hundreds of letters and emails sit on judge tammy kemp's desk.w bibles have come in the mail since the end of the amber guyger murder trial. judge kemp sat down with cnn for an extensive interview about the breathtaking moments that unfolded in her courtroom. >> i love you just like anyone else. >> reporter: judge kemp says botham jean's little brother was the last person she expected to speak directly to amber guyger. his family said the young man had been quiet and they were worried about him. but he was actually preparing for this moment. >> i forgive you. >> in my mind, i had decided, well, he's probably too broken up to do this. i was very surprised that this young person was so poised, so composed and expressed a level of forgiveness and maturity that i don't think anybody expected from him at the time. >> can i give her a hug, please? please? >> i think that's part of what got me, got a lot of people was that second please. like he was desperately begging you to give him this moment. like he needed this moment. did you feel that? >> i real

now kemp is speaking out explaining why she feels the hug was not only appropriate but important.a lopez from our dallas station wfaa reports. >> can i give her a hug please? >> reporter: it's the moment that for a few seconds seemed to bring the world together, an embrace. botham jean's brother brandt asked judge tammy kemp if he could hug amber guyger, his brother's killer. >> and i was wanting to say no but i couldn't and then when he said the second please, i just felt like i could not deny him this. i thought it would be cathartic for him. i hoped it would be helpful for miss guyger. >> reporter: then judge kemp stepped off the bench to console botham jean's family. >> and i told them that i was happy to have learned about their son because he seem individual. >> reporter: she said she looked around the courtroom and saw black and brown on one side and white on the other. so she turned to guyger, not wanting her to feel neglected. >> and i just simply said to her, brandt jean has given him. please forgive yourself and she asked me did i think god would forgive her, and i said

. >> reporter: hundreds of letters and e-mails sit on judge kemp's death.nce the amer guyger murder trial. cnn sat down with the judge about the breath taking moments that unfolded in her courtroom. >> i love you just like anyone else. >> judge kemp says the little brother was the last person she expected to streak directly to amber guyger, the family said they were worried about him. he was actually preparing for this moment. >> i forgive you. >> in my mind, i had decide, well, he's probably too broken up to do this. i was very surprised that this young person was so poised, so composed. and expressed a level of forgiveness and maturity that i don't think anybody expected from him at the time. >> can i give her a huck, please? please? >> i think that's a part of what got me, got a lot of people is that second plea, like he was desperately begging you to give him this moment, look he needed this moment. did you feel that? >> i really think i was on the verge of saying that's not allowed. i couldn't look at him. i couldn't say no and so i said yes. and. >> k

judge kemp told us she wasn't inclined to let that happen.are rules in place to keep victims' family members from having any kind of contact, but it was the tone in his voice that told her he needed this moment. >> i couldn't look at him. i couldn't say no. and so i said yes. >> knowing that that's something that's not allowed. >> yes, yeah, yeah. yes. i thought mr. jean needed that. and when miss guyger ran to him, i understood that she needed it too. >> of course, judge kemp has come under a great deal of fire and criticism after she hugged botham jean's family for also extenldsing that hug and compassion to amber guyger. many say it was a situation not called for inside this courtroom. the judge gave amber guyger a bible, and she talked about that criticism. we asked her what does she say to those people who criticize her. >> there's a couple of things i would say. first of all, you saw amber guyger from bhienlehind. all you ever sauce was a petite woman coming to a courtroom and sitting stoically and very still throughout a horrific trial

joining us to talk about it is judge tammy kemp. judge, thank you for joining us.t's start with right before the hug. i always like to know things in context. what was happening right before that hug? >> well, the trial had is over and the defendant has been sentenced the victim's family and loved ones have the opportunity to say to the defendant how their actions have impacted their lives. you never know how many victim impact statements are going to have, i begin the day thinking there may be several and then i was told there would only be one. about 30 minutes following the sentencing of mrs. guyger would begin with the victim impact with brent jean. botham's brother. he gave his impact statement and at some point asked for permission to go down. he asked could i give her a hug please. >> when he heard her say that at what did you think? >> i thought a number of things. i have primarily this is against the rules. i know that that sheriff brown would frown upon this because it's a security risk to have contact with the defendant. he was looking at me and i had hu

