to appoint jonathan high priest. successfully completing cleopatra's scheme to bring jonathan one step away from the throne. >> from what we know, mariamne's brother, jonathan, was a good-looking, charismatic guy. certainly, the kind of guy that the jews much rather would have had as a king than herod the great. >> there is a story of a festival -- the feast of tabernacles, which was one of the major pilgrimage festivals to the jerusalem temple. and he goes to officiate over the sacrifices at the altar. all of the people start to cry out about what a wonderful, young man he is. >> crowds, look at how attractive this boy is, look at how regal he looks, look at how amazing he looks. oh, the hasmoneans are back. >> so, as jonathan leading this event, you better believe that herod the great hears the commotion, hears how popular jonathan is, and herod is seething with jealousy. >> so, herod invites his brother-in-law to come swimming with him at his palace in jericho. he is drowned in the pool. it's an accident. nothing

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your thoughts on that, jonathan? >> we talked about this with the rittenhouse case, how these atmospherics affect a jury. i think this has been a much better case in terms of the judge sequestering the jury. i think she has done a very fine job. i think she has been fair in her rulings, she has been quite firm keeping the trial going. there is always a concern among defense counsel when you have a holiday looming of whether the jury will cut to the chase toward a verdict. but this is a tough, tough case, because it's not enough to say that she was negligent. i think this is where the defense counsel could have done a better job. when you say someone is culpably negligent, you're talking that something other than simple negligence. everyone agrees this officer made a mistake, a mistake that she broke down immediately after making and started sobbing uncontrollably. she did that again on the stand. i think the prosecutors also lost ground in how they responded to her on the stand. you have this person disassembling emo

>> jonathan serrie live in atlanta. jonathan, thanks a lot. the white house is sending mixed messages about the handling of the holiday virus surge. white house correspondent peter doocy has that story tonight. good evening, peter. >> peter: good evening, mike. code cases are on the rise. even here at the white house. but the president is trying to stay on schedule and attend events as americans are trying to figure out how to celebrate the holidays based on conflicting guidance from officials here. >> god willing, have a happy holiday. >> peter: everyone at presidential events gets covid tested first away from the white house campus. americans have having a very hard time finding tests before heading home for the holidays. >> empty shelves, no test kits is that a failure? >> no, i don't think it's a failure. >> despite obvious problems now, the white house is promising half a billion tests next month. but they haven't exactly gotten the ball rolling yet. >> why is it that you guys are promising 500 million tests next month if you haven't even

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one quick point on jonathan turley's point. i love him to death but i disagree on the criminal versus civil. when you see police officers in civil court, they're guaranteed qualified immunity. in this civil case against kim potter, she might get off on qualified immunity. so if you want to change the criminal laws to civil, you better start changing and removing the qualify immunity civil protections as well. police officers are not usually held accountable in civil court. >> gillian: we have to leave it there. thanks for taking time this afternoon. we appreciate it. >> you bet. thanks. >> gillian: we're going to continue monitoring this breaking situation out of minnesota. the white house is going to speak. the president will speak soon. we're anticipating perhaps a reaction to the jury's decision. the president is going to weigh-in after being pressed again on serving crime rates across u.s. cities. we have victor davis hanson on tap to talk about the president's strategy going forward. >> is the president taking crime in big

thank you to jonathan turley. thank you to matt finn. the breaking news on jussie smollett plus this federal appeals court ruling on these documents a busy first half hour. we have other news though. up next, is president biden doing enough to fight america's crime crisis? many critics say no. stand by. we'll see ya. ah, they're getting so smart. choose the app that fits your investing style. ♪♪ ♪♪ the only thing a disaster can't destroy is hope. ♪♪ donate now at redcross.org ♪ ♪ >> bret: also breaking tonight, president biden's vaccine mandate strategy continues to unravel even as the omicron variant emerges and continues to gain numbers at least around the country as far as severity it's said not to be as severe. but last night the senate voted to repeal the president's rules for private employers on vaccine mandates. now that legislation goes to the house. it comes amid sprelgd displeasure with the way the president is handling the pandemic and various judges around the country have pushed back against the rules. let's

