so basically kim kardashian said k you pardon a black grandmother?resident trump said, no, but i can pardon a brown grand wizard. is that good enough? i'm saying maybe trump pardoned disouza because he's an asshole because trump doesn't care about government overreach, all he cares about is doing favors for people he likes. so kim kardashian, if you really want to get a pardon for your cocaine grandma, forget the meetings and tell her to start sending out racist obama tweets and she'll be out in a week. we'll be right back. ( applause ) yeah! oh, i'm ready! i'm ready! ♪ give your head a mtn dew kickstart ♪ it's dead again. i need a new phone. and you deserve that new phone on the best network. verizon. oh, we're going? sure-- ehh, not my thing. (vo) now get up to 50% off our best phones. like the samsung galaxy s9 and google pixel 2. only on verizon. your plaques are always there at the worst times. constantly interrupting you with itching, burning and stinging. being this uncomfortable is unacceptable. i'm ready. tremfya® works differently for adult

so basically kim kardashian said k you pardon a black grandmother?resident trump said, no, but i can pardon a brown grand wizard. is that good enough? i'm saying maybe trump pardoned disouza because he's an asshole because trump doesn't care about government overreach, all he cares about is doing favors for people he likes. so kim kardashian, if you really want to get a pardon for your cocaine grandma, forget the meetings and tell her to start sending out racist obama tweets and she'll be out in a week. we'll be right back. ( applause ) no bars. oh no! when i got unlimited, they told me they were all the same. well, verizon has the largest, most-reliable 4g lte network in america. honey, what if it was just us out here? yeah well, i guess, uh, didn't think about that. verizon did. (vo) go with the best. starting at $40 for four lines. oh, i'm ready! i'm ready! ♪ give your head a mtn dew kickstart mr. elliot, what's your wifiwifi?word? wifi's ordinary. basic. do i look basic? nope! which is why i have xfinity xfi. it's super fast and you can control e

a validation of the amount of work kim kardashian west had done. >> reporter: kardashian after her meetingi really strongly believe that she is someone that has completely rehabilitated herself. >> reporter: and then on wednesday, the announcement comes. >> i mean, it came as a surprise to all of us. >> reporter: kardashian herself delivering the news to johnson, describing the moment to cnn's van jones. >> we cried maybe on the phone for like three minutes straight. like everyone was just crying. >> reporter: the president chiming in this morning. good luck to alice johnson, have a wonderful life. but even in the worlds of hollywood and politics, the response time to alice's case is an enigma. >> normally pardons take years to work through the system. for president trump to take the meeting, die jest the information, issue the pardon, for her to be released within a couple of weeks, it has no precedent in modern times. >> reporter: it's not the first time president trump has flexed his presidential clemency muscle. last year trump pardoned controversial sheriff joe arpaio, convicted of cr

kim kardashian is a pawn now? your reaction. >> i'm confused by this one, van jones himself was at the white house participating in a prison reform event that led to the passage of a piece of legislation in the house of representatives two weeks before kim kardashian's visit. of course she's going to come and make her case to the president and the president executed masterfully. this is only the logic on planet cnn that could come forth. van jones must assume that a legitimate president is only legitimate if he's working on issues important to you, which would speak volumes about president obama. liz: to your point, katrina, could someone say to van jones president trump is using you, van jones as a political pawn and you are giving legitimacy to the president? >> yeah, i mean that's what's so confusing here. cnn can't have it both ways and to go to show you how chaotic it is at cnn. the day of kim kardashian's visit, cnn's white house correspondent was reporting that the meeting was -- didn't lack any sense and i

you have to give kim kardashian some credit. when you have that kind of a platform, she's got 120 million enstra gram followers. she's got more instagram followers than some countries got people. if she decides to make this a part of her life now, fighting for positive causes, i think you have to give her the credit. >> as you were saying that, it's interesting you said she's been tough on the president. i mean, you know, just because you're tough on someone, it doesn't mean you don't want them to succeed. i'm wondering if there's a bl s lesson in here for the president of the united states to work with people who don't agree with him to do good things. it seems like there should be some sort of lesson for him here. >> i think there should be and there could be. for whatever reason, this issue of criminal justice reform, prison reform, and partds seems to have become a common ground issue, a bipartisan issue. it used to be a marginali issue. now it seems the only issue that even a pelosi and a trump can sometimes agree on. and y

