good morning, everyone. happy new year! and welcome to this special edition of cnn this morning. s this sunday, january 1st, 2023. i got to say it first, boris. i m amara walker. 2023. isn t that crazy, amarah. where does the time go? yeah. thank you so much for joining us on this new year s day. i m boris sanchez. we hope your new year is off to a fantastic start. is it, amara? it s too early to say, but i ll tell you this, i do not set new year s resolutions, because i just disappoint myself. i take it literally day by day. let s survive today, january 1st, and see what the next day brings. i am fully with that sentiment. here s what s ahead for you this hour on cnn this morning. the new year comes with new rules when it comes to filing your taxes. why that could mean a larger paycheck this year. plus, if you ve been to the store lately, there s a good chance that there s an unexpected item in the bagging area. sound familiar? coming up, we ll talk about those
coworker, politics did not come up, we were too busy investigating and prosecuting real crime, we knew then that politics ruins whatever it touches. religion, education, sports, and our justice system. now we are trying to reconcile competing realities, prosecutors like to ask question, who, what, where, when and how. and the evidence. what does the law say. we focus on the law because we re a nation of laws. no one is above the law. but no one is beneath it either. fairness, impartiality, equality should mean something, the best way to prove their meaning is by applying them equal to friend and foe, lead justice is blindfolded for a reason. the competing reality we confront is the past 6 years of watching the department of justice and fbi, they are seen as extensions. the political parties now, we were jim comey s press of conference. we remember the fbi agent who desmirched a republican presidential candidate, yet put in charge of investigating that same candidate. we remem
coworker, politics did not come up, we were too busy investigating and prosecuting real crime, we knew then that politics ruins whatever it touches. religion, education, sports, and our justice system. now we are trying to reconcile competing realities, prosecutors like to ask question, who, what, where, when and how. and the evidence. what does the law say. we focus on the law because we re a nation of laws. no one is above the law. but no one is beneath it either. fairness, impartiality, equality should mean something, the best way to prove their meaning is by applying them equal to friend and foe, lead justice is blindfolded for a reason. the competing reality we confront is the past 6 years of watching the department of justice and fbi, they are seen as extensions. the political parties now, we were jim comey s press of conference. we remember the fbi agent who desmirched a republican presidential candidate, yet put in charge of investigating that same candidate. we remem
come up, we were too busy investigating and prosecuting real crime, we knew then that politics ruins whatever it touches. religion, education, sports, and our justice system. now we are trying to reconcile competing realities, prosecutors like to ask question, who, what, where, when and how. and the evidence. what does the law say. we focus on the law because we re a nation of laws. no one is above the law. but no one is beneath it either. fairness, impartiality, equality should mean something, the best way to prove their meaning is by applying them equal to friend and foe, lead justice is blindfolded for a reason. the competing reality we confront is the past 6 years of watching the department of justice and fbi, they are seen as extensions. the political parties now, we were jim comey s press of conference. we remember the fbi agent who desmirched a republican presidential candidate, yet put in charge of investigating that same candidate. we remember that agent said he coul
the studio. thank you for jumping into the chair like the true professional that you are. we have a lot of serious news to get to. start with this. we know the gang member accused of murdering two california cops this week should have been behind bars. that deceased suspect was a freeman thankeds to george gascon s soft on crime policy. he had a previous strike conviction and was only sentenced to probation for felon in possession of firearm charge. ashley: if flores would have been prosecuted in february of 2021, he may have been sentenced for up to three years in prison. george gascon s office is standing by the light sentencing, his office saying the sentence he received in the firearm case was consistent for this type of offense. given his criminal history at the time the court sentenced him, mr. flores did not have a documented history of violence. george gascon office lost a top aid and the group working to recall him said they reached 650,000 signature to trigger a r