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didion worked as a novelist, screenwriter and journalist. now on bbc news, stephen sackur with hardtalk�*s review of 2021.

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remembering the legendary writer joan didion. plus, much more. >> woodruff: the supreme court will hold a special hearing on january 7 to consider challenges to two pieces of the biden administration's strategy to get the pandemic under control. john yang is back, with the latest on the arguments to come. >> yang: judy, at stake are two biden administration pandemic efforts that lower courts have at least partially blocked. one is the requirement that big employers make sure their workers are either vaccinated or regularly tested. the other requires that healthcare workers at facilities that get federal funds be vaccinated. together, the two cover an estimated 97 million people, and they're being challenged by religious labor and business groups, and republican-led states. marcia coyle is chief washington correspondent for the national law journal. marcia, thanks for being with us. these are oral arguments this court scheduled on emergency petitions. how unusual is this and how unusual is this whole process in. >> it's very unusu

the renowned american author joan didion has died at the age of 87. in an illustrious career, she chronicled contemporary us life in the 1960s and �*70s. didion worked as a novelist, screenwriter and journalist. now on bbc news, it's the media show.

. >>> remembering american literary legend joan didion. a pioneer of new journalist, who offered unsparing observations on politics and culture. >>> and america strong tonight. the ex-marine coming to the aid of children who suffered in the kentucky tornadoes, making sure they have presents after losing so much. >>> good evening, everyone. thanks so much for joining us on this very busy thursday. i'm linsey davis, in for david. we have a lot to get to, including the rush for many of us to get tested before the holidays. millions of people are now taking to the roads on what's expected to be the busiest travel day of the year. and news of a second covid pill now getting the green light. this one from merck, to help prevent hospitalizations. >>> but we do begin tonight with the verdict in the kim potter trial. a jury finding the former veteran police officer guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of daunte wright, an unarmed black man pulled over for a traffic stop. potter with very little reaction, as the jury's decision was read. the

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earlier this year there was a reflection on joan didion. >> i was in the ninth grade and joan didion had gone to berkeley. she had been asked back -- she was 32, i think. my father was the chairman of the english department and she was asked back. what really struck me about her was my father coming home and saying during that quarter, there's something weird going on with women and joan didion. he said, her office hours in wheeler hall, the women are thronged through the hallways. these are not berkeley students. these are not necessarily young women that they have felt just from that one slight collection of essays that this woman in some powerful way speaks to them. >> joan didion, extraordinary legacy. >>> still ahead, i'll speak with a leading health expert about where the nation stands in the omicron variant. >>> a look at this date in history. new york city's radio city musical hall just up the street just opened. >> it marks a new era for the theater. the great first night attracted a list of celebrities, filled a huge auditorium. >> it was marvelous thing. oh, what a marvelo

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didion worked as a novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. it was christmas eve last year that britain and the eu finally managed to seal the trade and cooperation agreement that now governs most post—brexit trade. a year on, our economics editor faisal islam has been speaking to a number of business owners. a battle of wills, a precision wrestle. at times during the first year of the post—brexit trade deal it has felt like the uk and the eu have not stopped the fight. but it's exporters, such as thisjudo equipment and video producer in bristol, feel like they are the ones left on the floor. rubbish. it is bad on every level and i would like someone to say to me there was some kind of upside but there isn't one. overall, uk exports to the eu are down 12% in the first ten months of the year on pre—pandemic levels in 2019. uk imports from the eu are down further, 20% on that year. some of both these numbers is down to the pandemic as well. in addition, eu figures show tariffs have been paid on over £10 billion of british exports to the e

many of didion's works have received several honors and are considered to be modern classics. didion is best known for books including "play it as it lays," "the white album," and "the year of magical thinking" -- for which she won the pulitzer prize. in georgia, two former election workers have filed a defamation lawsuit against rudy giuliani and the far-right one america news network after they were falsely accused of manipulating votes in the 2020 election. the lawsuit states fulton county poll workers ruby freeman and her daughter, who are both african american, received death threats after a "campaign of malicious lies designed to accuse them of interfering with a fair and impartial election, which is precisely what each of them swore an oath to protect." in minnesota, a jury has found former brooklyn center police officer kimberly potter guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of daunte wright during a minor traffic stop in april. video from the killing showed potter, who is white, pointing her nine millimeter pistol at wright, who was black