apologies to kim kardashian recognize your work. salute. and in that one tweet, raymond was more generous than trump was. when the five were exonerated, he refused to accept it. and when the city agreed to a $41 million settlement with them, he wrote an opinion piece calling it a disgrace. he has to this day never apologized to raymond santana, who joins us, or any member of the central park five. raymond, i want to ask you the same question that i just asked van jones. how do you make sense of the president who can show mercy to someone like alice marie johnson, but still to this day hasn't apologized to you or the other four of the central park five? >> you know, anderson, it's -- when i first heard about it, you know, i really thought that it was a good thing. i thought it was a great thing, that somebody was finally pardoned, that he had taken a step to do something for alice johnson. but, there's a part of me that, because of this mass track record, because we know that he's deceitful, he has lied several times, he has fabricated thing

nermeen: that was kim kardashian west. now let's go to alice marie johnson speaking yesterday after her release from prison. >> i've always called her my angel. now she is my war angel. only war angel's never give up. she is been relentless in her fight for me and to know a woman who has never met me, who has embraced my story and taken me to her heart, not just -- this is not a publicity thing for her. kim told in which you left the white house meeting that no matter how this turns out, that she will never stop fighting for me until i come home. an incredible woman. an amazing woman. amy: that is alice marie johnson speaking after her release. could you comment on what she said, jennifer? she was released yesterday, yesterday evening. do you know what her plans are? >> a caravan of four cars of her family drove to the prison to pick her up. amy: in the prison? >> remote in alabama. alice refused to leave until her family was there so she could be reunited with them. she is going to be living with her brother in memphis. s

you spoke with kim kardashian west, what did she have to say? >> she was super happy about getting this woman her freedom. she was passionate about the cause. she made a little bit of news. she said donald trump called her directly, personally, on her cell phone. and then she then got a chance to call alice johnson in prison and let her know that she was going to be coming home. and she also responded to a lot of the criticisms and skepticism, no good deed goes unpunished, but she had some good stuff to say for herself. >> the meeting with president trump, now, that's a whole other level. >> yeah. >> how did that happen? >> well, when i initially called ivanka, i said, i would love a meeting with your dad. i said that from the start. and then that took about six or seven months to get. and so once we got our -- you know, the file really strong, we were able to plan a meeting. and there was the prison reform summit that i know you were at. so i was going to go to that, and my meeting was scheduled the day before that. and then things were changin

. >> reporter: it was this video that caught the attention of kim kardashian-west. last week the reality star lobbied president trump for johnson's clemency. >> never in my wildest dreams did i think it would be kim kardashian who would take my cause on. >> reporter: in prison she got a call. it was kardashian-west. >> when she said home, i could go home now, i started screaming and jumping and crying. >> reporter: the president had commuted her sentence. what do you say to people who say you committed a crime and you should serve the sentence? >> i don't believe there should be a nonviolent offender like myself sentenced to life. >> reporter: she's thankful to the man who gave her a second chance. >> i just knew him from "the apprentice" and he was always funny to me. i love hearing him say you're fired. he just told me, you're free. >> reporter: going forward she has to have regular check-ins with her parole officer and is making plans to meet with kim kardashian-west soon. >> johnson was released days after kim kardashian-west pleaded her case to mr. trump. karda

