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us. "ac 360" begins now. good evening. after more than six months of investigations involving approximately one thousand witness interviews, including top official, the white house and the department of justice, and analysis of tens of thousands of documents, the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol announced today that it will deliver what is essentially its closing statement next week. a full report as well as possible criminal referrals to the justice department. the announcement comes weeks before the new republican majority assumes control of the house. they're expected of course to dissolve the january 6th committee. but that does not end the inquiries into what happened. just today, the justice department special counsel jack smith issued more subpoenas for local election officials in key 2020 battleground states asking for any and all communications with the former president, his campaign aides and allies from more than a seven-month span. we're going have more on the department of justice investigation into what happened, including attempts to

what happened including access to a republican's text messages plus newly revealed text messages from the former president's chief of staff at the time of the insurrection. we start with what the house select committee may have in store next week. i'm joined by cnn political correspondent sara murray. what do you expect? there is going to be a hearing on monday. >> that's right. this is going to be a public meeting. we sort of thought this was going to happen on wednesday, but the committee is keeping things moving. bennie thompson, the chairman of the committee said they felt like they could get the bulk of their work done sooner. so why not share it with the public sooner. so at this meeting, we are expecting that we're going to learn a lot more as you were saying about the criminal referrals, what the names of the people are going to be, what the basis of that is going to be. but we're also going to learn about other types of referrals that the committee may do. some potential referrals to, prince, the house ethics committee. we know there are a number of republican lawmakers who snubbed subpoenas from the committee so refer them to the house ethics committee could be one of the options. and we're expecting the

committee to a vote to submit the final report. they're going to hold back until wednesday the 21st. that's when they're going to make the whole thing available to the public. >> if there are other referrals other than to the department of justice, how likely will any of them go anywhere under new republican-controlled house? >> you know, that's a great question. when it comes to the house ethics committee and these republican lawmakers we don't know how that could potentially pan out. but some of the other potential referrals they're talk about are still referring to bodies outside of congress. we know there are a number of lawyers who have come under scrutiny. we're talking about referring them for bardis plin to certain boards. they're talking about potential campaign finance referrals. it's uncertain if those would go anywhere. this is a committee that has really been digging in. they feel like they have uncovered some kind of evidence of wrongdoing. in some cases that could be criminal. in some capeses that could be evidence that a lawyer is not acting in the way that they believe is appropriate. and in some places, you know, it's believed that a lawmaker has snubbed the authority of other lawmakers. so they're trying to divide

these people into buckets and refer them to the areas where they believe it's most appropriate. >> sara murray, appreciate it. now the doj investigation. a new information about a secret court proceeding to gain access to republican scott perry's text messages which could be significant because we know congressman perry was in contact with mark meadows about various election conspiracies. we are joined by katelyn polantz. what do you know about the content of the text messages between congressman perry and meadows? >> anderson, we have seep some of the text messages before, and there is new reporting out there now about what they were talking about, and really, what perry is doing in the text messages we have is he is showing concern over the election. he is expressing this skepticism that he believes there was security breaches. and some of the things he is writing to mark meadows, a lot of this it's totally unfounded allegations. but he is asking mark meadows for help. he wants help to get in touch with different people. he wants to spread the word that

donald trump was pushing. he is writing things like, "mark, there are instructions from the cyber forensic team. please ensure widest dissemination and act. please tell they need to preserve the specific voting machine scanners used at the voting places where the glitch occurred. put them under lock and key. nobody touches them." he goes on with very similar requests to mark meadows after the november election. and what he is doing there is he is basically asking the white house chief of staff to pry into election administration. and what we know anderson now, what we're able to confirm is this is the sort of thing that federal investigators, not just the house select committee that got these text messages already, but the justice department, this is the sort of thing that they would want to know about as well. and what we are reporting tonight at cnn there is an under seal court proceeding after perry's cell phone was seized in august, a proceeding that went confidential. we don't know how it was resolved. but it is one of those proceedings where justice department prosecutors continue

to want to get data out of perry. >> i was confused in the text messages. he is talking about the cyber forensics team as if it's some sort of renowned group that should be known about. are these just conspiracy theories he's read online and he is passing along to mark meadows, like you have to save the actual scanning devices? who is the cyber forensics team? >> it could be a lot of different people. there seemed to be a lot of people around that time that were holding themselves out as people that were experts on cyber security. these are the sort of things that the affidavits in court that falsely accused people of having fraud in the election, that they were using somebody -- there is all kinds of people out there that held themselves out. but, you know, perry is one of those people that was talking to a lot of important figures, not just mark meadows. he was in touch with jeffrey clark, the justice department that donald trump wanted to install as the attorney general. and he clearly was interested in talking to many, many people about this, not just meadows.

