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and deaf actors and stories front and centre at the academy awards.ke i've woken up in this dream world and i'm trying to edge my way through. and the three women who will be fronting the oscars telecast. all that and more in this special oscars preview edition of talking movies. of course, in recent weeks, the whole world has been consumed by developments in ukraine. here in hollywood, the film industry has been energised and outspoken. hollywood's biggest night of the year is taking place more than 6,000 miles from kyiv in ukraine, but the war is on the minds of many attending the ceremony. some stars are uneasy — among them, maggie gyllenhaal, nominated in the adapted screenplay category. she can't quite get her head around the idea of celebrating at the oscars in a time of war. it's very difficult to think about getting dressed up in fancy dresses and going to parties. you know, the party aspect of it, the excess is really hard to hold in your mind at the same time as what's happening in ukraine. here are the nominees for best picture. the war has

>> i would vote for expulsion from the academy and a lifetime ban on attending any academy-sponsored events. whether or not they should rescind his oscar, i would say no because the oscar is awarded based upon the work, and the film is great. i saw the film in theaters and i walked out of that theater thinking he's going to win the academy award for best actor and he deserves it for that. but i think that there will be a lifetime ban and that's how i would handle it. >> brian copeland, we thank you. funny man for sure and thanks for your expertise in this. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> see ya. >>> the boosting has begun again. some people in the bay area already getting that second booster shot just one day after the cdc and the fda approved it. here's how it works. you have to be 50 or older, at least four months should have passed since your last booster, you can also get that second booster if you're immunocompromised. now, in contra costa county we found people lining up at a clinic. each said they were ready to jumper at the chance to get that second booster. >>

the academy did expel weinstein and once expelled an actor for violating the academy's voting rules.ton. >> what a mess. brian todd, thank you for that. thank you for watching, everyone. our live coverage continues. a l can help you build a complete financial plan. visit letsmakeaplan.org to find your cfp® professional. ♪ if you're a small business, there are lots of choices when it comes to your internet and technology needs. but when you choose comcast business internet, you choose the largest, fastest reliable network. you choose advanced security for total peace of mind. and you choose fiber solutions with speeds up to 10 gigs to the most small businesses. that's virtually everywhere we serve. the choice is clear: make your business future ready with the network from the most innovative company. comcast business. powering possibilities™. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> hello and welcome to our viewers around the world and in the united states this hour. i'm hala gorani reporting live from lviv in ukraine. any hope that russia would keep its promise to scale back its attacks on

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the academy did expel weinstein and once expelled carmine caridi for violating the academy's voting rulesris rock takes the stage for his standup act. we'll hear his first public comments on the incident. there's a look at the wilbur theater from outside, wolf. it will be interesting to see what chris rock said. >> it will be interesting. brian, we'll have the latest on that coming up. brian todd reporting. we'll be right back. so he's checking in on that ring fund. oh, that photographer? he's looking for something a little more zen, so he's thinking, “i'll open a yoga studio.” and as for the father of the bride? he's checking to see if he's on track to do this all over again...and again. digital tools so impressive, you just can't stop banking. what would you like the power to do? we need to reduce plastic waste in the environment. that's why at america's beverage companies, our bottles are made to be re-made. not all plastic is the same. we're carefully designing our bottles to be 100% recyclable, including the caps. they're collected and separated from other plastics, so they can be tu

my behavior at last night's academy awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. earlier on monday, the film academy had condemned to smith's behavior and announced they were opening an investigation into the incidents. will smith hit chris rock after the comedian made a joke about the appearance of smith's wife? it was the year's biggest night in hollywood with a star studded line up the academy awards honoring the film industry's best movies at the oscars ceremony. but the night was overshadowed by an incident on stage. comedian chris rock made a joke about act at will smith's wife, j pink at smith, who suffer strong alopecia. it didn't go down to well, taylor lug her g r j into can't wait to see you. ah, oh ricka. oh, wow. wow. do it was a g i jane jokey, mark boy? oh, yeah. a jaw dropping moment for viewers around the world. smith then went on to win best actor for his performance in king richard. a movie about the father of tennis does venus and serena williams, and he apologized in his acceptance speech. your part imitates life. i looked like the crazy fathe

