including former illinois governor rob blagojevich and former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik. those granted clemency had been convicted on charges ranging from defrauding the federal government to theft. >>> a new case of coronavirus has surfaced in napa, california. a second case is also under investigation there. patients were evacuated from the quarantined cruise ship in japan. 14 american passengers tested positive after they were allowed to leave the ship. there's now at least 29 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the u.s. >>> the ongoing war in syria is taking a terrible toll on the people who live there. since december 900,000 civilians have been forced to flee syria and russian bombs in the northwest. most are women and children. a top u.n. official calls the situation cruel beyond belief.

and the in for bernard kerik was rudy giuliani.iani is also the one who got him appointed or nominated at one point to prosecute bush's cabinet until the vetting process came along and determined that he wasn't appropriate. he had to back out because of some ties to unsavory business characters. that didn't stop him from being, you know, on president trump's list for clemency when the time came and one of the things that certainly helped him aside from his friendship with rudy giuliani is his own advocacy for president trump on fox. he's been a regular come me commentator on behalf of the president. >> there's been speculation by some of our legal experts that this is a multipart play. this is a signal to roger stone, stick with me from the white house, you might get a pardon too. don't start cooperating, don't get desperate. i've got your back. it's a signal that he has this power and it's something that the president loves. it's unrestricted power to pardon even though he, unlike previous presidents, most of them at least, is not

also on the president's list, bernard kerik. as the president declares today, he is the cleef law enforcement officer of the country. >>> the disaster at daytona. ryan newman flipping over, and tonight, news just in on his condition. >>> the alarming headline on the crow oronavirus tonight. the lead doctor in wuhan dies from the virus at just 51. here at home, retracing the steps of vacationers who had coronavirus here in the u.s. but who are now gone. >>> mayor bloomberg rising in the polls, now making the cut. he will be on the debate stage, as the other democratic candidates prepare to tame aim. >>> the storm system moving through the northeast as we're on the air tonight. and the state of emergency in the south. bracing for heavy downpours and rob marciano times this out. >>> harvey weinstein's fate now in the hands of the jury tonight. and possibly the first clues from those jurors. >>> we have breaking news tonight in the search for a missing student. the discovery late this afternoon. and why authorities had pointed to th

he also are pardoned michael milken and former nypd commissioner bernard kerik who was extensioned for tax fraud. all pardoned by the president. the constitution says the beneficiary of a pardon needs to accept the pardon. in a ruling, the supreme court said that a pardon carries an imputation of guilt, and acceptance of a pardon is confession to such guilt. alexander hamilton once said it provides checks and balances to the judiciary system. there has to be an out somewhere in the system. >>> still ahead, the trifecta of inconvenienter tos, interest rates and a global illness and how it seems to be adding up. >>> plus, coming hole. the bay area is about to see the aids quilt like it hasn't been seen in decades. >>> it's an absolutely beautiful day out while the middle-class continues to struggle. that's what happens when billionaires are able to control the political system. our campaign is funded by the working people of this country, and those are the people that i will represent. no more tax breaks for billionaires. we are going to guarantee health care to all people and create up

the president president pardoned bernard kerik former commissioner of ththe nypd and frequent mar-a-lago guest who served prison time for tax fraud as well as investment banker michael milken known as the junk bond king of the 1980s. and eddie debartolo. tuesday president trump also revealed how he makes his clemency decisions. >> i rely on recommendations of people that know them. >> reporter: in the case of bernie kerik that included the encouragement of rudy giuliani and that of former navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher whose demotion was overturned by the president last year following charges of war crimes. in all the president issued four commutations and seven pardons. skyler henry, cbs news, washington. >>> a new case of the coronavirus has surfaced in california. the patient is hospitalized in napa where a second case is now under investigation. the patients were among those eacuated from the quarantined cruise ship in japan. today hundreds of passengers were finally able to disembark. about 500 passengers are expected to leave today. 88 new cases of the coronavirus surfaced on the sh

seven others, including junk bond king michael milken and former new york police commissioner bernard kerik. making the stage. former new york mayor mike bloomberg qualifies for tomorrow's democratic debate as his rivals pile on. how the other candidates plan to target the billionaire who has now spent more than $400 million on ads. coronavirus impact: more americans are released from quarantine here in the u.s. after being airlifted from the virus hot zone. and with china on virtual lock down, how the coronavirus is now hurting american businesses. flash flooding alert. with mississippi still underwater, new concerns tonight across the southeast. the warnings issued across four states with more heavy rain in the forecast. >> crash into the wall, into the air! gh trir intl: a fiery crash. dangerous crash at daytona. how he survived thanks to the technology in his car. filing for bankruptcy. facing a barrage of sex abuse lawsuits, the boy scouts filed for chapter 11. what the decision means for the victims and for the future of scouting. fixing home insecurity. the change ring says it's maki

