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TONIGHT BREAKING NEWS, RUSSIA UNLEASHING NEW ATTACKS ON UKRAINE'S CAPITOL. HOURS AFTER THE HEAD OF THE U.N. WAS TOURING DAMAGE THERE. TWO EXPLOSIONS ROCKING KIEV LATE TODAY. APARTMENTS GOING UP IN FLAMES. THE DESPERATE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS UNDERWAY. THE FINANCIAL BUZZ KILL.
THE ECONOMY IS SHRINKING. THE DISAPPOINTING FIRST QUARTER NUMBERS. THE COUNTRY COULD BE BARRELING TOWARDS A RECESSION. INDUSTRY GIANTS LIKE AMAZON AND APPLE REPORTING THEIR NUMBERS. WHAT THEY COULD REVEAL ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
WILD DELIVERY, THE HOLLYWOOD CUSTODY BATTLE TAKING CENTER STAGE. OLIVIA WILDE SERVED LEGAL DOCUMENTS FROM JASON SUE DAY SUE SUDEIKIS. >>> SO DOES SHE HAVE A CASE? AND CAN SHE STAY WITH ESPN? A FREE SPEECH EXPERT AND AN ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNEY JOIN TOP STORIES. PLUS THE FAMILY OF HELENA HUTCHINS DEMANDING POLICE TAKE DOWN THE HEROING FOOTAGE OF HER FINAL MOMENTS. AS MORE NEW VIDEO COMES TO LIGHT.
INCLUDING THE MOMENT POLICE TOLD ALEC BALDWIN HUTCHINS HAD DIED. A CAR SLAMS INTO A POLICE CRUISER AT 95 MILES AN HOUR. IGNITING A MASSIVE FIREBALL. THREE OFFICERS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE DRIVER SOMEHOW ABLE TO WALK AWAY.
WHAT POLICE SAY SHE HAD IN HER SYSTEM. TOP STORIES STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> GOOD EVENING, KIEV UNDER FIRE AS PUTIN TURNS HIS SIGHTS BACK TO THE UKRAINIAN CAPITOL.
AT LEAST TWO EXPLOSIONS ROCKING THE CITY LATE TODAY. VIDEO TAKEN IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH SHOWING APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON FIRE. SHELL SHOCKED RESIDENTS SURVEYING THE DAMAGE.
FIRST RESPONDERS RETURNING TO RESCUE TRAPPED CIVILIANS. RACING TO PULL THEM OUT BEFORE DARKNESS FELL. THAT DESPERATE SEARCH STILL ONGOING. THE BLAST COMING HOURS AFTER THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL TOURED THE SUBURBS OF KIEV.
CALLING WHAT HE WITNESSED THERE HORRENDOUS AND UNACCEPTABLE. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE U.N. SAY THE GENERAL IS QUOTE SAFE BUT SHOCKED BY TONIGHT'S ATTACK. THE RELATIVE PEACE IN WESTERN UKRAINE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS NOW SHATTERED AS THE SITUATION IN THE EAST CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE.
KELLY IS ON THE GROUND FOR US TONIGHT AND LEADS US OFF. >> LATE TONIGHT TWO EXPLOSIONS. AND THE DESPERATE SCRAMBLE TO FIND SURVIVORS UNDER THE RUBBLE. AFTER NEW STRIKES IN KIEV.
UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAYING TWO BUILDINGS WERE HIT. SEEING THE TOLL RUSSIAN FORCES LEFT BEHIND BEFORE THEY WERE TWEETED WEEKS AGO. >> THERE'S NO WAY THE WAR CAN BE ACCEPTABLE IF THE 21st CENTURY. >> THERE ARE NEW SIGNS RUSSIA'S ASSAULT IS GAINING MOMENTUM IN THE EAST. INCLUDING THIS STRIKE. >> A TELEVISION TOWER STRUCK.
IT WAS UP CLEAR WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT ATTACK. AND THEN THERE'S BESIEGED MARIUPOL'. THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL SAID PRESIDENT PUTIN TOLD HIM THIS WEEK HE AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO A RESCUE PLAN.
BUT TODAY, INSIDE THE STEEL PLANT WHERE UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS ARE STILL HOLD UP, UKRAINE'S NATIONAL GUARD PUTTING OUT THIS VIDEO. PEOPLE DIGGING WOUNDED SOLDIERS FROM THE RUBBLE AFTER A HOSPITAL WAS HIT WITH A CONCRETE BUSTING BOMB. IN THE RUINS OF THE CITY, AUP THOUSAND PEOPLE.
TONIGHT THE MAYOR TOLD ME RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WON'T LET THEM LEAVE. ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ESCAPE USE ONLY ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE IT, HELL. THERE'S NO WATER. NO ELECTRICITY.
NOTHING. LOCALS ARE FORCED TO CLEAR BODIES FROM THE STREETS IN EXCHANGE FOR FOOD AND WATER HE SAID. IN RUSSIAN HE SAID THE DECISIONS ARE MADE BY ONE MAN.
HE DECIDES WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES. TONIGHT A SENIOR U.S. DEFENSE OFFICIAL SAYS SOME RUSSIAN FORCES ARE NOW MOVING AWAY FROM MARIUPOL' TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. AND THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THEY STILL DO NOT CONTROL ALL OF THE CITY. TOM? THE TOLL IS DEVASTATING.
NOWHERE MORE SO THAN BUCHA. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ATROCITIES THEY'VE WITNESSED. WE WANT TO WARN YOU, THE STORY YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IS VERY DISTURBING. THIS IS THE PLACE THE DEAD ARE COUNTED. TAKEN OFF A TRUCK, PUT ON A GERNY, AND INTO A TENT. THOSE IN BUCHA, UKRAINE, REELING FROM HORRIFIC ATTACKS BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS OCCUPYING THE REGION.
NOW BEING CALLED WAR CRIMES. >> WE HAVE JUST TWO TEAMS HERE. 15 BODIES A MONTH. NOW IT'S 14 BODIES PER DAY.
>> ACCOUNTABILITY IS FOR A LATER TIME AND PLACE. FOR NOW IT'S ABOUT EMOVAL, IDENTIFICATION, AND MOURNING PLACES LIKE THIS, BUCHA'S MAIN MORGUE WHERE VICTIMS OF THE MASSACRE ARE BEING UNLOADED TODAY. >> AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERT SAYS SOME BODIES WILL BE IDENTIFIED TODAY. AND TWO AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS, VETERANS WHO CAME HERE ON THEIR OWN ACCORD TO HELP HANDLE THE VICTIMS OF WAR I WAS RAISED THAT'S THE GREATEST LO. TO HELP SOMEONE AND RISK YOUR LIFE FOR THEM. >> HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO PEOPLE? >> I CAN'T IMAGINE THE PAIN SHE'S GOING THROUGH.
>> SHE COULDN'T IDENTIFY THE BODY BY FACIAL FEATURES BECAUSE IT WAS DECAPITATED SHE STARTED DESCRIBING THE CLOTHING THE LAST TIME SHE SAW THE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. SHE IDENTIFIED A SOCK AND A SHIRT. AND THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR HER TO KNOW THAT THAT WAS HER. FAMILY MEMBER.
>> THOSE AT BUCHA'S MAIN MORGUE COMING FACE-TO-FACE WITH ATROCITIES. >> THEY SEE KIDS KILLED, FIVE OR SIX YEARS OLD. SPEAK ALSO PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR GRIEVING FAMILIES.
>> THAT'S A BIG THING INSIDE PEOPLE. >> PRESIDENT ZELENSKY ANNOUNCING 300 PEOPLE WERE FOUND TED IN THE KIEV SUBURB THIS MONTH. BUCHA'S MAYOR TELLING FBC NEWS ON SATURDAY THE FIGURE HAS CLIMBED OVER 400. WORLD LEADERS, INCLUDING PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING THE BRUTALITIES WAR CRIMES. RUSSIA CONTINUES TO YIELD IMMENSE HUMAN COST WE'VE SEEN HORRIFYING EVIDENCE OF ATROCITIES AND WAR CRIMES. FILING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST TEN RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WHO WERE THERE.
