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kim kardashian west acknowledges a terrible crime was committed but today she tweeted "i'm heartbroken about this execution and i'm calling on donald trump to grant brandon a commutation and allow him to live his sentence out in prison." >>> here, another thrilling day for a handful of surfers, many out again chasing the big waves at mavericks. we did see some huge swells again. the high surf advisory just expired a few hours ago. paul heggen is with us to tell us about more changes coming to the weather. >> some changes for the better because we have an actual chance of rain in the forecast. the clouds out there this evening, they are just passing high clouds, and they are way up in the atmosphere. the next storm system does have a better chance of sending ring to the bay area. first, take a look outside, looking good from the top of the mark hopkins hotel. it's another mild evening across the bay area with temperatures closer to where we are supposed to be in the middle of the afternoon, upper 50s and low 60s across the board. we will see a little bit of fog developing along the bay

his plan to get out is none other than kim kardashian. he wrote a handwritten personal plea, dear kim k., i'm writing you this letter not as joe exotic but as the person, joseph maldonado passage. i hope that's not the strategy they go to trump with. not joe exotic. joe maldonado who? no pardon, next! but he continues, please help me by placing a call to president trump to look at my 257-page pardon, with all the evidence. i'm innocent, ask him sign my pardon. then he closes very strong. he says, will you please help me? with just a phone call, no one even has to know you did it. [ laughter ] well, now we do, i guess. if there's, i don't know, a single sentence that sums up 2020, to me it's joe exotic asks kim kardashian to help him get a pardon from donald trump. [ laughter ] [ applause ] kim kardashian is apparently a fan of "tiger king." she dressed up as carole baskin for halloween, which i'm not sure if that helps joe's chances or hurts them. [ laughter ] this could be something between kim and her father. imagine if the kardashian f

>> it's at the kardashian that question burisma okay. it was but enhancement before plastic surgery had made its way to miami. >> i get it. please go on. >> that women were making so much close they might as well bid in brocade burqas you know? we had to wait to eat dinner until he was 8:00 o'clock, 8:00 o'clock at night before you could have dinner. you had all of these stupid, even when they're trying to have fun at look terrible like they're drowning in their yachts, those get there next broken on their polo ponies. they're out walking around in the middle of nowhere hitting things with a stick in a stupid game named golf. people were saying a woe, woe, nothing said that. they never get that not the bun out of the barrel of beer, dance the polka and have some fun like the rest of us do. so yeah. so nowadays, you get these ultra rich people, richer than the rockefellers ever were. you get jeff zuckerberg wearing his underwear in public. guys like, you wonder if mom still so slow name tag on their for when he gets sent to summer camp. y

i could imagine a scenario where you tell robinhood traders you can buy kim kardashian stock or spacnd you see a flurry to that remains to be seen what happens from here. >> last word, mr. pisani >> think about what a spac is. i always say it's basically trust me, i'm famous and i'm going to be the responson of your spac. i'm a famous name. you know me. why can't you have intellectual property why can't individuals represent essentially what the brand is and what they are selling and have that go public? think it's going to happen in 2021 there's a bold call for you, kell been the kardashians have an accounting problem you want stable, reliable, consistent cash flows, right does anyone guarantee that >> look, bowie did it. he sold his. bob dylan essentially monetized himself just recently. >> you have to attach it to a defined set of rights or licenses that you can actually keep analyzing as opposed to, you know, whatever kim decides to do next year. >> right, exactly. we'll leave it there, everybody. mike santoli, seema mody and bob pisani joining us for "rapid fire" today. >>> stil

