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packer led the first all black producing team.first afro latina queer woman to win an acting oscar. "coda" won big. >> i just want to say this is dedicated to the deaf community, the coda community and the disabled community. >> reporter: and also a big win of the night, after years of declining viewership the ceremony rose over 60% from last year's broadcast. >> a lot of people, they hear the ratings went up but they think the incident, the slap. but what was the highest rated moment of the night? >> the highest rated moment was when troy kotsur won best supporting actor and as the first deaf man to win an oscar gave an incredible speech. it was heart felt. it was funny. it's bittersweet because i've been getting a lot of love. a lot of people saying, man, i haven't watched the oscars in years and i really enjoyed it. it was a show that moved and was exciting and there was so much inclusivity on the show. you had all these moments that are overshadowed now. so that's the bittersweet part of it because i feel like it was a heck of

. >> reporter: will packer led the first all-black production team for the oscars.e exclusively to my colleague t.j. holmes. >> the lapd came and needed to talk to chris. and so they came into my office. and they were laying out very clearly what chris' rights were. and they were saying, this is battery. we will go get him, we are prepared. we're prepared to get him right now. you can press charges, we can arrest him. as they were talking, chris was -- he was being very dismissive of those options. and they said, you know, would you like us to take any action? and he said no. he said no. >> reporter: the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences, said in a statement wednesday they asked smith to leave but he refused. >> i said, rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse. that was chris' energy. i cannot speak for chris. his tone was not retaliatory, his tone was not aggressive or angry. >> reporter: a source familiar with the matter tells abc news the final decision whether smith was going to be removed from the ceremony or not res

what packer says about why smith was allowed to remain in the audience. and what chris rock may not have known about jada pinkett smith. and what the resignation means for smith and his career. here's matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, will smith resigning from the academy, calling his conduct shocking, painful, and inexcusable. he was already facing possible suspension or expulse. he says, the list of those i've hurt is long. including chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones. i'm heartbroken. it comes on the heels of abc's interview with oscars producer will packer, who revealed that like millions of americans, he thought it was part of a gag. >> i thought this was part of something that chris and will were doing on their own. i thought it was a bit like everybody else. >> reporter: not concerned? >> not at all. >> reporter: as he's walking. >> i figured he would say something, come at him, something funny would happen. because that's the nature of chris. and that's the nature of will. so let's see what happens. >> reporter: what actual

that is what chris packer was saying. and really he -- or will packer.hat after all of this happened, he had to wait until chris rock left the stage to really get confirmation. he said he asked him, did you really get hit. and chris rock said, yes. and then joked about it and said i just got punched by mohammed ali. but after all of this, a very serious meeting and that involved the los angeles police department. they all got together in packer's office and this is what will packer said happened in that meeting. take a listen. >> the lapd came and needed to talk to chris. and so they came into my office and they were laying out very clearly what chris's rights were. and they were saying this is battery. we will go get him. we are prepared. we're prepared to get him right now. you could press charges. we could arrest him. as they were talking, chris was -- he was being very dismissive of those options. >> now packer said he was not part of conversations to physically remove will smith from this venue. but did he say that once he heard that these were the

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packerer says the energy in the room was amazing, and that that moment sucked all the energy out. the event, at least what was left of it, with how he handled the incident. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> well the groups for the men's 2022 world cup in qatar are now set. the tournament kicks off in november. features plenty of story lines, both, off and on the pitch. beginning with group b, which includes the united states, england, and iran. the u.s. squad, of course, failed to qualify in the last world cup. and they will go against longtime political foe iran in their first game. the hardest group arguably is group c. lionel messi leading argentina against saudi arabia, mexico, and poland. thanks for spending part of your day with me. i'm michael holmes. you can follow me on twitter and instagram @holmes cnn. do stick around. our breaking news coverage continues with john vause after this break. when high quality is the only quality that matters, we fit your standards, with no-compromise quality and a lifetime guarantee. bath fitter. itit just fits. visit bathfitter.com to book

. >>> sonia packer was arrested on monday. sonia is the mother of dejohn packer, the rookie cop and state football star who died unexpectedly last month. a man living at the miridor senior apartments said packer broke into his apartment and stole several items, a phone and a debit card. packer's death is not tied to the death of her son. >>> we had a deadly shooting in the east bay. yesterday we told you how the d.a. failed to file criminal charges against those officers. today the family of the man they killed is talking. they say it happened in june of 2020 when officers were making a traffic stop on a car that was reported stolen. eric delgado rammed his car into the chp vehicles. officers opened fire on the car. delgado was shot and died of his injuries. his pregnant girlfriend injured. delgado's family said it's demanding justice. >> after nearly two years, our family is still struggling to get answers and accountability from the chp and the district attorney. >> reporter: they said the evidence does not support the crimi

