and of course you have the president's supporters, duncan hunter, chris collins. chris collins is one of the first members of congress to support the president in public. >> duncan hunter as well. >> and duncan hunter, right, at a time when he was not the favored candidate. chris collins, as pamela mentioned, according to prosecutors, committed some of his crimes while on white house grounds. i mean that is stunning for the president to turn around. he just finally showed up to prison in october, and he's going to be out. duncan hunter, who misused his campaign funds, he and his wife were accused of, accused of that, he wasn't supposed to show up until january. he's not going to serve any time in prison. now remember, kate, i talked to the prosecutor who prosecuted duncan hunter just a few weeks ago and he told me one reason why he stuck around as long as he did, he was supposed to retire from the justice department earlier this year. he stuck around simply because he was fearful that trump was going to intervene and try to do something in his case as he did with

duncan hunter of california who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds. and chris collins of up state new york, the first trump supporter in congress who pleaded to lying to the fbi and conspiring to commit securities fraud. he was the one who as a guest at the annual congressional picnic summer of 2017 was caught on camera phoning insider stock tips to his son from the south lawn of the white house according to the feds. also on this initial pardon list four military contractors who worked for blackwater and were all convicted of killing 14 unarmed iraqi civilians in

duncan hunter was pardoned by trump last night. recall he pled guilty to felony corruption charges for him spending almost unbelievable amounts of campaign cash that was not his to spend. in the midst of that spending spree, duncan hunter took time to become just the second member of congress to endorse donald trump for president in 2016. last night he was one of three corrupt republican ex-congressmen who trump gave a full pardon. among them were the first guy in congress to endorse trump for president, chris collins, a felon. the second guy to endorse trump for president, duncan hunter, who was a felon. they both got their pardons last night. but duncan hunter's wife, who also pled guilty to the same scheme that ensnared him, tonight she got her pardon as well. and here's a pardon tonight from trump that comes a little bit out of left field. honestly it kind of takes me back. you'll remember that senator rand paul has an equally famous dad. his father is libertarian figurehead ron paul. and you may remember back in the halcyon da

trump also pardoned tonight republican congressman duncan hunter. congressman hunter pled guilty to misuse of campaign funds after investigation turned up truly impressive, almost lurid capacity for spending campaign money that did not belong to him, spending it on everything from a commercial airplane ticket for his pet rabbit to weekends away with his many, many mistresses to round after round after round of shots, large enough liquor bills that would put a large sized poorly behaved fraternity to shame, and he was just one corrupt member of congress spending money that was not his. but he was a trump supporting corrupt member of congress, so despite his guilty plea on corruption charges, congressman duncan hunter has now been pardoned. president trump also tonight pardoned a man named steve stockman, former republican congressman from texas. at least as of the time of the announcement of these pardons tonight, steve stockman was still in federal prison on a veriy lengthy sentence. stockman, as i mentioned, is a former texas republican congressman

> president trump pardoned 15 people, the laundry listed those receiving the pardons including duncan hunter of california and chris collins of new york. hunter was sentenced to 11 months for stealing campaign funds and they were sentenced to two years two months to stockmarket fraud. the former 2016 campaign advisor george papadopoulos whose conversation unwittingly helped runge launch the russia investigation was also pardoned. >>> coming up on ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30, more than two dozen san francisco firefighters currently under quarantine as we learn how many personnel have post tested positive for the coronavirus plus the san jose spurns football team and their upcoming bowl appearance next week in arizona now in jeopardy as county health officials investigated the team for violating quarantine rules. >>> 49ers quarterback nick mullins suffers a season-ending knee injury. they tell us who they are signing to replace him coming up a little later in sports. . >>> padilla will be the first latino to hold the seat. he got emotional today talking about his parents. >>> tonight president tru

former congressman duncan hunter -- this is the kind of stuff -- you talk about draining the swamp, duncan hunter was sentenced to 11 months for stealing campaign funds. former gop rep chris collins sentenced to 26 months for insider trading, lying to investigators while in congress. he gets one too. why? there were some of his earliest backers. that's not law and order and you know it. trump commuted the sentence of former republican congressman steve stockman of texas. he's about two years into a 10-year hitch, conspiring to take hundreds of thousands in donations meant for charity and voter education. also pardoned, four blackwater guards involved in a deadly shooting of iraqi civilians. what does this mean? now, look, the pardons, that's about what trump is about in terms of character or lack thereof. if you're good to e him, nothing else matters. he's not about law and order. know that. he just proved it to you. we have the perfect guest to speak to what's happening with this relief bill and what those pardons may portend, what could come next. the chair of the house intelligence comm

