for the january 6th select committee. the first round of in-person depositions is scheduled to take place for some of former president trump s closest allies. more documents are due today. and committee members warn that those who do not comply may face criminal contempt charges. plus, captain kirk goes where no other star trek character has ever gone before. 90-year-old william shatner becomes the holdest person to travel beyond the earth s atmosphere and he returns with some emotional, profound si insights. what you have given me is the most profound experience i can imagine. i m so filled with emotion about what just happened. i just it s extraordinary. extraordinary. i hope i never recover from this. i hope that i can maintain what i feel now. i don t want to lose it. that s really moving. and we will talk more about that in a moment. it was really good to hear. but first, to another mission of global proportions, president biden will try today to fix the br
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
Announcement that will get things you buy to you, to the shelf faster. i m joined by the executive director of the ports cardona. i apologize, mario. and the president of the international longshoreman s union, willie adams. los angeles and long beach with home to two of the large st pors in america, and together these ports are among the largest in the world, and the best way to make that point is that 40%, 40% of shipping containers that we import into this country come through these two ports. and today we have some good news. we re going to help speed up the delivery of goods all across america. after weeks of negotiation and working with my team, and with the major union retailers and