. >> i -- i've never felt so immediately devastated >> reporter: will packer, the oscar's top producer, detailing the drama backstage as police spoke to chris rock. >> oh, wow >> they were saying this is battery, we will go get him, we're prepared you can press charges. we can arrest him. chris was -- he was being very dismissive of those options he was like, no, i'm fine >> reporter: after the shocking attack the academy says smith was asked to leave the ceremony but refused packer telling abc news smith was ultimately allowed to stay because packer thought rock didn't want to make a bad situation worse. >> they were about to physically remove will smith, and i had not been a part of those conversations. and so i immediately went to the academy leadership that was on site, and i said chris rock doesn't want that >> reporter: packer says rock saved the show >> because chris handled the moment with such grace and aplomb, it allowed the show to continue >> reporter: with will smith still facing possible sanctions from the academy, this hollywood drama is far from over. lester >> miguel a

in an exclusive interview, will packer telling t.j. holmes he thought the slap was staged. >> i figured, okay, you know, he's going to say something or come at him. something funny is going to happen, because that's the nature of chris, and that's the nature of will. >> reporter: packer also touching on lapd approaching rock about his options. >> that's an absolute fact. the lapd made it clear, we will do whatever you want us to do, and one of the options is that we will go and arrest him right now. >> reporter: the academy states packer is speaking for himself. their next meeting to discuss will smith will be on april 18th. a lot of options could be discussed at that next meeting. the academy could ban will smith from ever being nominated again. they could ban him from ever attending the oscars again. although, look, most people don't expect him to walk up those stairs again next year, gio. >> all right, zohreen shah in los angeles, thank you. >>> in our next half hour here, many americans, they are divided in their reaction to that s

once i saw will yelling at the stage with such vitriol, my heart dropped. >> reporter: packer says hed he really hit you? and he looked at me, and he goes, yeah. he goes, yeah, i just took a punch from muhammud ali, as only chris can. he was immediately in joke mode, but you could tell he was very much still in shock. >> reporter: smith played the boxer in the 2001 film "ali." cnn has obtained new video from a seat filler inside the oscars, showing a new angle of the incident, this time filmed from behind smith's wife, jada pinkett smith. packer says that los angeles police were prepared to arrest smith that night. >> and they were saying, this is battery. we will go get him. you can press charges. we can arrest him. as they were talking, chris was -- he was being very dismissive of those options. he was like, no, i'm fine. >> reporter: the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences released a statement earlier this week, stating that they asked smith to leave, and he refused. a source telling cnn that academy leaders had told smith's publicist to deliver the message to the actor. n

will packer, who lead the show's first all-black production team that night, speaking exclusively to t.j. holmes, saying the lapd came to his office and spoke to rock. >> they were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment. they said, we will go get him. we are prepared. we're prepared to get him right now. you can press charges, we can arrest him. you have -- they were laying out the options. and as they were talking, chris was -- he was being very dismissive of those options. he was like, no, i'm fine. he was like, no, no, no. and even to the point where i said, "rock, let them finish." the lapd officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, you know, would you like us to take any action? and he said no. he said no. >> reporter: packer telling abc news he did not speak to will smith directly at all the night of the oscars. in boston last night, rock addressing the incident publicly for the first time before a soldout audience. fans giving him a standing ovation. >> how was your weekend? >> reporter: in video shot from the upper balcon

packer is the mother of 24-year- old dejon packer, who was found dead last month. he was a san jose police officer and former runningback at san jose state. san jose police say the robbery is not believed to be related to his death. >>> now to the coronavirus, san jose close to lifting its indoor mask mandate nearly two years after it was adopted. this evening the city council needs at least eight votes to end it. if passed, the mask mandate would end immediately. >>> san francisco-based instacart is cracking down on tip baiting. it happens when the customers an sell a tip after an order gets delivered. now if the customer cancel as tip without reporting an issue with the delivery, the company will cover the cost of a shopper's tip up to $10. >>> still to come at 7:00 and streaming on cbs news bay area, what we know about a challengingfire fight that clouds the oakland skyline in thick, black smoke. >>> more than 40 people displaced tonight. we learn more about a dramatic san francisco fire fight. >>> plus, a warning if you're planning to beat the heat at the beach