in a statement, the academy said, quote, mr. smith was asked to leave the ceremony, and refused. we also recognize we could have handled the situation differently. board member whoopi goldberg was adamant that smith's actions would not go unpunished. >> there are consequences. there are big consequences. >> there has to be. >> reporter: the academy said it could take action that includes suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions permitted by its bylaws and standards of conduct. if smith is expelled, he would join the ranks of harvey weinstein, and roman polanski who were removed from the academy, but kept their oscars. entertainment reporter clayton davis. >> there are people who are calling for his oscar to be revoked. that is highly unlikely to happen. he is more likely to be suspended. >> reporter: suspending smith, rather than expelling him permanently and allowing him to keep his oscar would keep the academy from having to address offenses from previous winners. >> i don't think he has opened pandora's box and has the academy cycling through everyone's prior controversies. >

will the academy take action? >>> to the pandemic tonight, and the major headline about a second booster now coming for americans 50 and older. what the fda is set to do as early as tomorrow. >>> major developments in the january 6th investigation. a federal judge now saying former president trump likely committed crimes in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and news tonight involving supreme court justice clarence thomas' wife. >>> banning teachers from talking about sexual orientation and gender identity with younger children. >>> tonight, the new storm brewing after a deadly chain reaction pileup on i-81 in pennsylvania. more than 50 vehicles crashing. >>> and ginger zee standing by on this next system now moving in. >>> good evening. we are back from the poland border tonight. it is great to start another week with all of you at home and we begin tonight with the war in ukraine. late today, president biden explaining his worlds after saying of vladimir putin, "this man cannot remain in power." those worlds

what should the academy do? clint says i think the academy should increase security around the stage and ban rock and smith from the show next year. that's fair. don't ridicule when someone has an illness. there should be a limit of what people can make fun of. katherine says, will smith was out of line. no one deserves to be hit por words regardless of whether it was an innocent joke or meant to hurt, which i don't believe it was. good opinions online from our viewers and listeners. sad part is prior to the slap, the oscars were a celebration of diversity. ted chen referred to it as well. best supporting actress to ariana debose, "west side story," the first openly queer woman of color to win the award. best actress, jessica aguirre, from sacramento, spoke warmly to the lgbtq community which was championed by the character she played in "the eyes of tammy faye." for the second year in a row a woman won best director, jane campion, for the "power of the dog." and the movie "coda," children of deaf adults, provid

gloria: the academy saying the academy does not condone violence of any form, saying we are delighted to celebrate our 94th academy award winners who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world. smith did apologize to the academy and his acceptance speech, said he is a fierce defender, like his character richard williams from king richard. but he did not mention rock in the speech. there is a lot of talk about this today. jobina: we are going to try and move on from this debacle, we want to talk about what happened beforehand. the red carpet was all smiles for hollywood's biggest night, at least for a while. it felt like before pandemic times. the glitz and glamour, and our friend. reggie: we were wondering, who is kumasi aaron going to meet? she met just about everybody. it was impressive. kumasi: that prayer you did before i came to l.a. must have worked. i had the best experience here. i was able to talk to so many stars, unfortunately what gloria just talked about, that moment with will smith and chris rock, did overshadow what was happeni

i mean they could remove him from the academy.ould take away his participation in other academy events, and they could ban him from coming back next year. i think that's most likely. >> reporter: what most observers don't expect is for the academy to take away the oscar that smith just won for best actor in "king richard." the academy didn't take oscars away from harvey weinstein after sexual assault allegations were leveled against him. and director roman polanski was awarded an oscar while he was a fugitive from the u.s. decades after he pleaded guilty to having unlawful sex with a minor. the academy did expel weinstein and once expelled car mien caridi. chris rock is back on tour. his stand-up comedy act sold out at several venues across the u.s. rock's younger brother tony, also an akdor and comedian, has spoken out on twitter. asked if he approved of will smith's apology to his brother, tony rock replied no. asked how his brother is doing, he replied, still rich. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> i'm kim brunhuber. we'll go ba

