i went on instagram and, yeah, roger federerjust went on instagram and, yeah, roger federer just repostedwrote, boss. yeah, it was amazing. the human picked gold is for sure one of my big goals, the gold medal would be for sure the best. i will work hard and hopefully make it to reality. wow! best of luck to him in the olympics. would not be doing it myself personally! that is it from us. have a good night. hello there. low pressure sticking around overnight is going to bring further bands of rain, showers, also some sleet and snow, mainly over the higher ground. and the strong winds which we've had across northern and western areas will gradually become more confined towards the west and the southwest, slowly easing down through the course of the night. now, it looks like much of the southeast will stay dry, clearing quite cold here, but further north and west, lots of showers, longer spells of rain, some snow for the pennines and over the higher ground of scotland. those temperatures then ranging from around —i or —2 celsius in the east to around 4 or 5, so we could see a touch of frost

six time champion roger federer will miss february's australian open for the first time in his careerfrom knee surgery and he's concentrating on wimbledon and the olympics. more from our tennis correspondent russell fuller. this runs the 26 australian open. training in the by, having double surgery training in the by, having double surgery earlier this year but even with a three week delay to the australian open pushed back to february because of covid—19, doesn't feel like you will quite be ready in time. i'm sure also to weeks of quarantine in australia where players have to stay in their rooms however they are 19 hours a day didn't appeal to federer, not being able to travel with his family and farfrom being able to travel with his family and far from ideal when you are trying to recover full fitness. instead, he will look to resume his career in late february over a year after he last played in this year's australian open semifinal with the schedule still not being published as you might expect to see and play perhaps indoors at one of european events before heading back to dubai

swiss tennis star roger federer will miss the australian open for the 1st time in his career as he continues to recover from 2 rounds of knee surgery the 39 year old hasn't played competitively since the last australian open in january training at his off season base in dubai the australian open has been delayed until february 8th because of the pandemic federer hopes to return to competitive tennis at the end of that month. a reminder of the top story we're following for you u.s. president donald trump has signed into law $2.00 trillion dollars worth of democrat leaf and other public spending after a delay of nearly a week decision will restore delayed unemployment benefits and millions and a further chaotic government shutdown. as you have your neighbors up next the corona special we're back with more news of the top of the hour playbook for us thanks very much for. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update 19. on t w. w's crime fighters are back africa's most succe

some news from the world of tennis and swiss tennis star roger federer while misty is striving to open for the 1st time in his career as he continues to recover from 2 rounds of knees surgery the 39 year old hasn't played competitively since the last destroyed the now open in january is currently training at his off season base in cuba by strive you know been has been delighted to ferry because of the pandemic federer hopes to return to the tennis at the end of that. and a quick reminder of our top story we're following for you this hour. u.s. lawmakers have voted to increase emergency pandemic relief payments to struggling americans to $2000.00 and going president trump had threatened to block the bill altogether unless the amount was raised from $600.00 votes in a surprise for the president light of the side to sign into law a massive public spending package. and a quick reminder before we go you can always get news on the go just download from google play all from the app store. and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications

swiss tennis star roger federer will miss the australian open for the 1st time in his career as he continues to recover from 2 rounds of need surgery according to his agent 39 year old federal housing type competitively since the last australian open in january he's currently trading at his off season base in dubai demick means the australian open has been delayed until the 8th of february federal hopes to return to competitive terms of the month the fine for a time and if you know world number one is now in 5th place in the a.t.p. world right things. as if you're up to date i'll have more here at the top of the hour up next i'm going to just as a business of day to day. i'm scared that the volume or the tart and in the end is a me you're not allowed to stay here any more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers were alliances of the what's your story.

