the breaking headline late today will smith now banned from the oscars for ten years. the actor just responding tonight. the pandemic, and tonight what authorities are now seeing in new york city and washington, d.c. and more leaders now testing positive for covid. and after speaker pelosi and multiple lawmakers test positive, what the white house is now saying about president biden, who was tested again today. the u.s. justice department and a major defeat in michigan in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer after her covid restrictions. finding two men not guilty, a mi mistra mistrial for two others. two men in court accuse of impersonating federal agents. martha raddatz is here. in new york city, the deadly shooting at a high school. what we re learning tonight. and at the very end, the dad and the very precious cargo pushed
so in that situation, think about your options, right? if you re concerned you have symptoms, you might be ill, maybe it s not the time to spend close contact with someone who is vulnerable. if that person doesn t have a history of natural immunity, you know, there s vaccines available if that individual has concerns. what else do we have available? we have treatments available, this is a healthier, more sustainable approach rather than unfortunately again the federal leadership and the public health leadership and being successful and convincing americans that their responsibility is to forever try to detect asymptomatic disease. it s completely unrealistic. it s obvious that it has failed. we need to focus on treating people that are ill and we need to focus on getting on with living. we re stuck in a rut with this sort of preoccupation that goes on in our lives around covid.
enough to make amazon wish lists or to think what comes next, other than food and housing for the next week. and now, thousands of families are going to be fighting for a rental in a very tight rental market against covid. so, please, keep praying and follow the links and we will organise the money later, honestly. jen gardner. in south africa, thousands of people have waited in line to pay their final respects to the late archbishop desmond tutu, whose body was lying in state for a second day ahead of the state funeral later on saturday. the archbishop, who played a leading role in the battle against racial segregation and the apartheid regime, died on sunday at the age of 90. 0ur south africa correspondent nomsa maseko reports from cape town. the clergy, anglican churchwardens and a marching band lining the streets as a guard of honour for archbishop desmond tutu.
to make it happen. we begin with susan in new york. neil, christmas has president been cancelled just yet but it s under threat from the omicron spread. the latest being the rockettes cancelling their traditional holiday extravaganza a few minutes before the first scheduled performance. an outbreak among covid cases with the cast members and the orchestra forced the last-minute decision. the curtain falling on the rockettess and their famous how kicks but for several other shows. that includes hamilton, harry potter, and in each case, one or more crew had tested positive. the metropolitan opera now requiring booster shots for their staff and its audience members that are eligible and the new rule will go into effect mid january. the met says that they want to set an example for the rest of the city. this is after new york reported a doubles in covid positivity rate. a trend that the city says they
vaccinated, that reduces risk of transmission in the community. ..for scotland, gregor smith, and for wales, frank atherton, have all been knighted. a knighthood as well for england s deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam. also being recognised for their roles responding to covid jenny harries of the health security agency and june raine, head of the uk s vaccine regulator. they have both become dames. # wheels on fire. in the entertainment world, joanna lumley says she is stunned to be made a dame. patsy stone 47. both for her acting career. i ll sue! ..and for her campaigning work. when i saw the sentence saying dbe, i burst into tears. it was an extraordinary shock. it was such a shock. i put my head in my hands and sobbed like a baby. then i thought, how has this happened? is it a mistake? i truly was thrown by it, but i am thrilled to bits.