duncan hunter, no longer a member of congress.nter, his wife, has now been pardoned by the president. so, this is just a smorgasbord, a motley crue of shady characters who have been pardoned. it's a little insane. larry, i want to bring you back into the conversation. i know we're throwing a lot of breaking news at you at this point. but what do you make of these pardons, and do you anticipate this president will pardon additional family members. i don't know if it's even legal he'll pardon himself, but i'm told it is. >> he's basically gone into overdrive with these pardons. but it's -- the pardons are nothing new. it's the same m.o., which are the pardon people who are cronies and the pardon people who will excite his base. when you get to his family, you're not going to have any legal problems with that because the pardon power is very expansive. when it gets to the possibility of pardoning himself, you may have a legal problem. but you can only have a legal problem with that if he's prosecuted after he leaves office by the fed

he has been pardoned and so has duncan hunter. your thoughts? papadopoulos deserved a pardon. this whole russia collusion conspiracy theory. we spent tens of millions of dollars in two years chasing nothing but a conspiracy theory. he was at the heart of it. so that's wit without question t it is deserved. >> martha: roy? >> i happen to read george papadopoulos' book. which i recommend. he just found himself in the middle of what seemed to be of real life spy novel with all these people claiming that he was working for the kremlin and all that. he was just a guy trying to get -- he ended up in jail. i'm glad he got pardon. i hope he turns around and sues all the people involved it gets a cash payment for all of his undeserved inconvenience and lack of freedom. >> martha: now, it's pretty unbelievable when you look at the incredible freaking of havoc on these people's lives. raymond, what do you think when you look at this? just before christmas, some pardons sprinkled around. >> look, papadopoulos certainly deserved it. people might quibble abou

also on the list, two early supporters, chris collins and duncan hunter. 11 months earlier this year for misuse of more than $200,000 in campaign funds will not serve any time behind bars and collins sent to prison october of this year for insider trading, activity he engaged in while on white house grounds and there are other controversial names on the list such as four black water guards. the massacre of iraqi civilians including one nicolas slaten sentenced to life in prison. those are key names. there are two former border patrol agents who were sentenced to prison in 2009 for shooting an undocumented immigrant. they were heralded as heros on right wing media at the time. nearly half of the pardons are people who are abdicated by trump earlier. we expect a flurry of more pardons before the president's term ends. >> pamela brown, thanks for that. >>> the president not just busy with pardons but also apparently immunity deals. cnn has learned the trump administration is considering granting saudi prince mohamed bin salman immunity. a top saudi intelligen

she's also an estranged wife of duncan hunter, they were involved in misusing campaign funds. the underlying thing here is the president mattis using his pardon power which he has been obsessed with and realized that essentially there is no curb on it and he's using it in the last days in office to try to reward people, friends and those associated with his campaign that he believes were wrongfully pursued or prosecuted. >> is there any reasons to believe these pardons went through the traditional process involving the justice department? >> no. we don't think they have so far. in the case of the 20 last night that were announced, only three of them had existing petition here with the office of pardon attorney. one of the unusual things about this presidency is you have an entire broks ureaucracy here in justice department that's supposed to go through these pardons, request for clemencies and they review them and make sure people are sorry and had some remorse for what they have done and they qualify. the president has kind of by passed all of that process. >> perez, thank yo

chris collins and duncan hunter. >> i had no idea what was out there and this came through. >> hunter was set to report to prison in january. collins was convicted of insider trading charges and was already behind bars. former blackwater privacy greedy contractors were also pardoned. the four men were convicted in 2014 after a shooting in baghdad left many iraq he is dead. speaker pelosi said late today that the house will be voting oh of overwriting the president's veto. we are hearing from senate republicans saying they will do the same once it reaches their chamber but this is also a bill that has been passed. it's likely the president has an uphill battle here. >> bret: the political implications for the georgia runoff we have to factor in asff well. the president also tonight warning iran on twitter, what do we know about this? >> this was an incident over the weekend when multiple rockets landed in baghdad's green zone. no americans were heard which io the good news but the president is blaming iran for this and we are hearing from the iraqi military that they believe it was oth