and roger federer is out of the australian open.m winner saying he's not still not fully rofrd from those two operati recovered from those operations on his right knee. the tournament had already been postponed for coronavirus concerns. and is he going to come back to australia at 39 years old. clearly just knnot ready to go. they love him there. it's been a fruitful stomping ground for him. >> 39 is old in sports, i guess. different for the rest of us. carolyn, thanks so much. >> different for the rest of us. you're welcome. >> "new day" continues right now. >>> at long last, president trump has signed that $2.3 trillion spending bill. >> he wants to be remembered for advocating for big checks, but he'll be remembered for chaos and misery. >> he was disengaged from this attempt to find an economic solution is really apiece with his awol behavior on the public health challenge. >>> authorities here in nashville today confirming the identity of the bomber. >> he was present when the bomb went off. he perished in the bombing. >> right

sports news 20 time grand slam tennis champion roger federer has not recovered in time for me. and will now miss out on the upcoming australian open. so let's begin in russia where newly released a 0 indicates the actual number of coronavirus related deaths could be much higher than earlier anticipated reported according to official figures more than 35000 people died in november alone that is a 55 percent increase in mortality from the year before scientists in the u.k. meanwhile say stricter lockdowns may be needed there next month and pushing for secular schools to stay close but a government minister says the expected. approval of another vaccine could see restrictions lifted more quickly india has started a dry run of its a vaccination program to test its transport and cold storage facilities that says the country record of its lowest number of daily infections in nearly 6 months may well iran is beginning of a locally produced vaccine after successful tests on animals tara has had trouble securing other drugs because of sanctions on its banking sector. let's get more on t

what could be its 1st ever democratic transition of power. 20 time grand slam tennis champion roger federer has not recovered in time for. the upcoming australian open. welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has finally signed a coronavirus relief bill after refusing to do so for a week now the delay meant unemployment benefits lapsed piling the pressure on millions of americans struggling because of the pandemic roslyn jordan has more from washington d.c. . it really is a disgrace on tuesday u.s. president donald trump released a video calling the $900000000000.00 covert relief bill insufficient suggesting who wouldn't sign it on sunday with no reporters or cameras covering the event trawled signed the bill for an estimated $14000000.00 people who lost their jobs during the pandemic timing was off their unemployment benefits ran out just before christmas and they'll have to wait until after january 1st before the government can help them. the bill will pay for other things keeping the federal government open through september 30th the distribution of culbut 19 vaccine. housing

and i'm here to stay out of all the sports news 20 time grand slam tennis champion roger federer has not recovered in time for me surgery and will now miss out on the upcoming australian open. welcome to the new governments around the world are scrambling to roll out vaccination programs as rising coronavirus cases more pressure on hospitals scientists in the u.k. say stricter lockdowns may be needed next month and pushing for secondary schools to stay closed but the government minister says the expected approval of another vaccine could see restrictions lifted more quickly india has started to started a dry run in fact of its vaccination program to test its transport and coal storage facilities that since the country recorded its lowest number of daily infections in nearly 6 months meanwhile iran is beginning human trials of a locally produced vaccine after successful tests on animals to iran has had trouble securing other vaccines because of sanctions on its banking sector south africa's become the 1st country on the continent to surpass 1000000 cases but a fast spreading variant o

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roger federer is withdrawing from the australian 0pen while he continues preparing to return to actionnced. the start of the australian 0pen's main draw, usually held injanuary, was delayed by three weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic and is now scheduled to begin on 8 february at melbourne park. the new year is rapidly approaching, with the coronavirus pandemic continuing to cause misery all around the world. social distancing and other restrictions means normal new year's eve celebrations will have to be curtailed. but in new york they insist the show will go on as much as possible. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. the more things change, the more they stay the same. workers finishing preparations to the giant crystal ball but will see out the old and see in the new. it weighs six tons, has a diameter of more than 3.5 metres, and is cloud in thousands of waterford crystal scenes like this expect scenes like this has 2020 draws to a close. covid—19 and all it entails has put something of a dampener on proceedings. so, this year, thanks to our pandemic, it is a life broadcast close

away from football, the six—time champion roger federer will miss the australian open for the first timeom knee surgery. he continues to recover from knee surgery. his last match was against novak djokovic. he said being fit for wimbledon and the olympics in the summer are his priorities next year. and australia have it all to do to avid defeat against india in the second test in melbourne. they bowled india out for 326 and the home side collapsed to 99—6. australia closing on 133—6, a lead of just two runs. australia closing on 133—6, a lead ofjust two runs. india with a big chance of winning the match and levelling up the four—match series. and now the darts, there was a huge upset as the reigning champion peter wright was knocked out by gabriel clemence. that is all from the bbc sport centre for now. thank you. now we will look at the weather. we have a cold week ahead as we see out 2020. it will deliver some snow at times. that is what some of us have seen times. that is what some of us have seen to start the day. this area of rain, sleet and snow affects the midlands and southern en