the president, by the way, also pardoned former new york police commissioner bernard kerik who served time for tax fraud and lying to officials and the president just spoke about blagojevich moments ago. >> we have commuted the sentence of rod blagojevich. he served eight years in jail. that's a long time, and i watched his wife on television. i don't know him very well. i've met him a couple of times. he was on for a short while on like a very nice person., seemed don't know him but he served eight years in jail. he has a long time to go. many people disagree with the sentence. he's a democrat. he's not a republican. >> got a lot of folks to talk to. shimon prokupecz is here, elie honig is here, our cnn legal analyst, kaitlyn, let me start with you, kaitlan collins at the white house. >> reporter: blagojevich is someone the president has been considering commuting his sentence for months now. he was fairly close to doing so in august but he was talked out of it after he got an earful from some illinois republicans who said you cannot commute this guy's sentence. he was quick he was c

this is man giuliani installed as the chief of the new york police department, bernard kerik. all of that before his spectacular fall where he was convicted of tax fraud. the charges against him are serious. >> rudolph giuliani's former right-hand man was formally arained on corruption charges. he second $255,000 in renovations to his home from a contractor. then tried to convince city regulators the contractor was not connected to the mob and should be hired for city contracts. >> conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, evading taxes on half a million dollars, lying to the irs, lying on a loan application. >> bernard kerik could be facing prison time after pleading guilty to felonies. the new york commissioner admitted he lied to the white house and he admitted to hiding income from the irs and faking a charitable contribution. >> we're showing you all of. news coverage from that time because this is very important. under the law, those kinds of charges, which as you just heard, he ultimately pleaded guilty to many of them. they're considered especially serious when committed by

individuals including convicted financier michael milken former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik and even former democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich convicted for trying to sell former president barack obama's vacant senate seat once obama took office and president trump says he may continue to try and influence the legal case involving his friend roger stone stone sentencing is set for thursday and trump hasn't ruled out pardoning kim kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house. airplane manufacturer boeing says it's found debris contamination in the fuel tanks of 737 max jets the particles were found during maintenance of several planes it's unclear how many are affected the jets were built in the past year but haven't been sold to any airlines boeing's 737 max planes have been grounded since march of last year following 2 fatal crashes which killed 346 people. more than 6000 bodies have been found in newly uncovered mass graves in burundi they likely date back to 972 when ethnic who's whose were killed following a failed coup it's the biggest discovery of its kind sin

seven others, including junk bond king michael milken and former new york police commissioner bernard kerikking the stage. former new york mayor mike bloomberg qualifies for tomorrow's democratic debate as his rivals pile on. how the other candidates plan to target the billionaire who has now spent more than $400 million on ads. coronavirus impact: more americans are released from quarantine here in the u.s. after being airlifted from the virus hot zone. and with china on virtual lock down, how the coronavi

granted pardons to 11 people including michael milken, eddie debartolo, jr., and commissioner bernard kerik which were convicted on fraud and corruption charges. president trump did not say if you would pardon roger stone who is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow. >>> coming up on kpix 5 news at 12:00, a professional snowboarder jumps into action to save people from an avalanche and it is caught on camera. >>> charity is one click away and how technology is making it easier than ever for people to give back. >>> we are in the 50s and the 60s with a beautiful live look with her cliff house ocean beach camera this afternoon. we what you know how it will affect our weather here in the bay area coming up. >> and do not forget we are streaming right now on cbsn bay area, and you can find us on www.kpix.com, the cbs news app, or your favorite platform. vo: a great president and an effective mayor. leadership that makes a difference. obama: he's been a leader throughout the country for the past twelve years, mr. michael bloomberg is here. vo: together they worked to combat gun violence, and again

