We'll parse all the results plus we try to throw Washington Nationals pitcher. A curveball and Bill Kurtis apologizes for forgetting to include me. Gift Exchange. Every year someone has to be left. On our quiz coming up right after this hour's news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I mean he held President Trump is heading to Philadelphia for the Army Navy games it comes as the Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether Trump can keep his financial records private N.P.R.'s Nina Totenberg reports The case centers on the issue of presidential emu knitty the lower courts have upheld all 3 subpoenas that issue in these cases 2 from congressional committees and a 3rd from a grand jury in New York in a criminal case all 3 cases involve subpoenas issued not to Trump himself but to his accountants or banks he did business with the court will hear arguments in the cases in March with a decision expected by the end of June just when the presidential campaign is swinging into high gear Sudan's former dictator Omar al Bashir has been sentenced to 2 years of detention for corruption and P.R.'s later Peralta reports this is the 1st case brought against the ousted longtime ruler as the judge in the case began to read his verdict and there was chaos. Supporters of Omar Bashir protesting his conviction they were escorted out by security forces in the judge said he was sentencing Bashir to only 2 years in detention because of his advanced age but sheer will also not serve that time in the prison but at a much nicer detention facility with access to his family members but was ousted earlier this year in a military coup is wanted for genocide by the International Criminal Court but Sudan's new government has refused to turn him over pro-democracy groups have complained that state prosecutors are treating Bashir with kid gloves trying him for much lesser crimes Interpol to n.p.r. News Nairobi Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie lamb is in Beijing where she's meeting today with China's vice premier who has described the ongoing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong as extreme and destructive N.P.R.'s Julie McCarthy reports Hong Kong years are waiting for Beijing's next move chief executive Carrie lamb meat Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping to report. On the situation in the territory that has been rocked by a unrest for 6 months just weeks ago Lam's political allies were trying to in local elections pro democracy candidates opposed to Beijing's tightening grip on Hong Kong one in a landslide the South China Morning Post reports that pundits had warned with the unprecedented losses in district council elections state leaders could discuss with Carrie Lam plans to replace her or some of her ministers speaking to reporters in Hong Kong Lam's deputy declined to say whether a cabinet reshuffle is on the agenda Julie McCarthy n.p.r. News Hong Kong 2 weeks of climate negotiations are going into overtime in Madrid as negotiators try to resolve disputes over implementing the Accord forged in Paris 4 years ago most countries at the summit are pushing for more ambitious commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions the u.s. On the other hand has begun the process of withdrawing from the pact You're listening to n.p.r. News it's 10 o 4 Good morning Amanda it's going with Casey Oh you news of inter-county man is among 7 people convicted of conspiracy and mail fraud in what federal prosecutors say was a decade's old multimillion dollar fraud scheme a federal jury in Santa Ana convicted Jonathan Brightman of Westlake Village along with 6 other defendants Prosecutors say the 52 year old man owned a copy com distribution independent cartridge supplier and corporate products Federal investigators say the way the operation worked is that they would pose as regular suppliers of printer toner to small businesses and charities but then sell them the supplies at inflated prices prosecutors say there were more than $50000.00 victims going back as far as $988.00 the total losses during 16 year period alone were estimated at more than $126000000.00. Despite the great weather one Harbor on the south coast is still in the holiday spirit channel. The harbor will host the 54th parade of lights today the event starts at 10 with a holiday village for kids and their families and $36.00 tons of real snow for kill children to play in the parade itself begins at 7 pm with dozens of boats decked out in lights gliding through the harbor jet churn abayas with the Harbor says that even with the chilly weather show is going to be great bring your families bring your warm blanket possibly some hot chocolate and enjoy the show the parade of lights is free to the public. A lawsuit is challenging California's authority to require insurance coverage for people who live in wildfire prone areas people who can't buy property insurance in the state of California usually get it from a state mandated insurance pool that pool only sells fire insurance homeowners have to purchase a 2nd plan to cover other hazards on last month's state insurance commissioner Ricardo Laro ordered the pool to begin selling comprehensive policies next year yesterday the insurance pool Association sued arguing that order was illegal they say it will result in increased costs for property insurance you're listening to k.c.a.l. You public radio support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include American Jewish World Service working together for more than 30 years to build a more just and equitable world learn more at a.j. Ws dot org and the listeners who support this n.p.r. Station. From n.p.r. And it will be easy as you go this is wait wait don't tell me the n.p.r. News quiz this special will self. It's Mission Impossible below. 