a bit of breaking sports news for you, and roger federer is withdrawing from the australian open whilen his right knee, his agent has announced. the start of the australian 0pen's main draw — usually held injanuary — was delayed by three weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic and is now scheduled to begin on february 8 at melbourne park. now, president—elect joe biden will become the 46th president of the united states injust three weeks' time. tackling the coronavirus pandemic will be his biggest challenge at home, but in foreign policy he says he wants to, in his words "restore america's leadership on the world stage." with his assessment of the challenges, here's our 00:22:17,672 --> 2147483051:47:53,551 world affairs editor, 2147483051:47:53,551 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 john simpson. america is back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. once again at the head of the table. now thatjoe biden is about to take over the white house and donald trump's moving out, governments right around the world are heaving sighs of relief. i'm not actually walking into the real oval offic

six time champion roger federer will miss february's australian open for the first time in his careermost a year. federer says his priority is being fit for wimbledon and the tokyo 0lympics in the summer. australia have it all to do to avoid defeat to india in the second test in melbourne after a batting collapse. having bowled out india for 326, they were soon struggling on day three in their second innings. in one tricky spell, the hosts lost three wickets forjust one run, slipping to 99—6. they ended the day on 133—6, a lead ofjust two runs. there's more on the bbc sport website, including news that both newcastle and bath have been handed wins in rugby union's premiership after games were cancelled due to coronavirus. that's it from me. huw. thank you very much, sara. the designer and branding expert responsible for some of the most iconic symbols on british television, martin lambie—nairn, has died at the age of 75. he created a number of channel symbols for the bbc, the most well—known being for bbc two, and his work for the launch of channel 4 in 1982 has more than stood the te

six—time champion roger federer will miss february's australian open for the first time in his careerery from knee surgery. federer‘s last competitive match was against novak djokovic in last year's semifinals in melbourne. the 20—time grand slam winner says being fit for wimbledon and the tokyo olympics in the summer is now his priority. australia have it all to do to avoid defeat against india in the second test in melbourne after the tourists dominated day three. after bowling india out for 326, austalia trailed by 131 on the first innings. they looked to be going steady when they reached 71 for 2, but then lost 4 quick wickets, collapsing to 99 for 6. an unbroken 34—run stand between cameron green and pat cummins helped them to 133 without further loss at the close, leading by only two runs. india with a big chance of winning the game and levelling up the four match series. now to centurion where south africa were bowled out for 621 in their first innings on the third day of their first test against sri lanka, a lead of 225. faf du plessis was outjust short of his double century.

some news from the world of tennis and swiss tennis star roger federer will misty astride been open for the 1st time in his career as he continues to recover from 2 rounds of need surgery the 39 year old hasn't played competitively since the loss to spread the an open in january he's currently trying out his offseason base in g. by strive you know been has been delighted to ferry because of the pandemic federer hopes to return to competitive tennis at the end of that. and a quick reminder of our top story we're following for you this hour. u.s. lawmakers have voted to increase emergency pandemic relief payments to struggling americans to $2000.00 outgoing president donald trump had threatened to block the bill altogether unless the amount was raised from $600.00 votes up in a surprise for bursal the president lighted the saw had to sign into law a massive public spending package. and a quick reminder before we go you can always get news on the go just download it from google play all from the app store. and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well a

six—time champion roger federer will miss february's australian open for the first time in his careere surgery. federer‘s last competitive match was against novak djokovic in last year's semifinals in melbourne. the 20—time grand slam winner says being fit for wimbledon and the tokyo olympics in the summer is now his priority. australia have it all to do to avoid defeat against india in the second test in melbourne after the tourists dominated day three. after bowling india out for 326, and facing a big defecit in their second innings, the home side then collapsed to 99 for six, matthew wade falling here for a0. australia eventually closing on 133 for six, that's a lead ofjust two runs. india with a big chance of winning the game and levelling up the four match series. they have all been pretty straight making it hard for us to score so, yes, we intend to score runs obviously, as a batting gfoup yes, we intend to score runs obviously, as a batting group and individually but yes they are making it quite challenging at times. to be fairwe it quite challenging at times. to be fair we hav

