24 1 2 Year Prison Sentence for Paul Manafort. Plus, fines and restitution that ranged from millions of dollars to tens of millions of dollars. Now, keep in mind though that sentencing recommendation friday night was just for the one judge, just for the one judge who is hearing the Paul Manafort case in virginia. That is not the only federal case against Paul Manafort. By the end of this week we are expecting Robert Mueller and his prosecutors to also make their case for the sentence that they believe manafort should get from the other federal judge who is hearing the other federal criminal case against Paul Manafort in the neighboring jurisdiction of washington, d. C. That fairly dire circumstance, the fact that 69 1 2yearold Paul Manafort is now looking down the twin barrels of a sentence from the federal judge in virginia and then another sentence from this federal judge in d. C. , that obviously is a crisis of his own making. Because it was manafort and his defense team who elected
This is a moment. Tonight is the moment. We will fight until its over. We put our hands up like the ceiling cant hold us brian like i never left the club when i hear this song. Ainsley take your coat off and dance on the table,. Brian brian i cant or else i would. Steve thank you very much for joining us. We have a really busy three hours. It starts right now. With this story straight through a first alert. Empire Actor Jussie Smollett is now a suspect in the alleged hate crime against himself. He lied to cops. Ainsley the actor charged with filing a false report with Chicago Police which could send him to pris on if he is found guilty. Brian matt finn has been all over. This he has not been sleeping. He is there in chicago where smollett will face judge. He didnt show up yesterday, right, matt. Checked with her father still had a big part of her life. Absolutely. Today she will be with al sharpton in new york city. Trying to do her best to get the africanamerican vote. They will be at
Are not people who love this country. Its possible that Jussi Smollett may stop cooperating with police and police could seek an arrest warrant by taking the case to grand jury. Monster winter storm today nearly 1,000 flights already cancelled. Im top of the world steve i dont know about on top of the world but we are here on top of the studio. Brian imagine dragons and hundreds of people. Steve we know a lot of the country today is having cloudsy weather on this wednesday. Thank you so much for starting it with us. Ainsley janice is going to tell us all about it flights have been cancelled already and we will give you details. Our top story this morning the Washington Post being sued by Nick Sandmann and his family and lawyers the guy from the Covington Catholic school for 250 million. Steve thats right. Our first two stories this morning first about the covington situation and then about Jussi Smollett out in chicago essentially in the rush to judgment the Mainstream Media apparently
Arriving back in washington where a former friend turned enemy has been dominating the headlines. This was day three of testimony for trumps former lawyer Michael Cohen whos been rewarded with an invitation to come back with more testimony. Then tonight came another bombshell, trump ordered officials to give Jared Kushner a security clearance, something both the president and his daughter had publicly denied for his part kushner is in the middle east tonight as the 11th hour gets underway on a thursday evening. Good evening once again from our nbc headquarter in new york. Day 770 of the trump administration. And the president has arrived back from a summit in vietnam. Jared kushner is right now in the middle east trying to bring about peace in the middle east. Four New York Times journalists share the by line, one of them is joining us in a moment. They ordered his commander in chief to grant his soninlaw Jared Kushner a top secret security clearance last year. Trumps decision in may s
Discuss. Then to save facebook and the world we have to strip the social media giant apart. That is the surprising opinion of one of facebooks cofounders, chris hughes. Ill ask him all about it. The race to dominate the arctic. Who is winning and who is lagging far behind . Find out later. But first, here is my take. It graduation season in america and a good time to be leaving college and looking for a job. Despite this weeks stock market tremors, the American Economy is on solid footing in the 120th month of expansion, there are few signs of bubbles about to burst. Unemployment is way down, inflation is contained, wages are finally moving up. Perhaps the most significantly productivity is up. Some of the trends height prove a it but no denying economics are firmly positive. These good numbers are unlikely to change another set of numbers regarding the geography of growth. I was honored to be the Commencement Speaker at Ohio State University last weekend and i predicted graduates look