the difference this year is especially apparent on john diamond one of the most beautiful squares in the city this place is usually hopping in december it's the site of a popular christmas market but due to the pandemic it was of course canceled this year. and spite of it all i'm on the hunt for a berlin's christmas spirit are people in a festive mood at all where does the city shine brightest and with christmas markets cancelled where the i get my annual fix of gingerbread boy let's find out. we're going to pay a visit to $1.00 of berlin's most elegant hotels the atlanta. will also make a stop at the historic chis of the home memorial church. and will catch up with globe trotters steve heinous and the portuguese capital lisbon. traditional christmas markets were called off even before the most recent shutdown was announced but individual booths like these are still permanent. side of it how do you feel about christmas markets being canceled it's sad yeah really a shame this for. once i'm a big fan of christmas markets for now we'll have to make do with what we've got and hope things

the difference this year is especially apparent on john diamond one of the most beautiful squares in the city this place is usually hopping in december it's the site of a popular christmas market but due to the pandemic it was of course cancelled this year. and spite of it all i'm on the hunt for a berlin's christmas spirit are people in a festive mood at all where does the city shine brightest and with christmas markets cancelled where do i get my annual fix of gingerbread boy let's find out. we're going to pay a visit to $1.00 of berlin's most elegant hotels the outline. will also make a stop at the historic kinds of them had a memorial church. and we'll catch up with globe trotters steve heinous and the portuguese capital lisbon. traditional christmas markets were called off even before the most recent shutdown was announced but individual booths like these are still permanent. side of it how do you feel about christmas markets being canceled it's sad yes really a shame this. one i'm a big fan of christmas markets for now we'll have to make do with what we've got and hope things w

the difference this year is especially apparent on john diamond one of the most beautiful squares in the city this place is usually hopping in december it's the site of a popular christmas market but due to the pandemic that was of course canceled this year. and spite of it all i'm on the hunt for a berlin's christmas spirit are people in a festive mood at all where does the city shine brightest and with christmas markets cancelled where do i get my annual fix of gingerbread lol boy let's find out. we're going to pay a visit to $1.00 of berlin's most elegant hotels the outline. will also make a stop at the historic cause of the morial church. and will catch up with globe trotters steve payne a shot in the portuguese capital lisbon. the. traditional christmas markets were called off even before the most recent shutdown was announced but individual booths like these are still permanent. side of it how do you feel about christmas markets being canceled it's sad yeah really a shame this for. once i'm a big fan of christmas markets for now we'll have to make do with what we've got and hop

the difference this year is especially apparent on john diamond one of the most beautiful squares in the city this place is usually hopping in december it's the site of a popular christmas market but due to the pandemic it was of course canceled this year. and spite of it all i'm on the hunt for a berlin's christmas spirit are people in a festive mood at all where does the city shine brightest and with christmas markets canceled where do i get my annual fix of gingerbread boy let's find out. we're going to pay a visit to $1.00 of berlin's most elegant hotels the atlanta. will also make a stop at the a story of the morial church. and we'll catch up with globe trotters steve heinous and the portuguese capital lisbon. traditional christmas markets were called off even before the most recent shutdown was announced but individual booths like these are still permanent. side of it how do you feel about christmas markets being canceled it's sad yeah really a shame this. one i'm a big fan of christmas markets for now we'll have to make do with what we've got and hope things will be better nex

the difference this year is especially apparent on john diamond one of the most beautiful squares in the city this place is usually hopping in december it's the site of a popular christmas market but due to the pandemic it was of course canceled this year. and spite of it all i'm on the hunt for a berlin's christmas spirit are people in a festive mood at all where does the city shine brightest and with christmas markets cancelled where do i get my annual fix of gingerbread boy let's find out. we're going to pay a visit to $1.00 of berlin's most elegant hotels the adlon. will also make a stop at the historic highs of the morial church. and will catch up with globe trotters steve heinous and the portuguese capital lisbon. traditional christmas markets were called off even before the most recent shutdown was announced but individual booths like these are still per minute. the side of it how do you feel about christmas markets being canceled it's sad yes really a shame for. one i'm a big fan of christmas markets for now we'll have to make do with what we've got and hope things will be be

