thank you, brittany spears.ood for my business. >> name something that brittany spears have lost over the years? >> her husband. >> that's her husband. >> it is up there. >> hair. >> hair. >> lost a lot of hair. >> she lost her sanity. >> she lost her mind. >> cruel, sexist. >> it is cruel and sexist, men are not treated in this way. we have seen famous men, charlie sheen or male celebrities attempt suicides and allegations of child abuse, they are not treated like this. they are not treated like in the media and they are not treated like this in court. it is shocking. it is sad and it is scary. we should all be concerned. >> i think that's so important what you said and the fact that we should all care about it and figure some of this stuff out, what's in the courtroom and what's in our society is important, you have been an advocate on these issues not exclusively for women but for so many. we'll stay on this story. the breaking news for today is she gets to use her money for a lawyer before the court appointe

ah, the brittany spears. it was only 16 years old when she released the smash hit the baby. one more time. her the hardest amount of the pump news it 20 years later, a court in the united states has denied the request by the senior to remove her father from a guardianship arrangement. that gives him control of her fair fears, testified just last week, that she has been abused under the arrangement and a another star making news, things to the court us. comedian bill cosby was released yesterday from prison after pennsylvania supreme court overturned his conviction for sexual assault. the court ruled that a prior deal with the prosecutor board cause be from being charged. the former comedian was convicted in jail in 2018 for drugging in sexually assaulting a woman at his estates are k j. matthews is an entertainment journalist following these stories for us. she joins me from los angeles. can even g u k. j. it's been a busy week, the world sees bill cosby go free and many say if he had not been a celebrity, there would have been no deal and he would still be in prison. you kn

let me ask you about the judge's decision not to revoke the conservative ship of brittany spears. do we know why the court said no, you know, it was very weird to lee word it, but to the best of my knowledge, it sounds like what the judge was saying is that he still is concerned about britney spears being acceptable to fraud and being taken advantage of financially and because of that at this point he would like pick or the she, the judge would like to keep brittany spears father attached to this financial conservative ship to make sure that he's not taken advantage. set people are over spending most of her money and the things are still going steadily the way they have been for the last decade. for now. now the judge still has made his final decision as to whether or not this conservatorship will in, in the near future. that will only come after brittany spears attorney officially file a resolution to in this conservative ship, which she has not done yet. and then of course, the judge would have to make a ruling on that. so that will come a couple months down the line. you know,

we'll explain. >>> brittany spears, spears' recent conservatorship, the judge denied a request by spears' attorney to remove her father, jamie spears as the sole conservator to of her $60 million estate. >>> in our making it into the bay challenge, the federal government is calling a large homeless camp a danger to the people living there and the near by airport. scott budman is joining us live in san jose with what does the federal government want to do with that encampment? >> reporter: they want it cleared out. it has to be cleared out the next several months for several concerns. >> reporter: in the shadow of san jose international airport. >> this is my home. >> reporter: katherine davis is scared. >> we have nowhere to go. >> reporter: the camp where she and hundreds of other people live is now a target of the federal aviation administration which calls the camp along coleman avenue is not fit for living in and a threat to aviation. for one thing it was built as a buffer in case of a plane crash and another birds gathering at the camp could pose a risk to planes. katherine says she

let me ask you about the judge's decision not to revoke the conservative ship of brittany spears. do we know why the court said no? you know, it was very weird to lee word it, but to the best of my knowledge, it sounds like what the judge was saying is that he feel is concerned about britney spears being acceptable to fraud and being taken advantage of financially. and because of that, at this point, he would like pick or the she, the judge would like to keep brittany spears father attached to the financial conservative ship to make sure that he's not taken advantage said people are over spending most of her money and the things are still going steadily the way they have been for the last decade. for now. now the judge still hasn't made his final decision as to whether or not this conservatorship will end in the near future. that will only come after brittany spears attorney officially file a resolution to in this conservative ship, which she has not done yet. and then of course, the judge would have to make a ruling on that. so that will come a couple months down the line. you kn

let me ask you about the judge's decision not to revoke the conservative ship of brittany spears. do we know why the court said no? you know, it was very weird. li word it, but to the best of my knowledge, it sounds like what the judge was saying is that he feel is concerned about britney spears being st. acceptable could fraud and being taken advantage of financially. and because of that, at this point, he would like pick or the she, the judge would like to keep brittany spears father attached to this financial conservative ship to make sure that he's not taken advantage. set people are over spending most of her money and the things are still going steadily the way they have been for the last decade. for now. now the judge still hasn't made his final decision as to whether or not this conservatorship will end in the near future. that will only come after brittany spears attorney officially file a resolution to in this conservative ship, which she has not done yet. and then of course, the judge would have to make a ruling on that. so that will come a couple months down the line. y