because of kim kardashian's star power reaction came swiftly.again but guns or tweets for saturday when celebrities get to decide who belongs in prison and who not. ralph chimes in saying our president will probably be criticized by the press but the whole story will prove he did what was compassionate and right. she did serve 21 years of her life sentence for nonviolent drug offense. there was a clear case kim kardashian made. heather: 22 years and got turned down 28 times. and discovered twitter. what is she going to do? >> maybe she should stay away from that. elizabeth: the the cmt awards. >> about country music award shows but this one is known to be the most relaxed, lighthearted fun. the host, little big town, kicks things off with a royal wedding spoof. take a listen. >> look who has appeared in the procession. is that the queen? >> is that the royal carriage? >> i feel a little bit -- >> spending as i like it. >> the florida georgia line, lots of folks watching in tweeting about the show. carly pierce, the guy that broke my heart, talk

singleton. >> uh-huh. >> kim kardashian goes in, headlines everywhere. he's talking with kim kardashian about criminal justice reform. she wants pardons for two blacks. she got nothing. in fact, d'souza, who called president obama a boy and a grown-up trevant is given a pardon for what he himself was guilty of doing. criminal justice of trump, or is that an overstatement, in your opinion? >> as it specifically relates to article 2, section 2 of the constitution which grants the president power, the president has, for the most part, freedom to dictate who he's going to pardon. >> that's not the question. i don't want to go into the history of constitutional power, the question i'm raising is, under this administration, an appeal from someone he promoted as a big star to have a conversation, makes the direct appeal, and he answers it by giving them nothing and giving someone the opposite. >> according to the constitution, your question within itself is flawed, and i'll tell you why. the president, again, has the right to pardon whomever he wants, whether i

kim kardashian asked for a white house meeting. we know the president's interest in celebrities and he follows reality television. here's another one. the wife of george papadopoulos. she's on television. he's cooperating with the special counsel. if you're the president of the united states, you don't like that. but his wife says, let's have a pardon. >> honestly, i know how committed he was to the trump campaign. i know he did an excellent job. and because of this incident, his freedom is challenged. so i trust and hope and ask president trump to pardon him. i hope he will. >> i mean, this is going to sound very flip. i don't mean it this way. but the traditional process, is you apply to the justice department, you go through a long process where they reach out to any supporting or aggrieved parties, what's the history, how does this fit in the context of past pardons. is the new process get on fox news or get jared kushner to get you into the oval office? >> i don't think process has been a strength of the trump white house. joh

amy: kim kardashian took her case to the president last >> she did. she met witld tru at the white house and made pitch. amy: if you're lucky enough to have a celebrity on "celebrity apprentice" are your case before the president -- how does it work with the justice department? did this go to the regular chan? then, of cou how ather len ale's position? >> in this case, we submitted a petition to the white house directly. the president has unfettered clemency authority. he could grant mercy to any federal prisoner he wishes to -- whose sentence he wishes to reduce. alice is one of thousands of people who are sitting in federal prison who have made the best of their time there, who have reallyeserved a second chance or serving extreme sentences that do not fit their crimes. who if given the opportunity to reunite with their families, would live law-abiding lives and contribute to the community's ju le alice. 've seen thousands of cases of people who are dviclemency who d with no harm. nermeen: i want to turn back to alice marie johnson speaking yesterda

he had been sort of the contact person for kim kardashian. but here's the last line in the official white house statement. while this administration will always be very tough on crime, it believes those that have paid their debt to society and worked hard to better themselves while in prison deserve a second chance. that really boils down the theory behind this. again, as danny explained, the conviction stands but the life sentence will be no more. i contacted the department of justice and bureau of prisons and they had not yet been alerted about this. there is a certain mechanics that will need to take place but the celebration can certainly begin for her family. the president has used this power. it is one unique to the presidency, and on the state level governors have the power to commute offenses on the state level and this is something we've seen the president have, at times, an introduction to the person he pardons through people that he knows. celebrities, in fact. so kim kardashian's work at the white house may have been pivotal. earl

is kim kardashian ready to take over politics? e new interview that this . >>> smoke andes fl everybody safely got off a bus when it caught fire in the district today. this all happened about noon on 95 northbound near the suitland parkwayexit. the fire shut down traffic on ce northbound side. the bus wasrying a tour group from georgia. >>> could another rlity star follow president trump in the oval office? kim kardashian is not ruling out a presidential run. kardashian tald politics on n cnn's the van jones show. many when jones asked her about a white house bid, she told him, quote, never say never. kardashian helped secure a presidential pardon for alice johnson a first time nonviolent drug offender. she wants to help other incarcerated women. >>> the six leading c for maryland governor go toe to toe tomorrow morning. we host the forum. you can see that after "meet the press" at 11:30 right here on nbc 4. >>> a doctor's bedside manner under sccatiny tonight. ras catch the physician curse, grab, mock a patient suffering from a p