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khloe kardashian famously came up to you...irect, but she wrote it. she said, "perez has become my personal bully," and will.i.am, who, of course, had great success with black eyed peas, he felt that you disrespected him so badly he approached you at an awards ceremony to ask you why you were doing it, and you used a word i can't even use on air to refer to his sexuality. what was going on in your head during those kinds of encounters? the same thing that was going on with a lot of the celebrities. i was a full—blown addict and, while my drug of choice was not drugs or alcohol, i was fully and severely... you might not believe me, and you don't have to believe me, i was severely addicted to attention, especially because i went from having none, and having my dreams of being a failed — being an actor, to not come to fruition to now getting all this attention. so myself — and also a lot of these celebrities at the time, it was the birth of social media, they were doing things on purpose to be written about. and i was doing things

was it pretty kardashian related -- >> the kardashian answered that that question. >> writes for it wasbutt enhancement before plastic surgery made its way to miami. >> okay. >> please go on. >> they looked really, the women were wearing some which close sy development in burqas -- they might have well been in burqas. they had to wait to eat dinner details 8:00 at night before you could have dinner. you had come here all these stupid judgment even when the rich people were trying to find it looked terrible, drowning other yachts, getting their necks broken on the polo pony people were saying no thanks to that. they never get to knock a bill appear and dance the polka and have some fun like the rest of us do. what i want to do, so nowadays you get these old to rich people, richer probably than the rockefellers ever were. you can't like jeff doctor berg wearing his underwear in public. -- zuckerberg. you wonder if his mom still so susan mayne in when you get sent to summer camp or camp jeff bezos in his bomber jacket going to rent complex like one of the backstreet boys of something. you

joe exotic asked kim kardashian to help him get a presidential pardon and workers at a new york citytle are fighting off a horde of rats there's a lot to go over, so let's just jump in and cover it all at once. it is time for a news smash. [ applause ] ♪ first up, trump's lawsuits are not going well the supreme court just dismissed the gop's attempt to overturn the election in pennsylvania so i'm sorry mr. president, you tried your best but it just wasn't effective but you know what is effective, the covid vaccine. it is making the rounds in england. and things are looking promising. i got to say it is nice to get some good news for once, instead of news that completely melts your brain and makes you feel insane. speaking of which, joe exotic asked kim kardashian to help him get a presidential pardon. [ laughter ] joe is in prison for trying to murder carole baskin but he wants to get back into his life of wrangling tigers i mean, if we wants to wrangle large, furry beasts, he could always apply for a job at chipotle [ laughter ] a location in new york city is struggling to deal with

kim kardashian west has become a force in us criminaljustice reform.th governors and legislators and paid legal bills for people trying to get out of prison. and now, she's involved in an eleventh hour plea to stop a federal execution. a terrible case has been brought to my attention and i need your help. without it, on december 12th brandon bernard is going to be executed for a crime he participated in as a teenager. mr bernard is due to become the ninth person to be executed by the federal government in the last five months. and the trump administration wants to schedule four other exections before joe biden's inauguration. here's leboo diseko. for the last 20 years, brandon bernard has been on death row. on wednesday his lawyers were u nsuccessful wednesday his lawyers were unsuccessful in a last—ditch appeal to stop his execution. it means tonight he could become the first of five federal prisoners to be executed during the presidential transition. if i could ever go back in time and i would definitely change a bunch of different scenarios. donald

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thousands of people have asked for clemency including senators cory booker, dick durbin and kim kardashiant. the only person who can grant clem si is president trump. >> the cdc is worried because fewer black children are getting flu shots. more americans are getting flu shots but the rate for black kids is down. there is a push for people to get vaccinated with the flu because the coronavirus is already overwhelming the u.s. health system. the cdc said it is not clear why fewer black children are not getting shots. >> the search for two missing workers at a former power plant that collapsed while being demolished is now a recovery. the two workers disappeared at the plant in cincinnati. three other workers were injured. rescuers had to dig for hours to free one of those workers. officials say the worker was conscious. crews spent hours searching for the two people still unaccounted for. >> this will be nonstop until they find the missing. whether one day, two days, a week. they will be here until they find those people. >> the plant closed in 2018. it is not clear what caused the collapse