i want to read how packer also described the feeling in the room, and interesting how he put it.me back. and then also, let me play what he said when asked if he now wishes if will smith would have been removed. >> i think what many of us were hoping was that he would go on that stage and make it better. it couldn't be made right in that moment because of what had happened but i think we were hoping that he would make it better, that he would stand on that stage and say what just happened minutes ago was absolutely and completely wrong. chris rock, i'm so sorry, please forgive me. that's what i was hoping for. i felt like he was going to win, and i was hoping if he stayed, he said that. >> and of course, we know that didn't happen. i don't think it's too soon to start asking, like, the academy after this, and i guess the producers of the show, what lessons are learned here? what changes are they chgoing t make? >> absolutely, it's not too soon. i think everybody can agree that will smith did not handle this correctly and that's an understatement. he went on stage and when he didn

. >> reporter: that's right, wolf, will packer saying he was devastated in the moments after the slapynamics inside the theater immediately after the incident. oscar producer will packer says when he saw will smith striding on to the stage he thought it was a bit. i'm thinking okay, he's going to say something, come at him, something funny will happen because that's the nature of chris and the nature of will. but then -- >> oh that was a nice one. okay. i'm out here -- uh-oh. [ laughter ] oh! wow! wow. >> reporter: then. >> keep my wife out of your mouth. >> after i saw smith on the stage with such vitreol i thought oh no, and chris was keeping his head everyone else was losing theirs. >> reporter: but when he told good morning america, they weren't really convinced it really happened. >> he said yeah, i just took a punch from mohammed ali as only chris can, he was in joke mode but could tell he was really in shock. >> reporter: lapd came to his office and wanted to talk to rock, chris we will go get him. we are prepared. we're prepared to get him right now. you can press charges. we

you can see the full interview with will packer today on good morning america. that is coming up at 7:00 a.m. kumasi: we have said developments to share with you in this saga we have been following with a me the fountain. her mate died. he was found dead in the road in downtown berkeley. this is video from yesterday. this is believed to be the last time anybody saw him. we are still waiting for more information about what happened. these two falcons have been nesting on the tower for years. they had just laid two eggs. a female came in and pecked at the eggs. annie drove her away. this happened several times. now that cornell is gone, we are not sure what annie is going to do. we talked with a falcon expert about what this means for a and her eggs, coming up. make sure you have the bay area streaming app so you can keep watching and get more details. sad. reggie: said watching this. kumasi: they have been through so much the last few months, it feels like. we were not sure where she was, and she came back. i think it is going to be challenging. i was reading tha

packer says that los angeles police were prepared to arrest smith that night. >> and they were sayings is battery. we will go get him. you can press charges. you can arrest him. as they were talking chris was, he was being very dismissive of those options. he was like no, i'm fine. >> the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences released a statement this week saying they asked smith to leave and he refused. academy leaders had told smith's publicist to deliver a message to the actor. now packer is saying chris rock did not want smith removed from the show. >> they were about to physically remove smith. i said rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse. >> reporter: packer praised rock for how he handled the situation. >> did he save the show? >> i think he did. i think he did. he certainly saved what was left of it at that point. chris handled the moment with such grace and aplomb. >> reporter: rock told fans during his stand up show in boston this week he's still processing what happened. thursday he faced a heckler who yelled "f" will smith. accor

in paige, beckers packers won the national player of the year. last year.y freshman to ever win that award. so she is extremely, extremely talented. now we have to talk about the coaching matchup to you have tara vanderveer the goat as i call her and geno rma the godfather as i call him. these 2 are the 2 winningest coaches in women's college basketball history. they've been facing off with one another for decades and they built up a healthy rivalry. but there's also a tremendous amount of respect between the 2 coaches for the night. we have been competing for a long time. i'm playing against each other. >> i think goes back to actually when he was at virginia as an assistant coach coach dawn staley so that the 3 of us are here. he's done a great job in they it had tremendous success. i've learned a lot from i'm competing against them and i would say, you know, you know, gino likes i don't know, you know, kind. i get a little in a little battles with people maybe was passed when pat was live off. and, you know, just i don't know. i like him and, you know, i

hear from oscar producer will packer his exclusive interview with abc. i'm doug kolk will give you a preview of what was said coming up in entertainment. >> and i'm tracking a whole lot of sunshine around the bay area today and a warm up and then things are really going to get hot into next week. my complete forecast coming up. >> and maybe you're leaving the house right now because you need to get some things done this morning. we'll have a look at your drive %imes once we get back. she can. she she. >> wonder here to shake off yeah. listening to right area there on a friday morning here, 2005 inch a cut-off. and yeah, what we've got going on today. facebook kicking off friday weekend ahead. all right. beautiful. yeah. it's going to be nice. when is that going to shake off what he say, rebecca? well, guys, it will shake off definitely before lunchtime. so that is the good news there. and look at this. look at this sunny shot here, coit tower downtown san francisco. plenty of sunshine. >> and blue skies behind. maybe. yeah, we still have some of that lef

