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stay with the elements in south korea and connect with professor of korean studies at the university of washingtonse unfamiliar with all of the legal intricacies playing out with the story. get us up to speed with how you think we should be viewing this story unfolding in south korea? yes. it is very complicated - unfolding in south korea? 13:3 it is very complicated process. there are basically two processes going on at the same time. what is happening today in seoul is more the criminal side of the story. the other one is what the constitutional court is doing now. president yoon's strategy is to delay as much as he could. the criminal side of the case, while more or less expediting constitutional court decision. expecting the constitutional court might render more partyjudgement, meaning which are demising the martial law measures. the main reason why president yoon is now trying to avoid the arrest is setting the standard to secure more time to postpone criminal side of the case. who criminal side of the case. who was driving — criminal side of the case. who was driving his _ criminal side of

after school in which a residence at university of washington in seattle. one of the most prestigious universities in one of the highest rated hospitals in the country for primary care. no discussion of nutrition no discussion of food or food quality and no discussion of what is making patient sick. what i was told threat my medical education was memorizing thousands of drugs understand the side effects and went to prescribe them. the medical system is badly broken and i've been through it. this is not surprising. our message goes look to have role in our society. they're not entirely bad but the pharmaceutical companies are wildly infested medical education, research at the level of the fda and usda. there is profound corruption. 19 out of 20 minutes of usda dietary guidelines committee have ties to the food industry and pharma. what is going on? is is why we're so sick as humans. this is why we're so sick but there is hope. there is a ray of light. there is something better. after seeing all of this i eventually left western medicine. i don't practice west

rubinstein studio at the university of washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: with less than two weeks in office, the biden administration is announcing its final shipment of weapons for ukraine. the administration believes nearly all of this 500 million dollars worth of weapons will arrive before the inauguration of donald trump. ukraine envoy today said they will aim to negotiate an end to the war within trump's first 100 days in office. tell us more about what exactly the biden administration is sending? nick: the biden administration is announcing its 56th weapons package for ukraine. among these weapons were some of the longer-range weapons ukrainians used inside russia. you see ed hickey russian infrastructure as well as artillery shells. officials say this is the final money congress has appropriated for ukraine were drawn down u.s. stocks that can be replenished to the u.s. military. frankly, ukraine needs all the help it can get. just today in zaporizhzhia, russian missiles hit an apartment complex, and indu

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study led by the university of washington found the eagle exhaust can contribute to depression. searchers studied 700 healthy women of reproductive age in northern california. those at higher exposure to exhausted higher symptoms of depression. they also found airborne pollutants increase the length of menstrual cycles, which in turn, decreases increases depression researchers say a chemical in the exhaust plays with a women's estrogen levels. >> well, a new animal milk is being touted as a better alternative to cow's milk. researchers from edith cowan university found that camel milk can protect the got from harmful enzymes and create healthier digestion, then regular dairy milk. they say it also contains fewer allergens and decreases the risk of cardiovascular disease. despite the study, researchers concluded the potency of its immune boosting benefits, though, still needs further testing. we're going to take a break in a 26. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, thousands of pro-life and pro-choice advocates in san francisco. >> it came together for the annual march for life

she was at the university of washington when this happened. a pretty incredible video. we have seen that from time to got -- time to time. now we see it with you as well what does that feel like a? >> it was terrifying to know i was locked in the event space along with the security officers, essentially held hostage by these violent protesters about 200 of them including nt five. that video does not even begin to explain what happened. we had windows broken, noisemakers broken, fire alarms pulled multiple times. it was horrifying. the police officers had to resort to dressing me in police gear to escort me safely out of the building. all because i was going on campus to let them know that we deserve free speech. that dei should not be in our schools, and that men do not deserve to play in women's sports. >> will: incredible. look at this rebuttal on your screen right now. exactly how you described the situation unfolding. what does it mean to hear you -- to you to hear some of these reformations coming from the white house when it comes to mil

