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Even debate a Voting Rights bill leaving democrats trying to plot a new way forward. Plus, breaking overnight, results from the heated New York City mayoral race, and a socialist pulls off a stunning surprise, an upset, in another primary. President biden set to address crime in a speech as it becomes a growing problem for his presidency. And Britney Spears goes to court as we learn new details about the conservativeship she has been under for years. All right. Good morning to our viewers here i...

Even debate a Voting Rights bill leaving democrats trying to plot a new way forward. Plus, breaking overnight, results from the heated New York City mayoral race, and a socialist pulls off a stunning surprise, an upset, in another primary. President biden set to address crime in a speech as it becomes a growing problem for his presidency. And Britney Spears goes to court as we learn new details about the conservativeship she has been under for years. All right. Good morning to our viewers here i...

Even debate a Voting Rights bill leaving democrats trying to plot a new way forward. Plus, breaking overnight, results from the heated New York City mayoral race, and a socialist pulls off a stunning surprise, an upset, in another primary. President biden set to address crime in a speech as it becomes a growing problem for his presidency. And Britney Spears goes to court as we learn new details about the conservativeship she has been under for years. All right. Good morning to our viewers here i...

Private sector jobs in december, more than double the number expected. this could bode well for fridays government jobs report. and first on cnn, bank of america giving its employees an incentive to get a booster. it will donate 100 bucks toward hunger relief for every employee who shows proof of a booster shot. bank of america doesnt have a company vaccine mandate, but has urged workers to get their shots. companies officials say the effort could raise $110 million to fight hunger in the u.s....

The nets say kyrie irving cant play. but now, now that cases are exploding everywhere, they sayoc unvaccinated kyrie irving, now is the time we want to you to play. >> reporter: yeah. this was very player driven on the nets side. management kept their stance on this until they didnt. the players kind of realized they needed kyrie back in some capacity. some kyrie was better than no kyrie. the nets bent to his will. he is only available for 22 remaining games. he is not eligible in toronto or mad...

Because of continuity issues, because of covid. we have seen dozens of players in the recent spike go into health and safety protocols. teams have had eight or more on their roster as a result. and the phrase the nets used a lot was continuity is out the window now. even though the outbreaks are mostly over for most teams, thats their story that theyre going with. and the nets player seem to be the ones on board even though hes going to be in and out really the rest of the regular season. >> to ...

But his past hesistory tells s hes not going to yield. hell go home or not play. but hes not going to get vaccinated and its too late for the vaccination to take effect anyway for him to play in the australian open. >> kyrie irving is back playing with the nets after he refused the vaccine. that prompted this from charles barkley. lets watch. >> if you want to make a political point, which is silly and stupid and not get vaccinated. fine. kyrie is a heck of a player, but to only play in road gam...

Ride it out. well see how it plays out. does the rule change in new york city and can he come back? i wont play at home games. its the nets who change the position. theyre officially strong. we are not going to let you be part time players. we dont want you on the team. they had injuries and covid outbreak there. they had a slump. well take kyrie irving and he can play. he had to sit out the next couple of games because theyre at home. he wont be able to play in toronto. there is california venu...

And punish your team and organization and fan base the way he did and still be the most valuable player. heres what rodgers had to say in response. >> i think hes a bum. i think hes an absolute bum. he doesnt know me. i dont know who he was. nobody knew who he was until yesterdays comments. his problem is im not vaccinated. if he wants to go on a crusade and coconclude and come up with an extra letter to put on the award just for this season and make it the most available vaccinated player, then...

Cant enter an indoor facility, basketball, if youre not vaccinated. so he cant play the home games in brooklyn. he also cant play in toronto in games against the raptors, but he can play road games. now at first, the nets position was look, if he cant practice with the team, only play half the games, this is disruptive. were not going to do it. but then the competitive reality set in. they may feel like they need the guy and he came back and he looked good. couple of nights ago against the pacer...