brant, jr., serve in place of john daly. >> patrick daley thompson has been nominated to serve in place of carrie austin, and william brennan junior to serve in place of john daly. do i have a second? elector taveras has seconded the nomination. are there other nominations? there being none, all those in favor say aye. those who oppose say no. the ayes have it. with those replacements named, we now have 20 electors. the nominations are now open for chair and signatory to these proceedings. >> mr. chairman, it is my privilege to place the name of prekwingle into nomination as chairperson, sherri maccallum, as secretary. >> do i hear a second? >> i second that motion. >> elector shepperton has seconded the nomination. are there other nominations? there being none, those in favor say aye. those oppose say no. and the motiont has been adopted. i would like to turn it over now to chairperson. >> all electors will be voting for two ballots. one for president of the united states, one for vice president of the united states. the ballots are located at your desk. please mark each ballot with yo

after being treated for several days, sergeant brant was expected to survive. he even came to testify in a remarkable, remarkable act of courage in front of the fairbanks city council on october 21. his testimony was riveting. and in a devastating turn of events, on october 28, just a few days later, alaskans learned that sergeant brant had succumbed to the complications related to his injuries in recovery. mr. president, the hopes of our entire state were crushed on hearing this brave, young public servant had passed. alaskans from every corner of our state held vigils and continued to mourn his loss. there was a memorial service in fairbanks attended by thousands. i happened to attend that with my fellow alaskans. it was one of the most moving services i have ever attended. at the memorial service, sergeant brant's testimony from just a few days earlier in front of the fairbanks city council was played. there he was, speaking to all of us on these important issues. it was so powerful and so moving to see this young man so articulately speak about issues that

reporting live on capitol hill, tim brant, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks very much. we will keep an eye on the hill throughout the night and tablet using the abc7 news app. you can download the app in the app store or google play. alison: house speaker paul ryan spent part of his day in the big apple meeting with president-elect trump. speaker ryan described it to talk about party priorities as great. president-elect trump hit the campaign trail for the party, rallying the voters in louisiana. that state holds a special election next week for the final vacant seat in the state. a republican win would give them a 52-48 majority in the chamber. jonathan: president obama ordered a full review of the possible hacking aimed at disrupting this year's presidential election. u.s. intelligence officials now blame russia for hacking democratic officials and political committees. investigators will go back as far as the 2008 election to look for any evidence of hacking. president obama wants the report finished before he leaves office next month. alison: loretta lynch is taking

sandy brant was a diplomat. was moreman politically provocative.locke, i have met him many times and max baucus is the outgoing, less contentious individual. this is what money managers in the usa about terry branstad's appointment. concept of face and confusion dialogue is romantic but they can outwit you for a centur having someone who has been to that rodeo, who understands the program but has the stature and the prestige of the office i think is a brilliant move. i think it will be terrific. >> probably good news for iowa and the corn belt. number to export destination of iowa products after canada. cop, whohe is the good potentially plays the bad cop? >> trump, right? we do not know who will be secretary of state. his name has been and it about. you have to look at the treasury secretary and his pic is stephen minutes and -- mnuchin. trump declared china a currency manipulator. as head of treasury, he would be overseeing the committee so that could put mnuchin in the crosshairs of china. ramy: still to come, bloomberg markets asia is next. we

reporting live on capitol hill, tim brant, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks very much.p an eye on the hill throughout the night and

bush, who branted granted 200 p and bill clinton who granted 457. in administration calls it "smart on crime." we expect president trump to take a much different stance. his judd plans to make violent crime a top priority for their administration. >> all right, evan perez, thank you for that report. our political team is here. we have a lot to talk about. we'll be right back with them after a quick break. sweeet... wow... there it is. this holiday season, people have a lot to say about the chevy red tag sales event. this thing is a beast. steel or aluminum? steel. why? science. it's gonna hold up over aluminum, big time. you can get special holiday pricing and when you find your red tag, you get thousands more cash back. that's two deals in one. two deals sound better than one. that's a for-sure thing for me. during the red tag sales event, get two deals in one. find your tag for an average total value over ninety-six hundred dollars on chevy silverado all stars. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. when you're close to the people you love, do

joining me is malcolm brant, the brother of cynthia heard, one of the nine victims.ou, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> where were you when you heard the verdict? >> actually i was coming back from greensboro, north carolina to charlotte. i was in the courtroom for a week and a half and had a business meeting on thursday, yesterday. many of us knew a year and a half ago that he was guilty. but i was in the car listening to cnn, actually, and i heard the breaking news that the jury came back and he was guilty on 33 counts. >> what went through your mind as you were hearing that? >> you know, it's bittersweet. you know, i sat in that courtroom for a week and a half, and it was just heartbreaking. heartbreaking to hear how he planned and plotted, and massacred nine individuals that many of whom i knew. obviously my sister cynthia was there. watching her go in to the church happy, laughing, and to be carried out on a stretcher dead three hours later it was just heartbreaking. >> for the -- the punishment phase of the trial will start soon. dylann roof is going to act