joan didion bridged the worlds of literature, hollywood, and journalism. chronicling contemporary american society. she also wrote about the depths of her own grief following the deaths of her husband and daughter. hurry publisher says didion died at home in new york due to complications from parkinson's disease. joan didion, dead at 87. >>> an overnight explosion rocks a texas community. a tsa agent springs into action a tsa agent springs into action to save a choking baby. i just heard something amazing! one medication is approved to treat and prevent migraines. don't take if allergic to nurtec. the most common side effects were nausea, stomach pain, and indigestion. ask your doctor about nurtec today! clerk: hello, how can i? sore throat pain? ♪honey lemon♪ try vicks vapocool drops. in honey lemon chill. for fast-acting sore throat relief. wooo vaporize sore throat pain with vicks vapocool drops. facing expensive vitamin c creams with dull results? olay brightens it up with new olay vitamin c. gives you two times brighter skin. hydrates better than

joan didion was 87. >>> a tsa agent was caught on video saving a baby's life, and covid problems hit a college football bowl game. those are some of the headlines report today's hawaii bowl has been canceled after the university of hawaii pulled out of the game. the paper says at least 30 hawaii players, coaches, and staff are in quarantine after testing positive for covid. cases have been surging in honolulu the past two weeks. the team also cited season-ending injuries and transfers. hawaii's opponent in the game, memphis, did not report any positive cases. >>> space.com says the james webb space telescope is on the launchpad on the coast of south america ready for lift-off tomorrow. the telescope will be the biggest science instrument ever sent into space. it's 100 times more powerful than the hubble space telescope launched three decades ago. >> there will be many powerful tools that this telescope will have that just -- have not been available to us in the past. so it's going to be -- that's why it's revolutionary and why we're all excited about it. >> the webb telescope is expe

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didion was a sacramento native governor . newsom issued a statement today saying she was easily the best living writer in california. gideon published some 20 books in her 50 year career. they include run river south and west and the year of magical thinking, which won her the national book award in 2000 and five governor. newsom issued a statement on her death, saying , in part her ability to put the tapestry of california and times into words made her a treasure for her generation and generations to come. while we mourn this great loss, californians can celebrate jones tremendous contributions to the arts. through her work. california belonged to joan didion. we cherish her memory. coming up tonight at 11 at t s. a agent jumps into action how she became a hero in seconds when a baby stopped breathing. and there's still a little bit of rain shower activity out there. we'll look into that. we'll also check out that friday. it looks mostly dry. and then what's beyond that? you back here after the break. at first, it feels a li

in an interview with "time magazine" in january didion was asked if she feared death. her response, no well, yes, of course joan didion was 87 years old ♪ (vo) reflect on the past, celebrate the future. season's greetings from audi. >>> nasa is about to launch its next big thing into the cosmos and what we could learn from it could be staggering. today the james webb space telescope arrived at its launch pad in french giana. it's the most powerful, complex space conservatory it's going to launch aboard another rocket on christmas day. scott willoughby joins me. he's on site where the telescope will lift off. i know this has taken decades, thousands of scientists 40 million hours spent building it. what has to happen for the final hurdle of liftoff? >> this is a big day for us. thank you for having me on the show we are that close. you mentioned a multi-decade journey but it's really the end of a two decade long chapter but the start of a decade long once we get on orbit millions of miles away from earth and looking back into time with a cosmic time machine that will

didion worked as a novelist, screenwriter and journalist. now on bbc news, stephen sackur with hardtalk�*s review of 2021. welcome to a special year—ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. this is our chance and yours to look back at some of the drama, the passion, the emotion generated by our interviews in 2021. when the precedent is established against bad people, it then is used against good people. if afghanistan sinks into chaos, that will be a stinking spot in the conscience of the global community. if you want to sit behind a computer and write i terrible things to people, you're a coward. - this is hardtalk, right? your view of the american political system, i think, is not right. i think you're missing the elephant in the room. 2021 began with the world gripped by events in washington, dc. donald trump had lost his bid for re—election, but he didn't slip away quietly. he claimed without foundation that the election had been stolen. 0njanuary 6, a trump—supporting crowd — fired up by a defiant trump speech — i

the renowned american author joan didion has died at the age of 87. in an illustrious career, she chronicled contemporary us life in the 1960s and �*70s. didion worked as a novelist, screenwriter and journalist. now on bbc news, it's the media show. hello, good evening. good evening. that distinctive music can mean only one thing. it's time for channel 4 news and one of the most famous faces in broadcasting. jon snow has been the face of the programme since 1989. over the course of three decades, he has grilled every prime ministerfrom margaret thatcher up to and including theresa may, he drew the iconic words, "let bygones be bygones" from nelson mandela. he shared a plane with idi amin, reported on wars in iran and crises in vietnam, and it's not all been hard news — he has danced and sung on tv and even got stoned on camera. but he's also been accused of being too partisan, of having political views that were too obvious and which undermine the network's impartiality. and so, at a time when the future of channel 4 is up for grabs, his words hav