SAYING AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THEY TOOK UNARMED CIVILIANS AS PRISONERS, STARVED THEM, TORE CURED THEM AND ROBBED THEM. >> YOU MUST FEEL WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS IMPORTANT. YOU'RE DOCUMENTING A MASSACRE. IT'S HOMICIDE. JUST LIKE IN THE STATES. THERE'S A PROTOCOL.
EFFING EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE JUST SO. SO EVERYTHING CAN BE PROCESSED. AND PEOPLE CAN BE IDENTIFIED. AND PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. ACCOUNTABILITY 100%. >> WE'RE LIVE WITH THAT REPORT.
SHOWING THE REALITIES OF WAR THERE. I HAVE TO THINK THERE'S FAMILIES THAT HAVE LEFT THAT AREA THAT ARE NOW COMING BACK AND TRYING TO FIND THEIR LOVED ONES. HAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED ANY OF THESE PEOPLE? >> YEAH, WE HAVE. AND THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS OF THE 7.7 MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, 15% OF THEM ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY BACK HOME. AND WHAT THEY'RE OFTEN FINDING WHEN THEY COME HOME, HOUSES COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
BODIES BURIED IN THEIR GARDENS AS THEY LOOK FOR LOVED ONES THEY GO TO THE MORGUE WITH JUST PIECES OF INFORMATION, A LOCATION, A NAME, AN EYEWITNESS REPORT, AND IT'S ALL THE MORE DIFFICULT TO WITNESS WHEN THEY'RE DOING IT WITH THEIR CHILDREN, CHILDREN LOOKING FOR LOST PARENTS. >> I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THESE FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH TO TRY TO IDENTIFY LOVED ONES BY THEIR SOCKS. BECAUSE THEY CAN'T EVEN MAKE OUT WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. OR IT'S PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE LIKE WE HEARD IN YOUR REPORT, YOU HAD A QUESTION FOR ONE OF THOSE AMERICANS THAT'S HELPING OUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HAVE TO SPEAK TO THESE FAMILY MEMBERS TO HAVE TO WORK THERE.
I MEAN BUT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ALSO WITNESSED IT. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO SEE THOSE FAMILIES GOING INTO THOSE PORTABLE MORGUES AND COMING OUT WITH NO ANSWERS. >> IT WAS INCREDIBLY HARD. PHOTO JOURNALIST, SAM, WHO SHOT IT, AND I WERE BOTH STRUCK. AGAIN, WHEN WE SAW A YOUNG BOY THERE, HE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE THAN SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS OLD. AS A PARENT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL IMMEDIATELY THINK OF OUR KIDS.
THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO IS LOOKING FOR THEIR HERO, FOR THEIR FATHER, AND HE'LL FIND HIS FATHER LIKELY IN ONE OF THOSE MORGUE COOLERS. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO WATCH. IT MUST BE IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE THROUGH. BUT IT'S ONE MORE INDICATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS WAR, WE OFTEN DO SO IN SUCH A SANITIZED MANNER ABOUT THE WEAPONS AND ABOUT THE TACTICS AND ABOUT ARMED FORCES AND OFTENTIMES WE FORGET THAT AT THE END OF THE LINE IT'S THESE FAMILIES WHOSE LIVES ARE GOING TO BE FOREVER ALTERED.
>> IT'S STORIES LIKE THAT THAT ARE A BRUTAL REMINDER OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN UKRAINE RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM, STAY SAFE OUT THERE, MY FRIEND. >> MOVING ON, WE WANT TO TURN TO THE PANDEMIC. MODERNA ANNOUNCING IT'S SEEKING FDA APPROVAL OF THE VACCINE FOR CHILDREN SIX YEARS TO SIX MONTHS OLD. THE VACCINE MAYBE LESS EFFECTIVE THAN THE ADULT VERSION BUT DOES WELL AT PREVENTING SEVERE ILLNESS. STEPHANIE GOSK HAS MORE.
>> A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER THE FIRST COVID-19 VACCINE FOR ADULTS WAS AUTHORIZED, MODERNA HAS A VACCINE FOR CHILDREN SIX MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS OLD IT'S A SAFE AND PROVIDES ROBUST PROTECTION. >> WHEN WE LOOK AT EFFECTIVENESS, WE SEE AN EXCELLENT LEVEL OF ANTIBODY IN THESE CHILDREN. >> THE TWO SHOTS TAKEN FOUR WEEKS APART. 25% OF THE ADULT DOSE. THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S 51% EFFECTIVE FOR AGES SIX MONTHS TO TWO YEARS.
AND 37% FOR AGES TWO THROUGH FIVE. THOSE NUMBERS ONLY TELL PART OF THE STORY, ACCORDING TO A DOCTOR WHO HELPED CONDUCT THE TRIAL. >> THERE WAS NO SEVERE DISEASE OR HOSPITALIZATION OBSERVED WITHIN THE TRIAL. BUT WE DID SEE SOME INFECTIONS.
>> SHE ENROLLED HER TWIN FOUR- YEAR-OLDS TO PROTECT VULNERABLE ADULTS IN THE FAMILY. >> IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET OUR KIDS VACCINATED AS SOON AS WE COULD. >> BUT A MAJORITY OF PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN APPEAR MUCH MORE TENTATIVE. >> I'M NOT SURE.
I MIGHT WAIT FOR SOME OTHER KIDS TO GET IT FIRST. >> I THINK IT'S NOT NECESSARY AT THIS MOMENT. >> ONLY 28% OF KIDS AGES 5 TO 11 HAVE GOTTEN TWO DOSES OF THE VACCINE. THE FDA COULD AUTHORIZE THE PEDIATRIC VACCINE AS EARLY AS JUNE, THE CDC SAYS 75% OF CHILDREN 17 AND YOUNGER HAVE CONTRACTED COVID.
MEDICAL EXPERTS RECOMMENDING CHILDREN INFECTED WITH OMICRON SHOULD BE VACCINATED. >> NUMBER ONE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG INFECTION IMMUNITY LASTS AND VACCINES DON'T JUST PROTECT AGAINST VARIANTS THEY HAD. THEY CAN PROTECT AGAINST FUTURE VARIANTS. >> AFTER A LONG WAIT, THE YOUNGEST AMONG US MAY SOON GET THAT PROTECTION. >> ALL RIGHT, STEPHANIE JOINS US NOW. WHAT ABOUT PFIZER? WE KNOW THEY'RE WORKING AS WELL ON ANOTHER VACCINE FOR CHILDREN.
WILL IT BE LOOKING LIKE A SIMILAR PROCESS FOR THE EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION? >> IT WILL BE, TOM, THEY'RE LOOKING TO ASK FOR THIS EUA LATER ON THIS SPRING. SO THEY GET IN LINE BEHIND MODERNA. THEIR DOSAGE WILL BE LESS THAN MODERNA'S DOSAGE. BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THREE SHOTS INSTEAD OF TWO. SO IT'LL BE A DIFFERENT COURSE. >> MAYBE A LITTLE CONFUSING TO PARENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO CLEAR THAT UP IN OUR NEXT SEGMENT. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. FOR MORE ON THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. I WANT TO BRING IN A PEDIATRICIAN, MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR. DIANE HESS, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING TOP STORY TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT. I WANT TO ROLL THROUGH SOME STATS AND ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THE BACK END OF THIS. I WANT TO START WITH THE STUFF WE SAW ON STEPHANIE'S PIECE. THIS NEW VACCINE, 51% EFFICACY FOR SIX MONTHS TO TWO YEARS OLD. I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THE OTHER ONE IS 37% EFFECTIVE FOR AGES 2 YEARS OLD TO 5 YEARS OLD.