and that's one of the things that sticks out in these text messages with meadows. he is sharing some theories that are floating in far right publications. but he is also trying to get in touch. he is asking mark, give him other contacts that he can get to. so if the justice department does try and get access to more text messages, that's what else they may be able to see. not just meadows' text but other communications perry had with others. >> there is a secret legal fight to get perry's texts. how likely is it there are more congressional text messages than what meadows turned over? >> very likely, actually. we know there are a little more than 2,000 text messages in the hands of the house select committee, and that we at cnn have been able to report on. but mark meadows is a guy who is in touch with lots and lots of people. even just in those 2,000 or so text messages, he was in touch with more than 40 current and former members of congress, largely republicans, people that are asking him to ask the president to declare martial law.

but also, people who were on capitol hill during the riot asking him for help. basically saying we're under attack. the capitol has been breached. please do something. that's what meadows was willing to turn over to the house select committee. but we do understand there probably is a lot more out there. >> katelyn polantz, thank you. i want to stand time with alexandra pelosi, a remarkable documentary filmmaker who was with her mom on january 6th filming what should have been an orderly transition of power in our democracy. she was there with her family, part of a much longer film about her mom's career has just been released. what she captured that day were some of the most powerful leaders in america dealing with a crisis like none before. her work will inform our understanding of january 6th for generations to come. here is a clip from her new film. >> yes, yes, ma'am.

>> we did. yes. >> and we did call them? >> that's correct. >> we're going to [ bleep ]. >> . >> the president of the united states. we have got to finish the proceedings. >> so what's the prospect? are we going stay here all day, the rest of our lives or what? we're here until what? until the national guard decides to come and get rid of these people?

>> it's extraordinary what alexandra captured. "pelosi in the house" debuts today on hbo max. thank you so much being with us. i would be remiss. how is your dad doing? >> wait, hold on. we were talking about january 6th. but to get there, we go to go back. okay. let's go back to january 6th. >> i just an update. how is he? >> he was at the premiere of "pelosi in the house" last night, a standing ovation. the crowd went wild. they loved it. also what happened at that screening was that a lot of the staffers that you see in the film, they were hiding in a desk in the capitol that day were there. i thought woe have a big friends and family screening and then have a nice party. it turns out they're still super traumatized by what happened that day. they're really sad and they're really broken. they're still processing it. so we still -- we talk about it as this -- everyone is so numb to the images for now because they seen them for so long. but we forget these people are still hurting. >> i think that's one of the things that is so powerful about this film and the images that

you captured. we've never seen anything like what you captured on that day. you went there. you brought your kids there. they were in your mom's -- in the speaker's office, watching as the -- as the mob moved toward the capitol as it all began. did you have any hesitation about continuing to roll, about continuing to film? >> when they took nancy pelosi off the podium that day, she didn't even have her cell phone with her. so she had to make calls, and she didn't know she was being removed from the actual building. the security made the decision to take her to the army base. so she didn't have any record of what was happening. she didn't have the house clerk there to take notes what's happening. this is -- we're talking about how government is actually run. so i thought i had a real obligation to document what was happening at that moment. and what happened, what you watch that you showed on your show already, but people don't seem to process how sort of -- this to me is news.

so you had despite what all these people say on tv now, despite what any of the republicans may be saying, what you had was the leaders of the house and the senate, both democrats and republicans working together to certify the election results. they were planning on bringing the entire congress from the capitol, from capitol hill to an army base to do it there. that's what they're talking about. they're making phone calls. can we get buses? we can get 435 members of the house? can we get 100 senators? they're calling mike pence. they're coordinating, and it's all working. >> your -- speaker pelosi and the leadership, they were determined to get this done on that day. >> with the participation of the republican leadership. so it's important to point out that government was working that day. and since then it's all been, you know, weaponized into political speech. it's all been turned into conspiracy theories and this and that but on that day, that is what was happening. they were going to certify the

