during his sentencing in a new court written frank vitamin is a professor emeritus at the university of missouri school of law. he's also a form of federal and state prosecutor. he says the ruling was no surprise as i think that had he not been elected president. i think one might have expected. he would have gotten some jail time. not so much for the severity of the offense, which was always based on the conviction was always based on something of an imaginative legal theory. but his behavior before, during and after the case was extraordinarily contemptuous of the judge and jury. the prosecutors, the entire system and customarily, if you behave that way and you're convicted of a felony, and the result is that you're going to do some time. but the judge, i think, recognize the reality, which is it would be functionally impossible to try to impose any kind of custodial sentence on a guy who's about to be president of the united states. arguably, it wouldn't be legal, but he's and he certainly couldn't compel trump to report for any such and such sentence. so it's hardly surprising that this happ

his sentencing, and i knew your quote when a frank vitamin is a professor emeritus at the university of missouri school of know, he's also a full of federal and state prosecutor. he joins us now from missouri. so the, such as was unconditional discharge, it was expected. the judge did indicate that he was going to give this sentence. but if a coleman, the best sort of sentence is given in this sort of case, i didn't expect you to have given every need or is there some semester from i'll be here. i think that had he not been elected president. i think one might have expected, he would have gotten some jail time. not so much for the severity of the offense, which was always based on the conviction is always based on something of an imaginative legal theory. but his behavior before, during and after the case was extraordinarily contemptuous of the judge of the jury . the prosecutors, the entire system then customarily, if you behave that way and you were convicted of a felony. and the result is that you are going to do some time, but the judge, i think, recognize the reality, which is it would be f

researchers at the university of missouri estimate profits for farmers will decline for a third straightr "eye on america" tonight, cbs's janet shamlian shows us what some farmers in iowa are now putting in the ground to offset some of those losses. >> reporter: for evie haupt, this is a window of opportunity. >> i have my very own wind direction machine out there. >> reporter: in fact, she has three wind turbines on her 160-acre farm in central iowa. as farmers ready their fields, there is a new cash crop working the land year round: wind turbines. how much money do the turbines bring in each each year? >> my payment is $35,000. this year. and it keeps going up with inflation. >> reporter: that has made the difference between keeping the family farm and losing it for struggling farmers, as agriculture becomes more unstable due to climate change. how many days is it windy out here? >> practically every day, i would say. whole >> reporter: when her husband wallace died a decade ago, farm debts lived on. how much debt did you have? >> i had $350,000. >> reporter: and now you have? >> 67. >

and she was noticed by the eventual president of the university of missouri of what a great talent she was. and when she and her family moved to d.c., just as the was beginning, he helped get into sculpting program in d.c. and as one of her projects, he helped her get a permission with abraham lincoln. and he sat for five months for her to come in and sculpt the best of him. and she finished it the day before he was assassinated. she was interred that passed into a competition that the government had for a statue of president lincoln, and she won. and but when the it was totally finished and unveiled, she was 23. totally entering the male. here is mrs. you know the colt revolvers huge lee wealthy family when he died suddenly and rather unexpectedly the controlling interest in the munitions went to her along with a very sizable fortune. and so she ran it very successfully until the turn of the century. now one of the things that i want share with you is kind of like what all these things that we're talking about resulted in. now, these are the 13th in the 14th that led to the 15th amend

of u.s. military history and missouri university of science and technology. in addition to, coming here for our conferences and going on with us, he's active with many media appearances to podcasts that he hosts or co-hosts 15 books, including the one that will be featured prominently in. this discussion, alamo in the garden joining john to his right, my left, dr. michael bell. dr. bell is the executive director of the national world war two museum's jenny craig institute. he is a career armor officer, retired as colonel, and then continued to serve our nation in various at the pentagon state department and the national security council for another 10 to 12 years. so, ladies, gentlemen, dr. john mcmanus and, dr. mike bell. hey. so thanks. we're going to dive into this period, 16 december to, you know, right before christmas, 1944. and, you know, we've got amazing john mcmanus here with us as we think about this and, you know, most of us are familiar. the band of brothers story, the 101st in bastogne, you know, fourth armored divisions break through and link u