. >>> tennis great, roger federer will miss the first australian open of his career, a tournament hen six times. organizers announced on sunday he would have to withdraw. he's still recovering from two knee surgeries. the australian open, the first grand slam will start in early february, delayed by three weeks due to the pandemic. that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. i'm kim brunhuber, "early start" is up next. heart failure causes nearly two hospitalizations every minute. understanding how to talk to your doctor about treatment options is key. toda we are redefining how we do things. we find new ways of speaking, so you're never out of touch. it's sing someone's face that comforts us, no matter where. when those around us know us, they can show us just how much they care. the first steps of checking in, the smallest moments can end up being everything. there's resources that can inform us, and that spark can make a difference. when we use it to improve things, then that change can last within us. when we understand what's possible, we won't settle for less. the best thing we can b

and lastly this morning, roger federer is a out of the australian open. slam winner saying he's not fully recovered from the two operations on his right knee. the tournament had been postponed by three weeks moved from january to early february over concerns about coronavirus. so christine, just not quite back from injury. looking like he's going to point toward the summer, the olympics very important to him, and of course the slams over the summer as well. >> certainly we wish him well. carolyn, lice nice to see you t morning, thank you. >>> after spending the weekend on the golf course, the president found time to sign the coronavirus relief package, not before millions of americans paid a big financial price. some hot cocoa? mom, look! are you okay? head home this holiday with the one you love. visit your local mercedes-benz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedes-benz winter event. every minute. understanding how to talk to your doctor about treatment options is key. today, we are redefining how we do things. we find ne

. >>> roger federer will miss the first australian open of his career, a tournament he's won six timesorganizers on sunday announced he'd withdrawn. he is recovering from two knee surgeries. the first grand slam of the year will begin in early february, delayed by three weeks due to the pandemic. >>> syrian refugees were forced to flee. the fire happened after a violent dispute on saturday night, although no official cause is known. the temporary camp was destroyed along with the few possessions refugees brought with them. lebanon and syria have offered shelter, with more aid coming from the un. >>> as we reflect back on the biggest moments of 2020, you'll remember the devastating explosion that ripped through the heart of beirut earlier this year. more than 200 lives lost in a city left struggling. ben wedeman has more on how people are trying to move forward. >> beirut is rebuilding again. earthquakes and wars have bashed and battered over the centuries, and then this summer, this. people have always somehow managed to rise from the ashes. the more than 200 lives lost in beirut's por

by 2022 cleveland to follow washington's american football team which changed its name in july roger federer s as he might have to sit out the australian open tennis the 20 time grand slam champion is taking longer than expected to recover from 2 nice surgeries is not playing. since this year's australian open when he was beaten in the semifinals i know that joke which skiing's biggest on mckayla shifrin has won her 1st world cup races since the death of her father nearly a year ago she took 1st place in the giant slalom in the french aus resort of course chevelle her last victory was in january 1 week before her father passed away she friends at the reigning olympic champion in the event and this is her 67th world cup when i row which ties a master chef a 3rd on the all time list behind only lindsey vonn in last in muck and this when it clearly meant more than most. really like. 95 percent of me. that. i couldn't do it just. the small bit of me at the rate. when i was. 2023 rugby world cup is a 1000 days away but the draw has already been made hosts france have a tough looking assignment i

lost his sense of taste and even stuff and memory loss. 20 times a tennis grand slam champion roger federer will miss the australian open for the 1st time in his career because he's failed to recover from knee surgery the tournament has been delayed by 3 weeks to allow players enough time to quarantine in australia that's still not going to be enough time for the swiss to be ready to take part in february the 39 year old has played the event for the last 21 years in a row and has won it 6 times but he says he has no plans to retire as for the cricket going on in melbourne india have the advantage as they head into day 4 of the 2nd test against australia the tourists resumed 127745 they lost their standing captain edging to ronnie early on for 112 rabbit today to hit 57 the whole india all out for 300 $26.00 for a 1st invade of $131.00 the indian bowlers then piled on the pressure as australia stumbled their way to a $133.00 for a 6 at the close of play that's a lead of just 2 with cameron green impact cummings at the crease. began the bank pretty well greased right. to go and score runs obv