let me ask you about the judge's decision not to revoke the conservative ship of brittany spears. do we know why the court said no? you know, it was very weird. li word it, but to the best of my knowledge, it sounds like what the judge was saying is that he's feel is concerned about britney spears being acceptable to fraud and being taken advantage of financially. and because of that, at this point, he would like to, or the she, the judge would like to keep brittany spears father attached to this financial conservative shift to make sure that he's not taken advantage. said people are over spending most of her money and that things are still going steadily the way they have been for the last decade. for now. now the judge still hasn't made his final decision as to whether or not this conservatorship will in, in the near future. that will only come after brittany spears attorney officially file a resolution to in this conservative ship, which she has not done yet. and then of course, the judge would have to make a ruling on that. so that will come a couple months down the line. you

brittany spears have yet to file a petition with the court to release herself from a conservatorship am a news guy, i am not a lawyer. i didn't know this kind of thing existed. i was blown away by this testimony, by what whitney spears had to say and thinking how is this possible in 2021? i am putting that question onto you. how is this possible? how are these arrangements possible? >> it should not be possible in this case. this type of conservatorship in california for people who have dementia and people who are never getting better. this makes you sick to your stomach. this woman does not need a conservatorship and think of kanye west had a break down. this should be stopped immediately. the idea that she had a lawyer failed to mention there was a way for her to get relief from this, i find it outrageous. the court should appoint a different lawyer and she should be released from this immediately. >> the aclu tweeted that people with disabilities have a right to live their lives. kristen, i do think that as many people like me don't follow her life closely, i had no idea of this p

. >> the phone call brittany spears made before majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways... fertile farmlands... there's lots to love about california. so put off those chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm when less clean energy is available. because that's power down time. >>> jeff bezos is stepping down as the ceo from amazon. he wants to spend more time on his other he's leaving his position after two decades and forbes is estimating he is now now now no billion. amazon web services andy will be taking over. >>> a new report says brittany spears calls 9-1-1 the night before that dramatic testimony. >> i call the shots -- >> in this morning's first look, brittany's battle. in a new article, prize winner author writing that just hours before brittany's bomb shell statement, the pop star called 9-1-1 to say she was a of abuse. they were worried about what spears might say the next day. a former friend of the family who helped create the conservatorship saying she regrets her action. at the time i thought i was helping and i helped a corrupt family seize all of this control. we'

i want to share a bit of what our colleague has. >> reporter: overnight a major set back for brittany spearsr request the move her father their conservator keeping jamie spears in control of his daughter's finance. the filing stating brittany is unable to manage his her financial resources or resist fraud or undue influence. the decision coming after the super star's explosive testimony last week calling the conservatorships abusive and traumatizing. in new legal filings, jamie spears insist he had nothing to do with his daughter's poor treatment and is demanding an investigation into her concerns. since her very public breakdown in 2008, the pop super star has been under a court-sanctioned conservatorship that has given her father and others powers over her personal financial affairs. during the explosive hearing last week spears said she had been drugged, forced to perform, and prevented from removing an iud meant to stop pregnancy. all decisions she says were approved by her father. but jimmy spears pushing back pointing out in court documents that control of his daughter's personal life

kennedy: when invention combines with personality disorder meanwhile brittany spears mom now wants tor's mother has pretty cannot take care of herself. she filed court positions saying that a capacity is certainly different today and was in 2008 the conservatee should no longer be held to the 2008 standard. whereby she was found to not have the capacity to retain counsel. she said she still finding for the conservative ship to continue so well mom support enough to turn the tide in this ongoing battle. daniel, you brought a really good point rated and that is if people are so disgusted by what they hear about this conservatorship and jamie spears and jenny montgomery who are her conservatives, they were not denied at the iud claim in fact pretty spears is pointing fingers and now demanding $50000 a month extra in addition to what shorty already gets to provide 24 hour security. there needs to be an exit strategy here pretty. daniel: the really doesn't seems like the security argument is weird because it's her conservatives are basically bugging her tours and forcing her to perform in

