pardons we told you about. for that we turn to our white house correspondent jeremy diamond. >> reporter: president trump is expected to issue around 100 pardons on tuesday. that will be his final full day in office. the pardons, we're told, are expected to include a mixture of some more controversial pardons to white collar criminals, high profile rappers as well as potentially some of the president's political allies. there will be in this batch several pardons that are more criminal justice reform minded. pardons that would be more akin to those -- to the one that the president gave to alice marie johnson who herself has been advocating with the president for pardons for other individuals who have been incarcerated for a long time. now this final batch of clemency actions will cap off a scramble for securing pardons for themselves or other people. "the new york times" is reporting today that some of the president's allies have been paid tens of thousands of dollars to secure...