nation japan will be up against england and argentina in pooty 20 time tennis grand slam champion roger federer says he might have to sit out the australian open the 39 year olds recovering from tunis surgeries but according to the swiss is taking longer than expected he's not played since this year's australian open where he was beaten the semifinals by novak djokovic the 2021 aussie open could be pushed back to february start to allow players time to quarantine in australia before the tournament. biggest star mckayla shifrin has won her 1st world cup races the death of her father nearly a year ago she took 1st place in the giant slalom in the french out result of course. victory was in january 1 week before her father passed away this is her 67th win a role which ties most herschel for 3rd on the all time list i need to see fall in with 82 and in the last denmark with 86 are ahead of her. as an animal with gemma rob joe thank you very much indeed and i want to leave you with these amazing pictures of a total solar eclipse it's visible from chile to argentina this is in our gear it's an astron

allowed also from the back of the net in this resending victory. 20 time tennis grand slam champion roger federer says he might have to sit out the australian open the 39 year old is recovering from 2 surgeries on his left knee but according to the swiss it's taking longer than expected he's not played since this year's australian open where he was beaten in the semifinals find a joke which the 2021 aussie open could be pushed back to february to allow players time to quarantine in australia before the tournament. thanks to saturn has won the last formula one race of the season in abu dhabi the red bull driver led from start to finish with them sadie's pare down 3 bottom and world champion lewis hamilton in 2nd and 3rd respect this was how one's 1st race back off from recovering from kobe 19 as for stop them it's the template of his career and 2nd of 2020. it was really enjoyable out there today you know we did critically everything all right so. yeah i think once you start up from to know you can get chilled place a bit more and a good makes your larger bit easier that was a really hard race for

nation japan will be up against england and argentina in pulte. 20 time tennis grand slam champion roger federer says he might have to sit out the australian open the 39 year old is recovering from 2 surgeries on his left knee but according to the swiss is taking longer than expected he's not played since this year's australian open where he was beaten in the semifinals by novak djokovic. and skiing's biggest star mckayla shifrin has won her 1st world cup race since the death of her fall the nearly a year ago she took 1st place in the giant slalom in the french alps resort of course the last victory was in january 1 week before her father passed away this is her 67th when a role which ties muscle her chauffeured only in time list only lindsey vonn with 82 and a monster and mark with 86 hours ahead of her. all right that is useful for now have will be late in the stands thanks so much to well that's it for this news on the tank ok i'll be back in a minor one. we're told technology can help tackle the spread of cold at 19 but all tech solutions the best solutions you're starting something that see

six—time champion roger federer will miss february's australian open for the first time in his careerandy murray, two years on from his emotional announcement there that he may have to finish his career due to injury. having worked his way back from major hip surgery since then, murray's now been handed a wild card for the tournament where he's reached the final on five occasions. there was a huge upset at the world darts championship last night. reigning champion peter wright has been knocked out. the scot lost after a really close deciding set to gabriel clemens, who becomes the first german to ever reach the last 16. and just after half past eight, i'll be speaking live to jockey bryony frost, who became the most successful female national hunt jockey of all—time this weekend, with a win in the king george vi chase at kempton on saturday. i will be talking to her about her impact in the sport and women's sport more generally. she didn't realise she had made history until somebody told her afterwards. it's amazing, isn't it? it's so focused on winning races. the women's sport thing

roger federer says he may not be fit in time to play at the australian open, which is likely to startd wimbledon, the olympic games and the us open. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. as brexit negotiations between the uk and the eu continue in brussels, many businesses are worried about this uncertainty means for them with less than three week until the end of the transition period. it comes as the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, said the uk would have to play ‘by the rules' if it wanted access to the single market. first of all, there is movement. that is good. and the transition period ends. so we are talking about a new beginning with old friends but we should also be clear that from the 1st of january on, we should also be clear that from the 1st ofjanuary on, and we should also be clear that from the 1st of january on, and three weeks, the uk will be a third country to the european union and what we have sorted out such a package already in the agreement, but what is essential now to finalise the one and only import