elections no matter what. >> what you see, though, in your film, it's the human story. it is a historic story that is happening. it's a news story, but it's also a human story about individuals in this incredible historic moment. your mom ripping over a slim jim while she is talking to i guess it was pence she was talking to at the time. did you know -- you knew the import of what you were doing. >> there were moments. first of all, there is the georgia runoff date. people forget. and there was a date when mitch mcconnell, the actual georgia runoff race was called, and mitch mcconnell walked over to chuck schumer and said congratulations. they're humans. i know that people don't understand the difference between private and how people behave in front of a camera when they're on -- >> that's one of the things that fascinates you about this and fuels your work is that difference between what happens on the podium, what happens in private. >> right. and the hypocrisy that goes with it. because mitch mcconnell did walk

up to nancy pelosi and chuck schumer and say i'm going tell trump he is not invited to the inauguration. he is not going to be there. >> he said that on january 6th? >> yes. now i know everything changes after that day. when you're on your best behavior and you're performing and there are no cameras there, or you don't know there is a camera there. >> there were some of the shots when you're shooting, i saw mccarthy looking at the camera, or i don't know if he was looking at you or the camera quizzically. did they know what you were doing? >> no, because they were running a country. first of all, it's an iphone. it's hard to people understand. chuck schumer use as flip phone. it's hard for them to understand you're filming an hbo documentary over there. you're actually filming a broadcast quality thing that can be used. >> you were shooting on an iphone. >> maybe they had bigger problems. >> i want to play another clip from your film. we see your mom taking a call from vice president pence. >> good morning again, mr. vice

president. thank you very much for being with us this morning. we look forward -- >> the vice president. >> -- to how we can all work together for the good of the american people for their lives and their livelihood. >> that is obviously not january 6th. >> it's about time we change subjects any way you and i. people were really intrigued, got a lot of coverage about the fact that she at home to do anderson live from her kitchen. you think people come in and staff. i thought that was funny. you're taking all your garbage and putting together before anderson cooper. >> in this film, there is no sit-down interviews with nancy pelosi. you've said something about her. i don't want to misquote you about she's not somebody -- >> she is a workhorse, not a

show horse. she wouldn't sit down and overemote. >> you're not going to get that out of here. >> haven't you tried to interview her? >> yes. i did an interview with her. i thought she was great in. i thought it was really fascinating interview, and i thought she said a lot of things that were very personal. >> does she strike you as an oversharer? no. >> right? see? >> she is a tough interview. >> she eats nails for breakfast. >> has she always been that way? >> oh, yeah. >> growing up? >> oh, yeah. >> did you ever -- looking at it from the inside, did you ever want to be in politics? >> i have the appetite for politics, but i don't have the stomach for it. i can't handle. i don't want to be a political football. that's why i can't come on the show when the january 6th footage came out in the first place. i don't want to be used. every word i say can and will be weaponized. >> right. >> not so much today now that she stepped down. i feel like nobody cares anymore what i say. but in the political context, after your footage aired, the way it was received by the

mainstream media, i got legitimate news organizations writing to me and saying hi, we're investigating claims that january 6th was staged because nancy pelosi brought a documentary film crew to the insurrection. and that was just mainstream media looking for clickbait. they know january 6th wasn't staged. they had reporters there. any reporter that wrote to me and said hi, i'm investigating claims that january 6th was staged should be disbarred. >> the line can be drawn directly from misinformation and lies to the attack on your dad. >> exactly. so here we are, full circle, right back where we started. because when you start to talk about decades of being demonized and the way the amount hundreds of thousands of ads being made against a person, and my mother had a target on her back for the past -- ever since she was in leadership. so let's call it two decades. the kind of hate that's been spewed and the kind of misogyny, i think that january 6th is an

interesting connection -- well, you heard all the people that were saying they were coming to hang her from a lamppost, right? that's what people have been convicted in courts for saying. people have admitted. they said it live on camera. for people to show up and they say wanted to hang her and all that, and then you take it and see how my father ended up in the icu. i see if you put the pieces together, i see it going right from -- >> why do you think she is a target? because she is effective? everybody who i know who knows the former president will tell you that he respects your mom. that he knows how tough, and he respects that. he respects that strength. >> you're talking about w? >> no, donald trump. >> you're kidding! >> no, everybody i know who actually knows him, as much as donald trump attacks your mom, they say he is one of the few people he actually -- >> okay, that is news. you have just made the biggest news ever. i have never heard that. >> really? >> really? >> i've heard that from a number