for the very latest let's cross over to jason kemp and don't you know he's a reporter with n.b.c. news radio and he joins us from los angeles thanks for being with us jason let's start with what's happening where you are in l.a. are plier fighters there any closer to getting that blaze under control. so right now the getting fire is only about 5 percent containment but what they're doing as we speak is hitting it with everything that they've got the brief window period where the winds are pretty still at the moment i was just outside and you can still smell the smoke you can still kind of taste it there's still ash falling from the sky but firefighters are definitely getting in there and they're using water dropping helicopters overnight and just hitting it with as much fluid as possible the get these flames out before the winds start to kick up later today but i gather that many homes are threatened by the l.a. fire including some belonging to celebrities what can you tell us about. these are multigrain multimillion dollar homes that are being threatened right now about $3000.00

. >> reporter: this morning district judge tammy kemp speaking publicly for the first time. sharing how the amber guyger murder trial changed her and her courtroom forever. >> can i give her a hug, please. >> yes. >> reporter: moments like when brant jean asked if he could hug the woman who killed his brother. that is surprising and emotional hug leading to another from the judge herself. >> i just said to her, miss guyger, mr. jean has forgiven you. please forgive yourself. so you can live a purposeful life. and she said do you think my life could still have purpose? and i said i know it can. >> reporter: after a jurynvicte sentenced her to ten years kemp stepd wh a bible and handing it to guyger and who asked for a hug before going to prison. >> our job is and so how could i not hug this lady. so we hugged. >> what did you feel then? >> i felt somebody who was incredibly fragile. >> reporter: another powerful moment during the trial coming when joshua brown took the stand. brown who broke down when he testified about the night his neighbor botham jean was shot was himself

wiping away tears, judge kemp says she would do it again. at least one group hasedil f ethics complaint over the judge giving amber guyger that hug and bible. david? >> all right, >nd next this eve the most prolific serial killer in american orsthiy. here last night, and tonight, the fbi is now asking for your help in idenfyc'g sinteve osunsami with video tonight of the killer's chilling confessions. >> north little rock, tell me what the girl looked like. >> reporter: he is now . considered the most murderous serial killer this country has ever seen, and tonight, federal authorities are posting his jailhouse confessions online, hoping to jog memories and diti .erovsc >> she was like partially concealed by vegetation. >> reporter: samuel little has n between 1970 and 2005 and the fbi believes all of his confessions are credible. some of the bodies were never found. he was already serving a life sentence for three murders in the 1980s. on 0 minutes," he was not shy about what it felt like to kill. >> she was fighting for her s d rean, >> repo

judge kemp said she waited until all court proceedings were over.op campaign slamming the mayor of minneapolis for charging half $1 million in security fees ahead of the president's rally. to extort the campaign, just because he hates the president. this after the mayor banned officers from wearing their uniform at political events as the union then created these shirts. we will have more on that coming up. major girl power moment, american astronaut christina cook and jessica mere will complete the first all-female spacewalk outside the international space station this month. the historic moment was originally planned for march but you may remember it was canceled because the iss didn't have the right size spacesuit for one of the astronauts but they do now and are ready to go. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. of study with a tweet about pro-democracy protesters by houston rockets gm. outreach intensifying as the nba targeted damage control yielding to china. the communist country took it a step further overnight. carly shimkus is

judge kemp has not commented on the lawsuit. rob: thanks so much.er the hour, the gloves are coming off as the 2020 hopefuls gear up for the next debate. >> the mandatory buyback is the shiny object that is distracting us. how can you say that? rob: there hasn't been much mudslinging at this point but as we get closer to the inevitable, the democrats are starting to get desperate. more coming up next. ... cincinnati on tuesday. ...philly on wednesday. ...and thursday back to cincinnati . modernized comfort inns and suites have been refreshed because when your business keeps going, our business is you. get the lowest price guaranteed on all choice hotels when you book direct at choicehotels.com. sometand with theall screen xfinity stream app, which is free with your service, you can take a spin through on demand shows, or stream live tv. download your dvr'd shows and movies on the fly. even record from right where you are. keep what you watch with you. download the xfinity stream app today and get ready for xfinity stream tv week. watch shows like so