a couple of important developments in brittany spear's situation.ender controversial conservatorship. she has not told the court that she wants to press charges against her father over his alleged conservatorship abuse. she has told the court, i am here to press charges. i am angry, and i will go there. she made that statement after a ruling that said she can now choose her own lawyer. up to this point, she has been rep -- represented by samuel and him. he was court appointed and had been representing her for her teen years. now, mthew rosen guard is replacing him. he is a former prosecutor and hollywood lawyer. he is. they represented steven spielberg and shawn penn. -- sean penn. he is going in a different direction for britney. matthew rosen guard said that he plans to file immediately a motion seeking to have britney spear's father stripped of his control over her life. ros: britney spears is excited by these developments. she posted a video on instagram. we see her doing some impressive cartwheels and riding a horse, all in celebration. she say

more arts and culture news now brittany spears is one step closer to taking control of her life. fans gathered outside the california court house, where a judge ruled the pop star made, choose her own lawyer, and her legal battle to end her conservatorship. the arrangement started in 2008 after spears was ruled. mentally unfit. spears told the judge that her father and other court appointed conservators had abused their powers and had forced her to perform against her will. she said she wanted to press charges against her father. i knew operate in london's house, the story of real life. russian spy and kremlin critic alexander lived in the anchor with poison to death in 2006, with yank o died and a london hospital after drinking ice tea laced with radioactive polonium, on his death that he blamed flattered. mir putin for ordering the attack. the opera is based on a biography written by lithonian cars went oh, well, one place outside the offer where you can also hear some very powerful singing is on farms in central sweden. for centuries, female farmers have belted out high pitched cal

more arts and culture news now brittany spears is one step closer to taking control of her life. fans gathered outside the california court house, where a judge ruled that the pop star made, choose her own lawyer and her legal battle to end her conservatorship. the arrangement started in 2008 after spears was ruled, mentally unfit. spears told the judge that her father and other court appointed conservators had abused their powers and had forced her to perform against her will . she said she wanted to press charges against her father. i knew opera in london tells the story of real life. russian spy and kremlin critic alexander lived in yankee with poison to death in 2006, with yank o died and a london hospital after drinking ice tea laced with radioactive polonium, on his deathbed he blamed, flatter, mere putin for ordering the attack. the opera is based on a biography written lithonian because when, oh, well, one place outside the offer where you can also hear some very powerful singing is on farms in central sweden. for centuries, female farmers have belted out high pitched calls to

more arts and culture news now brittany spears is one step closer to taking control of her life. fans gathered outside the california court house, where a judge ruled that the pop star made, choose her own lawyer and her legal battle to end her conservatorship. the arrangements started in 2008 after spears was ruled, mentally unfit. spears told the judge that her father and other court appointed conservators had abused their powers and had forced her to perform against her will . she said she wanted to press charges against your father. i knew abra in london's house, the story of real life. russian spy and kremlin critic alexander lived in yankee with poison to death in 2006 with and yank o died in a london hospital after drinking ice tea waste with radioactive. polonium, on his death that he blamed flattered mere putin for ordering the attack. the opera is based on a biography written by lithonian goes, widow, oh, well, one place outside the or where you can also hear some very powerful singing is on farms in central sweden. for centuries, female farmers have belted out high pitch ca

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has denied the request by the senior brittany spears to remove her father from a guardianship arrangement that gives him control of her affairs. the ruling is independent a testimony given by spears last week in which she alleged that she had been abused under the arrange. british royal's princes, william and harry have appeared in public today to unveil a statue of their late mother. princess diana was killed in a high speed car crash in paris in 1997. no relations between her sons had been strained in recent bonds after prince harry and his wife megan made allegations of racism against the royal family, but at kensington palace in london. today the brothers seemed to put their differences aside as they lead tributes to a woman dubbed the people's princess. unfailing a statue to their late mother. prince william and prince harry brought together on what would have been princess diana's 60th birthday in the sunken garden at london's kensington palace. a spot diana was sent to love. when she lived here. now has sons have put aside their differences to ensure she has a permanent place here?

