organization guilty on all charges in a 15-year tax fraud scheme that prosecutors said was orchestrated by top executives at the company. jurors deliberated for about 11 hours over two days before finding the organization guilty on 17 counts including scheme to defraud, conspiracy, criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records. former cfo allen weisselberg indicted last year and pleaded guilty to 15 felony charges in august. he served as the prosecutor s star witness. former president donald trump was not indicted in the case. he release add statement promising to appeal while stating that any and all tax fraud was weisselberg s personal doing and had nothing to do with the trump organization. the company faces roughly $1.6
the season. hear in mind indonesia is due to host the world cup next year and it s also one of three countries as well bidding to stage next year s asian cup after china pulled out as host. in a statement earlier today the indonesian association, the fa adding it regrets the actions of the supporters at the stadium and that the incident had, quote, tarnished the face of indonesian football. for its part rama fc expressing its deep condolences for the disaster and the team also saying it s to establish a crisis center or victim information post to receive reports and treat victims who are hospitalized. to the families of the victims, the management apologizes profusely and is ready to provide compensation. what about the other team involved, they also release add statement he is pressing its condolences, he is pressing their deepest condolences for the loss of life. no life is worth football.
second in the china controversy. i have a little idea of how you re feeling about this but, you know, silver, he made the nba position on free speech clear. yes, it took him 24 hours to get there, but he got there. what do you think how he handled it? well, i appreciate the position that he s in. look, this has been a relationship the nba and china that s been groomed before, silver became commissioner. started way back in the late 80s into the 90s. the first nba finals game was broadcast in 1994. this relationship, this partnership is decades in the making and he doesn t want to say or do anything to screw it up because there are multimillion dollars involved. with that said you weren t lead the woke sports lead and issues that affect your bottom line go back to sleep. we ll call you out on hypocrisy and that s happening now. adam silver release add statement the first time around
you ve had many calls over the last 24 hours, certainly over the last 48 hours. these are high level calls. they want to make a deal. and by the way, i think a deal s going to be made. but they want to make a deal. so the chinese are saying that there weren t any particular the chinese excuse me, let me respond to something. the vice chairman of china, do you get higher than that other than president xi? the vice president, the vice chairman, like the vice president, made the statement he wants to make a deal and he wants to see a calm atmosphere and he wants it all to happen. that says it there. i don t have to talk about you know, you folks were reporting before, well we can t find any phone call. he release add statement. i didn t release it. he released a statement. there were phone calls, is ir, mr. president? numerous calls. communications that went back and forth over the last not only with steve, there were calls with other people too.
here s a small part of the conversation my league willie geist had with bourdain back in august on sunday today with willie geist. you know, who people are when they re sitting at home with their family eating instead of just statistics. reporter: there s no place anthony won t go. maggots load the chickens? reporter: no matter how dangerous. not going full geraldo in my flak jacket poking myself head up over a foxhole but i m curious about the world and if there are manageable risks in return for satisfying my curiosity about a place, i m willing. he made so many millions curious about the world. his girlfriend asia ar jend oh release add statement saying he had a brilliant and fearless spirit and called her her love, rock and protector. joining me now, nbc news medical contradicter dr. natalie a asar. two iconic people gone who had