This morning, trumps former chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail for perjury, for lying under oath before and during trumps new york civil fraud trial. The sentencing comes one day after a new York Appeals Court judge blocked trumps bid to stop his Hush Money Trial, while he appeals the partial gag order put in place by the judge overseeing that case. Jury selection in the Hush Money Trial is scheduled to begin on monday. With us now to talk more about all of this, msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa rubin and charles coleman, former prosecutor in brooklyn, new york, now a civil rights attorney, also an msnbc legal analyst. So, lisa, you were inside the courtroom for the sentencing. What was that like . It was somber, jose, because, of course, this is the second time that Allen Weisselberg has pled guilty to a crime, associated with his service to the trump organization. However, it lasted only a matter of minutes. Allen weisselberg entering the cou
And youre turning around and cutting 185 billion from the same people then youre cutting i believe 179 billion from medicaid. Now, im pretty sure those people dont make 50 now dollars a year. So youre cutting 364 billion. There are no cuts to medicaid in this bill. I beg your pardon . Im reading off of the cbos form. 179 billion in medicaid subsidies. Thats where the money is coming from. Where do you think the 300 billion is coming from . Is there a fairy dropping it on the senate . The money youre spending is coming out of medicaid to people that make less than 50,000. Youre trying to shop this like youre giving a 43 billion savings . Just so you know cbo, thats people who are leaving medicaid. Mr. Chairman and what they estimate is going to happen. You have spending 318 billion to make tax cuts for corporations permanent. That money is coming from the very people you say youre saving by eliminating 43 billion in tax penalties. All these people and you know whats going to happen . Th
Grand slam semifinalist. Britains kyle edmund pulls off a sensational victory at the Australian Open, to reach his first grand slam semi final. Im loving it right now just the way im playing. Im 23 years old and my first grand slam semifinal, the first time i played on one of the biggest courts in the world. With the award season in full swing, the Oscar Nominations are revealed this lunchtime. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, kyle edmund will face marin cilic in the semifinal after rafa nadal was forced to retire with injury, ending their Australian Open battle. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The foreign secretary borisjohnson has called for millions more in funding for the nhs at this mornings cabinet meeting. Its unusual for a minister to make his views known in this way, he was criticised for speaking out of turn by Philip Hammond and rebuked by theresa may for his demands. She told him it was better to have a conversation about the future of the nhs and
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Says it targeted the israeli jet in response to an act of aggression according to damascus the jet was engaged after it attacked Syrian Army Positions when we get the updates though here on this story youll get them to. Meanwhile the French Defense minister says theres insufficient evidence of chlorine gas used by the Syrian Government and that contradicts previous claims by a number of western politicians including frances foreign minister. When theyre designed guess you. Do. Absolutely. Resolved to kill. The French Defense minister saying that there is no reliable evidence to suggest that chlorine was used by the Syrian Government contradicting what we heard just a few days ago from the French Foreign minister who had stated that that chlorine attack it being carried out by the Syrian Government. In the Syrian Government has been accused of carrying out or in attacks in areas in the country in january it was accused of doing so by a number of groups including the syrian observatory f