hello. welcome to the programme. ajury in chicago has found actorjussie smollett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. mr smollett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating a homophobic attack against him by people impersonating supporters of then president donald trump in 2019 to generate publicity after reportedly being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. special prosecutor daniel webb spoke to media shortly after the verdict. unfortunately, that is not the rat we wanted. sometimes that is the wrap that you have to take to win, especially a case where we remain 100% confident in our client puzzling innocence. from the first day of this case, his case has been prejudged, his case has been tried in the media, and it is unfortunate, this is the united states of america, we live in a constitutional democracy where everyone is presumed innocent. 0bviously everyone is presumed innocent. obviously it would s
that s exactly what happened. how important is it that the committee show its teeth? and if they do, what happens next? two senators on opposite sides of the democratic party in a showdown over president biden s agenda. the new shots fired in the war of words between bernie sanders and joe manchin. it s more than two months until christmas. kendis, if you haven t gotten my gift yet, you better get ready. we re live with a toy expert to find out how the holiday could affect us. we re like it will get there when it gets there. one of the biggest stars in the nba could give up $200 million for staying unvaccinated. what is going on can kyrie irving? this is not a political thing. it s about my life and what i m choosing to do. good morning. it s saturday, october 16th. i m lindsey reiser. i m kendis gibson. we re at world headquarters in new york. space is cool. as we found out about an hour ago. we have big blue origin space news this week. this happened abo
allies. the committee investigating the january 6th attack says it is officially moving forward with contempt charges against steve bannon after he failed to comply with a subpoena. everything you need to know about the fight playing out in washington. meanwhile, across the country massive labor strikes are under way. more than 10,000 auto workers standing up to agricultural mega giant john deere, while thousands of hollywood workers could take to the picket line any day now. and it is the end of a very big week in the fight against covid. right now an fda advisory panel is meeting to review the johnson & johnson booster shot, after giving a unanimous go-ahead to the moderna shot yesterday. we ve got to start with breaking news. former president bill clinton is recovering in a california hospital this morning. we are just learning that he went in on tuesday for an infection, but doctors are hoping to send him home soon. nbc s steve patterson joins us with the latest. it sound
freight movers, the ports of los angeles, the port of los angeles announced today that it s going to begin operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week. this follows the port of long beach s commitment to 24/7 that it announced just weeks ago. 24/7 system, what most of the leading countries in the world already operate on now, except us, until now. this is the first key step toward moving our entire freight, transportation and logistical supply chain nationwide to a 24/7 system. and here s why it matters. traditionally our ports have only been open during the week, monday through friday, and they re generally closed down at nights and on weekends. by staying open seven days a week through the night and on the weekends, the port of los angeles will open over 60 extra hours a week will be open. in total, that will almost double the number of hours that the port is open for business from earlier this year. that means an increase in the hours for workers to be moving cargo off shi
with gillian turner in the nation s capitol. gillian, good afternoon. hi, trace. a federal judge appointed by president trump just vacated the cdc s mask mandate. it applies to all public trans important hubs including train and bus stations, this decision has wide ranging implications for tens of millions of americans. it s a summer travel season. it s kicking in to gear. the judge writes, as you mentioned, the cdc failed to justify its decision and the mask mandate exceeds the cdc s statutory authority, violates the procedures required for agency rule making. last weekend, the biden administration extended the mandate for 15 days. it was slated to expire may 3. take a listen. the rise of the cases on severe disease and the assessment is that two weeks would give them additional time to do that. in march 21 states sued the biden administration seeking to have the mandate repealed. in congress, there s bipartisan opposition to nationwide mandates of any kind. this has