37 here your host at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago Peter Sagal All right a. Great show for you today later on this stage will be joined by Sean Doolittle the star pitcher for the world champion Washington Nationals but 1st it was hard being a public radio listener this week you turned on your radio to hear fresh air or maybe a little fissile and Shamrock or maybe even a soothing pledge drive. All you got was impeachment hearings people shouting the same things over and over and never doing anything to change the inevitable outcome and you're thinking to yourself If I want to do that I just have dinner with my parents again. So today believe it or not we on wait wait we'll do everything we can to avoid impeachment but we want to know what you knew and when you knew it so call us up and answer our questions the number is one AAA Wait Wait that's 188-890-4824 now let's welcome our 1st listener contestant Hi you're on Wait Wait Don't Tell me I beat or how you go on I'm all right who's this you know my name's Kalik horn and I'm calling from new on. Your name is Tally King Horn That is correct it's like tally as in Tally Ho Yes And considering I work and a horse farm and quite apropos around. Here so soon a Texas horse farm and people are yelling tally a tally that's going to go you're not only going to fox hunt do you work on a horse farm. What do you do there I do whatever needs to be done and including traveling a lot of you know what you know and it's part of. You and I have that in common talent. Well welcome to the show tally let me introduce you to the panel this week 1st up it's a contributor to c.b.s. Sunday morning it's faith say only. The. Next That's an actor and writer who can be seen in the latest season of the marvelous Mrs May's Well it's Peter Grosz I tell you. And finally a comedian you can see in San Francisco a New Year's Eve at the Sydney Goldstein theater you can hear her every week on our own podcast nobody listens to Paula Poundstone it's Paula Poundstone. The tally Welcome to the show you're going to play Who's Bill This Time of course Bill is going to recreate for you 3 quotations from the week's news if you can correctly identify or explain just 2 of them you'll win our prize and a voice from our show you might choose your voicemail ready to play I have a right your 1st quote is a real headline about an election that happened this week Mary. That was London's Sun tabloid announcing whose big victory on Thursday and that would be boring Yes Boris Johnson Oh Joe the lovable towheaded from the prime minister sort of a combination of Benny Hill and Mussolini. As well on a huge victory for his party in the u.k. Which means Britain will probably indeed leave the e.u. Which means that Scotland will probably leave the u.k. And maybe Northern Ireland too and eventually Boris will achieve his dream everybody get through own little country the size of their house. It seems to us in America that he would win so big he's so goofy but that's his charm people forgive his various lies and Affairs and scandals because his hair is messy and this is actually true he has been seen by. For coming out to do a television appearance intentionally tell sling up his hand and doesn't you know he makes it messy Oh yes it gets him sympathy it's like only disbanded parliament but he's just cranky woke up from a nap he's also like quite brilliant and very well spoken but like intentionally screws up and I always wonder like what is it like to live in a country where the the leader is like secretly smart but actually a complete moron yes also terribly terribly racist an awful and it is amazing that he I think you know exactly exactly part of the reason that some analysts say that Boris Johnson pulled out this big victories because the other choices were so terrible and it was all very confusing we knew their choices were really bad when Mike Bloomberg jumped into the Los Angeles I'm the guy he has a better chance over there I think Hello I am here but you know I'm a small Joe trying to connect with the average working man and we're I'm also one bill you're there I also live in a 50000000 dollar house in New York City hello Iowa. What chance do you know if there's like that or you don't have a snowball's chance in hell to be like you have a Bloomberg chance in Iowa Ok. Oh oh you know I mean that's like 1st line of you know but small Jewish guys today. Started a media empire or whatever but with. The media to tally your next quote comes from a producer of the Golden Globes every years someone gets left out that's definitely true this year when the nominations left out whom. And. I'm still thinking about 4th down tonight I know it's hard he gets in there it's hard to get him out to be stirred up to be generally true. Give up you give up the people the. Left out were all the women there were no female nominees for best director no movies nominated that had female directors now the Golden Globes if you don't know they're considered the opening of awards season which is just like baseball season it's too long and somewhat predictable and apparently women are not allowed to play. No movies directed by women were nominated for best picture no women were nominated for Best Director most glaringly even the 5 best actress nominees were men. It's also what's great about that is like nobody votes for that like just so people are aware there's really had me for of like the Emmys and the Oscars and the Grammys and all the Tonys like you're members of academy you vote you tally the vote someone wins the Hollywood Foreign Press is a bunch of people who get together like who do you think which is why like Johnny Depp will get like a Golden Globe and you're like Johnny Depp is still I think and it's because they can and you want him to show up at their word show they all they could have done just had somebody look at it and correct make the correction and actually for him it's