former gop congressman duncan hunter. you talk about draining the swamp, say hello to the alligators. he was sentenced to 11 months for stealing campaign funds. he gets a pre-christmas pardon. chris collins, sentenced to 26 months for insider trading. lying to investigators. and he was doing that trading while in congress. he gets one, too. why? they were some of his earliest backers. that's not law and order. he commuted the sentence of steve stocker. also pardoned, four blackwater guards involved in deadly shootings of iraqi civilians. the pardons, that's about what trump is about in terms of character or lack thereof. if you're good to him, nothing else matters. but we have the perfect guest to speak about what is happening with the relief bill, and what could come next. the chair of the house intelligence committee, congressman adam schiff. good to have you back in a short window. thank you for responding to the need of the news tonight. >> you bet. good to be with you again. >> what do you think about this? do you be

and ex california lawmaker duncan hunter who used campaign funds for personal expenses and four government contractors for black water worldwide. they were serving lengthy sentences for a 2007 shooting in baghdad that killed more than a dozen iraqi civilians. >>> with more coronavirus vaccines shipped out nationwide, president-elect joe biden is urging caution. during a speech yesterday, he said we are still far away from defeating the coronavirus. >> our darkest days and the battle against covid are ahead of us, not behind us. we need to prepare ourselves to steal our spines. as frustrating ass it to hear, it is going to take patience, persistence, and determination to beat this virus. >> his administration will have a new mask requirement, develop strategy for testing and increase supply gear for front line workers. >> states are trying to decide which group should next receive the vaccine. >> week two with more than 600,000 vaccines administers, including to dr. anthony fauci today. the cdc recommends the next goup should be those 75 years and older and front-line essential workers. tha

duncan hunter, who pled guilty to misusing campaign funds, and chris collins who pled guilty to committing securities fraud and lying to the fbi. trump also undoing convictions from the mueller investigation, pardoning george papadopoulos, the former campaign aide who pled guilty for lying to the fbi about his contacts with russian-linked officials and alex van der zwaan, also convicted for lying to investigators. also receiving clemency, four blackwater private security operatives, convicted of massacring 14 unarmed iraqi civilians, including children while working for iraq for the security firm in 2007. notab notably blackwater is owned by erick prince, a major trump donor, betsy devos' brother. the second bombshell. >> it really is a disgrace. >> reporter: trump threatening to veto much-needed coronavirus aid from congress. >> the president has indicated his intent to sign the bill. >> reporter: trump blindsiding white house aides and lawmakers in both parties by tweeting a video blasting a long-fought bipartisan bill to fund the government and deliver aid to workers nationwide. >> it's

investigators during the russia investigation. >>> the republican excongressman chris collins and duncan hunterpardons >>> and new this hour, first reporting the president calling the covid relief deal a disgrace and unsuitable he's telling congresses to make changes and increase payments to people, but he does specifically threaten to veto in a new twitter video posted tonight twitter video posted tonight for this tuesday, december 22nd, new york city. happy new year! at the dawn of the '80s, it was exploding with opportunity. [newsreader] boom times. that's what the numbers signal today, an economy that's on a roll in this country. a place to seek money, power, fame. amid the glitz and greed, five titans seized their moment. but by the end of the decade, that moment had passed and we'd put greed behind us for good. or had we? the president of the united states. a hot-shot developer was dodging questions about soaring debt... trump, the cash crunch. ...and scandalous behavior.

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duncan hunter of california who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds. of up state new york, the first trump supporter in congress who pleaded to lying to the fbi and conspiring to commit securities fraud. he was the one who as a guest at the annual congressional picnic summer of 2017 was caught on camera phoning insider stock tips to his son from the south lawn of the white house according to

to the core another pardon went to margaret hunter, the wife of former republican congressman duncan hunter both were charged with misusing campaign funds he was pardoned tuesday. many of the pardons issued this week have gone to friends and political supporters administration officials say many more pardons will be issued in the coming days kristen? >> pete williams, thank you. >>> now to breaking news tonight in the case of an unarmed black man killed by a columbus, ohio, police officer his chief is now recommending he be fired from his job, and the community is calling for justice. kathy park reports >> the family of andre hill has nothing to celebrate this holiday. >> reporter: tonight, dramatic action out of columbus, ohio, following the police shooting death of 47-year-old andre hill. the city's police chief making his recommendation >> today, i am announcing action to terminate officer adam coy. >> reporter: columbus officer adam coy, who shot hill, had been placed on paid leave. the body camera footage of the shooting released this week shows the moments leading up to the deadly enc

