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champion jack johnson. >> this was very important to sylvester stallone -- my friend for a long time, sly. >> reporter: the president now talking about pardoning martha stewart, and commuting the sentence of former "apprentice" contestant, disgraced illinois governor rod blagojevich. at least three people have gone on fox news, appealing directly to the president. this is the wife of george papadopoulos, the trump campaign aide who pleaded guilty and is cooperating with special counsel robert mueller. >> i trust and hope and ask president trump to pardon him. i hope he will. >> reporter: sources tell abc news, the white house is working on a growing list of eligible americans, including people without celebrity status or support. one official telling us, "need to be ready when the boss is ready to go." >> so, let's get to pierre thomas, with us live from d.c. tonight. and pierre, sources telling abc news that the president is pushing his staff for more names that he can pardon? >> reporter: that's right, david. expect more pardons an commutations. there are no real limits on the pres

i thought jack johnson, which was recommended by sylvester stallone and some great boxers, i thought jack johnson was a great one. i'm thinking about somebody that you all know very well and he went through a lot and he wasn't very popular then and he wasn't very popular -- no, i am not thinking about o.j. but he's not only you could say o.j., but he was -- look, he was not very popular then. he certainly his memory is very popular now. m thinking about that very seriously. and some others. and some folks that have sentences that aren't fair but i am thinking about mohammad ali. in fact, what we're doing right now recommendations on frankly we're doing recommendations on mohammad ali. say it, peter. reporter: [inaudible] president trump: no, i am not above the law. i don't want anybody to be above the law but a pardons are a thing for the president. you see the way i am using them. yes, i do have an absolute right to pardon myself but i will not have to do it because i have not done anything wrong and everybody knows it. there has been no collusion, no obstruction. it's all a madeup

i thought jack johnson which was recommended by sylvester stallone and some great boxers, i thought jack johnson was a great one. i'm thinking about somebody that you all know very well. and he went through a lot. and he wasn't very popular then. >> is it oj? >> and he wasn't very popular -- no i'm not thinking about oj. only you could say oj. but he was -- look, he was not very popular then. his memory is very popular now. i'm thinking about muhammad ali. i'm thinking about that very seriously. and some others. and some folks that have sentences that aren't there, but i'm thinking about muhammad ali. >> what will it take -- >> in fact we're doing right now recommendations -- frankly we're doing recommendations on muhammad ali. >> [inaudible]. >> what? >> [inaudible]. >> no, i'm not above the law. i never want anybody to be above the law. but the pardons are a very positive thing for a president. i think you see the way i'm using them. yes, i do have an absolute right to pardon myself. but i will never have to do it because i didn't do anything wrong. and everybody knows it. there's been

. >> reporter: last month president trump pardoned jack johnson after an appeal from sylvester stallone. mr. trump is also considering pardonses for two former contestants on the apprentice, rod blagojevich and martha stewart. >> alice johnson was the 7th act of clemency by president trump. the white house is now looking at pardoning dozens of others. >>> a firefighter and two other people were slightly hurt by a wind-fueled fire in contra costa county. the fire is believed to have been started by a candle in a nearby homeless encampment about 5:30 yesterday afternoon. the fire sent up columns of choking black smoke as the flames quickly spread from dry grass into antioch. that prompted the county to issue a health advisory. >> obviously, petroleum products in their rubber tires, oil, hopefully no gasoline, but that's always a possibility, and so that -- the smoke from those kinds of fires is particularly nasty. >> firefighters stayed on scene for hours to put out any flare-ups. >>> defendants in the trial for the ghost ship warehouse are at odds today. a hearing is scheduled this morni

s office reviewing a sexual assault case against sylvester stallon. the original complaint in 2016 filed in the '80s. stallon francisco >>> good morning to you on this thursday. 4:54 right now. taking a live look at st. francis. a little cloudy there this morning as we get started with our day. >> 4: concord, happening today bart leaders get an update on the progress. we've got artist r the development going on there. in all two dozen projects are either finished or still in the works for the northrtinez relieved to hear some of the busiest lines are about to expand. the agency this week announcing larger buses for the california express line and bayshore express line. we'll add two buses. 1x and 8x, the 9r will also have faster buses. they plan to speed up service. >>> the zoo in san jose, tanto, 12-year-old jaguar getting new surroundings there. he came from chicago as part of an animal rescue program. he'll join sophia, 14-year-old female. zoo keepers say they are giving him time to adjust so guests may in the see him on the exhibit for a few weeks