of people. >> i can not believe that. i always thought that the reason he had such a problem with her is because she was a woman and he wasn't used to having to deal with and talk to a real woman. >> those things are not mutually exclusive. maybe i'm wrong, but that's what i -- >> you're never wrong. >> i can't be. >> that's why your name is on the wall here. you're never wrong. >> alexandra pelosi, thank you. congratulations on the phone. >> thank you. >> my best to your dad. >> thank you. >> it will be released tonight on hbo and hbo max. check it out. more to come tonight, including a live report from the west texas border city of el paso where migrants are passing after the covid restriction which allowed them to be sent back across the border immediately may soon end. we'll also talk with brittney gririner's agent and address how she's adjusting to being back in the u.s. so you can kiss wrinkles goodbye!! neutrogena®

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after nearly ten months of russian imprisonment, brittney griner is doing really well, we hear. she react mates back to life in the free world. the basketball star is back to shooting hoops again. many have been pulling for her so long wanted to get a new update from someone in the know, when the public might expect to hear from griner. her agent, lindsey joins us

tonight. lindsey, thank you so much for joining us. how is brittney doing? >> you're so welcome. thanks for having me. she is doing so well. we're just thrilled. she is taking advantage of all the resources that the reintegration program has to offer. but she is doing great. the sparkle is still there. she is grateful to be home. she is talking about ideas for what's next, and she's spending time sampling all of the finest fare of san antonio. >> so she is undergoing all the services that the government can offer in terms of helping with someone who has been in captivity for so long? >> it's all voluntary, but bg is very open-minded. she is full of gratitude. and she is embracing the opportunity to do all the work necessary. because this is hard. she has been through a lot. but she is so happy to be home. >> she was back on the court practicing, wasn't she? >> i don't know if i would call it practicing. she was wearing chuck taylors. >> okay. >> but she was back on the court. and she had a hoop actually at

her pretrial detention facility that her russian attorneys maria and alex offered to bring her a ball for, and she didn't want to play. >> really? >> so it was pretty inspiring to know that one of the first choices she made was just to get out there for some fun and for a dunk to be her first move, as her agent, i was really glad that she didn't get injured. but she did warm up. she assured me she would do that. i'll let her think about that for as long as she needs, and that will be her news to share. but no matter what, we were thrilled to know that she was excited to get out there. >> we have some video of brittney with her haircut short working in the labor camp. has she talked at all about how she dealt with this incredibly difficult situation? >> i think with the resilient spirit that all of us who know brittney knew was there, she came home, and that sparkle was still in her eye. and she approaches every situation with just this boundless joy. and she talked about liking her

job and just putting herself in those moments and doing her best, and just being present. and i guess none of it was really that surprising, if you know brittney, that she is going to embrace and find a way to make it work and find a little bit of happiness. and now she is home and she is going to have a lot of stories to tell. >> it says a lot about her as somebody who tries to practice being present, which is a very difficult thing. the fact that she would want to try to be present in a labor camp in a penal colony, you would think perhaps someone would want to pretend to be anywhere but. but it's really interesting she chose to try to be present in those moments. >> yeah, well, i'm not sure that means she wanted to stay. >> well, that's for sure. that's for damn sure. that's quite clear. >> but i think probably being an elite athlete helped. finding a routine, finding a bit of agency, making choices. she decided to cut her hair

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more than two weeks since an american college student studying in france has been heard from. kenny deland was supposed to be coming home from christmas, but it's been difficult to find him. it's been difficult to get updates from authorities. comments from a prosecutor that their son had trouble making friends and may have left the area he was living in voluntarily. >> we caned of feel left in the dark. the addition of the french prosecutor story is something that was new yesterday. i just challenge that french prosecutor. he doesn't know our son, and there was statements made in his