she is, also -- she's the estranged wife of duncan hunter. she, also, is getting a pardon. they were both involved, allegedly, in misusing campaign funds. the underlying thing here, john, is obviously, the president is using his pardon power, which he has been very obsessed with since he first got into office. and realized that, essentially, there is no curb on it. and he is using it, in the last days in office, to try to reward people, friends, and those associated with his campaign, that he believes were wrongly -- wrongfully pursued or prosecuted. >> so, evan, is there any reason to think that these highest-profile pardons went through the traditional process involving the justice department? >> no, we don't think that they -- they have, so far. in the case of the 20, last night, that were announced, only three of them had existing petitions here, at the justice department, with the office of pardon attorney. one of the unusual things about this presidency is the fact that you have an entire bureaucracy here, in the justice department, that is supposed to go through thes

this just in, president trump announcing 50 new pardons tonight they include george papadopoulos, duncan hunter and chris collins. for blackwater guards who were involved in the shooting of iraqi citizens, and the dutch lawyer who was sentenced to 30 days in jail. this after pleading guilty to lying to investigators. presidential pardons are final and are not subject to review. also breaking right now, the president is asking for changes to the $900 billion cove vic covid really package that was passed last night. he asked congress to provide higher stimulus to americans and small businesses. >> the bill they are now planning to send back to my desk is much different than anticipated. it really is, a disgrace. for example, among the more than 5000 pages in this bill, which nobody in congress has red because of its length and complexity is called the covid relief bill, but it has almost nothing to do with covid.>> all of this is just happening right now, we are waiting to get word on whether congress would or has time to alter the bill before going on break. democrats were already talking about

announced a wave of pardons tonight, the pardons include former san diego area representative duncan hunter. hunter pleaded guilty last year to using campaign funds for personal expenses and was weeks away from beginning an 11 month prison sentence. chris collins of new york was the first member of congress to endorse trump to be president. collins was sentenced to 2 years and 2 months in federal prison. that's after admitting that he helped his son and others dodge $800,000 in stock market losses after he learned that a drug trial by a small pharmaceutical company had failed. also pardoned pardon was george papadopoulos he is best known for playing a key role in the years long investigation into russian election interference. he was sentenced to 14 days and federal lockup and one year of supervised release in september of 2018 that's for lying to investigators in the russia probe. well the pre christmas message from president elect joe biden he covered several issues, including the recent cyber attack and federal agencies and also the surging pandemic the fate of the stimulus bill passed b

. >>> president trump also issuing 15 people, including california congressman, duncan hunter, the republican pled guilty to stealing campaign funds. former new york representative, chris collins, was pardoned after pleading guilty to securities fraud. also receiving pardons to men convicted of lying to the fbi. and special counsel, robert mueller's russia investigation, the president also pardoned four private security contractors convicted in the massacre of innocent civilians in iraq. >>> history was made in california today, secretary of state alex padilla will replace vice president-elect, kamala harris, in the u.s. senate. kpix 5 reported joe vazquez explains the high profile pic. >> are you serious? >> this is the official-- this is it brother. >> reporter: alex padilla gets emotional, as he recognizes what this means for his parents, immigrants from mexico. >> i am honored, and i am humbled because of that. >> reporter: with the governor's appointment, the former secretary of state becomes the first latino u.s. senator from california ever. >> i can't tell you how many pancakes my dad

among those given a little get out of jail free card, controversial congressmen chris collins and duncan hunter, both convicted on corruption charges and have been outspoken supporters of the president. trump is also granting a full pardon to two of those charged in connection with robert mueller's special counsel investigation. >> i found myself all of a sudden pinned between the department of justice and the sitting president. >> reporter: former campaign aide george papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi amid the russia investigation. dutch lawyer alex van der zwaan who also admitted to lying to mueller was pardoned as well. meanwhile, four members of the blackwater security company were pardoned after they were charged with committing atrocities in iraq. blackwater was a company founded by erik prince, a trump supporter and the brother of education secretary betsy devos. and back to that coronavirus relief bill, it passed with overwhelming support in both the house and the senate, so congress could override trump's veto. however, democrats are indicating they might take trump up on

