for you tonight. kate rooney is in la with reaction from the team and 9 years faithful who made the track to southern california. but we start with sports director jason dumas is with the highlights of how this all played out on the field. jason, the niners had their chances. they just couldn t capitalize. and jonathan, tough, tough, tough ending for the forty-niners season and unfortunately, it s a story we ve all seen before blown 4th quarter league and a poor quarterback performance. that was the nail in the coffin. we ll have full highlights later in the show bullish. so you some of the key plays in this one and they were calling so fy stadium levi south and for good reason. look at all the red that showed up 65%. of the fans of forty-niners fans. 3rd quarter, jimmy garoppolo. it s george kittle right here, though. niners are in control. it s 17 7. i m looking at flights to la. we go into southern california. silly me. 4th quarter. 3 point game here. the forty-niner
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, december 9th, i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining you this morning thank you for joining us this morning. it was my birthday and thanksgiving. it s been a couple of weeks. i had to get that out. a federal appeal court has upheld the gag order in trump s election aversion case. who he can and can t talk about and how he is responding to the ruling. hunter biden is facing new criminal charges. what the white house is saying. it was an emotional day for family members of the victims of ethan crumbley. i came within sight. you intended to kill me. the sentencing he and hiss parents are u no facing. the potential impact and the major cities we re walking through the weekend. and major rivalries kick off today. the 124th army/navy game on cnn this morning. we begin with both leading presidential campaigns being forced to deal with legal issues in the run-
smoking gun? and will we, the american people, see mueller s report? today, president trump tried to act like it s all fine, it s all fine. he doesn t care. should the mueller report be released next week? that will be totally up to the new attorney general. he s a tremendous man. a tremendous person who really respects this country and respects the justice department. so that will be totally up to him. the new attorney the new attorney general. yes. will the word, tremendous, work? the president today choosing to kiss up to his new attorney general because bill barr does hold the mueller report s face in his hands and president trump knows it. for once he chose not to demean, diminish, insult, you know, otherwise slam the investigation because keep in mind, since it began, 644 days ago, president trump has attacked mueller s investigation about 1,100 times, which adds up, obviously, on average to about twice a day. and, you know, you know the words, which hunt qu
has concluded his investigation of russian interference into the 2016 election and related matters. it then continues. the special counsel has submitted to me today a confidential report explaining the prosecution or decoration decisions he s reached as required. i m a position to advice you of the special counsel s principle conclusions as soon as this weekend. that s obviously crucial. separately, barr, continues, i intend to consult with deputy attorney rosenstein and potential counsel mueller to derm what information can be released to the public and congress consistent with the law including the department s long-standing practices and policies. i remain committed to as much transparency as possible, and i will keep you informed as to the status of my review. we have a team of reporters standing by. evan perez is with us. abbey philip live outside the white house. laura jarrett, manu raju live on capitol hill. and i want to start with evan. evan, a couple of crucial thin
personally and professionally is in shamble hambles, now, i wan emphasize, this is a remarkable moment in history, campaign chairman of a presidential campaign sentenced to prison, going in handcuffs, 47 months. i want to say this is a big blow for mueller as well. they had asked for 19 to 25 years. the judge, ellis, going against that request from prosecutors and going for only 47 months. that is a stunning development. obviously, manafort is going to be sentenced again in a week in the d.c. court. but this is not what team mueller had been hoping for. now, manafort is the first person from trump s inner circle to be sentenced. he was, of course, the first person who was indicted by mueller. i want to go now to shimon prokupecz outfront outside the virginia courthouse. shimon, this is not what team mueller wanted. they wanted up to 25 years. 47 months. that s what they got. reporter: way lower than what really anyone expected, erin, when you think about it, way lower th