75% OF CHILDREN 17 AND YOUNGER HAVE ALL READY CONTRACTED COVID- 19. THIS ACCORDING TO CDC. AND THEN OF COURSE OUR NEXT GRAPHIC HERE, HOSPITALIZATION RATES FOR UNVACCINATED CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 11 WERE TWICE AS HIGH AS AMONG THOSE VACCINATED DURING THE OMICRON SURGE. EFFICACY WAS 90%. MY QUESTION IS IF MORE THAN 75% OF KIDS HAVE GOTTEN COVID, AND SOME KIDS WILL ONLY HAVE THIS A LITTLE MORE THAN 30% EFFECTIVE FOR THEM. IS IT WORTH IT? SHOULD PARENTS STILL GET THE VACCINE FOR THESE KIDS ? >> I DO BELIEVE SO.
WHAT WE KNOW IS IT DECREASES HOSPITALIZATION. AND SEVERE DISEASE. SO YOU NEVER KNOW, IT'S RUSSIAN ROULETTE, IS YOUR CHILD GOING TO BE THE ONE WHO GETS THE SEVERE CASE OF COVID.
JUST LIKE WE GET THE FLU VACCINE AND WE STILL MIGHT GET THE FLU. AND EVERYBODY HAS BECOME A COVID SPECIALIST. WE HAVE A PLANET OF VIROLOGISTS NOW. EVERYBODY KNOWS IMMUNOLOGY BETTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER. WHEN I GIVE THE FLU VACCINE TO PATIENTS, YOU STILL MIGHT GET THE FLU.
BUT YOU WON'T BE HOSPITALIZED FOR THE FLU. THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE COVID VACCINE. EVERYBODY THINKS IT PREVENTS YOU FROM GETTING COVID. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. WHAT WE KNOW IS AS WE SAW, THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE WAS MUCH HIGHER. MUCH HIGHER.
DOUBLE FOR CHILDREN UNVACCINATED. >> FOR KIDS THAT DO QUALIFY, WHY DO YOU THINK THE RATE IS JUST AROUND 27% OF PARENTS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN THE VACCINE FOR THEIR KIDS. >> I THINK THE CDC CHANGES THEIR GUIDELINES EVERYDAY AND PEOPLE ARE FED UP.
I'M A DOCTOR, IT'S HARD. IT'S A HARD SELL. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A VERY PRO- VACCINE PRACTICE.
WHEN IT CAME OUT, PEOPLE WERE LINING UP. I WAS THE FIRST PEDIATRICIAN IN NEW YORK CITY TO GET THE COVID VACCINE. A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF PARENTS REALLY TRUSTED THE SCIENCE AND REALLY WANTED THEIR KIDS GETTING THE VACCINE. AND ALSO WE WERE IN NEW YORK CITY.
WE HAD BEEN THROUGH THE WORST PANDEMIC. WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO LEAVE OUR APARTMENTS. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE SUBURB, WITH A BACKYARD, IN WARM WEATHER, THEY HAD A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE GOING THROUGH THE FIRST WAVE OF THE PANDEMIC THAN FAMILIES THAT LIVED IN CITIES, IN HOUSING, HAD TO GET IN ELEVATORS. AND NOW IN NEW YORK CITY, WE'RE THE ONLY PLACE THAT STILL HAS CHILDREN 2 TO 4 WEARING MASKS.
PARENTS ARE DESPERATE TO GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED TO GET MASKS OFF THEIR KIDS. >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD YOU SHOULD NEVER PUT ANYTHING IN YOUR BODY UNLESS YOU NEED IT. IF SOME CHILDREN FALL INTO THIS WINDOW WHERE IT'S 31% EFFECTIVE. THEY'VE GOTTEN COVID.
DO YOU THINK THEY STILL NEED THE COVID VACCINE? >> I WILL RECOMMEND IT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME. IT'S A TRICKY VIRUS. IT CHANGES ON US ALL THE TIME. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO DO NO HARM. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
SO WE WANT TO DO PUBLIC HEALTH. WE WANT TO VACCINATE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET VACCINATED. WE WANT TO STOP THE PANDEMIC. WE SEE HOW EFFECTIVE IT WAS IN THE ADULTS. WE'RE BOTH NOT EARING MASKS. IT TOOK TWO YEARS TO GET HERE.
>> TO BE FAIR, THE VACCINE FOR ADULTS IS MORE THAN 90% EFFECTIVE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MUCH DIFFERENT NUMBERS WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDREN. >> JUST LIKE OTHER VACCINES, IT MIGHT NOT PREVENT THE VIRUS FROM HAPPENING OR THE BACTERIAL INFECTION FROM HAPPENING BUT YOU'LL BE MUCH LESS SICK. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND. BUT I RESPECT PARENTS WHO SAY NO. I DON'T THINK WE'LL MANDATE THE VACCINE AT THIS POINT.
I THINK THE CAT WAS OUT OF THE BAG A LONG TIME AGO. I DON'T THINK MASKS WERE EFFECTIVE AT ALL DURING OMICRON. WE HAD PATIENTS -- I COULDN'T KEEP UP. WE COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH HOW MANY PATIENTS WERE POSITIVE.
>> MODERNA AND PFIZER HAVE DIFFERENT DOSAGE TREATMENTS. DR. FAUCI SIGNALED HE HOPES THE FDA GOES WITH ONE OR THE OTHER, IT CAN BE INCREDIBLY CONFUSING TO PARENTS. WHAT DO YOU ANY THE SOLUTION IS HERE? OBVIOUSLY PFIZER IS GOING TO BE NEXT UP. >> I THINK PEOPLE LIKE CHOICE.
SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD THEIR MODERNA SHOT AND DID WELL WITH IT WILL WANT THEIR KIDS TO GET MODERNA. WE HAD TO GIVE PFIZER BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE HAD. I GOT PFIZER. BUT I SEE MY FRIENDS WHO ARE PHYSICIANS AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO GOT VACCINATED DID BETTER WITH MODERNA. BUT I STILL TOOK MY THIRD PFIZER BOOSTER BECAUSE I STARTED WITH IT AND I CONTINUE WITH IT AND I HAVE FAITH IN IT. WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC. >> ONE PARENT WE HEARD THERE IN STEPHANIE'S REPORT WAS SAYING SHE'S GETTING HER KID VACCINATED NOT SO MUCH FOR CHILDREN BUT THE ELDERLY RELATIVES THEY HAVE WHO ARE VULNERABLE. ARE YOU FINDING CASES LIKE THIS AS WELL? PEOPLE LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR OTHER RELATIVES ? >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S COMMON IN NEW YORK CITY TO HAVE MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS.
>> IT'S PRETTY COMMON AROUND THE COUNTRY TOO. >> YEAH. WE'RE CROWDED. SO WE WANT TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE VACCINATED SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET GRANDMA OR GRANDPA SICK AND WE CAN HAVE EASTER DINNER AND OTHER FAMILY GATHERINGS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. >> DR. DIANE, GREAT HAVING YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE WANT TO TURN TO THE ECONOMY AND DISAPPOINTING NEWS.
NEW DATA SHOWS THE ECONOMY SHRANK IN THE FIRST QUARTER. THE WEAKEST PERFORMANCE SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC. TOM COSTELLO EXPLAINS WHY THE NUMBERS ARE MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. >> TONIGHT, FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE ECONOMIC PARADOX AMERICANS ARE LIVING WITH EVERYDAY. STRONG CONSUMER DEMAND IS SENDING PRICES SKYROCKETING FOR EVERYTHING FROM GROCERIES TO GAS TO CARS TO TRAVEL.
