is this matt bevan being matt bevan or is this nuts even for matt bevan? >> well, there are about a dozen or so controversial pardons from the six dozen or so pardons he issued from the time he lost the election to the time he left office. for this one and a few others, he say that is the person convicted of the crime is innocent. he says he's poured through all the pages of documents. he's learned about the case and he believes that the jury was wrong. and in some cases he believes there was wrongdoing by the prosecutors or law enforcement in those cases. particularly the case in northern kentucky, he says the jury's wrong and there's no way this person committed this crime against a 9-year-old girl. >> it seems bevin doesn't have a lot of defenders on this. republicans in kentucky, including mitch mcconnell, the state senior senator have come out against some of these pardons. talk to me about what that means politically? >> well, it was really mitch mcconnell that kind of broke the tide and all of the republicans started coming out against it after he s

so now comes along the strange case of matt bevan. he's the former kentucky governor who also seems to have gone about his mass pardons and commutations in a way designed to produce the worst kind of discrediting of it project. after losing his re-election last month bevan spent his lame duck week pardoning more than 600 people. it made it controversial the lack of publicly stated rationale from the outgoing governor and one of the convicted murderers pardoned was the brother of a man who had helped a campaign fund-raiser for bevan. something that sparked the interest of the fbi. everything bevan has done to defend decisions has been frankly a pr disaster including this when he was asked during a radio interview about a child rapist whose sentence he pardoned. >> these girls both were examined medically, were examined physically. there was zero evidence, zero. both their hymens were intact, this is perhaps more specific than people would want, but trust me if you had been repeatedly violated as a small child by an adult, there are goi

they have reported that governor bevan in his last weeks of office was kind of on his own with a lot of these decisions. he had been investigating many of these pardon requests and governors across the country but certainly kentucky get requests throughout the terms and there's a bit of tradition in kentucky that a lot of these pardons end up getting issued before the end of the term and he had people close to him encouraging him not to issue some of those most controversial pardons we've heard of, and he ended up in his final days issuing some of those pardons which we now see are drawing a lot of outrage from prosecutors and citizens and people involved in those cases. >> again, just in terms of what's known and what's publicly available in terms of information here about his say connections to these cases, there's the fund-raiser we mentioned. are there any other connections that have been drawn just in terms of, again, how he might have been aware of some of this? >> sure. there's a case in which he pardoned an individual who's a young man on gun and drug convictions, and he happ

bevan for looking into this and all the people who actually dug into this and did their own investigation. hopefully you all could maybe look into that a little bit too. i am innocent. the pardon was never paid for b my family. comments and so kind to tell yo that. >> let's bring in trial attorne brad mcglynn to talk about this. >> baker had served two out of 19 years sentences, two years served and he gets off, what yo make of that? >> pardons come under a lot of scrutiny because regardless of the politics, there's always a lot of personal gain behind them . you look into one we saw bill clinton pardon his own brother. here we have a governor who los reelection returning almost 700 violent criminals to the street and people are wondering if tha was more motivated by spite and political gain. >> in this case, they say that the family had raised $21,000 for bevan's campaign in 2018. he ends up losing reelection, but you've got that young man who was accused in convicted of a pretty nasty crime here. reckless homicide and robbery o a man in front of his family. he serves to end he gets off.

but bevan's have sparked a shock wave through the legal system. this morning, former kentucky governor matt bevan is facing backlash for issuing 400 pardons and commutations before leaving office, including a man convicted of raping a 9-year-old child. another who hired a hitman to kill his business partner. a man who killed his parents. and a man who beheaded a woman before stuffing her in a barrel. >> governor bevan's pardons show what is a shocking lack of judgment and potentially an abuse of our system of justice. >> reporter: most of the pardons went to low-level drug offenders. but he also freed patrick ryan baker, who served 2 years of a 19-year sentence for a home invasion, where baker posed as a police officer and shot and killed donald mills, whose sister is speaking out. >> i'm not going to lie about it. it's very upsetting. >> reporter: last year, baker's family raised more than $21,000 for bevan. democratic lawmakers are now calling for an investigation and proposing restrictions to when governors can grant pardons. >> did the governo

molly: kentucky governor matt bench is defending his -- bevan is defending his controversial decision to pardon hundreds of violent offenders including murderers and rapists. >> reporter: some 400 offenders, one pardon involving a grisly murder. a man convicted in 1994 of killing his former lover and stuffing her dismembered body in a 55-gallon drum. in his pardon order, bevan citing, quote: inability or unwillingness of the state to use existing dna evidence to either affirm or disprove this conviction. he also paroledded a man -- pardoned a man who made donations to his campaign at a political fund raiser. the pardons are not sitting well with prosecutors in those cases or kentucky state lawmakers with calls for investigations from both sides of the aisle. >> the person who pulled the trigger and killed another human being is free. that person's family raised $21,000 that went directly into the governor's pockets. >> honestly, i don't approve. it seems to me it was completely inappropriate. i expect he has the power to do it, but looking at the examples of people who were incarcerat

