steve bannon is already getting some reaction, this pardon of steve bannon. again, this is reporting from "the new york times." nbc news has not independently confirmed. but adam schiff says, steve bannon is getting a pardon after he defrauded trump's supporters, into paying into a wall trump said mexico would pay with. he's been charged with defrauding donald trump's own supporters, and again, trump promised that mexico would pay for the wall. >> yes, it's going to be a long 12 hours. and the pardons are really a microcosm of the trump presidency. trump has taken this really noble part of our constitution, and he's warped it in the service of his ego and rewarding his pals. the pardon power, you go to hamilton, saying this is necessary because otherwise justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel. but trump doles it out for his friends, and this pardon for bannon is akin to so many he's done, like manafort, papadopoulos, and jared kushner's dad, or michael flynn. and a lot of these folks didn't go through the pardon process. they just went -- t

steve bannon is already getting some reaction, this pardon of steve bannon. again, this is reporting from "the new york times." nbc news has not independently confirmed. but adam schiff says, steve bannon is getting a pardon after he defrauded trump's supporters, into paying into a wall trump promised mexico would pay for. if that sounds crazy, that's because it is. thank god we only have 12 more hours of this den of thieves. makes a good point there. he's been charged with defrauding donald trump's own supporters, and again, trump promised that mexico would pay for the wall. >> yes, it's going to be a long 12 hours. and the pardons are really a microcosm of the trump presidency. not just being crazy, but trump has taken this really noble part of our constitution, and he's warped it in the service of his ego and rewarding his pals. the pardon power, you go to alexander hamilton in the federalist papers, saying this is necessary because otherwise justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel. but trump doles it out for his friends, and this pardon

we are now told the president told people he decided to pardon steve bannon. officials cautioned saying it is not final until it is final and the president put his name on the paperwork for steve bannon's pardon. he is telling people this is the decision he made. it will be one of his final acts in office, pardoning a former top aide to him who he had a massing falling out with, but they came together over the president's lies about the election. steve bannon pushed these, talked about the rally, promoted the january 6th rally that lives in infamy and will be talked about for years to come. the other charges that steve is facing. he is defrauding people out of money they used to build the president's long promised border wall. this is just notable in the fact that the president had so many ups and downs with steve bannon and this is how the president is spending his last day in office. it appears this is what his final decision is made. given the fact that steve bannon was someone once ex-communicated from the white house after he was quoted in that book, tras

steve bannon is a figure that he has told people he decided he will pardon steve bannon.arkable. this is kind of a surprise. our sense over the weekend is that the president decided against pardoning bannon and that his chances of getting one were slim. it shows you the last minute nature of this and what president trump is doing in the final hours in office. not the good-bye parties with staffers. he took pictures and had meetings. we were told a lot of the deliberations he had were if he would go forward with the pardon. this is what the president is telling people now at 11:00 p.m. >> i want you to stand by. i want you to bring in a former prosecutor here. ellie, let's talk about the legal aspects. new york federal prosecutors charged steve bannon and three others with defrauding donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars. the four men were indicted for using hundreds of thousands donated to an online crowdfunding campaign called we build a wall for personal expenses among other things. $25 million. that is what they allege. they used more than $1 million from the buil

including steve bannon.he did not pardon as far as we know because as we learned you can have something that will call a pocket pardon. he could pardon himself, kids, anybody. and not disclose it. the way this administration has been a sieve in the white house as well, you have to believe we would know. and as has been said. trump likes to brag. but he is the short side of the story. today is the day that things change in america. joe biden will be president at noon today eastern. at our capitol. kamala harris will be vice president. what that change will mean and auger in we don't yet know. it is all happening under a cloud that you can't miss and we can no longer mistake. let's bring in one of my mentors, ledgendary news man. even you have never seen this. surrounded by 25,000 national guard men. non-peaceful transfer of power. happening in seclusion from the american people. because the american people must be on the guard for the american people. what do you make of it? >> i agree with people who say not

bannon faces a serious term in prison.defrauded many members of trump's base in connection to a project that was designed to collect money to build a federal wall. he is under federal indictment. he will go to prison for a long time if he is convicted. one way he can reduce his exposure is by cooperating and bannon has access to many of the president's innermost thoughts. we don't know if the president committed any crimes but we know the most difficult thing for prosecutors is to get inside a dependent's head to know what they were thinking and why they acted the way they did, bannon might be able to offer evidence like that. a pardon will be perceived as this president's contempt and abuse of the rule of law. >> bannon was swept up, lounging on a deck of a vessel owned by a chinese billionaire off the coast of connecticut, as one does. peter baker, we are reminded this is the closing hours, there is talk tonight in washington of a new political party. mr. trump discussed the matter with several aides and other people clo

