attorney abbe lowell, defense counsel for hunter biden, wrote.his court filings, david weiss 27 page report continues to ignore some of the major mysteries of his seven year investigation. mr. weiss conveniently omits his proposal to resolve this investigation in 2023 with a pair of misdemeanors and a diverted gun charge recommended by career prosecutors. mr. weiss also fails to explain why he reneged on his own agreement, a reversal that came at the 11th hour in court as he and his office faced blistering attacks from republicans and his then filing an unprecedented charges of his then filing unprecedented charges for someone with no aggravating factors, who had paid his taxes in full years before the charges were filed. finally, and most curious, mr. weiss fails to clarify why he and his prosecutors pursued wild and debunked conspiracies about hunter biden by a russian agent that prolonged this investigation and ultimately cost taxpayers millions of dollars. joining our discussion now is andrew weissman, former fbi general counsel and an msnbc

mobile -- lowell in illinois, democratic caller. caller: obviously, i am calling on the democratic side. i have no problem with the unity function. i have heard a couple people that i agree with. vivek ramaswamy. obviously i am not a donald trump fan. if we remember four years ago what happened, january 6 some of the insurrection. that was real. for anyone to not say that, that does not sit well with me. i have no problem with unity. but, it's not helpful to the united states when you have a cultlike mentality. i think there should be bipartisanship. host: the house is gaveling in to close out the 118th congress. live coverage on c-span and c-span two. host: pursuant to the 20th amendment . host: there was the speaker gaveling down the 118th. we expect the house will come back in just a minute or two to gavel in the 119th congress. micah shoulder is reporting speaker mike johnson says we think we are there, feeling confident he will have the votes to be speaker on the first ballot. he adds, it says nothing if he loses the first roun

lowell. my question is if there's an option to extend. is that something that the department could exercise unilaterally without coming back to the commission? and would the would the funds exceed the 2.1 million in that situation? great question, commissioner sullivan. so in the event that we need to add more money to the budget, then we will come to you as required by the protocol. but if there is not a monetary increase to the budget, then we would just extend the contract. thank you. based on the terms we negotiate, of course. right. thank you. thank you. vice president, anyone else have questions or comments? okay, so do i hear a motion to pass to approve the resolution file 2020 501 dash co. i'll move to approve. thank you. i hear a second. second. okay, so we have a motion by vice president sullivan and a second by commissioner hunter. and let's open up for public comment. are there any members of the public who wish to comment on this item? madam president, we have no speakers. thank you. so public comment is now closed. alice, pl

the snowfall earlier this afternoon, right after midnight this morning the snow started, a bit of a lowelloon and you see now the snow was backed up falling. there's 230 snowplow was in the d.c. metro area doing their absolute best to keep this 52 max 7-inch snowfall at bay and they've done a great job. we are at the corner of fifth and chap in the end on some of the more primary roads, this is for right here you can see it certainly is drivable -- slushy in spots but once you get to the back roads here gets much more cherouand that's when to be the challenge going forward. >> we'll keep a close it with your help, thank you very much. president-elect trumps attorneys push to prevent sentencing for the president-elect on felony charges for falsifying business records in the stormy daniels case. andy mccarthy on this legal drama that is unfolding just weeks before our presidential inauguration day, he's next. >> it's a very sad day for america, at the whole world is watching, it's a very sad day for new york, i've gone through two of these trials already, same kind of a judge, the whole syst

. >> abbe lowell. >> dear people of israel, today we received a sign of life from leary.saw a video that was difficult to watch. this isn't the leary we know. >> we demanded from the prime minister and defense minister that the negotiating team must not return without an agreement. we understood from their words that they are willing to make a deal and bring all the hostages home. i want to tell leary if she sees this. leary, we are fighting for you. we aren't giving up on you. and you're coming home alive. >> meanwhile, in a new interview with the new york times, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken says israel has offered hamas members safe passage out of gaza on one condition the release of all the hostages. >> israel, on various occasions has offered safe passage to hamas's leadership and fighters out of gaza. >> where is the world? where is the world? and saying, yeah, do that. end this, stop the suffering of people that you brought on. now, again, that doesn't absolve israel of the way of its actions in conducting the war. but i do have to question how it is. we h