. >> harris: tom bevan joining me now, one of the stunners i think of today is how the public's reaction to impeachment and a new fox news poll has not moved. is divided a country as ever. is that helping the democrats? >> i don't think so. the numbers haven't moved we have two new polls out this morning that once we put them into the average shows that opposition to impeachment and now has a clip support for the first time so folks nationally oppose impeachment, 46.7 support it so that is an actual crossing of the lines for the first time where the majority opposes impeachment. >> harris: burning what you're watching, that's interesting. in fact those numbers are actually even worse in those swing states but to the point that adam schiff made earlier, he had been saying this all along we cannot have a partisan impeachment. there were plenty of democrats who started this process by saying we cannot do this on a party line vote but that's what they got to start the impeachment inquiry and that's what they've gotten out of the judiciary committee on these two articles and that is probably

. >> reporter: the currier journal reports baker's family last year raised more than $21,000 for bevan. democratic lawmakers are demanding answers. >> we owe it to the people of kentucky to dive in and figure out what happened and determine if their trust is betrayed. >> reporter: bevin a trump ally that lost the reelection bid tweeting tonight america is a nation accomplished with an understanding and support for redemption and second chances. peter alexander, nbc news. >>> the u.s. and china today announcing a partial agreement to end the on going trade war as a result, president trump sayshd of tariffs set to take effect on sunday but this is just a first step 25% tariffs remain on a long list of chinese-made goods. >>> tonight, former first lady michelle obama is among those defending 16-year-old greta thunberg after president trump mocked her for being named "time magazine's" person of the year. >> cigarette the making a call for action in italy today. >> they will have to do their job and to protect our futures. >> reporter: the 16-year-old taking little time to savor being named

would be kept down that wasn't right back in the beginning when the health of us was founded by a guy bevan there wasn't any talk of management consultants or the kind of corporate manager real culture that is rife throughout the n.h.s. . i mean at one point the department of health didn't have a single original civil servant in that they had all come through the revolving door from the health industry from the private health industry so you have you have a complete contamination if you like. from the from from the private private health care and private health care was there for one figure out today and that is the satisfied shareholders and 2 to make a profit whatever they say we don't make a profit says branson yes that may be true on the books unless we dig down into the tax haven in the british virgin islands and try and sort out what this company actually does but that's what private health care does now. up to 2 weeks ago. something like 15000000000 pounds worth of of l.h.'s money went to private health care contractors and that is old to you since the health and social care act of 2

. >>> crime victims and prosecutors in kentucky, stunned this morning, after former governor matt bevan issued 428 pardons before leaving office on tuesday. among the offenses pardoned were reckless homicide, child rape, a man who murdered his parents when he was 16 and a woman who threw her newborn in the trash. the story was first reported in "the louisville currier journal." calling the pardons an atrocity of justice. he signed the pardons because he's a big believer in second chances. >> the new governor of kentucky has signed an executive order that restores the voting rights of more than 140,000 former felons in the state. he said he did it because his faith teaches him to treat others with dignity and respect. his executive order covers nonviolent felons who completed their prison terms. he is expressing concerns about kentucky voter access issues. one in four african-americans in the state are not allowed to cast ballots. >>> 12 former nfl players charged with defrauding the league's retiree health care plan out of $3.4 million. former star running back, clinton portis, among th

andy bashir signing an executive order to recent the plan proposed by former governor matt bevan. he wanted people to be required to work, study or volunteer to keep their medicaid benefits. the move is supported by the white house. rob: are you stressed out about giftwrapping? we have to to help you this holiday season. jillian: mckenzie royal of fifth avenue, good to see you, thank you for being here. what do you have this year? >> what you want to do is lineup the box, precut your paper to make it easy so you are not using anything extra, line the paper up to the edge of the box. jillian: tape to the box? you are. >> whatever makes you most comfortable. being able to fold the paper back to get that clean crisp line because you are going to be doing this. i am going to grab some of my tape on top. you can use double-sided on top and what is important is a nice crisp line. rob: you're going to get that on the bottom. then another one on top. >> i think it is easiest to turn it upside down when i'm doing this on each side like that. and then turn it over again, fold down, clean, c

power, what he's saying is he owns the presidency that this country belongs to him in the same way matt bevan did in kentucky. i think the american people need to the understand this scandal is not about donald trump being mean to the president of another country. it's about him saying he gets to pick himself and he doesn't care what he has to do to get it. that's dangerous. >> michelle, imagine if you will, that democrats did not take back the house of representatives. let's say they came up a vote or two shy. certainly we wouldn't have heard from michael cohen. no investigation whatsoever of the whistleblower complaint. >> even the fact that we know about the whistleblower complaint, so many things had to happen for that to get out. this can't be the first thing donald trump did. >> similar thing happened a year before, we still wouldn't know. >> we still probably don't know. and so there's probably a wealth of, you know, absolute lee shocking misdeeds that the american people still don't know about. but yes, thank god democrats won that election last year. although i think what we've seen