i want to apologize to the academy. i want to apologize to my fellow nominees. this is a beautiful moment. >> reporter: the lapd says it's aware of the incident but no charges have been filed because the individual involved has declined to file a police report. >> and the oscar goes to -- >> "coda." >> reporter: "coda" won the night's biggest prize, best picture and troy ckotsur took home best supporting role. as he accepted the award the star-studded audience rose to their feet. >> this is dedicated to the deaf community, the "coda" community, this is our moment. >> reporter: as for will smith and chris rock they were set to attend "variety's" after party. no word if that happened. >> the rift between chris rock and will smith may have been brewing for years. smith was still mad after this joke. >> jada is going to boycott the oscars. jada boycotting the oscars is like me boycotting rihanna's panties. i wasn't invited. >> the academy said they don't condone violence of any form. we're excited to celebrate our 94 academy awards winners who deserve this recogniti

the film academy had said smith, good soon face consequences. ah hello, i'm clear. richardson, a very warm welcome to the show. the mayor of mario paul in southern ukraine has said his city is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. and that every one left there must get out. variable has endured relentless bombardment from russian forces in recent weeks. the mayor's office says almost 5000 people there have been killed, and 160000 civilians remain trapped in the city without power. those who have been able to flee, have described continuous bombings and bodies lying in the streets. a place of calm after the trauma she experienced in a home city on preston. here it is. we will drive and we saw small ukrainian flag. i know it when you no one could heard us any more. the hora was behind us, and we were home. the kind her cat's new home is up, his ear 300 kilometers away from mario, pull many harrowing escapes. and here in a parking lot, this supermarket has been turned into a shelter for those who manage to escape. here they get food and medic

now breaking new ground at this year's academy awards.ternational feature, best writing, best directing and best picture. becoming the first japanese film ever to be nominated in the night's most coveted category. >> translator: when i was arriving in paris on transit, that's when i received a lot of messages. and then i found out that i was up for four nominations. and i felt that i had landed in a completely different world. >> reporter: at the center of all the buzz, ryusuke hamaguchi, the director of "drive my car." a creative known for transforming simple concepts like love and friendship into the sublime on the silver screen. hamaguchi first bursting into prominence with hits like "happy hour" -- "adesako" 1 and 2. we sat down with him and his interpreter to talk about the historic moment of his latest film. why do you think it took this long for a japanese film to be nominated in this category? >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> translator: i think there has been many great japanese films in the past. a part of me thinks that the

also the action the academy is taking. but first -- >> windy out here. >> you take in stunning views. >> oh, yes, malou and nubla from cameo making a cameo on the kelly clarkson team as they help her spring forward. this is the segment they have t. highlighting the best things to do in great americaen cities. and malou is talking about all about san francisco. that's airing on nbc bay area here today at 3:00 this afternoon. don't miss it but more ahead during the midday newscasts right now. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer... are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+/her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole. ibrance may cause low white blood cell counts that may lead to serious infections. ibrance may cause severe inflammation of the lungs. both of these can lead to death. tell your doctor

stephanie, what is the academy saying they're doing now?>> reporter: definitely people have been waiting, kate, for the academy to do something about this, figuring out how this would be responded to and how to keep this from happening in the future. now we have more of an idea. we have this letter that went from the president and also the ceo of the organization to its membership. let me read to you in part what it says. it says, we are upset and outraged that those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful actions on stage by a nominee. we condemn will smith's actions that transpired sunday night. as outlined in our r bylaws, the economy's board of governors will now make a determination on appropriate action for mr. smith. this must follow an official process that will take a few weeks. what happened, in a stunning moment there in the dolby theater on sunday night, is going to be a main priority. if you're wondering if the academy board of governors feels like this is something they really need to address and it isn't oka

the academy awards back at the dolby theater. it was the first time in three years that hosts were back at the oscars at all. amy schumer, regina hall and wanda sikes. >> this year the academy hired three women to host, because it's cheaper than hiring one man. >> reporter: and it wasn't the only historic moment from this year's show. >> i want to thank all of the wonderful deaf theater stages where i was allowed and given the opportunity to develop my craft as an actor. >> reporter: many eyes on the night's prizes after the oscars continued expanding their membership over the past few years. >> openly queer woman of color, an afro latina who found her strength through art. >> i am so proud to be part of a film that puts beautiful, diverse characters in front and center. >> reporter: and of course this year the performances happening again live. ♪ we worked and built it on our own ♪ >> reporter: performing to the excited crowd. ♪ mountains too high ♪ >> jada, i love you. g.i. jane 2, can't wait to see it. >> reporter: but an expl