AND UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT 50-YEAR LOWS WITH PLENTY OF JOBS AVAILABLE. STILL THE ECONOMY ACTUALLY SHRANK, 1.4% IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
THE PRESIDENT INSISTS THE JANUARY OMICRON SURGE PLAYED A BIG ROLE. >> WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS ENORMOUS GROWTH IN THE COUNTRY. THAT IT WAS EFFECTED BY EVERYTHING FROM COVID AND THE COVID BLOCKAGES THAT OCCURRED ALONG THE WAY. >> ANALYSTS SAY THE ECONOMY UNEXPECTEDLY CONTRACTED BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT CUT BACK ON PANDEMIC RELATED SPENDING AND THE U.S. IMPORTED MORE GOODS
THAN IT EXPORTED. AMERICA BUYING MORE THAN IT SELLS OVER SEAS. MEANWHILE THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND CHINA'S NEW COVID LOCK DOWNS ARE WORSENING THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS. IN SOUTH CAROLINA, NEFFRON PHARMACEUTICALS IS BUILDING PRODUCTION PLANS SINCE IT CAN'T GET SUPPLIES FROM OVER SEAS.
IT HAS HUNDREDS OF JOB OPENINGS. BUT MOST OFFER HIGH WAGES AND VERY FLEXIBLE HOURS TO ATTRACT WORKERS. >> COME WHENEVER YOU WANT. STAY AS LONG AS YOU CAN OR AS SHORT AS YOU CAN. AND WE TRY TO PAY AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. >> HIGHER PRICES, HIGHER HOUSING COSTS, HIGHER WAGES, AND THE FED POISED TO RAISE RATES AGAIN, THE COUNTRY COULD BE PUSHED INTO A RECESSION.
>> YOU HAVE WORKERS THAT GOT OUT OF THE COLD INTO THE WARMTH OF RISING WAGES, AND NOW THEY'RE GETTING BURNED BY INFLATION. HAVING TO TAKE ON AN EXTRA JOB TO MAKE ENDS MEAT. >> ALL RIGHT, TOM JOINS US NOW FROM OUR DC BUREAU. LATE TODAY, AMAZON AND APPLE REPORTED EARNINGS AFTER THE CLOSING BELL. SINCE THE PANDEMIC, AMAZON HAS BEEN ON A TEAR. WHAT ARE WE LEARNING FROM BOTH THOSE COMPANIES? >> SO AMAZON ALSO SUGGESTED THAT IT'S SEEING SALES SLOW BECAUSE NOW WE'RE STARTLING TO SEE THE CONSUMER GET BACK TO THE PRE-PANDEMIC SHOPPING HABITS.
SO WITH THAT, AMAZON STOCK LOST SOME GROUND TODAY, APPLE REPORTED BLOW OUT NUMBERS. BUT SO NOW THEY HAVE ISSUES IN CHINA WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND PRODUCTION AND THEY DON'T THINK THEY CAN MEET DEMAND GOING FORWARD OR IT'S DOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WITH CHINA MAY LAST THROUGH THE YEAR. NOW APPLE STOCK ALSO LOST GROUND. >> TOM COSTELLO FOR US. WE APPRECIATE THAT.
NOW TO THE FREE SPEECH LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST ESPN BY ONE OF ITS STAR ANCHORS. SAGE STEEL CLAIMS THE NETWORK PUNISHED HER FOR COMMENTS SHE MADE ABOUT THE VACCINE MANDATE AND PRESIDENT OBAMA. >> WELCOME TO ANOTHER LIVE EDITION. >> SHE'S ONE OF ESPN'S BIGGEST STARS.
EVEN ANCHORING ITS FLAGSHIP BROADCAST TODAY. TONIGHT, SHE'S HIT THE NETWORK WITH A BIG LAWSUIT. >> I RESPECT EVERYONE'S DECISION. I REALLY DO.
BUT TO MANDATE IT IS SICK. AND IT'S SCARY TO ME IN MANY WAYS. >> STEEL, WHO SAYS SHE'S VACCINATED, DISCUSSED HER COVID VIEWS ON FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK JAY CUTLER'S POD CAST. BACK IN 2021. STEEL BROUGHT UP COMMENTS ABOUT HER BIRACIAL WHY THE. THEN CALLED OUT PRESIDENT OBAMA.
>> BARACK OBAMA CHOSE BLACK AND HE'S BIRACIAL I'M LIKE WELL CONGRATULATION PHOS THE PRESIDENT. THAT'S HIS THING. THAT'S FASCINATING CONSIDERING HIS BLACK DAD WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND BUT HIS WHITE MOM AND GRAND MOM RAISED HIM BUT YOU DO YOU. >> THAT INTERVIEW LED TO RETALIATION FOR HER REMARKS.
>> IT'S A LITTLE OFF TO SEE SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING AND COMING ALONG TAKING ON A NETWORK AT THIS POINT IN HER CAREER. >> BY EARLY OCTOBER, ESPN RESPONDED PULLING STEEL OFF THE AIR TEMPORARILY. SAYING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ANCHOR WOULD REMAIN PRIVATE. NOW SHE'S SUING FOR DAMAGES AND ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF HER CIVIL RIGHTS. THE LAWSUIT SAYS HER EMPLOYER CONTINUED TO PUNISH STEEL BY REMOVING HER FROM PRIME ASSIGNMENTS AND VOWED TO FORCE STEEL TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE AND SUSPENDED HER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IN OCTOBER 2021. >> WHEN IT COMES TO FREE SPEECH, WHAT IS PROTECTED IN THE WORKPLACE.
>> SHE WORKS FOR A PRIVATE COMPANY. AND THAT PRIVATE COMPANY CAN MAKE EMPLOYMENT BASED DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT SHE SAID. >> KEVIN GOLDBERG IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT SPECIALIST AT THE FREEDOM FORUM IN WASHINGTON DC. >> IT ONLY RESTRICTS THE ACTIONS OF GOVERNMENT IN SILENCING PEOPLE. >> THE LAWSUIT SAYS CONNECTICUT LAW PROHIBITS PRIVATE EMPLOYERS FOR DISCIPLINING EMPLOYEES FROM ENGAGING IN CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED SPEECH IN OR OUTSIDE THE WORKPLACE.
>> SHE HAS A MUCH STRONGER CASE IN CONNECTICUT THAN SHE WOULD AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. >> IN RESPONSE TO THE ALLEGATIONS, ESPN SAYS SAGE REMAIN AS VALUED CONTRIBUTOR ON SOME OF ESPN'S HIGHEST PROFILE CONTENT. INCLUDING THE RECENT MASTERS TELECAST, AND ANCHORING OUR NOON SPORTS CENTER. ALSO DENYING THE COMPANY EVER SUSPENDED STEEL. >> WE'RE LIVING AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES. THEY HAVE MANY OPINIONS AND OFTEN WANT TO VOCALIZE THEM.
IS THIS MODE OF OPERATION STILL WORKING IN THE YEAR 2022? >> I DON'T THINK WE WANT BIG COMPANIES TO BE ACTING THAT QUICKLY. WE WANT MORE SPEECH. NOT LESS.
WE HOPE SHE'S SPARKING PUBLIC CONVERSATION. THAT'S WHAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND FREE SPEECH IS A MATTER OF POLICY ARE ALL ABOUT. >> SIN CLAY JOINS US NOW. >> IT'S A HIGH PROFILE CASE. ESPECIALLY GIVEN STEEL IS STILL WORKING AT ESPN. HER LAWSUIT SAYS SHE'S SEEKING PUNITIVE DAMAGES DUE TO LOST REVENUE AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES HER TEAM POINTS OUT IN FEBRUARY MONTHS AGO STEEL SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT TO HR AND SOON AFTER SHE WAS OFFERED A CHANCE TO COANCHOR THE MASTERS.