meanwhile, the final of the copa sudamericana will be played at the mario kempes stadium in cordoba,tina. this year's finals are the first to played as one—off matches and not two—legged ties. there was one women's champions league match on thursday and it ended in a comfortable victory for last season's runners—up, barcelona. spanish international aitana bonmati scored twice as barca thrashed fc minsk 5—0 in the first leg of their last 16 tie belarus. the second leg is in two weeks‘ time. we arejust over 2a hours away now from the rugby world cup quarter—finals. england and australia will start things in oita with some surprising team selections too. george ford has been benched by england whilst a centre who hadn't played international rugby before the world cup has been named in the australia team. colm harrison has the details. george ford may have been among england's most impressive performers through the pool stage of this world cup, but that clearly cut no ice with eddiejones when he named his side for the quarter—final on saturday against australia. the decision means that c

our friend, brian kemp, he did a number on stacey abrams. she is still saying, what happened, what happened? she had oprah, you know oprah used to be a good friend of mine, she used to go to mar-a-lago, a place i have in palm beach. she used to love the key lime pie. she did. so do i. she loved the key lime pie. but she used to go -- she loved me until i decided to run for office. but she went to georgia, and she campaigned for stacey, and obama went, and michelle obama went. and they campaigned.en and all brian kemp had was donald trump. and we had a rally at the airport. there were 55,000 people at the rally. that was the day before. maybe two days before the election. i said, brian, congratulations, you're going to win. you're going to win. and he won by 2 1/2 points, which was amazing. every star, everybody went down there for stacey abrams. louisiana could not take four more years of a liberal democrat governor raising your taxes, killing your jobs, attacking your industry, and taking money from open borders extremists. how about these

and all brian kemp had was donald trump. and we had a rally at the airport. there were 55,000 people at the rally. that was the day before. two days before the election, i said, brian, congratulations, you're going to win. you're going to win. and they won by 2 1/2 points, which was amazing. every star, everybody went down there for stacey abrams. louisiana could not take four more years of a liberal democrat governor raising your taxes, killing your jobs, attacking your industry, and taking money from open borders extremists. how about these people who want open borders. let everybody come in. let them all. tomorrow you've got to vote john bell edwards out. and the way you do that is before the game, you got to get going. you have to leave an hour early, maybe even a half an hour. ten minutes, i don't care, be late for the game, i couldn't care less. you have to vote before the game, it's a runoff. so if he doesn't get 50%, one of our two great candidates will win that. and it will be john bell edwards against one of our two great candidates -- they're both

kemp said guyger asked twice for a hug and she could not refuse.d her actions. >> will forever be the murderer of botham jean. how she carries that thus forward depend depends on how we receive her, and as a christian, i believe i'm commanded to offer her love and compassion. >> kemp also gave one of her own bibles to guyger after learning she did not have one of her own. >> i don't know. she's getting slammed for being human. i actually don't understand the controversy. she hugged amber guyger after the trial was over, not during the trial, not before the trial, and i think she said it best. she asked for a hu she said she didn't have a bible. i don't know why that's a wrong thing. i know the case is very controversy. >> it's an unusual gesture from a judge and surprised people. that's a big part of it. >> i find that very moving. a judge having compassion for the criminal and also the victim. >> that's right. she went to the victim's family and went to them too. >> she said amber has a very long life to live and she hopes she finds the way. the t

>> george kemp. >> i'm sorry, i don't know who that is. is that someone who testified this week sfchlt. >> also, another stirngz -- question. there was a phone call with president zelensky. do you recall you were in on that phone call? >> nobody here has difficulty with the call. we do think the call is perfect. we don't think there is any difficulty with the call at all. i read it several times. no one raised any dwilt hadment. no one many. let's let you know what we're doing inside. >> smmz f. you have the house doing what they're going to do, isn't it easy to loong. . you don't have a war room when you haven't done anything wrong. clinton had a wafr room. >> i say that, but you don't expect to get it. yes, we're having lawyers look at it, we're having our pr person to do that ooempltly been stwelg the krat prl. we certainly haven't done much legislating since they've been here. >> in light of the depositions we've heard, do you believe that rudy giuliani's role as an outside adviser to the president is problematic? >> that's the preside