its team made the top five of the finalists in the mega face competition organized by the university of washington having beaten their competitor developed by developers from google. how would you like that fair and inclusive environment? that rate of progress as was the case with the agrarian and the industrial revolution again will only be achieved by the garden that only wants to think about how to extinguish the flame and the jungle. mr. president, we have an opportunity to pool our efforts to prevent the global south from falling behind and discrimination because it is deepening the existing technological inequality that constitutes one of the main threats to the development of ai and also including a threat to international peace and security. the transition to ai-based innovations requires us to overcome the so-called digital divide in order to reduce poverty and sustain development and that divide is indeed vast because according to forecasts, global state, could reach $132 billion by 2028. the undisputed leaders in this area of the united states and the countries of western europe, japan

facial recognition, it is known for the fact that it's team was one of the finalists in the university of washington having beaten a competitor developed by google. how would you like that fair and inclusive environment? that rate of progress as the case with the industrial revolution will only be achieved by the flowering garden to think about how to extend which the flame in the jungle. we have an opportunity to pool our efforts to prevent the global south from falling behind and prevent new forms of colonialism and discover nation. deepening the technological any quality contributing one of the threats to the development of ai and threats to peace and security. and the so-called digital divide in order to reduce poverty and facilitate sustainable development and that divide is fast. according to forecasts, global state investment in artificial intelligence could reach $632 billion by 2028. the undisputed leaders in this area are western europe, japan and south korea without mentioning the private sector, major tech companies like microsoft, alphabets, amazon that are planning to out locate around

now today we're talking with charles dunn adjunct professor of international affairs of george washington university and a former director at the us national security council. charles, thank you so much for being with us. would love to just get your take on this moment and what are you confident in? what are you worried about? the bad news to me is that they're still so many moving parts here that it's going to be hard for different countries have to help them go straight this united states gutter and egypt a to keep this whole thing moving. there. she'll apparently many details to be decided about which prisoners are going to be released, which hostages are going to be released? how far these really is going to withdraw from the gaza population centers, they're suppose to withdraw from all the central parts. and these are just some of the initial questions before we even get to the hard questions in phase 2 and phase 3 of the seats. very well, let's get to another voice in this, an a station, and that is incoming president. donald trump. he says this epic ceasefire agreement could have only happene

what davidson is an a junk professor of international affairs george washington university. he's also a former deputy chief of mission at the us embassy and see don a joins us now live from washington, dc. hello and welcome to use a the 1st of all, let's talk about this chapter of what money it is on the crossroads of key supply. highways focus through how significant this gain is for the student needs on a well, what ben is a very important town about a 170 kilometers, se of the car, to whom it is strategically located. and it is the capital of one of the page and so down. so again, it's a very important victory for the so down to armed forces, just as it was an important victory more than a year ago for the rapids support forces. and this is one of several recent victories for the should it down armed forces. and i think it in both as well. at least not really a short term for these uh, the armed forces. and in recent bonds, the iris of has suffered multiple blows on the battlefield, but it's still controls the floor and much of west and see dad. how does that bode for the

university of kent in the united kingdom and. erick langer of georgetown university in washington, d.c. so first let me introduce natalia. natalia will give us an overview of the battle of ayacucho. why exactly 200 years ago today was such a seminal moment for the history of. the entire continent. then give a more personal. my testimony will, if you will, of my own family's in the battle of ayacucho. it was that family history actually prompted me and ultimately led me to write a biography of simon bolivar, who was the liberator who led peru to independence. and finally, spain's. hold on south america last on the program is erick langer, a distinguished professor of latin american history whose work recently has focused predominantly on one specific soldiers. marvelous, marvelous story. an officer in the irish legion of bolivar's army, francis o'connor. the history bolivar of bolivia, a country that cru was created soon after the battle of ayacucho. so first to introduce natalia who will speak first? natalia so to reappear there was recently a professor of latin american history at the university of kent, as i mentioned,

of the yen. alta 0 for insights, story. the one that's bringing, i guess in washington dc, is nadia brown. a professor of government at georgetown university, specializing an identity politics and legislative studies in brussels as james moran and the call list and for you and best of that. and also in washington dc, is we in a shop political strategist and form of republican presidential campaign senior advisor. a very welcome to all of you. i'd like to start with the 1st quick answer from all of you on what a force of trends in no goal address. rena, i'll stop with you in washington dc. i found it very jarring to see that kind of speech take place from the capital roads. honda, a very much a campaign styles beach with a fully surprising but it was striking in so many ways that he clearly seemed to have the strength within his veins coming in as our oldest president. it's really one of those moments where you have to wonder what's next to because the one was just so action packed in that speech held so much in it a lot to wrap our minds around. and so again, my biggest take away was just how jarring that speech in the capital rotunda was

