Words like "explosive" are being used to describe the address to the US Congress by President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer. Michael Cohen has made his second appearance after making a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller who's investigating Mr Trumps ties with Russian businesses. Mr Cohen is facing a 3-year prison sentence after being caught out lying in his first Congressional hearing. Law professor Andrew Geddis compares the Congress hearing to a New Zealand select comittee and says if someone was found guilty of lying to them and handed a prison sentence we'd be stunned. Do you think Donald Trump is a contender for a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts with North Korea? The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has submitted a nomination for Trump. The propaganda machine to get the prize for Kim Jong Un has been in overdrive in North Korea according to western reporting. A plan to slash speed limits on hundreds of urban and rural roads in Auckland will cost ratepayers $24 million. It's a proposal that includes a blanket 30 km/hr speed limit in the CBD as well as widespread reductions elsewhere.Residents in the rural areas of Franklin and Rodney aren't happy. KiwiBuild's 10-year goal remains at 100,000 houses but so far, it's contracted just over a tenth of that. Figures released to RNZ reveal that so far 10,355 KiwiBuild properties have been confirmed within the 10-year target.How worried and disappointed should we be?