andrew juma is an example of a former academy player who made it in the canyon premier league. he pushes the boys to focus on soccer and education, as not all of them will become pro football. as for your day, the academy mad my mentality to see if with more la when i was a kid and around a $1000.00 approximately a lot. does it follow now? was i can even pay my see if the name of my mom, my mom and i can even buy a kid a boot was when i was in the car to me. some people bought me both. so now i can do the same it's a tough time to change the kids perspective and make them see the opportunities available in africa. as most of them were always dream of making it in europe. my advice now and especially now because i have a lot, a lot of kids who look up on me in the foundation tied to it to be able to talk to about home. because if we do it there, there was a big, big part of the kids who will make it hulu. and they're living, you know, and it's easier there than here. but the difficulty is that when they see you here, they think you have a few. are there and you made me. ready ah

the 94th academy awards.the oscars determined to be cheerful, uplifting and inspirational, with ariana debose�*s oscar for best supporting actress for her role in west side story, and troy kotsur, the father in coda, a funny and moving film about growing up in a deaf family. all was going to script, and then everything changed. chris rock made this joke about jada pinkett smith's hair loss. jada, i love you. gi jane 2, can't wait to see it. all right? her husband, will smith, suddenly took to the stage. uh—oh, richard! oh, wow! wow! will smith... the mics were cut, but the bewilderment — and fury — were more than clear. that was the greatest night in the history of television. audience laughs. a few minutes later, will smith was back on stage to receive his first oscar for his role as richard williams, the father of venus and serena williams. and a long, tearful speech about being protective of his family, and what ijust happened. denzel said to me a few minutes ago, he said, "at your highest moment, be caref

the academy's code of conduct, released in 2017 in the wake of the me too scandal, states the academyd to any form of abuse, harassment, or discrimination. the academy reports any violation of this code will result in "temporary or permanent loss of eligibility to receive academy awards, or revocation of the academy awards." >>> bitcoin mining, it's how new bitcoins enter circulation bitcoin is decentralized meaning there's no government or authority to decide whether new bitcoins are introduced. it's up to miners to create them using complex calculations on supercomputers the number of bitcoins that can be mined is capped at 21 million. so far almost 19 million have been mined, that's according to blockchain.com data. so as miners keep mining, it becomes harder and harder for them to create new bitcoins. and the computers doing the work have gotten bigger and a lot louder cnbc's perry russom found out just how loud during a trip to limestone, tennessee. >> reporter: shep, during the day you can hear light humming coming from the bitcoin mining facility behind us but neighbors say thi

and now the academy has condemned what happened and announced a formal review.t the ceremony, comedian chris rock had made a joke about will smith's wife's lack of hair. jada, i love you. gi jane 2, can't wait to see it. all right? watch jada pinkett smith's reaction. it clearly got to her husband, who strode onto the stage and delivered this. oh, wow! at first, it wasn't clear if it was an elaborate joke, but those involved weren't laughing. the tv broadcast muted the sound, but inside the dolby theater, shocked guests watched as will smith continued to abuse rock. keep my wife's name out your...mouth! i'm going to. now, at this point, i can only laugh. i you all know i've been struggling with alopecia, and... _ jade pinkett smith has previously opened up on social media about her hair loss, so the joke wasn't in the best taste. but there's clearly history here, too. when he hosted the oscars in 2016, chris rock mocked the couple after she'd announced she was boycotting the awards for their lack of diversity. isn't she on a tv show? jada's going to boycott the

