Thanksgiving week, it sort of looks like a vacation week if you squint at it, but but because the holiday doesnt come until thursday by definition, the first few days of thanksgiving week historically speaking, these are often a time when a whole bunch of news kind of gets crammed in all at once, whether its because the news gods also want thursday off or its because people are just trying to clear their inboxes before they go away or have some time for the holiday. The beginning of thanksgiving week is often a little busy, and a lot of stuff tends to happen, all kind november a crunch. So it is good that you are here tonight. There is lots to get to. In california tonight, there are grave worries about the death toll attributed to the states absolutely unprecedented wildfires. The death toll officially stands at 80 for the California Wildfires tonight. Most of those deaths occurring in butte county in the northern part of the state where the camp fire has been burning. And while that
Pep rally that clocked in at more than two hours. The longest speech of his tenure so far. Trump berated the media, who he continued to label fake news. His former attorney general Jeff Sessions who he mocked in a fake southern accent, no less. And other targets for whom he rolled out a little bit of profanity. We had the greatest of all time. Now we have people that lost. And unfortunately you put the wrong people in a couple of positions and they leave people for a long time that shouldnt be there. All of the sudden they are trying to take you out with bullshit, okay . But trump stopped short of mentioning by name the man who caused him the most trouble this week. His former personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen. Maybe because cohens bombshell testimony triggered more house inquiries to come which could potentially reach the man who knows whats in the books. Trump organization chief Financial Officer Alan Weisselberg as well as trumps long Time Assistant rona graph and maybe his
Tonight. So far the white house has had no response to that federal judges ruling today. Also today in that botched election in North Carolina that has resulted in there being no member of congress seated from that district, we now know how we are going to get somebody seated from that district. The state elections board today unanimously ordered that a new election must be run there from scratch. Also today, lawyers for the president s longtime adviser roger stone put mr. Stone on the stand to explain why he put a picture online this week targeting the federal judge who was overseeing his case. That judge did not jail roger stone today, which she might have done. She did issue a strict gag order and she warned that if stone breaks the gag order by speaking publicly about his case in any way he will go to jail ahead of his trial. The judge told him today specifically, quote, i will find it necessary to adjust your environment. So its been a very busy, busy news day. And of course the w