the difference this year is especially apparent on john diamond one of the most beautiful squares in the city this place is usually hopping in december it's the site of a popular christmas market but due to the pandemic it was of course canceled this year. and spite of it all i'm on the hunt for a berlin's christmas spirit are people in a festive mood at all where the city's shine brightest and with christmas markets canceled where do i get my annual fix of ginger red wine let's find out. for going to pay a visit to $1.00 of berlin's most elegant hotels the adlon. will also make a stop at the a story of the home memorial church. and will catch up with globe trotters steve heinous and the portuguese capital lisbon. traditional christmas markets were called off even before the most recent shutdown was announced but individual booths like these are still per minute. the side of it how do you feel about christmas markets being canceled it's sad yes really a shame is for. once i'm a big fan of christmas markets for now we'll have to make do with what we've got and hope things will be bett

john. >> jeremy diamond, get some sleep tonight, you will need it. n powell and rick santorum and john harwood, john, let me start with you of all these questions over the past four days of donald trump's feelings of national security and the rule of law. what do these pardons say to you? >> i think the pardons he did represent open corruption. this is a president whose goal for much of the last four years has been to try to absorb himself politically and legally from the connection with russia that prompted the mueller investigation. let's recap briefly, donald trump, russia was a financial factor of trump before he ran for president. russia helped donald trump become president by interfering in the election. donald trump lied about what he knew about that, fired the fbi director who was investigating that and as president has taken actions that no other world war ii presidents had done to advance the objective and to weaken nato and enforcing article 5 of nato and weakening the western alliance. his administration is now ending with a mass activiive

john. yep. >> jeremy diamond. get some sleep tonight. you are going to need it. rspective now from cnn senior political analyst, kirsten powers. cnn senior political commentator and former pennsylvania republican senator, rick santorum. and john harwood. john, let me start with you. all these persistent questions over the past four days about donald trump's feelings about national security and the rule of law. what do these pardons say to you? >> i think the pardons he did tonight represent open corruption. this is a president, whose goal for much of the last four years, has been to try to absolve himself, politically and legally, from the connections with russia that prompted the mueller investigation. and these do not dispense with those questions, they affirm those questions. let's just recap, briefly. donald trump. russia was a financial benefactor of donald trump, before he ran for president. russia helped donald trump become president by interfering in the election. donald trump lied about what he knew about that, fired the fbi director who was investigating

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i want to bring in cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond, evan perez, and senior political analyst john avlon. someone is sounding the alarms as we speak about this very issue because it really cannot be over stated. although this may be predictable we are in yet again unprecedented times. john, let me begin with you. what would the founding fathers have thought about the way president trump is using his presidential power? yeah, he has it. but is he doing it in the right way and should he be doing it? >> absolutely not. the founding fathers debated exactly this kind of context at the constitutional convention. they were worried about a president acting like a tyrant. they wanted to constrain his power. it is a constant theme. one of the debates they had is what if a president abuses their power to pardon, to excuse people for crimes that they knew of or crimes they actually condoned and ordered them to do? this was a constant debate between george mason and james madison and they felt ultimately the president knowing it would be washington would be a person of honor and that in that ca

diamond. cnn correspondent, evan perez. and senior political analyst, john avlon. someone is sounding the alarms, as we speak, about this very issue because it really cannot be overstated. although this may be predictable, we are in, yet again, unprecedented times. john, let me begin with you, because what would the founding fathers have thought about the way that president trump is using his presidential power? yeah, he has it. but is he doing it in the right way? and should he be doing it? >> absolutely not. and the founding fathers debated exactly this kind of context, at the constitutional convention. they were worried about a president acting like a tyrant. they wanted to constrain his power. it's a constant theme. and one of the debates they had is what if a president abuses power to pardon to excuse people for crimes they know of or they actually condoned and ordered them to do. this was in constant debate between james madison. and ultimately, the president, knowing it would be washington, would be a person of honor. in that case, he could be trusted with t

about that time a guy came in christmas eve or something with a diamond stick pin and talked about he too had an influential father like john had, mccain had mixed feelings about the guy and that made impression on him and it was a lovely story, when he passed away there were long lines of vietnamese signing condolences including one of his jailers. there is a monument to a captured air pirate on the shore of the lake were john parachuted in when he was shot down, heap flowers on after he passed away, he was a celebrity in vietnam. the balkans, he crossed over to help bill clinton again. took a very dim view of administration policy in the agreed framework and lots of arguments, where his passions in terms of issues. he started going to munich in the navy escorting the delegation to munich, and who chaired both delegations in those days and played the role of the spacemen -- you burned for congress and he could be just as ignatius as you know and probably called vladimir putin a son of a bridge but we have to get this guy from causing more trouble and he couldn't get very worked up. what the russians had done in syria anger