our friend brian kemp did a number on stacey abrams. she had oprah.prah did a test used to be a really big friend of mine. she used to go to mar-a-lago. she likes the key lime pie. she went to georgia and she stacey abrams. the obamas went. [booing] all brian kemp had was donald trump. we had a rally at the airport. 55,000 people there. he won by 2.5 points. that was amazing. every star went down there for stacey abrams. take four moret years of a liberal democrat governor raising your taxes, killing your jobs, attacking your industry, and taking money from open borders. how about these people who want open borders? let everyone come in. [booing] tomorrow you have to vote john bel edwards out. [cheering] is the way you do that before the game, you got to get going. just leave an hour early. maybe an hour early. it is a runoff. if he does not get 50%, then one of our two great candidates will win. will be john bel edwards against one of our two great candidates. they are both great people. they are both pro-jobs, pro-workers, profamily, pro-life. and p

after the game head kemp steve kerr said lose is no fun but he expects growing paints. the bright side, this arena is awesome. back to you in the studio. >> right? it i >> if they'd just -- it's early in the season. ♪ hey. hey. you must be steven's phone. now you can take control of your home wifi and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network... only with xfinity xfi. download the xfi app today. >>> before we leave you, breaking news in the east bay. this is a fire, crews are rushing to a fire that broke out in a rural part of live moore county. this is along mines says an air under way. neighbors are being warned about the fires. this is roussel. this is if you're going towards the poppy ridge golf course is out there and a little near mendenhall springs. >> and the way the wind is blowing, it's not that gusty, gusts only up to sa miles per hour, sustained winds to four. >> what we're hearing, it's not too much wind right now. >> that's right. >> that's good news. see you tomorrow, bye-bye. have a good night. [ cheers and applause of new york city,

. >>> "the dallas morning news" reports judge tammy kemp defends giving former dallas officer amber guyger and a bible after the murder trial. after sentencing the victim's brother hugged her in court and said he forgave her. the judge then gave her a bible. the religion from foundation quickly filed an ethics claims for the judge imposing her religious beliefs on guyger. she defended her actions. >> she will forever be the murderer of botham jean. how she carries that thus forward depends on how we receive her, and as a christian i believe i'm commanded to offer her love and compassion just as brandt jean did. she asked twice if she could give her a hug and she could not refuse and doesn't see the anger over it. >>> oprah winfrey donated $13 million to morehouse college. winfrey made the surprise announcement yesterday during a visit to the college to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her scholars program. it pushes her donations to $25 million. it's the largest endowment in the institution's history. >>> still ahead, phasing out e-cigarettes. the latest retailer that plans to phase out s

call this week to defend american values joining me now, steve, ceo of the conference board and fred kemps ceo of the atlantic counsel. fred, you win for the tie. i'll start with you on a curve ball so to speak in honor of that what -- you know, you have the vice president on the one hand, he could have been tougher on china. then he was. on the other hand, he was a little bit tougher on nike and the nba maybe than might have been expected. what do you think businesses should expect? and are the u.s. and china decoupling or not? because pence this week said if you think that's what's happening, that's not necessarily the case. >> so first, let's talk about the deal and then briefly about the decoupling so i read, as you know, the editor of the global times to see the tea leaves of chinese le leadership and his response to the pence speech was actually relatively positive he said, okay, you have the same old story about u.s. criticizing china. but pence also said we don't want a confrontation and we don't want a decoupling. and so that's the good side. but the chinese are in a mood right n

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judge kemp: yes.o was from saint lucia, would have turned 28 last week. he was shot and killed while eating ice cream in his apartment. guyger had argued she had mistaken his home for hers on the floor below and shot him, thinking he was an intruder. just before the sentencing, jean's father, bertrum, cried as he told the jury of his intense pain. i'll never see him again. and i want to see him. i still want to see him. sobbing the presiding judge, tammy kemp, consoled botham jean's family, before embracing amber guyger, who was then escorted out of the courtroom to begin her sentence. sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news. in a moment, the weather but first let's here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at 10. this morning, the belfast high court will decide whether northern ireland's strict abortion laws are in breach of the uk human rights commitment. we will bring you that decision and bring you an interview with the woman who brought the case, sarah ewart, who had to tra

that it is a deep inside syria but mr kemp on that i'm sure you would agree with me that it's one thingto make a promise and and the other thing is to deliver on it and throughout the syrian conflict the turks and i'm specifically talking about are the on made at least 3 deals with the americans which required substantial commitments from ankara only to see the americans change their minds later on.