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stephen costello from the institute for korean studies at george washington university. in the us — millions ofrm sweeps the country. some communities could experience the heaviest snowfall and coldest temperatures in more than a decade. a state of emergency has been declared in six states — west virginia, kentucky, virginia, kansas, arkansas and missouri. in kansas, the usual average low temperature at this time of year is minus 6 degrees celsius, now it's expected to fall to minus 29 degrees. in kentucky, the average low is minus 3 degrees, but it's expected to be as low as minus 16. these are pictures from missouri — one of the states under an emergency. snow, ice and plunging temperatures have affected the roads while air travel has also been hit. more than 5,000 flights across the us have been cancelled so far, that's according to flight tracking website flightawa re. the mayor of kansas city, missouri's largest, says special operations will be in place over the next few days to address the harsh conditions. the cold weather is as much of a challenge as the snow and ice is as well. you get

. >> shortly after that, they did a big symposium on the university of minnesota ran it with george washingtond he did a dinner conversation with walter mondale moderated by dick mo, his chief of staff. you couldn't believe this man had any kind of an illment. he was funny. he was articulate. he knew everything. two years ago, i was at the ebenezer baptist church and saw his grandson jason, who believed at that point he had weeks to go and he lasted two more years plus. he's been in hospice for more than a year, i believe. really just remarkable physically as well as emotionally. >> james, jimmy carter -- we're watching this motorcade. at some point it may go out of our shot. but this is what we've got. we have seen the family. there are emergency vehicles there as well, which would be typical of this situation. and of course, a great deal of security and current secret service. james, jimmy carter won the presidency during a remarkably tumultuous time, post-vietnam, post watergate. he had the energy crisis. he was the first president to put a solar panel on the white house. and then he got in

university of phoenix. >> protesters areth gearing here in washington ahead of president-elect trump inauguration monday. trump will return to the washington, d.c. area later today where he will attend a reception and firework show tonight at has golf club in northern virginia. welcome to fox news live i'm griff jenkins it is another busy news hour jackie. >> i'm jackie heinrich. >> this will reportedly include ice raids in many sanctuary cities alexandria huff is outside trump national golf club in sterling, virginia with more for us. hi alexandria. reporter: hi jackie good to be with you we've seen over the past few days all of this work that gritty work to prepare for a transition happen. but the pageantry it will kick off funnelly from here, about 30 miles outside of d.c. later this evening with this posted reception and fireworks display but talking about some of that work even down in palm beach yesterday, the president-elect hosted new york city mayor eric adams he also had a call with chinese president xi jinping stated on that call we discuss fentanyl and president and i will make the world more

let's bring in our -- legal panel to break it down george washington university of law jonathan turleypal attorney general welcome. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> shannon: let's start here we've got these operations going on immigration and deportation in the country and a number of cities and states are saying we are not going to cooperate. several state attorneys general say the u.s. constitution prevents enforcing federal laws. how do you see this play? is there a common during or don't resist or block our federal efforts? who is in the right? >> let's see it's certainly true under our constitution the federal government cannot commandeer or conscript state officials into serving state policies but at the same time state officials for its federal immigration policy including law enforcement. you can have a universe in which the federal government is attempting to enforce the laws of the united states including the immigration laws. you have state or local officials taking every step to undermine the activity to through our federal policy and prevent effective invitation of federal law.

will sign some in front of the crowd at capital one arena, which has become the center of the universe here in washington. most powerful arena because it will be the host to the parade later and the review of the bands, etc. i think you will see a lot of this action play out today but really in the coming days and then he meets with house and senate leadership, the republicans tomorrow at the white house. kind of laying out a blueprint for what that legislative action goes to and that will take months. >> i think this is an incredibly transformational moment. i don't think all new administrations can take claim to the idea of major transformation. i think this one will. i think the president sees or believes that was his mandate from the voters last november 5th and i think you will hear a lot of talk in the inaugural speech and later at capital one and so forth, he wants unity, he wants a new era of success in america. you said earlier the potential for a golden era. we'll see how that works out but i think the reality is this is really a tremendous changing of the guard, a tremendous changing of the ad

