Theres the breaking news coming out of indianapolis, indiana. Jared fogle, the subway pitchman pleading guilty to possessing and distributing child pornography. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. Were following the breaking news. I want to get right to Ashleigh Banfield whos been listening in on all the details from from the very start. Ashleigh, this is an individual thats obviously very well known here in the United States, indeed, traveled for subway around the world trying to promote subway and now all of a sudden this. Tell our viewers what just happened. Yeah. Well, what was interesting is that he emerged from the federal courthouse in indianapolis and has not made that plea yet. The intention is there, the admission is there, the recommendations are there for sentencing which the prosecutors want to be as high as 13 years in prison. His attorneys are recommending closer to five. It will probably fall somewhere in the middle. But some really interesting revelations that just calm from the u. S. Attorneys press conference, wolf, if that this all started as a tip from a private citizen. The investigation that has now spent the b spanned the better part of a decade started with that and now were learning there were 47,000 images investigated, 3,000 videos, 14 different victims in two different states. Im also hearing repeatedly the words child prostitution not just child pornography. Clearly many of this many of the details and the charge relating to images and child pornography but there are also these extraordinarily serious charges of traveling to a different state to engage in child prostitution, soliciting other child victims. I mean, this is remarkably serious stuff, wolf. The prosecutors also said that theres a 1. 4 million restitution payment that jared fogle will be paying to those 14 victims. Do the math, thats 100,000 per victim. And just sequentially speaking, what happens now . He is obviously not in custody. Prosecutors would not talk about whether hes being electronically monitored but they said something very telling, wolf. Theres not many places where jared fogle could go or travel without being recognized. That alludes to the notion that they dont expect him to be a flight risk at this time. There are a couple of things that have to happen before actual sentencing. There have to be arguments regarding these sentences. The judge has to listen to those arguments and come up with a sentence. There has to be a presentencing hearing and then ultimately that sentence will be levied against jared fogle. But i think you know, as many of our viewers know, were talking about the federal system until the United States of america. Those sentences are pretty much to the day. Maybe about 90 of a sentence will be actually served but you dont get a lot of time for good behavior. So if jared fogle is going behind bars for upwards of, say, seven to ten years, he will likely spend almost all of that time behind bars. And there will not be a very lengthy process between right now where you watched him walking out of that federal courthouse just within the last hour to when you see him being marched right back into a federal facility where he will stay for a long time. And just to be precise, the recommendation is at least five years in prison as long as, what, 12 and a half years . Thats the recommendation, the leeway the federal judge will have in deciding whether he goes with the five years or closer to twelve and a half, 13 years . Theres two recommendations that come from the defense and from the prosecutors. The prosecutors want that 151 months. They want the big long 13year sentence. The defense has said how about closer to five . We think that would be better. So they dont you have been split the difference. It depends on who your federal judge is. This is an extraordinarily egregious case, wolf, involving so many victims and an extraordinarily long period of time. Were not talking about being embroiled in someone elses issues and turning a blind eye, were talking about child prostitution, two victims in another state. Were talking about 14 other victims and tens of thousands of images. Surreptitious cameras placed in his colleagues house to videotape and photograph children as young as six years old bathing, showering, changing, they had no idea they were victimized until they were made aware of it, sometimes by the internet, sometimes by the investigators. Sol it could be as high as 13 years, make no mistake. Federal judges can be real tough and they can issue anything that comes from a defense attorney. I want you to stand by, ashleigh. Because while the News Conference, which we just aired live on cnn, was happening, the prosecutor explaining what was going on, one of the attorneys for jared fogle spoke to reporters outside the courthouse where the where his client agreed to plead got these child pornography charges. Heres what the attorney Jeremy Margolis had to say moments ago. Jared fogle is going to plead guilty toll the charges that were filed today in the Southern District of indiana. In so doing, he will fully and completely acknowledge his responsibility for his wrongdoing and his acts and his conduct. He has already volunteered to make restitution to those individuals who have been impacted by his behavior. He knows that restitution cant undo the damage that hes done but he will do all in his power to try to make it right. Jared also knows that he has a medical problem. He has already sought evaluation by a worldclass psychiatrist experienced in these matters and he will seek appropriate treatment. Jared fogle expects to go to prison. He will do his time. He expects to get well. He expects to continue to make amends to those people whose lives he has affected, both family and nonfamily members. He at some point hopes to become once again a productive member of society. Hang on one second. Im sorry to tell you thats all im going to say. Its in the process now. It a necessary the court. I dont have a next appearance for a change of plea to guilty, i dont have a date for sentencesing. Well have no other comments whatsoever, ill do no interviews, side pieces, phone calls. I cant do it properly while the process is ongoing so please respect that and understand that. I know the phone will ring off the hook but im not able to return the calls until we speak in court at the time of dispo disposition and speak after court after that disposition. Reporter what type of gps is he wearing . Thats it. Have a good day. Thats Jeremy Margolis, one of the attorneys for jared fogle explaining his clients perspective. We also just received a statement from fogles wife through her attorney. Katie fogle saying this. Obviously im extremely shocked and disappoint ed by the recent developments involving jared. Im in the process of seeking disillusion of the marriage. My focus is exclusively on the wellbeing of my children. Neither i nor my family will have any further comment on the matter. She adds, i appreciate respect for my familys privacy during this difficult time. Lets get analysis on whats going on. Jean cassarez is joining us fro new york. Our legal analyst, cnn correspondent. Jean, he pleads guilty, could get as little as five years, maybe as much as 13 years. Had he gone to trial, though, and lets say he lost he could have gotten a much longer sentence given the charge of abusing 14 