if he is now pardoning bannon, he is going down the road again. i think we are going to see wealthy, well connected people working back channels, cashing in the access for a last pay off. >> yeah. the white house counsel had been there trying to talk the president out of pardoning the most egregious people, the people with the most egregious offe offenses. it would appear that did not work. >> we will see if he eventually pardons steve bannon. this is a perfect illustration of what we are leaving and what we are getting as president. there is no right or wrong to the pardon or legal justification or person that committed an offense, remorseful for it and served his time and is deserving of a pardon. this is someone that is accused of defrauding trump's own followers to fulfill this ridiculous wall promise that trump hasn't fulfilled. the reason he is giving him a pardon is because bannon joined him in lying about the election. lies that resulted in a deadly insurrection. we are about to replace in a little bit more than 12 hours, lies with honesty

and steve bannon was certainly somebody who stood close by, even in hard times. one of the only aides to stick by him during the "access hollywood" tape drama. as many aides disappeared for many hours or days, or went

only steve bannon did. have to ask why. >> guys, on january 5th, on his podcast called "war room," by the way, steve bannon said all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. and it did, elie. just the politics of it. you wonder, this can't help the president's chances in the senate trial over impeachment. that aside, it doesn't like totally get steve bannon off the hook, at least for state charges. >> right. important to remember, we all know presidential pardons only cover federal crimes, not state crimes. some of the people who were pardoned tonight committed crimes -- they were federal crimes, but it's hard to sort of translate them over into state crimes. not steve bannon. that's a theft. theft is a federal crime. it's a crime in every state including new york state. so if state prosecutors want to pick that case up and they should, they can just walk right over to the sdny. it's a block away. and ask for that file. they should do that because it's competely unjust that steve bannon gets a walk. >> elie,

in this case, with bannon, bannon had even stood trial yet which made it so unusual. with you. i think this is just however it impacts him. and his future trying to light the fire of his political movement, which he said is just beginning. so whatever donald trump's next plans are from his own tv network to a grassroots politics to try to run again, whatever it is, yeah, he wants to try to keep those people close. and bannon is so interesting because there was a break when he was there within the white house. but there was a sense, i think, that trump understood there was a kind of force in bannon that he needed to keep close. >> yeah. i hope, natasha, that the americans who gave money thinking they were contributing to national security somehow don't mind this pardon. that bannon bilked them out of the millions of dollars. we still have 6 1/2 more hours that president trump could do some of his reveals which, you know, he likes at the 11th hour. so it's possible he's still going to pardon himself or his family. who knows what's going to happen in these hours. and who

steve bannon had been faced with.ve bannon, of course, was indicted, but he hasn't been tried yet. this could be a big relief to steve bannon, and it shows that the president remembers the good the people have done, not necessarily the bad. >> marianne: does this presidential pardon then mean that everything goes away for steve bannon? as if it never happened? >> correct. the pardoning excuses federal crimes and expunge the records come up with the fact is, steve bannon had done something wrong, in order to receive a pardon. and with a commutation of a sentence, the record still stands in the criminality, but the forgiveness is in the time needed to be served. >> marianne: got it. and one last thing i wanted to ask, not sure if you're familiar with this name, but there was a name being thrown around, the tiger king, and we were told that possibly he was standing via, waiting to find out if he was on this list, and it does not look like he is on there, joe exotics, you see him right there. is that a surprise to you? >>

and there is steve bannon right there. he was charged in the actually the criminal proceedings begin in august. he's charged with conspiracy making money after asking for donations as far as his political projects and they started the process rolling for a time president trump tried to distance himself from steve bannon and then he came back to it and saying that he was a major part in terms of the conservative movement to lots going on the changes in america that president trump was satisfied with and that's part of the reason why he steve bannon president trump still has several hours to decide who else to pardon lots going on right there but all together he part about 100 people here are some of the other notable people granted pardons or clemency rapper little wayne who face 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty put the to possessing a loaded handgun on a chartered plane. rapper kodak black who was currently in prison for making a false statement in order to buy a firearm and former detroit mayor kwame kilpatrick