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breddon's case has attrahe support of celebrities like kim kardashian west.eality star a prison reform activist has called on her followers to tweet donald trump to save him. tomorrow, and other federal execution is scheduled at the same penitentiary in indiana. these executis come weeksbe re jode biden takes office. he has sd he will seek to end the death penalty. the incumbent president would usually defer to his successor and let the president elect set the course but donaat trump's rney general says he is just following the law. he says he owes it to the victims and their families to carry forward the sentence. laura: the demand for travel nurses in the u.s. has soared in the pandemic. they are crucial in places ients.elmed with covid p one nurse from phoenix, arizona shared her story. >> my name is laura. i am a 3year-old nurse and i am traveling for the pandemic. ♪ in april oni easter sunday landed in new york city and took an icu position on a covid i see you. -- a covid icu. in arizona, the bandemic was not we had less total cases thanie people whod o

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bernard's case drew the attention of celebrities including kim kardashian west who lobbied president trump to commute his sentence. advocates urged bernard was only a teenager at the time of the crime. >>> to washington now, where president trump overnight unleashed a barrage of tweets backing his baseless claims of voter fraud. the move comes as four battleground states urged the supreme court to reject a texas lawsuit aimed at overturning joe biden's victory. weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> reporter: president trump did not comment on the record number of dead from the coronavirus. instead, he focused on voter fraud and what he called a corrupt election, with no evidence to prove it. even telling guests at a holiday party the legal fight is not over. >> we have tremendous cases now. >> reporter: the president met with republican state attorneys general who are backing a lawsuit in the supreme court, to invalidate presidential election votes in georgia, wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. if the high court agrees to intervene, senator ted cruz will argue the case at

in the hours leading up to the execution, reality star and activist kim kardashian worked to commute sentence but a federal judge denied the request to halt the execution. he addressed the family of the victims saying, quote, i'm sorry. that's the only words i can say how i feel now and felt that day. the family thanked attorney general barr and trump for helping to bring them closure. the mother said i can very much forgive him. >>> president-elect joe biden is putting the finishing touches on his team he's set to announce more choices on his cabinet this afternoon. nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest mr. biden has tapped more obama administration officials, right? >> right, michelle a lot are coming from the obama administration like susan rice, former u.n. ambassador and security adviser now tapped as the head of the domestic policy council. so she'll be the top adviser in the white house on what's happening inside the united states he's pulling denis mcdonough, former chief of staff under obama to head the department of veteran affairs. meantime we're also looking at the

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national attention by "a" listers like kim kardashian and new lawyers from the innocence project raisedion from that time back in 1996 who are willing to come forward. >> reporter: years after his conviction a witness coming forward to support his claim that he was having a secret affair with stites but the state saying her account wasn't believable. our 20/20 investigation reveals the defense team says it has new science and more questions from an old witness. you'll also hear from stacy's family. >> thanks, deb. the special airs tonight at 9:00, 8:00 central. we'll be right back. airs tonight at 9:00, 8:00 central. we'll be right back. >>> if you have been outside, you know it has a different feel and look to it. a lot of cloud cover out there. tonight and tomorrow the best chances of lilts ght it moderat rain. you will see sprinkles this afternoon and then rainfall dood!totals, next cha >>> hey, bay area. >> we have kerry washington, and plus learn how to up cycle your holiday decor. >> that is at 9:00. >> and another update in about 30 minutes. and you can always find the latest on