or who compromise the integrity of the academy. three people have been expelled from the academy in recent years, harvey weinstein, bill cosby and director roman polanski. while smith awaits his potential consequences, the court of public opinion is in full gear. social media platforms have been flooded with reactions and memes. "shameless" star shanola hampton tweeting, quote, there is never a justification for violence never, ever, ever. others are calling out rock's joke as over the line considering pinkett smith suffers from the medical condition alopecia. janet hubert who played his aunt on "the fresh prince of bel-air" saying there is only so much one can take. sometimes you have to slap back. both actions were incorrect, but chris didn't need to go there. rock has yet to comment on the incident, but a source tells tmz he was unaware of pinkett smith's condition when he made the joke. rock back in 2009 produced "good hair," a documentary about black women's hair in which rock interviews a woman with alopecia. >> the reason ha

chris davis, why is it a good idea that all schools become an academy. >> i was looking to join the academysystem in 2014. i've seen the system mature overtime. and i would go too far to say that the last two years, the trust has been the highlight of my career. we've got a wonderful central team. assistance which allowed me as the head teacher to focus on importance for our children. which is education. >> there's been criticisms of this plan, that it lacks imagination and funding. but do you think that achieving the great ambitions the government wants as far as the schools concerned, that's the goal? >> i think the whole white paper in its entirety raises expectations for our people and that is where we need to do across the country. i think in terms of grades year, and all of our schools. could be a really good thing. we've risen to the challenges of covid-19 and will comes with that. again we will raise the bar on expectations and get to achieve those. >> thanks chris. that's the important. there might be a disagreement about how education has improved, but following the pandemic the u

. >>> just in, the academy board saying will smith was asked to leave the oscars but refused, as chris rock returns to the stage tonight for the first time since that now infamous attack what will he say >>> heartbreaking announcement from the family of bruce willis, the health battle forcing him to step away from acting. >>> the first gop senator to publicly endorse supreme court nominee ketanji brown jackson. all but guaranteeing her confirmation >>> and our nbc news exclusive, the next frontier of u.s. defense, our never before seen look inside space force. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening everyone russian forces near kyiv appear to be on the move tonight but neither ukraine but nor the u.s. are buying it as a de-escalation. in fact, officials say there were more attacks near the capital today despit russia's pledge to ease up its offensive in the area. with one eye on the battlefield, the other on peace talks ukraine's president zelenskyy said today the signals we hear from the negotiations can be called positive but they do not drown out t

cnn has reached out to the academy to see what discipline may come.publicist for comment and to chris rock's representatives. the lapd says rock declined to press charges. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> here in the u.s., the academy awards drew a larger audience than last year. according to nielsen numbers, the show drew an average of 15.3 million viewers for abc on sunday. that's a 56% increase from last year's show, which brought in just under 10 million viewers, which was an all-time low. it's not clear yet if there was a surge in viewership after will smith's slap to chris rock, but the altercation blew up on social media, which may have drawn more people to tune in for the show's final hour. >>> i'm lynda kinkade at the cnn center in atlanta. we're going to go back to hala gorani live in lviv after a break. stay with us. you're watching cnn. [zoom call] ...pivot... work bye. vacation hi! book with priceline. 'cause when you save more, you can “no way!” more. no wayyyy. no waaayyy! no way! [phone ringing] hm. no way! no way! priceline. every tri

what has the academy had — ramifications of it. what has the academy had to _ ramifications of it.t. what has the academy had to say about this, | ramifications of it. what has the i academy had to say about this, the fact that will smith was still able to go up and make a speech during a lot of comment? people suggest the moment you behave like that, your involvement in the event should end. the academy have remained fairly tight—lipped and all they have done so far is put out a tweet after the ceremony saying they don't condone violence. but you are right, that was a very unpredictable thing that happened at the oscars, but the oscars was apart from best picture very predictable and we did know pretty much will smith was going to win that award, so all we were thinking of that was, my goodness, he will win best actor, will he be allowed to go up and what will he say, will he apologise? this is a really big moment for him. i spoke to sidney poitier�*s daughter a few days ago, he was winning the same award herfatherfirst days ago, he was winning the same award her father first won