and i said i know it can >> reporter: after a jury convicted guyger of murder, kemp stepped away and handed her a bible. >> your job is to do mercy, walk humbly, how can you not hug this lady so we hugged. >> what did you feel then? >> i felt somebody who was incredibly fragile >> reporter: another powerful moment when joshua brown took the stand. brown, who bloke down when he testified about the night his neighbor botham jean was shot was himself gunned down over the weekend. police say they have no suspects his untimely death depriving jean's family of a key witness in their civil lawsuit against guyger and the city of dallas. >> how pivotal a role would josh have played in that suit >> joshua would have been one of the first witnesses we called. >> reporter: the judge hoping those two families find peace, and botham jean's killer can find purpose. >> i think if we meet her with love and compassion, we might help her find that, and then botham jean's death would not have been in vain. >> reporter: while it is rare to see a judge interact with a defendant, especially a convicted mur

earlier we spoke to jason kemp a donia from n.b.c. radio news about the situation in the greater los angeles area the fire this morning really a matter of no where it started about 2 o'clock in the morning and spread very very rapidly when we 1st got the call it was about $1.00 to $2.00 acres and literally about 20 minutes later it was already up around $100.00 and you give it another hour and then it was up over 400 so it spanned it spread really really rapidly and it's just chewing up the vegetation so people in that area had to go and they had to go quakers but as you can see the blanket of smoke that's behind me you can taste it you can smell it and it's bad it gets in your throat and i winds are really keeping this fire going and fire crews are given everything that they've got at it they've got a big airplanes want to drop in helicopters ground crews and they're just trying to keep this thing down because the winds are really expected it can come later this week. now to the u.k. he said he would rather die in a ditch that asked

her unarmed neighbor in an interview that will air on the today show later this morning, judge tammy kemp says it is her responsibility to show love and compassion. >> i was looking at her and then my memory said, your job is to do justice, to love mercy, and walk humbly. so how can you not hug this lady >> meanwhile, the you aurgent mt continues for the murder of a key witness in the trial here's morgan chesky >> reporter: dallas p.d. trying to solve the mystery of who killed joshua brown. >> someone has heard gunshots. >> reporter: the scene six miles from the complex where brown lived last year when he heard the fatal gunshots fired by amber geyger killing botham jean by the time police arrived here at the complex, officers found brown outside one of the buildings shot multiple times but alive. only clue who pulled a trigger, the silver four-door sedan seen speeding from the scene. brown died in the nearby hospital but days before his family attorney said he expressed fears the high-profile trial made him a target his testimony expected in an upcoming civil suit filed by jean's family

which is north of san francisco further south in the los angeles area we're joined tonight by jason kemp a donya of n.b.c. news radio jason it's good to have you with this talk to me about how bad are the wildfires where you are right now. and the getty fire which is next to the getting museum in the supposed at a basin just north of l.a. and they're important it's pretty bad it's only about 600 acres but as you can see the blanket of smoke that's behind me you can taste it you can smell it and it's bad it gets in your throat and i winds are really keeping this fire going and fire crews are given everything they've got at it they've got big airplanes water dropping helicopters ground crews and they're just trying to keep this thing down because the winds are really expected you can complain of this week and what about the neighborhoods there in the greater l.a. area i know earlier today le bron james tweeted that he had to leave his home because of the fire he couldn't find a place to stay for the next day i mean that was just one example of someone who's had to flee their homes how bad

the actor ross kemp was among the celebrities helping to launch this year's fundraising, alongside veteranse collecting for the charity across the uk in the run—up to armistice day. the england side for saturday's semifinal against new zealand at the rugby world cup has been announced. and coach eddiejones has shuffled the starting line—up once again. our sports correspondent andy swiss is in tokyo. yes, england have madejust one change to the team that beat australia in the quarterfinals but it isa australia in the quarterfinals but it is a significant change. fly half george ford has been recalled to the starting line—up. he began all of england's group games injapan but was dropped from the starting line—up for the quarterfinal against australia. henry slade was selected instead. but coach eddiejones has decided to go back to how things were, so george ford is backing the tea m were, so george ford is backing the team and henry slade has been dropped to the bench. apart from that, it is the same team that faced australia, star wingerjonny may has been named in the team despite some conce