clemency to steve stockman of texas, who was convicted of fraud and money laundering, california's duncan hunter, who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds, and the first congressman to back trump, new york's chris collins, he pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and conspiring to commit securities fraud in 2017. you might remember, collins was caught on camera on the white house south lawn during an event giving insider stock tips to his son. the president also pardoned four military contractors who worked for blackwater, all convicted of killing 14 unarmed iraqi civilians in 2007. the president also pardoning a dentist accused of health care fraud and a moonshiner >> using that power before he has to return it chris, thank you >>> we now know who will fill the senate seat vacated by kamala harris has she steps into the vice presidency seat governor gavin newsom chose california secretary of state alex padilla and chose this video of the moment padilla found out. >> you serious >> this is the official -- this is the ask, brother. >> i'm honored, man. and i'm humbled. >> clearly, an emotional

of killing unarmed iraqi civilians in 2007 and multiple former republican congressmen including duncan huntercalifornia who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds geoff bennett, nbc news, the white house. >>> walmart has been hit with a lawsuit by the justice department alleging the retail giant helped fuel the opioid crisis by filling thousands of invalid prescriptions at its in-store pharmacies walmart has disputed the allegations and said the justice department investigation was, quote, tainted by historical ethics violations >>> there are tensions and questions in columbus, ohio, after a black man holding a cellphone was killed by police overnight. the mayor says the officer did not turn on the body cam until after the shooting, but an automatic look back feature did capture video of the incident the mayor says the officer has been relieved of duty pinneding an investigation. neither the man for the officer have been identified >>> tonight the nba is back after playing an entire post-season without a single positive covid test. the league begins its toughest challenge, resuming play ou

three former republican congressmen convicted of corruption got clemency duncan hunter of california and chris collins of new yor were pardoned. steve stockman of texas got his sentence commuted full pardons went to four former blackwater security guards convicted in the deaths of 17 people, including civilians at a busy intersection in baghdad in 2007. the white house said there were problems with the prosecution at their trial a lawyer for some of the iraqi families tweeted a photo of the youngest victim today a 9-year-old boy and said, quote, trump pardoned his killers white house officials say more pardons are coming before the president leaves office pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> terrifying moments today when an explosion rocked a high-rise in baltimore. stephanie gosk now with the heart pounding rescue. >> reporter: a high flying drama unfolding over the streets of baltimore this morning, an explosion at the baltimore gas and electric building rocked downtown, partially collapsing the roof. >> we have victims on the roof i have at least one victim down. >> reporter:

three former republican members of congress were pardoned, steve stockman, chris collins, and duncan huntero was scheduled to begin a prison term. and also pardoned, four gardens who opened fire on civilians in baghdad, iraq, killing 14 and wounding 17. as for the covid relief bill, both houses of congress passed it overwhelming. and now the question is whether congress will dare the president to veto the bill. chip >> o'donnell: tonight, states are deciding who should get the next wave of covid vaccines, sparking the debate over which groups should receive priority. for example, should it be corrections officers or teachers? cbs' adriana diaz continues our series, "vaccinating america." >> reporter: it's week two with more than 600,000 vaccines administered, including to dr. anthony fauci today. ( applause ) ( applause ) the c.d.c. recommends the next group should be those 75 and older, and frontline essential workers. but that's 49 million people, and so far just under five million doses have been delivered. do you feel like you're almost in competition with other essential workers? >> ye

and former representative duncan hunter of california, another trump supporter who had pleaded guilty of misusing campaign funds. the president is also granting a full pardon to two of those charged in connection with robert mueller's special counsel investigation. george papadopoulos and alex vander swan. also on the list, four members of the blackwater company committed of atrocities in iraq. this is the first big group of pardons since the election, but it won't be the last. i expect we'll see many more pardons between now and january 20th. david? >> jon karl reporting tonight. jon, thank you. >>> we're going to move onto other news this tuesday night and to the case and the images tonight. the 71-year-old black man ordered out of his south carolina home by police, naked and at gunpoint. it turns out police were actually looking for someone else. here's janai norman. >> reporter: tonight, disturbing video showing an innocent, elderly man, naked, ordered out of his south carolina home at gunpoint by police. >> rock hill police, let me see your [ bleep ] hands. let me see your [ blee

