It's Monday, January 13th.
I'm Jane Coastin and this is Water Day, the show that has become a massive fan of helicopter water drops.
Did you know that helicopter water drops are low key?
The coolest possible thing, especially when big swaths of your city are on fire and then someone in a helicopter manages to drop water on a fire at just the right time and in just the right place.
That's cinema.
On today's show, Jack Smith steps down a special council and Vice President elect J.D.
vance says that maybe not all January 6th rioters deserve a pardon.
Hmm.
Let's start with the latest news from President Elect Donald Trump's conviction.
After months of delays in proceedings, New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Mershon finally sentenced Trump in his criminal hush money case on Friday.
Marchan ruled that Trump's conviction on 34 counts of falsifying documents must be upheld.
But the he didn't order the president elect to serve any jail time on account of him being, well, the president elect.
Here he is explaining his decision in court on Friday.
This court has determined that the only lawful sentence that permits entry of a judgment of conviction without encroaching upon the highest office in the land is an unconditional discharge.
Machon also underscored just how historic this case was.
This has been a truly extraordinary case.
There was unprecedented media attention, public interest and heightened security involving various agencies.
And yet the trial was a bit of a paradox because once the courtroom doors were closed, the trial itself was no more special, unique or extraordinary than the other 32 criminal trials that took place in this courthouse at the same exact time.
Another high profile case was heard on Friday.
The Supreme Court heard arguments over whether or not the US can ban TikTok.