but i do it with very clear sense that i want this to continue. >> joan didion in her own words. they're reflecting on her literary career that spanned decades born in sacramento. she rose to fame with her essay collections, including slouching towards bethlehem and the white album. governor gavin newsom said in a statement today, her ability to put the tapestry of california and the times into words made her a treasure for her generation and generations to come didion who suffered from parkinson's disease again was 87 years old. >> still ahead tonight, the christmas travel season hitting a snag power surge in covid cases forced one airline to cancel more than a 100 flights. plus flames tear through a place of worship in san jose burning it beyond repair what firefighters say may have caused the fire. >> as a community there now tries to move forward. >> and terror and tragedy in los angeles shots ringing out inside a crowded department store sending christmas shoppers running for cover we'll have details next. i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventur

didion worked as a novelist, screenwriter and journalist. hello. i hope the year has been kind to you. the media industry is defining a new normal, and coming to terms with the second year of a global pandemic. print and distribution costs are growing pretty much everywhere. but so too are online subscriptions and targeted advertising. big tech is more dominant than ever, but governments and regulators around the world, including here in the uk, are waking up to new ways to shape these giants of global media. or at least squaring up for a fight with them. nevertheless, many of the biggest headlines this year came from more traditional media. presenter piers morgan left itv�*s good morning britain after saying that he didn't believe a word that meghan said in that interview with oprah winfrey. concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he is born. ..what? from race to mental health, progressive californian values to the british monarchy, every element of oprah's interview with prince harry and meghan has been catnip for the f

the american authorjoan didion, whose career chronicled the mood and chaos of life in the 19605 and '70s, has died at the age of 87. her publisher said the cause was parkinson's disease. ms didion is largely credited with ushering in the newjournalism genre of literary nonfiction, mining her richest material from her native california. ethiopia says its troops have been ordered not to advance into the tigray. it comes after tigrayan rebels called for a ceasefire and negotiations which have ignited hope that they could lead to a resolution to the war in northern ethiopia. you're watching bbc world news america. still to come on tonight's programme, striking a pose — we meet a man who's using the art of photography to tackle and express his mental health. in the uk, there has been a new warning from the organisation representing gas suppliers that gas and electricity bills could rise by as much as 50% next year unless the government steps in. the bbc�*s colletta smith explains. we're feeling these price rises in all kinds of areas. it's worth remembering that lots of our power stati

what happens when they get too old for the system >>> one of the great american writers has died, joan didion, the iconic sis novelist and journalist passed away from parkinson's disease. she was known for her incisive and deeply personal work. her book "the year of magical thinking" about the death of her husband won the national book award in 2005 she was 87. >>> for the hundreds of thousands of american kids without parents or guardians, the u.s. foster care system is a lifeline albeit an imperfect one. but what happens when they grow too old to stay in that system? where can they turn? here's cynthia mcfadden with that story. >> reporter: demetre never really had much of a chance. >> i have been in the system since i was seven days old, my entire life. >> reporter: passing through 15 families or group homes in california. >> it was just back-to-back change, change, change move, move >> reporter: does it make it hard to trust people >> most definitely i don't trust anybody. at all >> reporter: there may be one exception to that, frank vega, who vowed when he got out of the military he'd he

joan didion was a leading figure in the new journalism movement in the 1960's. she was born in sacramento and went to uc berkeley. she wrote about grief after ther deaths of her husband and daughter. she won the pulitzer prize for her work and was awarded the national medal of arts and humanities by president obama in 2013. in a statement, governor newsom said -- california belonged to joan didion and we cherish her memory. she was 87 years old. dan: as we move on, you know the saying -- through rain, sleet, and snow. kristen: it is the motto of every postal carrier. call them our holiday helpers. they are ready to make christmas for local families. dan: places of worship remain dan: places of worship remain mostly empty and we will air wick air wick scented oils are infused with natural essential oils to create authentic seasonal scents that fill your home with holiday spirit all season long. connect to nature this season. in a recent clinical study, patients using salonpas patch reported reductions in pain severity, using less or a lot less oral pain medicines

