the intelligence agency assessments contradict the president on north korea, iran, saudi arabia and the islamic state. privately pompeo vents his frustration on those items including earlier this month on iran in poland. mike pence denounced several allies for not agreeing with m president trump to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. privately pompeo erupted in anger saying pence undermined diplomacy. publicly the secretary remains silent. president trump ordered a series of additional tariffs on china be delayed as washington and beijing work to hammer out a deal. tariffs on 2$200 billion worth f chinese goods were set to rise from 10% to 25% this friday, march 1st. trump announced the delay yesterday on twitter writing i m
now just to be clear about what this is, what we are waiting for tonight, you ll remember that paul manafort was actually brought up on federal charges if two different neighboring jus up dictions. he was brought up on charges in virginia and also in washingtono d.c. he could have combined those two. seems like in retrospect, that might have been a good move buti he didn t.ve so a week ago tonight we got prosecutors sentencing k submission from manafort in the virginia case where they recommend he serve 19 to 24 years in prison and that he pay fines and restitution ranging from several million dollars to several tens of millions of dollars. we re still waiting on the defense, excuse me, the defense submission in response to that from paul manafort s defense team in virginia. we actually think we ll get that response from them a week from tonight on friday march 1st. thereafter, that judge in that n virginia case will look at that submission from the prosecution and the judge will look
d.c. he could have combined those two. seems like in retrospect that might have been a good move. but he didn t. so a week ago tonight we got prosecutors sentencing submission for manafort in the virginia case. that s where they recommended that he serve 19 to 24 years in prison and that he pay fines and restitution ranging from several million dollars to several tens of millions of dollars. we re still waiting on the defense excuse me, the defense submission in response to that from paul manafort s defense team in virginia. we actually think we ll get that response from them a week from tonight on friday march 1st. there after, that judge in that virginia case will look at that submission from the prosecution. the judge will look at that submission from the defense. he ll look at the sentencing guidelines and what manafort was convicted of in that trial in his courtroom, and then two weeks from tonight on friday march 8th, manafort is due to
federal judge in washington d.c. the prosecution s sentencing submission related to president trump s campaign chairman, paul manafort. now just to be clear about what this is, what we are waiting for tonight, you ll remember that paul manafort was actually brought up on federal charges in two different neighboring jus dictions. he was brought up on charges in virginia and also in washington d.c. he could have combined those two. seems like in retrospect, that might have been a good move but he didn t. so a week ago tonight we got prosecutors sentencing submission from manafort in the virginia case where they recommend he serve 19 to 24 years in prison and that he pay fines and restitution ranging from several million dollars to several tens of millions of dollars. we re still waiting on the defense, excuse me, the defense submission in response to that from paul manafort s defense team in virginia. we actually think we ll get that response from them a week from tonight on friday march
tomorrow is friday, march 1st. it is deadline day. that s the day. they ve set a meeting for after the deadline, which is comforting. does that really surprise you? stay tuned, everybody. washington is an incredible place. what an honor for a woman who simply refused to give up her seat on a bus. and that small act of defiance is what started the civil rights movement decades ago. rosa parks found her way in the u.s. capital yesterday for her brave act of defiance will never be forgotten. it is about time. looking good right there in the capital. later this half hour, a 4-year-old boy who gets around in a wheelchair really wants to go faster. and his athletic aspirations, how his dream became reality. this is our favorite story of the day. and we don t have to tell you why. that s a cute kid. are you kidding me? oh, man. stay tuned for that. that s adorable. but first, the big news of the day. pope benedict now just hours away from leaving his post, a move he