Those who do not comply will face heavy fines or even impris imprisonment. Vive ivan watson has more. Reporter the victims from last fridays terrorist attack not all of them have even been buried. There are still people delivering flowers here and crying at this makeshift memorial, and yet the government has announced sweeping changes in the gun laws. The Prime Minister here saying that the guns that were used to carry out this atrocity here in christchurch will now all be illegal. Take a listen. Every semiautomatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on friday will be banned in this country. We do have guns in new zealand that are used for legitimate purposes by responsible owners. Ive been steadfast in my belief that the vast majority of these owners will support what we are doing here today. Because its about all of us, its in the national interest, and its about safety. Reporter this is so dramatic the Police Commissioner said that people with gun licenses who owned some of these g
Weeks sentencing on wednesday will be in addition to the sentencing Paul Manafort went through with the federal judge in virginia last week. So those headlines from a distance, they will look similar. Before we get to the sentencing on wednesday, it all sort of feels similar but this is going to be a pretty different process this week because this judge in d. C. Who is going to be considering manaforts fate this week and handing him down his new sentence on wednesday, this is the judge who is going to be considering not the guilty pleas from a jury trial like that Virginia Judge was considering last week, this judge in d. C. Is considering something very different. Shes going to be considering the failed plea deal that paul fan fo manafort got hill selfinto when he tried and failed to become a cooperating witness to get himself a more lenient sentence. You remember how this went down, right . Manafort went on trial in virginia. He was convicted on eight felonies, the jury was hung on t
The world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. We have major breaking news this hour. House democrats are opening up a new front in their investigation of President Trump going after his very tightly guarded Financial Information. In a letter obtained exclusively by cnn, the house ways and Means Committee chairman is demanding that the irs commissioner hand over mr. Trumps personal tax returns and some from his business over a sixyear period from 2013 to 2018. Ill talk about this with a minimum of the ways and Means Committee, democratic congressman dan kildee and correspondents and analysts are standing by. First lets go right to cnn politics congressional reporter lauren fox. Lauren, youre learning about this letter. Tell us more about this the letter that youve obtained exclusively for cnn. Reporter well, thats right, minutes ago the house ways and means chairman richard neal sent a letter to the irs commissioner requesting president Do
Agency requesting six years of the president s personal income tax filings from 2013 through 2018. And thats not all. Neal is also asking the irs for tax returns from companies and the trusts associated with the president. And here is how the president reacted to that news late tonight. The chairman of the Democratic Congress ways and Means Committee asked the irs for six years of your tax returns. Is that all . Thats all. Usually its ten so i guess theyre giving up. No, were under audit, despite what people said, were working that out. Im always under audit it seems. Ive been under audit many years because the numbers are big and i guess when you have a name, youre audited. But until such time as im not under audit, i would not be inclined to do that. Thank you. He pointed out two facts which are not related. That hes very rich and hes very famous. But the request did not go to him, mr. President , it went to the irs for your tax returns. Also today, all 24 democrats in the House Judi
Im yasmin vossoughian. Were going to begin with new claims members of the special counsel team feel the public has been misinform by attorney general bill barrs letter about their report. The New York Times reporting that some mueller investigators have told associates that barr failed to adequately portray their findings which government officials and others familiar with their frustrations say were more damaging for President Trump than indicated. Barr says he needs time to make redaktions the times reports special investigators had already written multiple summaries of the report and some team members believe that barr should have included more of their material in his four page letter. The government Officials Say Justice Department determined that the summaries contained Sensitive Information like classified material, secret grand jury ft. Myers and former to current investigations that must remain confidential. While the report said it was not clear what findings the special coun