want to move on to you now, you have been selling poppies at king's cross this morning, i think ross kempon poppy. but you are very much at the front line of what this is all about. and how the british legion royal poppy appeal has helped him helped poppy appeal has helped him help you and your family. pete was injured in 2008, he was driving a viking, he was in a viking carrier. his driver was killed outright. and he was kicked out of it, through the top hatch. and had severe, life changing injuries. including losing the bottom of both his legs. fracturing a vertebrae and all sorts of other things. the legion has helped us in so many ways, they helped us adapt our bathroom, and make it into a wet room for him, because he kept falling in the bath and hurt himself. they are there all the time and the legion does so many things, besides helping families like ours. if that support had not been there, both the emotional, practical, financial support, all of it, if it hadn't been there, would it have been possible for pete to be living at home? yes. because he is very adaptable, in himself, an

judge kemp says she waited until all court proceedings were over.alexandria ocasio cortez wants to have a real conversation about prison abolition. >> she is defending call select criminals walk free. fox news contributor lawrence jones has thoughts on the proposal and his life to share them. you say this is the new left. >> i'm a criminal advocates advocating for you but this is not what she is suggesting she wants violent criminals to get on the streets and when you ask for that, it hurts the inroads we have been able to make. in the trump administration they passed an act that allows a lot of these sentences on these mandatory minimums and for a while it took a while to get on board because of people like aoc saying they wanted to release violent criminals on the street so it is a bipartisan issue. >> prison abolition is pretty crazy. look at our tweet, i spoke with a woman who was thrown in rikers, jail in new york city, as a teenager, put in solitary confinement for months, force-fed pills, conditions were so bad she too drank out of toilets. a

state officials purged voters for not voting from 2018, georgia's secretary of state brian kemp purged 1.4 million voters. some states are more committed to purchase than ensuring inaccurate listening in this process. in 2018 georgia's exact match law questioning the registration status and 50,000 voters over minor inconsistencies in their registration records. recently ohio secretary of state admitted the purge system was rife with errors just shy of half 1 million ohioans, many african-american and low income voters would be purged under this law system. in 2018 voters placed polling place changes. alicia conference education fund democracy diverted report found section 5 states, there were 1173 fewer polling places in 2018 than in 2014. despite the record turnout, 31% latino closed 171 polling locations after 2012 the most of any county studied in the report. widespread polling place changes lead to the overuse of provisional ballots which are campaign analysis was 717 former section 5 counties found voters with more polling place closures are more likely to be asked to cast a provi

state department official george kemp testified before congress that he alerted the obama administration to rising concerns about hunter biden's appointment to the board of the ukrainian gas company burisma way back in 2015. catherine herridge joins us with the latest. catherine: sources tell fox that senior state department official george kent said he was so concerned about hunter biden's board position with the ukrainian company that he went to his father's office but the issue went nowhere. can't told congressional investigators he believed hunter biden's position with the ukrainian energy firm burisma sent the wrong message. he said ukrainian officials probably thought working with hunter biden would gain them favor with the vice president joe biden. president trump: he excoriated joe biden and his son saying there were tremendous problems with joe biden's son and the ukraine. catherine: fox news also confirmed kurt volker told congressional investigators that burisma was notorious for a history of corruption and being investigated for money laundering. volker said the firm was look

kemp was told to lie low after they found out about rudy giuliani's visit. >> now mick mulvaney is under the microscope. the "washington post" reports he told staffers that money to ukraine could be held up with no legal consequences even though some of the white house questioned the move. some of the lawmakers had been told a meeting organized by mulvaney, three people were put in challenge of ukraine policy. then kurt volker and gordon sondland -- sondland testifies behind closed doors tomorrow. >>> the vice president heading to ankara to convince them otherwise. cnn at the turkey border ahead. s that my family was from. new features. greater details. richer stories. get your dna kit today at ancestry.com. about the colonial penn program. here to tell you if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price?

