Withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account, which i have kept for emergencies and the history of my family Facing Confiscation in cuba. He did address these on your screen, the gold bars, the stash of gold bars. He did address the gift of the mercedesbenz convertible. And of course, he is absolutely innocent until Proven Guilty in a court of law. And he is not the first lawmakers to even face corruption allegations. In a moment, im going to talk to former illinois democratic governor ron blagojevich. He served eight years of 14 year sentence for a pay for play crimes. Plus, as you, know we are on the brink yet again of a shutdown of the federal government as of 11 59 pm this saturday. And as a pretty stark choice to make, will he save his job or the government, is that really the Rock And A Hard Place were at right now . Well, right hardliners are threatening just that. And now, while, donald trump. And everyone, she also spoke and broke the internet over t
. good day to you. if you re watching in united states. or wherever in the world. you re most welcome. cnn s coverage as we continue to cover the israel at war. i m richard quest live. it is 9:00 on sunday morning in gaza. and in the next hour, we ll see just how much damage the idf did overnight. we ll receive reports on possible casualties. near total communications blackout gun to ease. before we get too much more detail. look at the scene overnight. israel says it s being hitting hamas targets and that includes tunnels and underground combat spaces. the idf said it s aware of 230 hostages and urging people to head south as it expands operations inside gaza. all of this as hundreds of thousands of israeli forces prepare for an expected incursion in response to the massacre of october 7th. the idf said it s aware of 230 hostages hamas is holding but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said this on saturday. our heroic fighters one supreme goal to destroy the murde
under control, then 175,000 marijuana convictions race, one of the most sweeping pardons ever new reporting on who would impacts this morning j.d. out? i m john berman was sarah cider in this is cnn news central happening now and wildfire north of los angeles has consumed nearly 15,000 acres so far and is forced 1,200 people to evacuate and it is on the move, the post fire as it s called, is spreading due to ferocious high winds and dry conditions. and it lasts reported was barely contained at all. seen as camila bernal is live near gorman, california, camilla was the latest from where you are? hey, john. so the wind has died down a bit. you still see it in my hair, but not as dramatic as it was just a couple of hours ago. so this could be helpful for firefighters who are up against this. you know, just massive, massive fire at the moment. we know there are crews it s both on the ground and in the air. what we were told from firefighters is that the goal right now is to cre
it is good to be back with you, on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, breaking news. the jury in hunter biden s trial was just dismissed for the weekend after emotional testimony from hunter s daughter. what we know as our team on the ground tries to get answers. and the chilling new video of the moments before a woman unleashed hell on a mother and her 3-year-old toddler. the new details of what led up to that horrific attack. also, donald trump s latest target, well, in his words, the unselect members of the january 6th committee, why the former president is now calling for them to be indicted. plus, boos and the walkout, the negative greeting from some lawmakers in the pennsylvania state house when officers who defended the capitol during the insurrection walked in. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we begin with nbc s ken dilanian who s outside the courthouse in wilmington where the hunter biden jury was
images in 2020, and he referred to the plea deal and everything around this as nonsense, something that should not have been on a legal record, and you might remember that this couple had previously been pardoned by the governor of missouri. and so effectively, it was as if they had not committed the crime previously. there was still legal paperwork, a paper trail tied to this case. with an expungement, the legal records are wiped away from the public eye, and i spoke with mark mccloskey about this earlier, asking him why he wanted to take that step, what the practical purpose of that was, because of course their story is well documented in the public record because of all of the coverage that that couple has received. they have also, you might remember, were involved at the republican national convention in 2020, speaking in support of president trump. they have been aligned with the republican party and with the right. and to this day, the couple continues to maintain that they did n