book legend stan lee may have been the victim of elder abuse, and the second case involves sylvester stallone and sexual abuse allegations. we'll begin with stallone's allegations. they were first reported back in novemb. these allegations reportedly date back to the early 1990s and maybe too old to be prosecuted. santa monica police sent the case to los angeles county districtattorney's office yesterday. there e few other details about the allegations, but stallone denies them. zblierngts meanwhile, los angeles police are investigating thos claims of elder abuse involving comic book writer stan lee. they granted a restraining order against the 95-year-old former business manager. kia morgan i accused of separating lee from his family, moving lee from his home, and taking advantage of his hearing, vision, and judgment. morgan was arrested monday for making a fashion 911 he claimed there were burglars in the house. it was actually people conducting a welfare check on lee. >>> a big legal shake-up for president trump's former personal attorney michael cucoh, ently at the center of an fbi invest

even though the pardon of jack johnson, sylvester stallone called the white house and brought this tottention. who cares who called, it's the right thing to do. who cares if it's the right thing to do? >> but if it's the president thinking someone like alice johnson was treated unfairly and that's why he's commuting her sentence, the larger issue of sentencing reform is not something he's shown willingness to take up. sentencing reform, which could have helped someone like alice johnson, is not something on the table. >> the other thing is that the type of reforms that you're talking about involve people across the board. you don't get to cherry pick who deserves fo s good treatment an doesn't. when we see the president talk about law enforcement, it's real iron fist stuff. and when it comes to people like rod blagojevich, you hear about how unfair this is. >> consistent si question. >>> when we come back, a big primary from coast to coast. california sends the biggest message, but it's not just california. we'll break it all down. we'll be right back. once there was an organism so sm

does a random bck guy dunking, a cameo from sylvester stallone, i don't know why. the horses? at does that even mean? give up your nukes and your country will be overrun with horses. ( laughter ) it feels like trump's pinterest just came to life. what does this mean? it wasn't just the video that made this feel like a giant sales pitch. even when trump tried to break down the possible permeations of the deal he still only knew the language of a condominium huckster. >> i hold him, you might not want this, you might want a much smalle version of this. you may want something but a smaller version. you may not want that with the trains and everything, you know, super everything at the top, and maybe you won't want that. it's going to be up to them. >> trevor: you know what? let me just put you in a one-bedroom demock circumstances see how you like it. if you love it, in five years you will come back and say, do you have a human rights package, and we'll do that. you can convert the labor camp into a wine cellar, we can work on it. ( laughter ) trump didn't need to pre

. >> a week or so ago, he pardoned jack johnson, the famous boxer, after listening to sylvester stallonet when it comes to the nfl players saying they want to talk about social justice causes? he doesn't seem to want to listen. and i think that's what draws the ire of these players. >> welcome, everyone, to the white house -- >> reporter: this is not the first time the president has rescinded an invite. last year he called off the celebration for the nba champs the golden state warriors after star steph curry said he didn't want to go. >> throws it off the backboard! >> reporter: the 2018 finals are happening now, and basketball's biggest stars have already said the white house shouldn't count on a visit from this year's winner either. >> i mean, i know no matter who wins this series, no one wants the invite anyway. so it won't be golden state or cleveland going. >> i agree with lebron. the way we handled things last year, kind of stay consistent with that. >> reporter: president trump did break the tradition of inviting league winners by not we'ving out at all to the wnba champs, the mi

angeles times" reports prosecutors are reviewing a sexual assault allegation against actor sylvester stallone. the alleged victim claims the assault took place in the 1990s. she reported it to the police in santa monica last november. stallone's attorney says the actor had a consensual dating relationship with the woman years ago, but denied the claim. >>> the "washington post" looks at a study and says antarctic ice loss has tripled in the last decade. they've reported over 200 tons of antarctic ice are pouring into the ocean. if it continues, some scientists' worst fears about region ocean levels could be realized. in the last 25 years, the ocean's level has risen about 0.3 of an inch. >>> "people" reports kim kardashian met with alice marie johnson. that's the woman kardashian helped release from prison. the reality star met the 63-year-old grandmother yesterday in memphis. last week president trump commuted johnson's life sentence on drug charges days after kardashian pleaded her case at the oval office. johnson released an instagram for the first time. >>> and "forbes" says hawaii's kila