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. >>> brittany spears may be getting high-profile legal help as she tries to take control of her career still battling to end her conservativeship. matthew rosengard is expected to attend court today. >>> trending this morning, emmy domination. you know what, nbc's "this is us" is seen as a best possible contender and i may be the only nominee in that category from the network. >> interesting. >> not a lot of new shows out. "today in the bay" is always here for you. >> we are always working hard to keep us up to date on what we can expect. we are seeing fog sticking around, a cooler start for the day. >> yes, it is. we are starting out with cooler temperatures and some of those low clouds that we are seeing. our temperatures now in the mid-50s and it is going to clear out, we are in for a nice day, breezy winds and sunshine and reaching into the mid to upper 70s. really does not get any better than this in the middle of july. our temperatures come down, milpitas, we'll see a high of 75. it is cooling in morgan hill, we are up to 80s today. our seven-day forecast is up at the bottom of t

todd: a maim victory for brittany spears, winning the conservatorship battle against her dad.ing cart wheels, she is able to choose her own lawyer. she chose matthew rosengart. what does this mean for her case overall? >> so, this is really interesting because technically, not a lot happened in court yesterday except for the fact that she, britney, is now allowed to retain her own private counsel, which means there is a new sheriff in town. that's a huge win for britney. because she is finally going to have a voice. and we know based on her impassioned plea a few weeks ago in court what her end game is. she wants to get out from under this conservatorship and she has a few choice words for her father. this attorney has vowed to only ask in britney's interest as any attorney should. so what i think is going to happen from this point forward, her attorney is going to say to daddy spears, do you want to do this the easy way or hard way? and they can start negotiating to get britney out from under this conservatorship. if that doesn't work, then he will file a petition for the sam

more arts and culture news now brittany spears is one step closer to taking control of her life. fans gathered outside the california court house, where a judge ruled that the pop star made, choose her own lawyer and her legal battle to end her conservatorship. the arrangement started in 2008 after spears was ruled, mentally unfit, scarce told the judge that her father and other court appointed conservator had abused their powers and had forced her to perform against her will. she said she wanted to press charges against her father. i am a new opera in london's house, the story of real life, russian spy and kremlin critic alexander lived in yankee with poison to death in 2006 with yank o died and a london hospital after drinking ice tea lace with radioactive. polonium, on his deathbed, he blamed, flatter, mere putin for ordering the attack. the opera is based on a biography written by lithonian codes went, oh, well, one place outside the where you can also hear some very powerful singing is on farms in central sweeter. for centuries, female farmers have belted out high pitched calls t

in court testimony last week, brittany spears told she lied, i'm shocked, i'm traumatized, i'm so angryst. pete shouldn't stop there, she added, my father and anyone involved in my conservatorship and by management to played a huge role in punishing me when i said no, they should be in jail. today, the company that serves as coconservator of her estate to petition the court to withdraw from overseeing her financials. her father has done no such thing. jody me now alan dershowitz, harvard law officer and author of "the case against the new censorship." there are actually two conservatorships here. the financial one and then this odd personal one run by someone by jodi montgomery paid what is going on here? >> this is a personal human tragedy and the law has not proved itself capable of dealing with these terrible human tragedy is. the one thing that is clear is that the current situation is unsustainable. she can't continue to be controlled by her father, who she doesn't trust and doesn't like. she can't continue to be controlled by people who she doesn't get along with. in the end, reme

gia you write in this story about how brittany spear's lawyers or the lawyers for the conservatorshipo rogue in her hearing last month. she was furious, as you point out. tell us about what they were expecting and how surprised they were. >> it's a feature of these conservatorships that they have had it on lock for a long time. it has -- the public has sort of desired to respect her privacy after so much invasiveness. they have effectively been able to control her communication. she has not had the right to counsel of her own choosing, she has never had the right to counsel of her own choosing, so there has not even been an opportunity for her to speak out against the conservatorship and the idea that she suddenly had one came as a shock. >> it's stunning in your story how you detail that there are things she wasn't aware of, right? that the judge actually made it so that she didn't know certain things. i do want to ask you about the relationship between britney spears and her father jamie spears. tell us what you learned. >> so by all accounts all the people we spoke to, they have ne

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. >>> the court battle for brittany spears with a major new twist.e that was say they are giving up. >>> here is san mateo bridge. we are seeing a little bit of sunshine breaking through the cloud cover on the peninsula and we are going to have holiday delays on the roads watch out for that date are on. we have some drizzle this morning, so if you are at a mass transit stop, it will be a little down. we have the breeze from the golden gate through the delta, making things a little dicey. there will be choppy waters. it will remain good tomorrow, which is healthy for all of us through sunday. temperatures are around 54 to 56 degrees with measurable drizzle. it is already falling in san francisco and you can see we have 56 in coma and saratoga and tracy. 60 in livermore. here is a look at the cloud cover in san jose. 101 right here. there are no changes through 7:00. you might see a change bike 9:00 when we round out the morning commute with the drizzle starting to dry up. near 60 along the coast. 70 to 76 to 71 for the bay. 77 to a warm 85 and then a