at some point i'll talk about that-- >> reporter: packer credits chris rock for saving the oscars. >> handled the moment with such grace and aplomb, it allowed the show to continue. >> reporter: now, smith >> reporter: jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. >> garrett: when it comes to presidents, few can speak truth to power more than members of the family. norah o'donnell sat down with the first sister, valerie biden owens, to talk about her family's story of tragedy, resilience, and purpose. >> o'donnell: you're one of the few people that is not afraid tell your brother when he's made a mistake. >> yes. ( laughs ) >> o'donnell: have you had to tell him anything lately where he's wrong? >> uh, no. >> o'donnell: none of us are perfect! none of us are perfect. >> sometimes it's the-- it's the tone, or the flippance of a remark. and i say, "that was a little harsh." what happens to joe-- and joe goes on for a lengthy explanation, and you can see the other people, like, i want to kick him, "joe, stop talking," but he is so focused on answering the question, that he sometimes other people d

hear from oscar producer will packer his exclusive interview with abc. i'm doug kolk will give you a pr there is nothing like dairy milk stop trying to replace it it's not gonna happen wow it happened if you love milk, this is your nextmilk ♪ ♪ >> we have a new chapter to tell you about now in the oscar slap drop yet. will smith is denying that he was ever asked to the oscars. meantime, the show's producer will packer gave his side of the story about what happened. doug kolk has the latest. according to the interview immediately after the incident, la pd met with packer rocking a closed office to discuss making an arrest. >> they were saykng. >> this is battery was the word they use in that moment. they we will go get him. we're prepared. we're prepared to get him right now. all it would have taken was a simple yes from the mouth of chris rock and will smith would have been cuffed and placed behind bars. >> that according to oscar producer will packer, you can press charges we can arrest him. you have they were laying out the options and as they were tal

>> because the packer is making too much money.e producer is being exploited in the united states and the u.s. consumer. >> todd: that is the key takeaway, guto stores, especially with summer barbecue season around the corner and spend more than you did last year and last year was more than the year before. if you think those guys are getting the money, they are not, it is going to meat conglomerates, two are foreign owned, we have a problem in the country, it needs to be spread out so the people can make a little cash, otherwise the american farm beef industry will go away. >> carley: it is unbelievable to think about what companies have gone through, covid, labor shortage, gas prices, inflation issue the list is endless. great job. >> todd: bo jangles, they don't want americans to choose, they are serving chicken with side of free gas. ceo and chief marketing will tell us about this. >> carley: we will check in and see what is coming up on "fox and friends first." >> carley, i was out there, you didn't link me with cool, we would

when four packers, have what, 85% of the market, two of the four packers are foreign-owned, neil, thatuld prefer, the way i prefer to tackle this problem is knock down bearers to entry for other producers, for other packers, for smaller, maybe, more state or regional packers, provide an opportunity for more customized beef or other livestock for that matter. neil: okay. >> i prefer to tackle it that way but i don't completely let the big packers off the hook either. they are vertically integrated. they have a lot of market power. neil: i stand corrected, senator, that makes a little bit of sense. north dakota, you have great beef out there. >> yes. neil: smaller players behind the eight ball competing with these big guys? >> well it is very difficult for them to do that, neil but there is more of that happening. we have a relatively new facility in fact in southwestern north dakota, started up obviously to combat some of this to provide and all term tiff market. you have to remember north dakota is furthest from any big packers from state has produce beef. we do have additional challen

. >> little packer saying this was devastating, saying his heart dropped as he saw all of this unfoldr chris rock to get off stage to really get confirmation. after all of this they had a meet being the los angeles police department, and that's where chris rock declined to press charges. that is what will packer said. >> as they were talking, chris was -- he was being very dismissive of those options. he was like, no, i'm fine. he was like, no, no, no. and even to the point where i said -- i said, rock, let them finish. the lapd officer finished laying out what his options were, and they said, you know, would you like us to take any action? and he said, no. >> and packer said that the next day, will smith did apologize to him and said he was sorry for essentially taking all of this recognition when it should have been packer who should have gotten the recognition that he deserved for producing this show. this is in part what will smith has said, that he wants the focus back on the people that deserve that attention, but of course all of it overshadowed by this whole situation, jim. >>

