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around the state. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. a verdict has just been reached in the trial of actor jussie smollett, falsely accusing of being a victim of a hate crime, that he allegedly arranged himself. sara sidner is outside the courtroom. set the scene. what s about to happen? reporter: so, we are awaiting jussie smollett and his family. they have been coming into court every single day. of course, smollett has to be here in order to hear what the jury has decided in this case. we do have a verdict. so we are waiting to hear exactly what that verdict is on six counts against him. they re all six charges of disorderly conduct, essentially what prosecutors say was a lie he made and reported to police after this january 2019 attack that they say was a faked hate crime, that he had perpetrated on himself, in order to get more media attention, for whatever reason. w ....
putin says biden is also acknowledging u.s. military force is off the table. as omicron cases spread to more than 20 states, pfizer says a third booster shot protects against the new variant, two doses may not necessarily be enough. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. [ music [ music playing ] this is cnn breaking news. we begin with breaking news on mark meadows lawsuit against january 6th select committee and the house speaker nancy pelosi. let s go to our correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, tell our viewers what are you learning. reporter: this is an incredible turn of events from mark meadows, who a few days ago says he was able to cooperate. things have changed. he skipped a deposition this morning. now he s filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to help the court prevent him from handing over documents and information to the select summit. so far committee members ....
standards, quite frankly. that video has drawn criticism from boris johnson s that video has drawn criticism from borisjohnson s opponents, even some of his own supporters, as downing street continues to insist there was no christmas party and no covid rules were broken. exactly one year after 90 year old maggie keenan received the world s first approved coronavirus vaccine, the booster programme opens to over 40s in england. good morning. can retailers deliver this christmas? with supply chains under pressure? will your online orders arrive on time? i will have all of the dates you need to know. a dreadful start for england down under. rory burns gone with the very first ball of the ashes. and it hasn t got much better at the gabba. good morning. today we still have byes across our shores, but it is continuing to weaken. we still have storm barra across our shores. it will still be windy especially in west wales and the west of england where we have gales. it s wedn ....
and that they were lied to. we re expecting a news conference in downing street on extra covid measures for england. we lljoin that as and when it happens. also tonight on this extended edition of the bbc news at six. pfizer biontech announce that three doses of their vaccine can neutralise the new omicron variant of the virus. and a terrible start for england on the first day of the first ashes test in brisbane. welcome to the bbc news at six, which comes today from salford in greater manchester. borisjohnson has faced more calls for his resignation today, following the emergence of a video which has caused shockwaves at westminster and much further afield. the video showed his staff joking about a christmas party last december, during the strict lockdown, when many families were unable to visit loved ones. allegra stratton, the aide seen laughing on the video, has resigned this afternoon. boris johnson apologised for the video but repeated his claim that no party had ....
launching an invasion of ukraine. the president has a video call scheduled tomorrow and announcing a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming olympics in beijing. no u.s. government officials will attend. but u.s. athletes will still be able to compete. phil mattingly joins us now. a lot of high stakes international issues right now. reporter: no question about it. jen psaki just publicly announcing that diplomatic boycott, a short while ago and addressing a series of questions about the looming phone call with russian president vladimir putin. and make no mistake about it, u.s. officials have grown concerned over the course of the last several weeks due to a build up of russian troops on the ukrainian boarder that could reach 175,000. a lot of the question right now inside of the administration is what is president putin s intend. that is a driving factor behind the decision to schedule that video call tomorrow. and i think what is going on as well as trying to figure ou ....