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Dinner. several administration officials are among the infected including attorney general merrick garland and commerce secretary gina raimundo. its possible biden could test positive at some point, but the white house will not be changing any covid protocols. will smith now facing a ten-year ban from the academy events, all academy events after he slapped comedian chris rock at the oscar for making a joke about his wife. in a statement smith says he accepting the boards decision. well be righ...

The academy of motion picture arts and sciences accepts will smiths resignation after the actor slapped presenter chris rock on stage last weekend during the oscars. the statement smith apologized for his actions saying i will fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct. my actions of the 94th awards presentation were shocking, painful and inexcusable. i betrayed the trust and deprived nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work....

Is raising new questions ability the stars future. and now actor denzel washington is talking about what happened the night smith slapped chris rock steve patterson reports from hollywood. >> i make this look good >> reporter: for decades will smith conquered hollywood. >> welcome to earth. >> reporter: but now damage control as for the slap that shocked the world. >> wow >> reporter: last night will smith announcing his resignation from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences in a state...

Film muhammad ali. showing a new angle of the incident this time filmed from behind smiths 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. you can arrest him. as they were talking chris was, he was being very dismissive of those options. he was like no, im fine. >> the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences released a statement this week saying they ask...

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The academy of motion picture arts and sciences says it accepts will smiths resignation after the actor slapped the presenter of chris rock on stage last weekend during the oscars. in a statement smith apologized for his actions saying quote i will fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct. my actions at the 94th awards presentation was shocking, painful and inexcusable. i betrayed the trust of the academy. i deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be...

Their extraordinary work. >> reporter: its become one of the most famous and controversial moments in oscars history. >> will smith just smacked the [ bleep ] out of me. >> reporter: it wasnt just oscars viewers who initially thought the moment will smith slapped chris rock might have been staged. the man running the entire show, first time oscars producer will packer says in a news interview with good morning america said he thought so, too. >> i thought it was a bit like everybody else. once i...

Back to the guns they were fired from. gun makers say it could actually make handguns less effective and two of the largest gun manufacturers in the country say they are not going to sell anything in the state because of this dispute. well will carr is live in los angeles to tell us more. hi, will. >> hi, shannon, saying this is a divisive issue is really putting it lightly. what it boils down to is this new law that requires the mike degree stamping technology what that means is shell casings w...