remembering hester ford, the longest living american, the 116-year-old's secret to a long life. and taking flight-- on mars, as a n.a.s.a. helicopter becomes the first to fly on another planet. the woman behind this historic project. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with breaking news. one to have the most high profile murder trials in history the testimony is to the jury. after nearly three weeks of testimony, 12 jurors will now decide whether former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is guilty of two counts of murder, and one count of manslaughter, in the death of governor. in dramatic in dramatic and dueling presentations prosecutor and defense lawyers made their closing arguments. prosecutors saying chauvin knew better, he just didn't do bettet didn't do better when he used his knee to pin 46-year-old floyd to the ground saying this isn't policing, this is murder. chauvin's lawyers argue the former police officer was training and no ev

a big interview with sec commissioner hester purse,aka crypto mom. she joins me and charlie gasparino coming up. >>> and kilroy was here, and he's got a nonfungible token. why hollywood director, actor and writer kevin smith decided to auction his movie as an nft in his first tv appearance, he's going to tell us why and how it's going to work. >>> but first, we begin with a fox business alert. we do have the dow losing about 253 points, but we're looking at a mad scramble on wall street at this hour to figure out what the the biggest money-making opportunities will emerge from biden's climate summit. on the table, trillions of dollars in spending and new regulations that could change the shape of business worldwide. listen to president biden. >> i see an opportunity to create millions of good paying, middle class, union jobs. i see autoworkers building the next generation of electric vehicles and electricians installing nationwide for 500,000 charging stations along our highways. i see the engineers and the construction workers building new carbon ca

. >> want to take a moment to remember a woman named hester ford. oldest living american. last night she passed away at the age of 116. ford was born in 1904, lived through some of the biggest events including the first pandemic in 1918, both world wars and the civil rights movement. she worked on a farm before moving to charlottesville -- i'm sorry, charlotte in 1953 where she worked as a nanny for more than 20 years. her family says ford was a pillar and stalwart to our family. rest in power, hester ford. n pod why not both? visibly diminish wrinkled skin in... crepe corrector lotion... only from gold bond. hello this is vanilla. vanilla ice? ice, ice baby. ♪ this is a cold call! ♪ i'm bizz... [barking] stop! collaborate! and listen! alright, i'm listening. we're on a mission to get everyone to turn to cold washing with tide. ...and tide cleans better in cold than the bargain brand in hot. it saves you $1oo a year on your energy bill. if hot is a problem, yo i'll solve it. word to your mother. word to your mother. you know his mother? ♪ this was a

hester ford was born in 1904 when life expectancy was only 47.l, she passed away peacefully at the age of 116 and lived through 21 u.s. presidents, two world wars and the civil rights movements and lived to see 125 great grandchildren. she credits her faith for her longevity, not her diet. pancakes and bacon were among her favorite foods. >> i don't know about that one but coming up, a heartfelt tribute as fans remember an actress from the harry potter movies. >>> also ahead, how peloton is fighting back after regulators told parents to stop using a popular treadmill. struggling to manage my type 2 diabetes was knocking me out of my zone, but lowering my a1c with once-weekly ozempic® helped me get back in it. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic® ♪ my zone? lowering my a1c and losing some weight. now, back to the show. ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. most people who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. and you may lose weight. adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don

hester ford was born in 1904 in south carolina. working on a cotton farm and lived through two pandemics. she leaves behind 120 great-great grandchildren. when asked last year the secret to her longevity, she said, "i just live right." she was also known to eat either bacon or sausage every day. >>> and when we come back, serving up gratitude. the fraternity brothers and the life-changing surprise for their longtime cook. these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin, and, had significantly less itch. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor abo

news out of charlotte, north carolina where america's oldest living person has died 116-year-old hesterord passed away saturday at her home surrounded by family she was born in 1904 in lancaster, south carolina. she grew up working on a farm, planting and picking cotton and plowing the fields she leaves behind 12 children, 48 grandchildren, and 120 great grandchildren. >>> all right. the animal kingdom fights back a suspected rhino poacher was trampled to death by a herd of breeding elephants in south africa's kruger national park. the man and two accomplices were running from park rangers when they encountered the herd. one of the alleged poachers was captured according to investigators, the third suspect is still on the run after suffering an eye injury an ax and a rifle were recovered by authorities >>. >> the san jose sharks patrick u is waking up today on the brink of played his 1,767th game. that ties the great gordie howe for the most games played in league history it's a record that howe said 41 years ago. the sharks' next game is tonight in las vegas, giving marleau the opportu