were out there because, you know, there we are in washington at george washington university, and they've got, you know, the statue of george washington draped for days with the flags of terrorists. and so kudos to north carolina. best of america going on here. way to go. let me close with a couple final thoughts. the it's been many times but that 2024 election that's coming up in november. it may very well be the most important election in your lifetime. the most important election in your kids lifetime and the most important election year. your grandkids lifetime. president trump is remarkable individual. he's running full steam ahead. presidential campaign while being attacked by a two tiered justice system. i had a chance to be with him in court a week ago tuesday and to see the strength of what he goes through and to see the unfairness of that system, you know, sit there for five weeks when they haven't even been clear about was there actually even they can't even articulate what a crime may or may have been? it's just the whole thing is absurd to me as a businessperson. and then what happened that night? well,

university chapel. they removed portraits of george washington and robert e lee that had hung in the chapel over a century. they historic plaques of lee, not just from the chapel, from all over campus. they even built a wall to hide the recumbent statue at the back of the chapel. they literally whitewashed the place and they canceled founder's day, which for decade had had celebrated. our founders washington and robert e lee, and they removed images of george washington and robert lee from diplomas. and then finally, adding insult to injury, they removed plaques marking the stall and the final resting place of. lee's beloved horse traveler. those have since been replaced, thanks in part to pressure alumni brought to bear. so lee was effectively canceled by the university that he saved the faculty, the administration, the board they acted as if they were embarrassed by or ashamed of their affiliation with lee. i've never felt the need. apologize for lee, but i do recognize a very real need need given the gross misrepresentations about lee, a very real need. explain lee to tell story, to tell the truth abou

in washington, d.c., george washington university, they've got the statue of george washington draped for days with the flags of terrorists. so kudos to north carolina, best of america going on here. way to go. let me close with a couple final thoughts. it's been said many times but that 2024 election coming up in november, it may very well be the most important election in your lifetime, most important election in your kids' lifetime and most important election in your grandkid's lifetime. president trump is remarkable. he is running full steam ahead, presidential campaign, while being attacked by a two tiered justice system. i had a chance to be with him in court a week ago. to see the strength of what he goes through and the unfairness of that system, sit there for five weeks when they weren't clear about was there actually even -- they can't articulate what a crime may or may not have been. the whole thing is absurd to me as a businessperson. what happened that night? he has got a phone call to a world leader. he had a meeting in person with the prime minister of australia. he doe

2017 hearing we fast forward a year later to senator rubio sadown at georgetown university in washington dco discuss the role of bipartisanship in the u.s. senate and in policymaking more broadly. good evening.. on behalf of georgetown university institute of politics and public service of the school of public policy, welcome to the gu politics for. my name is martin swede i'm the director of the gu politics form. the form is our home for invited speaker series. some of you have already heard former white house press secretary sean spicer for congressman ted deutch, welcome back. to those of you who are new to the forum, welcome aboard. we been expecting you. we hope you all will come back later this semester to hear senator mark warner, congressman joe kennedy, major garrett, mayor pete, congressman joaquin castro and many others are gu politics form exists so we can help connect you to georgetown community with our nation's top political knives and public servants. at georgetown university we are committed to providing free speech and expression. that fosters the exchange of ideas and opinions. especially tho

university of berry. thanks. let's bring and share what times you know, who's in washington dc. uh, so she has of course a, this was pretty much the by proposal the sci fi bill, pretty much the bud proposal back in may. but it seems that needed the incoming administration to give it shoulder to shopping over the line. right. but the by didn't ministration actually breton, a good one of the key negotiators for by the just given and ends with the us media, which i'll go over a 2nd. but that existing. no, no, no, no, this is all part of the plan that brilliant regional plan, the round the clock diplomacy. yeah, that's the reason why and you know, there are other funds that you know, it's just, it's rather i've seen it does. if we kind of will see the documentary evidence and the testability from israel, from the media just from the documents that are being linked to the press, that's not only was the by just ministration, preventing the yeah, wonderful. well, not couple applying pressure on as well, but was extractive in some cases preventing the video from getting through more of t