. >> and in the also president also pardoned bernard kerik. the investment baker from the 1980s. >>> from a fan favorite, his former team, the former giants is speaking out. after the giants officials excluded him from a planned reunion for the 2010 world series championship team. >> i don't think that women should be in men's pro sports. there so many people that deserve that spot. >> that was him on 95 seven the game this morning talking about the giants' coach. she made headlines earlier this year for becoming the first female coach in the mlb. he believes that he's been singled out by the giants organization. because of his support for president trump. but he has become under fire for misogynistic tweets. >>> what you say carries more weight for the people that are listening to you. >> i feel like it is unfair to single somebody up that is be part of a historic team. so why not? >> dennis o'donnell is with the giants in arizona tonight as the team ways in on the cheating scandal that has been the talk of baseball off-season so far. we will

. >> reporter: for years ray rubbed elbows with new yorkers like bernard kerik before becoming an fbinformant in his corruption case. kerik spent three years in prison. if found guilty, lawrence ray is looking at life behind bars sarah lawrence college calls the charges against ray disturbing, adding it conducted its ow internal investigation after "the new york magazine" article came out and couldn't verify the claims. lester >> thank you. >>> a new report from the cdc shows one in seven american families is struggling to pay medical bills. it comes as a growin number of hospitals are suing patients to collect their debts. stephanie ruhle has more in "your money, your life." >> reporter: what do you care about >> my children and their happiness. >> reporter: tricia has four sons. >> reporter: how many are sick >> three. >> reporter: all three with cystic fibrosis, a life threatening lung disease sending them in and out of hospitals for 20 years. how many nights do you think you've slept in a chair in a hospital room >> every night they are in if they are in for two weeks, i'm there w

the pardons also includes some controversial choices, commissioner bernard kerik was found guilty of tax fraud and rob below voinovich he's the forr illinois governor who was sentenced to 14 years in prison on corruptn charges reted to bribes in an attempt to sell barack obama's pen senate seat. >>the apprentice years ago. he has served 8 years in jail. is a long time to go. many people disagree with the sentence is a democrat is not republicans. it was a prosecution by. e same ople call me fitzpatrick the same group. a very far from his children. i school now they rarely get see their ther outside of an arjuna i saw that and i did to it's set. >>the boy is said to have spent his last 8 years in prisonutoring and teacng ged classes to fellow prisoners. >>coming up a reform drug addict turns his lifaround how he's helping the mmunity and geing a second chance at for california lawmakers to tell u about a new law that will put an end to the so-called pink tax. >>antoday is the last day to register to vote in califoia. wt you need growing up in la, bad air forced us indoors. and now we

. >> meanwhile the res's pardon for former nypd commissioner bernard kerik, he served three years ond lying to officials. >> and more than 20 years after pleading guilty for his role in a bribery scheme, eddie debartolo no longer a felon and pardoned by the president. he had a bribe for a river boat casino license. he served no jail time. jerry rice and ronnie lott and gerald hayley were in the oval office for yesterday's announcement. >> i take my hat off to donald trump tor what he did. and like i said, it is all about just being here for eddie today. >> in 2000 debartolo handed over control of the niners to his sister following a bitter family battle. she since handed over control to her son who is debartolo's nephew. >>> the hatest poll shows bernie sanders as the clear front-runner here in california. the public policy institute of california poll shows sanders is getting 32% of the vote. former vice president joe biden and massachusetts senator elizabeth warren are second and third with 14 and 13%. they've dropped more than 10% in the polls since january. former mayors michael

and also, bernard kerik was going to be first head of the homeland security and he went to prison for tax fraud and his also commuted. >> a lot of them coming down. >> we did not expect. this >> surprising from the newsroom. all right. see if there is anymore later. >> i will check. >>> and testimony is resuming in the murder trial of nia wilson's murderer, and the courtroom has been chaotic with the defendant kicked out of court twice. last week he admitted to stabbing her and her sister at the mcarthur b.a.r.t. station and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. >> and the diridon station was shutdown because of a bomb square and shut down for about 90 minutes while the police investigated the scene. there was significant backups and the caltransti trains had t start in santa clara and other trains were rerouted in the investigation. >>> lanes of westbound 80 are back open in emeryville this morning where we saw a big backup after a big rig crashed before the bay bridge and that is what closed the lane closures, and we covered the story throughout the morning on "today in the bay"