there's also a very strange case is added in this book, and it's the case of lowell, leander.this is an actual case now loyola andrews was a very quiet, reserved, young man who was a very good in school. he had a very supportive, loving family. apparently, he wanted to you gain the money that his family had through inheritance and day. he came home during thanksgiving holiday and he killed all of family. okay. so this, man, lola andrews was on death row. the coroner, as it's put in the book. and he, too, was going to to die. so lola andrews was on death row and he, too, was hung. but we know that before he died, the man, read voraciously. he read 20 or 30 books a week. and he had hunger for knowledge and wanted to learn. and there was this in this man wanting so to live and to improve himself, improves intellectual abilities and yet he had these sociopathic tendencies and he murdered his whole family. right. and so he went, you know, he was hung in kansas prior to hanging of --. and perry. so the point here is that the pendulum swings from one side to the other. on the one han

a for all ages winner of a lowell thomas gold award from the society of american travel writers. he was selected as a historian scholar in 2018 for his contributions to the history of baltimore and, maryland. charlie has published published widely on civil war era politics and slavery in maryland. much of his research has centered the impact of the civil war on civilians. his discussion he has discussed his works are maryland public television. c-span's american history tv and local npr radio programs. he has appeared at the annapolis book festival and the baltimore and the baltimore book festival from 1995 to 2001. as a travel writer for the baltimore sun, mitchell wrote stories historical sites in the mid-atlantic region that blended history and travel. in 2024, he authored a report for the saint paul school shows the saint paul schools and old episcopal, old st paul's episcopal church. historical associations with slavery. charlie chairs the publications committee here at the marion center for history and culture where he serves as a trustee. and his book reviewer for the mary

each grade level, but it just really isn't enough and a lot of schools-it kind of-there is pto or lowel-able to fund a second librarian or nurse the full week opposed to 2 and a half days so if you get injured monday, you got a nurse, but tuesday you are out of luck. that's something happening in the schools and i just feel that is crazy because they don't have a affluent enough pta to fund the nurse. that should be basic. we shouldn't have to ask for donations to fund a school nurse. >> that ties into the mental health issues people are facing. covid was detrimental to everyone but especially young people who spnt hours a day online and away from mental health support in a really difficult time and i think people are beginning to realize now how important those services are. i think there is work to do but advocase hads been relatively successful in san francisco getting more support for mental health but there is a huge gap we are now catching up with. it was never priority before the pandemic and beginning to become one now but there are so many young people struggling and waiting for sup

in a couple of months, also connecting to fort funston and lake merced and san francisco state and lowell, and with our biking and rolling plan, working on continuing that even further to connect every city, to make sure every neighborhood in the city, to make sure that every middle schooler can bike or skateboard safely and comfortably to school, every senior in a wheelchair or in a mobility assistant device can take care of their shopping or get to the doctor that anyone in san francisco can take care of the needs of daily life by safely walking, biking, skating or rolling to get to where they need to go. that's the that's the goal and you are well on your way to achieving that. and in fact, you've helped to make san francisco the safest city in the united states for biking and the second safest large city in the united states for pedestrians, just after new york city. really an extraordinary job well done. thank you as well to the entire muni team. many of you are here. muni director julie kirschbaum is here. who would have thought that in the face of crisis, we would be able to delive

mobile -- lowell in illinois, democratic caller.aller: obviously, i am calling on the democratic side. i have no problem with the unity function. i have heard a couple people that i agree with. vivek ramaswamy. obviously i am not a donald trump fan. if we remember four years ago what happened, january 6 some of the insurrection. that was real. for anyone to not say that, that does not sit well with me. i have no problem with unity. but, it's not helpful to the united states when you have a cultlike mentality. i think there should be bipartisanship. host: the house is gaveling in to close out the 118th congress. live coverage on c-span and c-span two. host: pursuant to the 20th amendment . host: there was the speaker gaveling down the 118th. we expect the house will come back in just a minute or two to gavel in the 119th congress. micah shoulder is reporting speaker mike johnson says we think we are there, feeling confident he will have the votes to be speaker on the first ballot. he adds, it says nothing if he loses the first round.

why did it catch lowelled in the americas? -- catch hold in the americas? we called ourselves the new world, a phrase used for the unand americas to contrast with the old world that tended to lock you in a social status based on who your parents were. that was a reality pretty common when english arrived in jamestown in 1607 or plymouth rock in 1619, and as europeans and others were coming to the united states before we declared our independence in 1776. it was fairly common for people to be locked into a status where they were born. that's why so many of our ancestors wanted to come to the united states, because they would not be locked into a social status based upon their parents' social status. and look into a future where their own kids and grandkids and great grandkids would be locked into a social status. the united states decided to an adopt a new world concept that if you're born in this country you are a u.s. citizen. it doesn't matter who your parents are. you have the same responsibilities as anyone born in this country are. it's part of the gen