Roy Moore was promoted on Friday by Donald Trump even though eight women allege that Moore engaged in sexually predatory behavior towards them as teens. Joy Reid and her guests debate whether Moore will win. Duration: 15:33
George Papadopoulos fiancee: He was no ‘coffee boy’
AM Joy 12/9/17
George Papadopoulos’ fiancée says he acted with campaign approval. Will former Donald Trump campaign leaders such as Steve Bannon be indicted next as Robert Mueller continues his Russia probe? Joy Reid and her panel discuss. Duration: 8:51
Rep. Cummings on Flynn whistleblower, Russian sanctions
AM Joy 12/9/17
Michael Flynn has been accused by a whistleblower of promising to have U.S. sanctions against Russia lifted. Rep. Elijah Cummings joins Joy Reid to discuss why in his view Republicans are not doing enough. Duration: 6:30
Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will likely further destabilize the Middle East, many experts and world leaders say. Is this the end of the two-state solution? Duration: 15:38
Trump’s Jerusalem decision: Driven by religious extremism?
AM Joy 12/9/17
Donald Trump stating that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel likely pleases pro-Israel GOP donor Sheldon Adelson, plus Trump’s Christian right supporters, for purely religious reasons. Joy Reid and her guest Frank Schaeffer discuss the deeper background. Duration: 10:22
Trump civil rights museum: President’s speech sparks backlash
AM Joy 12/9/17
Donald Trump’s presence at a civil rights museum opening in Mississippi has sparked outrage from many including Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon. Joy Reid and her panel discuss. Duration: 11:08
Weekend Update on Trump Recognizing Jerusalem as Israeli Capital - SNL
Published on Dec 9, 2017 by Saturday Night Live
Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, including President Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Cathy Anne (Cecily Strong) stops by to discuss Al Franken and Roy Moore.
Weekend Update on Pizza Hut Delivering Alcohol - SNL
Published on Dec 9, 2017 by Saturday Night Live
Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, including Pizza Hut testing beer and wine delivery. Plus, Che goes undercover as a liberal white woman named Gretchen.
Email pointed Trump campaign to WikiLeaks documents Washington (CNN) — Correction: This story has been corrected to say the date of the email was September 14, 2016, not September 4, 2016. The story also changed the headline and removed a tweet from Donald Trump Jr., who posted a message about WikiLeaks on September 4, 2016. http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/politics/email-effort-give-trump-campaign-wikileaks-documents/index.html
CNN corrects story on email to Trumps about Wikileaks CNN on Friday afternoon corrected an exclusive report that said candidate Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr. had received an email providing a web address and decryption key allowing them to access hacked documents from WikiLeaks before such documents were publicly available. http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/08/media/cnn-correction-email-story/index.html
Trump’s Way Inside Trump’s Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation With Twitter as his Excalibur, the president takes on his doubters, powered by long spells of cable news and a dozen Diet Cokes. But if Mr. Trump has yet to bend the presidency to his will, he is at least wrestling it to a draw. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/us/politics/donald-trump-president.html
Egypt uncovers ancient tombs at Luxor Archaeologists in Egypt have displayed items, including a mummy, from one of two previously unexplored tombs in the ancient Nile city of Luxor. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42295162
Egyptian archaeologists discover 3,500 year-old mummified body as they explore pair of ‘exceptional’ tombs dating back some The tombs were found across the Nile from the city of Luxor in the 1990s But 'both tombs were left untouched' until Egyptian archaeologists started work Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani hopes the discoveries will revive tourism http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5162337/Archaeologists-discover-2-ancient-tombs-Egypts-Luxor.html
Heart-Wrenching Video: Starving Polar Bear on Iceless Land | National Geographic
This is what climate change looks like. This starving polar bear was spotted by National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen on Somerset Island. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JhaVNJb3ag[this one found/added the day of this post]
Increased Sea Ice Drift Puts Polar Bears on Faster Moving Treadmill A new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Wyoming found that increased westward ice drift in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas requires polar bears to expend more energy walking eastward on a faster moving “treadmill” of sea ice. https://www.usgs.gov/news/increased-sea-ice-drift-puts-polar-bears-faster-moving-treadmill