jennifer brant joins us, a defense attorney.et me start with you. >> sure. >> the state supreme court said that skakel did have effective council. apparently, his new defense attorneys produced almost no evidence to the contrary. so, i mean, technically speaking, right decision to reinstate the conviction? >> look, it was close, it's 4-3, which is interesting. i've been involved in umpteen ineffective counsel claims as a prosecutor and as a defense lawyer. and the point is, it's a two-part test, as you well know, gregg, you're a lawyer. one, the performance was below the reasonable standard. and -- not or -- and the outcome would have been different. the main claim is that they didn't pursue that tommy skakel was the real perpetrator. >> but the problem is, and i talked to mickey sherman, the defense attorney about this, and michael skakel didn't want him to pursue that avenue. when your client says, don't do it, as a defense attorney, you can't do it. >> and the court picked up on that, by the way, and said, that wasn't the onl

william brant jr.e in place of john daly. >> patrick daley thompson has been nominated two serve in place of carrie austin, and william brant jr. to serve in place of john daly. do i have a second? elector taveras has seconded the nomination. are there other nominations? there being none, all those in favor say aye. those who oppose say no. the ayes have it. with those replacements named, we now have 20 electors. the nominations are now open for chair and secretary of today's proceedings. the gentleman is recognized. >> it is my privilege to place the name of tony -- into nomination as chairperson, sherri -- as secretary. quiet these individuals have been nominated. do i hear a second? >> i second that motion. >> the elector has seconded the nomination. are there other nominations? there being none, those in favor say aye. those oppose say no. the ayes have it, and the motion has been adopted. i would like to turn it over now to the chairperson. >> all electors will be voting two ballots, one for presi

i'll let you know when brant slants, redskins game time is back after the break.e slants brought to you by your dc chevrolet dealers. get you started with the visitors. i think the carolina panthers greg olson is the guy you got to keep tabs on. this is the third best in football. in his offense he's utilize beautifully. calvin benjamin is struggling cam threat. just like the redskins do 86, you're going to see them in physical player wins jump bowls down the field as well. he's had field days against washington, most worried about him? su cravens. let's get to the redskins player to watch. dust tin hop kins. . a lot of, that's why they're still a geek, they're wrong. this team runs kickers out of town every time they get into a rough pack. they're going to go through stretchers like this, look at david acre, gram coming to town with carolina, the redskins need to be patient with him. he has a big strong booming leg, he can hit 50 plus yarders kicked ball out of the back of the end zone on field goals as well. he missed six of his last 19, hooking things or going

. >> attorney jennifer brant is planning her divorce party. >> not yet mike. >> things are good?at's interesting here, like you said, it is for couples, and not just one person, who is getting divorced. this is a great message to the couple's children. and their friends, that they can still work together, they can still celebrate together, even though they're not romain married. >> i think what's interesting about this, normally you see them, have their separate parties. >> that's right. >> the fact that they're together, they even have on the back just divorced there. >> of course this will not be applicable in most situations, because there is usually a lot of animosity that companies a divorce. >> right. >> but in those situations where party can work together, and reach a solution, that is amicable, and for the benefit of their children, to show that they can still be together, that sends a great message. look, nef children together in the future they have to attend many so many breaks cents together. >> sometimes friends didn't have to decide who do i hang out with. the husb

hall brant has written a really terrific book on grand strategy from the truman administration to the george w. bush administration. and in it, he says basically of the george w. bush administration, that it tried to push a grand strategy that was simply too grand. and this was the case. if you think about the two broad policy initiatives, the war on terror, and the freedom agenda, and these are really broad sweeping attempts to reshape the world by expanding democracy and free market capitalism, and to do a lot of it by force of arms. ffrts but the freedom agenda had a fatal flaw, and that was that it assumed that democracy and liberal market capitalism are universally shared values. that if you lifted the grip of dictators on their lands and gave the people freedom, that this is what they would automatically choose as their form of government and their form of economic organization. a good book on this by mike mcdonald called "overreach." lays it out fairly nicely. for much of the world, that's simply not the case. they lack a -- a lot of the world lacks robust civil society that ma

hall brant has written a really terrific book on grand strategy from the truman administration to the george w. bush administration. and in it, he says basically of the george w. bush administration, that it tried to push a grand strategy that was simply too grand. and this was the case. if you think about the two broad policy initiatives, the war on terror, and the freedom agenda, and these are really broad sweeping attempts to reshape the world by expanding democracy and free market capitalism, and to do a lot of it by force of arms. ffrts but the freedom agenda had a fatal flaw, and that was that it assumed that democracy and liberal market capitalism are universally shared values. that if you lifted the grip of dictators on their lands and gave the people freedom, that this is what they would automatically choose as their form of government and their form of economic organization. a good book on this by mike mcdonald called "overreach." lays it out fairly nicely. for much of the world, that's simply not the case. they lack a -- a lot of the world lacks robust civil society that ma