Insurmountable. And stealing money for his mothers nursing home care and misusing city owned vehicles and using his election money for personal use. The 28 other counts were dismissed but had admit to the whole kit and caboodle line by line. What he wanted to do most was get closure for his family and himself and the city. Its unfortunate that we have to gather and disruption corruption like this in the city of philadelphia. Seth williams took a deal prosecutors offered him before the trial opened. If he had been convicted on all the charges he was facing his term could have been 20 years and now it looks like he will get five. Judge paul diamond says he could not trust williams to stick around and they handcuffed him and ordered him to stay in jail, locked up until the sentencing date. The view from the jury box never having chance to deliver a verdict. I think i was more on the guilty side and a lot of the evidence we were presented so far was not so great for mr. Williams. Jim, at t
It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 8 00pm in the evening in washington, where in eight days donald trump will become president of the United States. Mr trump seems to be at odds with some of his key cabinet nominees. His choice for new head of the cia, mike pompeo, on the left, strongly endorsed the work of the Us Intelligence community, hours after it was criticised by the President Elect. And generaljames mattis, on the right, nominated for defence secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato, in contrast to mr trumps wish for much closer ties with president putin. 0ur Correspondent Nick Bryant reports from washington. A week before inauguration day, it is usually an air of expectancy that youll find on capitol hill, where the stage is being set foertrump to take the oath of office. But the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the President Elect which would make him sus
It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 8 00pm in the evening in washington, where in eight days donald trump will become president of the United States. Mr trump seems to be at odds with some of his key cabinet nominees. His choice for new head of the cia, mike pompeo, on the left, strongly endorsed the work of the Us Intelligence community, hours after it was criticised by the President Elect. And generaljames mattis, on the right, nominated for defence secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato, in contrast to mr trumps wish for much closer ties with president putin. 0ur Correspondent Nick Bryant reports from washington. A week before inauguration day, it is usually an air of expectancy that youll find on capitol hill, where the stage is being set foertrump to take the oath of office. But the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the President Elect which would make him sus
They will meet later today. They will hold a joint News Conference this afternoon and tomorrow the president reportedly will speak with russias president Vladimir Putin. A warning for the next time you pick up your phone. They authorized charges on your credit card. Along with starbucks. Both reporting last night the report dash mac results results that were disappointing investors. Check the markets right now. Theyre searching for direction this morning after another record high yesterday. Its up just a fraction. And same same with the nasdaq composite. Fractional moves here to tell you about. In Europe Markets are mixed. In asia overnight mix performances as well. Take a look at the shanghai composite. And ek average was up a third of a . The 50th anniversary of the apollo one fire. Nasa is opening a new exhibit to monitor the crew. In joining me to talk about it is my team. Happy friday. Its always a great morning with talk about that. This week has been no shortage of things to tal
Well look ahead to super bowl 51 and the growing popularity of america football, here in the uk hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. We also want to hear from you this morning if youve had trouble getting hold of fresh vegetables. Poor Growing Conditions in europe are causing a shortage and tesco has started to ration Iceberg Lettuces. To stop Smaller Stores buying from them in bulk. Well have the details on this and find out if its going to get worse. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today theresa may has arrived in malta for an informal one day summit of eu leaders. Shell brief European Union leaders on her meeting with donald trump, and is expected to stress that she wants a positive and constructive relationship with the eu after brexit. Kevin connolly reports. The cannons will welcome the eu leaders to their fi