this could be the beginning of the end for brittany spears conservatorship after addressing the courtroomf fans outside the courtroom very excited to hear that. that new attorney, his name is matthew rosengarten. >> we have powerful hollywood attorney represented her stars bike ben affleck, sean penn and director steven spielberg. during her testimony she did address the court directly over the phone. there were questions about whether or not she would do that shea told the judge that she wants that conservatorship removed but she does not want to go through any more, quote: stupid psych tests. she also said her family never cared for her and accused her father of conservatorship abuse. the other big take away here is that spears addressed her fans who have been out here for a long time not only today but throughout this entire legal process. she thanked them for their support saying that it gave her the courage to move forward on this. exactly what that next step is, we're not exactly clear, but her getting her own attorney, who can articulate her wants be and steps. he has made no bones

brittany spears.heels a literally over the court's decision that she gets to have her own attorney and fight for her right to. be the boss of her own affairs. she tweeted out that video of her celebrating. so now she is going to take the next steps to try to get the conservatorship. and did she wants her father to not be in charge of her. you know, personal and financial stuff anymore. she described being denied things during this whole thanks 13 years now that she's been other people then running the show. things like she can't have coffee. she can ever driver's license in her possession. it just it to the point that she said she forced to be on birth control the attorney, an attorney for spears father disputes. a lot of these claims saying the only saying that he is ever done over the pass 2 years he's ever been in charge of his her money, not her life per se. >> well, we'll see how this turns out that that's the latest chapter so far. we'll take a break. it's 5.51. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ here, yo

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what was happening to her money and to nick's point everybody that was feeding at the troves of brittany spearsn 2008. this was intended to be a temporary conservatorship and the fact that 13 years later we are having this conversation is a sad reality. there are 1.3 million people according to the last amount of data we have been able to see that's under conservatorship, there are $5 billion in asset under the control of guardians and conservators, there are a lot at risk for both sides of this case. >> nick, that raises the obvious question, was this about taking care of brittany or was this about taking brittany's money? >> that's what we are going to find out in the coming weeks and months if the court case continues and if the petition to get rid of the conservatorship is denied. we start seeing some of these details more in the press more in court and the press. i think we are about to find out who sets the fees and who decided on the royalties and who decided how much of a cut different people get, was britney spears being decided? you get a picture of a woman who's an adult and posed to

the tone. >> is not screwing around for you can hear that massive gold from jamie spears and his attorneys. brittany'sator of her person, jody montgomery who petitioned a $50000 a month in private security which apparently the judge agreed too which is ridiculous, she and jamie spears have been pointing fingers back and forth. so if the two conservators here cannot get along, something has to change. how do you amend that? >> look, the judge has to take control here. it conservatorship is not who gets to be the conservative right is not a privilege and an award they have not done anything to get a windfall in this case. if the conservatorship is not working the judge needs to address that. there is now a competent lawyer acting on britney's behalf. it is time to clean house and put in place a system that is going to work. i most important exactly what you touched on this huge bill, the judge should the put in place a system that's going to ensure britney spears estate is not being wasted by the people are specific protecting it. these are people should not be causing her to loom the fruits of her labo

. >>> brittany ney spears' father calling for an investigation over his daughter's explosive allegationshe says the singer's allegations she's abused and exploited should be put on jodi montgomery, onthe of here medica co conservators since 2018. one of spears' allegations, that she's forced to be on birth control. he says he's been cut off completely from britney and done everything in his power to support and care for her her lawyers say she's been a tireless advocate for britney and her well-being and britney's choice to marry and start a family have never been impacted by the conservatorship >>> good news for everyone whose phone rings non-stop with annoying spam calls. the fcc set the deadline for new technology that's supposed to reduce the number of robocalls all of us get. it's called stir/shaken. it authenticates where it comes from so they can't use fake phone numbers into tricking you that they're local >> people received nearly 22 billion robocalls. according to umail without the new technology, it's on pace to hit more than 52 billion by the end of the year joanna stern now,