the president's wing man and who flven intervened in the roger stone sentencing and talked about the mueller investigation and man said federaluthorities had spied on the trump campaign. now after all of that, he is seeing a president who is trying to undermine democracy and cheat and steal an election, and perhaps, perhaps at the very end, he is now saying i cannot go along with this any longer. >> it's interesting, abby. the president's legal team which continues to strike out in court time after time after time as it fails to produce serious evidence of its various conspiracy claims says the department of justice has not thoroughly investigated this. you saw that statement from giuliani that just was released. is there any truth to that? >> well, bill barr said that they have looked into these outlandish claims and found no evidence to support it. the other thing people should keep in mind is the justice department and their field offices across the country have been on the lookout for, quote/unquote, voter fraud since the summer, since president trump began talking about mail-in ballots and how much he dislikes them. and

federal prosecutors. facts be damned. as they always are in trump world and how about roger stone?as convicted of obstruction of congress and lying under oath among by the way other felonies. but the only crime in the president's eyes was going after him. the whole russia investigation. in his mind everyone digs up dirt. no obstruction. no collusion. stone's sentence commuted. now he's pardoned. or paul manafort, a man who didn't rat so to speak like michael cohen. do you doubt that's how trump sees it? remember, trump is a man who sees john dean as the villain in the nixon story. he once called him a rat. turning against a corrupt president? well, you can't do that. in manafort's case he said he'd make a deal. and then he lied so much that mueller's team rejected the deal. even trump, himself, by the way refused to cooperate with the mueller probe. not even giving an interview. if you doubt that this has anything to do with projection and that it is simply about righting a wrong, ask yourself this. why does he routinely circumvent the pardon office treating it as if it were obsole

perhaps even in criminal conduct, because when you think about it, roger stone or paul manafort, they didn't refuse to cooperate with federal prosecutors as some showing of principle, they refused to cooperate because if they testified truthfully, it would have been damaging to someone and possibly, likely damaging to the president. so that's the terrain that we have here. look, ali, some of these pardoned look like the kind of pardons that had they gone through a traditional doj pardon and vetting process, they would have been righteous sorts of pardons, people who served their sentence and gone on to turn their lives around. the president sprinkles those sorts of pardons with i.c.e. agents, he violated civil rights or political pardons and especially these that he uses to protect himself are just a glaring violation of the process. >> it's not that there are none of those, there are just very few of them. they're a very small percentage, according to professor goldsmith. five of the 65 pardons fall into that category so far. michael cohen tweeted, what happened tonight shows how broken the whole criminal justice system is

and one of the things that you can do as a federal prosecutor is, you can put paul manafort and roger stone into the grand jury and ask them questions, and obviously you would wait until january 20th so that the president can't interfere with this. and you can ask them questions about, what were your communications with the white house? why did you lie for the president? a whole series of questions. now, if paul manafort or roger stone were to assert the fifth amendment at that point -- and they may have a colorable argument for it -- you can just immunize them and force them to testify. you'll be no worse off than you are now, but the idea here is that the president cannot necessarily pardon himself out of the obstruction criminal liability that he faces federally. so that, to me, is something where he may get hoisted on his own petard if you have an aggressive new attorney general in place in the biden administration. >> so even though the pardon power is plenary, if the president is giving out pardons in exchange essentially for bribes or as a way of obstructing justice or some oth

federal crimes. among them, former trump associates paul manafort and roger stone, charles kushner, the father of theresident's son-in-law jared kushner also was pardoned and the covid relief bill adopted by congress suddenly faces an uncertain future. the president said $600 cash payouts to individuals was ridiculously low and called for lawmakers to amend it to $2,000 per person. on wednesday, president trump vetoed the bill that both chambers of congress passed. it sets up what could be the first veto override of his presidency, pitting members of his own party against him. trump's former national security adviser is slamming the president's move. listen. >> for 59 straight years, our parties have compromised their differences to give clear policy direction on defense for the full year, and what trump's veto does here is potentially put that in jeopardy, at a time when we're suffering from one of the worst computer attacks in our history, when we see threats all around the world continuing to grow from china and elsewhere, to do this because he doesn't like this provision or that provision, nobody