. >>> kim kardashian helped a grandmother from life in prison and now kardashian wants to become a voicer other nonviolent offenders still behind bars. >> if i can be used as the vessel and they could all use me, they can use me. you know? the attorneys. there's over 3,000 people in the same exact situation as alice and it's not just that it so happened to be that alice was on my screen at that moment, at that time, when i was on, but it doesn't mean that we're going to stop here. >> coming up next, cnn's van jones tells me what kim kardashian had to say about the release of alice johnson and the possibility of running for office one day. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." but as it grew bigger and bigger, it took a whole lot more. that's why i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. everything. what's in your wallet? sometimes a day at the ballpark is more than just a day at the ballpark. [park announcer] all military members stand and be recognized. sometimes fans cheer for those who wear a different uniform. no matt

it just caught fire and kim kardashian-west shared the story on social media. she got very moved to act and very involved behind the scenes since november and it been months now to get this woman released and it's been incredible. >> let me play this quick clip from kim after she learned about alice. >>i lost my job, i struggled financially, i couldn't find a job to take care of my family. failure. i went into a complete panic and out of desperation, i made one of the worst decisions of my life to make quick money. i became involved in a drug conspiracy. >> i just really strongly believe that she is someone that has completely rehabilitated herself and will continue to do so outside of prison. you know, she's done her time. i mean, she's done almost 22 years. you know, i think in life everyone makes mistakes and she really deserves a second chance. >> tell me about what she shared with you. because we saw the pictures from the oval office ofim kardashian-west and the president and he really listened obviously. >> yeah. i think what she shared is that she felt l

i am so thankful. >> kim kardashian tweeted afterward, best news ever.ump and hopes the move gives hope to others who deserve a second chance. >>> and sonoma county, several tips from the public led to an arrest in an assault case. the suspect, 44-year-old matthew madrid. rohnert park police say he chased a teenager last month and attempted to grab her. authorities released the sketch on the lendthat led authorities to madrid to was arrested after he was recognized by the victim. he has a history of harassing women and making statements about wanting to harm children. >>> scary moments for south bay firefighters when a car slammed right into the back of their engine overnight. this happen your capital expressway and tourist road. the car almost to the firefighter who was working to put out a small brush fire along the road. the driver of that truck was hurt but he is expected to survive his injuries. not your average fight, you are looking at it. police came across these two bowls fighting -- bulls fighting luckily the owner arrived soon afterward. he di

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and i appreciate kim kardashian west for using her celebrity for something that does good. understand a lot of people want to lock folks up and keep them there forever, b 22 years for a first time, nonviolent offender? there are a lot of people across america that have murdered people that will never serve even a third of that amount of time. my present director in arkansas, rry noris, used to say, we lock a lot of people up that we are mad at, rather than the ones we are afraid of. the fact is, ove per year per inmate, average, which could be a sometimes as much as 75 or 80,000 per year is not working. it's not helping us resolve the crime problem. the truth is, sandra, we don't have a crime problem so much as a drug and alcohol problem. a lot of the people we incarcerate need to b in eatment centers. i applaud the president because it took a lot of guts for him to do this. there is never, ever as a political upside to granting any pe of clemency viet commutation were a part in. >> sandra: it's fascinating and capturing the attention of the nation. it looks like the presid