and apparently steve bannon called and spoke directly to president trump now president steve bannon has only been charged he has not been convicted but he was charged with defrauding supporters who donated to a private fund to help build the us mexico border wall as everyone should know by now that was a signature policy of president trump so again it appears this is probably not going to be surprising to a lot of people who have been tracking the pardons and commutations president trost and noted that there is a sizable chunk of people on there who are trump loyalists you mentioned others such as the rapper's little wayne and kodak little wayne was a very vocal supporter of president trump in the run up to the election both of these men are in trouble for gun related charges another pardon that is sure to attract a bit of attention is the one for former detroit mayor a democrat kwame kilpatrick he was serving a 28 year sentence in federal prison for racketeering bribery and extortion so absent on this list is president trump and his family members there has been a lot of speculatio

steve bannon, of course, was the chief strategist here at the white house. he was the chairman of his presidential campaign. steve bannon had been charged with as part of a scheme allegedly defrauding trump supporters actually raising $25 million for an organization called we build the wall, very little of wall was actually built with that $25 million and i got to tell you if you look at the pardons overall pardons and commutations that donald trump has given, not just the ones last night but over the past period of months look at these, all people tied to his first presidential campaign, george. really quite a list of very key players in his campaign in 2016. >> jon karl, thanks very much. michael. >> all right, george, as we know there is a massive security effort out for the inauguration and it is out in full force at our nation's capital following the violent riot just two weeks ago. our chief national correspondent matt gutman is there with the very latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, michael. we've talked about the 25,000 national gu

amy: at first, donald trump has pardoned former strategist steve bannon along with 142 others in one of his last acts in office. we will look at the big money behind the pardon process. we will speak to cia torture whistleblower john kiriakou. when he asked trump's lawyer rudy giuliani for help getting a pardon, an associate said it would cost him $2 million. kiriakou didn't pay and was not on trump's pardon list. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. joe biden is being inaugurated today as the 46th president of the united states. he is taking the oath of office at noon today, putting an end to the tumultuous single term of donald trump, and taking on the handling of a devastating pandemic. on tuesday evening, biden and incoming historic vice president kamala harris led a national mourning for coronavirus victims at the lincoln memorial. 400 lights illuminated the reflecting pool, representing the over 400,000 people who died from covid-19 in the u.s. biden and harris both spoke at the memorial. mr. biden: t

president donald trump issues 73 pardons among them former aide steve bannon. sammy's a and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. to shine a light. on. remember all. joe biden on as more than 400000 americans who died in the coronavirus a pandemic. the stage is set for the transition of power and unprecedented security lock down for the inauguration of the next u.s. president. the outgoing u.s. president comes under fire from his own party over his role in the capital attack. the mob. there were provoked by the president and other powerful people. now we begin in the united states where joe biden is hours away from becoming the 46th president he'll lead a country devastated by an unprecedented health and economic crisis but in the final hours of his presidency outgoing president donald trump has issued more than $140.00 pardons and commutations they include former aide steve bannon along with rappers little wayne kodak black and a former mayor of detroit well earlier he delivered his farewell speech to the nation outlining his legacy. we restored am

>> well, steve bannon was one of the architects of his campaign in 2016. he's nuts like donald trump is nuts. he's facing federal fraud charges, and that's the kind of person that's left for donald trump to be a confidant. because the more respectable class of advisers he's had around him have been forced out or left of their own accord. steve bannon has encouraged him in these fantasies about trying to overturn the election, and donald trump is drawn so people who will tell him what we wants to hear. it's instrumental for steve bannon to suck up to donald trump, because donald trump in the final days of the presidency has the power to pardon steve bannon, and it would not surprise anyone if president trump used that power in that way. >> gentleman, always a pleasure. i'll see you soon. probably tomorrow night. we'll see. thank you. i want to bring in now cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez and cnn's counterterrorism analyst philip mudd. philip, it's been a while. you doing good? >> thank you. >> let's start with you. daniel hodges is speaking ou

sources say bannon, who's facing federal fraud charges, is seeking a pardon from trump. >> seth: that'sants a pardon for i'm guessing bursting out of that dude's chest and if you think "kuato's" too fringe a reference take it up with andy samberg, who fully played him in a sketch chill quaid, you'll get your smith. so bannon wants a pardon for scamming trump's own supporters by raising money for a private border wall that allegedly skimmed about a million bucks for his own personal expenses. in fact, if you'll recall, bannon, the self-proclaimed populist, was arrested on a $35 million 150-foot yacht belonging to one of his business associates, a fugitive chinese billionaire. was he on the yacht or did they find him getting dragged behind it i mean, look at him. he looks like a waterlogged baked potato he looks like jimmy buffett two weeks after he drowned "we found the body wasting away. in margaritaville. but we have to remember that even as disgraced and unpopular as trump is today there are still powerful forces in the republican party and the right-wing media ecosystem who will try

