agent turned to r t host john curry aucker on his show with the whistle blowers, and then i'm back up the top to hope to catch you with . in many whistle blowing cases, the highest stakes are for national security whistle blowing. it takes a great deal of fortitude take on the power and the authority of the f, b i, the cia, the an essay and in some cases the white house itself. oftentimes the whistleblower pays with his career and in some cases, even with his freedom. today we're going to look at the case of steven friend, an f b. i. agent who recently blew the whistle on an increasingly politicized fee for his trouble. the 12 year f. b, i, veteran and member of the eyes, special weapons and tactics team was stripped of his gun and badge escorted out of the building and fired. i'm john, curiosity. you're watching. the whistle blowers. 2 2 2 2 2 2 let's start this story from the beginning. steven friend made a complaint to the f. b. i inspector general saying that the f b, i's leadership has become increasingly politicized. he offered proof that the f, b, i's washington d. c. field off

i'm john curry. aku . and you're watching the whistleblowers. ah. when i was at the cia in the early part of the last decade, victor boot was one of the agencies top targets the cia, the f, b i and interpol searched for boot all over the world. they accused him of being in arms dealer. and one of the most dangerous men on the planet boot was finally found in thailand where he was arrested and extradited to the united states. after being convicted on a myriad of charges, he was sent to the notorious communications management unit at the u. s. penitentiary in marietta, illinois until the creation of the so called super max prison at florence, colorado. marion was the toughest prison in america. some of the country's most dangerous and most high profile prisoners were kept there. and even then, the communications management unit, or c, m u, was set up to keep the most dangerous of the most dangerous prisoners silent away from the press away from their friends, their family members, and even their own attorneys. this is of course, ridiculous. the cm use

. - [narrator] john curry is the director of the dream chaser project. - [john] dream chaser is a space plane. so it's just like riding on an airplane, landing horizontally on a runway. you know, the space shuttle ew 135 msions and it worked very well. what makes dream chaser different is, that it's so much cheaper. the space shuttle was just too expensive to maintain, we're lighter weight, we're stronger than shuttle. - [narrator] the dream chasers clever design and carbon fiber body lows it to ld enougcargo to supply astronauts on the iss for half a year. with innovations like these, it can be flown 15 times before maintenance. keeping costs down. the space shuttle required maintenance after each launch. with the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011, the dream chaser is now the only space craft capable of delivering people, supplies and science experiments to the iss and then navigating back to earth for a gentle runway land. it can also perform the whole mission autonomously without a pilot. - i believe this vehicle is gonna be critical to transporting humans to and from space on

i do want to have an exchange with security council john curry about the state department's warningsut specific countries. >> we have seen in recent years the regimes will try to take an american hold them hostage. we know how tragically how important is it that people in america pay attention to the travel make sure they do not end up in the situation? >> critically important. glad you brought that up just recent state department started to add a designator on two countries clarifying the detention risk. were going to be as open and honest as we can be our assessment about that risk. >> we should also make it clear players are not going to be playing in russia this winter. however, can you talk to me about these players are having to make this imbalance between their career, making a living in their own safety, that's got to be incredibly difficult conversation to have. >> there are a lot of players and also retired nba players going to fight what they can face. then they wanted to go to some of these countries. it is a crazy situation when you go to a country like russia and china

really a small cost in order to save the lives of individuals in san francisco, tim johns, abc7 news. ama: steph curry honor or the the long list of accolades. "sports illustrated" sports person of the year. the award was presented tonight in san francisco after a red carpet event. j.r. stone was there with the star who does so much on and off the court. >> stephen curry on the red carpet and all smiles after being named sports person of the year. >> i grew up reading it, collecting it. and to know that in 2022 -- it's pretty crazy to think about. >> pretty crazy for a two-time most valuable player who has changed the game with his long range shots but someone who says that success comes with hard work. >> i hope that people understand the work that goes into it. and the constant sacrifice and all that. you can't just fast forward to the finished pickup truck. it is special to know that you kind of changed the game. >> and leave it to his teammate draymond green to say something that many here were thinking. it's about time they give them the award. >> it's well-deserved. possibly long overdue. but i'