>>> we know the kardashian women are fitness fa fattics.out getting her body back after baby. hollywood moms are on a mission. >> i have been craving these workouts. so, i'm really psyched. muscle memory is real thing cause it's still under there. i gotta get rid of this part. this, and my thighs. but we're working on it. >> khloe is doing meal replacement shakes and working her kardashian butt off using resistance bands. we love that they do cheat days and grab mcdonald's. fellow new mom anna kournikova went there this to this. she's working out. so is kim hernl vehicljavec. ♪ i'm a whole lot of woman >> how did kelly clarkson drop 37 pounds? clean eating. she had a thyroid issue pu gets the book, the plant paradox for getting her back on track. the best part? zero exer sides. >> give me a typical breakfast, lunch, dinner. i have a cake. but like fried chicken. i use flower, tap yolk ka, almond flour. nonhormone chicken. i'm going to be real with you. it's really ek pensive to do. i'm 37 pounds lighter. >> i'm sorry. >> in my pleather. >>>

. >>> a woman is free, she has kim kardashian and president trump to thank. betty yu on the latest presidential pardon. >> reporter: her freedom comes days after kim kardashian made her case to the president. she had been lo up since 1986 related to cocaine distribution and money laundering. alice johnson left a federal in alabama she served more tha for a first-time non-violent drug offense. >> i'm free to hug my family. >>yes. >>i'free to live life. i'm free to start over. >> reporter: president trump commuted her life sentence, a white house statement said in part, while this administration will always be very tough on crime, it believes knows that paid their debt to deserve a second chance. >> i wa star kim kardashian visited the oval office to lobby for her release. after the decision, kardashian wrote on twitter, best news ever. >> it shouldn't take kim going to the white house to do that. >> reporter: it is the 6th clem president. after an appeal from actor sylvester to loan, he recently pardoned another. the president said the government treated both

last week the president met with kardashian to put a spotlight on his case. jericka duncan has more. >> reporter: after more than two years of living as a free man, matthew charles is waking up in a county jail in kentucky. he is waiting to be moved to a federal prison where he will face another decade behind bars. while legally charles should never have been released in 2016, those close to the father of two say he has already done his time. >> you let someone out, you give them their freedom, and then you just take it back. that's just grossly unfair. >> reporter: john hairston said goodbye to his long-time friend matthew charles at this april going away party in nashville. charles is now behind bars, a place the 51-year-old knows all too well. in 1996, charles was sentenced to 35 years in prison, in part for selling crack cocaine. he served 21 years with no disciplinary infractions. during charles' time in prison, presient obama signed a fair sentencing act, lowering sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine offenses. charles appealed for a reduced sentence

s radar by kim kardashian. gallagher joins us to tell us more about johnson in her prime. >> reporter: after serving 22 years alice marie johnson who is now a great grandmother walked out of the pickens county alabama prison today, greeted by her family and supporters and says she feels she was resurrected from the dead and has her life back. listen. >> i'm feeling no handcuffs, nothing on me. i'm free to my family. i'm free to live life, free to start over. i cannot -- the greatest day of my life. >> johnson was convicted in 1996 of drug conspiracy and money laundering for her involvement in a cocaine trafficking operation, she claims she didn't sell drugs or make deals but she has acknowledged wrongdoing. appellate judges in the supreme court rejected her appeals and former pres. obama said no to her request for clemency but her supporters including kim kardashian west continued pushing for her release and last week kardashian west met with donald trump at the white house asking him to grant clemency. here's

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and kim kardashian tweeted, "best news ever." this comes amid a flurry of pardon activity by the president. last week, he pardoned controversial conservativedy nesh d'souza. he's also floated the idea of pardoning martha stewart. and former illinois governor rod blagojevich, who was also on "celebrity apprentice." >> i'll do anything legal and ethical and honest. >> reporter: all of this raises the question of whether the president is sending a message to those caught up in the russia investigation. michael flynn, michael cohen, or even paul manafort, now facing possible immediate jail time for alleged witness tampering. this week, the wife of george papadopoulos, a trump campaign adviser who has taken a plea deal, made a direct appeal to the president on fox news. >> i know he is serious, because of this incident, his freedom is challenged. so, i trust and hope and ask president trump to pardon him. i nope he will. >> the requests now for pardons. jon karl live from the white house. and jon, another headline i know you are follo