for the new tasha what's the signaling here that people will take away from the pardon for steve bannon. well president trump this is his 2nd flurry of pardons and commutations had already been criticized for providing pardons and commutations to his close allies and friends historically he's not the only president to do that but he's being criticized because allegedly by his critics too many of these pardons and commutations have gone to his close allies and friends and as you mentioned one of them steve fan and white house former white house strategist an advisor who had actually fallen out of favor with but this is probably to be the most high profile one and one that reportedly trump agonized over he vacillated he had people in his orbit urging him not to pardon bad in and he had allies of bannan urging him to pardon bannan and reportedly on tuesday trump actually took a phone call from bannon where bannon clearly made the case bennett has not been convicted of anything he was charged last year with as you said defrauding supporters who had donated to a private fund to help build th

and very interesting, obviously, steve bannon is the number one person on the list. this was a top adviser in the white house during the first year after trump got into office. bannon got locked up on fraud and conspiracy charges and now thanks to the president, he's off the hook. there are other people on this list. there is the rapper lil' wayne. there are several members of congress who got into trouble. and of course, a bunch of people who got into trouble with drugs now also off the hook. let's talk now about what's going to happen today. very notable for what will happen. what the president is going to do, what he's not going to do. what he's not going to do with meet with joe biden. what he's not going to do is go to the inauguration. but he is on his way to florida, going to stop over at joint base andrews in the maryland suburbs for his big sendoff. they sent out invitations to people who used to be in the administration and people who are already in. not clear at all how many people are going to come. we've been told a lot of people are not showing up. the

. >>> and a slew of new pardons from the outgoing president including steve bannon. and was that his final act? it is "way too early" for this. . >> welcome to way too early oig, the show that is along with you opening a new chapter this morning. kasie hunt on this wednesday, january 20th. and the united states turnses page on the trump president city as joe biden will be sworn in as the nation's 46th president. donald trump is scheduled to depart the white house for the final time as president at 8:00 a.m. he will then head to joints base andrews for a final ride on air force one. he's taking to palm beach florida and skipping the inauguration. sources say the event will still have all of the pomp and pageantry of a state visit. mike pence won't be there. a white house official tells nbc news it is not logistically feasible for the vice president to attend both the farewell ceremony and the inauguration and that he has chosen the inauguration. as for the incoming president, he will begin his morning at church, he is expected to attend mass just before 9:00 a.m. with

notable among them steve bannon, longtime campaign strategist, elliott brody, former deputy national sequence two wrappers, little wayne and bill free known as kodak black, one person tied to the russia probe, paul erickson. in a farewell address the president highlighting his compliments. >> as i leave the white house i have been reflecting on dangers that reflect the priceless inheritance we all share as the world's most powerful nation america faces constant threats of challenges from abroad but the greatest danger we face is loss of confidence in ourselves, loss of confidence in our national greatness. >> reporter: he ends where he began with make america great. what will joe biden say in his address? we expect a message of unity as the country is facing so many challenges to racial division, economic uncertainty, we have a preview of what biden may say. listen. >> to heal we must remember is hard sometimes to remember, but that is how we heal. it is important to do that as a nation. >> reporter: the security measures continuing to tighten, still on high alert, 12 national guard

of the presidency has the power to pardon steve bannon. it wouldn't surprise anyone if he used that power in that way. >> gentlemen, always a pleasure. i'll see you soon. probably tomorrow night. thank you. >>> i want to bring in evan perez and phillip mudd. hello. phillip, it's been a while. are you doing okay? good to see you. >> thank you. >> good. good. and let's start with you, why don't we? the mpd officer daniel hodges is speaking out about his experience in the riots. he was pinned against a door by rioters. i want you to listen to what he said. >> they were ripping my mask off. he was able to rib away my baton and beat me with it. he was foaming at the mouth. so just these people were true believers in the worst way. just the absolute zealotry how they 100% believed what they were doing was right, they were the patriots and that no one would get in their way. >> phil, it is stunning that these insurrectionists were willing to do anything to achieve their goal. >> it is. i mean, i've got to get on an airplane myself in two weeks ha