statement that, you know, i feel he's making statements based on a person he does not know. >> cnn's jason carroll joins us with more. deland's parents were also asked about the last time they spoke to their son. what did they say? >> well, they have said a couple of things, anderson. first and foremost, they've said repeatedly that nothing seemed out of the ordinary. not just with the last conversation, but with frankly all of the conversations that they've been asking with their son. that's why they're so especially frustrated. and you heard some of it there with french authorities who they say have been keeping them in the dark, not releasing information about their son. but as you know, that's partly because of french privacy laws which prohibit french authorities from giving out information regarding someone who is an adult. and their son is 22 years old. so he is an adult. while you have the french prosecutor giving out some information about their son that they don't agree with, they are

also talking about him. and today spoke a little bit more about the conversations that they have been having with him. >> i'd say it's just our normal back and forth. he's asking me how i'm doing. i'm asking him how he is doing, how he is, you know, enjoying his studies and if he had traveled to any, you know, spot. because he had -- he had really enjoyed the trip and taking pictures s and what not. and he loves to be able to see france. >> so, again, a little bit more context there, anderson. by all accounts, at least their accounts, normal conversations between a father and son. a lot of frustration that they're experiencing, again, because of french authorities. they're hoping all of the international attention that this case has been receiving will ultimately help them find some of the answers that they're looking for. >> what's known about the

timeline? what is the last time they talked to them? when is the last time the cell phone pinged or where he was seen? >> right. a couple of things when it comes to that. you'll remember it was on november 27th. that's when the parents received the whatsapp message from their son saying that he was going to be taking this train to velans, france. september 9th is when they opened a formal missing persons investigation after some of the students there say he didn't show up for class. then on november 30th, there was some sort of ping from his phone, activities from his phone. and finally, on december 3rd, that is the day that a surveillance camera picked him up entering a sporting goods store. this was located about three hours from where he was initially located and where he was initially studying. that's where he was wearing the gray cap and the red jacket. and nothing since then.

nothing since december 3rd. and remember, it was just this saturday, december 17th when he was supposed to be home for the holidays. >> all right. jason carroll, appreciate it. for more on the international investigation, bring in deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism john miller, who is now cnn's chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst. so this is a complicated thing because of french privacy laws. how does an investigation like this, a transatlantic issue like this get dealt with? >> if you're on the parents' end of it, it's a mess. but the system would be the student is reported missing. that goes to the french police. local french police don't do investigations. so that goes to the french national police. the french national police open the investigation into what happened to this young man. the parents want information. they go through the u.s. state department that then contacts the embassy that then reaches out to the police. >> wow. so it's not direct with the french police to the parents? >> that's right. and, you know, the state department goes through the foreign ministry to the police

and then brings news back to the parents. that's how the system is supposed to work. in the meantime, the fbi has a team of agents in paris that work out of the embassy, the legal attache team that are usually working on terrorism and international organized crime cases. but this involves a u.s. citizen. so they can go to the french police and get information, send that back through the state department. that's another way there might be a breakthrough. the fbi just started getting into this case probably yesterday for the first time based on the growing concern that he's off the grid and nobody has heard from him. >> the parents obviously say they feel left in the dark. the french privacy laws, i didn't realize they were so strict. >> and they are -- that if there is a person involved in an investigation, the authorities can't give information out on that person until certain charges happen. and then limited information, and then if it involves giving that information to another

country, that makes it more complicated. one of the things that could have a good effect here, though, the father is talking about we like to get interpol involved. a lot of people think interpol is like the man from uncle. they do international investigations. they don't. but what they do is they run data and they connect countries with investigative information. so if they put out a yellow notice. red notice is you're wanted by some country. blue notice is that there is an investigation about you and you need to be detained. but a yellow notice is you're a missing person, and that means any time you cross a border, show a passport, get on a cruise ship, try to board an airplane, whether you're in the european union or beyond, any interpol country, that yellow notice will say let's slow this person down and find out if they're okay, because they're missing. last year they did 2,162 of these yellow notices for both children and adults who just went off the grid.

so if he walked away, he's probably having a personal crisis. if he walked away, that doesn't mean he didn't run into trouble. so you hope for the idea that he just needed to clear his head for a while because the alternative is worse. >> john miller, appreciate it. thank you so much. tomorrow marks a somber ten years since the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school. 20 years since first grader, staff members including the prints pal were murdered. tomorrow we're talk to four former sandy hook students, three second grade irs and one fourth grader on that day share how it's still affecting their lives today. here is a preview. >> do you think this has impacted an entire generation of young people? i mean, those who have grown up since columbine or just even since sandy hook to now, do you think your generation has been shaped by these shootings? >> absolutely i do.