he's also pardoning bernard kerik, whose spectacular fall from new york city police commissioner and cabinet nominee ended in prison time for tax fraud and other crimes. all in all, the president issued four commutations and seven pardons, including one for 1980's junk bond king michael milken. weijia jiang reports tonight from the white house. >> rod, you're fired. >> reporter: former illinois governor rod blagojevich lost "celebrity apprentice" but won his freedom back today when president trump commuted his 14- year prison sentence. >> it was a tremendously powerful, ridiculous sentence in my opinion. >> reporter: the president noted he had seen blagojevich's wife argue for his release on fox news. he was found guilty of trying sell an appointment to barack obama's senate seat after he became president. blagojevich bragged about it in a notorious wiretapped conversation. >> i've got this thing, and it's ( bleep ) golden. >> reporter: the president also pardoned bernie kerik, the former commissioner of the n.y.p.d. and a frequent mar-a- lago guest who served prison time for tax fra

the president also pardon former new york police commissioner bernard kerik. he served four years in prison for tax fraud and making false statements former san francisco 49ers owner eddie debartolo jr. also received a pardon for his role in a casino bribery scheme nbc's dan scheneman has more >> you guys from chicago >> we are. >> congratulations on getting out. >> reporter: former illinois governor rod blagojevich awarded his freedom after president trump commuted his sentence. >> president trump is the one who did this, and i'm -- like i said, profoundly grateful. my gratitude is forever. >> reporter: the former governor was sentenced to 14 years in prison after he was convicted of trying to sell the senate seat of then president-elect barack obama. >> i've got this thing, and it's [ bleep ] golden and i'm just not giving it up for [ bleep ] nothing. >> reporter: president trump -- >> rod, you're fired >> reporter: -- who once fired the former governor on the reality show "the apprentice." blagojevich's wife >> that was a tremendously powerful, ridiculous s

individuals including convicted financier michael milken former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik and even former democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich convicted for trying to sell former president barack obama's vacant senate seat once obama took office and president trump says he may continue to try and influence the legal case involving his friend roger stone stone sentencing is set for thursday and trump hasn't ruled out pardoning kim kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house. so had on al-jazeera an outcry and a virus outbreak is exposing the risks of working on cruise ships. plus ranking financial secrecy the list of places helping to hide well. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast where we have been talking about storm dennis over the last 4 or 5 days and we're still going to be seeing some rain out here towards the sets with the storm system right there a trailing front down across parts of central europe and for the u.k. though we're going to see a break here on tuesday go into wednesday but unfortunately as we go towards later wednesday we

individuals including convicted financier michael milken former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik and even former democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich convicted for trying to sell former president barack obama's vacant senate seat once obama took office and press . trump says he may continue to try and influence the legal case involving his friend roger stone stone sentencing is set for thursday and trump hasn't ruled out pardoning him kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house. one of the largest youth organizations in the united states has filed for bankruptcy it's the 1st step by the boy scouts of america towards creating a compensation fund for potentially thousands of victims of sexual abuse last year it was revealed more than 12000 children had allegedly been abused while taking part in boy scouts activities. the protests against a natural gas pipeline in canada have shut down large parts of the rail network and digital groups have been leading the protests for nearly 2 weeks and this is why a planned route runs through traditional indigenous lands from dawson creek

individuals including convicted financier michael milken former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik and even former democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich convicted for trying to sell former president barack obama's vacant senate seat once obama took office and president trump says he may continue to try and influence the legal case involving his friend roger stone stone sentencing is set for thursday and trump hasn't ruled out pardoning kim kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house i've got sense for us on our afghani has worn another term he was declared the winner of last september's disputed election the results have been delayed for 5 months because of attacks of polling stations allegations of vote rigging and technical problems or a challenge reports. since september afghanistan's election commission has been sifting complaints and contested votes trying to work out whether ashraf ghani has the 50 percent plus one vote needed to avoid a runoff he does it's finally announced but only just but that she has said i had to open it according to the constitution we declared

individuals including convicted financier michael milken former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik and even former democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich convicted for trying to sell former president barack obama's vacant senate seat once obama took office and pres . and trump says he may continue to try and influence the legal case involving his friend roger stone stone sentencing is set for thursday and trump hasn't ruled out pardoning kim kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house. but do refugees breakdancing in the music of staying have in common it is an unusual combination but together they're telling the story of human resilience jessica baldwin reports from london. a new show it's opened in london. message in a bottle tells a story of refugees 3 siblings clean their village after its bombed and held by armed militia and more i've researched and gone into the more human side of the story of refugees the more of same that there's a way and ought to try and present it to provoke so to. maybe humanize the situation a bit more to try and help us approach. people who've b

