and his family and his supporters around the world, as well as for press freedom advocates here in the united states who have been quite concerned about a judicial ruling that would endorse the us government s interpretation of the espionage act and its consistency with the first amendment. first amendment being the right to free speech, just to remind everybody. yes, that s exactly right. freedom of speech, freedom of the press and a handful of other freedoms as well. but those are the ones at issue here. on the other hand, this plea deal really does cast a long shadow over press freedom in the united states. it s not a formal precedent in the sense that a judicial ruling would have been, but it does, i think, set a practical precedent for the possibility of future prosecutions ofjournalists who engage in very similar activities to the activities thatjulian assange has pleaded guilty to. and by that, i m referring to the solicitation of information from sources, the actual r
at the knight first amendment institute at columbia university. i think this plea deal is significant in two respects. i mean, in the first instance, it must be an enormous relief, of course, forjulian assange and his family and his supporters around the world, as well as for press freedom advocates here in the united states who have been quite concerned about a judicial ruling that would endorse the us government s interpretation of the espionage act and its consistency with the first amendment. first amendment being the right to free speech, just to remind everybody. yes, that s exactly right. freedom of speech, freedom of the press and a handful of other freedoms as well. but those are the ones at issue here. on the other hand, this plea deal really does cast a long shadow over press freedom in the united states. it s not a formal precedent in the sense that a judicial ruling would have been, but it does, i think, set a practical precedent for the possibility of future pro
You know what . You are. Im like the good santa. Yeah, im a santa. You really are. You really are. So, this is the time of year where were going to each others houses, were going toto parties. I know ive seen videos of you and your friends around the piano singing. All right, thats true. Having a good, old time. Yesterday ooh somebody loves you, baby ooh oh, oh, oh somebody loves you, baby you know it is you know, its all about the heart, right . Its about the heart. Because everybody means something, no matter how high or how low, and you dont have to be on my level, your level is fine with me. Because some superstars, or whatever they call themselves, they look up like this and they look down on you. And youre not to make eye contact with some of those folks. You know, its crazy. Yeah, and youve never lived that life. I never could. If i did, i want somebody right. Okay. Come back, patti, come back. Come back, patti. No, i cant do it. I cant do that. And around and around no, no and
But this is directed by a gentleman named rian johnson, who directed films like looper as well as brick. Hes a phenomenal filmmaker. Now, the positives of this movie i love the cinematography. Its shot gorgeously. Every single frame is incredible. I love John Williams score. The performances in this movie are brilliant. Adam driver as kylo ren, the whole concept of the light and the dark side of that character is amazing. I love the new characters as well, played by kelly marie tran. Also laura dern has my favorite arc in this entire film. Now, on the negative side, i did not like the direction that Luke Skywalker was taken in this film. I thought he was unnecessarily comedic and very grumpy, and in my opinion, it felt like the director was making a mockery of the big scenes the fans were looking forward to, specifically the end of the force awakens, when we see rey handing that lightsaber to luke. We were wondering whats gonna happen in episode viii, and in my opinion, the version tha
And later, Redemption Song. Mariah carey returning to the times yeah stage last night. A second shot at ring in a new year and this time she nail it. Good day at 9a starts now. Why do i have to sit on the hump in the middle. Because im sitting on the hump here. We wanted to spread it out. I feel taller than wisdom. Here we go. Good day everybody. 9 01 on this monday, january 1st. What was that. I was trying to do a different voice. It didnt come out right. Welcome to america. Whats going on . Goodness. This is how were starting new year, everybody. Surprise first day of january, 2018. Are we saying 2018 or 2018. Whatever you want to call it. Im more 2018. Okay. We lets go with it. Its also National Hangover day. If you were out kicking it last night and drank too much. You probably sound like i am hung over. The only real cool for that post part headache is time. But there are ways to manage the pain and suffering. Well have those details coming up a little bit later. Okay. Let me tell