day. the water that is provided through the prison is brown and the food that she is given his very highly microwaved and basically inedible. like epstein, ghislaine maxwell had many rich and famous friends. her life wasn t without drama. she s the daughter of the disgraced media mogul robert maxwell, who died in 1991. here s biographer nigel cawthorne. she had a very tough upbringing under she had a very tough upbringing under him. her birth coincided with the death under him. her birth coincided with the death of his oldest son stop she was the the death of his oldest son stop she was the youngest in the family. he was the youngest in the family. he was hoping would have been able to take over was hoping would have been able to take over his media empire from him, he had take over his media empire from him, he had been take over his media empire from him, he had been in a terrible car accident he had been in a terrible car accident and been five years in a coma, accident
are still trying to get their messages out to supporters. elizabeth warren tweeted a thanksgiving story and says she s thankful for her family and the grassroots family beside her. joe biden said he s thankful for the troops and reminded voters that his campaign is about restoring the soul of america by recognizing our differences are precious our similarities infinite. pete buttigieg says today i m especially thankful for the sacrifices of those in uniform, protects us abroad so we may celebrate at home but the day wasn t without drama. buttigieg is facing blow back over recent comments in which he unfairly compared his experience as a gay man to the plight of black americans. while i do not have the experience of having been discriminated against because of the color of my skin, i do have the experience of sometimes feeling like a stranger in my own country. one councilman and his own
lot of people wouldn t see what happens in a congressional race. we ve seen what happens in presidential races but to be able to see how much money is involved, how much gerrymandering affects things how much marketing there s so much, it s like watching sausage made and a lot of people don t cake for that. i learned as i went. i learned a lot. and i think, you know one of his arguments was to make sure people see how it works and that we ran a very good campaign. this wasn t without drama. what happened along the way here. yes. riveting. during the primary that was obviously a lot of drama in that clay s opponent died quite tragically just a few days after the primary election and clay had won the election by a few hundred votes but it was it was a little up in the air for a while. watching this would you do it again? would you want to run for office again? i haven t seen it yet. it s not off the table. i don t think it s something i m going to do right now. one of the
and dragged her back in the 80s. those are some of our top stories on this friday, december 12th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. we begin this year s final battle over funding the federal government. it took a step towards completion last night on capitol hill. just enough members of the house supported a massive spending bill sending it along to the senate. abc s karen travers reports. even though it was passed, plenty of representatives didn t like it. reporter: it wouldn t be the holiday season if congress didn t face a major deadline. with little time to spare, the house passed a $1.1 trillion bill to fund the government. averting a shutdown. house speaker john boehner promised to get it done but it wasn t without drama and controversy. remember, this bill was put together in a bicameral, bipartisan way. there s no members should have objections to it. reporter: there was something