. >>> familia, kim kardashian no pudo sacar de la pena de muerte a un reo las una intensa campaña eno look al peinarnos, sobre todo cómo disimular algunas de esas canas que nos salen. >>> yo las tengo por aquí, te vamos a mostrar las opciones en tendencia para el cierre de este 2020. yo voy a tener que aprender porque con eso de que últimamente no tenemos para peinarnos y maquillarnos >>> nosotras nos hallamos solas >>> estáis guapísima si alguien que estará muy pendiente de este segmento será stephanie y ximena que tienen el día libre y nuestra querida nicole suárez. >>> estoy muy atenta. será una batalla con las canas >>> no tengo canas todavía gracias a dios, pero ahí estamos. >>> así es, vamos a hablar de la vacuna que estamos a solo un paso de que se apruebe la vacuna en estados unidos y también un tema de migración . vamos a temas de migración en un nuevo día. >>> sin freno y sin control, los números de la pandemia pulverizan con cada día que pasan los de la jornada anterior . estados unidos registró este jueves un triple récord. por un lado el del número de fallecimientos con

brandon bernard's case attracted the support of celebrities like kym kardashian west.vist had called at her followers to tweet donald trump to save brandon bernard. tomorrow another federal execution is scheduled at the same penitentiary in indiana. these executions come just weeks before joe executions come just weeks beforejoe biden executions come just weeks before joe biden takes executions come just weeks beforejoe biden takes office, and he has said he will seek to end the death penalty. the incumbent president would usually defer to his successor and let the president—elect the course, but donald trump's attorney general says he is just following the law. he says he owes it to the victims and theirfamilies to he owes it to the victims and their families to carry forward this sentence. let's get some of the day's other news the hong kong businessman jimmy lai has been charged under the territory's controversial national security law — on suspicion of having conspired with foreign forces to endanger national security. the media billionaire is the most high—profile

brendan benard's case has attracted the support of celebrities like kim kardashian west, the realityst has called on her followers to tweet mr trump to save mr benard. tomorrow, another federal execution is scheduled at the same penitentiary and indiana. these executions come just weeks forjoe biden tax office that he has said that he will seek to end the death penalty. the incumbent president would usually do for to his —— defer to his successor, but donald trump's attorney general has said he is just following the law. he says he owes it to the victims and theirfamilies to he owes it to the victims and their families to carry forward this sentence. some of the poorest countries in the world face severe hardship from some of the long—term consequences of the long—term consequences of the long—term consequences of the pandemic. organisations such as the world bank and oxfa m such as the world bank and oxfam have warmed up to 70 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty, that would undo the progress. the squeeze on household income right here in britain as having a direct im

kim kardashian west is now calling on president trump to commute bernard's sentence and she points out the prosecutor and five jurors in the case support clemency. >>> democrats in spokane, washington, say an alleged bombing attempt at their office was a politically motivated attack. a man entered the local democrat's office claiming he had a bomb. they say he held a hostage before being arrested. no explosives were found. >>> fire crews are at the scene of a house that exploded into a fireball in upstate new york. the explosion leveled the home and flames spread to other two properties there in the town of gates near rochester, and witnesses say the blast sounded like a sonic boom. no one was injured. no word yet on the cause. >>> time now for a look at your thursday weather. the radar shows the storm that dumped the season's first snow for virginia to new england, it's now giving way to milder conditions. a new storm is brewing in the southwest stretching from denver to colorado. it will bring heavy rain and up to a foot of snow in parts of new mexico and colorado. expect above norma

brandon bernard's case had attracted the support of elaborate is like kim kardashian west.rm activist had called on her followers to tweet donald trump to save mr benign. and tomorrow, another federal execution is scheduled at the same penitentiary in indiana. these executions come just weeks before joe indiana. these executions come just weeks beforejoe biden ta kes just weeks beforejoe biden takes office and he has said that he will seek to enter the death penalty. the incumbent death penalty. the incumbent death penalty. the incumbent death penalty would usually defer to his successor and let the president—elect set the course. a donald trump's attorney general says he is just following the law. he says he owes it to the victims and theirfamilies to he owes it to the victims and their families to carry forward their families to carry forward the sentence. lebo diseko, bbc news, washington. let's get some of the day's other news. israel and morocco have agreed to establish diplomatic relations. the israeli prime minister, benjamin neta nyahu, described the deal as extraor