. >> as we see our grocery bills soaring, lawmakers today are pointing the finger at the meat-packersghs. why are cattle producers struggling to get by when these prices are so high and your companies are making record profits? >> executives from four major meat-packers which control about 80% of the market explained before the house agricultural committee that prices are driven by inflation, lack of workers, and market forces. >> i believe that the prices of beef today at the retail or the restaurant level are dictated retail by the retailer itself face of the price for beef we don't we set the wholesale price. the beef industry is a purest form of capitalism in this country i believe, every day were negotiating prices as demand goes up price goes up. >> but the white house and congressional democrats conducted a last competition among the meat-packers that's when driving prices and that's what some lawmakers are proposing to force the arm of the usda is needed for transparency around me crisis but also be the answer here but it's a pretty big debate because others say more regulatio

>> reporter: look, will packer saying he was devastated.ing all of this, and said he thought it was a joke. had to wait for chris rock to get off stage to have confirmation this really did happen. he said that after any all got in a meeting and were there with lapd and asking chris rock whether or not he wanted to press charges. and chris rock declined to do to that here is what will packer said on abc. >> as they were talking, chris was -- he was being very dismissive of those options. he was like, no, i'm fine. he was like, no, no, no. and even to the point where i said -- i said, rock let them finish. the lapd officers finish laying out what his options were. and -- and they said, you know would you like to us take in action? and he said no. >> now, packer did say that will smith reached out the day after and apologized for essentially over overshadowing his success. unfortunately many others feel their success was overshadowed. >> camila bernal with the latest, appreciate it. thank you. our next hour starts right now. >>> so we're in a

reporter: packer thought it was a bit but then chris rock confirmed he had been slapped.ey were saying, this is battery, we look at him, we are prepared, you can press charges, we can arrest him. as they were talking, chris was being very dismissive of those options. reporter: in the theater, efforts to ease the tension. the academy asked will smith to leave, in which he refused. he went on to accept the award for best actor for his performance. a speech will packer was hoping would have included an apology. >> i think we were hoping that he would make it better. that he would stand on that stage and say what just happened minutes ago was completely wrong. chris rock, i am so sorry, please forgive me. reporter: will smith later apologizing on instagram, i would like to publicly apologize to you, chris, i was out of line and i was wrong, i am embarrassed in my actions were not get it man i want to be. >> will smith reached out to me the next morning and said -- he apologized and he said, this should have been a gigantic moment for you, and he expressed his embarrassment an

. >> reporter: will packer, the oscar's top producer, detailing the drama back stage as police spokechris rock, ready to address will smith. >> oh, wow! >> they were saying this is battery. we will go get him. we are prepared. you can press charges. we can arrest him. chris was, he was being very dismissive of those options. he was like, no, i'm fine. >> reporter: after the shocking attack, the academy says smith was asked to leave the ceremony, but refused. packer tells abc news smith, who was seated in the front row, was ultimately allowed to stay, because packer thought rock didn't want to make a bad situation worse. >> they were about to physically remove will smith, and i had not been a part of those conversations, and so i immediately went to the academy leadership that was on site, and i said chris rock doesn't want that. >> reporter: while smith lateer apologized to rock on social media, he has not responded to our request for comment. packer says rock saved the show. >> because chris handled the moment with such grace and aplomb, it allowed the show to continue. >> reporter:

>> basically, i am not for shutting down the big packers. is getting more transparency and making sure they're following the law. we've passed the packers and stockyards act in 1921 because of consolidation in the meat industry. today, it's more consolidated than it was in 1921. during the, since the late 70s since i took over a farm my folks and grandparents ran before me, we are seeing consolidation happen much quicker. and it's drying up rural america. these small towns that i knew when i was a kid are just small pieces of that culture. because they've dried up. my town, 1000 people and 74 when i graduated now has 600. the high school now has about 40 kids. the truth is hardware stores no longer exists. we had three grocery stores, now we have one. we had three grain elevators, now we have zero. we need some changes here. we need the system to work, or our food chain is going to be foot at risk. and by the way, if we lose family farm agriculture's and family ranch agriculture in this country, that food chain will be put at risk, and i am

oscar's 2022 producer will packer is opening up about what happened behind the scenes on hollywood's biggest night after actor will smith slapped comedian chris rock on stage. he sat down for an exclusive interview with abc's tj holmes. i've never felt so immediately devastated like i did at that moment packer who watched from behind the scenes thought it was a bit but then rock confirmed that he'd been slapped by smith the lapd showed up ready to take will smith. city they were saying this is battery. we will go get him. we are prepared. we're prepared to get him right now. you can press charges we can arrest them as they were talking chris was he was being very dismissive of those options. the academy says the -- will smith to leave in which he refused he go on to accept the for best actor for his performance in king richard a speech will packer was hoping would have included an apology to chris rock. i think we were hoping that he would make it better. that he would stand on that stage and say what just happened minutes ago? was absolutely and completely wrong. chris rock, i'm so