. >> brittany spears paid an impassioned plea railing against her father and the conservatorship she ed. coming after her raw and emotional day in court wednesday, testifying remotely by phone, the 39-year-old sobbed as she once again lashed out at her father jamie, demanding he be removed as her conservator immediately and charged with conservatorship abuse, she was extremely scared of jamie and wants him investigated. this is literally allowing my dad to ruin my life. they're not really listening to what i'm telling them. it's like, sad. >> reporter: brittany's 13-year conservatorship the subject of a documentary. >> i'm sad. >> reporter: jaymie spears has controlled his daughter's finances for most of it. with a second conservator now in choornl of her personal affairs. on wednesday, brittany telling the court the conservatorship controlled her diet saying she was often barred from eating hamburgers and fries and drinking coffee. the goal was to make me feel crazy and i'm not and that's not okay. through his attorney, jaymie spears refused to step down saying britt brittany made a

very different tenor moving forward. >> lawyers for jamie spears are arguing for their side to be heard saying there are misstatements in brittany and her they approve the resignation of the financial firm as co- conservator. it means as of now, jamie spears is the sole manager of his daughters $60 million estate. >>> in france, widespread protests erupted in paris over proposed covid-19 restrictions. the government wants to expand a health pass system for people going to bars and restaurants and movie theaters. it would show whether someone has been vaccinated or tested negative for covid-19. the government wants the vaccination of healthcare workers to be mandatory . 18,000 people protested yesterday on the steel day. police in riot gear cleared the streets where some lit fires and through trash. >>> to the covid-19 pandemic. officials are noticing more young adults and children in the hospital because of the delta variant. they predict an increase in admissions. most new patients are and vaccinated people between 20 and 40 and because covid-19 vaccines are not yet available to kids under 12, officials worry that children are

. >> jamie spears according to his own daughter brittany is the toxic villain in the ongoing conservatorship now he says he is the victim here. jamie spears has been largely running britney spears life for years now is one of those leading the conservatorship and controls her financial life and according to brittany, much of her personal life too including her decisions over contraception and marriage. that made jamie spears the target of much of the anger outside court last month when brittany gave an emotional statement to the judge about her father's role. talking among other things about how he forced her to work, forced her to tour and forced her to go to a rehab center. she said simply because she argued with some of his decisions. and spears said "i cried on the phone for an hour and he loved every minute of it." the control he had over someone as powerful as me, he loved the control to hurt his own daughter 1000%." now jamie spears as he is in danger is dangerous and of course, mr. spears himself has been the subject of innumerable and ongoing threats as well, not just recently, and

which brings us to the major brittany story, mother lynn spears says the singer should be free to hireing that britney is "able to care for her person. that she has literally earned millions of dollars as a celebrity and performed in front of millions of people." also this week her longtime court appointed a lawyer resigned as did her manager and the firm that manages her money all stepping down as part of team brittany. as for her to personal life, she has two conservative -- conservators, one for her estate, her father jamie, and tr overseas her personal decisions joey montgomery who also this week told the court to that brittany should get her own attorney. the bottom line, gillian, a source told "e! news" that to britney spears is feeling hopeful about her future and getting her life back from the court. back to you. >> gillian: that's good to hear despite some of the setback she had legally in the last couple of weeks. thanks so much. so state department spokesperson ned price confronted an ap reporter during his press briefing yesterday, the reporter challenged his assertion that

brittany spears is continuing to speak out tearing into her critics, sadly so.. here is a portion what she said. i don't like that my sister showed up at an award show performed my songs to remixes. my so-called support system hurt me deeply. this conservatorship killed my dreams. all i have is hope. hope is the only thing in this world that is very hard to kill yet people still try. she has appointed her own lawyer, finally. she can choose who represents her. but we saw that shot of vegas. she was once a raging tiger in the wild. everyone was enamored with her. put her in a cage in las vegas. said you will perform. she is fighting just for her freedom. rachel: she is taking names. including her sister going where were you when i needed you. it is just really hard to believe when she was performing. i always wanted to go to that performance that she was doing in vegas. she is an amazing artist. i never went but interesting to know that when she did that, she was kind of a prisoner. she was forced to work that hard. lawrence: not just work. they took her ability

>> will dressing up as a maid hurt britney spears' chances in court today? free brittanyave absolutely rallied behind her. >> plus, humiliated on a plane over a dirty diaper? >> they threatened to put her on the no-fly list. >> then, invasion of the mon

this message also want to thank britney spears fans and >> outreach and support has truly been overwhelming what we we wanted. >> during her last hearing, brittanydge she wants to press charges against her father for conservatorship abuse and requested an britain has mostly stayed out of the public eye dancing on social media or picking fights with her sister over this performance. >> it was a surprise. brittany tribute at the 2017 radio disney music awards at the time was in the audience with her mom and her 2 boys cheering on jamie lynn. >> i was so surprised and she was so cute and she had a little doesn't look at but saturday. brittany posted. >> i don't like to my sister showed up at an awards show and perform my songs to remixes within hours. jamie lynn seem to respond to brittany writing may the peace of the lord be with you and your spirit. >> and make sure you tune in to e t tonight for better for update, shotgun wedding costar joshua bell just told us, plus only were inside. legendary drummer, sheila e's house get ready for some very interesting print stories for entertainment tonight. i'm kevin frazier. >> thank you, entertainment ton