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, and pardoned a whole host of others that were recommended by alice johnson, the friend of kim kardashian, who has gotten to know the president. the president wants to keep doing it. it's a unilateral executive power. it doesn't require wrangling like with congress. it doesn't require fighting with others. he can just sign the paper, and he likes doing that. >> josh, great reporting. thank you so much. happy holidays to you. >> happy holidays to you. >>> still ahead this hour on cnn, another 100 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been ordered. what that actually means in terms of protecting you, americans. that's next. >>> and we speak with the miracle lady this afternoon. after spending nearly two months at death's door, doctors had exhausted every single treatment. we have the incredible recovery story of this one woman in atlanta. >>> and president trump goes on a rampage with pardons and veto threats, but, well, if you want to question what the president is doing, don't forget -- >> i'm the president of the united states. don't ever talk to the president that way. liberty m

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kardashian, who has championed criminal justice causes tweeted overnight, he was such a reformed person, so hopeful and positive until the end bernard had asked president trump for clemency and five of the original criminal defense lawyers supported that. >> thank you very much >>> it is 18 minute past the hour al has his eye on another storm. where is it headed >> this one, it started in the southwest. it's making its way east we have winter weather advisories, winter storm watches and warnings from iowa all the way to michigan, and the system now starting to push its way we have heavier showers and thunderstorms through missouri snow back through the plains, and as this moves east, the snow from the plains to the upper midwest today, as the system moves saturday into the midwest, it brings rain, wind, on the backside, snow showers making their way into the east coast sunday, wind and rain for the northeast. a few northern snow showers up into new england here's what we're looking at as far as precipitation one to three inches of rain from the gulf coast all the way up into michigan an

kardashian west has been integral to president trump's policies on prison reform.en: this isn't going to happen, number one. to put it in perspective, this tiger king phenomenon was only this spring. it feels like it was 10 years ago, when everyone was obsessed with tiger king and that's all anybody could talk about on social media, it was only early this year, in like march, april. that's really sad. because this year feels like 80. i went by the ball in times square, 2020. i gave it a nasty hand gesture, that's how of i feel. maria: bye-bye 2020, right. steve, how do you see it? steve: i think joe exotic was wise to go to kim kardashian. i interviewed her several years ago. she's a formidable force. if anyone could get him a pardon, she would do it. she's been the forefront of prison reform, helped other cases. i give him credit for going to the one person that could get the job done. maria: we will take a break. i want to hear a lot more from you guys in the upcoming hour. plus, we will hear from senator john barrasso, senator marsha blackburn and katherine harr

process these pardons actually go through and whether that is appealed by celebrities like kim kardashiang out reward for some of his political allies like the former national security adviser michael flynn who the president pardoned a week and a half ago. now we know the president is considering another wave of controversial pardons. there have been numerous meetings led by the council for the white house and involving top advisers, including jared kushner, the president's son if law, who is also, we are told, hoping for a pardon for his father charles kushner. now, we don't know that jared kushner has asked the president for that pardon. we do understand, according to our sources, that other people have lobbied the white house for a pardon for charles kushner. beyond that, of course, there are preemptive pardons for the president's attorney rudy guiliani and even discussion about preemptive pardons for the president's children, that, of course, will be highly controversial. >> it certainly would be, jeremy dimon at the white house, we will get back to you as well. let's discuss this wit

this year, the fourth most popular member of the kardashian family made more money than lebron james has made playing basketball in his whole life. i'm starting to think maybe my lips aren't plump enough. [ laughter and applause ] president trump did not make the list, i'm sure he loves that. donald trump could use a good spanking from "forbes" magazine right now. this is day 42 of squattergate. the trump train has a lot of empty seat yesterday the electoral college made it official for joe biden. some republicans have finally started to congratulate joe for winning an election he won six weeks ago. [ laughter ] even that turtle-faced son of a mitch mcconnell took a break from blocking covid relief to congratulate biden today. mcconnell said, as of this morning our country officially has a president-elect. as if we hadn't had one for the 40 before that. but these people, they're so scared of donald trump. most of them still refuse to acknowledge what is very clear to everyone, that joe biden is the next president. one republican in the house, paul mitchell of michigan, announced he's