. >>> actor sylvester stallone is denying cims of sexual abuse. police in santa monica, california, started investigating when a report was made back in november. it involved a situation from the earl 1990s and may be too old to be prosecuted. the l.a. district attorney's office is reviewing the case now. >>> working to find out whether the wave pool at six flags america will be back open today. this after a teen nearly drowned yesterday. take a look at vide from chopper 4 over the pool at the theme park in upper marlboro. prince george's county fire and rescue tell us that a teenage boy had to be rescued from the pool at around 1:30 yesterday afternoon. at last check he was in critical condition. >>> 4:36 now. happening toda a fairfax county school board member is set to introduce a new dress -- a new dress code that h hees will end up helping -- help end body shaming. at large school board member michael mcleveen says school codes target tsgirls. he w violations to be handed in private. it wasn't hard to findtudents who agree with mcelveen. >> i

yeah, i got to work with sylvester stallone, which was amazing. the guy's so great. been on set with him. it's phone calls and like -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> it's phone calls. >> jimmy: yeah. >> or, like, he'll be giving direction, i'll be like, "okay, ron." and they cut to me, they cut back to him. he's in, like, london or something. i don't know where he is, yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you've never actually met ron howard? >> i met him offset. he gave me, like -- we were walking around paramount together. he's the nicest guy. you know this, probably. >> jimmy: oh, i love that. >> isn't he the greatest? >> jimmy: yeah. oh, paramount's where -- that's where you shoot -- >> "happy days." they shot "happy days" there. so he's walking around, and i'm with my mom, and my mom is like -- [ laughter ] because ron howard is talking to me like i'm just some regular guy, like we went to >>nd my mom is like, "what is g?"penin >> jimmy: i remember going on auditions there and not getting the part. but i remember going -- [ laughter ] >> moo an office there, or had an office there a

. >>> "rocky" actor sylvester stallone c facing an investigation. prosecutors review possible sexual assault allegations mad case involving a sex crime allegation. it was made by an unidentified woman against stallone. they didn't provide exact details against the allegations, though in december police said they were investigating a complaint of alleged sexual misconduct in the 1990s by the actor. it was according to reuters. police wouldn't comment on whether the age of the case would disqualify it. the statute of limitationsize ten years in california. through his lawyer stallone has categorically denied sexually assaulting anyone. >>> in a meeting that was long overdue kim kardashian west traveled to memphis, tennessee to meet face to face with alice johnson, the 63-year-old great grandmother that she helped free after 21 years in nger case rig president trump's desk, resulting in the president commuting johnson's life sentence for a non-violent drug offense. in news's hoda kotb sat down with the pair for their first joint interview since a previ

. >>> prosecutors in los angeles are considering whether to charge actor sylvester stallone with sexual assault. they're not releasing any details but a santa monica woman reportedly told police last year that stallone sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. stallone's lawyer strongly denies that claim. >>> also in los angeles, police are investigating reports of elder abuse against marvel comics legend stan lee. the 95-year-old now has a temporary protective order against his former business manager keya morgan accused of isolating him from family members in order to access his $50 million estate. morgan denies them telling tmz that lee's daughter and her lawyer are conducting a witch-hunt. >>> apple says it's cloitsing the so-called security hole in iphones that law enforcement officials have been exploiting to crack into the devices. the iphone operating system will now cut off all communication through the usb port when the phone hasn't been unlocked for more than an hour. apple says the change is aimed at blocking hackers, not hindering law enforcement. >>> coming up, the new concern

reporter: last week, he issued a posthumous pardon of boxing legend jack johnson at the behest of sylvester stallone. >> jack johnson was not treated fairly. >> reporter: and yesterday, he met with kim kardashian west, who's advocating for a pardon of a low-level drug offender. >> glor: paula, you've also been reporting on the russia investigation as it may relate to presidential pardons here. what is the latest on that? >> reporter: well, the president's former campaign chairman, paul manafort, could face over 15 years in prison, but i'm told that he is not cooperating because he is banking on a presidential pardon to help spare him any jail time. also, the president's personal attorney, could likely face charges in new york on a separate case, but is also expected not to flip on the president. so he, too, could be rewarded with a presidential pardon. but, jeff, presidential pardons only spare you federal jail time and don't protect you from anything filed by the states. >> glor: all right, paula reid, as the rains continue to roll in, in d.c., paula, thanks. in tennessee the hunt for the accused k