. >> i'm giving hit to the late hester ford who died days ago in charlotte, north carolina. mrs. of 108 she lived by herrings and her own house had 12 children and 200 great grandchildren and her family asked secret of this longevity they said it was her daily unwaiverring faith in the lord. simple as that. >> elle have what she had, dan. all right that's it for this week's show thanks to my panel thanks to all of you for watching i'm paul gigot we hope to see you right here next week. ♪ ♪ >> family members of a black man who was fatally shot by law enforcement in north carolina, calling today for justice, that after several straight days of protest there. now the community and governor demanding sheriff office release body cam video showing the moments leading up to andrew brown jr. shooting and his death. hello everyone welcome to fox news live i'm eric shawn hi arthel. arthel: fatal shooting happened wednesday as police were executing a search warrant at elizabeth city. seven sheriff deputies on paid administrate five leave two have resigned and one retired. fox news spokes ex

a lot of things that happen under dennis hester. in addition, there was a provision in the rules to have 72 hours to read major bills prior to about. -- a vote. she also enacted lobbying reform, it cleaned up a lot of the relationship between interest groups and members of congress. in addition, there was also another ethics reform with respect to settlements related to sexual harassment, where prior to this reform, many members of congress who were accused of sexual harassment would cut confidential settlements with the settlement proceeds paid for by the federal government, also known as the taxpayers. the provision in the ethics reform was that if a settlement was reached, members of congress are going to pay for that themselves, that is not going to come from taxpayer funds. in addition, another accomplishment that nancy pelosi had was to negotiate bill contents with fellow partisans. one example of this is the affordable care act. some of the contents of the affordable care act were negotiated among democrats, but democrats had

too many regulators' credit especially here in hong kong and in the u.s., people like commissioner hesterwho have been very aggressive and engaged in terms of thoughtful regulation, have been doing their best to recognize the value of crypto and of the industry and the number of jobs it creates globally. and especially in developing countries, that crypto, thoughtfully regulated, can be a net positive for the world. regulation has been being developed for years now and i think we are just really starting to come to maybe a good point or golden age of crypto regulation, where it is assumed that this is happening and we all want to find safe ways to trade and store and bill businesses, where -- build businesses. where innovation is not stifled and the consumer is protected. paul: in terms of innovations, you're watching handshake. why are you watching it? >> handshake is one of the most exciting innovations and i like to say it is one of the only crypto's that could be bigger than bitcoin. handshake is a centralized domain name which allows you to own, instead of owning .com, and have to re

near hester elementary school followed by a rally outside of the district office. we've reached out to san jose unified for a comment earlier this morning and haven't heard back just yet. >>> turning to the pandemic, san francisco supervisors there are now promoting a new vaccination site within the city. this is on 50 broad street, the shots will be given out to people who are 18 years old and older, in lakeview, oceanview, merced and ingle heights neighborhoods. it starts at 10:00 a.m. >>> a new mass vaccination site at the san mateo event center. no walk-in appointments are available. the clinic is for first dose vaccinations only. it opens up at noon. >>> expect california's mask rules to be changing soon. governor newsom says the state is reviewing the new cdc guidelines and will likely make the same things soon. this morning on the "today" show white house chief medical officer dr. anthony fauci will talk about the low risk if you're fully vaccinated. >> the cdc has come out and made these kinds of recommendations, making it much more flexible for people who

that was sec commissioner hester peirce with us on the sec's lawsuit against ripple and the xrp whichns is a security and should be regulated as such. just yesterday new case developments as the legal battle is heating up. but regardless of the huge storm cloud happening over ripple's head, xrp is up 530% year to date. jumping just recently, what, from a dollar two weeks ago to today's price of $1.38. but a couple of month ago it was 28 cents. let's get to the man in the eye of the storm, ripple ceo brad garlinghouse. okay, brad, epic moves in xrp, but you say that xrp a currency. where does the suit with the sers c stand? sec stand? >> look, i feel really good about the progress that's been made in the courts so far. it's been very clear to me, you know, you have other parts of the u.s. government saying that xrp's a currency whether it be county of justice, whether it be the u.s. treasury. so the sec, you know, eight or nine years after xrp started trading, over a trillion dollars has traded out there, for them to say, hey, we now think it's a security, you should have known that al

