because how did you get a hold of all of these things? Some of them people may not even remember. Yeah. Some, some of these things are really difficult to get a hold of this one. We just is one, one of those, you know what it is? Uh, it looks like a blurry T VA blurry T D. It's a 3d television. They were quite popular. But, um, now I couldn't get a hold of them. The 3d part failed because people, you know, lost interest in it and it gives you headaches and you have to buy these funky glasses. It was a good idea, but it didn't actually work out. Ok. So how did you go about collecting a lot of these, a lot of these things in the beginning, I had to buy them on ebay and Craigslist. But uh now companies and people actually donate things to the museum. We're getting a donation today from, for somebody here in New York and they're bringing a cabbage patch doll that is called snack time and it has a mechanism that eats kids hair and fingers. Yeah, that was a failure. We know why. Ok. So what will people experience when they come here? And they take a tour through the collection? Well, first of all, hopefully they'll, you know, have a good time. But I mean, there, there is a serious message and the message is let's let's destigmatize failure. There's a lot to learn from failure. Uh If we just, if we take the time to, to read and understand the stories behind them and we're definitely gonna be talking about that coming up in the next half an hour, but real quick we have a few seconds left. What is this? That's the Polo Vision. It's the, uh, Polaroids video invention. Three minutes. Less than three minutes of video ingrain grainy quality without audio. I wonder it didn't go anywhere. You need to say that shit box to watch it. Oh, that's even worse. I remember how big TV S and everything were. I don't know. We're gonna come back in about a half an hour. We're gonna talk more about the failures that may have led the way to new adventures as well as the psycho psychology behind. What happens when you so stay tuned for that. Such a fascinating place. And almost all those were toys from my youth, by the way. Well, you have to stay tuned because we have even more of those coming up and we're gonna see more of my trip at the Museum of Failure, including a car so crappy that it's actually there. I can't wait for that.