duncan hunter, california in new york. todd: a russian smear campaign, the president-elect making comments to peter doocy. >> you still think the stories, the smear campaign. >> yes, yes, yes. my justice department will be totally on its own. >> biden adding he's not discussed the probe with any attorney general. jillian: christmas came early for military father and his reaction is priceless. >> the christmas present. >> right here. todd: the delaware dad embracing army soldier nicole killer when she jumped from behind the couch. jillian: so great. todd: keep them coming. chicago's da wants to clear the record of thousands of marijuana dealers and expunge heroin and cocaine, could this but the public at risk. chicago alderman, anthony napolitano joins us live to react. todd: christmas concerts ready to roll, the band spreading holiday cheer on wheels. todd: a holiday pick, this photo of her and her 9-year-old mother spending time together. jillian: just a few of their 20 grandchildren, coming right back. ♪ in the frosty ai

on the list of 20, duncan hunter and chris collins have been pardoned. collins was the first to endorse then candidate president trump. he reported guilty for misallocating funds. also, george papadopolous. also four military contractors that were brought to justice for open ifiring and indiscriminanty firing on iraqis, killing a boy. a law prover joining us now, pardons appeared, in many cases, to have bypassed the traditional justice review process. half of the cases did not meet the department's standards. it reflected his long standing position. >> there is an office of parton, the way it normally works is people apply for clemency, it goes through a review and then they make a recommendation to the white house. the president doesn't have to go along with the recommendation because it gives him and only him the authority to make these decisions about pardons, but generally the spols that someone should be having five years, having served their sentence, express remorse rather than just vindication. and papadopulous has never expressed remorse for wha

pardoning anyone who has been convicted by rob mueller, to reward his cronies, straight-up cooks like duncan hunterhris collins, people whose only credential for a pardon has loyal supporters of the president. and they contractors convicted of murdering civilians, he pardoned because they've solely being a right-wing cause celeb. that's not what the power is about. i'm looking at paul manafort, rio rio, i'm lo rudy giuliani, i'm looking at his family members, maybe even looking at pardoning himself. >>> i have a guy next hour who these blackwater pardons are quite personal for. when bill barr was first announced as attorney general to replace matthew whitaker, you sir gave barr the benefit of the doubt. we dug out the tape, from december 6th, 2018. roll it. >> certainly 27d be an upgrade on matthew whitaker. i served under attorneys general for both democratic and republican administrations. you want somebody who is confidence, ser and respected. by all accounts william barr is all of those things. he has a previous working relationship with robert mueller. that's the biggest question will be in fr

chris collins and duncan hunter who was sentenced to 11 months earlier this year for misuse of more than $200 thurks in campaign funds will not serve any time behind bars with his pardon. collins was sent to prison for insider trading, activity he enbeginninged in. the massacre of iraqi civilians, including one, nicolas slaten and sentenced to life in prison. there were two border patrol agents as they were heralded as meade yes at the time. nearly half of the pardons are nonviolent drug offenders. we have 20 pardons and more expected. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >>> cnn legal analyst ellie hoenig said this is all constitutional under the broad pardon powers of the president but that doesn't make it right. >> these pardons fall into three groups. the first is some of the remaj defendants from the muller investigation, to me that's the least offensive. i think they're unjust but the bigger problem is the members of congress. you get on to convicted war criminals. people convicted by a jury through our due process, our trial process of murdering civilians. if that's not an injustice, i

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apartments two early supporters of the president, for republican congressman chris collins and duncan hunter. >> i had no idea what was out there conduit this came through. >> hunter was set to report to prison in january after pleading guilty to misusing campaign funds for personal expenses. collins was convicted of insider trading charges and was already behind bars. blackwater private security contractors were also pardon. the members convicted in 2014 after shooting left 17 iraqis dead. nancy pelosi said late today the house is going to be meeting monday to override the president's veto. we are hearing from senate republicans that indicated will do the same once it reachedes their chamber but this is a bill that passed vetoproof majorities in both chambers, the president has an uphill battle here. >> the political implications for the georgia runoff you have to factor in as well. the president warning iran on twitter. what do we know about this? >> an incident over the weekend when multiple rockets landed in baghdad's green zone. no americans were hurt, that was the good news but the pre

you have duncan hunter, steve stockton, and those in a massacre in iraq, and the russia probe.our reaction to the wave of pardons and the eye lens on the stimulus bill? >> well, they run down the same track absolutely. and the reason is because we understand that the pardon power is absolute by presidents. but all americans understand it is an act of mercy for someone who is believing or knowing that they are repentdiing or seeking forgiveness or they have done things to be warrant a pardon. we see a breach of the rule of law, and a sulking individual who takes center stage to do things that no other president has done in the history of the united states. the litany of pardons, and the people in america. and the pardon power is a sacred power. it should be given in mercy where someone offers a repenitence. i cannot kmeant on all of them. but i will say if you look at them on the whole, the president has just taken this to put himself on the national stage. and he doesn't care how it looks. whether it is an ill-fated look or whether or not it's a look of dignity and oppose the o