really a small cost in order to save the lives of individuals in san francisco, tim johns, abc7 news. ama: steph currynor or the the long list of accolades. "sports illustrated" sports person of the year. the award was presented tonight in san francisco after a red carpet event. j.r. stone was there with the star who does so much on and off the court. >> stephen curry on the red carpet and all smiles after being named sports person of the year. >> i grew up reading it, collecting it. and to know that in 2022 -- it's pretty crazy to think about. >> pretty crazy for a two-time most valuable player who has changed the game with his long range shots but someone who says that success comes with hard work. >> i hope that people understand the work that goes into it. and the constant sacrifice and all that. you can't just fast forward to the finished pickup truck. it is special to know that you kind of changed the game. >> and leave it to his teammate draymond green to say something that many here were thinking. it's about time they give them the award. >> it's well-deserved. possibly long overdue. but i'm h

mental now and john bishop has joked about killing his wife with a spoon and keeping her decapitated head in the fridge. but he thinks the other people shouldn't be allowed to make such jokes. curryjohn bishop and dan walker, take stand against jeremy following hateful meghan markle column . so hateful meghan markle column. so this is the comment i didn't catch the full comment here, but about throwing throwing excrement at. meghan markle he said it is game of thrones reference. we went to jeremy joked about hitting meghan markle so much he wanted to her parade through every town in the uk, a naked excrement thrown or so. obviously of thrones reference. it was an obvious serious thing as. reference. it was an obvious serious thing as . well, he serious thing as. well, he didn't. he wasn't proposing it as as an actual official government policy . okay. but i government policy. okay. but i think we should say very clearly it is wrong to throw at women , it is wrong to throw at women, especially when they're nice. we agree . yeah. yeah, i think we do agree. yeah. yeah, i think we do mate. i think i'd go along with that well. i feel like we've got to provide here. i think, you know ,

mental now and john bishop has joked about killing his wife with a spoon and keeping her decapitated head in the fridge. but he thinks the other people shouldn't be allowed to make such jokes. curryjohn bishop and dan walker, take stand against jeremy following hateful meghan markle column . so hateful meghan markle column. so this is the comment i didn't catch the full comment here, but about throwing throwing excrement at. meghan markle he said it is game of thrones reference. we went to jeremy joked about hitting meghan markle so much he wanted to her parade through every town in the uk, a naked excrement thrown or so. obviously of thrones reference. it was an obvious serious thing as. reference. it was an obvious serious thing as . well, he serious thing as. well, he didn't. he wasn't proposing it as as an actual official government policy . okay. but i government policy. okay. but i think we should say very clearly it is wrong to throw at women , it is wrong to throw at women, especially when they're nice. we agree . yeah. yeah, i think we do agree. yeah. yeah, i think we do mate. i think i'd go along with that well. i feel like we've got to provide here. i think, you know ,

john ramos, kpix 5. >>> christmas with the currys. it has grown into a bay area holiday tradition for many families.nging holiday cheer to the bridge yard in oakland. for the 10th year more than 500 families received gifts. there were games and ice skating rinks and photo ops. they even got to meet steph curry. >> it is a positive thing. for her growing up. being that i hope she can one day play for the wnba. it is all positivity. >> reporter: the annual event is part of the curry's eat learn play organization. year round it focuses on feeding families and promoting literacy. >>> i love to see that. everyone has been talking about this. and of course talking about brock purdy. the 49ers picked up a big win over tom brady and the buccaneers. our vern glenn has the latest. >>> all right. raise your hand if you had brock purdy out playing tom brady on sunday. now put it down. come on tell the truth. >> 49ers rolled through their sixth great win and spoiled brady's return to the bay area and purdy stole the show. the 49er rookie threw for 185 yards and two touchdowns and no interceptions. he had his fir

john. i think i'm a good shot. no good. but steph curry cleaning up the mess. 3 points.d way does within 3. but this is all that we're really going to be talking about tonight. a couple minutes later. staff referees in reaches in to get the steal and jammed his shoulder. let's take another low. just an awkward angle. or his shoulder to ben. he would leave the game. it would not return. he had 38 7, 7, all ears and eyes will be keyed in on steph health. and that injury report. >> when it comes out. now, let's go to to 4 under 2 minutes to go. warriors down 6 dante de vincenzo, big red bow. hits the 3. it's just a three-point game. but the pacers get a couple stopped in andrew nembhard. he gets the layin right there to put the finishing touches on this one warriors ball one. 25 to one 19. all right. we're on the eve of the 9 or showdown with the seahawks on thursday night in seattle. right now they are settled in downtown seattle, waiting for kickoff with a win tomorrow. they will clinch the nfc west. that was this team's first of many goals heading into the season, win th