i do. i think kids everywhere are scared to an extent and wondering like what's going to happen, what's going to change. and i said this before, but i think people are wondering, well, will my community be next. and as long as these events continue to show on the news, and they need to be shown, but that also means that people are going to be afraid. >> yes, i think i bring with sahil. it's 100% affected our generation. the fact that we've gone through so many events like sandy hook, i don't think we've gone a single week this year without another shooting happening. and i really think that's heavily impacted especially, especially kids and how they look at going to school. i know there is kids that, like, fear just loud noises in general because of everything that has happened in this generation.

and i know personally, i struggle with unannounced drills in school. i don't know about you guys. but like if is there an unannounced lockdown drill, i go into panic mode. i'm hiding in a corner, like palms sweating. and i'm just kind of reliving it in my mind. >> four of the sandy hook survivors tomorrow on "360." also tomorrow the cnn special report "sandy hook: forever remembered lowe airs at 10:00 p.m. coming up tonight, who is this guy and what did he do? some saying he tried to pull off one of the biggest financial frauds in u.s. history.

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one of the biggest financial frauds in american history. that's how prosecutors described

sam bankman-fried's crimes today. bankman-fried was charged on wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering. if convicted on all eight counts, he could face 115 years in prison. the sec charged him with defrauding customers. it could be the first of many charges. he was denied bail in bahamas. bank man-fried was a celebrity. >> at the end of the day, there is a question of who did what. >> reporter: questions 30-year-old sam bankman-fried is going to have to answer. he was long considered a modern day jp morgan. a recent fortune magazine cover asked whether he was the next warren buffett.

tom brady and gisele jumped onboard as brand ambassadors. >> ftx is the safest and easiest way to buy and sell crypto. >> larry david promoted ftx during the super bowl. >> it is a safe and easy way to get into crypto. >> i don't think so. and i'm never wrong about this stuff. never. >> the nba's steph curry announced a long-term partnership with ftx last year. bankman-fried even made a deal with the miami heat renaming their home the ftx arena. it was a stunning rise for the mit graduate only to be followed by a spectacular collapse. >> i should have been on top of this and i feel really bad and regretful that i wasn't. and a lot of people got hurt. that's on me. >> a lot of people got hurt because ftx was allegedly using the money to bailout its partner firm alameda research, which was started in november of 2017.

he launched ftx a couple years later and it became a wildly popular exchange for buying and selling crypto. but when alameda creditors came crawling, sec alleged ftx used billions in pay those creditors. in his interview with abc's good morning america, he denied knowing investor's funds were being used to save his hedge fund. >> did you know that ftx deposits were used to pay off alameda creditors? >> i don't know. i did not know there was any improper use of customer funds. >> after the founder of a rifle firm leaked the alleged mishandling of customer funds, investors rapidly began withdrawing billions from ftx. the trading platform filed for bankruptcy last month and bankman-fried resigned. long before that, he was a major

political donor, a nonpartisan group which tracks money in politics found he donated more than $900,000 to candidates and more than $39 million to outside groups for midterms. most of the spending supported democrats. sam bankman-fried grew up in palo alto, california. after graduating mit in 2014 with a degree in physics, bankman-fried worked as a trader before starting his own firm. his signature t-shirt and unkemp hair always on display. even in the company of former president bill clinton during a crypto conference earlier this year in the bahamas. >> is there any word on investors getting their money back? >> reporter: anderson, no word on when or if investors will get their money back. and of course we're talking about billions of dollars that these investors gave this crypto company.

but back on november 11th, he did issue a tweet. and this was after he filed for bankruptcy. and it says, i'm going to work on giving clarity on where things are in terms of user recovery asap. now it's been weeks and investors have been given no sign of hope in terms of getting their money back. i also mentioned the miami heat. the ftx arena which is now the name for their home arena. they want to completely disassociate themselves with ftx. they want their name taken off that arena. they don't want to do any more business with sam bankman-fried. they're looking for somebody else to name their arena. i reached out to celebrities asking them for a comment. none of them would comment on this. >> thank you. rupert murdoch was expected to be deposed this morning in a defamation lawsuit over fox news's unfounded claims about the 2020 election ahead. one-on-one with the ceo on those

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