first-time drug offender. after a trip to the white house and some words of advocacy on twitter, trump commuted johnson s sentenced. she was freed from prison after serving 21 years. and kanye s bromance with the president flourished. the wild antics went on and on, leaving trump speechless. that was quite something. number four, aretha franklin dies. saying good-bye to a legend. she died at her home in detroit from pancreatic cancer in august. thousands of well wishers lined the streets to honor her life and career. and her famous fans were there
nonconsensual sex. investigations are under way in the u.s. and abroad. reporter: number five, kimye. kim and kanye dive into politics. kim s plea for president trump to commute the sentence for drug offender, alice johnson. thank you! reporter: after a trip to the white house and some words of advocacy on twitter, trump commuted johnson s sentence. she was freed from prison after serving 21 years. meanwhile, kanye s bromance with the president flourished. i love this guy right here. reporter: they have admired each other since 2014, but sealed the deal during a bizarre visit to discuss prison reform. the wild antics went on and on, leaving trump speechless. that was quite something. reporter: number four, aretha franklin dies. r-e-s-p-e-c-t reporter: saying goodbye to a legend. aretha franklin died from pancreatic cancer in august. in the wake of her death,
we can watch and wonder what he might be doing behind the scenes when it comes to the mueller investigation. but in public, he s going about his business as attorney general even as his approach to justice spews into view headline by headline. joining success paul butler, law professor at georgetown. it s great to have you here. great to be here, joy. we know we previously had an attorney general jeff sessions who had a very certain disposition towards drug crimes, towards legalization and sentencing. he wanted it to be as harsh as possible on the sentencing side. with whitaker, we have examples of him using his authority to make sentences harsher. in this case, miss woody, she was a non-violent drug offender. she didn t even touch the drugs in this case. all she did was drive the actual drug dealer around. when i was a prosecutor, we probably wouldn t have even wanted jail time in that case like this.
possible? is it even possible? in this case, miss woody, she was a non-violent drug offender. all she did was drive the actual drug dealer around. when i was a prosecutor, we probably wouldn t have even wanted jail time in a case like this. this is a mother of five, someone who is working for a drug dealer to support her own addiction. we would have tried to put her into a treatment program. whitaker, on the other hand, he did what unethical prosecutors do, he threw the book at her. he said, if you go to trial are and we win, you will be in jail for the rest of your life for this very minor role. you know, when prosecutors do that they throw the book at people to try to coerce them to plead guilty to a harsh sentence. so that they don t go to trial. they don t make prosecutors go through the trouble of going to trial. they re racking more like bullies than responsible law enforcement officers.
regarding immigration. do they like the national policies of keeping people safe? federal employees are at peril because the mayor and the police chief have a beef with donald trump over immigration. ainsley: are you fired up about this? let us know what you think at friends@foxnews.com. pete: what you do you do for a living? maybe we are not going to pick you up. steve: if you were watching late night television last night. jimmy kimmel had kim kardashian with him. ainsley: short hair. looks fantastic. we notice these things. steve: jimmy kimmel doesn t like the president. famously kim kardashian about a month or so ago brought to the president s attention the sentence of alice johnson. she was a first-time drug offender, nonviolent, serving life in prison. kim kardashian had heard about it on twitter. she told the president about it he commuted the sentence. she sat down last night with jimmy. he wanted her to say