curry. one of her most notable discoveries is designer christopher john rogers.during fashion week in 2019. >> it was the one collection that stood out in my mind. it went back to me. >> christopher john rogers went on to dress vice president harris for her inoculation and designed -- for her inauguration and designed sarah jessica parker's met gala look. >> if you truly believe in what your vision is and that you're going to make a difference, keep going. >> that is her advice to everyone, including yourself. you can look around uptown oakland and see, but some businesses don't make it. she is, despite hardships like the pandemic, or the sharp rise of the fast fashion industry. >> we don't believe in fast fashion. we believe in timeless pieces. we talk about wearing your clothes over and over. my mother, my aunts, grandmothers, these are women who inspired me. >> she describes the women in her family as mentors. she is taking her mission a few miles down the road to mcmullen's distribution center in west oakland. her goal is to bring more jobs to an underreprese

i think i found that john was, by the way, is brand new for the curry family because their way with christmasne. there you go. adorable. and it online art. meanwhile, maybe you're looking to us, find something to watch this weekend and that's going to be raining. >> streaming services are releasing some new shows and movies that are right up there for binge watching. dean richards takes a peek. >> call your >> for new movies this weekend, there's oscar winning director guillermo del toro's. masterful take on the classic tale of pinocchio. the stop motion animated tale of the puppet. who longs to be a real boy comes to netflix starting on friday. also friday on amazon prime love is in the air and the holiday romcom something from tiffany's after a mix-up at the jewelry store, a woman gets a ring meant for someone else and finds love in the process. so we deutsche stars the night at the museum franchise returns with a new animated feature length movie night at the museum come, moon rises again. it's on disney. plus, on friday, we are heading into uncharted waters. for new streaming series this

let's bring it back here in the studio because we have john stand by as we're going to talk about steph curry first because this have more important to the words in 7. watch this. watch him touch his left shoulder. >> okay. this is what happened last night at the game. he's going to have an mri on that shoulder today. they lost to the pacers and we don't want to lose staff. >> only did was trying to swipe the ball. yeah. but you can see with the way i watched the pain and cnne walked off, didn't go back again. so they've got to check out what act and it something tore. well, that's how i felt when my shoulder tour. but, you it's there. it could be anything, guys. they're going to do the mri and then we'll know the warriors taking on the philadelphia. 76 ers tomorrow night. so we will keep you posted. we'll see what the doctors say. all right. at 8.18 now let's chat with john. find out about the forecast for today as well beautiful shot. it is is another gorgeous morning. but another. >> colder air that, yeah, yeah. afternoons have been okay. have been fine. i know. i told you guys yesterday i

curry. one of her most notable discoveries is designer chris john rogers.ashion week in 2019. >> it was the one collection that stood out in my mind. i was thinking, we will make this work. jobina: he went on to dress vice president kamala harris and signed sarah jessica parker's 2022 met gala look. he has exclusive pieces for mcmullen that floated down the runway at the boutiques 15th anniversary show. >> if you believe in what your vision is and you believe that you are going to make a difference, keep going. jobina: that is her advice to everyone, including herself. you can look around uptown oakland and see that sadly, some businesses do not make it. she is, despite hardships like the pandemic or the sharp rise of the billion-dollar fast fashion industry. >> we do not believe in fast fashion. we believe in timeless pieces. we talk about wearing your clothes over and over and over. ♪ >> my mother, my aunts, my grandmothers, these were women who inspired me. jobina: sherry describes the women in her family as mentors. her shop is rooted in the idea of upl

curry over the past weekend. the latest developments come despite stern warnings against taking part in demonstrations. in a statement, john, as top security agency, has called for a crackdown on what it says, a hostile forces. it's not clear who or what the government is referring to, and as yet to provide evidence of any external interference. it's also reiterated confidence in its approach to the virus tune can do me to go fax over the years, have fully proven the china covered protocols have protected the security and help of the chinese people to the greatest extent, genuine and minimized impact on social economic development some countries have made remarks on china recently. these nations have enough issues to deal with at home. we hope they would heat the weiss's interests of their own people, instead of pointing fingers at others. meanwhile, authorities have begun easing restrictions in some areas including jung jo home to the biggest i phone factory and china, reduced mass testing requirements, and allowed more businesses to reopen. still demonstrate as fear possible retribution on beijing. some people have voice

