John Cena is a wrestling superstar who's made a very successful transition into acting --- so the wave of ridicule that crashed down on him, after he apologized to China -- speaking in Mandarin -- for daring to call Taiwan a country was unfamiliar to him. But Hollywood's lucrative stake in China and that massive Chinese audience means Cena likely didn't have a choice.......so we will go In Depth.

Amazon finalizing its purchase of the iconic MGM Studios sets up the battle lines in the streaming wars. So who will be victorious among Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Disney and WarnerMedia...........and how much will it cost YOU?

And with the impaneling of a grand jury in New York City, should former President Trump get a criminal defense attorney ready to go?

We've told you on this show about Pfizer and Moderna getting their COVID vaccine booster shots ready to go by the Fall, but perhaps we won't need them. We'll explain.

Facebook and Instagram will roll out a feature that allows users to take the "likes" button off their posts. It's meant to take off the pressure of getting attention, but will anyone actually use it?

And the most popular baby names of 2020 are out -- what explains why parents tend to gravitate to trendy baby names at any given period?

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Amazon is everywhere and has seemingly everything -- so "monopoly" may not seem like a stretch. And that's exactly what Washington D.C.'s district attorney says in a new lawsuit claiming Amazon illegally drives up prices and stifles competition -- so we'll go In Depth.

We're hitting a milestone today: 50% of American adults fully vaccinated against COVID-19. We'll look at the significance of that and at the work that remains.

And there's a new public health warning out that has nothing to do with the coronavirus: the CDC would like to remind you NOT to kiss or cuddle your pet chickens.

One year ago, George Floyd was killed on the streets of Minneapolis, sparking global protests and demands for criminal justice reform. One year later, has anything truly changed when it comes to how police officers do their work?

And a man who came to office campaigning for aggressive reforms has barely made it 100 days before facing a recall campaign: L.A. County DA George Gascon, comes to In Depth today.

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And, we've come full circle. We began the pandemic with questions about where the novel coronavirus came from. Now, more than a year later, that question looms larger than ever. We will go In Depth on the mystery of Covid.

Some teenagers suffering rare heart conditions. Is a Covid vaccine responsible?

We'll ask the key questions.

Also, what's with all the bad drivers? Is this the NEW post-pandemic pandemic?

LAUSD opening up fully come August. But with one key difference. We will go InDepth and tell you what it is.

A year after the death of George Floyd, what has changed.....if anything?

And Amazon is reportedly all but set to buy MGM studios. How will that change Hollywood and the motion picture business?

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Is there any better enticement to get vaccinated than the prospect of a date? In its continuing attempt to break through vaccine hesitancy, the Biden administration is teaming up with top dating apps......which will provide special perks and access to would-be daters who are fully vaccinated. We will go In Depth.

Remember the mad scramble to produce hand sanitizer at the start of the pandemic? Stores couldn't keep it stocked.......but now bottles are sitting by the crate load in supermarkets and big-box retailers because consumers aren't interested anymore!

And researchers are now studying a new type of coronavirus that appears to have jumped from a DOG to a young boy in Malaysia.

A couple of stories out about journalists behaving badly: we'll take a close look at ethics in the cases of Chris Cuomo and Martin Bashir -- who did that famous Diana interview.

You can hardly drive to lunch in LA without seeing trash on the streets and sidewalks: there's been an explosion in illegal dumping coupled with the persistent homeless issue so we're going to talk with a city official to ask what they're doing to clean this place up.

And as we start the show by looking at vaccine enticements....we end it with the question: can governments simply force us all to get vaccinated, whether we like it or not? 

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Get ready to roll up your sleeve once again: we all might need a COVID vaccine booster a little sooner than expected. The CEOs of Pfizer and Moderna both said today they should have a booster shot ready to go by September; so we will go In Depth with so much still unknown about how long COVID immunity lasts from the current crop of vaccines....

California Occupational Safety regulators are meeting today to possibly roll back some workplace COVID precautions, but introduce some new standards for the post-pandemic period--so we'll go In Depth on that as well.

And a potential pandemic byproduct: Goodwill stores across the country are pleading with people to stop donating their trash!

An iceberg three times the size of Los Angeles has broken free of Antarctica, what does that mean for rising sea levels and shipping channels?

Speaking of breaking free: there is a movement that is gaining steam for several rural counties in Oregon to break off and become part of Idaho......and they want to take a few California counties with them as well.........so we will go In Depth.