. >>> kim kardashian helps secure a presidential pardon for a 61-year-old great grandmother serving a life sentence.n in exclusive interview alice johnson tell "the today show" what he did the moment she learn she was getting out of jail. >> announcer: news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >>> a veteran loved to sing sing inhhe chu choir found fatally injured in the middle of the road. >>onight his family desperately searching for answers how and why he waski ed. the victim's body was discovered this weekend in the 11,000 block ofugns drive in wheaton. >> news 4 jackie benesen has more on the loved ones and the investigation. jack. >> well take a look, this sign up here now on the road close to where this incident happened, the victim's brother saysr o was walking to wheaton to fill his smart trip pass to refil because the place where he did that was closed. and that proved to be aatul and very tragic decision. >> juan says police came to his silver spring home to tellim his brother 51-year-old omar was dead. he had been found on huggens drive where it parallels this road about ae half m away.

both for alice johnson and kim kardashian west. to be fair, miss johnson did mess up pretty bad in '93. she lost herb job, her husband through a divorce then her son in a motorcycle accident. she fell in with the wrong crowd. got involved with drugs. no excuses, just facts. but behind bars, she was a model of good behavior. never got in trouble. which is almost impossible in prison not to get in any trouble in prison. took places, became an or daned minister, hospice worker, personal trainer, everything. that's called evolving. making the best of a bad situation and there are many more people behind bars. speaking about ef collusion, hats off to -- a serious social justice advocate but give credit where credit is due. it takes a lot of courage to go in that white house to meet with with the polarizing president you've never even met. so what's the lesson here? whether you're a down on your luck mom or an iconic celebrity, change is possible and as a society we got to embrace that, especially for people who put in the hard work to m

listen to what he said about kim kardashian on prison reform. >> forget about the fact that kim kardashian is here from the white house and what planet is that anything resembling normam. she shouldn't be here talking about prison reform. it is it nice that she is here, but nopt a serious thing to happen in the white house. >> sean: actually if you read the case it is a different manner. acosta singing a different tune with the ledge end when obama was president. >> i will push the president to get more victim offed in the criminal justice reform and suggest ideas that we think could help improvement situation. >> if you change your mind about running for office, give cnn the scoop. >> i will. >> thank you and great talking with you. >> thank you. >> sean: sean spicer author of the geraldo she. geraldo rivera and south carolina governor henry mcmaster is with us. and let me start with you. this is interesting, if you look in the case in particular, it was a first offense, and lifetime sentence for a woman who had a lot of permanent problem and needed money and got involved in drugs and i t

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that is what kim kardashian said about president trump's latest pardon.loodgates are opening and lobby for presidential pardons are becoming quite popular. trace gallagher tracks who could be next and why kim got good news. there she was, right next to her husband, the president at the briefing, howie kurtz investigates the conspiracy theories about melania. from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. everything. and that 2% cash back adds up to thousands of dollars each year... so i can keep growing my business in big leaps! what's in your wallet? saynot todayis because of my bladder, thanks to tena intimates with proskin technology designed to absorb so fast, it helps to protect and maintain your skin's natural balance so you can feel fresh and free to get as close as you want all day, and now all night for a free sample visit tena.us >> shannon: president trump has commuted the sentence of alice marie johnson, put on the president's radar by reality tv star kim kardashian. trace gallagher joins us not to tell us more a