president donald trump has pardoned former white house strategist steve bannon that's according to officials on the new york times he was accused of defrauding political donors who gave money to build a wall on the border with mexico yet to stand trial was also reportedly brody for madonna dozens more expected in the coming hours john hendren reports we have those reports that steve bannon is being pardoned and according to sources in the white house he donald trump is also pardoning as you mentioned rapper little wayne kodak black and former detroit mayor kwame kilpatrick these guys are well known many of them have. pleaded with the trump administration to pardon them and it looks like he's done what he's done in the past when he pardoned paul man of fort roger stone and his son in law's father charles christian or. meanwhile the number of people have died from a curve at 19 in the united states has surpassed 400000 the morals have been held across the country deaths and cases have been accelerating the staggering toll was confirmed on the eve of president elect joe biden's inauguration he'

president donald trump issues $73.00 pardons among them former aide steve bannon. i'm sam is a this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. to shine a light. dark there's a long. remember all we lost. joe biden on as more than 400000 americans have died in the current virus pandemic. the stage is set for the transition of power and unprecedented security lockdown for the inauguration of the next u.s. president. and an appeal for calm in tunisia as protests employment and poverty intensifies. we begin in the united states where joe biden is hours away from becoming the 46th u.s. president to lead a country devastated by the unprecedented health and economic crisis. but in the final hours of his presidency outgoing president donald trump has issued more than $140.00 pardons and commutations they include former a steve baton along with rappers little white kodak black and a former mayor of detroit he delivered his farewell speech to the nation outlining his legacy we re stored american strength at home and america's leadership abroad the world respects says again

criticized for violating the norms of clemency policy that looks like he's done it again with steve bannon on his pardon list one of trump's aides who was being prosecuted for do fraud ing donors who wanted to create trump's border wall so he was accused of defrauding trump's most avid supporters also we have rappers like little wayne kodak black both arrested on gun charges little wayne still facing those charges and now is exonerated by the president so the president has moved forward with a list of what we understand to be $143.00 people down in the late hours we understand that bannon for example was just added to the list for certain at the end but what is notable is also what is not on these on that list the rioters who attacked the capitol big supporters of president trump we are told the white house counsel suggested that he not do that also there was a warning against pardoning members of his family because a pardon implies guilt and that would leave them subject to prosecution. on local charges and in private lawsuits so the president once again violating the norms of pardon poli

federal prosecutors say bannon kept nearly a million dollars for himself.e was arrested on the yacht of a chinese billionaire. in other words, he was charged with ripping off the same trump supporters who had chanted, drain the swamp at trump rallies and so it was just so fitting, so perfect, cap his four years, his final hours in office, trump both pardoned bannon forgiving his crime of fleecing the trump's most die hard supporters. and literally with a few hours remaining in his term, tada, rescinded the ban he put in at the start of his term. wait, what about the swamp? joe biden's first day, he instituted a new ban, no lobbying for two years after leaving the administration. one of the things the biden administration is doing to reverse the damage done by trump. it's a long list, the untrumping is next. is next. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. an ipad was sold for less than $24; a playstation for less than $16; and a 4k television for less than $2. go to dealdash.com right now and see how much you can save. remember, shipping is always f

federal prosecutors say bannon kept nearly $1 million for himself.was arrested on the yacht of a chinese billionaire. in other words, he was charged with ripping off the same trump support here's had chanted, drain the swamp at trump rallies. so it was so fitting, so perfect, that in his final hours in office, trump both pardoned bannon for giving his crime of allegedly fleecing trump's own most diehard supporters, and then with literally a few hours remaining in his term, trump rescinded the lobbying ban he had put in place at the stuart of his material. what about the swamp? joe biden's first day, he instituted a new ban. no lobbying for two years after leaving the administrationful one of the thing biden is doing to reverse the damage done by trump. a long list. the untrumpening. next. next it's either the assurance of a 165-point certification process. or it isn't. it's either testing an array of advanced safety systems. or it isn't. it's either the peace of mind of a standard unlimited mileage warranty. or it isn't. for those who never settle, i

the most highlighted names are for bannon, steve bannon had been pardoned.was accused of defrauding donors. and paul manafort. he was also granted a pardon. we have seen the wrapper lil' w ayne and the former detroit mayor. thank you to the team for keeping those names in order. let's take the name of today, our senior reporter, former white house and congress reporter. the security preparations. 25,000 troops. it is more like belfast in 1985 than the capital of the united states of america. how does it feel? michele: we are just two weeks past the storming of the capital so we know the whole city is very much on edge. massive amounts of resources being deployed and countless security risks being monitored. among the added security, the national guard presence you mentioned with troops from around the country. as our defense reporter noted, this is a national guard buildup unlike any since the civil war in washington. very much different scene. almost every state has sent national guard troops to past inaugurations but never have so many been called to the d