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. >>> a lost report in the literary world, bay area writer and novelist joan didion has died at the age of 87. a sacramento native, she developed her writing skills at uc berkeley. she is best known for her to groundbreaking essay collections, one titled "slouching towards bethlehem" published in 1968. the other "the white album" published in 1979. fellow writers say her talent was capturing the mood of culture. her paper, notes, and researcher in the bancroft library at uc berkeley. she died of complications from parkinson's disease. >>> up next, will the city get on board with the mayor's drastic plan to clean up the tenderloin. >>> a ucsf expert >>> you are watching kpix 5 news at 5:30. >>> right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area , more local news at 5:30. one bay area county seeing its highest covid case rate since last winter's surge. is this a sign of things to come? >>> another pill approved to treat covid. we take a closer look at how it works. >>> our top story at 5:30 mother mayor asking supervisors to declare an emergency in san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood.

the renowned author and journalistjoan didion, whose essays, novels, and screenplays chronicled american society, has died. she was 87. among her best known works was the essay collection slouching toward bethlehem, and the award—winning the year of magical thinking which was inspired by the death of her husband. some breaking news to bring you. a spokesman says japan has no plans to send government officials to february's beijing olympics. it comes after the us and other countries announced diplomatic boycotts over concerns over human rights. but the tokyo 2020 organising committee president seiko hashimoto and the head of the japanese olympic committee head yasuhiro yamashita will attend the winter olympics in the chinese capital, top government spokesman hirokazu matsuno said. we will bring you more news on this story as we get it. world athletics has approved new regulations which will see the soles of all competitors' shoes limited to a stack height of 20mm. the change will come into play in november 2024. shoe technology has been in the spotlight since records started to tumble,

the renowned author and journalist, joan didion, whose essays, novels, and screen plays chronicled american society, has died. she was 87. among her best known works was the essay collection "slouching toward bethlehem", and the award winning "the year of magical thinking," which was inspired by the death of her husband. close to one million polish people left their homeland in search of higher wages and a better life in the uk after it opened its labour market in 200a. many have settled here — but a combination of brexit, the pandemic and the pull of theirfamilies has persuaded others to return. our correspondent adam easton reports. i feel safe here. that's something i didn't have in the uk. this cosmetics student is talking about that secure feeling that being near family and close friends often brings. and that's her sister and grandmother... a law graduate she lived in the uk for 12 years doing a variety ofjobs. injanuary, she rushed back to her home city of lodzjust in time to say goodbye to her dying grandmother. i grew up here in this flat and my nana used to teach me how to skate

. >>> and we have breaking news, an extraordinary voice, writer joan didion has died. she passed away at home after battling parkinson's disease. covering topics like absoluting towards bethlehem. she published run river in 1963, and turned to the civil war in el salvador in miami. she co-wrote successful screen plays including "a star is born." "up close and personal," and "true confessions." in 2005 she wrote an acclaimed memoir about grief "a year of magical thinking" after the loss of her husband and her daughter. it is a terrible loss what a legacy of literature. and, as the taliban seizes control of investigation, for now calling america a home, there is big challenges for language barriers. one community is coming together in make the first american christmas special for theme families. easing control of afghanistan. they are december prate to leave their country fearing exportation and worse. >> an interpreter left his country with his pregnant wife and five children just 20 days before the taliban attackover. >> you must have had to leave everything behind. >>

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she was also renowned for her journalism and wrote in a distinct, insightful style, didion was 87 years old. >> she will be missed. >> so beloved. >>> we've got a lot more ahead with just one day till christmas dinner. you'll need food so stew leonard will join us live. what does he have in his hand? what does he have in store? we cannot wait for that. >> steak and those crab legs. >>> but before we get to that, we do want to turn to a family working to turn a devastating personal tragedy into change. the family of gabby petito, the young woman found killed after vanishing on a trip last summer talking healing during the holiday season. will, you spoke to them just as they're preparing for their first christmas without gabby and they're finding ways to use their heartache to give other families hope. >> i came away from that conversation with a heavy but hopeful heart. the petito family has endured such pain and exposure on a wound still so raw, yet rather than retreat, they're using their platform fighting for other missing people and sharing their stories and their own which this chri

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joan didion chronicled for decades the simmering tension of american life and became a cultural icon. she died from parkinson's disease in new york, her publisher says. her numerous bestselling books included "slouching toward bethlehem" and "the year of magical thinking," following the death of her husband, writer john gregory dunne. she wrote, we mourn for ourselves, as we were, as we are no longer, as we will one day not be at all. let's hand it over to michael smerconish and "cnn tonight." >> john, thank you. >>> i am michael smeonh.

