Here's what you Need2Know for Friday, October 21, 2022. 

Spacey Found Not Liable in Sex Abuse Case, UK Scrambles to Replace Truss: What You Need2Know Friday, Oct. 21

let's start across the pond. The UK undergoing another shakeup that as Prime Minister, Liz truss resigned yesterday just 45 days into the job. Her brief tenure was turbulent. She conceded that she couldn't deliver on her economic plans. That his nominations for a new leader closed late yesterday. And yeah, former Prime Minister Boris johnson's allies even threw his hat back into the ring. That is a conservative party is holding a sped up race to replace Liz Truss Britain's next leader is expect to be chosen within the next week, Shannon. Well, right back here in the US, the world of politics is waking up this morning. Our own aerial Hickson is live in Washington, D. C. To bring us the biggest stories unfolding in our nation's capital. Good morning Ariel. Good morning, Shannon, steve Bannon, the former adviser to former Donald President Donald trump faces sentencing today for criminal contempt of Congress. This after he defied a subpoena from the january six select House committee. Some background here. Bannon was found guilty of contempt of Congress this summer. The jury reached a unanimous verdict after two days of hearing evidence and witness testimony. He was indicted back in november of last year after he ignored october deadlines to come up with the required documents from the committee subpoena. It all circles back to a prediction made by Bannon on his podcast a day before january 6th claiming that quote all hell was going to break loose Bannon is appealing his case as his legal team claims he believed executive privilege excluded him from cooperating with the committee. Bannon could face up to six months in jail plus a 200,000 dollar fine and the sentencing is a major victory for the select House committee, serving as an example that future witnesses must cooperate with the lawmakers. And timing is everything just thursday. Senator lindsey Graham was ordered to appear before a grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Graham was fighting that subpoena since he was officially served over the summer. But regardless everything with Bannon is expected to go down at nine a.m. Today. All right. Meanwhile, aerial switching gears. The Supreme Court ruled on an appeal for president biden's student loan forgiveness program. So what what what happened here? What's the latest? So Supreme Court Justice Amy coney Barrett rejected a challenge to the president's student loan forgiveness program. The appeal was brought up by a Wisconsin taxpayers group. Just days after the biden administration began accepting so many applications to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt. Barrett is responsible for emergency applications from Wisconsin and did not provide a reason for her rejection. This is a major win for the biden administration yet there are more challenges expected for them in the foreseeable future. Alright, well, we know you will keep us posted on all of that. Ariel Hickson live from Washington, D. C. Thanks for the update. Meanwhile, the Department of energy is projecting heating bills across the country going to jump this winter. That's thanks to a combination of factors that includes inflation, supply chain levels and even pressures created by the war in Ukraine. The department projects that heating bills are gonna jump 28% for those who use natural gas and the cost for heating oil and electricity Is expected to jump 27 and 10% respectively. New England. That's especially at risk for higher bills. That's because families there typically rely on heating oil during those winter months. Well actor Kevin Spacey was found not liable for battery by a New York jury as part of a sex abuse case. Yesterday jurors handed spacey a win deliberating for about an hour and concluding that his accuser, Anthony Rapp did not prove spacey touched a sexual or intimate part of his body at a 1986 party, the judge formally dismissed the case but however Spacey still faces sexual assault charges in the U. K. All right. Meanwhile, let's move to covid. A C. D. C. Panel has voted to add covid vaccines to next year's annual schedule of childhood and adult immunizations. Members voted 15 to 0. The move now creates a streamlined guidance for shots that people will receive and at one age. However, states and localities still have the power to decide whether or not to requires those shots for school age Children. The C. D. C. Is expected to accept the panel's recommendation. Well, listen up everyone if you work in a toxic workplace look out. The U. S. Government warns it could be hazardous to your health. For the first time, the surgeon general issued guidance on how workplace issues can have negative impacts on employee health. And a survey 18% of workers described their workplace as somewhat or very toxic. 30% said that they experience harassment on the job and over 70% worry that their pay has not been keeping up with inflation. The surgeon general recommends that employees increased pay and offer mental health services to their workers. While the Elon musk twitter saga continues in the Washington post has obtained documents saying that Elon musk plans to slash twitter staff by 75% all in a matter of months. The $44 billion purchase of the social network is set to close by friday the 28th of october just a week from today. And if the reports are correct, twitter would only be left with a little over 2000 employees in total. That's compared to the 7500 that they currently employ the Washington post deciding musk's comments to prospective investors where he told them that he would indeed shrink the staff still twitter was quick to deny those plans an email late thursday night so I have to see what happens there. The Tesla Ceo also said earlier this month he plans to follow through with taking twitter private as well