and reuters are reporting that trump has granted clemency to the former white house advisor steve bannon let's go 1st to john so john in the last few minutes president trump has been granting pardons and clemency we knew this was coming though john didn't we what have you been hearing that. well daryn donald trump has long been criticized when it comes to pardons and other forms of clemency for favoring celebrities and aides and allies that he knows personally well it looks like he's doing it again we have those reports that steve bannan is being pardoned and according to sources in the white house he and donald trump is also pardoning as you mentioned rapper little wayne kodak black and former detroit mayor kwame kilpatrick. these guys are well known many of them have. pleaded with the trumpet ministration to pardon them and it looks like he's done what he's done in the past when he pardoned paul man a fort roger stone and his son in law's father charles questioner the president 'd has not released this list yet we have not seen it but these are reports coming out of the white house acc

president donald trump issues 73 pardons among them former aides steve bannon. some of biden's key cabinet picks outline how they plan to steer the u.s. out of the trump era plus. italy's prime minister clings on to his position as he grapples with a pandemic and an economy in freefall. it's 1100 hours g.m.t. 6 o'clock in the morning in washington d.c. where at noon local time joe biden will be sworn in as the u.s. is 46 president he plans to hit the ground running with 15 executive orders they include reversing the trans travel ban on some muslim majority nations cutting funding for construction on the border war and bringing the u.s. back into the paris climate a cord with a pandemic is another priority recorded deaths in the u.s. have passed 400000 the final hours of trans frozen sea have been focused on a recorded farewell speech in which he outlined his legacy he also issued more than a 140 pardons and commutations including this man steve balun the former chief strategist was charged with duping thousands of tram donors and misusing the cash they provided.

rudy giuliani said, even steve bannon was shocked by rudy giuliani saying it and asked him to expand on it and he couldn't. >> well, what's amazing about it, ali is that at the end of it when you cut it off when bannon goes to, you're killing me. you're killing me because steve bannon knows he's going to get sued by us also and he is and so is donald trump who is rudy giuliani's client and rudy giuliani is acting on his behest, but look, it is very difficult to sue somebody for defamation or libel in the united states, but our lawyers are telling us that rudy is well across the line so we're thrilled about this. it's the weekend, obviously. our lawyers are working and as soon as we're able to we'll take action and it won't be a frivolous lawsuit and again, in a country with the first amendment we're all public figures and we're all involved in the fight, but what he said was ludicrous and was untrue, was defamatory and if we can sue them, we're going to sue them. i think we'll -- >> what do you make of this kind of nonsense? who is he relying on? the idea that people don't have acces

steve bannon is banned from twitter, youtube.here is a bit of what he was saying the day before and the day of the capitol attack. we don't condone or want to replay what he is saying. we felt it's important to understand the story. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. just understand this. all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. it's going go to be moving, it's going to be quick. this is not a day for fantasy. this is a day for folk us, focus,are coming in over the target. this is the point of attack we always wanted. >> this language is dangerous. it's not condoned. remember what happened that day. it ended in a bloody and deadly brawl. apple are declining to comment. let me bring in a reporter who brought us this scoop. thank you very much for being with us. good morning. >> good morning. >> how can it be that this kind of junk is allowed on apple's podcast app but not on twitter, not on youtube? what's the difference? >> well, in america we have this policy where we allow tech platforms to make their own rules as

he's been agonizing over steve bannon and whether or not he should pardon steve bannon facing federal fraud charges and the reason why is bannon is one of the last high-profile conservatives to defend the president to defend the president until the very last minute of the very last day. steve bannon's name, does that surprise everybody and show up in the lives pardons? we're not expecting that at this point either, but, you know, it's one of those -- one of those continuing aspects of this presidency that you almost have to wait until it's tweeted and, of course, he can't tweet anymore or before it's e-mailed by this white house before we know what's in that list of pardons. >> jim acosta, thank you. >> brianna? >> harry lipman, a former deputy attorney general and former u.s. attorney. >> hi. >> hello. >> this warning that the president received from white house counsel that he would actually be put in legal jeopardy if he were to pardon himself and his family members, what do you think about this? >> i think it's right. the there's a stern rebuke. a lot of people out there are sayin

stephen bannon was. charged with illegally getting donations to build a private border wall along the border on dhere has not seen a trial yet, but president trump is part of in him before the trial back to you, right rainbow again reporting live for us in washington. i ray. thanks you can watch tomorrow's inauguration of president elect biden and vice president elect harris. right here on ktvu. our coverage begins at 8 a.m. family and lifelong friends have seemed to be vice president. kamala harris are in washington tonight to be with her tomorrow's inauguration, and they brought with them a priceless item from here in the bay area that will play an important part in the ceremony. our team coverage continues now with kids of these jana katsuyama janet frank, that treasure is a family bible belonging to regina shelton, someone that kamala harris is described as a second mom and the family talked with me. tonight from d. c about the role of the bible will play in the inauguration as the nation prepares to