joining he am now, chief washington correspondent jonathan carr. jonathan, thank you so much for being here. what surprised you about tonight's events? >> i think that the e-mail from donald trump jr., the pleading e-mail to mark meadows saying, get my father on television, get my father in the oval office speaking to the country, calling on those people to stop, it's gone too far. that's pretty dramatic when the president's own son, when the president's namesake is unable to get through to his own father and is reaching out and pleading with the chief of staff to do something. i mean, that was really what the rest of the country was doing at that time. where was donald trump? that ultimately is the question. where was he during those hours? why was he refusing to do anything to deal with a crisis that was unfolding right before our eyes? >> to your point, why would donald trump jr. have to go through mark meadows to reach his father unless his father was completely siloed in in the oval o office or in the anteroom? >> i detail what was going on du

jonathan, thank you very much for being a man in demand here. what i enjoyed as we led up to this your column explaining that, in fact, why smollett's testimony was so strange, that they were working to full fight jury. one person wouldn't decide not guilty and everyone else is guilty could create a mistrial. clearly after nine hours, there is noily to were no questions, it seems like this was very smooth. that that approach didn't work. what is your -- your take on how this has ended up be, chicago and the strange nature of what the defense did? >> >> the jury got it right i'm from chicago this case tore the city apart. he was race baiting. he used our long and painful divisions over race he wasn't. he was trying to get a vote of nullification for people to acquit him despite his guilt. >> tammy: right. >> it didn't work. six men, six women. including an african-american said no. and what's striking is lynching and speaker pelosi and others. they rushed to fulfill this narrative the jury came to the right decision in the arbery case. that was a

let's bring in george washington university law school professor jonathan turley. jonathan, good evening. >> good evening. >> bret: you have followed this case five of six counts. we don't know what the sentence is going to look like but your thoughts on how it transpired? >> well, we know it's going to be a long one. people talk about the maximum sentence of 65 years. that's not really what's going to be driving this. this will go under the guidelines. there are what are called aggravating factors and that's going to push up what would normally be about a 12-year sentence. it's going to push it up higher. but the jury got it right. you know, i thought that the maxwell defense, as hard as it tried to make something out of the defense, really had an impossible task. it was just implausible that she was assisting in putting underaged girls on flights to an island and suggesting that there was anything but sex trafficking involved. the jury obviously reached that conclusion on five out of six counts. but, in some ways, bret, the eviction is going to raise a lot of que

maybe politics should say, i don't want a part of jonathan swan any more. i'll go somewhere else. >> one of the luxuries we had, it is not -- not everyone gets it, but almost old fashion, we had a team of researchers, that spent the time preparing it we had a bit more time. you know in some of these interviews. with donald trump, when i interviewed president trump last year, we ran the interview at 36 minutes, that is rare. usually it is sliced down to 6 minutes. it is almost an old fashion thing. there is a woman that i really admire who did a series of interviews in 1970s, she used to go and sit down with heads of state, with the ayatollah and leader of china, whatever. she would give it to all of them, but they were these really well researched deep kind of long interviews. i don't know whether this commercial market for, that i see some excellent interviewers on american tell vision, and british television, but. it is hard to get the space and also the participation to do that kind of an interview. trey: you raised a another good, i would love to have y

jonathan, jury now has the case. her attorney said she made a mistake. she meant to tase dante right. she broke down and was very emotional. let's listen to that testimony. >> you're focused on what the you had done. you just killed somebody. >> i'm sorry it happened. i'm sorry. >> you knew the deadly force was unreasonable and unwarranted in this circumstance. >> i didn't want to hurt anybody. >> you don't want to hurt anybody. >> that is so hard to watch. how do you think her testimony played with the jury, jonathan? >> i think it was very effective. i was very critical of the prosecutor's approach to that examination. i think she lost ground with the jury. you know, it's a very difficult position for a prosecutor to be in. you have a witness that is disassembling on the stand. her robotic and clinical examination, no sense of empathy, no reaction to the crime i think probably alienated the jury to a degree. so it will be interesting how they come out of this. this is the ultimate jury question. the key element here is that you have to consciously disr