hester ford died at the age of 116, but she left behind quite a legacy, including 12 children, 48 grandchildrenwas born in 1904. who was president at the time? >> i didn't pay attention. >> i'm waiting. >> it was teddy roosevelt, of course. >> he looked it up. >> google is a wonderful thing. >>> congresswoman marjorie taylor greene is digging her heels in on that plan for a controversial america first caucus. the plan outlines efforts aimed at preserving anglo-saxon traditions. the conservative lawmaker called it a staff level proposal. she claims she hadn't read it but also released a lengthy statement calling the media liars and psychotic left-wing communists. joining us to break down what is going on is msnbc reporter amanda golden. good morning. >> good morning. yes, after previously confirming to nbc news that her office was launching this america first caucus in a previous statement given to us, they're now walking that back from marjorie taylor greene's office. we have a new statement that reads, this was an early planning proposal and nothing was agreed to or approved. this doesn't mean

hester ford grew up picking cotton. she got married at the age of 14, and she had more than 120.dchildren. ford was born on a farm in lancaster county, south carolina, when teddy roosevelt was the president. the family, says one set of census bureau documents indicates that she was born 1905, but another says she was born in 1904. either way. she was either 115 or 116, and that made her the oldest living person in the united states, based on data compiled by the gerontology research group were told that she died peacefully in her home on saturday. coming up next former 49ers quarterback alex smith announces his retirement we will hear from alex and his message to fans chevy is america's fastest-growing full-line brand. and people are taking it everywhere. taking trailblazer outdoors. confidently taking on new places with equinox. and taking on more with silverado. whatever you do, there's a perfect chevy to take you anywhere. find your perfect chevy and get up to 17% of msrp cash back on select 2021 models. that's over fifty-four hundred dollars cash back on this equinox. find ne

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i've had to pay sue hester this time. what happened with the shutdown, now, three of the nob hill -- >> clerk: apologies, miss chapman, for the interruption of your comment. we're setting the public comment at two minutes this time. okay. operations, do we have another caller in the queue. >> yes, this is david elliot lewis with the tenderloin people's congress. i strongly support the 30 now campaign. this is why i support it, and you should, too. look at the cost of safe sleeping sites or shelter in place hotels, allowing people to spend 30% of their income at a single room occupancy hotel is just a tiny fraction of the cost of these programs. keeping people off the streets and homelessness is a superior solution. second agenda and final item, there's a new proposal going around that i helped work on with others for the last year called c.a.r.t., the compassionate alternative response team. i hope you will support that this takes police out of policing homelessness. it's different than the scrt team, the street crisis re

. >> my name is sue hester. i've been working with the tenderloin people for about 10 years. this is probably the worst outreach project i've ever seen. the planning department does not realize a racial and social equity. it's more than a topic on the calendar in a couple weeks. it's projects are coming through. when you do outreach, you should hit community organizations and contacted the outreach that was done during a pandemic and additionally they opportunity to say what kind of outreach and what kind of notices are done is an integral part of developing the plan. the last area plan to this area was years ago. it's too late. get planning commissioners to please continue this hearing. thank you. bye. >> good afternoon, commissioners. this is felicia again. i am with sro collaborative and i'm calling because we are neither for or against this project, however, we think that in the future and with present developers, there needs to be more community engagement and more community outreach because this project care we know the covid thing. but we really need to have, the resid

. >> my name is sue hester. i've been working with the tenderloin people for about 10 years. this is probably the worst outreach project i've ever seen. the planning department does not realize a racial and social equity. it's more than a topic on the calendar in a couple weeks. it's projects are coming through. when you do outreach, you should hit community organizations and contacted the outreach that was done during a pandemic and additionally they opportunity to say what kind of outreach and what kind of notices are done is an integral part of developing the plan. the last area plan to this area was years ago. it's too late. get planning commissioners to please continue this hearing. thank you. bye. >> good afternoon, commissioners. this is felicia again. i am with sro collaborative and i'm calling because we are neither for or against this project, however, we think that in the future and with present developers, there needs to be more community engagement and more community outreach because this project care we know the covid thing. but we really need to have, the resid