THEY SAID THE COMPANY'S RESPONSE WAS AN OBVIOUS SCHEME TO TRY TO DODGE RESPONSIBILITY. ESPN DENIES ALL ALLEGATIONS. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A STORY TO WATCH. >> WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. FOR MORE ON THIS HIGH PROFILE LAWSUIT, I WANT TO BRING IN JENNIFER JUSTICE. SHE'S FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE LEGAL GROUP, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
JENNIFER, THANKS FOR JOINING TOP STORY TONIGHT, YOU'RE AN ENTERTAIN . LAWYER, FROM YOUR PER EXPECT TY. DO YOU THINK SAGE STEEL HAS A CASE AGAINST DISNEY? >> YEAH, I DEFINITELY TO. ESPECIALLY GIVEN THETH CAN LAW.
>> CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALL LAWYERS HERE. >> YEAH. [ LAUGHTER ] THE MAN THAT WAS JUST BEFORE ME. HE HAD EXPLAINED THAT WHEN IT COMES TO FREE SPEECH, IT PROTECTS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. BUT CONNECTICUT TAKES IT A STEP FURTHER AND TALKS ABOUT PRIVATE SPEECH AS WELL.
IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUR WORKPLACE. >> SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SIGN CONTRACTS, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SAGE STEEL'S CONTRACT. BUT I TO KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT ON AIR CONTRACTS.
SOMETIMES YOU SIGN THESE CONTRACTS. AND THERE ARE CLAUSES IN THERE IF YOU WERE TO BRING ANY TYPE OF EMBARRASSMENT TO THE NETWORK OR TO THE COMPANY THAT THEY COULD TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST YOU OR THEY COULD EVENTUALLY TERMINATE YOU. WOULD THIS FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY? >> WELL, IT COULD.
BUT I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, AS A WOMAN JUST BEFORE ME STATED, IN 2022, A LOT OF THESE ARE SUPER OUTDATED, YOU KNOW. AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR ARE INCREDIBLY OUTDATED. IN THAT WE ALL HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE A FREEDOM OF SPEECH REGARDLESS OF WHO WE WORK FOR.
RIGHT? OUR PERSONAL LIFE VERSES OUR PUBLIC LIFE. AND YES, IF I -- MAYBE IT WOULD. BUT THERE IS WHAT IS LEGAL AND WHAT IS THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION. AND WHAT WE WANT THIS WORLD TO BE AND HOW WE WANT IT TO GROW. >> SO SHE SUES ESPN.
BUT SHE'S STILL WORKING THERE. HOW IS THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WORK WHETHER THEY SETTLE OR THEY DECIDE TO TAKE IT TO AN ARBITRATOR OR SOMETHING? >> WELL, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WILL DEAL WITH IT, AS, YOU KNOW, ADULTS AND HUMAN BEINGS. IT'S A LEGITIMATE CASE. SHE WANTS TO BRING IT. AND YOU KNOW, SHE SHOULD LET IT PLAY OUT. IT GOT TO THIS POINT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T COMING TO A CONCLUSION UNFORTUNATELY, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WENT AND FIRED HER SHE'D HAVE A RETALIATION CLAIM OVER THIS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE MOST CORDIAL OF WORKPLACES RIGHT NOW. BUT I'M HOPING THEY CAN GET THROUGH THIS. SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO SAY WHAT SHE FELT ABOUT THEIR MANDATE.
>> IF YOU WERE ADVISING ESPN TONIGHT, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM TO DO? >> I WOULD TELL THEM TO LOOK AT THE WORLD AROUND THEM NOW. AND LOOK AT LIKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT EVERYBODY'S OPINIONS ARE. AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS. DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT WE USED TO TO. LET'S THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE.
LET'S LISTEN TO PEOPLE AND THEIR OPINIONS. WE'RE NOT ALL JUST WORKERS. WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS.
>> JENNIFER JUSTICE. A PERSON WHO MAY HAVE THE BEST NAME FOR BEING A LAWYER. WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING TOP STORY TONIGHT.
HOPE TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE. STILL AHEAD, THE FIERY CRASH ON A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY. AN SUV BARRELING INTO A POLICE CRUISER, SPARKING MASSIVE FIRE. THREE PEOPLE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.
HOW IT ALL UNFOLDED. GROWING OUTRAGE OVER THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE RELEASED. THE LETTER JUST SENT BY HELENA HUTCHEN'S FAMILY. AND THE SHOCKING NEW VIDEO OF THE MOMENT ALEC BALDWIN LEARNED OF HER DEATH. AND WILD DELIVERY, OLIVIA WILDE, THE ACTRESS AND DIRECTOR STUNNED ON STAGE WITH CUSTODY PAPERS FROM A FORMER FIANCE, JASON SEDEIKIS.
WHY THAT DRAMATIC MOMENT PLAYED OUT SO PUBLICLY. TOP STOR TOP STORIES WITH TOM YAMA. WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> BACK WITH THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING FOOTAGE RELEASED THIS WEEK IN CONNECTION TO THE RUSH SHOOTING. THE FAMILY OF HELENA HUTCHINS SPEAKING OUT. SLAMMING THE SHERIFF'S DECISION TO RELEASE VIDEO OF THE MOMENTS AFTER SHE WAS SHOT TOW THE PUBLIC.
ARGUING IT COULD BE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE COUPLE'S YOUNG SON. >>> TONIGHT, OUTRAGE OVER THE DECISION TO PUBLICLY RELEASE VIDEO SHOWING HELENA HUTCHINS' FINAL MOMENTS IN THE SHOOTING. THE FAMILY CONDEMNING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR RELEASING VIDEO OF THE CHAOTIC SCENE WHEN SHE WAS SHOT AND KILLED AND DEMANDING THE FOOTAGE BE TAKEN DOWN. SAYING THE MOVE FAILED TO RESPECT THE FAMILY'S DIGNITY AND PRIVACY BY RELEASING THE MATERIALS TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE RELEASING THE MATERIALS TO MR.
HUTCHINS. AN ATTORNEY FOR MATT HUTCHINS WRITING IN A LETTER THE FIRST TIME HE SAW THE DISTURBING AND UNSETTLING VIDEO FOOTAGE OF HIS WIFE DYING ON THE CHURCH FLOOR WAS ON AN INTERNET WEBSITE. ADDING ABOUT THE COUPLE'S NINE YEAR-OLD SON, WE FEAR FOR EXAMPLE THAT THIS SHOCKING FOOTAGE OF HIS MOTHER DYING MAY BE MATERIAL USED BY BULLIES TO EMOTIONALLY ABUSE HIM IN THE FUTURE. TONIGHT THE SHERIFF IS DECLINING NBC'S REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW SAYING EARLIER THIS WEEK ON TODAY HIS OFFICE RELEASED THE EVIDENCE IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC RECORD'S REQUESTS. >> WERE YOU UNDER OBLIGATION TO RELEASE IT RIGHT NOW. >> NOT RIGHT NOW.
IT TOOK US SOME TIME TO PUT IT TOGETHER. AND WE TRIED TO RELEASED AS SOON AS WE HAD EVERYTHING TOGETHER. >> THE VIDEOS AND DOCUMENTS MADE PUBLIC SIX MONTHS INTO THE INVESTIGATION.
IT INCLUDES RAW CLIPS OF ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN MOMENTS AER THE FATAL SHOOTING. AND TONIGHT NEW VIDEO RELEASED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHOWS BALDWIN HOURS LATER LEARNING HUTCHINS HAD DIED. >> I HAVE SOME UNFORTUNATE NEWS TO TELL YOU.
SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT. >> THE ACTOR DECLINING NBC'S REQUEST FOR COMMENT TONIGHT. BALDWIN'S ATTORNEY EARLIER THIS WEEK SAYS HE BELIEVES THE EVIDENCE SHOWS HE ACTED RESPONSIBLY AND WAS CAREFUL WITH GUNS ONSET. MATT HUTCHINS SAYING THIS IN FEBRUARY ABOUT THE PUBLIC NATURE OF THE SHOOTING. >> WHY DID THE FACT THAT DETAILS WERE OUT THERE, WHY WAS THAT SO BOTHERSOME? >> WELL, I MEAN, THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD FEEL. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED SO PUBLICLY.
