investigation by campaigning for republican candidates in florida last night. things got tense when his supporters fiercely heckled cnn s jim acosta. [ crowd chanting ] president trump did nothing to calm the crowd or stop it. the president s son, eric, retweeted the video, which was then retweeted by the president. jim acosta has more for us in tampa. reporter: dave and laura, at a rally here in florida, the president steered clear of the subject of the russia investigation, instead returning to one of his favorite topics on the campaign trail, immigration, telling his supporters here that there should be voter i.d. laws across the country. at one point remarking that you need an i.d. to buy groceries. here s what he had to say. only american citizens should vote in american elections, which is why the time has come for voter i.d., like everything else. you know, if you go out and you
want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card. you need i.d. you go out and you want to buy anything, you need i.d. and you need your picture. reporter: the president also lashed out at the news media, referring to reporters in the back of the room as fake news, even talking about what he considers to be fake polls. but at the same time, the president talked up a poll that shows he s one of the most popular republican presidents in recent history. dave and laura? thank you, jim. and anyone wondering, you do not need an i.d. to buy groceries. elsewhere, immigration officials have agreed to hold off briefly on deporting a group of families that have just been reunited after being separated at the border. an attorney for the family said last night the government will stay removals through friday, a small win as advocates try to buy more time for immigrants they say have not had a full opportunity to make their case for asylum in the united states. earlier at a hearing on cap
officials say that process could take a very long time. cnn s paula hancocks joins us live from osan air base in south korea. paula, bring us up to speed. reporter: well, laura, this ceremony is under way at this point. i m here at the runway of osan air base, where two c-17 planes are waiting to take those remains on to hawaii, and they will be greeted by vice president mike pence there as they touch down on u.s. soil. they ll be there for identification. now, at this point, there is a service member playing the bagpipes, leading six vans, each of them carrying one casket to those c-17 planes, and they will be received with full honors by many standing by here, u.s. service members, some of the families as well from osan air base coming to pay their respects to these service members. now, there will also be a
back of the room as fake news, even talking about what he considers to be fake polls. but at the same time, the president talked up a poll that shows he s one of the most popular republican presidents in recent history. dave and laura? jim, thanks for that report. immigration officials have agreed to hold off briefly on deporting a group of immigrant families just reunited after being separated at the border. an attorney for the families said last night the government will stay removals through friday. it s a small win as advocates try to buy more time for immigrants they say have not had the full opportunity to make their case for asylum in the u.s. at a hearing on capitol hill, an hhs official heading up the reunifications told lawmakers he had warned over the past year about the dangers of family separation, but the head of i.c.e. s enforcement division had these glowing words about detention centers where the government is housing children. i think the best way to
we will watch the situation very closely. paula, thank you for the report. jury selection begins later this morning in the federal trial of the former trump campaign paul manafort for alleged financial crimes. the first test for special counsel robert mueller and his prosecutors although russia is not the center of the trial. we have more from evan perez from washington. reporter: dave and laura, paul manafort, the former campaign chairman, is going on trial in virginia on federal tax and bank fraud charges. this is the first trial to come from robert mueller s investigation. don t expect the trial to be about russia or collusion or president trump. prosecutors and attorneys plan to stick closely to the issues in the charges which have to do with the government s accusations that manafort used secret foreign bank accounts to hide millions of dollars he earned working for the ukrainian government and failed to report it to the irs.