johnson who was perhaps a legitimate great african-american boxer, that was recommended to him by sylvester stallone to do the part. there's a celebrity theme going on here in our prison, people that are sitting right now in jails for marijuana, charges for hasheesh and things, these people aren't getting pardoned. it's a sad speckical when you have kim kardashian in the oval office and he's defending roseanne barr's racist statements, and you have the original obama birther basher being par pardoned and all. it's the ugy grim side of trump's america. >> that was an interesting assessment by john boehner today and get you to reply to. because this party has no check on what he's doing. here's john boehner. >> there is no republican party. there's a trump party. the republican party has kind of taken a nap somewhere. >> and john kasich says he doesn't know what this gop is doing right now. what's going on? >> i think boehner said the republican party is taking a nap, and kasich said it's going dormant. it's in a coma. that's the true state of affairs, it's in a coma. but both of them to some extent r

when he was phyiscally sexually assaulted by hollywood agent adam venit (venit reps sylvester stalloneam sandler amoung others).. infact, he says when venit grabbed him he called out to sandler.. but nobody did anything.. he says the agent grabbed him by the crotch basically to show him he was in control and he had all the power. < it happened to me i'm not a small or insecure man but in that moment and in the time following i've never felt more emasculated. as i shared my story i was told over and over that this was not abuse that this was just a joke that this was just horseplay but i can say that one man's horseplay is another man's humiliation. > ( darya ) he says he ended up dropping out of the exependables 4 movie with stallone because of the whole thing... and since coming forward, he has been humiliated and made fun of by the likes of 50 cent and russell simmons.. but crews doesn't care.. just like his character on brooklyn-99.. he's a guy who looks so imposing and macho.. but he's not afraid to show his sensitive side.. and "that" is a real man. ( darya ) a guy can't a guy can

that last one, that last cause was championed by legal scholar sylvester stallone. ( laughter ) so, remember, if you ever get wrongly convicted, don't call a lawyer. call mickey rourke. and last week, trump floated the idea he might also pardon martha stewart and disgraced illinois governor rod blagojevich, after blagojevich's wife, patti, asked for a pardon on fox news. well that is-- going on fox news is one of the best ways to make sure trump gets your message-- other than writing it on his steak in ketchup. and, and cnn-- ( applause ) why not? we love meat jokes!" and cnn is reporting that the administration has prepared the pardoning paperwork for at least 30 people. "okay let's see who we got here, iron mike tyson, charlie sheen, the hot mugshot convict, the noid, hannibal lecter, fred flintstone, and osama bin laden. take that, obama. now you murdered an innocent man." ( laughter ) and-- thank you, jon. thank you. always there. >> jon: always there. >> stephen: according to one white house official, trump is obsessed with pardons, describing them as the president's new "favorite thing

her "rocky 4" co-star sylvester stallone is one of her exes. >> my name is brigitte nielsen. got divorced. >> reporter: it lasted only 19 months but famous for another rocky relationship. ♪ she first hit it off with flavor flav on "the real life" and spined a spin-off aptly titled "strange love" and the rapper's attempt to win her back after she returned to europe to continue a previous relationship with mateo desi. 15 years her junior. >> reporter: "strange love" ended with her choosing mateo over flavor flav and they have the baby they apparently always wanted. >> reporter: for "good morning america," diane macedo, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to diane and we're glad momma and baby are doing well. jen is here with us. what are risks concerning -- >> first of all when we hear of a story like this in general it is so important to realize that this is most likely a pregnancy using a donor egg or a frozen embryo that a woman and couple could have frozen years ago and now we have that technology. when you talk about obstetrics we have a term which i think needs to be replac

moving forward, they showed missiles going backwards, wild horses in the surf, and a cameo from sylvester stalloneat makes sense because the only video more over the top than this is "over the top." and the video that they showed him-- and they actually made this exproo showed it to him, okay. the video shows kim that peace brings all of the incredible riches that stock footage can provide: delicious food, drone delivery, slides, speedboat races, unlimited babies, and monster jams. that, of course, was to appeal to kim's famous love of basketball and his favorite team, the generic city stock footages! and just like any good movie trailer, it had the stars. >> which half will be chosen. featuring president donald trump and chairman kim jong-un in a meeting to remake history. >> stephen: ugh, so many remakes these days. ( laughter ) do we really need to remake history? or "tomb raider?" and this video really could have used an editor, because they repeated themselves a lot. it had four different bridges to the future; two people wearing v.r. headsets; the destiny pictures logo twice; and not one, no