nobody you know what i'm just for the Hollywood foreign press it's like for the like you are the American person who works for love monger you work for there should be a goal or something like that so I know to foreign newspapers. Repressive I know more foreign newspapers than there are women who are not going to be Ok the kids even nominate Little Women Know Best Picture category change the title to little men she would have had a chance to. Retaliate here is your last quote you know what it's better than waiting 2 hours in the line that was somebody explaining the new trend this Christmas of kids seeing Santa how. Online Yes exactly their face timing Santa nobody apparently wants to go to a mall to see Santa anymore because nobody wants to go to a mall so more more parents are arranging for their kids to talk to Santa via video chat they pay $35.00 to a server. Called talk to Santa if there is a result we are ripping you off no I'm going to talk to Senate basically a weapon are for your preteen this is such a bad idea why I watched some of these on line and the quality of the Santa let's just say is variable is it below where a mole say it is because that also is a bad idea of someone's like hey there's a stranger why don't you go sit on his lap like I got a great. No look I live in New York City and I get to take my Jewish children have 2 us children to the real Santa at Macy's and that's I mean that's where Santa actually live that is Santa I live in New York City and I don't take my Jewish child to see Sam to quell that you're too 1st child is missing out so here Jacob's you'll see it can go yeah I'm going to do it. How do you sit on a candle and the kids know it's who you talk to Santa the company we've been discussing has hired 300 sent his helpers for this Christmas season between them where exactly 0 pairs of pants because why bother. It's you know it's important to get economy so they do it while they're driving Yes. Bill how did tally finally do on our quiz Halle Ho She got 2 out of 3 which is a when you graduate All right. Well thank you so much for playing. Thank you but. Right now panel it is time for you to answer some questions about this week's news face over the years Barbie has transformed from a plastic toy into a successful career woman we know this not to be outdone Mattel has introduced a new job for Barbies on again off again boyfriend Ken what is his new job oh she he's her stylist probably no no no wait a minute they're on again off again I don't want nobody there away by car. Can a lot and never mention Yes it was a shame to think it does can provide a service for a higher being he provides a service who works in the service industry in the service industry yes it is it is it is it a modern kind of oh yes did she ever have to answer that question. Technically I just want to say I want to last for a long time for you know if you can see a d.v.d. Purveyor. Can you give me I can't even if you are here you is there and you're not far from it is exactly the height of the venti as he's serving up he's a brewery Stannis he is a quote career Berry says he have tattoos probably well. He's new to stores new toy stores for Christmas but career barista can is actually just a new addition of Mattel's former Dall liberal arts major can I know. I'm. Heading to eating my son's head already Ulysses you asked about his styling he comes with faded jeans an apron a man bun and you know yes and a spec script he would love for you to show to your friend who worked on Everybody Loves Raymond. So you really are that man but he's going to make given him a penis yet no Ok Which is weird because. It's weird he doesn't have any genitals and they still found a way to emasculate but. That's Ok well maybe if the face times were Santa he can get one. From. 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Thank you right now it is time for the Wait Wait Don't Tell me the loft the Listener game call one AAA Wait wait to play our game on the air Hi you're on Wait Wait Don't Tell me my. Brittany where you're calling from I'm calling from Harborough North Carolina carb or oh that's like that's near Chapel Hill right right thanks Ali and what he what do you do there are in Iowa. Oh my God. You're doing the Lord's Were you really are. Welcome to this show Brittany you're going to play our game in which you must try to tell truth from fiction what is the topic Bill family feud. You can't choose your family which is why I was denied my application to be the 5th crash. And Sister. But that's also why families fight our panelists are going to tell you about a family rivalry that surfaced in a surprising way this week pick the one who's telling the truth you'll win the voice of your choice on your voicemail you ready to play I'm ready to play All right 1st let's hear from faith sailing over Thanksgiving 35 year old twin sisters Amanda Granger and Katie Tannenbaum were talking about their holiday plans when Amanda said to Katie who recently converted to Judaism before marrying her husband earlier this year it's such a shame you won't be able to decorate with anything fun now that you're Jewish that's what Amanda said but what Katie heard was game on the sisters live side by side in the Gainesville Georgia cul de sac and on December 1st Amanda laced her yard with Christmas lights and put a tree in the window on December 2nd Katie placed an 8 foot Star of David with blazing blue lights beside the Tannenbaum mailbox on December 3rd Amanda arranged a reindeer on her roof on December 4th a massive gold menorah appeared on top of Katie's house on the 5th day of Advent Amanda's strong lights on her roof that say Jesus is the reason for the season on the 6 Katie's roof replied in flashing bulbs Jesus was a little Jewish baby. The homeowners association has given up trying to control the holiday arms race and is now asking for donation