president trump has parted steve bannon -- pardoned steve bannon.charged with defrauding thousands of investors who believe there wall would go to -- their money would go to building a wall. the president also pardoned and commuted the sentences of dozens of others. president trump reportedly has discussed starting a new political party. he would like to call it the patriot party. he has feuded with several republican leaders. he retains strong support among rank-and-file republicans. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. tom: futures up 13, dow futures up 68. david westin provided perspective with the former secretary of commerce. we will speak to mr. westin and the nuances of abiding administration -- a biden administration versus her obama administration. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: bloomberg surveillance. this day of inauguration. we look at the markets. john normand continues with us. your dollar call has been a surprise, a certi

last year, steve bannon was charged with fraud. charges related to a fundraiser for president trump's us mexico border wall project. he denied all of the charges. he was awaiting trial, and now he has effectively been cleared by president truck. it does open up mr trump to by president truck. it does open up mrtrump to more by president truck. it does open up mr trump to more criticism that he is using his presidential power, he has used it before, to help his friends. but presidential pardon in power is available to all presidents, if you go right back through history, there's been lots of controversial pardons. i think arguably the biggest was when gerald ford pardoned richard nixon in 1974. donald trump knows this is the last bit of power that he has and he is fully planning to use it in the final hours before he leaves this city for florida. let's take a look at what is planned for inauguration day itself. the ceremony gets under way at 1600 uk time, which is 11 o'clock in washington. lady gaga will sing the national anthem in

now you mentioned chief strategist steve bannon.interesting is cbs news has learned that the president's inner circle tried to caution him against granting relief to the controversial conservative commentator. steve bannon pleaded not guilty to defrauding donors in a fundraising campaign for president trump's border wall. but before the trial could even get under way, the president gave him a preemptive pardon. also receiving a full pardon is gop mega donor elliott brody, one of the top fundraisers who pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate lobbying laws. mr. trump extended pardons to three former republican congressmen and commuted the sentence of detroit's former democratic mayor kwame kilpatrick who was serving time on corruption charges. the president also pardoned rappers lil wayne and kodak black on their separate federal weapons-related offenses. >> the pardons are a very positive thing for a president. >> reporter: missing from the list were preemptive pardons for himself and his children, amid speculation the president wou

donald trump has issued more than $140.00 pardons and commutations they include former aide steve bannon along with rafa's little wayne kodak black and the former mayor of detroit us president elect joe biden and vice president-elect camelot harris paid tribute to more than $400000.00 americans have died of cove it biden says containing the pandemic is number one priority the new commission president does have a old biden's incoming presidency as a new door and sort of on the lay and says europe was there ready for a new start with america under trump relations with europe a strained over trade the u.s. imposing wide ranging tariffs joe biden's own will be a mess which are fueling short deeply divided nation and it will be a message of hope for a world that is waiting for the u.s. to be back in the circle of like minded states. this time honored ceremony on the steps of the u.s. capitol will be a demonstration of the resilience of american democracy and the resulting proof that once again after 4 long years europe has a friend in the white house outgoing u.s. secretary of state my pompei

. >> reporter: steve bannon's and his pardon >> reporter: kamala harris making history as the first womanf color to be vice president. >> so help me god. >> the first black woman and first black and indian american as the united state senator and the first black woman as vice president. >> she's a daughter of immigrant parents. >> when she came here to the united states, she could not imagine this moment. >> people are watching >> i have never done anything like this before >> i have four girls >> what does it mean personally >> what does it say about the future >> i want my daughter to know that the sky is the limit we are ready the country is ready >> while i am the first vice president in the white house, i will not be the last nbc news >>> as you are watching all this unfold today is our andrea mitchell and mic michael besclosh >> one thing joe biden made clear is he always believed that he's bringing the country together and repairing the country of the last four years of divisive. the question i have is will repub republicans -- they did come together for barack obama will they do i