we saw, you know, sylvester stallone goes in there and says we need a posthumus pardon for jack johnson. and kim kardashians in there advocating for somebody the other day, and now you have dinish d'souza who in the political world is something of a celebrity. that's another aspect of this. donald trump loves famous people and i think much more likely to get a pardon if you are one. >> can i quickly quote from the excellent article? yes, she described dinegs d'souza as someone who's path logically drawn to pushing the bounds of civic discourse. who else does that sound like? sounds like president trump. >> thank you all. and i have to say, jails, i love your suit. i mean i do declare. we'll be right back. (baby crying) ♪ fly ♪ me to the moon (elegant music) ♪ and let me play (bell rings) benjamin franklin capturedkey lightening in a bottle. over 260 years later, with a little resourcefulness, ingenuity, and grit, we're not only capturing energy from the sun and wind, we're storing it. as the nation's leader in energy storage, we're ensuring americans have the energy they need, whenever

beautiful.alice yesterday was i thought jk johnn, which was recommended by sylvester stallone a someat one. i'm thinking about somebody that you all know very well. and he went through a lot. and heasn't very popular then. >> o.j.? >> and he wasn't very popular -- no, i'm nothinking about o.j. >> jimmy: anyone if he was? oh, hi, guys. how you doing? all the best people. here's a guy trump might have to pardon. his laer, rudy giuliani. rudy's done it again. rudy tried a new tactic this week. instead of saying sething dumb on behalf of the presidt, he said something dumb on behalf of the first lady. he spoke at an event in tel aviv wednesday where he said melania knows reports of trump's affair with stormy daniels are untrue because she believes h husband, and weirdly melania's spokesperson said, hold on a second. is is a quote. she said, "i don't believe mrs. trump has ever discussed her thghts on anything with mr. giuliani." at's kind of all you need to know about what's up in that house. [ lauger ] how would rudy giuliani know what melania thinks? you watch him speak for two seconds

or sylvester stallone walks in and let's do jack johnson.e are wrong. but there will be wrong decisions made if there's no process behind it. >> the criticism is that the pro-kept her sentence from being commuted in the obama administration. >> yeah. and the process can fail and people should make that case. i guarantee you that president trump didn't review the process or ask about -- the fact that it wasn't done in the obama administration was probably enough for him to make this decision. that's not the way decisions should be made. i'm not arguing about the end result. the obama administration focused on nonviolent drug offenses in for possessions of drugs. this was about trafficking of drugs. but it still may be the right result. it's not the right approach. and ultimately, we're going to see a flurry of pardons and the rationale behind them are going to be in the main more political and more random and more driven by encounters like this than the substance of the cases involved. >> all right. stick around, david. we'll talk about the s

in l los angeles, prprosecutors are reviewing a sexual assault alallegation against actor sylvester stallone.. stallone's attorney said in december that a woman had filed a police report against the actor alleging that he raped her in the 1990s. stallone denies the claims. in texas, a black woman sentenced to five years s in prison for voter fraud has lost her bid for a new trial. crystal mason was convicted of illegal voting in march, after she cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election despite having a past felony conviction for tax evasion that prevented her from voting. mason says she did not know that she wasn't allowed to vote in texas due to her criminal record. according to a 2016 report by the sentencing project, policies restricting the voting rights of convicted felons disenfranchises more than 6 million people. crystal mason's supporters are demanding charges be dropped, arguing t that her conviction was racially biased. this follows a voter fraud conviction in iowa, where terri lynn rote, a white woman, was convicted of the same crime, after she tried to vote fo

office is we viewing sexual assault charges against sylvester stallone. the additional complaint filed in 2017. it a little conduct in 1990s. stallone refutes the claim. >>> also nap niece nuclear power plant near destroyed fukushima disaster. it's been closed since the disaster. there's been tremendous pushback to opening the plant. more news after this break. in t- >>> welcome back. before you head out the door, the time 6:54, here are top stories on "today in the bay." >> a live look at city hall, immigration advocates will be there to protest a policy forcing families apart at the border. it will be one of several rallies across the country as we get a rare look inside a children's detention center. there are 1400 boys at this texas facility. there are 700,000 families waiting for a court date and the number is growing as a result of trump administration's zero tolerance enforcement of the policy. >> former first lady hillary clinton visiting the bay area today. she'll be in san francisco speaking to a group that backs gun violence reform. today is th

