as an investigation into covid rule breaking is expanded to cover three parties at downing street. and workers at a starbucks coffee shop in upstate new york vote to start a union. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ajury in chicago has found actorjussie smolett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. mr smolett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating 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. a lot of times, people say well, police officers sweep things under the rug . this police department responded by absolutely testifying in his trial that they took it seriously, they believed he was the victim of a crime and they worked so hard for the next three weeks, you
started with roses and ended in a different shade of red. everything stopped. i was just in shock. we knew that there was somebody bad out there doing something. she was a wife, a mother, a missionary. to me, it sounds like a saint. she probably was. but something had been happening behind closed doors. there is nothing more important to me than you and this relationship. was it love? this was his valentine s day present. or hate? one shot to the head. what was the motive for a valentine s day murder? we had a note that she had written. she was speaking from the grave. that note was powerful. it happened on the least likely day imaginable. a day devoted to love and affection. valentine s day. and it happened to the last people on earth you would expect. a religious family dedicated to god and making the world a better place. we had a break-in. is it going on right now? i don t know. the garage door is open. there is glass from the back do