individuals including convicted financier michael milken former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik and even former democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich convicted for trying to sell former president barack obama's vacant senate seat once obama took office and pres . trump says he may continue to try and influence the legal case involving his friend roger stone stone sentencing is set for thursday and trump hasn't ruled out pardoning kim kimberly healthy at al-jazeera the white house well let's face it patty callahan has live for us in washington d.c. patty there was initially is no speculation about whether balls comments about trump are really genuine or if it was all about trying to emphasize the independence of the justice department do you think we're seeing more of that now i think the general consensus in washington is that was not a genuine statement from william barr he is under a lot of pressure as kimberly mentioned not just from the association of judges but from 2000 former members of the justice department who an open letter have said that he needs to resign mem

political corruption and announced yesterday, the pardoning of new york city police commissioner bernard kerik charged in 2010 for failure to pay taxes, financier and one-time junk bond king milliken and owner eddie debartolo jr. failing to report an alleged extortion attempt. president trump pardoned former arizona chief joe arpaio. in 2018, pardoned a sailor who pled guilty of keeping classified material. former aide libby for lying to authorities and conservative dinesh d souza. peter alexander joins me now. peter, what -- there are people out there thinking that donald trump softens everybody up for the pardons that everybody is really wondering about, paul manafort, roger stone and michael flynn. >> yeah. no. i think that's right and skepticism. of course this comes just a day before roger stone is expected to be sentenced. you have seen the president's frustration about the sentencing recommendation. rr backing off that. then barr telling the president to butt out of this. the bottom line is the president after criticism that he should not be interfering in criminal cases that the justic

. >> pardons from president trump included rob blagojevich, the former nypd commissioner bernard kerik, and financier michael milken. one of today's names hit close to home. trump pardoned edward debartolo jr. for his fraud conviction. >> chris has that part of story. >> reporter: outside the white house tuesday morning, a makeshift celebration of sorts for multiple nfl greats eddie debartolo jr. tell fanlt in the room is, we all make mistakes. today the president cleared that mistake. >> this after president trump signed an executive order pardoning the former 49ers open here in 1998 pleaded guilty to failing to report a felony in a bribery case. despite this, many 49ers fans still appreciate him. highlighting the five super bowl championships under his championship. >> bay area sports consultant andy dolish said it leaves open another possibility. >> ultimately it gives eddie a clearer path if in fact he's interested in purchasing a team or being part of a group that will buy a team he in pro sports. >> leadership experts say pardoned when used judiciously can be a valuable part of a

that bernard kerik was already out of prison but the president seems to be sending a message. every honest cop in new york, don't get a pat on the back. most officers are never accused of anything like what mr. kerik was convicted of. if you're giuliani's friend, it's okay to be a corrupt police chief. >> the message is loud and clear. and i was a prosecutor in the d.c. u.s. attorney's office for 20 years. so before i even moved into the national security division. the office where a lot of this is happening is an office where i spent most of my career. what is so scary now, it appears that the president wants to use the department of justice to deliberately go after his enemies, right? and to get rid of any types of investigation into those who are his friends. that is exactly putting yourself above the law. forget work of investigators and prosecutors trying to pursue what they have reason to believe are criminal charges. because if, once there is a loss of faith and credibility in the departme department, when it comes to anyone with any political connections to the preside

. >> the trump also pardoned former new york city bernard kerik, a close associate of rudy giuliani.erik pleaded guilty to eight felony charges including tax fraud and lying to u.s. officials. and the junk bond king michael milken was also pardoned. milken pleaded in 1990 to conspiracy. and david safavian, the top procurement official under george w. bush for covering up his ties to jack abramoff. as well as former san francisco 49ers owner david debartolo. >> jump followed the longtime friends and business executives. for example, nelson peltz, the billionaire who threw the president a $10 million fund-raiser on saturday, backed pardoning milken, as well as robert kraft, fox host maria bartiromo and elaine cho. at least one, according to daily beast, it appears cold hard cash did the talking. paul pogue, a construction company owner who pleaded guilty to underpaying his taxes by $500,000 and received three years' probation received a full clemency by the president. pogue's family has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct conditions and in kind air travel to the trump co