and you heard will packer recently say, don, that he thinks chris saved the oscars.ple of chris's shows in boston last week, and he said i'm still processing this. i'm going to address this at some point fully. it will be funny. it'll be serious. but, you know, you have had a couple of chris's brothers come out and speak and say they don't accept, you know, will's apology. and chris even said during his shows last week, don, that will had not personally apologized to him. so i really wonder, has will, despite these public proclamations of apology, has he gone to chris and said i'm sorry? don't forget, they starred in a movie together once. something interesting i found out, that i didn't realize until recently. madagascar, the animated film franchise, jada and chris both voiced characters in that film. so this is a circle of people that knows each other well. so, it'll be interesting also to find out if there was more bad blood than just the quip at the oscars. >> i think that moment will happen. i think -- this is just me speaking -- i think it will happen and, um,

it comes as the producer will packer spoke out about the night to abc news. >> my heart dropped.eled like i did at tha moment. comedy bit. >> i said did he really hit you? he goes, i just took a punch from muhammad ali. >> reporter: the lapd on scene asking rock if he liked to press charges. >> they were saying this is battery. we will get him. >> rock declined. >> reporter: packer said there were plans to physically remove submit. academy confirmed to leave the ceremony, but refused. packer explained. >> i said rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse. >> reporter: the comedian said he is not ready to comment. >> i'm still kind of processing. >> reporter: the academy has yet to say what smith will face. itis fair to say the resignation will not absolve smith from the next move. the next board meeting is april 18th. kristen and peter. >> the situation is heartbreaking and awful. i feel for the winners whose moment was missed. lady gaga. >> and historic night for so many reasons. that got overshadowed by that one awful moment. chris rock really a

packer says there were conversations among academy leaders to have smith physically removed. >> i said, "rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse. >> how was your weekend? ( laughter ) >> reporter: rock was back to doing staling fans in boston that he is still processing what happened. >> so... at some point i'll talk about it. >> reporter: packer credits chris rock for saving the oscars. >> chris handled the moment with such grace and aplomb, it allowed the show to continue. >> reporter: now, smith reportedly apologized to academy leaders on a zoom call. however, he is still facing disciplinary actions that could include expulsions or surintentions from the academy. major. >> garrett: and the conversations continue. jericka duncan, thank you so much. when it comes to presidents, few can speak truth to power more than members of the family. norah o'donnell sat down with the first svalerie biden owens, to talk about her family's story of tragedy, resilience, and purpose. >> o'donnell: you're one of the few people that is not afraid teal your brother whe

but you treated no, chris norv never told will packer he wanted will smith to stay at the oscars.o my sources, chris rock did say that he didn't want this to become a criminal matter. he did not want to press charges or file a police report. but he never said that he wanted will smith to stay in the building. that was either an interpretation that will packer made or something he kind of fudged when he was talking with the academy leadership backstage. now, the result of that was pretty significant because after they asked smith's publicist to say, we kind of want him to leave, will he leave and he said no, they sort of dropped the matter and he stood there for 30 minutes until he got up on stage. >> and there's a video circulating online that shows jada pinkett smith and her body language after will smith smacked chris rock. you can't see her face, but this video is getting a lot of attention. what do you know about, you know, how people around this, people near that table, what they observed when all this was going down? just incredible. >> well, i was in the room that night, an

was it the oscar producer, will packer?ean, we're going to learn more tomorrow morning on "good morning america" when we get to hear the full interview with will packer. i mean, it is fascinating. we know that academy leadership was seated all over the doll by theater. but we do know that they did come to some sort of consensus, at least the top, top brass that will needed to leave. they told his publicist, a source told me to tell him. and we've seen photos behind the scenes of denzel washington on one side and a team member of will on the other. perhaps it was in that moment that was photographed, telling him, you know, firmly that they asked him to leave. and that's when will said, no, i'm not going to leave. and, you know, according to this source, they simply ran out of time before the best actor category was announced. but in their statement yesterday, they said, look n hindsight, wolf, they wish they could have done something differently. we've heard wanda sykes come out and say he should not have been allowed to sta

