Now it's time for the last year with one of the best reporters there is out there. And one of my favorite colleagues, Jacob Soberoff, who's in for Lawrence. Hi, Jacob. It's so good to see you again. You are too kind. Jen, I have an admission to make that I thought it was a little weird at first when I was listening to you, talk to James Carville about him renovating his bathroom. But then, as I thought about it, it is true. It is crazy how hard it was for James Carville to renovate his bathroom. And Donald Trump could just tear down the White House. It's really, it's a really, I was saying to Chris earlier, sometimes you kind of try to look ahead to the week and what we can plan and what we can look out for, what's happening

in cities. And then it's like a week ago, the East Wing was around, you know? So that's where we're at. Who do you have on tonight? Anyone good? RIP. RIP East Room. Yes. So I will say, I don't vote for the Pulitzer Prizes. But if anyone out there is wondering who my bed is on, it is Memo Torres from L.A. Taco.

If you do not know Memo Torres, this is one of the great journalists in the United States of America right now,

the way they have been documenting at this small independent news organization in Los Angeles,

the ice raids that are happening here is, I think, definitionally public service.

And so a future Pulitzer Prize winner coming up tonight. If you don't know them, you got to stick around.

Amazing. I can't wait to watch. Thanks. You go have a great weekend, Jen.

Thanks, Jacob. Have a great show. All right. See ya. So it is day 24 of the government shutdown,

and Donald Trump is continuing to corrupt the presidency into a for-profit and for him venture.

This week alone, he tore down the east wing of the White House, a building that belongs to the American people, not him, to make room for a ballroom using money from donors, including Comcast, the parent company of NBC Universal, which was included on a

list of top donors to the project. New polling conducted this week shows just how unpopular Donald

Trump's project is. 53% of Americans disapprove of the demolition and just 23% approve.

Donald Trump pardoned the founder and former CEO of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange,

who was convicted of violating federal anti-money laundering laws.

Chang Penziao, who goes by CZ, has strong ties to the Trump family's own crypto operation.

Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt was asked about Binance's close ties with

the Trump family.

On the pardon of Changping Zhao, apologies if I'm mispronouncing that name,

finance has significant business interests with World Liberty Financial, the president's

family's crypto company.

How do you respond to the allegations from Democrats that this is a corrupt act?

I would respond and say the president is exercising his constitutional authority to grant

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