he does what he's told samuel alito he and his wife are flying pro-trump flags, and he's on the phone with trump trying to get his ex aide a sweet deal, a gig at the justice department, making sure. oh, no, sir, he's he's loyal. you should hire him. that's the kind of sort of corruption he's used to. the only shock here is that john roberts decided to have a little dignity. and maybe he was just cornered by judge merchan, who was like, yeah, i'm not going to sanction him to any jail time. john roberts, you got anything for that? >> but that's the problem, though, right? because there was that notation in the decision from scotus. joy, that because donald trump wasn't looking at a sentence. >> i've told people donald trump didn't get a sentence right. >> he may be a convicted felon, but there was no teeth to what happened. >> and so that's the reason why you saw amy coney barrett and john roberts decide to join with the liberal side of the scotus bench. there was no consequence. it kind of makes you wonder if there had been the very real threat that he, as in donald trump, would have been looking at even probation, a fine, maybe

we've got emma woolf and we've got samuel sweet.an i just say a very, very happy new year to all of you?! very happy new year to all of you? i do thank you very much for joining us this evening. and i'll start with you. look, this is it's very concerning stuff. it's a breaking, developing story, but, you know, it appears pretty cut and dry. isis has attacked america. >> the man was driving a jeep with an isis flag on it. i don't know why we can't just be honest about this and assess the threat and, you know, make kind of make the put the precautions in place that we need to rather than trying to be politically correct about this or not offend people or i don't know. >> yeah. i mean, it's not our fault there was an isis flag on the back of that truck. right? we didn't do that. you know, he did. >> not at all. but it's interesting actually, because i remember watching the nbc coverage, they focused a lot about the immediate safety precautions, as you mentioned. so for example, bollards and like things like that. and i'm like, okay, so

samuel sweet, the political commentator. and a returning face, charlie downs, the broadcaster. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live to the 6:00 news headlines. >> very good evening. it's just gone. 6:00. here are your top stories. storm arwen is sweeping across the uk, bringing record breaking winds and severe weather conditions. i in 5 flights from airports in the uk and ireland have been cancelled today, and millions of people have been urged to stay home. forecasters have flagged a rare threat to life. red weather warning over 4 million people across northern ireland and scotland received emergency alerts from the met office last night, with guidance on how to stay safe. more than 240,000 homes and businesses are without power in northern ireland, and a wind speed of ii4mph brought by the storm has been recorded in ireland, the fastest since records began. 20 000 scottish power customers across the centre and the south of the country are without electricity and a red danger to life warning for wind has been extended in scotland, where more than 35,000 properties have