dozens of people gathered at the lincoln memorial for a free brittany rally to support singer britney spears, the conservatorship has got hey, hey, ho ho! conservative ship! the singer is currently fighting to end a 13 year conservatorship. she appeared in a los angeles courtroom today for another hearing on her case in d. c supporters rally for the entertainer, but also for a change to conservatorship laws. we. use britney because of her celebrity because it puts a face and a voice on this because there are thousands we estimate 10,000 year victims who never get talked about in the news. no one ever hears about him. now the rally was organized by the free brittany america group, which is urging people to write letters to their local legislators. about potential guardianship abuse coming up on ktvu news at 6 30. the biden administration is turning the star power as covid cases across the country are climbing once again, the pop star invited to the white house today to encourage more young people to get vaccinated and coming up a little later in sports. it was an olympic send off for the u. s

. >> it was granted to her father, jamie spears after a series of brittany breakdowns.e're going to keep fighting until britney is free. the free britney army rallied outside court last month as a singer testified for the first time on her own behalf. she called the conservatorship abusive and sided extreme restrictions such as forced birth control. >> there are no indications that has acted on britney's wish to end the conservatorship. >> as an attorney you still to advocate the fight on behalf of your client and for him not to file that petition immediately and instead want to withdraw from the case, frankly bizarre and one of many just really strange developments in an already strange kids in another development. does britney spears plan to retire from music. >> while spears continues to pose many performances on social media. her longtime manager, larry rudolph is indicating it's her intent to officially retire in a letter to the co-conservators obtained by deadline rudolph announced his formal resignation and said he hasn't been in contact with spears since she sud

. >> it was granted to her father, jamie spears after a series of brittany breakdowns.e're going to keep fighting until britney is free. the free britney army rallied outside court last month as a singer testified for the first time on her own behalf. she called the conservatorship abusive and sided extreme restrictions such as forced birth control. >> there are no indications that has acted on britney's wish to end the conservatorship. >> as an attorney, you still to advocate the fight on behalf of your client and for him not to file that petition immediately and instead want to withdraw from the case, frankly bizarre and one of many just really strange developments in an already strange kids in another development. does britney spears plan to retire from music. >> while spears continues to pose many performances on social media. her longtime manager, larry rudolph is indicating it's her intent to officially retire in a letter to the co-conservators obtained by deadline rudolph announced his formal resignation and said he hasn't been in contact with spears since she su

. >> it was granted to her father, jamie spears after a series of brittany breakdowns.eep fighting until britney is free. the free britney army rallied outside court last month as a singer testified for the first time on her own behalf. she called the conservatorship abusive and sided extreme restrictions such as forced birth control. >> there are no indications that has acted on britney's wish to end the conservatorship. >> as an attorney you still to advocate the fight on behalf of your client and for him not to file that petition immediately and instead want to withdraw from the case, frankly bizarre and one of many just really strange developments in an already strange kids in another development. does britney spears plan to retire from music. >> while spears continues to post many performances on social media. her longtime manager, larry rudolph is indicating it's her intent to officially retire in a letter to the co-conservators obtained by deadline rudolph announced his formal resignation and said he hasn't been in contact with spears since she suddenly called of

>> will dressing up as a maid hurt britney spears' chances in court today? free brittany stations have absolutely rallied behind her. >> plus, humiliated on a plane over a dirty diaper? >> they threatened to put her on the no-fly list. >> then, invasion of the

spears. here he is recently talking about. >> they tried to act like they spoke for brittany, now, the world knows what whitney spears wants.t is the liberty that should be offered to every single american. britney has been abused by the media, she's been abused by her grifter father. she's been abused by the american justice system. we need to create a federal change in the law that will free britney and the millions of americans who are impacted by a corrupt guardianship system that empowers people to take advantage of the week. that should unite all americans. host: the last point, when it comes to the federal possibility of making changes about this topic, how much power does the federal government have? guest: it's an issue of state law. the federal government can play a role in trying to make things better. the federal government can't rewrite state law. they can do a lot of other things. they can do things like long-standing proposal to establish a guardianship program. this would help courts get a handle on basic data and monitoring practices. as well as promoting alternatives to guardianship. there's a role the fed