federal crime. that was the case of michael flynn with roger stone. there have been a couple instances where the president preemptively pardoned somebody, the most famously being richard nixon, who was not ever charged with anything but he was pardoned. if this happens though, it begs the question, kate, you started off with, what's going on here? why does there need to be a pardon? if i'm a state prosecutor and i'm not bound by this pardon, i would be exactly that question, why is there a need to pardon these people? they must have done something. let me see if i can figure that out. >> john, what does this do, if anything at all, about the talk of president trump possibly trying to pardon himself? >> well, this is something again that hasn't been tried and i would defer to ellie's legal expertise on this. the consensus i've absorbed from legal scholars who talked about it are it would be contested but he might be able to do it. again, the president, he's got seven weeks left in office. at the end of that seven weeks, he loses this awesome power that

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. >> you mentioned federal executions as well as the president's pardons this week. those pardons included rogertone, paul manafort. in fact, multiple other people caught up in the mueller russia probe as well as allies from congress. what do these pardons say to you? >> they say that this president never understood his job. he never understood the leadership, the role of the president. a pardon has to do with mercy. a pardon has to do with someone paying his or her due to society. this is, these are sets of pardons that has nothing to do with mercy. they have to do with favoring friends. can you imagine at a time when he allowed federal ex-kooecutioo go forward he pardenened the blackwater defendants? mr. cush sglkushner? it's extraordinary. shocking but not surprising. this is the very man, the huckster who was elected president. he is going out shamefully with these pardons. he's going out shamefully not caring about the suffering of american people. not caring about people who are hungry and in food lines, as he goes and golfs, or if it's a little too cold for him, he tweets, congresswoman m

federal prosecutor and msnbc analyst. good to see you. happy holidays to you, my friend. talk about these pardons and what they mean to you. the vast scope of them from rogercharles kushner to paul manafort? >> yeah, happy holidays, yasmin. it's probably no surprise first of all career prosecutors finds pardons particularly distasteful. we assemble teams. teams of law enforcement officers and agents. teams of prosecutors, paralegals, victim witness specialists and we try to go about vind daicating the rights victims. i can tell you the blackwater case in particular was prosecuted by my former office, the u.s. attorneys office for the district of columbia, and for the better part of ten years my friends and colleagues worked night and day to try to hold accountable these four blackwater, i'm going to call them what they are as a result of the jury's verdict, killers, who killed 17 iraqi men, women and children, innocent, unarmed, iraqi men, women and children, on their own soil. simply trying to pass through a security checkpoint to go to work. they were slaughtered by these blackwater contractors. 14 additional iraqi citizens injured but survived. and the

handed out more gifts to friends and loyalists convicted of federal crimes issuing pardons to key figures convicted in the russia investigation. roger stone and former campaign chairman paul manafort. >> hallmark prosecutions of the department of justice. they've been wiped away with a stroke. >> reporter: in all, more than 20 pardons for the second straight day. nebraska republican senator ben sasse called it rotten to the core. mr. trump leaves behind a capital in chaos after posting a video calling for bigger stimulus checks. the president formally vetoed the military budget for the coming year. override a trump veto for the first time next week. >> we'll move to override that and we're going to, you know, attempt to get legislation out of the house that we provide the $2,000 and we don't know what the republicans are going to do. >> reporter: republicans have signaled they will kill a democratic attempt in the house today to raise stimulus checks to $2,000. putting them at odds with the president and leaving struggling businesses and iworkers like ths bartender in limoblimbo. >> i do feel scared. >> without the president's signa

in some cases like those of manafort and roger stone, people who declined to cooperate with federal investigatorsations involving the president, which raises the prospect that the president was essentially dangling the possibility of a pardon as those individuals were weighing whether or not to cooperate with investigators. of course the process that takes place for pardons is fairly laid out. it goes through the justice department, there's a whole review process, but the majority of these, they have circumvented that process. instead people individually lobbying the president to give them clemency at their desire. now, this comes as the president is also throwing another major wrench into washington and the actions of congress by vetoing the national defense bill, which has passed for something like six decades without any break. that is raising the prospect that the president for the first time in his term will have his veto overridden. of course that all depends on whether republicans vote the same way they did in overwhelmingly passing that vote or whether some of them now break away because