>> bret: jonathan serrie in atlanta. jonathan, thank you. let's bring in fox news contributor dr. marc siegel. doc, thanks for being here. i have talked to a lot of people some have gotten vaccinated and booster and still worried heading into this holiday season. there is this growing frustration even if i'm vaccinated we have got to worry about this. >> well, bret, good evening. actually if you are vaccinated and boosted, you really have to worry about this a lot less as your reporters just said. listen, a new study out of the imperial college of london put it this way. if you have covid, you have about 20% protection against omicron. if you had two shots you have about 20%. if you had the booster it's between 455 and 80%. it's more than that against severe disease. so if you are boosted against this variant, you are almost definitely not going to get more than mild disease. that's what people out there have to realize. that's the issue and that's what, of course, the president is going to be talking about tomorrow. viewers to send in some questions. we have got a few. steve writ

jonathan serrie is in atlanta, home of the cdc. jonathan, how concerned are federal officials about the spread of the omicron variant? >> hi, mike. they are very concerned about this new variant because they say it spreads more rapidly than any of the previous variants in this particular pandemic. it has now been confirmed in at least 46 states as of today. but they do have tools to fight it. moderna released new data today showing its current booster shot produces a 37-fold increase in omicron-neutralizing antibodies, and doubling the authorized dose increased antibody levels by 83 times. earlier this month, pfizer released data showing three doses of it vaccine were effective against omicron. drugmakers regeneron and eli lilly say lab tests show their antibody drug treatments will be less effective against the omicron variant. a third from glaxosmithkline appears to work extremely well, but it is in limited supply here in the u.s. >> there is a big push to increase the production of those, and obviously we are going to have to be

joining he am now, chief washington correspondent jonathan carr. jonathan, thank you so much for being here. what surprised you about tonight's events? >> i think that the e-mail from donald trump jr., the pleading e-mail to mark meadows saying, get my father on television, get my father in the oval office speaking to the country, calling on those people to stop, it's gone too far. that's pretty dramatic when the president's own son, when the president's namesake is unable to get through to his own father and is reaching out and pleading with the chief of staff to do something. i mean, that was really what the rest of the country was doing at that time. where was donald trump? that ultimately is the question. where was he during those hours? why was he refusing to do anything to deal with a crisis that was unfolding right before our eyes? >> to your point, why would donald trump jr. have to go through mark meadows to reach his father unless his father was completely siloed in in the oval office or in the anteroom? >> i detail what was going on duri

we begin with jonathan. hi, jonathan. >> good afternoon, neil. the los angeles district attorney held his first press conference in a long time to celebrate what he called his accomplishments in his first year in office. this as l.a. sees a huge spike in murders, a spate of smash and grab robberies and robberies and assaults of l.a. residents on their door steps. so i asked the d.a. if he believes any of that is his fault. >> to what extent did you and your policies bear any responsibility to that? >> actually none. i know you hear a lot of misinformation concerning this particular wave of crime. number 1, most crime is down. but for homicides. >> i also talked to the l.a. county sheriff who is on the front lines of the crime fight. he says the d.a. has been a disaster for l.a. the sheriff's predicts d.a. gascon will be thrown out but voters. >> he's going to be recalled. that's the change we need. i cannot see him doing a 180 and saying that was a bad idea. no. he's going to double down on stupid. >> double down on stupid. i asked the d.a. to re

jonathan turley joins me now. this is learnly something that i hope that the president takes under consideration. why is it so important, jonathan for this kind of thing to be treated with seriousness by the commander-in-chief? >> well, you know, this has a deeply corrosive impact on our justice systematically because the president is that voice of reason. the president is the person that obviously people listen to because he was elected by the majority of voters. and he needs to use that capital to really dampen down passions on occasion, to speak to the process of justice, not the result of the justice system. and that's something that president biden has failed to do. repeatedly, and that is contributed, in my view to a lot of the tensions that we have. in the case of kyle rittenhouse, the president came out and called him a whims and treated him as guilty. then you have the facts being reported where disproven and obviously the jury ultimately acquitted him. when it did, the president came out and said how ang

>> bret: jonathan hunt in los angeles. jonathan, thank you. ♪ >> bret: breaking tonight, the jury has the case in the trial of an actor accuse of staging an attack on himful is. himself.both sides delivered cle arguments in the jussie smollett case. jury deliberations are begun. matt finn has the latest in chicago. >> good evening, bret. we just learned that the jury has been dismissed for the day. so deliberations will now continue tomorrow morning. in closing arguments today, special prosecutor dan webb presented the jury with six points he says destroyed smollett's credibility. in short, webb and police allege smollett withheld critical evidence like cell phone data because he never wanted the alleged hoax to actually be solved. the prosecution also telling the jury that smollett mislead police about attacker's i.d., lied but the news and lied about communication with the osundairo brothers. corroborate osundairo testimony that they held back punches. a doctor testifying under oath that smollett had no known injuries.