we saw the pardon last week of jack johnson, the boxer, a case that was brought to him by sylvester stallone. the kim kardashian case yesterday. so he's developing his own process, and as jill said, not based on any big background check but just what he likes to do. he lives in this world of celebrities. these are the people he knows. he did say that he's considering a lot of other pardons for other people. he didn't get into that. he didn't say whether it was flynn or anybody else. >> it boggles the mind, the names that could be on that list. michael, a final word. the pardon of dinesh d'souza specifically, what does that say to you about donald trump, about this process? >> i think it says that he recognizes, you know, again, this was brought to him by ted cruz. and i think this is an homage to the base. it's sort of an olive -- not even an olive branch, but, here, here's one more piece for you. i'm out here fighting for you. he was wrongfully convicted. he was a victim, an important word here, a victim of the obama justice department, the obama fbi. and even though he did plead guilty. yo

i thought jack johnson, which was recommended by sylvester stallone and some great boxers, i thought a great one. i'm thinking about muhammad ali. i'm thinking about that very seriously, and some others and some folks that have sentences that aren't fair. but i am thinking about muhammad ali. >> muhammad ali's attorney responding that we appreciate his sentiment but a pardon is necessary. the u.s. supreme court overturned the decision in 1971. joining me now, host of "the van jones show," van jones. president trump also talked when he talked about pardons, he also brought in nfl players. take a listen to this moment. >> we have a great country. you should stand for our national anthem. you shouldn't go in a locker room when our national anthem is played. i am going to ask all of those people to recommend to me because that's what they're protesting people that they think were unfairly treated by the justice system. and i understand that. and i'm going to ask them to recommend to me people that were unfairly treated, friends of theirs or people that they know about, and i'm going to t

the second case involves sylvester stallone and sexual abuse allegations there. we'll begin with stallone. these allegations first reported back in november. they reportedly date back to the early 1990s, though, and may be too old to be prosecuted. the los angeles county district attorney's office is reviewing the ce now. there are new details about the allegations but stallone denies that. >>> meanwhile, los angeles police are investigating those claims of elder abuse involving comi object book writer stan lee. they granted a restraining order against the95-year-old former business manager. tia morgan isus a of separating lee from his family, moving lee from his home, and king advantage of his failing hearing, vision, and judgment. morgan wasd arreste monday for making a false 911 call. he claimed there wer burglars in the house. it was actually people conducting a welfare check on lee. >>> a big legal shake-up for ,resident trump's former personal attorn michael cohen, currently at the center of an fbi investigation. nbc news confirmed that is low cohen's legal

. >> sylvester stallone in the oval office with president trump. why the stallone image?think, again, to -- similar to the basketball dunk and sort of hinting at chairman kim's friendship with dennis rodman, i think it was designed to appeal in different ways. >> final question, how will we know if it worked? >> i think we won't know yet, but i think the real way to know if it works is how it plays into the ability of president trump to develop a personal relationship with chairman kim that can lead to a more lasting diplomacy and the beginning, as we've seen already, president trump has said this is part of a long process. but i think the ability to deepen those relationship and hopefully lead to lasting diplomacy. i might add that a personal relationship may not be enough. the work of diplomacy is very difficult. but without that type of personal relationship and ability to reach chairman kim's psyche, if you will, diplomacy would be very, very difficult. so i think that -- >> doctor, thank you very much -- >> i think the video was a very unique and singular way to try

people that -- a celebrity, sylvester stallone has been in his ear about a pardon he did recently. i think there's kind of a mixed bag about the pardons he's issued but i think, you know, the president's advisers have publicly said, this is a signal to supporters if you hang in there, this can come your way, this pardon might happen for you. i think in some ways the president is in awe of his power to pardon. his absolute power. it's almost like figuring out a new trick or, you know, process that he can just circumvent everything with. and it's too early to say how he's going to use this going forward but his supporters definitely seem to think this is a signal to people like michael cohen, that this might be, you know, a solution going forward. >> yeah, to those in the russian probe, jonathan, is that what you're hearing as well? is that how it's all being interpreted, this particular pardon? >> that's one piece for sure. i was with the president on air force one on thursday flying to texas when he sort of out of nowhere announced. he had tweeted the dinesh d'souza pardon and then