. >> what's kemp got that the rest hasn't got? the matinee face.verage people. >> and his lovely wife jacqueline. >> but the media, being shall we say not particularly in my corner, generally speaking they're just against me. >> mr. vice president, there are some who say i don't know what it is but i just don't like the man. >> mr. nixon, in that first debate a great deal was made of your appearance on television. >> well, i've often said that there wasn't much that could be done with my face. >> sometimes it's very important for a potential leader to go through the fire. that's how you learn how to win. >> whatever has happened up to this point, you haven't seen anything yet. >> this election is still wide open and could be close or it could be a landslide either way. >> i do not believe that we can afford to use the white house as a training school to give a man experience at the expense of the american people. >> 65 million americans or more will step into booths and secretly vote their choice. >> i run against a candidate who reminds me of the

judge kemp has not commented on the lawsuit. jillian: thank you so much.ederal judge green lights a safe injection site for drug users in philadelphia ruling the facility doesn't violate federal law but that is not what city residents want to hear. >> it is a mess. i don't support any of this. uma: press secretary aaron elmore is here to weigh in on this proposal that is popping up across the country. what is your take on this? you live in the community. >> i will tell you these safe injection sites are contentious and the neighborhood is called kensington which used to be extremely impoverished. now it is having a beautiful renaissance, restaurants, beautiful homes, parks, the neighborhood has worked hard to gain tourism and increase property values and they see it as a way to driveway tourism and ruin the neighborhood. now we have people like governor rendell, a famous philadelphian and our liberal programmable district attorney behind it and our mayor. on the other hand a city councilmember in the area is vehemently opposed to this. heather: i want to b

secretary of state george kemp testified tuesday that he was concerned that hunter bidens role in the company could complicate u.s. diplomatic efforts with ukrainian officials, and raise the issue of a possible conflict of interest. but he says bidens office told him that the vice president didn't have the capacity to deal with the issue because his other son, beau, was battling cancer. we are also learning that kent told officers about the obama administration efforts to remove the ukrainian prosecutor, looking into corruption at the ukrainian gas company, which hunter sat on. the u.s. made eradicating corruption a centerpiece of our policies towards ukraine including achieving the removal of an inept prosecutor who shielded wrongdoers from accountability. that is a lot to get to. and, joining us on the couch, fox and friends cohost, and that's a lot to get to. that's the joe biden in charge of the ukraine and corruption. and his son's role. and you see george can't you was asked on tuesday. and it can't said he has concerns of the ukrainian officials reviewing hunter biden as a cond

but this judge, tammy kemp, walked over to this woman, amber guyger, who is heading to jail for ten yearshe killing of a man who lived in an apartment nearby her. she shot him twice. the judge handed her a bible. the atheist groups it is perfectly respectable we believe our carbondale justice needs more compassion from judges, but let's not have compassion crossed the line to -- >> big of that group needs to ga grip. here's what i'd say to them. if you'd like to provide a group, go ahead and tell us which one you like to provide to that person. i was grateful that the judge decided that there was a role for both justice and mercy in the same courtroom and that's what she exhibited and i thought it was powerful. and right after that incredible moment that i think brought the entire nation to tears, the brother and the victim asked to hug the person who killed her brother and embraced her. we need more of that. we need to see god's grace in action. i just don't know what this group possibly can see wrong with the judge extending both arms of both justice and mercy at the same time. >> marth

judge tammy kemp hugged botham jean's family, and in a rare move, also hugged amber guyger, the convictedd gave her a bible. >> you can have mine. i have three for our more at home. this is the one i use every day. this is your job for the next month. >> i'm proud of you, young man. >> reporter: allison jean spoke her hope for how amber guyger spends her years in prison. >> that ten years in prison is ten years for her reflection and for her to change her life. if amber guyger was trained not to shoot in the heart, my son would be standing here today. he was no threat to her. he had no reason to pose a threat to her because he was in his own apartment, in his sanctuary. >> thanks for watching. our coverage continues. a way to create energy from household trash. it not only saves about 80% in carbon emissions... it helps reduce landfill waste. that's why bp is partnering with a california company: fulcrum bioenergy. to turn garbage into jet fuel. because we can't let any good ideas go to waste. at bp, we see possibilities everywhere. to help the world keep advancing. asbut when your team i

