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the government and for manafort to keep things moving along. they did. that is the same judge that challenged the special counsel s office and accused them of just trying to use charges of financial crimes to squeeze manafort in giving them information that they could use against president trump. the trial proceeded anyway and the former trump campaign manager that was a wakened by an fbi agent performing a no-knock raid is being confronted with evidence that he hit $60 million from the irs which he received consulting ukrainian politicians. the charges are for falsifying income tax returns, bank fraud and failing to file reports. if convicted, manafort could face 305 years in jail. there s sentencing guidelines for federal cases like that that would suggest that the judge would probably give him something less than that, shep. shepard: what is the next step in this trial, peter? any minute, shep, we expec
How to host a lockdown Burns Supper, from haggis to whisky
Bruichladdich x FarmisonFarmison & Co Burns Night Celebration Box
Monday marks what may be the most pared back Burns Night in living memory. While on a normal year swathes of the country head to special dinners to celebrate the life of the Scottish bard, this year we’ll all be stuck in the house watching reruns of Jools Holland.
Still, there are a few ways you can mark the occasion and remain Covid-safe: here are a few of our favourites.
Hide at Home Burns Special
For Burns night Hide is offering two versions of the classic Rob Roy cocktail. In essence a Manhattan but made with Scotch instead of Bourbon, Hide is using Clynelish 14 year old single malt with Cocchi di Torino sweet vermouth and a dash of bitters.
California and that this is shaping up to be the most destructive fire season on record there. a pair of wild fires in the northern part of the state threatening 10,000 homes today. record-breaking heat has left the land very dry creating what firefighters are calling perfect wild fire conditions. more images this afternoon. it s towering flames. here a firefighter monitors a building to make sure that the flames don t spread. this is lake port, california, which is 80 miles or so north and west of sacramento. nearby, a home burns in the up to of findley. this is one of those air tankers dropping fire retardant. this is a picture of some destruction from a deadly fire in redding, california. more than 800 homes destroyed there. jeff paul is live in redding. jeff? yeah, shep. the fire in redding here, the carr fire continues to grow.
several parties are asking for an immediate stay so that it won t gone into effect while these cases are pending. jon: let s talk republican politics. two frontrunners duke it out in iowa. how do veet voters feel about donald trump and ben carson? a home burns to the ground after a fiery explosion. it rocked an entire neighborhood. we noticed the front door and the windows had been blown out.
In tennessee a home burns to the brown as firefighters watched and did absolutely nothing. they were on the scene with their trucks and the water. the fight that land an entire town in kelly s court. 10 minutes away. we just hadn t gone the around to paying it yet. if they waived it one year why year?