they pretty much handled either through the president, himself, talking to fox news hosts or the kardashianso decide who gets clemency. right now, we know there are dozens of people around the president who are hoping to get some kind of pardon. we know that among the names that the president has talked about is michael flynn who, obviously, was received one. now, of course, some of the people that were implicated in the russia investigation. that's on his mind. we don't know how many of these hundreds that have come in to the white house counsel are going to end up getting anything from the president, but we can bet that we know he is going to be very busy in the coming weeks as he tries to go out the door giving some of these pardons to some of the people he is close to. >> all of us expect there will be plenty of pardons the final days. guys, thank you very much. there is more breaking news we are following in "the situation room." congress potentially on the brink of a deal on desperately needed pandemic stimulus assistance. we will talk about it with senator bernie sanders and he has st

bragging and running around saying that he was letting people out of jail and listening to kim kardashianng a lot of people that deserve pardoning and some of the activist types like kardashian in that regard brought to him. they have gotten all the pardons they will get, in my opinion, because they were only used for cap pain literature. the campaign is over. those pardons are business. >> the rev aland tim are both sticking around for more. and when we come back dr. jill biden and her husband, president-elect joe biden, the very relatable first family we're about to see a whole lot more of in a few weeks. we'll show you what we're talking about next. you what we talking about next [ thunder rumbles ] [ engine rumbling ] ♪ [ beeping ] [ engine revs ] ♪ uh, you know there's a 30-minute limit, right? tell that to the rain. [ beeping ] for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. if you have type 2 diabetes and risks for heart disease, you could land in the hospital with heart failure. for people like you, farxiga does more than lower a1c. farxiga also helps prevent hospitalization

president trump faced pressure to commute the sentence, including from kim kardashian, but decided againste. 13 executions in july, 4 more planned in the next few weeks. >>> utah senator mike lee is facing criticism after he blocked a bipartisan plan to create smithsonian museums dedicated to the history of women and latino americans. lee says that creating separate but equal museums based on identity would further divide an already divided nation. bills to establish both national museums passed overwhelmingly in the house earlier this year. >>> disney announcing the role of king t'challa will not be recast in black panther ii, after chadwick boazman starred in the role after his death in august. they will explore the world of wakonda and the characters introduced in the first one. a lot of people looking forward to that in my household. >>> joe biden and kamala harris have been named "time" magazine's 2020 persons of the year. they received honor for quote kangi changing the american story, showing the empathy are greater than division. kamala harris is the first vice president to be incl

. >> between the people in the russian investigation and then the kim kardashian pardon, think there's going to be one person left imprisonment this is all over. and it is michael cohen. [laughter] support exactly single-handedly extending his prison sentence for another four lifetimes. but the inverse of the pardon power as you can fluff someone sentence little-known law. chris hawn. >> by hopefully in the one who was at all punishingly russia investigation should be pardon for the thing was dirty from the beginning. muller should not have been appointed. so anyone that went to jail because of muller should be pardon. kennedy: chris hawn. >> let the record show that it was you, kennedy called the present a fluff or not i just want to make that for the recor record. clearly there needs to be some oversight of the presidential pardon and some change britain congress needs to act for there's a lot of self-dealing here. charles kushner did some horrible things. i encourage everyone to look at chris christie's interview. chris christie prosecuted. so forth that's why jerk kushner kept a mo