JUSTICE WON'T BRING HELENA BACK. BUT MAYBE THE MEMORY OF HER CAN HELP KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. >> TONIGHT, A GRIEVING HUSBAND AND WORRIED FATHER STRUGGLING TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY FROM VERY PUBLIC PAIN.
>> ALL RIGHT, MAGGIE VESPA JOINS US LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES. THERE ARE MULTIPLE LAWSUITS FLYING BACK AND FORTH IN THIS CASE. LET'S START WITH MATT HUTCHINS, HELENA'S HUSBAND.
HE FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST ALEC BALDWIN AND THE FILM PRODUCERS. HAS HE TAKEN ACTION TIED TO THE RELEASE OF THIS VIDEO. >> TOM, NOT AT THIS TIME. HE'S JUST DEMANDING VIA HIS ATTORNEY'S THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TAKE THAT VIDEO DOWN. BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE LAWSUITS.
WE GOT AN UPDATE ON ANOTHER ONE. LAWYERS FOR RUSS PRODUCERS ASKING THE COURT TO REMOVE A REQUEST FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN A SUIT FILED BY A SCRIPT SUPERVISOR. THEY ARGUE MITCHELL NEEDS TO PROVE MALACE OR OPPRESSION LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING BUT IN THE SUIT SHE DESCRIBED A SERIES OF MISTAKES MADE ONSET. WE REACHED OUT TO MITCHELL AND HER ATTORNEY GLORIA ALRED NO RESPONSE AT THIS TIME.
>>> A MESSY CELEBRITY MOMENT. OLIVIA WILDE SERVED PAPERS WHILE SPEAKING ON SPAG AS HER CUSTODY CASE WITH JASON SEDEIKIS TURNED UGLY. A LOW BLOW OR BUSINESS AS USUAL IS UP FOR DEBATE. >> A-LIST CUSTODY BATTLE ON STAGE. >> IS THIS SUPPOSED TO FEEL LIKE A CROSS-EXAMINATION? >> A OLIVIA WILDE SERVED PAPERS MID PRESENTATION WHEN SOMEONE IN FRONT OF THE STAGE SLID HER A MYSTERIOUS MANILA ENVELOPE LABELED PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL REGARDING CUSTODY OF HER CHILDREN WITH TED LASSO STAR, JASON SEDEIKIS.
>> COME ON, YOU GOT TO GET IT IN THERE TO GET THREE POINTS. >> AT THE TIME, WILDE WAS PROMOTING DON'T WORRY DARLING. A FILM SHE DIRECTED STARRING HER CURRENT BOYFRIEND, HARRY STILES. THEY BROKE UP IN 2020 AFTER NINE YEARS TOGETHER.
THEY SHARE TWO CHILDREN. OTIS, EIGHT, AND DAISY, FIVE. WILDE AND STILES MADE HEADLINES AFTER PHOTOS SURFACED OF THE TWO OF THEM HOLDING HANDS AT A FRIEND'S WEDDING.
>> ALL THE CONTEXT MAKES THIS A HOT TOPIC. >> QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY WILDE WAS SERVED ON STAGE FLOODING THE INTERNET. >> THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUE. I THINK THE INTERNET IS THINKING THAT THIS IS A LOT MORE MALICIOUS MAYBE THAN IT MIGHT BE. >> ACCORDING TO SOURCES CLOSE TO SEDEIKIS, THE WOMAN WHO SERVED THE PAPERS WAS A PROCESS SERVER HIRED BY SEDEIKIS LAW FIRM TO DELIVER THE CUSTODY DOCUMENTS TO HER.
SEDEIKIS HAD NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE TIME OR PLACE THE ENVELOPE WOULD HAVE BEEN DELIVERED AS THERE WOULD SOLELY BE UP TO THE PROCESS SERVICE COMPANY. ADDING HE WOULD QUOTE NEVER CONDONE HER BEING SERVED IN SUCH AN INAPPROPRIATE MANNER. REPRESENTATIVES FOR WILDE DID NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT. >> SO WERE YOU TO SIT AND TALK. >> IT WAS A PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD SERVE. >> THE COMPANY WASN'T INVOLVED BUT IS USED TO SERVING CELEBRITIES.
HERE'S A VIDEO HE TOOK OF THEM SERVING CIVIL CASE PAPERS TO MATT BARNES IN 2017. >> MATT, YOU LEFT THE PAPERS ON THE FLOOR, MATT. >> WE SERVE PRESIDENTS, VICE PRESIDENTS, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS, MUSICIANS, WE SERVE 50-CENT. CELEBRITIES DON'T JUST LIVE IN THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOCK WITHOUT WALLS OR GATES OR SECURITY. YOU HAVE TO BE CREATIVE IN WAYS TO SERVE THEM. NOW, THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS OF IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT BREAKING ANY LAWS WHEN YOU'RE SERVING THEM.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT TRESPASSING, BREAKING AND ENTERING, IF YOU'RE THERE LEGALLY, WHICH THIS PERSON WAS, THEY SIMPLY PURCHASED A TICKET TO THIS EVENT, THEN THERE'S NO PROBLEMS WITH THE WAY THE PAPER WAS SERVED. >> IN A STATEMENT, THE HEAD OF CINEMACON SAID ORGANIZE PFIZERS WILL REEVALUATE THEIR SECURITY PROTOCOL AND QUOTE WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE A DELEGATE APPROACHED STAGE WHO WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE THERE. >> IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR SOMEONE TO REGISTER FOR AN EVENT TO SERVE SOMEONE. >> NO, NOT AT ALL.
>> COULD THEY HAVE WAITED UNTIL SHE WENT OFF THE STAGE OR FINISHED TALKING. >> I DON'T THINK SHE'S WALKING OFF THE STAGE AND JUST PLOWING THROUGH THE ENTIRE CROWD. SHE PROBABLY GOES THROUGH THE BACK OF THE STAGE INTO A PRIVATE AREA. INTO A PRIVATE CAR. AND PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO HER.
IN MY OPINION, THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THEY HAD ACCESS TO OLIVIA WILDE. >> SO WE HEARD JASON SEDEIKIS SAY HE HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS GOING TO HA. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH CUSTODY BATTLES. DO THEY KNOW HOW THE OTHER PERSON WILL BE SERVED? THE OTHER PARENT? >> IT'S TOTALLY FEASIBLE FOR ONE OF THE PARENTS TO NOT KNOW THIS INFORMATION. YES, THERE ARE SOME CASES WHERE ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING PARENTS ARE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT IN COMMUNICATING THROUGHOUT THE LEGAL PROCESS.
BUT OFTENTIMES THE CLIENT DOES NOT KNOW ALL OF THE DETAILS. INCLUDING HOW THE OTHER PARENT MIGHT GET SERVED. >> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THAT STORY.
THE FDA'S NEW PROPOSAL COULD SAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES IN THE NEXT FEW DECADES. MORE ON THAT ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK WITH TOP STORIES NEWS FEED.
WE BEGIN WITH THE FDA'S PLAN TO BAN MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND FLAVORED CIGARS. 1/3 OF CIGARETTES IN THE U.S. ARE MENTHOLS. THE PROPOSAL STILL IN DRAFT STAGE.
IT COULD FACE YEARS OF LEGAL CHALLENGES FROM THE TOBACCO COMPANIES. A POLICE VEHICLE BURSTING INTO FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AFTER WITNESSES SAY AN SUV REAR ENDED IT. TWO OFFICERS WERE INSIDE AT TIME OF THE CRASH. ANOTHER WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CAR AND WAS ALSO HURT. THE INJURIES ARE NOT CONSIDERED LIFE-THREATENING. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF DUI.
THE SUSPECT IN A DISTURBING HOME BREAK-IN IN CALIFORNIA IS UNDER ARREST. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CAPTURING THIS MAN STANDING OVER A COUPLE AS THEY LAY IN BED SLEEPING. THEIR BABY SLEEPING FEET AWAY IN ANOTHER ROOM. TAKING A WEDDING RING AND MONEY FROM THE HOME IN SAN BERNARDINO. IT'S UNCLEAR HOW HE GOT IN THE HOUSE.
