people with sexual addiction. the hotlines posted, the report says created an opportunity to blackmail or manipulate these individuals. cnn also tracked down this trump supporter in florida who was paid by the internet research agency to build a cage to bring to an event to call for the imprisonment of hillary clinton. there was nothing nothing at all to lend you to think that it s anything other than people trying to support a candidate. the group s most prolific efforts specifically targeted black american communities. not just to depress their vote, but to develop them too as assets. one such operation convinced and paid martial arts instructor to run self defense classes for african-americans to, quote, protect your rights, let them know black power matters. cnn s drew griffin spoke to him. they convinced you. very easily. very easily. some of the things were, you know, sketchy.
kremlin. guiliani seeming to say the answer was given in response to mueller s written questions, making the comments in an interview with abc news. but guiliani also seemed to assert that nothing matters. claiming that none of these issues are crimes. not the hush money payments to alleged romantic partners. not any potential heads up from wikileaks about hillary clinton e-mails they were about to reveal. not any questions of conspiracy between the trump team and the russian government. all of it, from mr. guiliani, totally kosher. cnn s kaitlan collins at the white house. while guiliani was saying this, his client, the president was making some false assertions about the fbi raid on michael cohen s office. yeah. and the president s eyes, the fbi broke into michael cohen s office and in everyone else s eyes they legally entered to perform an authorized search with even michael cohen, whose office was the one being raided, saying that the agents who did the search were both professio
in the politics lead. former fbi director, james comey absolutely unleashed on president trump and republicans just moments ago. comey said president trump has damaged the fbi s reputation with his, quote, constant lies, and he attempted to shame republicans for staying silent about it. republicans used to understand that the actions of a president matter. the words of a president matter. the rule of law matters and the truth matters. where are those republicans today? at some point, someone has to stand up and in the face of fear of fox news, fear of their base, fear of mean tweets, stand up for the values of this country and not slink away in retirement. cnn s manu raju is live on capitol hill. and manu, you were there questioning comey as he came out of that closed-door hearing this afternoon. what else did he have to say? yeah. in addition to slamming republicans and the president for not defending the rule of law, he also defended the actions that he took as fbi director, in
he made some real blunders and missteps in 2016. blunders and missteps he cannot fix with a press conference in the halls of congress. so you re with jen that he should zip it. look, he has to go and testify. he s doing his due diligence. but in terms of the pontificating and what is in my opinion grandstanding, he s not the one. mueller will never write a book. that s all i m saying. probably true. also in our politics lead tomorrow, former trump national security adviser, michael flynn, will finally learn if he spends any time in prison. a judge will hand down a sentence. his sentence comes on the shadow of two former associates whose indictments were unsealed earlier today, revealing they illegally lobbied on behalf of turkey. flynn is referenced as person a. cnn s kara scannel joins me now. jake, so the turkish government blames the cleric for being behind a coup to overthrow the government.
yemen to the united states. cnn s dan simon is live for us in sacramento. you just spoke with the boy s father. do they have any hope? reporter: well, jake, i m not sure hope is the right word. but this family is doing everything they can to get the mother over to the united states so she can say goodbye to her child before he dies. time is running out. please help us. get my family together again. reporter: as 2-year-old abdula lay dying in oakland, his mother is thousands of miles away, unable to see him, due to the trump administration s travel ban, which includes five predominantly muslim countries. this is a united states citizen who is going to die, separated from his mother, because because of our own hateful and bigoted policies? reporter: the toddler is on life support. he has a fatal brain condition and is in the final stages. his american father pleading