yesterday georgia governor brian kemp tweeted his condolences and said three american heros died, three more were injured during a training exercise at ft. stewart. our hearts are brown and prayke prayers are with those. this vehicle rolled over into water, but we are expecting another press release today and the army says there is grief counseling being offered to the third infantry division on-site for their needs. back to you. >> this is so tragic. thank you very much for reporting from the ground there. >>> a new photo shows oscar nominated felicity huffman in a prison uniform as she serves her 13-day jail sentence for the college admissions scandal. this comes as other parents accused in this scheme change their pleas to guilty. cnn's alexandria field joins us with more. >> that photo was snapped while she was in the low security prison. people had been hungry to get that photo you see her now. the breaking news this morning the latest development we're learning minutes ago a fourth parent will now change her plea from not guilty to guilty. that follows a flip from three other pare

>> it was george kemp. >> i'm sorry, i don't know who that is. but the four officials who divulged details for hours on end were important players on the policy front. fioni hill served as the top adviser on russia. sources say she recounted on monday how then national security adviser john bolton was concerned about giuliani's shadow diplomacy, calling out giuliani as a hand grenade, hill telling lawmakers that bolton instructed her to notify the chief lawyer for the national security council about the rogue effort for giuliani and gordon sondland with bolton saying i am not part of whatever drug deal sondland and mulvaney are cooking up. >> it is very clear they were run ago shadow foreign policy. >> sondland showing up thursday prepared for open testimony explaining how he had no choice but to work through rudy giuliani since that's what the president wanted, but sondland insisted he did not understand until much later that mr. giuliani's ideas included the idea to involve ukrainians directly or indirectly in the president's 2020 re-election c

judge tammy kemp hugged botham jean's family, and in a rare move, also hugged amber guyger, the convictednd gave her a bible. >> you can have mine. i've got three or four more at home. this is the one i use every day. this is your job for the next month. >> reporter: allison jean, botham's mother, shared her hope for how amber guyger spends her years in prison. >> that ten years in prison is ten years for her reflection and for her to change her life. if amber guyger was trained not to shoot in the heart, my son would be standing here today. >> no threat. >> he was no threat. to her. he had no reason to pose a threat to her because he was in his own apartment, in his sanctuary. >> reporter: botham jean's mother says her family will never be the same, but they must go on living. the hope is the composure and grace shown by her son, brandt, in the courtroom today will be the first steps in that long journey. dave and christine? >> ed lavandera, great reporting. >>> at least seven people are dead after a world war ii-era bomber crashed while trying to land at an airport just north of hartfor

state district judge tammy kemp later hugged botham jean's famimily members before turning to amber guygerhanding her a bible and embracing her as well. guyger will be eligible for parole in five years. outside the courtroom, protesters condemned the sentence as too l lenient chchanting no j justice, no pea. shshe faced 5-9-99 yearss in ja protesters later marched through the streets blocking an intersection near the courthouse. one woman was tackled to the pavement and arrested by riot police. and in nevada, anti-war groups say 10 activists were arrested wednesday as they held a nonviolent civil disobedience protest against u.s. drone attacks outside the base in las vegas, home to drone operators who pilot deadly drones for the u.s. military and c.i.a. in missions across afghanistan and the middle east. the protests come weeks after a u.s. drone strike in afghghanistan killed 3 30 civil farm workers who were resting in a field after harvesting pine nuts. 40 others were injured. in a statement, protest organizer toby said, quote, men, women and children are violently murdered on suspicion

the judge, tammy kemp, also hugged guyger and then gave her that bible.n last hour. he says of course he is hurting in deep pain and describes his son and their entire family, though, as for giving. >> grew up in church, he loved to sing. that was amazing to watch him develop into the great song leader. i call him the gentle giant because of his size, but he was so soft and just embrace everyone. >> of course he said his son's death is still very fresh, but also that he has no hatred for guyger and would, if you can believe it, like to befriend her. >>> good morning, everyone. top of the hour, i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. right now the first witness in the impeachment inquiry is on capitol hill testifying. kurt volker, former u.s. special envoy to ukraine spoke behind closed doors in front of three committees. we're learning that dozens of pages were delivered ahead of his deposition this morning. >> this was all sparked by president trump's