THIS HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY. POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF HE WAS INVOLVED IN OTHER INCIDENTS. >>> LATE NIGHT TV WILL LOOK DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR. A CBS SPOKESPERSON SAYING JAMES CORDEN EXTENDED HIS CONTRACT WITH THE LATE SHOW UNTIL NEXT SPRING. HE'S KNOWN FOR SEGMENTS LIKE CARPOOL KARAOKE AND CROSSWALK THE MUSICAL. AND WE HEAD TO WASHINGTON NOW.
PRESIDENT BIDEN ASKING CONGRESS TO APPROVE A $33 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL AID FOR UKRAINE. THIS COMES AS BIDEN ANNOUNCED SANCTIONS TODAY AGAINST HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS AND BILLIONAIRES IN RUSSIA. KRISTEN WELKER JOINING US FROM THE WHITE HOUSE WITH MORE ON THIS. THIS IS A LARGE SPENDING PACKAGE.
WHAT'S INCLUDED HERE. HI TOM. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED THE SWEEPING UKRAINE AID PACKAGE WITH A WARNING TO RUSSIA. AGGRESSION WILL NOT WIN.
THREATS WILL NOT WIN. THE PRICE TAG IS MASSIVE $33 BILLION AS WE SAID. THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE SPIRE AID THAT CONGRESS APPROVED LAST MONTH. IT INCLUDES AMMUNITION, ARMORED VEHICLES, AND HUMANITARIAN AID. THE ADMINISTRATION IS BRACING FOR A PROLONGED CONFLICT. THE PACKAGE IS AIMED AT LASTING FOR FIVE MONTHS.
THE CHALLENGE NOW IS HOW QUICKLY CAN THEY GET THIS PACKAGE TO CONGRESS WITH UKRAINE URGENTLY PLEADING FOR MORE HELP AS RUSSIA INTENSIFIES ITS ASSAULT. THE PRESIDENT DID ALSO ANNOUNCE THESE SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRES TODAY. AND A PLAN THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO SEIZE THE ASSETS OF OLIGARCHS. >> WITH THE COUNTRY FACING FEARS OF A SHRINKING ECONOMY IN FEARS OF A RECESSION, YOU MENTIONED IT COULD BE A CHALLENGE. >> IT REALLY COULD BE A CHALLENGE. THERE SEEMS TO BE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AID BUT THAT'S WHERE ANY AGREEMENT ENDS.
RIGHT NOW THE THE BAIT IS AROUND HOW TO GET THIS PASSED. DEMOCRATS WANT TO LINK IT TO COVID RELIEF MONEY. THAT'S MORE MONEY. BUT MANY REPUBLICANS ARE OPPOSED TO THAT IDEA.
FOR ALL THE REASONS YOU JUST MAPPED OUT. THE PRESIDENT SAID HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE PROCESS AS LONG AS CONGRESS APPROVES BOTH UKRAINE AID AND FUNDING TO FIGHT COVID. TOM. >> KRISTEN WELKER FROM THE WHITE HOUSE FOR US TONIGHT.
NOW TO TOP STORIES, POWER AND POLITICS. THE LATEST HEADLINES FROM WASHINGTON AND BEYOND. THE BATTLE IS HEATING UP. REPUBLICANS CALLING ON FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DE SANTOS TO SUPER CHARGE THEIR CAMPAIGN, THE PARTY AIDING TO FLIP A SEAT HELD BY DEMOCRATS SINCE 1987. >> I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE MY DEAR FRIENDS, A GREAT PATRIOT, AND AMERICA'S GOVERNOR, RON DE SANTOS.
>> COMING IN HOT TO NEVADA. FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DE SANTOS ARRIVING IN LAS VEGAS LAST NIGHT. >> GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS NEVADA.
>> DE SANTOS USING HIS BASE'S POPULARITY TO HELP HIS FRIEND AND FORMER ROOMMATE, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, ADAM, NOW CAMPAIGNING TO FLIP THE U.S. SENATE SEAT HELD BY DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT, SENATOR KATHERINE CORTEZ. >> THIS NOVEMBER, LET'S ELECT ADAM TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE. >> THE NEVADA SENATE SEAT COULD DETERMINE WHAT PARTY HAS THE MAJORITY AS REPUBLICANS ATTEMPT TO FLIP CONTROL OF CONGRESS IN THE COMING MIDTERM ELECTIONS. THE LATEST POLLS INDICATING THIS COULD BE A TIGHT RACE. >> IN A STATE WHERE A LARGE NUMBER OF NONPARTISAN UNDECIDED VOTERS COULD SWING THE RESULTS EITHER WAY.
>> NEVADA NEEDS SOMEONE THAT WILL BREAK FROM THE RADICAL LEFT. BREAK FROM THESE POLICIES THAT ARE CRUSHING OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY. >> JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, IT WAS TED CRUISE VISITING NEVADA.
DEMOCRATS HERE FACING UNHAPPY VOTERS AS THE COST OF LIVING BECOMES UNAFFORDABLE ACROSS THE STATE. IN CLARK COUNTY, 1 IN 20 RESIDENTS ARE UNEMPLOYED. AND OVER THE LAST YEAR, GASOLINE PRICES RISING AS MUCH AS 48% WITH INFLATION RAISING COSTS ACROSS THE BOARD FROM FOOD TO CARS. >> THAT'S SOMETHING I WON'T FORGET. >> SENATOR CORTEZ IS WORKING TO STAY IN OFFICE AFTER BECOMING THE FIRST LATINA U.S. SENATOR
TO REPRESENT NEVADA. >> THE FACT THAT RON DE SANTOS IS HERE. WE HAD TED CRUZ HERE. YOU KNOW.
SUPPORTING THE SENATOR'S OPPONENTS. WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THAT? >> I WOULD SAY THAT THE SENATOR DOESN'T NEED NATIONAL POLITICAL LEADERS TO COME SPEAK ON HER BEHALF. PEOPLE KNOW THAT SHE GETS RESULTS DONE FOR THEM. YOU KNOW, PASSING LEGISLATION THAT GOT POLICE $3 MILLION TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY FOR TRAINING.
GETTING US BACK TO WORK. >> AS THE RACE BUILDS UP, THE TATE STATE IS SURE TO BECOME A BATTLEGROUND FOR ANY REPUBLICAN THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. >> THEY'RE SELLING DE SANTOS HATS. AND PEOPLE WERE PAYING $20 FOR THESE HATS.
>> WE'RE JOINED FROM LAS VEGAS. AS WE SAW IN YOUR PIECE THERE. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN EVENT. BUT IT APPEARS IT WAS DE SANTOS WHO MADE HEADLINES. WHAT WAS YOUR SENSE OF HOW SUPPORTERS THERE. REPUBLICAN VOTERS SAW DE SANTOS.
>> RIGHT, TOM, SO YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT RON DE SANTOS IS HOT RIGHT NOW. HE'S BEEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR MANY REASONS. AND OF COURSE THIS IS GOOD FOR HIM TO LEAVE HIS STATE, COME TO NEVADA. AND WE SEE THIS MUCH UPPORT.
WE WERE TOLD THIS IS THE LARGEST EVENT THAT ADAM HAS ORGANIZED SO IT WAS A WIN FOR RON DE SANTOS. BUT FOR ADAM, HIS FIRST GOAL NOW IS TO WIN THE PRIMARY AND BECOME THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE SO THAT HE CAN MOVE ON AND FACE CAPTAIN CORTEZ. FACE THE SENATOR IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
SO IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION. AND FOR RON DE SANTOS. THIS PROVES HE CAN LEAVE HIS STATE AND SHOW HOW MUCH REPUBLICANS SUPPORT HIM. AND OTHER PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO MUCH THAT AS WE SAW, PEOPLE ARE MAKING HATS THAT SAY RON DE SANTOS, 2024.
>> WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING THE NEVADA RACE AND THE MIDTERMS. STILL AHEAD, THE TOXIC FOAM CLOUDS COVERING A TOWN.
WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY IT >> PRETTY, PRETTY BAD. >> WE ARE BACK WITH TOP STORIES GLOBAL WATCH. WE BEGIN IN ETHIOPIA DEALING WITH ITS WORSE DRAUGHT IN 40 YEARS.
THE HOSPITAL HAS SEEN AN INFLUX OF MALNOURISHED AND STARVING CHILDREN BECAUSE OF IT. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE U.N.'S AID CHIEF WARNED 2 MILLION KIDS ARE AT RISK OF STARVING TO DEATH IN THE HORN OF AFRICA.
NEXT IT'S HAPPENING IN A TOWN. LOCAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY THE FOAM COMES FROM A POLLUTED RIVER. PEOPLE THERE SAYING IT STINKS AND THE RESIDUE FROM IT CAN BE CORROSIVE. LOCALS SAY IT CAUSES RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. >> CANADA CHANGING BLOOD DONATION RULES TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE.
REVERSING A POLICY THAT RESTRICTED GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN FROM DONATING BLOOD AFTER BEING SEXUALLY ACTIVE. IT GOES INTO EFFECT IN SEPTEMBER. >>> COMING UP, SPRING BREAK'S WINDING DOWN. BUT SUMMER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. WE HAVE TIPS TO KEEP YOU FROM FEELING SO UP IN THE AIR WHEN IT COMES TO TRAVEL.
STAY WITH US. PENS, WHEREVER YOU ARE, IT'S HERE, NOW. >> WELCOME BACK.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TWO YEARS DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC. AND WITH VACCINATIONS UP AND RESTRICTIONS LIFTING, AMERICANS ARE READY TO TRAVEL AGAIN. BUT THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD PACK IS PATIENCE.
BECAUSE GETTING TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO MAY TAKE LONGER AND IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE. VICKI WINN HAS TRAVEL TIPS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU BOOK. >> AMERICANS ARE DEFINITELY READY TO ROAM.
PASSENGER NUMBERS ARE SOARING. ALMOST BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS WITH MORE THAN 2 MILLION FLIERS ON MOST DAYS. THE SURGE IN DEMAND AND RISING OIL PRICES PUSHED AIR FARES UP 40% SINCE JANUARY. THE POINTS GUY, BRIAN KELLY SAYS IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET AWAY, ACT QUICKLY, BE FLEXIBLE, AND BOOK NONSTOP FLIGHTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. DON'T BLANK ON LAST MINUTE DEALS. >> THERE ARE NO SEATS AVAILABLE LAST MINUTE.
ONES AVAILABLE LAST MINUTE ARE ASTRONOMICAL. >> A LOT OF AIRLINES DID AWAY WITH PESKY CHANGE FEES. REMEMBER THEY USED TO CHARGE YOU $200 IF YOU ALTERED TRAVEL PLANS. >> IT'S STILL FREE TO CHANGE MOST FLIGHTS BUT NOT ALL. BE CAREFUL WHICH TICKET YOU BUY.
>> BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THE WORD BASIC. A FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK TO DALLAS, THE BASIC FLIGHT IS HERE. THE FARE IS $30 LESS.
ON JET BLUE, BLUE BASIC, IT'S $52 LESS THAN THE MORE FLEXIBLE BLUE FARE. >> EVERY AIRLINE HAS A BASIC ECONOMY FARE. IN MOST CASES YOU CAN'T CHOOSE YOUR SEAT, YOU'RE THE LAST TO BOARD.
AND SOMETIMES THERE'S A CARRY ON BAG FEE. ANY CHANGE COULD COST HUNDREDS. IF YOU CAN, BOOK WITH MILES OR POINTS INSTEAD.
THOSE ARE USUALLY REFUNDABLE. AND WATCH THE CONDITIONS WHERE YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING. SHE USES THE SITE , FLIGHT AWARE.
WHEN YOU SEE THE DELAYS COMING IN. YOU CAN BE PROACTIVE AND BOOK YOURSELF ON ANOTHER FLIGHT. BOOK YOUR FLIGHT USING CREDIT CARDS THAT GIVE YOU TRAVEL PROTECTION. >> GET THE FIRST AVAILABLE FLIGHT OUT ON ANY AIRLINE. THEN DEMAND YOUR REFUND LATER AND IF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH TO CUSTOMER SERVICE -- >> THERE'S A CLEVER HACK CALLED A FOREIGN CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE OF AN AIRLINE.
OFTEN WAIT TIMES ARE MUCH SHORTER THAN IN THE U.S. AND ALL OF THE AGENTS SPEAK ENGLISH. >> CHECK YOUR PASSPORT EXPIRATION.
IT CAN TAKE TWELVE WEEKS TO RENEW. IF YOU NEED IT SOONER, CALL YOUR LOCAL CONGRESS PERSON. >> DO YOU HAVE TO PAY? >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY A DIME. I'VE HAD PEOPLE GET IT IN ABOUT A WEEK. >> MOST FOREIGN COUNTRIES WILL LET YOU ENTER WITH PROOF OF VACCINATION, YOU NEED A NEGATIVE TEST RESULT TO GET BACK TO THE U.S. INSTEAD OF
HASSLING TO GET A TEST OVER SEAS. >> PACK YOUR OWN AUGHT RYED RAPID ANTIGEN TEST OVER A VIDEO CALL WITH A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, IT'S VALID FOR REENTRY. >> YOU CAN TRAVEL VERY WELL THESE DAYS. BUT YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU PLAN. >> ALL RIGHT, VICKI JOINS US NOW.
VICKI, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE SEEN A SURGE LIKE THIS. AND I'VE LOOKED FOR TRAVEL DEALS. THEY'RE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND RIGHT NOW. SO YOU HAVE TO WONDER, IS IT TIME TO EVEN START WORKING WITH A TRAVEL AGENT AGAIN? >> ABSOLUTELY, TOM.
TRAVEL EXPERTS TELL US NOT ONLY CAN TRAVEL AGENTS GET BETTER DEALS ON BIG TRIPS, THEY CAN HELP YOU OUT IF YOU'RE IN A JAM. LET'S SAY YOU'RE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. MULTIPLE FAMILIES COMING. A FLIGHT IS CANCELED.
A TRAVEL AGENT WILL BE AN ADVOCATE AND SAVE MONEY. >> TRAVEL INSURANCE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE ADVISE YOU NOT TO GET IT. PICK IT UP ON A CREDIT CARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WITH COVID SO MANY TIMES YOU HAVE TO CANCEL VACATIONS BECAUSE SOMEBODY GETS SICK, WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE? >> WELL, WHAT WE HEAR FROM A LOT OF FOLKS WHO TRAVEL IS LOOK AT YOUR TRIP.
IS IT A HIGH DOLLAR TRIP? IS IT AN INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION? HOW FAR OUT IS IT? IF ALL OF THOSE ANSWERS ARE YES, YOU WILL WANT TO CONSIDER TRAVEL INSURANCE TO PROTECT THAT INVESTMENT. BUT DON'T GET IT THROUGH THE AIRLINE OR THE HOTEL. LOOK FOR OUTSIDE TRAVEL COMPANIES, THE PREMIUMS WILL BE LOWER. MAKE SURE YOU READ THE FINE PRINT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY IS COVERED. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T COVER CANCELLATIONS FOR COVID. >> WE'VE HAD COLD WEATHER IN FORK.
A VACATION SOUNDS GOOD. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WE THANK YOU AT HOME FOR WATCHING TOP STORY TONIGHT.
I'M TOM IN NEW YORK. STAY RIGHT THERE. MORE NEWS ON THE WAY.
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