Trump is expected to speak in a few hours at the nations top gathering of conservatives. Hes likely to double down on the prevailing line of attack emerging from the political conservative action, decrying democrats socialists and extremists. While she wasnt there the star on and off stage was representative alexandria occasiocortez. Democrats have gone bat crap crazy. That system is socialism. That is why alexandria occasiocortez has introduced the green new deal. This is what stalin dreamt about but never achieved. Meanwhile the political and legal stakes for the president and his inner circle are now much higher after the bomb shell testimony of his former lawyer and socalled fixer Michael Cohen. He detailed allegations giving democrats a road map of how to shape their investigations, who to question next and where to fine some answers about trumps business practices. The last time i appeared before congress i came to protect mr. Trump. Today, i am here to tell the truth. He lied a
Workers and their Bank Accounts in the middle of it. Well hear from Speaker Pelosi in about 15 minutes. Then next hour the Vice President is meeting with kiersten nielsen. This afternoon the president will hold a round table discussion on border security. A lot happening on whats dubbed dday for the federal employees. T we have our reporters with us. Tom, let me start with you. Youve been digging in to these pain points for folks all around the country. And today is the day. Yeah. Day 21 of the shutdown. That means that today no paychecks or they did get a paycheck. Its 00. You cant see it well behind me. Were shooting into the light. The tsa check point, thankfully no long lines. These guys who make on average 30,000 a year did not get paid. Many of them living paycheck to paycheck. Theyll struggle to figure out how to pay their bills, the groceries, child care, gas, and theyre just a fraction of the total population affected by the shutdown. This morning the rhetoric has become reali
President s former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. Manaforts interviews have been a significant part of muellers investigation to date and with his investigation appearing to wrap up, this could be the last major filing. Over the past few months we have learned a lot from the memos like this, last month because of a computer formatting glitch no kidding thats honestly what it was, manaforts attorneys accide accidentally revealed mueller believed he was sharing polling data during the 2016 election and in December Mueller revealed man that north was still communicating with the Trump Administration into 2018 after promising the special counsel he wasnt talking to anyone. So, could tonight offer what everyone is waiting to find out . We will find that out altogether. As we await that, we are learning prosecutors out of new york are preparing to hit Paul Manafort with state criminal charges which is significant because those charges would be pardonproof. All comes as mueller is expected
Feds and in a nondescript office building, the Mueller Investigation goes on but for how long . As the 11th hour gets under way on a thursday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. We reached day 777 of the trump administration, and tonight it brought an explosive turn of events in the case of Paul Manafort. Tonight in the first of two prison sentences hell receive in the course of a week, a federal judge sentenced Donald Trumps former Campaign Chairman to 47 months in prison. Thats a month shy of four years with a further ninemonth reduction for time already served. A 47month sentence in this case where muellers prosecutors had asked for 19 to 24 years, almost a quarter century in prison for a man days away from turning 70. The Paul Manafort who we usually show at this point in the broadcast in this file video looking robust while walking into and out of court, that Paul Manafort appeared in court today in a wheelchair wearing a green prison ju
Further now. Michael cohen suing his old employer for unpaid legal bills while he cooperates with the feds and in a nondescript office building, the Mueller Investigation goes on but for how long . As the 11th hour gets under way on a thursday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. We reached day 777 of the trump administration, and tonight it brought an explosive turn of events in the case of Paul Manafort. Tonight in the first of two prison sentences hell receive in the course of a week, a federal judge sentenced Donald Trumps former Campaign Chairman to 47 months in prison. Thats a month shy of four years with a further ninemonth reduction for time already served. A 47month sentence in this case where muellers prosecutors had manafort has been a good friend to others, a generous person, he has lived an otherwise blameless life. Manafort also had a chance to speak saying, quote, the last two years had been the most difficult years for my famil