Hello and welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle the legal saga of Geoffrey Epstein has become a spectacle that is lucrative click bait for the media and of course the accusations against epstein are being used to entrap his Social Circle through guilt by association but what about justice this is on trial to. Talking predatory elites im joined by my guest brian joyce in chattanooga he is host of the brian joyce show in West Palm Beach we have dr jean allowed in she is a psychology expert as well as a trump 2020 Media Advisory board member and in athens we cross to Alex Christopher he is the director. And writer for the duran dot com all right jet gentlemen and lady jump in anytime you want thats the whole point of the program alex let me go to you im going to ask probably the broadest possible question you can about this whole saga what is this story about and why now alex. I dont think i can answer that question peter because were still finding out so busy
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Congress passed a twoweek funding bill ahead of the deadline. Later, we talked to a reporter about al frankens host good morning, it is friday december 8 are the headline, congress reels from resignations. Said on the floor yesterday that he would resign from his seat here it the house side, republican franks of arizona will also step down over allegations that he asked female subordinates to bear his child. ,epublican line guest 202 7481 ,emocrats line 202 7488000 and independents 202 7488002. Arizona line today for residents. 202 7488003 host many of you just listend to al franken on the floor yesterday. This is what he had to say that he came to noon eastern time. [video clip] statesing in the United Senate has been the great honor of my life. I know in my heart that nothing i have done as a senator, nothing has brought this honor on this institution. I am confident that the Ethics Committee would agree. Nevertheless, today i am announcing that in the coming weeks, i will be resigni
Not heavy, heavy rain but a little bit of nuisance across the mass New Hampshire border is going to slicken some of the roadways. Lower 70s on at that point for everybody this morning. We do have a little bit of fog. Mostly focused over the cape and islands. Nantucket visibility under mile and the worst that i have right now. Your hourbyhour forecast in boston are 70s to tart. A passing shower around 9 a. M. And this afternoon upper 80s. I will show you where we hit the 90s today coming up. Julie is time traffic starting things off north of the pike. Julie things looking good on route 193 south. No issue on 128. South of the pike expressway wide open. Seeing a lot of green on our maps and expect it to stay that way until 6 30. That is when things start to slow down. Your live drive times. 24 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. 9 minutes on the expressway. 18 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. Back to you. Investigation and suspended without pay.
Light patchy showers from shrewsbury to pine hurts this morning, northeastern massachusetts getting just really light and patchy stuff in ipswich and raleigh to city brooke and lawrence and salem, New Hampshire. Temperatures upper 70s. It is really muggy out there. This is very conducive to getting some fog. A lot of the up but still hanging on to a little bit in worcester where it is a touch cooler right now, still in the lower 70s, a little closer to dew point and fog thinning out for sure in cape and islands. Hourbyhour forecast 81 . And 1 00 p. M. 85, upper 80s, lower 90s this afternoon and mix of sun and clouds really for the second half of the day. We do dry out. The thing is the humidity is just going to be sky high, so warmer because of the humidity. Break down the weekend rain risk in a few. Julie back now with live drive time traffic. Julie things looking good on the roads. Lingering on 93 south and around route 16. Pike though moving along fine and expressway typically slow