packer saying he later learned there were plans to physically remove smith.mith was allowed to stay. >> i said, rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse. >> reporter: the comedian now wrapping up a series of tour dates in boston, earlier this week telling the crowd he's not ready to comment. >> i'm still kind of processing what happened. >> reporter: the academy has yet to state what sanctions they could levy against smith in the wake of all this, but it's fair to infer that just because of the resignation, that won't absolve smith from whatever they decide. their next board meeting is april 18th. back to you. >> thank you to steve patterson for that. >>> major breaking news in the story in ukraine. ukrainian negotiators now say they have a draft treaty that may have advanced far enough to lead to direct talks between putin and zelenskyy. the details of that are next. en putin and zelenskyy. the details of that are next allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all

but alas, judge jackson was a court packers favorite pic of the vacancy. and she refused to follow the ginsburg breyer model. sheet signal the opposite. she said she would be thrilled to be one ofve however many, one many. the escalating war against the judiciary is a symptom of a profound misunderstanding. judicial activism sees the court as a third legislature, the left once one policymaking body with 435 members, one with 101 that consists of nine lawyers let me say that again. the left wants one policymaking body with 4:30 five members mom with 101 that consists of nine lawyers. that is not what the founders created and that is not with the american people signed up for. we have seen over and over went additional activism triumphs over the rule of law our court mutates into clumsy proxyfi battlefields for arguments that belong in this chamber. this is unfair to the american people. it damages our institutions. not the least the courts themselves. it's my one way to lower the temperature to depoliticize and protect the rule of law. confirming only judge

. >>> just in, oscars producer will packer speaking out for the first time on the behind-the-scenes chaosstage on sunday night. packer told abc news the lapd was ready to arrest will smith on the spot, but it was chris rock who stopped them. >> they were saying, you know, this is battery. it was the word they used in that moment. they said, we will go get him. pe are prepared to get him right now. you can press charges. you have -- they were laying out the options. as they were talking chris was being very dismissive of those options, no, i'm fine, no, no, no. >> let's get the latest now from chloe live in boston where chris rock has been performing. >> reporter: the interview on gma with fascinating. he said like the rest of us watching the oscars, he, too, didn't know if the slap was real. take a listen. >> i thought this was a part of something chris and will were doing on their own. i thought it was a bit like everybody else. will smith reached out to me the next morning and said and he apologized. he said this should have been a gigantic moment for you. he expressed his embarrassment

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the man running the entire show, the first-time producer will packer says in a new interview with "good so, too. >> i thought that it was a bit. just like everybody else. but when will was yelling at the stage with such vitriol, my heart dropped. >> reporter: then he rushed over to the stage. >> i rushed over and i said, did he really punch you? and he said, yes, i took a punch from muhammad ali, and he was in joke mode, but in shock. >> reporter: and will smith played the boxer muhammad ali in a film in 2003. and there was a new angle of the incident this time filmed from behind will's wife jada pinkett smith. >> and they were saying it is battery, and we will go get him, and we will press charges, and we will arrest him, but as they were talking, chris was being dismissive of those options, and saying, no, i am fine. >> the academy of motion arts and sciences released a statement saying they asked smith to leave, and he refused, and then he told cnn that they had asked his publicist to deliver the message to him. and they were going to physically remove will smith, and rock has made i

packer is the mother of a 24- year-old who was found dead last month.was a san jose police officer and former running back at san jose state. police say the robbery is not believed to be related to his death. >>> new this morning we have learned an over charged electric outlet may have been the cause of a fire that displaced five people. it happened last night it. broke out on the 2nd floor of a two story apartment building. fire crews were able to keep it to the second floor. >> we had approximately five displaced people from the building. crews did a great job of getting inside and getting the fire under control very quickly. >> they were able to get that fire down pretty quick. the fire was knocked down in just about 20 minutes. >>> airline look at capitol hill where a fox has attacked several people including a northern california congressman. the congressman was on his way to work when he was nipped on the leg by the animal. you can see his suit has bite marks. the fox bit six other people before it was tracked captured by animal control. united st

the moment when smith slapped rock might have been staged, the man running the entire show, will packerght it was a bit like everybody else, once i saw will yelling at the stage with such vitreol my heart was robbed, said did he really hit you? he said yeah, i just took a punch from mohammad ali as only chris can. he was in joke mode, but could tell he was very much still in shock. >> reporter: smith played the ba boxer in the 2001 film, ali. cnn obtained new video from a seat filler inside the oscars, showing a new video of the incident, filmed this time from behind smith's wife jada pinkett smith, lapd police were ready to arrest smith that night. >> said this is battery, we can press charges, you can arrest him. as he was talking, chris was being very dismissive of those options like no i'm fine. >> reporter: academy of picture arts and sciences released a statement this week saying they asked smith to leave and he refused, academy leaders told smith's publicist to deliver the message to the actor. now smchris rock saying he did t want smith removed from the show. >> they were going