. >> ask matt bevan who ran the home stretch of the campaign on impeachment.ai ask eddie riskone who did the same thing, how well it worked for them. we will get to it but fox news's own pole has 54% of the public, more than we have seen ever saying he shouldld be impeached and 50% said he should be impeached and removed which is higher than the percentage he got. he's gotot a lot of people who voted for him who want him gone. >> it is overwhelmingly apparent republicans don't think this should be happening. >> he didn't get 50% of the vote, he got 46. a fox poll saying he should be impeached and removed so it does - >> a little bit of an outlier when you look at the averages of the polls, what we have seen his people moved away from impeachment and especially in swing states which will be cricket for the president. >> real clear a average of poll showed impeachment is underwater, not something that has gained in popularity particularly when looking at swing states among independent voters. the most recent polls show wide margins of people opposing impeachment. it is an extreme remed

tom bevan. democrats have not been able to make their case. republicans have been steadfast, democrats have been steadfast in opposition. independents have not moved. they've moved away from the president. notice the national numbers, we aggregate the national data, is the latest, they been taken over the last week or so. as you mentioned the top of the show, the numbers are even worse, it was down. it showed 40% in favor of impeachment, 52% against. amongst independents, it's 34-57. again, even amongst the voters in the middle, impeachment is not playing well. 51% michigan, 52%. >> laura: how important do you think the republicans by serious unity of message has been on this impeachment sell by the democrats? >> i think it's been important. because again, at the initial outset of the opening inquiry, no republicans voted for it. so they were not able to make the case, if anything, it's bipartisan in the other direction. the fact that the republican congress has held together has boosted the republican behind trump. >> laura: they did with kav

here to respond, tom bevan cofounder and president of real third politics and scott rasmussen, poster and editor at large of validopedia. tom, how would you americans way impeachment against today's -- i mean, this off the chart job numbers? >> it's a reminder of how resilient and great is economy is and you just pointed out how it relates and is relative to the rest of the world. if these numbers continue, we haven't seen this kind of economy in the last half-century so it's obviously -- it's still the number one issue on the minds of voters in 2020. donald trump's approval rating on the economy is ten points higher than his overall approval at 53% so when you step back and take a broader look, the president run for reelection will under this kind of impeachment prosperity, that usually when reelections. >> laura: when you look at these other countries that are limping along and they kind of look down their noses at the united states, i just howled because i was actually here during the second reagan term when the same kind of smearing condescending attitude was heard and felt over i

. >>> crime victims and prosecutors in kentucky stunned after former governor matt bevan issued 428 pardons before leaving office tuesday. among the offenses pardoned were reckless homicide, child rape, a man who murdered his parents when he was 16 and a woman who threw her newborn in the trash. the story was first reported in "the louisville currier journal." calling the pardons an atrocity of justice. he signed the pardons because he's a big believer in second chances. >>> 12 former nfl players charged with defrauding the league's retiree health care plan out of $3.4 million. clinton portis among the players that submitted claims. the nfl player health reimbur reimbursement account was established as the bargaining agreement. it provides tax-free out-of-pocket medical expenses for former players, their wives and dependents. >>> former nba commissioner, david stern, rushed to a new york city hospital thursday afternoon, after suffering a sudden brain hemorrhage. he collapsed at a manhattan restaurant. the league says he underwent emergency surgery. he served 30 years as the nba's longest t

and former kentucky governor matt bevan is facing intense backlash after issuing hundreds of pardons on his way out of office. state legislatures in -- legislators in kentucky are calling for a federal investigation especially after it was revealed some of the pardons went to convicted killers and rapists including one man who had previously raised money for bevin's campaign. now back to justice with judge jeanine. judge: welcome back to justice. finish this week amid all the impeachment hysteria, i headed over to trump tower to meet up with eric and lara trump and their family. eric and i sat down first to talk about the impeachment battle and much more. take a look. eric, so here we are surrounded by christmas trees and lights and santas in the background. all these wonderful people here at trump tower. say hello, we're on air. [cheers and applause] >> hi, guys. judge: and that's just from being here about three minutes. >> that's right. judge: no matter where they go. in a minute, we're going to see your family, but i want to talk business first. you know, it's been kind of a craz

