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one of the biggest financial frauds in american history that s how a new york prosecutor described the actions of sam bankman fried, the former cryptocurrency boss, who, in the last few hours, has been convicted of defrauding investors. as you ve been hearing, mr bankman fried was arrested a year ago, when his cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, and his investment fund, alameda research, went bankrupt. prosecutors said he had used money stolen from ftx customers to prop up alameda and to fund his lavish lifestyle. after a month long trial, a jury agreed. late on thursday, they found him guilty of all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. as the bbc s erin delmore explains, the collapse of ftx and the crimes of bankman fried are posing all kinds of uncomfortable questions for the crypto industry. after more than four weeks in court, thenjust four and after more than four weeks in court, then just four and a half hours of deliberations, a jury half hours of deliberations, a ....
costumes to be sexy, we wear them to survive. if the temperature holds up, game one tonight between the dodgers and astros will be the hottest world series game ever. the first two games are in los angeles. and then it moves to cooler climate, the gobi desert. this is the dodgers first world series in almost 30 years. since 1988. it is a tough ticket to come by. the average ticket price for game one was about $1,300. to put that in perspective, right now a ticket to the world series is worth more than the weinstein company. [ applause ] so yesterday, guillermo was sick yesterday. i sent my father, who is a lifelong dodgers fan, in his place to talk to the players at world series media day and that turned out to be a home run. you may be out of a job, guillermo. my father did quite a number on the dodgers. how are you feeling? i feel better. jimmy: so l.a. is hosting the world series. 11 years from now we re hosting the olympics. today in greece, the olympic torch w ....
you re not my real dad, john! [ light laughter ] the senate held confirmation hearings today for donald trump s attorney general pick jeff sessions, who was denied a federal judgeship over 30 years ago for his alleged support of the kkk. so wait, is he trying to convince us that he s less racist now that he s older? [ laughter ] you can t fool us. we all just came back from visiting our relatives. [ laughter ] man, nana s really chilled out on race. [ light laughter ] after past accusations of racism, attorney general nominee senator jeff sessions said today, quote, i abhor the klan and its hateful ideology. though he refused to answer the follow-up question, ku klux or wu tang? [ laughter ] which klan, senator? [ laughter ] we ll wait. [ light laughter ] several costumed protesters were escorted out of jeff sessions attorney general confirmation hearing today, including one who appeared to be dressed up as dracula. [ laughter ] [ applause ] 63 billion message ....
[ light laughter ] the senate held confirmation hearings today for donald trump s attorney general pick jeff sessions, who was denied a federal judgeship over 30 years ago for his alleged support of the kkk. so wait, is he trying to convince us that he s less racist now that he s older? [ laughter ] you can t fool us. we all just came back from visiting our relatives. [ laughter ] man, nana s really chilled out on race. [ light laughter ] after past accusations of racism, attorney general nominee senator jeff sessions said today, quote, i abhor the klan and its hateful ideology. though he refused to answer the follow-up question, ku klux or wu tang? [ laughter ] which klan, senator? [ laughter ] we ll wait. [ light laughter ] several costumed protesters were escorted out of jeff sessions attorney general confirmation hearing today, including one who appeared to be dressed up as dracula. [ laughter ] [ applause ] 63 billion messages were sent this new year s eve ....
[ light laughter ] the senate held confirmation hearings today for donald trump s attorney general pick jeff sessions, who was denied a federal judgeship over 30 years ago for his alleged support of the kkk. so wait, is he trying to convince us that he s less racist now that he s older? [ laughter ] you can t fool us. we all just came back from visiting our relatives. [ laughter ] man, nana s really chilled out on race. [ light laughter ] after past accusations of racism, attorney general nominee senator jeff sessions said today, quote, i abhor the klan and its hateful ideology. though he refused to answer the follow-up question, ku klux or wu tang? [ laughter ] which klan, senator? [ laughter ] we ll wait. [ light laughter ] several costumed protesters were escorted out of jeff sessions rn hearing today, including one who appeared to be dressed up as dracula. [ laughter ] [ applause ] 63 billion messages were sent this new year s eve on the messaging service wh ....