jonathan, you raise a terrific point. in your book, you publish some photos of election night at the white house, which shows basically, if i'm right here, the white house coordinating the campaign effort on election night itself. but it raises the possibility, right, that this white house photo photographer, and both you and brianna know, there is someone around the president all the time snapping photos. it raises the possibility that there are photos from that 187 minutes on january 6th that belong to the united states of america that none of us have seen. why is that important, john? >> absolutely. and, first, on these photos, which were never published before. i obtained these taken by the official photographer. this is in the map room. you have been in the map room. you both have been in the map room. it's where fdr tracked the progress of world war ii. they transformed it into an operations center for the campaign. and you see them looking distraught after first looking so happy, distraught as the election results

jonathan reiner, professor of medicine and surgery at george washington university. good morning, doctor. let's begin with what the cdc director rochelle walensky said about rapid tests, they can't be used relireliably. listen to what she told kaitlan collins. >> -- not to have the rapid test for isolation because we actually don't know how our rapid tests perform and how well they predict whether you're transmissible during the end of disease. >> how do people make sense of this now? if they can't even reliably know at home if the tests really work. >> good morning, poppy. i find it very curious that a week after the white house orders half a billion tests, amidst criticism that tests are not readily available, that now suddenly the cdc is calling into question the utility of these tests. let me just remind people how tests work. we have two kinds of tests. we have pcr tests, which can detect very minute amounts of virus. sometimes before a person is even infectious. and later on in the disease, can still detect the virus when a person is no longer infectious. and t

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jonathan turley constitutional law professor. gentlemen, the highlights from each of you. jonathan, you first. >> this was a fascinating oral argument and what was most interesting is as we expected chief justice john roberts appeared to be probing the center of the court as to an option other than overturning roe. what i thought was most interesting was kavanaugh. i think a lot of pro-choice supporters hoped that he might as he often does the end to follow roberts. he was very hard hitting in a lot of his questions about the basis for roe and also some substantial reductions on roe and casey. so i think the pro-choice folks will be disappointed in what they heard from kavanaugh today. >> harris: why is that? >> it seems like kavanaugh was really pressing again on the basis for roe and also whether they should keep the standard of the viability line. he was really delivering some hay makers to the pro-choice side as to some of their claims. barrett did the same thing in saying you often talk about the burden of raising a child but isn't it true you can put up the child for

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let's bring in fox news contributor jonathan turley. welcome, by the way, jonathan what did you think when you heard the white house and jen psaki on friday blamed the rising crime, coast to coast in this country on the pandemic. is that the reason? >> well, this is something we have seen before. politicians love to have this type of pandemic to blame for things that are not going well. there is no evidence of a cause and effect with regards to the pandemic and rising crime rates. crime is usually a decision that is made by rational actors, criminals can be rational actors. they balance the likelihood of being detected were arrested against what penalty they might face. what we have seen in a lot of these cities is not only is the chances of prosecution appalling, but so are the potential sentences. the result is what under classic economics you would predict, rational actors are committing more crime. and this idea that the pandemic is driving these smash and grabs is particularly absurd. these are people going in and stealing gem encr

we got this in, jonathan. thank you very much. abc news is reporting 12 major cities now have hit all-time homicide records. and an official with police there that they talked with it's just crazy. i want to bring in the vice president of the los angeles association of deputy district attorneys. thank you for joining me today and i want to start with just this blazing headline of really how bad it is. get your reaction to that. >> good morning and thank you for having me. you know, for the past year, los angeles has had a complete lack of leadership on the issue of criminal justice. we have a district attorney who refuses to hold criminals accountable. because of that we're seeing more brazen attacks. we are seeing an increase in our homicide rates, and i think one of the things about your statistic in terms of county-wide homicide rates that is often overlooked is that certain neighborhoods like watts, that homicide rate has increased 150% in the first half of the year. so, you know, crime is on a huge upsurge. we went from one o