bannon hadn't gotten that far.ited the prosecution before the lawyers had a chance to go to court to prove their case. i was also struck by the paragraph in the white house announcement about steve bannon. it didn't make the argument that he was innocent. it just simply said he was a well-known conservative leader with a fine political acumin which is not the usual criteria for earning presidential forgiveness. but, you know, i think in the end of the day the president has the power and he decided he wanted to use it. i think he decided that people who had been prosecuted in the last few years, you know, he identifies with them in the sense that he nurses this sense of victimhood, the idea that somehow he was persecuted unfairly or politically by all the various investigations that had been conducted and therefore he sees through that lens cases like the one against steve bannon. but you know, it's interesting, steve bannon isn't just charged with lying to prosecutors or one of these other crimes a lot of other aid

the understanding is that he went back and forth over whether or not department steve bannon in fact really slowed down the whole issuing of the lest we are told that the list was really by late on tuesday pretty much finalized but they couldn't get at this asian from donald trump over whether steve benen would be on the list or not he was added to he was taken off and then he was added to it in the end no steve bannon has been charged with essentially conspiracy to defraud getting people to contribute to building the border wall 'd and spending the money on things that he wanted to spend the money on on himself essentially but he still hadn't gone to court but the interesting thing is with steve bannon i receiving a pardon that's a fair number of people who were involved either in the 2016 campaign or were in the trump orbit that have also received pardons you can talk about coleman afford his former campaign manager you can talk about michael flynn his former national security advisor and there are quite a few more eliot who was one of his big fundraising friends a number of others

the most notable on the list, steve bannon. bannon was defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors who contributed to a fund-raising campaign for a private border wall. most notably not on the list, the president's family members and himself. you can see, a lot happening before tomorrow's transition of power. nbc bay area's kris sanchez is in washington, d.c. she leads our coverage on this inauguration eve. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden will take the oath of office in 12 hours. tonight is the last night in the white house for president donald trump. just as he's done through his whole administration, he continues to rewrite the books. in president trump's final books, pardons and commutations for allies, not for himself or family members. his farewell address to the nation, a videotaped behind closed doors and released on youtube. >> we did what we came here to do and so much more. this week, we inaugurate a new administration. i pray for its success. >> reporter: right in front of the white house, at black lives matter

steve bannon. steve bannon was permanently banned from twitter. sound familiar? you know why? for saying christopher wray and dr. anthony fauci should both be beheaded and their heads put on spikes outside the white house. that's who the president is reportedly listening to. this is how the toxic words of the far right and donald trump got us to the point that we are right now. stop making excuses for it. stop saying it's left versus right and -- it's racist. it's crazy. from the racist birther lie that former president barack obama was not born in this country to both sides in charlottesville, to dancing around the question of whether he disavowed the former leader of the kkk. it is not a dog whistle, people. not a dog whistle to white supremacists. it's a bull horn. >> and if he wasn't born in this country, which is a real possibility -- i'm saying it's a real possibility. then he has pulled one of the great cons in the history of politics. you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. you had people in that group -- excuse me, excuse me. i saw the same pictu

president donald trump issues 73 pardons among them former aide steve bannon. i'm sam and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the shot in the lights. dark deuce long. remember all. joe biden on is more than 400000 americans who.

and steve bannon whose fate is unclear. karl rove said he think a pardon for the former chief strategist would be a bad idea. here's why. >> if the president, you know -- steve bannon is under indictment now for fraud, that just saying i'm going to do what i did for my man, paul manafort who was guilty of tax evasion, that would be very problematic. >> also in the mix, joe exotic, in prison for a murder plot to kill carroll baskin. his team has a hair and limo and makeup team outside the prison waiting for him. so far very unclear if that is a realistic possibility from the white house. they have not commented on that at all today. the other big thing is this farewell video that president trump recorded here at the white house. we know it will be released around 4:00 p.m. and we just got excerpts. he's expected to have kind words for the incoming administration. he's going to say that i pray for its success in keeping america safe and prosperous but he also wants to know that the movements we have started is only beginning.

it will be interesting to see weather steve bannon makes it on that pardon list. we're told he's not expected to be on that list, but the president has been agonizing over this. in terms of this departure ceremony tomorrow, as you and i have been speaking about this, white house aides have been trying to make this a sendoff you would see for a departing head of state leaving washington. they've been trying to send out invitations to people to bring guests to the ceremony, but people like the former white house chief of staff john kelly, the other former chief of staff reince priebus, they're not expected to attend this ceremony. on top of that, i'm hearing from former senior administration officials, anderson, that they just have mixed feelings about whether or not to attend this departure ceremony for trump. they feel like this presidency is ending on a very sour note, on a very violent note, some of these officials feel, and they don't want to go to this departure ceremony because they don't want to be seen as being associated with this president. it's a terribl