jobina: during the nba finals she styled steph curry including -- and designers including one from oakland. one of her most notable ones is christopher johnthat stood out and i kept going back to that and thinking we are going to make this work. >> christopher john robert -- christopher john rogers went on to dress the vice president or her inauguration and sarah jessica parker's met gala look. he also created exclusive pieces that floated down the runway at the 15th anniversary show. >> if you believe in your vision and you believe that you will make a difference keep going. jobina: you can look around uptown oakland and see that some businesses do not make it but she is despite hardships like the pandemic or the rise of the fast fashion industry. >> we do not believe in fast fashion, we believe in timeless pieces. we talk about wearing your clothes over and over. my mother, aunts, and grandmother's, these inspired me. jobina: she describes the women and her family as mentors and they are rooted in the idea of lifting up others. she is taking that a few miles down the road to west oakland where her goal is to bring more jobs to an underr

who started the season on the bench or stepping up in the absences of stephen curry, klay thompson and andrew wiggins. johnokie patrick baldwin jr added 11. it's fun to watch. i just think we've shown a lot of grit here last last few games, um, these three home games to start the home stand. coach carr also met what some people call this doppelganger at the game. take a look at little 10 year old sam waldman. he wore steve kerr's old chicago bulls number 25 jersey to chase center, sam says back at home in utah. his friends even call him steve coach kerr. thanks sam and his family for coming to the game and autographed a few items for his little look alike. well the new year's eve fireworks show in san francisco's embarcadero, maybe back after the pandemic forced it to be canceled for two years in a row. the website sf fund sheep says permits have been issued for the show. other sources the coast guard, saying there will be fireworks at midnight on new year's eve on the san francisco bay. one thing to watch for is the weather since rain is in the forecast on new year's eve, but as roberta's been telling us,

curry and tom brady. but imploding nearly a month ago, with ftx filing for bankruptcy and bankman-fried stepping down as ceo. and tonight, the new ftx ceo, john ray, testifying on capitol hill. >> this is really old fashioned embezzlement. this is just taking money from customers and using it for your own purpose. not sophisticated at all. >> a lot more to this story to come. rebecca jarvis joining us in the meantime tonight. one of the big questions, obviously, rebecca, what are the chances that any of the money will be recouped by any of these customers, any of these investors. and then, where is the suspect tonight? >> reporter: well, david, sam bankman-fried has just been denied bail by a judge in the bahamas. that judge calling him a flight risk. his lawyer, sam bankman-fried's lawyer, telling abc news he's considering all options. as for those victims, those customers who lost billions of dollars, experts say it will take a long time, if ever, before they get their money back. david? >> rebecca jarvis tonight, thank you. >>> this evening, with so many families are facing across this country, with less than two w weeks until christmas, f

john. you mentioned the cal lops of ftx. sam bankman-fried was indicted on eight criminal charges, including fraud and conspiracy. tom brady, steph curry, ben mckenzie slammed crypto in a senate hearing this week. let's watch. >> the demise of ftx and alameda represent the most spectacular corporate downfall since the ponzi scheme of bernie madoff. the cryptocurrency represents the largest ponzi scheme in history. in fact,, by the time the dust settles, crypto may well represent a fraud at least 10 times bigger than madoff. >> what do you think? is crypto heading to the crypt? >> it had a tremendously negative effect. bitcoin is still selling for thousands of dollars. they projected this was the future of finance. it would replace fiat. as this trump nft collection shows, when prices start to go up, there will always be people willing to gamble they are on the right side of the bubble. >> no truer words have been spoken. that might be understatement of the year in certain regards there when it comes to talking about trump and crypto for that matter. john, thanks very much. we appreciate it. >>> airline travel demand is soaring. perhaps