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kim kardashian says she is not taking selfies that much. do you think she can get through the day without taking pictures of herself. >> so many other people are taking pictures of her she doesn't need to do it herself. judge jeanine: do you take selfies? >> no. judge jeanine: do you know what a selfie is? >> yes. judge jeanine: it's on video. watch it. kim kardashian says she is not taking selfies anymore. >> oh, please, never. i would never believe that. i can't imagine her staying out of the limelight. judge jeanine: what makes a good selfie? >> going higher than yourself. judge jeanine: like this? >> it projects amazing light. judge jeanine: why wouldn't you want to look better than you look in person, then when people meet you they are disappointed. >> you hide in your room and make everyone think you are beautiful. judge jeanine: should you smile? >> a lot of girls go for the duck face. judge jeanine: how many selfies does it take to get the perfect selfie? >> at least 100. judge jeanine: do you know how many selfies it takes to get a

kim kardashian tweeting. best news ever. we'll watch our twitter accounts to see if she has any more to say as she learns more about this. this does come as we have been reporting throughout the day that president trump is considering dozens of other pardons including, according to the president himself, commuting the sentence of rod blagojevich as well as martha stewart. will that happen? we'll have to wait and see. some critics look at some of these pardons in question, if there's a political purpose to them. that's a nar tifr thrative the house has pushed back against vigorously. the question is president trump with some of these pardons trying to send a message to some of those wrapped up in the russia probe like his pardon of dinesh d'souza. this pardon will likely be less controversial. this is a great grandparemother back in the 1990s was sentenced to life for drug trafficking. >> there are a lot of others, thousands and others who are less entitled, less well represented who are incarcerated. mostly minorities, mostl

. >> after helping secure her freedom, kim kardashian west ane this lad for the first time. e>> it becam a mission that i just didt want to give up. hose stories plus border battle. a look inside the place where families are being split amid the growing fight over immigration. >>> breaking silence. five women speak out about the abuse at the h from a doctor at uc. >>> all aboard. overnightma megharkle takes a hist qic trip with theueen on her private train. their very big plans together, 2018.day, june 14th, >> from nbc ne, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb on studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> i was in the room when kim kardashian west and alice johnson saw each other for the first time, and it was a cool moment. >> they talked on the phone and this wasst their f meeting. >> she had no idea who kim kardashian was. >> we will look forward to that in a little bit. >> we will get to that top story. owerful storms in the northeast. kristin doll gra kristin dahlgren has the latest on that. >> they are just beginning to get a sense of how ba wthose stormse. >>

but kim kardashian-west needs to be given credit. she was vilified in the press and may made fun of her, but she had a victory in the age of trump and she needs to be acknowledged. >> what you're hearing, van, john kelly opposed this decision? >> well, my understanding is that this was strong opposition inside the building from all quarters, and that jared kushner was willing to stand his ground to get this thing done and to get it pushed all the way through. and you have seen reporting out there that kelly was not a fan of this, didn't like this. and i think that, again, jared kushner's father went to prison, and he has been an advocate. this prison reform bill has made it through the house with 360 votes to 56, a big bipartisan prison reform bill. kushner was pushing that. we have to acknowledge jared kushner on 99 issues, liberals and progressives disagree with him. but on prison reform, he's opinion an effective advocate, and we need to keep pushing. this is a particular case that was outrageous. but there ather outrageous cases

all of us. >> it's the kardashians versus the wests.y mean business. >> i'm here to win, bro. i'm here to win. >> it's called family feud. >> right? >> how did this all happen? >> kim and kanye have been talking about that they watch family feud every single night. >> repping team kardashian with kris, daughters khloe and kendall, her nom, sunz, family friend. >> once you get over the initial nerves. the first thing out of the way, you're good. >> kim and kanye and three cousins. hey, um, kim, top 200 reasons you think steve harvey is a good kisser. >> you have that sexy bald head. >> just check out kanye's cheesy grin. host steve harvey says he was the best celebrity panelist on the show ever. >> east so happy. >> what did you say earlier? you waited your whole life? >> yeah. >>> still ahead, sterling k. brown. >> i gotta go. >> locking lips with someone >>i have ever felt. >>> and then, agt's f saved by simon. >> one of the greatest feelings i have ever felt. >>> how jamie lee curtis is changing up halloween. >> you're going see me in

