Its 9am here in singapore, 1am in london and 5pm in hollywood, where its the biggest night of the year. The Oscar Ceremony gets underway in half an hour, and the biggest names in the film world have been arriving. We go straight now to peter bowes for the latest. It is or is an exciting night for hollywood. Welcome to los angeles, perhaps we should say la la land, because it is a film that everybody is talking about. 1k nominations. It could set about. 1k nominations. It could set a record. Lets see how it does in all of those categories that it is nominated for later on this evening. As you have already said, it could be one of the most politicised oscars ceremonies for a long time. And also notable for the racial diversity of the nominees, which is something that has been a huge controversy something that has been a huge c0 ntrove isy over something that has been a huge controversy over the last few years in hollywood, with only white actors nominated in the acting categories for the
Called off. Pacquiao and amir khan has been called off. More details are emerging on how the cia could be hacking into our phones, computers and smart tvs and several tech firms have now responded. In a statement, apple says, while our initial analysis indicates many of the issues leaked today were already patched in the latest ios, we will continue work to rapidly address any identified vulnerabilities. Samsung whose smart televisions were reportedly targeted says, we are aware of the report in question and are urgently looking into the matter. Former cia staff have called the leak incredibly damaging, and say it makes the country less safe. Jonny dymond has more. Who is listening when we are watching . Change channel to 103. If the leaks are genuine, then the cia can use some Television Voice command technology to send our conversations back to the spooks. Show me samsung smart. And it is more than just televisions. The Convenient Technology we surround ourselves with can be turned a
Called off. Pacquiao and amir khan has been called off. More details are emerging on how the cia could be hacking into our phones, computers and smart tvs and several tech firms have now responded. In a statement, apple says, while our initial analysis indicates many of the issues leaked today were already patched in the latest ios, we will continue work to rapidly address any identified vulnerabilities. Samsung whose smart televisions were reportedly targeted says, we are aware of the report in question and are urgently looking into the matter. Former cia staff have called the leak incredibly damaging, and say it makes the country less safe. Jonny dymond has more. Who is listening when we are watching . Change channel to 103. If the leaks are genuine, then the cia can use some Television Voice command technology to send our conversations back to the spooks. Show me samsung smart. And it is more than just televisions. The Convenient Technology we surround ourselves with can be turned a
Indiana. Also the cato institutes ian vasquez looks at the future of u. S. cuban relations in a trump administration. Postfidel castro. And Boston University assistant professor linda spraug martinez looks at a new report looking at the safety of young people of color and what impact the lack of access to overall support and opportunity has on them. Cspans washington journal. Live beginning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern saturday morning. Join the discussion. At a pentagon briefing today, Afghanistan Military Operations Commander general John Nicholson wrapped up 2016s military operations and counterterror efforts in the country. This is about an hour. Folks, weve got about 45 minutes and ten minutes of opening comments. Ill be calling questions for general nicholson. Sir, all yours. Thanks, jeff. Good morning, everyone. Great to be back with you all again. Want to thank you for covering our mission in afghanistan. What id like to do this time since my last update in september is review 2016 an
Live, where you live, this is abc7 news. He took a stand by sitting down. Now controversy is rising up around Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick chose to sit down for the National Anthem last night at the game. Tonight, were hearing from the head coach about what his actions mean. Reporter Colin Kaepernick is competing for starting quarterback for the 49ers this season. Though his passing is not what everyone is really talking about. Regardless of your personal belief, stand out of respect, because nothing in this game goes unnoticed. Reporter its hard not to miss him, sitting during the National Anthem. He was a starter, the jewel of the league a couple years ago, i think that might be something. Reporter kaepernick says he refuses to stand up for a country that on president s people of color. What i get is not supporting a country thats going to support the innocent killing of blacks. Absolutely. Reporter kaepernicks decision is drawing a mixed bag of commentary, from criticism to support.