diamond, thank you so much. >>> joining me now is republican congressman john curtis of utah. congressman, you were one of the first republicans in congress to acknowledge president-elect biden's victory. i want to get your reaction to this stunning report out of an oval office meeting last night, including talk of martial law and screaming matches. >> well, let me just tell you, i've been in congress for three years. for three years i keep hearing all these worst case scenarios. it was a conversation, not a revolution. there were far more important things in front of us, and i think we need to move on and tackle them. >> but that's all you have to say to that? i mean, i understand there are far more important issues on and we had you on to talk about covid and we will in a singled. we can't grow numb to incidents that what happened in a third world country and we would have a state department that would be alarmed about hearing these types of reports. >> listen, you're talking about a conversation that reportedly took place. we don't know anything about the details. and you j

the vote is certain to fail, even the number two senate republican john thune saying quote it will go down like a shot dog. jeremy diamond reports from the white house. we're going to hear from jeremy in just a little bit. boris. >>> we have some news from the incoming biden administration. president-elect joe biden planning to nominate connecticut education commissioner miguel k cordona as his education secretary, tasked with meeting biden's goal to reopen schools within 100 days of his administration. that goal has touched off come controversial with teachers union. he will have to restore morale after betsy devos's four-year reign. >> he started a decade ago as an elementary teacher, a principal, and the state's top education official in august of 2019. also notable the roles that mr. biden has not filled yet, that includes attorney general, complicated by federal prosecutors investigation of hunter biden's business dealings for china, and picks for cia director, labor secretary, commerce secretary, all jobs that will be vital in the pandemic recovery effort. >>> the top democrat on the senate finance committee says r

diamond, thank you very much for that. to talk more about this is cnn political commentator and host of "firing line" on pbs, margaret hoover, and someocnn s political analyst john avalenue. some of the president's own party are clearly frustrated with this last minute switcheroo game as we just heard congressman kinzinger calling it. if president trump vetoes the bill, do you think republicans could break with him to override that veto? >> yes, i think so. in fact, i think that they will. in fact, the best thing he could do right now, i think from the republican perspective is go ahead and veto it so they can override it. if he does nothing, the government shuts down. so the best case scenario is they move forward. that's the way you break this logjam because remember not only are americans suffering and people need these checks -- i mean we've seen the lines at the food banks. we've seen how desperate people are in the context of this economic crisis that covid has brought on. >> yeah, i know how desperate people are. i have family members who have been getting these checks, so this is definitely a financial lifeline for so many people. to you, john, it was th

>> commissioner diamond: yes, i have a question for director hi hillis, and perhaps he's going to address this in regards to the informational discussion. but john king wrote a good article in the chronicle about winterizing resources that we're seeing with entertainment and restaurants, and i was curious where the economic recovery team is in helping to expedite and do whatever is necessary in order to allow for that winterization. >> director hillis: good question, and we will address that as part of the informational discussion, as well. >> commissioner diamond: great. thank you. >> clerk: sorry. i was muted. that will place us on item 11, items passed at the land use, historic preservation commission, and the board of supervisors. >> good morning, commissioners. -- the project proposed a new whole foods grocery store with a restaurant and coffee shop to move into the vacant 5,000 area foot retail space. you heard and approved this commercial use authorization on september 5 of this year. the project sponsor submitted a consultant prepared loading demand analysis which confirmed the department's calculations of loading demand. the project spo

the name was john, john diamond. >> john loves women. john was a lady's man.ohn always had girlfriends. >> so debby, john kid's sister, could certainly see her brother responding to a solicitation like michelle's. he >> my brother has a great personality. he's an attractive guy and, you know, his personality makes him that much more attractive.s >> then a few days after meeting online, they met in person at a local restaurant. >> he was charming, he was funny. movies and music and things we talked about. >> he was an army sergeant, trained at ft. bragg, trained as a sniper, highly decorated. had been in the service since he was 18.e >> by all counts, he was a good soldier, but he was a playboy, himself. he had been married once beforeo and had a child from his first e marriage and he left the first wife and married and they had a son together. >> michelle didn't know that john was still married. but maybe it didn't matter. at least not then. she loved the sex. the attention. the excitement.th >> he was very sensitive, he was very affectionate, he was very e ad