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It's always been a bit tense in airports, especially with masking and COVID requirements these days ... but here's a new one: the FAA and airlines are preparing to do a passenger weight survey to update aircraft load calculations. So be prepared to get pulled out of line ... and step on a scale.

If you've been trying to buy a new car recently, you're well aware that the semiconductor chip shortage is worsening, which means delays for new cars are growing longer.

And we'll head to Texas, where abortion rights are about to be whittled down to almost nothing.

Santa Clara County in the Bay Area is taking a hard line when it comes to vaccine verification: requiring employers to determine the vaccination status of their employees.

Here in Los Angeles County, the racial disparities in vaccination rates are persisting: why are Black and Latino residents still far less likely to have received even one dose?

And in New York: the prosecutor looking into the Trump Organization says it's now a criminal investigation.

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Life after 50 means regular colonoscopies -- that was the conventional wisdom for years. But today, a panel recommended that colon cancer screenings start at 45.... so we will go In Depth and tell you why the change was needed.

At the start of the COVID pandemic, the anxieties were about having to wear face masks and the uncertainty about getting infected. As we near a possible end, the anxiety is coming from taking off the mask......are you ready to go maskless out into the world??

And new polling shows Californians strongly embrace the idea of vaccine passports.

House Republicans and Democrats thought they had an agreement in place to impanel a commission to investigate the January 6th insurrection, but Republican leader Kevin McCarthy won't back it. -- so where do we go from here?

What happens when a citizen crimefighting smartphone app ID's the wrong guy? That's exactly what happened over the weekend with a suspect in the start of the Palisades fire.

And did you read the Hot Cheetos story? Or hear the podcast? A feel-good story of the janitor who thought up Flamin' Hot Cheetos...rose the corporate ranks -- except, he didn't. The story might be a total fraud.

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The next battle over abortion rights that had long been anticipated at the Supreme Court might finally be arriving: the Justices will take a case out of Mississippi that could roll back limits on abortion laws cemented by Roe v. Wade.....so we'll go In Depth.

AT&T has announced that it was getting out of the media business, selling its WarnerMedia properties -- lead by HBO -- to Discovery, which will set up another streaming behemoth. So is this good or bad for the little guy ... the media consumer?

And while we haven't yet discovered life on Mars, there's a scientist who's cautioning us to temper our excitement if we do -- because any life there ... might have started here.  

We'll explain that one.

Have you been noticing the really messy traffic patterns, as society shifts back towards normal? There's a pattern emerging where afternoons are turning out a lot worse than mornings in many cases. So we'll tackle your commute.

Nurses are not thrilled with the CDC, saying the agency acted too early to relax mask mandates.

And at the end of today's show.............what your jeans say about your generation.

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If you thought the face mask battles that have played out in stores over the last year were over the top, wait until we get to vaccine verification. The CDC's rule change on face masks indoors puts pressure on retailers to be the vaccine police -- so we will go In Depth.

And while we're starting to phase out masks for the fully vaccinated, can we also talk about getting rid of temperature checks?

Then ... at the end of today's In Depth, we're going to look at the totality of the pandemic situation: we're talking with Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health. 

More than forty California District Attorneys say the state is giving early release to too many inmates, too quickly: we'll talk with one DA who argues it's a huge public safety issue.

The purge of non-Trump supporting members of the House Republican Conference is just about complete.

And Ford is about to release an electric version of its F-150, the most popular truck...and vehicle in the country. Are Americans ready to get behind the wheel of an all-electric pickup?

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For some, this is liberation day. For others, further confusion. The CDC now says if you are fully vaccinated against Covid, you no longer have to wear a mask--in most cases---whether in or outdoors. President Biden made his own announcement on this.

But--- What does this mean for the unvaccinated out there? And what about vaccine passports?

We'll go In Depth on all of it.

And speaking of the unvaccinated..........would a chance to win a million dollars be enough to entice you to get a shot? Officials in Ohio sure hope so.....

Gasoline is once again moving through the Colonial Pipeline on the East Coast, but only after the owners forked over 5-million-dollars to the hackers.

And with those hackers operating inside Russia, will any of them ever see justice........will we ever punish Russia for letting this happen from inside their territory over and over again?

At the end of today's show, historian Jon Meacham is here to help separate fact from fiction in modern American politics.

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