and to folks that lobby him directly for pardons like kim kardashian, and in the course of this, that has created doubt about the pardon process. what's really going on here? why is the president using his pardon power? as we've seen reports about the president talking to giuliani or the president considering giving pardons to his children, it just raises broader questions of what's going on here. at a larger level he has dangled pardons to close allies under scrutiny in the muller investigation and michael flynn and paul manafort. pardons were dangled for roger stone. now all three of those people never fully cooperated with investigators, and two of the three have received either a commutation or a pardon. so because of the way the president has approached pardons, we now have all these questions. and look, the president sees rudy giuliani as one of his most loyal allies. giuliani has undertaken the most brazen efforts the president has taken in office, whether it was to do the whole ukraine matter where they tried to dig up dirt on hunter biden or whether it is in the past few week

president has pardoned some people and commuted people under those circumstances because of kim kardashians and celebrities asking. that's part of what makes this a disappointing process. >> we reported on trump mulling family pardons and has discussed with advisors whether to grant preemptive pardons to his children and san in law and personal lawyer rudy giuliani. i totally get the point a pardon and accepting one is somewhat of an admission of guilt. do you see that coming and what happens, if in fact, he does pardon his family members and personal lawyer? >> i think he can very well do that. we have reporting about rudy giuliani this past week that the southern district of new york is continuing its investigation. it sounds like there is a serious criminal investigation going on right now where they are trying to obtain his emails and subpoena those emails, which they need the approval from the department of justice. we don't know what possibilities are related to the trump's children but certainly, there have been reports in the paper about tax issues that directly relate to, for examp

. >> why celebrities like kim kardashian west are fighting for his freedom.

when he has granted pardons to others has been you know, folks get in his ear, we saw, i think kim kardashian get in his ear at one point, lobbying for pardons that he should make and he ultimately makes a decision. we will have to see whether or not that was the case in this instance. it was a long list. in which he took some big names that were obviously going to be controversial like the ones we have been talking about, and interspersed with them to take the lime light off of the more controversial picks. >> finally the president tonight issued the bizarre video where he seemed to conflate the two pieces of legislation, the coon individual relief package with the omnibus bill, which is the total government funding. he said it's a disgrace, he wants the checks to be $2,000, or $4,000. ifyou wanted that he could have lifted a finger in the last six months. and he has not. he has had nothing to do with negotiations. he has been in the white house stewing over his loss. and now he is threaten the veto, and they have to sign the defense appropriation's act, did they know it was coming? >> they

he's allowed kim kardashian into the oval office to lobby him for pardons. at first glance when looking at these pardons tonight, it's clear that many of them don't even meet the basic criteria to receive a typical justice department recommendation for a pardon. so, that means that they operated essentially outside the system, that anyone could have gone to the white house and lobbied the president, jared kushner or anyone else in the west wing for these directly. and it's that type of lobbying that people say is concerning because it allows the process to not be about grace and mercy. it allows it to be about connections and lobbying. >> and mike, do we know anything about whether this big raft of pardons, if this is at all tied to the timing of attorney general barr's departure? his last day at the department of justice is tomorrow. he's certainly put distance between himself and some of the outlandish requests and demands from the president in recent days. the pardon power being used by the president in this way, as you say perhaps not through any of the

like kanye west, like ice cube, like the van jones' of the world who all tried to tell us, the kim kardashians, saying give donald trump a chance on criminal justice. he's going to try to do the right thing. you know, and meanwhile you had kanye west being put up by a bunch of republican strategists who cynically tried to get him on the ballot in multiple states to try to deprive african-americans of the candidate of their choice, trying is to sneak him on to the ballot. the cynicism of a kanye running for president having benefitted from the ppp program to the tune of something like $2 million when businesses are struggling and we're in this moment when people are starving and being pushed out on to the streets and can't pay their rent. the rich people like kanye, honestly, have benefitted in this really unique way from being trumpists and being friends of trump and you contrast that with the average person, typically the average black person, we're disproportionately dying of doefd, disproportionately out in the street. i just think that everything he did during the trump era, including runn