kim kardashian went e advoc the president, giving this woman clemency. was there any dispute within the white house whether it should happen? >> there was some. chief of staff john kelly and white house counsel don mcghan each expressed some reservations to the president about in particular pardon or commutation in this case. but this is something the president has really grown enamored with, the idea of pardoning people. on one hand it seems to be an aspect of the presidency that works as he should, that he be sort of snap his fingers and get somethg done le he did atop his business. why he's been so frustrated by so much of washington like the legislative process. what we're seeing is a pattern in terms of people he is choosing to pardon. either folks who have had their causes championed by conservatives, people who have had causes championed by celebrities, in this case kim kardashian pushing for his johnson, or people who were on celebrity "apprentice," as he's talked about entertaining the possibility of pardoning rod blagojevich, the former illinoi

i'm not going to do it because kim kardashian says so.ing, the president as some of his critics are saying, sending a message to others right now? >> i think that this type of move objectively sends lots of messag messages. tough take the johnson parton and put it to one side. you have to put the pardons of known liars on the other side then you have a third side here, which is the self-pardon talk. which has an absurdist notion to it. politically and legally. this main swath, why would you let a martha stuart, scooter libby, why would you have those kinds of people get off the hook? the argument that does send a message joe arpio, that he will be the ash tor. >> you had an amazing interview with rudy giuliani monday night. all of a sudden now, he's alleging that 13 angry democrats that worked for mueller, they are seeking to frame the president for something he didn't do. >> so, rudy giuliani seems to have a point of conflict here. which is he would say i'm zealous lly representing the rights of my client. but he's not just a lawyer. he'

listen to what he said about kim kardashian on prison reform. >> forget about the fact that kim kardashians here from the white house and what planet is that anything resembling normam. she shouldn't be here talking about prison reform. it is it nice that she is here, but nopt a serious thing to happen in the white house. >> sean: actually if you read the case it is a different manner. acosta singing a different tune with the ledge end when obama was president. >> i will push the president to get more victim offed in the criminal justice reform and suggest ideas that we think could help improvement situation. >> if you change your mind about running for office, give cnn the scoop. >> i will. >> thank you and great talking with you. >> thank you. >> sean: sean spicer author of the geraldo she. geraldo rivera and south carolina governor henry mcmaster is with us. and let me start with you. this is interesting, if you look in the case in particular, it was a first offense, and lifetime sentence for a woman who had a lot of permanent problem and needed money and got involved in drugs and i thi

kardashian on twitter cheering, best news ever. touting johnson's imminent release as inspirational. >> you know, i think in life everyone makes mistakes and she really deserves a second chance. >> reporter: mr. trump's use of his pardon power fitting a pattern most rewarding political allies. >> i stand by my pardon of sheriff joe. >> reporter: or pleasing celebrity friends. >> it's my honor to do it. it's about time. >> reporter: and more may be coming. former trump campaign advisor george papadopoulos's wife now begging the president to pardon her husband. >> so, i trust and hope and ask to president trump to pardon him. i hope he will. >> reporter: a white house official says the president is considering dozens of additional pardons. recently floating martha stewart and disgraced illinois governor rod blagojevich. house speaker paul ryan saying there is one person the president should never pardon, himself. >> i think obviously the answer is he shouldn't and no one is above the law. >> reporter: one other note from the white ho

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alice, did you wonder like why did kim kardashian pick me?ple did sll she go and work on my case? >> i tell you it's a miracle. only god could touch kim kardashian like. that we have connected. she shedd said she felt something when she heard my story. i'm so thankful for it. i can't explain it. it's a miracle. >> we want to thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> speaking of the president a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll out this morning, we have good news for him about how voters are feeling. there is news ahead of the elections. let's start with the president. there is a trends going on the last time you polled, i think he was at a 39% approval rating. it's ticked up. tell me about. that. >> it's ticked up for a couple reasons. i think the biggest is the perception of the economy and the credit that voters in this survey give the president's policies for the improved economy. that's driving it more than anything. what is also interesting. the president has a narrow trading range. he's never really broken 45 in our pom. he never