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supposed rush of collusion roger stone was convicted of misconduct by a special counsel miller's team while charles crucially had been convicted over tax evasion and lying to the federal election commission little trumps choices of who to grant a pardon spock fewer. it also includes military contractors jailed for killing civilians in iraq but no whistleblowers despite calls from rights activists are a lot more pain picks up the story. well it is the holiday season and the outgoing presidential administration seems to be in a mood for clemency and there has been a wave of anger and criticism of who it is that the president of united states has decided to show mercy to now one of the people involved is george papadopoulos this is an associate of trumps who was caught up in the russia collusion investigation and charged with lying to the f.b.i. the white house made the decision to grant him a pardon at the time that mr papadopoulos allegedly made the false statements he was not represented by counsel and after he was arrested mr papadopoulos gave additional information on his prior statements to the special counsel today's pardon helps correct the wrong that mueller see

and if roger stone lies, then there are going to be consequences to that. with respect to the president's prior, federal crimes, that is going to be a really big issue, depending on, you know, what the attorney general, the new attorney general, wants to do. and whether the president tries to pardon himself away, you know, and out of that -- out of that legal conundrum. but i think it's -- that's something where we have to really wait and see what's going to happen. >> so, john dean, you know, look. you lived through the nixon presidency. and still, have the scars to show for it. how does this compare, as we are looking at the final days of the trump presidency and the actions he is taking and the situation that i think carrie describes quite well, how does what you are seeing now compare to those years? >> well, it's ironic that nixon actually looks good. as i knew, at the time, and learned almost contemporaneously, that at the end, as he was leaving, his former-top aides, chief of staff, top-domestic adviser, and also his former attorney general, john mitchell, all wanted pardons. they got word right

chairman as well as long time confidante roger stone late yesterday, both were key figures in robert mueller's russia investigation. with me now is the former federalsecutor and current msnbc legal analyst. great to have you with us, cynthia, i appreciate your time. here's the wording of some of last night's pardons on these two men. today president trump has issued a full and complete pardon to paul manafort, stemming from convictions prutd in the course of it. premised on the russian he collusion hoax. mr. stone was treated very unfairly. pardoning him will help right the justices. what do you make of that language? >> well, it's trying to be as broad as possible to protect the president. i mean, he's like, akin to the mob boss who use this is tool, this power of the pardon, which is very hard to review, and he's using that tool to protect himself and reward his friends, and he withholds it from his enemies. and finds other tools to punish them. he very much, like a mob boss. what we know about manafort and stone is, they're the guys in the room. manafort is the guy who met with the russian operative and he had the connections to the russian olig

whoexample, william rogers was both secretary of state and attorney general was one of the 20 against the underworld. array griff i know who became federal judge was one of the 20 against the underworld. charles bright tell who went to the highest court in new york was one of the 20 against the underworld. she never got to be a judge. she never actually achieved that, and she always believed it was because of her brother. ent to prison for refusing to name names. those who know my work know that i am very big on tolerance of dissent, not shutting people out of jobs because of their views, and that comes from my great uncle's experience. after he got out of prison, he couldn't get work. of his qualifications, he worked in a factory for a while. he had some writing he couldn't really publish. he finally left the country and never returned. he went to ghana, then on to zambia. the reason i tell you that is my grandmother blamed him for a lot, and in 1951 when he began to face legal troubles, here was his sister who had been this prosecutor and was now at a law practice in new york. he never went to her for advice. went his way alone, and my

rogers, who william is both secretary of state and attorney general, was one of the 20 against the underworld. a very distinguished federal judge was one of the 20 against the underworld. -- there were about six or seven of them who became judges. and she never got to be a judge. she quit the prosecutor's office after about 10 years. she never actually achieve that and she always believed it was because of her brother. forbrother went to prison refusing to name names and those of you know my work and know that i'm very big on the tolerance of dissent, on not shutting people down and shutting people out of various jobs because of their views, and that comes largely from my great uncle's experience. after he got out of prison, he couldn't get work at the time. his qualifications, he worked in a factory for a while. he finally left the country in the late 1950's and never returned. he went to ghana. he spent a lot of time traveling. as you will be surprised to learn, in the soviet union and in china, but he never came back. him for ather blamed lot and in 1951, when he was faced with legal troubles, here was his sister who h

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