rudy giuliani told him about bernard kerik, so pardon bernard kerik, these are all friends.'t the typical channel that presidents have used for clemency, this is the friends and family discount that the president has been using for a lot of his friends to get them out of prison or to pardon them. let's bring in nbc news correspondent covering national security and intelligence, ken dilanian. ken, good morning. just walk us through a little bit of how the president came up with this particular list of people and why now. >> good morning, willie. well, i think you guys made the salient points here. you're absolutely point, it's the friends and family plan. just so people understand, the president has the absolute right to do this, obviously, it's part of his constitutional powers, but there is a process that's been in place for a long time within the justice department, there are pardons attorneys who review pardons applications and generally it's a really hard thing to get a recommendation on from a doj attorney, you have to have shown remorse, there is a number of factors th

pledguilty in 1998 to failing to report a felony in a bribery case, former new york police commissioner bernard kerik o served time in prison for tax fraud and lying to officials carrick thank the president eeting today is one of the greatest days of my life president trump so commuted the 14 year sentence of former illinois governor d blagojevich who was convicted on corrtion charges for attempng to sell former president obama's senate at he served 8 years in jail. a longtime blagojech's family says they're thrilled. he'll be coming me. illinois publicans slammed the president's decision calling blagojevich the face of public corruption in illinois now the big question will president trp pardoned his longtime friend roger stone who is facing sentencing in a federal court trsday i haven't given it any thought in the meantime he's going through a process. >>but i think he's been treated very unfairly andy rose kron 4 news. >>happening night billionae mike bloomberg will join5 other candidates on the debate stagin las vegas. bloomberg alified for his first debate after polling more than 10% with voters

napolitano: he is one of 11 to received clemency among others would be bernard kerik to his conviction felonies including tax fraud and lying to white house officials. he seemed to take a different tact than rod blagojevich touting his works good works instead of redemption. >> the president have executive power presidential pardon. i think my total commitment to service, my 30 year career of heroism and meritorious service, my time fighting for criminal justice and reform, i think that is what the president considered in making this decision. napolitano: no question the president is acting within his constitutional powers in these cases. but was justice serve? the panel has returned danielle, judy, i have often said justice and mercy are the opposite. justice is what you deserve? mercies what you don't deserve. is there a limit to the president's ability, judy, to exercise mercy? >> even though shakespeare said the quality of mercy is not strange, i still believe that what the president's pardon show that white-collar crime does pay and if you have enough celebrity friends, and people

and then of course, the former police commissioner, the new york police commissioner, bernard kerik. that was a stunning fall from grace. this stemmed from when he tried to become homeland security, the head of homeland security, then president bush nominated him, and then it set off a whole host of investigations where he all the t-- ultimately would plead guilty to tax fraud, lying to white house officials and then of course there's michael milken, the so-called junk bond king, and he of course was convicted of securities fraud, conspiracy. he served about 22 months in prison. he actually cooperated in a lot of the -- in other investigations that ultimately the federal government used them on. but obviously all of these very controversial because of the types of crimes here that they were either convicted of or pleaded guilty to, brooke. >> all right, shimon, thank you. let's talk bigger picture of these acts of clemency. my next guest penned a cnn opinion piece with the headline trump's pardons show his con at the present time for t-- contemr the law. the joke practically writes i

king michael milken, the ex-owner of the 49ers, eddie debartolo and former police commissioner bernard kerikase, the president had seen his wife patty plead on fox news for clemency. >> he's a republican president. i was a democratic governor, and doing this does nothing to help his politics. i've got 10,000 reasons to be thankful to president trump. i'm obviously thankful to be home, to have my freedom back, to just be able to hold my wife's hand, but most of all, i'm thankful to you mr. president for giving my daughters their father back. now i wish i could slow down time, but no matter where their life's journey may lead, they may always take with them the realization that the kindest gift they've ever received in their lives came from you. >> and the part of the government that sent blagojevich to prison, the justice department is apparently getting too much attention from the president on twitter. a source close to the situation says attorney general bill barr has told people he's considered resigning over the president's interference with the justice department, especially his tweets.

