Last week the independent federal Energy Regulatory commission, even one stuffed with trump appointees, rejected secretary perrys proposed power grid reliability rule to subsidize coal and nuclear plants. The ferc commissioners found that the commission failed to meet clear and legal requirements like that the result will be just and reasonable under the federal power act. As an aside here, the theory of the coal industry was that their units provide more reliability than renewables. Well, tell that to iowas electric grid operators who have baked iowas abundant wind energy not just into their flow but into their reliability modeling. Tell that to new englands i. S. O. Which has allowed renewables into its capacity auctions to be paid for meeting base Load Capacity requirements. And of course tell that to anyone who has had to deal with scheduled and unscheduled outages at coal plants. When i went on one of my climate visits to, in this case, tennessee, i heard about a coal plant that h
The most consequential one term president s this country has ever seen. President bush was neither especially popular nor appreciated when he left office. His stature has grown. When he entered the office, the soviet union was a place and the old soviet empire was cracking at the seams. Nobody knew how it might end. As his casket flew back to washington, a joint u. S. , russian and canadian crew arrived at the International Space station aboard a russian spacecraft, about as good a tribute as many to his time in office. President trump will be paying his respects. Well bring that live. He said this about the moment, it was as gentle a passing as i think you could expect anyone to have when he was ready. My next guest was also by the president s side. He joins us now. How long had you been a pastor to the family . About 11 1 2 years. Wow. These final days, i know you had a conversation with him. I think it was after thanksgiving. The sunday before thanksgiving we had a wonderful visit t
Wikileaks. We know that while the russians were trying to sway the u. S. Election, they were reaching out to key members of trumps family and key members of his campaign. According to the latest Court Documents, the russians offered trumps personal Attorney Michael Cohen political sin si a wealthy russian family offered donald junior dirt. He wrote in an email to trumps son quote this is obviously very high level and Sensitive Information but it is part of russia and its Government Support for mr. Trump. At no point that we know of at least did a Single Member of trumps family or his campaign alert anyone, not even the fbi about these contacts and offers of help. Instead, in some cases, we know they accepted the help. Trump junior famously responded to the offers of clinton dirt by emaili emailing, if its what you say i love it and set up a meeting at trump tower. Jared kushner was there and Paul Manafort and a russian government attorney who describes herself as an infor informant. Tr
Appreciated when he left office. His stature has grown. When he entered the office, the soviet union was a place and the old soviet empire was cracking at the seams. Nobody knew how it might end. As his casket flew back to washington, a joint u. S. , russian and canadian crew arrived at the International Space station aboard a russian spacecraft, about a tribute as good as any to his time in office. President trump will be paying his respects. Well bring that live. Right now i want to go to sun land serfaty. Can you walk us through the president s journey that started in texas this morning. I think we lost connection. Well try to reconnect with her in just a moment. Former secretary of state, james baker, who was with president bush at the end said this about the moment. It was as gentle a passing as i think you could ever expect anyone to have, and he was ready. My next guest along with family members was also by the president s side, the reverend dr. Russell levinson jr. He joins us
Federal facility . Where were the people whose job it is to keep inmates alive and safe and healthy enough to stand trial for the horrific crimes theyre accused of . Who failed . And who is responsible . A source says the two guards at that special housing unit were both working overtime and that one was working his fifth extra shift of the week. Cnns Polo Sandoval is outside that federal prison in new york city right now. Its the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower manhattan. And polo, what else are you hearing about epsteins time inside there, and what protocol should have been followed for someone like him . Ana, those questions are certainly going to be heavy on the minds of epsteins alleged victims here for many reasons. Based on this new reporting thats coming in to cnn, it now suggests that epstein was left alone in his cell. There are those procedures and policies that are in place that require an inmate thats been fresh out of suicide watch to have a cellmate in that cel