in some ways. well, thank you. that s what i was aiming for. well done, my friend, thank you. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. so anything much going on in the news? enjoying these sleepy summer days without much happening? aghh. all right. we have a bunch of stuff to coffer tonight. first, the former president of the united states is going to be sentenced for 34 felony convictions next week on thursday. the prosecutors who brought that case and who prosecuted in court that case against donald trump, they were due today to make their sentencing recommendation to the judge. in a new york state case like this, it s not the jury that convicted trump that will decide what his sentence is. it s the judge who oversaw the case. it s juan juan merchan who will sentence trump. the maximum sentence under law that trump could face is four years in prison. it s very possible, however, that he might not get any prison time at all. for he does get a sentence of con