when matt bevan lossed in kentucky he blamed his loss on harvesting votes in cities. as if the cities are not part of kentucky. that's kentucky. louisville's part of kentucky and not just harvesting votes. harvesting votes is getting votes from the human beings who cast them. there's a person on the other side of that vote. but when you say harvesting votes in cities, you're giving away how you think ability those people. so if you view it that way, then you can come to see cheating as righteous because the cheating is in furtherance in making sure the right set of americans keep their hold on power. and that is when you become a party of cheaters. and that's what hangs in the balance with this vote on impeachment thing. it's our our first guest this morning voted to advance those articles on the floor of the house. please welcome democratic congressman david cicilline. what was that vote about to you this morning? was it about stopping -- was it about the election? was that the sort of first and foremost thing in your mind? >> absolutely. it was about improving our r

i want to bring in the cofounder and president of real clear politics.ea tom bevan. undeniable that impeachment has been a political plot, let alone a legal plot. where do you see this going? >> we've got a ton of data. we've got 15 polls and our average net for his job approval and a dozen polls on the question of impeachment. h president trump's is getting stronger. his approval rating is high in gallup, high in quinnipiac, holding steady. when this started, he lost about three points when pelosi announced to the initial impeachment inquiry. ever since the public piece of this has taken place, he's gained back about three points and is now almost back to where he was when this started. and the economy numbers, he has gone from a point and have two plus 12 points on approval of the economy while impeachment is going on. >> laura: i say this to my kids, someday you will look back at this time and kids will say, was there really a time where there was 3.5% unemployment and blue-collar wages were growing up? i mean, really? it doesn't moment, get much better than that

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bevan. "politico" politics. thank you. >> molly: israel retaliating against gaza after at least one rocket was fired during a campaign event for benjamin netanyahu forcing him off the stage. across israel voters are heading to the polls in a primary election where netanyahu faces a serious threat to his grip on power. trey yengst has more from our jerusalem bureau. >> overnight one rocket was fired into southern israel. benjamin netanyahu was rushed off the stage towards the bombshell tear. the second time that's happened this year as it targeted the city he was campaigning in. the israeli military spent much of the night -- new sites in gaza were hit rather than empty fields. netanyahu took to twitter to reiterate his remarks last night saying the man to fire him last time was gone. netanyahu is referring to a militant assassinated by israel. the assassination led to 50 hours of conflict between the two sides last month. today factions in gaza announced that border demonstrations will only take place once a mon

i >> sandra: i want to get tom bevan in here. >> classic trunk counter program and come up going to do what he can to steal the stage. i suspect most republicans and trump supporter's who watched trump and most democrats will be focused on this debate, the last one to take place before the vote in iowa that happens on february 3rd, so the last chance for democrats to make their case the democratic primary voters particularly in that state. >> eric: what does it say about focusing directly on wisconsin and those states that hillary clinton was criticized for ignoring? >> wisconsin is probably the pivotal state, 1 of 3 perhaps that will decide the election, both campaigns know that, they've already 4 tons of resources into wisconsin. it's been that political war for the better part of a decade with all that went on there. so both parties are very robust. >> sandra: this is president trump versus democrats in the field and how they measure up in a potential matchup in the state of wisconsin. joe biden beating president trump by one point there, you can see down the line it is pretty even

matt gorman, former rnc communications director and tom bevan from real clear politics. great panel here. let's get to it. in a way how much more is there to say, tom, when it feels as if the end of the story has already been written for us. >> we know how it will play out. there are no coincidences in washington and so to have this announcement of usmca on the same day of articles of impeachment. the honey around a bitter pill especially for democrats in the competitive districts that will go back over the holidays and hear about it. i think this was all part of the plan. we do know the ending. we know how it will work out in the senate. there isn't much more to say. >> when i was at the nrcc the highest performing we had against the same democrats running for congress was that they were going to come to washington and impeach the president. that was all they were going to do. here we are. so i think you're right. they need to go back to these districts now and say that we at least got something else done. at the same time it certainly is a huge achievement for presiden

applause and bevan himself when asked will the nhs always last? and he said, it will last as long as there are folk round to fight for it. we are folk and we are fighting and above all we are going to win to defend our nhs. cheering and applause make it absolutely clear, our nhs is not for sale. not now, make it absolutely clear, our nhs is not forsale. not now, orany make it absolutely clear, our nhs is not for sale. not now, or any time in the future and i am absolutely determined to achieve that. but there is issues as well, of social justice in britain. i mentioned universal credit in the context of what the un said. i am a constituency mp just like ruth will be, and! constituency mp just like ruth will be, and i go through that... applause . and applause .andl applause . and i go through those stories ofry week of people who have been moved on to universal credit. lost their private rented sector flat or had to borrow money from a greedy money lenderjust to survive and find themselves in an endless cycle, of deep debt. 0r, parents with three