there were about thirty breeding cows in the timiryazev academy. and now they are gone. they were simply sent for meat. with the client , the teacher did not explain in any way that they were being taken. ah. here is the formal, reason in the future, which we learned this is the repair of the vivarium. now a table-like queue of horses soon remains of the academy, theoretically without animals at all. of course, you can replace layouts and posters. here only the academy will even then produce not clearly qualified veterinarians and livestock specialists, but specialists in ip. indeed, according to posters and models, alexander karpov andrey lapidus anastasia polukeeva, pavel glaciers to conduct. the capital started, large-scale checks of taxis traffic police officers check drinking lists for insurance examines the technical condition of the car and the well-being of the drivers themselves about the most frequent violations maksim parin the capital, taxi police operation check every car inspectors carefully examine not only the documents, but also the appearance of the car

the heated meeting after the oscars that could determine will smith's fate with the academy. >>> hello and welcome to "the lead. "i'm jake tapper. president biden insisting, quote, i'm not walking anything back, the president insisting he stands by his unscripted remarks that vladimir putin, quote, cannot remain in power, comments seen by many as calls for regime change in russia. here is biden's explanation. >> let me begin by saying -- you know, you've heard me say this before, war with russia, i was expressing the behavior of this man. it's outrageous. it's outrageous. >> on the ground near the ukrainian capital today the mayor of irpin says ukrainian forces have, quote, freed that suburb from russian invaders. the fighting and russian bombing have intensified around kyiv. in the southeast of the country the mayor of mariupol says they're, quote, in the hands of the occupiers. that city has been flattened by nonstop russian bombing and a weeklong siege by the russians. ukraine's military intelligence chief is warning putin could be trying to cleve them in two, possibly splitting int

i want you to bring us up the date, the motion picture academy. they've officially condemned will smith for, for last night, and they've watched what an investigation. yes. so here's where we stand. now, last night i'm told that inside the adobe theater, they actually were going to remove will smith, right after it happened? they kind of were milling about, deciding whether they should let him stay for the rest of the ceremony, whether they shouldn't. but remember, he still had not received his award yet. so they had not announced that category. so that could have been one of the reasons why they decided to let him stay for the rest of the ceremony. but today they're saying that they're looking into a formal review to see if he broke any kind of laws or bylaws or any type of state laws. and we'll see what the outcome of that is for now as you state it, you know, chris rock decline to press charges and i'm told that both of them went to after parties. one was very you a jubilant, you know, which was, will smith? he was seen dancing. what not, they

but the academy has to do something to meet, i think, the global outrage over this incident.on this, that they will indeed be condoning violence. we that they will indeed be condoning violence. we wait to see, a condoning violence. we wait to see. a very _ condoning violence. we wait to see, a very bizarre _ condoning violence. we wait to see, a very bizarre set - condoning violence. we wait to see, a very bizarre set of- see, a very bizarre set of circumstances. the bbc understands that the first fines for breaches of covid—i9 rules, which are part of a police investigation into the uk government lockdown parties, could be issued on tuesday. the metropolitan police investigation into 12 events held across government was launched in late january. our correspondent david wallace lockheart has more. so, to set some of the context, before the war in ukraine, politics in the uk, all the talk at westminster was really dominated by what came to be known as partygate, and those were the parties held at downing street and in whitehall, around government buildings, while the uk was un

the academy - for ukraine. the babies in the ukraine. the academy didn'tl for ukraine. the academy didn't respond to requests for— ukraine. the academy didn't respond to requests for information _ ukraine. the academy didn't respond to requests for information on - ukraine. the academy didn't respond to requests for information on what l to requests for information on what they're planning to do at the ceremony in relation to ukraine if anything, but it needs to its messaging rates. the 0scars is on a slippery slope, losing its cultural rabbit —— relevance. last year, got its lowest ratings ever, it can't afford to be out of touch of the cultural zeitgeist at a time of war. timbre, bbc news, los angeles. there have been tributes to taylor hawkins, the drummer of the rock group, the foo fighters, who's died at the age of 50. officials in colombia say he'd used opioids, marijuana and anti—depressants before he died. his body was found in a hotel room in the country's capital, bogota. here's mark savage — a warning his report contains flashing images. # foo fighters — time