joan didion chronicled for decades the simmering tension of american life and became a cultural icon. she died from parkinson's disease in new york, her publisher says. her numerous bestselling books included "slouching toward bethlehem" and "the year of magical thinking," following the death of her husband, writer john gregory dunne. she wrote, we mourn for ourselves, as we were, as we are no longer, as we will one day not be at all. let's hand it over to michael smerconish and "cnn tonight." >> john, thank you. >>> i am michael smerconish. welcome to "cnn tonight." with omicron spreading far and wide and not nearly enough testing to meet the massive demand, a new report from "vanity fair" suggests the biden administration missed an opportunity to ramp up testing before the holidays, characterized by the magazine a blueprint for how to avoid what is happening at this moment, a scramble nationwide to get a covid test, endless lines, hours waiting so people can celebrate safely with others. but is that what really happened? the white house says they didn't dismiss anything. we're about

not lessen screenwriter joan didion is being remembered as one of the country's most vigorous riders and astute observers. gideon died today at her home in manhattan. she was 87, her publisher says she died from complications from parkinson's disease. dannion was his sacramento native governor. newsom issued a statement today saying she was easily the best living writer in california. gideon published some 20 books in her 50 year career. they include run river south and west and the year of magical thinking , which won her the national book award back in 2000 and five tesla is making a software change to its cars because of safety concerns under pressure from the u. s. auto safety regulators, tesla agreed to stop allowing video games to be played on its center touch screens while the vehicles are moving the company will send out a software update over the internet, so the function called passenger play will be locked. while vehicles are in motion yesterday, the national highway traffic safety administration announced it would open a formal investigation into driver distraction from t

and joan didion wrote about the world and the culture of the time she lived in. and she died this week at 87. >> i was a children's librarians, and a little boy said to me, where are the books about kids like me. >> reporter: beverly created a host of lovable characters, including a motorcycling mouse named ralph. author eric carl left us, too, this year. he was 91. not all of those who entertained us, however, left us with a smile. famed conductor james levine's career ended when sexual misconduct claims arose. ♪♪ >> reporter: legendary music producer phil spector died in prison doing time for murder. g. gordon liddy, who masterminded the watergate break-in died at 90. and good-bye to bernie madoff, architect of one of the most audacious ponzi schemes. >> you are taking a position against the very security that you are selling and you're not troubled? >> senator -- >> and you want people to trust you. >> reporter: michigan senator carl levin was one of them. while we're up on capitol hill, remember "school house rock"? we can thank songwriter dave frishberg

joan didion, a literary icon who chronicled 60s and 70s us culture, with screenwriting credits including 1976 film a star is born, has died aged 87. the novelist and essayist examined the fragmentation of us life in books like slouching towards bethlehem and the white album. her award—winning book on grief, the year of magical thinking was inspired by the death of her husband. in other pandemic news... former british prime minister gordon brown says the failure to distribute coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries is a "stain on our global soul". he said people were realising the virus would "come back to haunt" every country, without a push to get the whole world vaccinated next year. naomi grimley reports. at a clinic in kenya, they're doing their bit for the biggest vaccination campaign in human history. 2021 was the year more than 8 billion covid vaccines were administered across the world, but the vast majority have been given in richer countries. this chart shows the huge disparity between the percentage who've been double—vaccinated in developed nations compared to poorer cou

it's been announced that the american author and journalistjoan didion has died aged 87. her essays, memoirs, novels and screenplays chronicled contemporary society, as well as her grief over the deaths of her husband and daughter. she'd been suffering from parkinson's disease. russian president vladimir putin has held a wide reaching annual end—of—year press conference in moscow. in more than four hours of questions from journalists, he covered everything from covid vaccines to his thoughts on father frost, the russian version of santa claus, but there was a lot of focus on ukraine. he insisted that russia has a historical right to be involved in eastern ukraine, and blamed nato for bringing missiles to russia's doorstop. but he said he does not want to see an escalation in conflict. i think that should say doorstep. vitaliy shevchenko is the russian editor at bbc monitoring. hello to you. as ever, a lengthy, lengthy press conference. what are some of the key things that you took from that very long session? there was obviously _ from that very long session? there wa

by that, i mean that when we identify positive cases, covid-19 cases in the didion county, we make an attempt to sequence all cases we are able to identify. i heard about this yesterday at 3:00 p.m. and we were able to receive a sample in the laboratory by 8:00 p.m. we ran a very fast molecular test which looks for what we call spike and jean drop out. what this test can tell you is that it can tell you you may have detected omicron, but it's not inclusive. we were able to get the results within two hours showing that potentially the sample was an omicron variant sample. to confirm the finding, we needed to sequence the genome. the genome of this virus and to do so, we used a pocket-sized sy oxford. >> john: you've been asking how they know it's omicron question work there is a lengthy description of the methodology they used outside of san francisco city hall. you heard that apparently this person's symptoms are mild and they are resolving. san francisco officials say that there well-positioned to handle this and they have high vaccination rates. the question is, if there's one in th