washington university. thank you forjoining us. we have been looking at pictures this evening ofto go back to their communities in northern gaza. the idea of permanent or temporary relocation is usually provocative —— provocative there from president trump. indeed and it shows how ignorant he is of the conflict especially for palestinians whose whole stories refugee hood. so even at a practical level, i have friends here in the us, gazans in the us that and i want to move back to gaza. so clearly he does not have an understanding of what the land needs to palestinians. as the reporter said, he thinks of it as real estate, he does not think of how someone could be attached to a land because of its history. we be attached to a land because of its history.— of its history. we have gotten use to president _ of its history. we have gotten use to president trump - of its history. we have gotten use to president trump and l of its history. we have gotten. use to president trump and his previous term saying things off of the cuff, you say he may not be serious and has not bought theirs t

of topics we got through. next on washington journal, the university of north texas at dallas political science professor orlando perez will discuss the history of the panama canal. we will be right back. ♪ >> american history tv, saturdays on c-span2. exploring the people and events that tell the american story. this weekend at 4:45 p.m. eastern, house speaker mike johnson commemorates the marqeta lafayette's adjuster congress on december 10, 1824. historian elizabeth reese towards the sites in alexandria, virginia, that the marquis visited during his return to america. at 7:00 p.m. eastern, lead up to inauguration day. american history tv looks back at famous speeches. this weekend, speeches by john kennedy in 1961, lyndon johnson in 19 625, and richard nixon in 1969. 9:30 p.m. eastern on the presidency, "mr. churchill in the white house," shares that the british prime minister was more than a houseguest during his lengthy visits to the white house during the presidencies of franklin roosevelt and dwight eisenhower. the author draws on letters, diaries, documents and memoirs to tell the story of winston church

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of its goals. ♪ >> this is the "pbs news hour" from the david m rubenstein studio at weta in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityand instagram's parent company, meta, announced today it's ending third-party fact-checking on its platforms, calling the decision a return to a -- quote -- "fundamental commitment to free expression.” meta's fact-checking program was rolled out in the wake of the 2016 election. ceo mark zuckerberg said today the rules had become too restrictive and prone to overenforcement. mark zuckerberg, ceo, meta: we built a lot of complex systems to moderate content. but the problem with complex systems is, they make mistakes. even if they accidentally censor just 1% of posts, that's millions of people. and we have reached a point where it's just too many mistakes and too much censorship. the recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech. so we're going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies, and restoring free expression our platforms. geoff: to discuss the implications of this shift, we're joined now by

youngest people ever to be elected in the state of south carolina to congress, is a graduate of george washington university where he has a degree in international affairs and political science. he has a masters in intellectual studies and a law degree as well from the university of south carolina. he has a masters from n.y.u. in cybersecurity strategy. he was in the south carolina state legislature before he was in congress, and a captain now in the air national guard. so i would like on behalf of all of the former members of congress here to bestow upon the two of them the distinguished service award for the terrific work that they've done on behalf of the united states congress. [applause] l.f.: so derek on behalf of the former members of congress we have the distinguished service award and also have the book that you were just hearing fergus talk about, his book that he has inscribed for you for this occasion. and so thank you. >> it's in there somewhere. l.f.: thank you for all the work you're doing on behalf of congress. derek: thank you. you want me to say a few words. he asked me to say a few words.

rubenstein studio at weta in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityas part of his executive orders issued yesterday, president trump also delivered on the campaign promise to withdraw the united states from the world health organization. the white house accuses the who of mishandling the covid-19 pandemic, biased towards china, and says the u.s. is forced to pay more than its fair share to support the international organization. for more on the potential implications of this, we're joined by a law professor and director of the world health organization collaborating center at georgetown university. lawrence, welcome back. thanks for being with us. in a washington post op-ed today, you said leaving the who would be what you called a great mistake that would hurt americans. how so? what is the potential harm here? >> thank you for having me. i believe this is a truly historic decision, the united states really formed the world health organization in 1948 and has been its most influential and greatest funder for 75 years. this is going to make america de