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in the meantime, the film academy is considering what action to take against smith.eport. >> the board of governors of the academy picture of arts and sciences has initiated disciplinary proceeding for violating the standard of conduct. violations it says include inappropriate physical contact, abusing and physical behavior and compromising the integrity of the oscars. >> that was a nice one. oh, wow. wow. >> in the statement, the academy also apologized to rock and says will smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused. comedian wanda sykes, one of the three cohosts of the oscars broke her silence on ellen degeneres's talk show. >> i felt so awful for my friend, chris. and it was sickening. i physically felt ill and i'm still a little traumatized by it. >> sykes' cohost says i'm still in shock and sad. this feed shows how they reacted immediately afterward. >> will smith just smacked the shut out of me. >> get my. [ bleep] out your mouth. >> wow, dude, it was a gi jane joke. >> how could the academy punish smith? >> i can see them possibly taking steps about hi

smith could face heat from the academy. quote the academy condemns the actions of mr.al review around the incident. and we will explore formal action and consequences. some around hollywood slamming smith. tim allen tweeting quote it's not okay to come up on stage and hit a dude because you don't like the humor. it's not okay at a comedy club, concert hall or hosting some cheese ball award show. chris rock was s. a stand up comedian. i think i would have run. telling page 6 attendees were just as confused and shocked as we were from home. most disapproved of smith's violence including comedians like tim allen. this is how they make their money. if you have people come up on stage every time they don't like a joke it could be the ending. could be the real end if it's something more than just words. if you are getting punched, that's scary. >> steve: thank you very much. kathy griffin tweeted out now we all have to worry about who wants to be the next will smith in comedy clubs. and theaters as well. and she makes a great point. and also tim allen thinks the oscars is a

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academy officials now saying will smith was asked to leave, but he refused to go. and tonight, chris rock preparing to take the stage for the first time since the incident. here's abc's kayna whitworth. >> oh, wow! >> reporter: tonight, the academy initiating disciplinary proceedings against will smith after he slapped chris rock at the oscars, saying they asked the actor to leave the ceremony after the incident and he refused. in a statement, the academy saying, in part, he violated its standards of conduct with his abusive and threatening behavior and that his actions were deeply shocking. the news comes as we hear from one of the oscars cohosts for the first time. on the decision not to remove smith from the theater that night, comedian wanda sykes telling ellen degeneres -- >> for them to let him stay in that room and enjoy the rest of the show and accept his award, i was like, how gross is this? you assault somebody, you get escorted out the building, that's it. >> reporter: amy schumer, sykes' cohost, also speaking out on instagram, posting, "i'm still in sho

smith later apologized to academy and fellow nominees.president biden denied that he is calling for regime change after a remark about vladimir putin during a speech in poland this weekend. the remark drew concern around the world. meantime, president volodymyr zelenskyy says ukraine is considering declaring neutrality and vowing to keep nuclear weapons out of the country as a security guarantee to russia. >>> performing arts students who escaped the war in ukraine are back on stage in other parts of europe. tina kraus has the story. >> reporter: these ukrainian dancers are finding their rhythm after losing their studios back home. >> now i feel myself so good because this place safe. >> reporter: circus companies in prague and budapest are opening their doors to acrobats, jugglers, and aerial artists who were forced out of ukraine. >> they are future artists. this is what they're going to do, and they have a unique chance to keep doing this. >> reporter: many left their parents behind in ukraine to pursue their dreams. >> this is my life

many feel the academy's response two days later was too little, too late. >> the academy is claiming they told will smith to leave. will smith is not bigger than the industry, they could have escorted or forced him out. now clean up on aisle 15 sdmrchlt smith could be suspended from the academy, he will be given 15 days of the vote. >> bring in jimmy failla, he joins fox nation live. jimmy, as a comedian, does this concern you that people and i'm sure the comic world people are concerned that people will walk up on stage and slap them if they don't like what they say. what is the notion around that right now? i would be concerned. >> jimmy: everybody is talking about chris rock. chris rock -- must be getting, i can't imagine from the academy, biggest concern is for people like me who are going to be -- can you imagine how big the swag bag is for getting beat up at the oscars, chris rock must be getting, i can't imagine from the academy. biggest concern is people like me who are going to be, the tampa improv may 5th. it is not sea world, you are not allowed to touch the animals. this