i guess that didn't include those mostly latino meat packers. georgia were onto something. because learning that black, latino and native americans are up to four times more likely to die from covid than white americans, makes white americans care less about the pandemic. makes them less willing to make sacrifices for the greater good, to accept restrictions like mask mandates. that's the conclusion for a new study who say our findings show that when covid-19 racial disparities are highlighted, it can decrease white u.s. residents willingness to engage in safety precautions themselves. thus, publicizing covid-19 racial disparties could reduce support for the very policies that aim to limit the toll of the pandemic. in short, for an alarming number of americans covid isn't a problem so long as it's not a white people problem. here's what i find so infuriating about this. yes, there is the abject vile racism, of course. but also while covid-19 disproportionately affects people of color, yes, the majority of the victims are white people. so this st

. >> will packer said that he thought it was a joke at first. a lot of people did.to arrest smith on the spot if that is what rock wanted. it turned out it was not. >> the lapd made it clear, we will do whatever you want us to do and one of the options is that we will go and arrest him right now. they were saying, this is battery. we will go get him. we are prepared. we're prepared to get him right now. you could press charges and we could arrest him. as they were talking, chris was -- he was being very dismissive of those options. he's like no, i'm fine. he's like no, no, no. and even to the point where i said, i said, rock let finish. and would you like us to take any action. and he said, no. he said no. i didn't have any conversation with will. shalea told me that they were about to physically remove will smith. and i had not been a part of those conversations. and so i immediately went to the academy leadership that was on site and i said chris rock doesn't want that. i said rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse. that was chr

-- you know it's interesting the producer of the oscars -- of the event, the tv production, will packerhis week, wolf, that academy leadership, that they asked will smith publicist to have him leave the doll by theater after he slapped chris rock. and will smith said no. by the time it was communicated to academy leadership he they had run out of time before the best actor category was going to be announced. will packer says that chris rock did not want will smith to be escorted out, that he didn't want to make an already painful situation even more difficult. will says that actually chris saved the oscars in his opinion from being even more of a disaster. >> chloe, you've been doing excellent reporting on this. thank you for joining us. we'll be right back. sed shipgo this whole thing wouldn't be a thing. yeah, dadad! i don't want to deal with this. oh, you brought your luggage to the airport. that's adorable. with shipgo shipping your luggage before you fly you'll never have to wait around here again. like ever. that can't be comfortable though. shipgo.com the smart, fast, easy way to

and one of the more horrifying moments in george packer's piece is he said america's attention span isl turn our attention elsewhere. and he says that we have to deal with the diversification of our own politics. all the banks and people with outsized money, impacting our elections. i tend to think that we are looking at ukraine, lawrence, as an example of democracy. i was looking at those folks standing in line for eight, nine hours as an example of folk committed to democracy. we find ourselves easy at each other's throats in this country. and it seems to me that unless we call out those people who are really in some ways engaged -- if we silent and calling them out, we become complicit in their efforts, and i think it's important for us to understand the stakes. >> professor eddie glade, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> what it's my pleasure. >> coming up, a reporter who was first on the scene of the train station attack in ukraine that killed 50 people will join us. along with alex waiting who is the former head of investigations and prosecutions at the international

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estamos preparados para detenerlo ahora mismo, podemos ponerle cargos y arrestarlo dijo will packersu testimonio puede sobre los esfuerzos de expresidente donald trump de arruinar las elecciones >> volodímir zelenski, presidente de ucrania acusados de bloquear los corredores humanitarios desde la sitiada ciudad de mariupol, había accedido pertir el acceso de un convoy humanitario. el presidente joe biden considera que putin se encuentra aislado y que podría estar haciendo mal asesorado, según el mandatario el kremlin calibre normal el ataque y las opciones ante la guerra y pudiera haber puesto de confianza entre el mandatario ruso y sus asesores >>el salvador reporta la captura de más de 3000 pandilleros como parte del régimen de excepción aprobado el fin de semana. el congreso aprobó reformas que aumentan entre 20 a 45 años la pena por pertenecer a uno de sus grupos criminales y permite juzgar como adultoa pandilleros mayores de 12 años. mientras que las cárceles continúan las quejas (inaudible) >>una tortilla un poquito de frijol >>un grupo de 70 organizaciones humanitarias advirti