blessings from all these different celebrities, steph curry, tom brady, gisele, larry david, but in reality the s.e.c. says ftx was just a house of cards and john ray, the new ceo told lawmakers in congress today that this company was basically a big mess. it was a dumpster fire. it had no internal controls and so now ray has spent the last month trying to comb through the rubble, trying to find where the assets are and do his best to maximize recovery, but we know that money is going to be lost here by real people. ray said probably in the billions, i know i've spoken to some crypto traders who lost thousands or tens of thousands of dollars in this ftx situation and ray didn't really sound all that optimistic going forward. he said that -- he told lawmakers at the end of the day ftx won't be able to recover all of the losses here. ana. >> matt, kara, thank you. >>> we're following a massive winter storm that tens of millions of americans are seeing in some way and feeling in some way. right now 40 million people are in the path as life-threatening blizzard warnings and tornado threats track east. first take a look at the whiteout conditions hi

john. i think i'm a good he's grown up before our eyes the shot. clock with it after the >> keep going it alone finishes. over jayson tatum. this was the icing on the cake. curry had 30 to 7 in 6. the warriors win one. 23, 107. they've now won 4 straight games over the boston celtics dating back to june 10 when steph. maniacs against the celtics and for that game, 4 performance after the game. i asked speaker, could you feel that buzz in the air? >> don't want to make too much of a regular season game, of course. but could you feel that there was a bigger buzz in the arena tonight? >> yeah, crowd was excited. we're excited. i you know, just the the the feeling of going against the team that you just played in the in the finals and especially the way they played this they've just been. you know, so good, so dominant. so i thought we needed a game like that. you know, we we've a little bit stuck in the mud it's feels like we've gotten better over the last few weeks. you know, not a whole lot to show for so this was a an important win for her mention that it was good to have a game like this just because of the moment. the way the crowd is reacting. do you feel l

charles: let me go to john real quick because, the second largest donor to the democratic party this last cycle outside of george soros. you know, talk about a big foot print, currying favor, having a fat wallet, it is kind of tough stuff. here we go. this is the real deal this time. let's take a listen. >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is damien williams and i'm the u.s. attorney here in the southern district of new york. one month ago ftx, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges collapsed destroying billions of dollars in customer value overnight. for every day of the past month the dedicated prosecutors of this office and our partners at the fbi, sec, and cftc have been working round-the-clock to figure out what happened and to begin the process of seeking justice. this morning we unsealed an eight-count indictment charging samuel bankman-fried, ftx's founder with a series of interrelated fraud schemes that contributed to ftx's collapse. i authorized these charges last week wednesday. a grand jury here in manhattan indicted mr. bankman-fried last week, friday. we obtained a warrant for his arrest and that arrest was executed yesterday in the baham

as john ray said, complete disaster from risk controls. i think that's fine at a curry level. it will make months before we truly understand the extent and scope of the failure. senator durbin: who does that investigation? chair behnam: as i mentioned to senator thune, we have -- we are civil enforcement agentcy we are using the full extent of our power under the law to police any infraction or violation of the law. i know our sister agencies across the u.s. and globe are doing that as well. entpoefrplt cases take time -- enforcement cases take time. we are moving expeditionly. senator durbin: we need to enhance or improve your authority? chair behnam: fill a gap over commodity spot tokeons, correct. senator durbin: i find this interesting. i want to put it in this perspective. it seems to be there is a competition, at least capitol hill level, between those who believe there should be no regulation, this is the new world order. you don't need the full faith and credit of any nation or known entity, as long as your computer program is sophisticated enough. i'm septical of that

john coming for the jam. >> this was awesome to for finishing with 21 points and 5 assists warriors up 16 at the half. playing free and easy. steph curry here goes coast to coast. over in around it lays it up. he's fouled. it's good. step korea, 30 points on the night. andrew wiggins at 36 for 8 threes, including this one right here. nothing but net the warriors 25 2 beyond the arc warriors go on to win one 20 to 101 the saint mary's gaels traveling to houston to take on the number one ranked team in college basketball. the well, they hung tough. most of this game trailing by 5 late in the game. reggie chaney. so marcus, sasser plates given and going sasser lays it in. he's found it's good. but the cougars go on to win. 53 to 48 over the saint. mary's let's go to the ice. the sharks on the road facing the senators in quite a mustache there in the front row tied in the first period. erik karlsson with the pretty pass here counting to thomas hertl knocks in his second goal of the game and the sharks lead 2 to one. but hey, iowa scored on 3 power plays tonight. this one act of the stick of todd stutes. all senators retake the lead for goo