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and bye bye blackberry as the software company is discontinuing service on all its classic smartphones that do not run on android software. prince andrew s lawyers have been trying to convince a us judge to dismiss the sexual assault civil lawsuit against him. they say his accuser, virginia giuffre, can t sue, in because of damages she accepted in 2009, from the paedophile, jeffrey epstein, in return for dropping her claims against him and any other potential defendant . prince andrew has consistently denied her allegations. 0ur royal correspondent, jonny dymond, has the latest. she says she was sexually assaulted by prince andrew three times. he denies every allegation and says he can t remember meeting her. today, his lawyers argued the whole case should be dismissed. the civil case rests partly on this meeting in london, a night when virginia guiffre, here aged 17, says she was forced to have sex with prince andrew. it s something the prince has consistently denied. yo ....
protest, to feel they can come in with a notion that they are going to do damage and use as a defense if they do that damage that they felt threatened and therefore it was self-defense, and cite the rittenhouse verdict as a legal basis for them to argue self-defense. this is frightening. let s go to nbc s liz mclaughlin, joining me from outside the courthouse in kenosha. liz, how are people there overall responding to the verdict? reporter: alex, this verdict seems to be widening an already deep divide. on the right, this trial was seen as a rally cry for gun activists and we re seeing some fodder on extremist group platforms, telegram channels, for instance, celebrating this verdict. some worrying, on the other side, worrying that this could encourage more people to deputize themselves and take matters into their own hands, protected by the wide breadth that self-defense provides. the families are really heartbroken. and we are hearing from anthony huber, one of ky ....
propagating. we don t know what means for the number of people getting hospitalized. we re still not seeing those numbers go up significantly, those vaccinated people getting extremely sick. you know, they may be testing positive, they may get minor symptoms, and that s largely okay. it would be nice, though, to get everyone boosted if we could. so that we can avoid that of people taking time off work and kids missing school. speaking of everybody being boosted, let s go to colorado where the governor of colorado has now said it s okay for everyone six months out from their last shot, 18 and older to get a booster shot. that s ahead of the cdc guidance, ahead of the fda that has it for 65 and older in specific categories. is that a good thing? i complete support that. i really do. again, i think it s one thing to say we can avoid hospitalization, and severe illness. that s critically important. even vaccines six, eight, ten months out are still doing that, the disru ....
let s get down to business. as you have been hearing, here in the uk emergency measures are in place with the army ready to help ease your supply problems after a fourth day of long queues and pump closures. doctors and home care staff have called for essential workers to be given priority for fuel until petrol stations are back on track. in europe, politicians say the uk is finally feeling the economic impact of brexit, and its supply chain is broken. the uk government argues the lack of lorry drivers is due to closures during the pandemic. bodies in the uk have been calling for action for month saying the government has been far too late in its response. the secretary general of the international chamber of the commerce uk joins international chamber of the commerce ukjoins me now. good morning to you. what is your take on why we are where we are? it take on why we are where we are? , are? it is universal frustration - are? it is universal frustration from i are? it i ....
and, by way of preparation, of course, for a mission to mars. my guest, jim green, retired as nasa s chief scientist earlier this year. are problems of money and geopolitics undermining nasa s mission? jim green in silver spring, maryland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen, it s a pleasure to be here. well, it is a real pleasure to have you on the show, and you have had a pretty remarkable four decades long career inside nasa. but if you are being honest with me, would you accept that nasa s golden era came and went long before even you arrived at the agency? well, indeed. nasa has had, actually, several golden eras and it is a matter of perspective. you know, the programme has not only humans that explore beyond earth s boundaries, but also we have missions that study the universe or move out into the solar system and explore, and we have absolutely exploded in those areas that you may not be aware of. well, i kind of am aware of them because i ve done pl ....