you have seen some republicans and local officials come out and we have not even talked about duncan hunter and steve stockton. i think he was accused and i think plead guilty. don't quite remember. he was basically leaving on his campaign account. giving him money that was give ton him to run his campaign and living on it. this is not a deep state conspiracy. these are the crimes that he conceded that he committed. this is a shirts and skins exercise. they're choosing again on this case to be with him. >> holidays is always the time for a little reflection. i pose this restorically about the mueller team. any reflection or regreat about the mueller investigation not asking president trump, not going after president trump in a more determative way that could have altered what we're seeing now with these pardons in. >> i have reflected on that. i wrote a book that talked about some key decisions about whether or not we should have concluded in our report whether or not he committed obstruction of justice and i thought we should have for a variety of reasons whether or not we should have call

california republican duncan hunter was serving an 11-month sentence after pleading guilty for using campaign funds for vacations and lavish parties. chris collins was serving a sentence for insider trading saving over $800,000 in losses when he learned a trial failed and george papadopoulos lied about contacts with the russian government in the 2016 campaign. >>> governor newsom picked alex padilla to fill u.s. senator kamala harris' senate seat. the first latino to represent california in the senate. the son of a cook and house cleaner. >> i'm honored, man and i'm humbled because of this. i can't tell you how many pancakes my dad flipped or eggs he scrambled to try to provide for us for the many, many years and my mom cleaning houses, doing the same thing. >> very meaningful and emotional moment for him. vice president elect harris offered congratulations over twitter saying alex and i long served the people of california together and i know he'll continue fighting for the state as california's first latino senator however, san francisco mayor london breed was not pleased with the

president granted clemency to and clearly sending a message with papadopoulos and on the list, duncan hunter and chris cold i collins. hunter was sentenced to 11 months of misused of $11,000 of campaign funds will not serve any time behind bars with this pardon and you have collins, inside trading and activities he engaged in while on white house grounds. and other controversial names on this pardon list involved in war crimes, miassacre of iraq civilians. so those are some of the key names that we have been on this list. there are many others of non violent drug offenders that are on here. about half of the list on this pardon sheet are those non-violent drug offenders. >> pamela, collins and hunter were the first two endorsed. quite a return of investment all these years. >> you have to think about that in terms of the russia probe. now you have george papadopoulos where investigators said was not cooperative, roger stone and of course michael flynn and also alex swan was on here, too. he was convicted in the russia probe for lying to the fbi. this could be seen as a way of the president r

wave of new partners tonight there are 15 and they include former san diego area, congressman duncan hunter who you see on the far left of your screen hunter pleaded guilty last year to using campaign money for personal expenses, he was just weeks away from beginning an 11 month prison sentence chris collins of new york was also pardoned he was the first member of congress to endorse trump to be president. >>he was sentenced to 2 years and 2 months in federal prison. after admitting he helped his son and others dodge $800,000 in stock market losses. when he learned that a drug trial by a small pharmaceutical company that fail also part tonight george papadopoulos he is best known for playing a key role in the years long investigation into russian election interference. he was sentenced to 14 days in federal lockup and one year of supervised release in september of 2018 for lying to investigators into the russia probe. >>we'll take a look at this video an avalanche on a colorado mountain on saturday. it was one of more than 130 reported over the weekend officials now warning of an increased

chris collins and duncan hunter were the first house members to back then-candidate trump. and they pleaded guilty, respectively, in other worto ing and illegal use of campaign funds. and then there were the four blackwater guards who were convicted for their roles in the massacre of unarmed iraqis that included women and children in 2007. black water was run at the time by erik prince, a key trump supporter and brother of trump's education secretary, betsy devos. but let's go back to the president's threat to torpedo the $900 billion covid relief bill. that taped and tweeted message from the president was a surprise to many of his own aides. cnn's john harwood is at the white house. and john, it appears that this video caught even the president's closest advisers offguard with only chief of staff mark meadows knowing about it. >> that's right, bianna. and the president is choking, psychologically, on his defeat to such an extent that he's just thrashing around, all normal processes of government have been broken down in this white house. you had a case where the white hous