among the chief topics on the agenda, bolstering the emerging democracies in the middle east and north africa. and mark kerrigan has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail on assault charges. their father died of heart failure following a physical confrontation between the two men. nancy kerrigan spoke before her brother s sentencing. any sentence for mark would only serve to extend an unnecessary situation that already seems as if it has been never ending. we ask that you please i m sorry send him home with us today so that he can rejoin our family. the manhattan district attorney s office has assigned two senior prosecutors to the sexual assault case against dominique strauss-kahn. the news follows the disgraced former imf chief s move to that $14 million manhattan town home where he will live until he s back in court. the rent he s paying, around $50,000. and drama in a chicago
shannon: powerful video today as olympic figure skater nance key kerrigan broke down in court at her brother s sentencing. she had a mismass judge to spare mark kerrigan jail time. he was convicted of assault but acquitted of manslaughter in the 2010 death of his father. nancy kerrigan calling her brother s prosecution a long and trying experience. any sentence for mark would extend an unnecessary situation that seems unending. we ask that you please i m sorry. send him home with us today so he can rejoin our family. shannon: ker tpwapb was sentenced to the maximum, two and a half years in jail. raw emotion on the stand this morning in the murder trial of casey anthony. the 25-year-old s ex-boyfriend describing the intimate moments he witnessed between anthony and the two-year-old daughter that she is now accused of killing.
acquitted of manslaughter in the death of their 70-year-old father. prosecutors had argued that mark kerrigan triggered his father s heart failure when he grabbed his neck during an allegedly drunken fight. but his sister and mother had insisted all along he did not cause his father s death. kerrigan was convicted of assault. well, democrats in the senate have voted down a controversial republican plan to replace medicare with a voucher program. our jonathan karl caught up with the congressman behind the plan who happens to be getting some high-level advice from a former president. reporter: he is the man democrats say wants to destroy medicare. and who some republicans blame for their stunning defeat in new york. as we followed paul ryan, look who he bumped into. mr. democrat, bill clinton. hey. paul ryan. how are you? reporter: he even got some surprising words of encouragement. i told them before you got here, i said, i said i am glad we won this race in new york.
welcome back to msnbc. hillary clinton saying the u.s. and other countries are working hard to pressure the yemeni president to step down. mark kerrigan was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for assaulting his father. his sister, nancy, leaded with the judge to spare him from jail. foreclosures account for 28% of all home sales for the first quarter this year. that s they rely s they rely ne times higher. and top cars for small car crash tests including the ford
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