financeer michael milken, former san francisco 49ers owner eddie debartolo, former police commissioner bernard kerikoch. one caught my attention. angela stanton, over came difficult childhood, strifed for better life. served a sentence for being part of stealing a vehicle ring. i think the point us that these 11 folks, deroy, covered the spectrum. and they cover the spectrum of all americans. suggests that whether you're powerful mogul you can make mistakes and you pay a price for it or whether you're someone gross up in difficult economic environment and make mistakes that is overcome it. >> that is easier to swallow, pay a price around eventually get redeemed eventually. rather than blagojevich pardoned all by himself that would be totally inexcusable. during the break i said two prisoners in jail cell in illinois, two of them said, food was better when you were governor. charles: use that joke in the last three or four governors. >> they all wind up there. blagojevich is a crook. public corruption is something serious. fraud needs to be stamped out. you want to be nice to his family, i see -- cha

the speech comes after his clemency spree after michael milken, bernard kerik and rod blagojevich.nce to people that. angela king received her own pardon from president trump this week. thanks for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me on. such an honor to be on your show today. charles: an honor to have you on. i'm a person that believes in second chances. share part of your story with us. >> wow, i will try to give you a quick run-down. but i ended up going to prison back in 2000. i ended up with a charge for a non-violent crime. when i was convicted i was pregnant. so i ended up giving birth to my daughter chained to a bed. 24 hours after i gave birth to my daughter, she was snatched out of my arms. not only that, there was a sheriff stood there and watched the whole process i was released from prison 2 1/2 years later from a state prison. i was given a 25-dollar check and a bus ticket. i was told to start my life over. the only thing i came home to was four children, two garbage bags clothes and two tombstones. my mother was in one and my grandmother was the other. no o

edward debartolo, bernard kerik accused of having a mobbed up construction firm renovate his apartmenthere's former illinois governor rod blagojevich. let's play the tape. >> i've got this thing and it's [ bleep ] golden. and i'm just not giving it up for [ bleep ] nothing. >> all right. convicted of not having a potty mouth but of trying to sell former president obama's senate seat. >> like, literally trying to sell the president-elect's senate seat. and a whole other list of really sundry crimes. look. president trump yesterday made it very clear where he stands. and he's been consistent about this. if you appeal to him via fox news, if you are a corrupt businessman, a reality show star who's done time in the slammer or sycophant, you got a good chance of getting a pardon or commutation. this gives a green light to this kind of behavior. it normalizes it. and it does set the stage for future pardons down the road. make no mistake, he's changing the standards. >> he did explain the deep thought process about this years ago. here it is. here's what the president said. quote, i watched

he has pardoned former new york police commissioner bernard kerik who served time for tax fraud and lying to officials, michael milken, the junk bond king who became the face of the financial scandals of the 1980s, but no question the biggest moved move from the president today is commuting the remaining sentence for former illinois governor rod blagojevich who had about four more years left after being found guilty of corruption charges back in 2011. so here was president trump speaking about this moments ago. >> we have commuted the sentence of rod blagojevich. he served eight years in jail. that's a long time, and i watched his wife on television. i don't know him very well. i've met him a couple of times. he was on for a short while on "the aparprentice." seemed like a nice fellow. he served eight years in jail. he has a long time to go. many people disagree with the sentence. he's a democrat, not a republican. >> let's go straight to the white house to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. let's just start with former governor blagojevich. why blagojevich? why now? >> repor

francisco 49ers owe e owner eddie debartolo, jr., and former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik. former governor rod blagojevich prison sentence was commuted. he would be walking out of prison or jail any moment now. here is the president making announcements earlier today. >> we have bernie kerik. mike milken has gone around and done a incredible job for the world with all his research on cancer. he has done this, and he suffered greatly. paid a big price, paid a very tough price but he has done an incredible job. reporter: before boarding air force one the president also shot down the idea that china would not be allowed to buy advanced technology from u.s. companies as some are citing national security concerns. the president says he doesn't want to stifle growth by what he described as quote, using a fake term of national security. air force one should be landing in california probably two or three hours from now. the president will have a fund-raiser in beverly hills. a meeting on the 2028 olympics in los angeles. then tomorrow a fund-raiser hosted by larry ellison. back to

individuals including convicted financier michael milken former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik and even former democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich convicted for trying to sell former president barack obama's vacant senate seat once obama took office and president says he may continue to try and influence the legal case involving his friend roger staubach. around stone sentencing is set for thursday and trump hasn't ruled out pardoning kim kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house. joins us now live from washington d.c. patty there was initially some speculation about whether bob's comments about trump a genuine or if it was about trying to emphasize the independence of the justice department but now it seems there is a real rift developing now if this is pretty classic washington so we saw barr getting a lot of heat we saw 2000 members former members of the justice department writing the letter saying he needs to resign there were people in congress saying he needs to be impeached because this is really an unprecedented move that he is so directly helping the preside