stalwart friend" of the united states, adding that washington would stand with canada as it picks a new leader. we arejoined by we are joined by richard johnson, political scientist at the universityank you forjoining me. what you think the key thing is we should understand about mr trudeau decision to resign? i about mr trudeau decision to resin? ., �* resign? i wouldn't say it was inevitable — resign? i wouldn't say it was inevitable until _ resign? i wouldn't say it was inevitable until three - resign? i wouldn't say it was inevitable until three weeks| inevitable until three weeks ago. to a certain extent he is ago. to a certain extent he is a scapegoat to a larger set of problems. the party was haltingly moving towards trying to get him out but there was no mechanism to doing it automatically. the problems that are ascribed to him after the most part global problems. inflation, which is not rapid, it is going down as it is in most other places and more rapidly here than in the us. we have an affordability crisis in housing, homelessness crisis on the streets, but the truth of the streets, but the truth of the matter is most of the indicators of the quality of life in this cou

university of phoenix. >> protesters areth gearing here in washington ahead of president-elect trump inauguration monday.oday where he will attend a reception and firework show tonight at has golf club in northern virginia. welcome to fox news live i'm griff jenkins it is another busy news hour jackie. >> i'm jackie heinrich. >> this will reportedly include ice raids in many sanctuary cities alexandria huff is outside trump national golf club in sterling, virginia with more for us. hi

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maria: the washington post is reporting this, the story president-elect aids are looking at universal a import duties but only on certain sectors among big moves ofsidency, the washington post reports the tariff plan would apply to every country of only critical imports, three people told the post iq shift from the 24 campaign is just focusing on the certain sectors, your thoughts? >> i think what he is doing is prioritizing areas that he believes that we cannot competitive in and also be able to give the business to u.s. companies and i think that makes sense. it's a matter of drawing the line insane and we will not overpay into business with people not respect. maria: breaking news on the new pond steel in u.s. steel deal they will file a joint lawsuit against the u.s. government. lydia hu is on the story. >> good morning maria breaking moments ago nippon steel in u.s. steel announcing they are filing a pair of lawsuits against president joe biden and the committee as well as u.s. steel competitor cleveland cliffs ceo in the president of the major labor union united steelworkers aiming to get a new cts review process under the trump administrat

university of pennsylvania. he was a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute in washington. it was also a professor at columbia university, worked at the federal reserve board of governors, and served as economic adviser to three present for candidates, george w. bush -- presidential candidates, george w. bush, john mccain and mitt romney. now for the ground rules. we are on the record here so please no live blogging or tweeting. in short, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway. there's no embargo when the session ends at 9:30. we will email pictures from this breakfast to all the reporters here as soon as the session ends. as you know, as many of you know, i think some of you are first timers, but as most of you know, if you would like to ask a question, send me a signal and i will call on as many of you as time permits. now, chairman hassett, if you would like to make brief opening remarks, the floors you. dr. hassett: thank you. what an honor it is to be at this very well-known breakfast. i am not sure how long it has been a washington institution -- 52 year

we learned in the campaign there's a whole universe of americans who do not subscribe to the washingtonoing to present that to because we want that audience. they may come in, we're going to have cooking shows, we're going to have pets. we're going to have film reviews. >> they may come for that and stay for some democracy. and that's what we want. >> we have to meet people where they are and invite them into the democracy party. >> so in your video announcement today, everybody should watch. you talked about how democracy and defense of it and jen just talked about is core at that the core of what you want to talk about in the election? it's such an important issue. democracy fighting fascism, fascism. but in the election, the voters decided that cost of living, that other issues were more important to them. that doesn't mean that's necessarily how it should be. but how do you expand the scope of people who care about democracy and the threat of fascism, as jen just said, is it bringing them in with cooking shows and hopefully they'll read the democracy post? >> we have some of the bes

rubinstein video in weta in washington and from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityresident-elect donald trump was sentenced today in new york city months after a new york jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts false fight business documents to cover up an extramarital affair. but the judge granted him an u unconditional discharge a sentence that afirms he is a convicted felon but faces no further penalties, fines or any time in jail. our reporter was in court and joins us now. so william, tell us a little bit more about this unconditional discharge. how did the judge explain his rationale for what some are call ago lenient sentence? william: on one hand this wasn't a surprise. the judge had telegraphed this in a memo earlier. but this is a relatively rare situation to have a defendant convicted of 34 felony conviction an face no jail time, no penalties, no fines, no probation. merchand described that on one hand this was a trial that was >> ordinary. it unfolded in an ordinary way. jury was selected. judges -- the lawyers gave their arguments. witnesses were hear