We start the day's other news with a surprising twist in Donald Trump's hush money case in New York.

This afternoon, Judge Juan Mershan ordered the president-elect to appear for sentencing next Friday.

That's just 10 days before his inauguration.

In his decision, Mershahn said he found, quote, no legal impediment to sentencing,

but added that Trump would not face jail time.

A jury found Mr. Trump guilty last May of 34 counts of falsifying business records

related to a payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

His lawyers wanted the case thrown out following Mr. Trump's election victory.

He's always denied any wrongdoing.

The soldier who took his life outside of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas said he was trying to draw

attention to the country's problems. Investigator said they recovered a note from a phone

inside the burned-out cyber truck he detonated in which Matthew Livelsberger wrote that his

actions were not a terrorist attack.

Rather, quote, it was a wake-up call.

Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence.

What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives?

An FBI investigator said today they do not believe that Livelylberger harbored any malice toward President-elect Trump and that he suffered trauma from his service.

And although this incident is more public and more sensational than usual, it ultimately appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily decorated combat veteran who is struggling with PTSD

and other issues.

Pentagon officials have not said whether Lival's Berger had been suffering from mental health

issues but have turned over his medical records to police.

Seven people were injured in the blast, none of them seriously.

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