children. Youre talking about 50 years because count one the maximum is 20 years, count two the maximum is 30 years, thus we see the benefit of him entering into this plea agreement here because the federal prosecutors are saying they will argue and ask for more more than 12 and a half years in prison. Hes saying hell agree to five years in prison but its all up to the judge in the end, wolf. And today was just the initial hearing. Today is when he was actually charged formally with these federal crimes. And now he has agreed that he will agreesy from to a plea deal. He will accept that but he has nod pled guilty yet. He has not been sentenced yet. Some of these facts are so particular. He will admit he traveled to new york city, staying at the plaza hotel. This would be in 2012, engaging in sexual relations with a 17yearold and giving her money for that. She then told authorities that when she was 16 years old, so a year before, that he came to new york on several occasions telling her at the same time if you can find me other minor young girls i will give you a finders fee and there was another, victim 14, a 16yearold victim right here in new york city. At that time he stayed at the ritzcarlton hotel. Authorities are saying they found audio recordings where he called people in florida, georgia, Washington State asking if they could find young female minor victims for him. Also Text Messages saying that he interacted and had discussions with prostitutes. It seems to be adult prostitutes saying that he would give them a finders fee if they could find him minor victims and according to the plea agreement he engaged in sex the prostitutes first to make sure they were not part of Law Enforcement before he asked them to find him minor female victims. Stand by for a moment. I want to bring in danny zef los, our cnn legal analyst, criminal defense attorney himself. Danny, you heard the prosecutors say theyre treating him, jared fogle, whos obviously well known, as a pitch man for subway, at least he used to be a pitchman for subway. Theyre treating him exactly as t same as they would treat somebody who isnt well known. No harsher, no lighter. Is that your sense . Is he being treated more or less harshly as a result of his fame . I can think you can say the federal government treats all defendants with the same level of harshness. They prosecute very harshly all child pornography charges irrespective of the wealth or fame of the defendant. His wealth, his notoriety, his fame, it may come into it may come into factor when youre talking about bail because that can affect whether or not hes a risk of flight. As Defense Attorneys recognize him and hes a part of the community, hes not going anywhere. That may change, at least considers of bail or electronic monitoring but its fair to say both Defense Attorneys and federal prosecutors alike would say they prosecute child pornography and similar crimes with an equal level of harshness across the board, wolf. And each of these 14 victims, these children, these young girls who were abused according to this affidavit, theyll get 100,000 each. Heres the question. What about subway . Are they liable . Are they going to be charged with anything . Have they done something wrong as well . Now were talking about tort liability. Civil liability. If subway had some knowledge and thats a remote possibility. If subway had some knowledge or facilitated any of these acts then of course a creative plaintiff could find a way to charge them in civil court with monetary liability for these wrong wrongs but when it comes to criminal liability, youll need a stronger nexus and more actual involvement before the federal prosecutors try to bring in other employees from subwayment thats not something weve heard so far. It doesnt mean that if they found subway employees were somehow involved, that means encouraged, assisted, any of those would bring a criminal prosecution from the federal government but on the civil side, a creative plaintiff could find an attenuated relationship between subway and jaurd and at least file a complaint in court. Whether or not that complaint or lawsuit would be thrown out depend on the quantum of evidence against subway if any exists. Danny cevallos, thanks very much. 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Shes ahead of vermont senator Bernie Sanders 47 to 29 , an 18point margin in july. Only a month ago she was ahead by 24 points. Vice President Joe Biden remains in third place even though he hasnt said whether hes running. Lets bring in our panel, our cnn political director David Chalian is here along with senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny and senior political reporter niamalika henderson. Guys, thanks very much. Whats your take on trump in this new poll. Whats the message the respondents are giving the American Public . Hes in an entirely new position as a dacandidate becau now he is as competitive as any other republican against Hillary Clinton and that was not the case, as you showed. She was beating him by 24 points so he has made a tremendous amount of progress among republican which is has now allowed him to be seen as an actual contender for the presidency and now hes in the ball game with his fellow republican competitors. Its almost within the margin of error if you think whats the margin of error . Four or five points, right . Thats almost within a margin of error. Nia, the numbers for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are moving in opposite directions. Hillary clinton is now ahead 47 29 over Bernie Sanders but a month ago he was ahead 5619. Thats not a good trend for her. Thats right. Shes going down, hes going up. Listen, sanders has had the political summer of his life. I talked to folks whove known him for years and years in vermont, they say even hes surprised at how well hes caught on, drawing huge, huge clouds, but the Clinton Campaign very much watching his next move which is to go down to South Carolina over these next days, hell be in columbia, greenville, they want to see what kind of crowd he draws down there and this would be a test of whether or not he can do well with africanamerican voters, with women voters and the more kind of Democratic Base that he hasnt been able to draw so far. Even though hes drawing big crowds. And youre going to South Carolina as well. Im going to South Carolina. And a big chunk of that democratic vote in South Carolina, people who show up for the democratic primaries are africanamericans. Over half will be africanamerican in that democratic primary. This is why barack obama was able to do so well in 2008 and obviously Hillary Clinton trying to replicate that and sanders trying to steal her thunder, meeting with black lives matters protesters and trying to gain an edge there. Jeff, lets talk about the email controversy thats been chasing Hillary Clinton. We asked this question. Was she wrong to use personal email during her four years as the secretary of state in march 51 said she was wrong, now 56 . Not a huge change but its upup right now. I suspect a lot of democrats are not as concerned as a lot of republicans out there are. Republicans are furious about this. That is an overall number of registered voters so certainly republicans are more concerned about this but democrats are concerned about this as well. You know how you can tell . You can see by the r