adam streisand is brittany spheres' former attorney and he spoke with chris company hoe abou cuomo about what comes next for spears. >> i would expect a petition immediately to be filed that this conservatorship should be terminated. and keep in mind conservatorship can only exist and should be terminated unless it is the last possible resort, the only means to be able to help somebody. and there is no way given everything that we know now that there aren't other ways of helping her if she needs help to function in any way, whether financially or with her medical -- >> a psychiatrist battle, what happens next? >> so first of all, you know, that is typically the way it goes that we have a battle of the experts to say whether or not she has the ability to be able to function. but it involves all kinds of other evidence and doesn't even necessarily need to be a psychiatric evidence. hey, show that she is able to function and that she is able to make decisions. and if there are other ways to help her, that she has got the mines and resources to get that help. >>> the man known as joe exotic just had his prison sentenc

spears. she's one step closer to ending the conservatorship that she's lived under. >> her fans are celebrating. >> reporter: the rally cry for fans across the country. >> what do we want? >> free brittany! >> reporter: los angeles to washington, dc this was more than a circus. it was a real celebration of a legal win. >> it's sad that she was allowed to live in this type of situation. >> reporter: wednesday a los angeles judge ruled spears can hire her own attorney as she fights to end the court ordered conservatorship. >> my firm and i are going to be taking a top to bottom look at what's happened over the past decade. >> reporter: spears wants her father removed as her conservator. he is responsible for her financial affairs. the hearing came weeks after spears made stunning allegations against the conservatorship saying she was forced to work against her will and use a contraceptive device to prevent her from having more kids. she sobbed as she accused her dad of abuse. >> we will be moving promptly and aggressively for his removal. >> reporter: spears posted video of herself doing cart wheels and wrote with new representations today, i feel gratitude. she thanked dedicated fans who

jamie spears denies the accusations, and he has now petitioned to court to investigate th brittany'sator has control. a lawyer from montgomery released a statement saying she has been a tirel ll lless advoco britney. the case is back in court in two weeks, and before then, britney can file a formal petition to terminate the conservatorship. david henderson, civil rights attorney, former prosecutor. you know, britney's request to remove her father has been denied would it have been better to request the end of the conservatorship entirely >> you know, shep, that's a good question and i think that one of the things we have to look at is one of her coconservators, has recently asked to withdraw on the basis they thought the trust was voluntary, and recently learned that it wasn't the fact that they withdrew this way tells me that britney has effectively outsmarted many of the lawyers on the case, and it was wise for her to approach the court the way she did. >> i was going to ask you if you thought legally britney made a mistake speaking out publicly. >> no. i think a lot of lawyers sai

brittany spoke to the judge had told her that she wanted out of the my long before there was a hash tag, after father is controlled or stayed for more than a decade. spearsstill has a follow petition to terminate her conservatorship. according to cnn, the star has been pressuring her legal team to file that paperwork needed to release all outside control of her state. >> coming up at 6.30. >> a wild story. a mother says she was taking a shower when an intruder came into the house. we'll tell you what happened during that confrontation. a there's solid evidence economy is rebounding or tell you just how many jobs have been added in the month of june. plus, fireworks is flying off the shelves in the south bay. at worksman cycles, we've been building bikes for a hundred years. but our customers' needs have changed, so we expanded our product line to include electric cycles. we used the unlimited 1.5 percent cash back from our chase ink business unlimited ® credit card to help purchase tools and materials to build new models. and each time we use our card, we earn cash back to help grow our business. it's more than cycling, it's finding innovative ways to mo

brittany manage her own finances? and, and you just have to look at it for what it is. and it looks like she can use a and one in one day. we have britney spears, who for the last 10 years has been going on tour, who has been, has a residency in las vegas who's been hosting shows and in the other. but and people are saying she can't manager in finance, she's made $138000000.00 in the last 10 years. and they're telling her she's not capable of managing that. but in the other main, you've got, you know, don junior, just looking like a crazy person and no one's telling him, but he can't manage his finances. no one's telling him that they need to take away his money. so when a legal intervention is right, i don't really know what can answer it because it's applied so badly in these settings. could these videos that trump junior is posting, come back to haunt him as evidence? i think they certainly can, but when we're talking about, you know, someone's mental state, it's just so difficult to establish what true mental and competence is. and so i think they certainly will come back as evidence of you know, who he is. i don't know that they'll hold m