edition of the ingraham angle . let s get started. we begin with the cryptochromekt . sandbanks been freed . names three names, one big scandal who is actually freed after being extradited fromtr the bahamas and posting a two oductiinhundred fifty million dr bond in federal court this afternoon. eral couhiwe ll we ll get back n a moment. and now he s moving back in hoth the mom and dadknd in california after being put under house arrest as he awaits criminal trial. restwait on multiple criminal charges, including back up, back michaely ,what he said here, investorsiss have lost so much. yeah, the disgraced fdx, th founder bernie madoff is facing one hundred and fifteen years in prison after allegedln.y defrauding investors of a oneorv point eight billion dollars. yeaherllion., a million people f money as he was flying back from the bahamas last night. s lasttwo of his minions, one wr a co-founder, one his ex girlfriend., pleaded guiltyty to to multiple fraud charges
the relationships mean much more to you than any stupid pronouncement. nancy pelosi made over the last year from her compound in napa. but still, politics do matter. they re not irrelevant. nancy pelosi s babblings do have an effect on your life. so what defined the politics of 2020 two? well, lying. did. this was the year of lying. the people in charge tell an awful lot of lies. that s what we learned. and we know this for sure because while they are avid and committed liars, they re not very good at it. their lies are amateur ish, obvious, pathetic, sad. and there s something insulting about that. don t take a leak on my boots and tell me it s raining, goes old cowboy phrase. don t tell me something we both know isn t true and expect me to believe it. when you do that, you insult my dignity. you diminish. you treat me like a child. if you re going to tell me a lie, put some effort into it. try something clever, have pride of craftsmanship, don t pull the same old
going to hear about it. and you re going to hear about mine. first up, joe , biden calling for unity. our politics has gotten so angry, so mean, so partisan, and too often we see each other s enemies. i sincerely hope this holiday, this holiday season will drain the poison that has infected our politics and set us against one another. but let me remind you, this is the man who accused half of the people in this country of being semi fascist and says our country is steeped in racism. that s the guy who wants to have this big kumbaya moment now that christmas is here in santa is watching. but then, of course, there are his policies, which basically sent our economy into the toilet. all the indications that we see would point to a recession sometime within the first three to six months of next year. i think the greater risk is that at some point during 2020 three , the economy will head towards recession. so recession is very much likely in the coming 12 to 18 months.
over a million people are without power from texas to the east coast as bone chilling temperatures kick in. more than two hundred million americans are currently under warnings or advisories. this massive winter storm is causing holiday travel chaos. transportation secretary buda jen says it is going to be days before this gets sorted out. yesterday, about 10% of flights canceled. now, of course, that means 90% of flights were not canceled, but, you know, if it goes above two percent, we consider that a lot. so 10% means just a lot of disruption for a lot of passengers now getting back to normal. but we re seeing, again, over the middle of the country that extreme cold and then the east that that wind and snow coming. it s going to be rough for certainly the next couple of days. when it comes to aviation. so far , over twenty six thousand flights have been delayed and nearly 9000 canceled since wednesday. mike tobin is at o hare airport in chicago with the latest. hi, m
And rain. A thudnerstorm warning was issued for parts of washington county, but so far no reports of serious damage. The storms might have been responsible for this semi crash on i380. The semi was knocked over north of boyson road, backing up traffic in both directions while crews cleared the scene. So far theres no word on any injuries in this crash. Fortuantely, the threat for Severe Weather for the corridor is over. Over. For more on what to expect tonight, we turn to Marissa Scott in for chief meteorologist terry swails with your weather first forecast, marissa . Heres a look outside. Doppler radar shows some light rain east of cedar rapids and some light snow showers mainly in our evening. Well see cloudy skies through the remainder of the night with some gradual clearing. Some gradual clearing. Reduced visibilities in northeast iowa but for the most part we are seeing improvements on the roads. However some roads are still wet and slick, in fact some icy roads are in central iow