individuals including convicted financier michael milken former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik and even former democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich convicted for trying to sell former president barack obama's vacant senate seat once obama took office and press . trump says he may continue to try and influence the legal case involving his friend roger stone stone sentencing is set for thursday and trump hasn't ruled out pardoning kim kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house. new regulations on who can work in the u.k. have been announced for more let's head back to lawrence taylor in london. thanks how the british government has unveiled plans to limit access to the u.k. job market for immigrants when the brics a transition period ends in 10 months the government says it will move to a points based immigration system but critics say it will be bad for the u.k. economy and for many people's lives are a challenge reports. post breaks it the u.k. government insists the country will be open for business but on the new immigration rules outlined on wednesday many kinds of

he also pardoned former new york police department commissioner bernard kerik who pled guilty to eightrges including tax fraud and lying to white house officials. he was nominated by george w. bush to be the secretary of homeland security before withdrawing that nomination a week later. the judge gave kerik a longer sentence than agreed to in the plea deal saying, quote, i think the damage caused by mr. kerik is in some ways immeasurable. he pardoned bond trader michael millikin, the guy considered to be the face of insider trading in 1980s. he was original charged with 98 federal counts including racketeering. he pled guilty to six felony charges of securities fraud and conspiracy. he was sentenced to ten years in prison. he also paid $600 million in fines and restitution. at his sentencing the judge said, quote, when a man of your power in the financial world repeatedly conspires to violate and violate securities and tax laws in order to achieve more power and wealth for himself and his wealthy clients, a significant prison term is required in order to deter others. others who receiv

individuals including convicted financier michael milken former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik and even former democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich convicted for trying to sell former president barack obama's vacant senate seat once obama took office. and president trump says he may continue to try and influence the legal case involving his friend roger stone stone sentencing is set for thursday and trump hasn't ruled out pardoning him kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house. now is the number of evangelical christians chorus in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro other religious communities say they're facing more prejudice and hate crimes there as john holliman reports. this is a new panda sermon in rio de janeiro you know it's just one of brazil's african influence religions but its followers and those of condone play another african based faith have been struggling against harassment as evangelical christianity gains ground in the country. they can run from discrimination from family members to abuse in the street where they were close to their religion to wors

guilty in 1998 to failing to report a felony in a bribery case, former new york police commissioner bernard kerik who served time in prison for tax fraud and lying to officials carrick thank the president tweeting today is one of the greatest days of my life president trump also commuted the 14 year sentence of former illinois governor rod blagojevich who was convicted on corruption charges for attempting to sell former president obama's senate seat he served 8 years in jail. longtime blagojevich's family says they're thrilled. he'll be coming home. illinois republicans slammed the president's decision calling blagojevich the face of public corruption in illinois now the big question will president trump pardoned his longtime friend roger stone who is facing sentencing in a federal court thursday. >>i haven't given it any thought in the meantime he's going through a process but i think he's been treated very unfairly. i'm andy rose reporting. >>blagojevich has walked out of prison after president trump are cut short the 14 year sentence to the former illinois governor for as we mentioned politica

individuals including convicted financier michael milken former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik and even former democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich convicted for trying to sell former president barack obama's vacant senate seat once obama took office and press . trump says he may continue to try and influence the legal case involving his friend roger stone stone sentencing is set for thursday and trump hasn't ruled out pardoning kim kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house. let's get more now from kimberly hole cut she's live for us in washington from pensacola hey dave thank you parts and facts. do you think drugs vets elisa's 2nd attorney general or is this just posturing it's i think the can general consensus is this is a bit of posturing basically william bar sending a message through the press to the president once again say in essence you need me more than i need you it's very unusual for anyone close to the president to come out and criticize him bluntly and to not going to media pushback but that's exactly what william barr tried to do a couple of days ago wh

individuals including convicted financier michael milken former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik and even former democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich convicted for trying to sell former president barack obama's vacant senate seat once obama took office and pres . trump says he may continue to try and influence the legal case involving his friend roger stone stone sentencing is set for thursday and trump hasn't ruled out pardoning kim kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house huge parts of canada's rail network of ground to a halt as mass protests continue against the construction of a natural gas pipeline the planned route runs through traditional indigenous lands to carry natural gas from dawson creek and the canadian province of british columbia to a coastal refinery now kitimat from there it gets shipped on to asian markets alan fisher has a report from ontario. in the chilling call the small protest camp stands alone throughout the day local people have been bringing supplies showing their support in the most practical of ways they've brought hot food didn't vegetab