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first, jonathan serrie is live in atlanta. hi, jonathan. >> hi, martha. right now omicron represents about 3% of all covid cases nationwide. as you heard from dr. fauci, they're extremely concerned about how rapidly it can spread. a university of hong kong study awaiting peer review found the omicron variant infects and multiplies 70 times faster than delta and the original coronavirus strain in human air passages leading to the lungs but it's slowing in infecting the lungs. researchers say this could appear why it spreads so rapidly but why most cases are mild. another study shows the booster dose of pfizer's vaccine offers 70% protection about symptomatic covid infection with those that received two primary doses of the mrna vaccine. although u.s. health officials are urging everybody to get booster shots, the cdc still considers those that have received their primary doses to be fully vaccinated. >> we're continuing to follow the science. it's literally evolving daily. as the science evolves, we will continue to review the data and update our recommend

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>> bret: jonathan hunt in beverly hills. jonathan, thank you. testimony has concluded in the trial of the actor accused of staging a racist attack against himself. closing arguments are expected tomorrow in the trial of zowlt. correspondent matt fin live in chicago has been following this from the beginning. good evening, matt. >> good evening, bret. jowlgt spent two days on the stand and i asked how he felt he simply put his fist up in the air. on the stand today smollett testified he still has a scar under his eyes and a permanent bruise under the other eye from the alleged attack. prosecutor dan webben pushed back and asked smollett if he was able to watch back his interview on good morning america a short while after the incident implies smollett's face looked fine. he shot back he had good holiday hair, makeup and lighting. also in court today a tense moment. jussie smollett intrund special prosecutor daniel webb reading verbatim message had the "n" word in it he asked him to spell the "n" word allowed out of respect for african-americans i

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jonathan serrie following that in atlanta. jonathan? >> this is the advantage of the pill forms instead of going to the hospital or office to get an i.v. or injection. these are pills that you can take at home with a prescription. today's fda approval came less than 24 hours after another anti-viral pill. america now has two new we pops against covid-19. merck's new pill received emergency use authorization for fighting covid-19. the fda says it should be given to patients that are not able to receive other authorized treatments. >> it's a question of availability and appropriateness. >> fda officials stopped short of state ago preference for a competing drug, paxlovid which received emergency use authorization yesterday that performed better in clinical studies reducing hospitalizations by 90%. federal health officials say doctors have to take into consideration drug interactions and underlying conditions when choosing treatments are best for their patients. a surge in cases in europe has prompted a mask mandate for indoor and outdoor

joining me cnn jonathan martin, national correspondent with the "new york times". i want a clinical dissection. what do you see there? >> as we would say himself, god love him. the president said out loud what had been widely talked about privately in democratic circles, which is, yeah, it's not a sure bet that he runs again. but he is probably more likely to go if trump himself is going to run. because he sees himself on a mission. and first to beat trump and keep him out of office and then to keep him out of office. what's the old kinsly line about a washington gaffe is telling the truth. >> exactly. >> there you go. >> is there -- and you have reported on this, jonathan, before. if there is any if not him, who, out there in democratic circles? >> absolutely. i mean, look, there is i think in public an amount of deference to this president in part because he hasn't even finished his first year yet. and he's still fairly popular among activists. there is no governor or senator who will openly say if joe doesn't go, i'm in. if president biden does not go, there is

but we begin tonight with correspondent jonathan serrie in atlanta, home to the cdc, good evening, jonathan. >> good evening, bret. the first authorized antiviral treatment for covid-19 that comes in pill form. physicians say it will reduce the cost of treatment. also make it easier because you can take it at home instead of going into a medical setting for an injection or an iv. >> the fda has granted emergency reduce authorization for paxlivid with patients are early to moderate symptoms likely to worsen. studies show the drug reduces hospitalization and death in high risk patients by 89%. the federal government has agreed to purchase enough of pfizer's drug to treat 10 million people. but a complicated six to eighth month manufacturing process means initial supplies will be limited during the current surge. >> we will have 265,000 treatment courses of pfizer available in january. with monthly totals of pills ramping up across the year. >> the highly contagious omicron variant has now been detected in all 50 states with south dakota confirming its first case today. and imperial college lo

jonathan serrie keeping track of it all in atlanta. jonathan? >> hi, neil. the omicron variant has been detected in every u.s. state except for oklahoma and south dakota so far. and texas has confirmed the first omicron-related fatality. this one involving a man in his 50s, lived in the houston area. he was unvaccinated and had underlying health conditions. take a listen. >> of course we're going to have hospitalizations tragically deaths like what we see now. but the evidence shows that for those vaccinated and with the booster is much less likely. >> with holiday gatherings around the corner, many americans are waiting in long lines. many live shows like the rockettes and hamilton have cancelled performances. today major bill de blasio announced a $100 incentive for everyone getting a booster shot before the end of the year. >> the biggest booster incentive program, i want to see new yorkers respond. >> in the new york suburb of mount vernon, officials announced all students will go back to virtual learning that will last through mid january. back to you,