earlier we saw sylvester stallone on the behalf of the great boxer from the last century, posthumous. and are joining in on and the family are alice johnson, a very long wait for all the people in her life. no times yet on when she would be released buts they power is based on this it is instantaneous and just a matter of the procedures to end her time and her incarceration. so the white house using this at a time when it's been about a week since the president had the meeting and has reviewed it. we're also told there are a number of other pardons that are in the pipeline for consideration. that's where we would stabbed wistabbed -- stand with that. pardoning and commutations for a life sentence like this, a really important day for the johnson family. >> kelly o., a number of other pardons. are we talking a handful? talking dozens? do we know -- i mean, do we know anything more about these -- >> reporter: we have not specifics and every president has literally hundreds ultimately thousands of pardons requested. we often see a flurry's pardons at the end of their time in office. ther

will county office reviewing charges of sexual assault intense sylvester stallone. he refutes the charges. a japanese nuclear power plant may be scrapped. it's been closed since 2011 disaster and there's been tremendous pushback to reopening the plant. more news after the break. 5:52. we want to share this pictf san jose city hall - >>> good thursday morning to you. take a look here. >> this is san jose city hall right there. celebration of the world cup. can you follow her @krisnbc. >>> you can see here the damage left behind after a powerful storm rips through a community in northeastern pennsylvania. look at the debris all over the road there. the strip mall was damaged and cars were even tossed around in that parking lot. the national weather service will be at the scene trying to figure out if this was a tornado that touched down. there are no reports of any injuries there. >> at least one washington capitals player will not be visiting the white house. before the team even won the stanley cup, smith-pelly told canadian media he would turn down an invite from p

the second case involves sylvester stallone and sexual abuse allegations there. we'll begin with stallone's s. allegati they were first reported back in november. these allegations reportedly date bk to the early1990s and may be too old to be prosecuted. the los angeles county district attorney's office is reviewing the case now. there are few details about the allegations, but stallone denies them. >>> meanwhile, los angeles police are investigating those claims of elder abuse involving comic book writer stan lee. they granted a restraining order against the 95-year-old former business manager. kia morgan isccused of separating lee from his family, moving him from his home, and taking advantage of his failing hearing, vision, and judgment. morgan wasfo arrested monda making a false 91 1 call. he claimed there were burglars in the house. it was actually people conducting a welfare check on e. >>> a big legal shake-up for president trump's former personal attorney michael cohen, currently at the center of an i investigation. eac news confirmed that cohen's legal t

i thought jack johnson, which was recommended by sylvester stallone and great boxers, i thought jack great one. i'm thinking about somebody that you all know very well, and he went through a lot. and he wasn't very popular then. and he wasn't very popular then. no, i'm not thinking about o.j., but only you can say o.j., but he's -- he was -- look, he was not very popular then. he certainly -- his memory is very popular now. i'm thinking about muhammad ali. i'm thinking about that very seriously. >> seems like maybe that wouldn't be a controversial pick, something many would celebrate if it weren't for one thing. muhammad ali doesn't need a pardon at all. the supreme court overturned his conviction of dodging the draft in 1971. ali's attorney put out a statement saying that essentially. there is no conviction from which a pardon is needed, he wrote. beyond that, the brez president looking to combine two of his passions, his power to pardon and attacks on football players kneeling in protest during the national anthem. >> we have a great country, you should stand for our national anthe

we saw, you know, sylvester stallone goes in there and says, you know, we need a posthumous pardon forhat. and then kim kardashian's in there advocating for somebody the other day. and now you have dinesh d'souza, who, in the political world, is something of a celebrity. i think that's another aspect of this. donald trump loves famous people, and i think much more likely to get a pardon if you are one. >> all right. >> don, can i quickly quote? >> yes. >> she described dinesh d'souza has someone who is path logically drawn to pushing the bounds of civic discourse. who else does that sound like? it sounds like president trump, right? >> well, i thank you all. i have to say, james, i love your suit. i mean i do declare. >> i'll bring the mint juleps next time. >> we'll be right back. find the remote yet? nah. honey look, your old portable cd player. my high school rethainer. oh don't... it's early 90s sitcom star dave coulier... cut...it...out! [laughing] what year is it? as long as stuff gets lost in the couch, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen minutes could save you fi