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>> martha: thanks, jonathan. let's bring in dan joseph, lapd officer in his own personal behalf and brian claypool outside of los angeles. sir, let me start with you, mr. joseph. when you watch that, you see the videos and we listened to the numbers, we know homicides and violent crimes are up. but doesn't sound like robberies are down. >> what we're seeing is this kind of -- these kinds of crime crossing socioeconomic lines. now it's not just in the poor or lower middle class neighborhoods. it's crossing over to the palisades and it's unfortunate that it had to happen there for it to get the attention it deserves. what i hate to see are politicians wanting you to forget that it's them that pushed these reckless laws like no cash bail. they want you to forget and now they're trying to spin it and say well, the police need to do their job. you can't cut the fist off of a boxer and tease it because it can't box anymore. what they have done to the police department, they rendered it impotent in fighting crime. we ar

jonathan hunt with more on this. jonathan? >> neil, it's not an overstatement to say police chiefs in the los angeles area are frustrated in the wake of the fate of violent robberies here. high end stores and malls and cannabis dispensaries far getted. law enforcement has responded including arresting 14 people here in l.a. that were released under a zero bail policy that was introduced at the beginning of the pandemic as a way to reduce l.a.'s crowded and at-risk prison population. police chiefs claim that policy and other justice reforms are now encouraging crime. >> we're catching the criminals and the problem is we're catching them over and over again. they're being released very quickly without bail. they're not staying in prison. so we continue to deal with the same people again and again. >> the zero bail policy was produced before l.a. county district attorney george gascon took office. as the lead prosecutor here, his critics still want to see tougher action from him and a group of activists is now launching a second

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jonathan, thank you for joining us. you've spoken to us over the last year and i really appreciate your insight. what's your reaction to the verdict tonight? >> i'm very pleased with the -- you know, the verdict from the jury. like the judge told them, they are heroes. but this was the verdict that i know everybody in minneapolis was hoping for. the jury did come up with the right verdict on this one. >> is it justice in your mind? >> no, it's not. it's accountability. but justice would be daunte being here with us. but this does show law enforcement and systematic -- people who are in these positions of power, when they make these mistakes or cause these ultimate deaths to our people within our society, you will be held accountable. in minnesota, with george floyd, we had that happen. now everybody was awaiting this verdict. it was the right decision. >> i understand you were in downtown minneapolis when you heard the verdict. what's the mood there now? >> you know, everybody -- there is a sigh of relief for our commun

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. >> with spring in jonathan professor welcome. >> i'm going to require that should be taken into custody an held without bail. i do recognize your arguments. it's a bit gray but i cannot trigger any differently than i would any other case. that was obviously the judge your thoughts on the way that she handled this aspect of the case? >> i think she handled the entire case with great skill. she did a fine jobe and she was fair and firm. a that's what you want from a judge particularly in a case like this. this was inevitable when you have a death involved in a crime. your client is going to be put into custody after being found guilty. she was trying to say i can't have a double standard for former police officers. it is true that there's going t be an empty chair this christma but there is an empty chair at his house as welled and i think most judges would have said the same thing. >> we must now turn our attention to ensuring that she receives the strongest and most just sentence possible. what does your experience type about sentencing in this case? >> these are two counts that ar goin

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let's go to jonathan serrie. a lot of people are stunned by these developments, but the fact of the matter, jonathan, we had reports that this is already in 23 countries. the best tip off is earning early yesterday that canada was among them. now the issue is who is next, who is next, how big a deal this is, whether the existing treatments we have can address this or not. delays and possible responses going in to nextear what are you learning? >> we have more tools to deal with it, the treatments being developed and certainly powerful vaccines that they're still testing the efficacy of them against this particular variant. right now health officials believe with a reasonable level of confidence that full vaccination plus a booster shot will give you at least some protection, certainly protection against the most serious forms of disease. as we speak, san francisco health officials are conducting contact tracing on this case trying to see if anyone else was exposed to this traveler. the city does not plan to impos

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