Wolf blitzer is off today. Im brianna keilar. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news on the first highprofile sentencing in the College Admissions scandal. Actress Felicity Huffman now under orders to serve 14 days in prison, pay a 30,000 fine, and perform 250 hours of community service. The desperate housewives star admitted she gave the scams mastermind 15,000 to boost her daughters s. A. T. Scores. Also joe biden is pushing against the most stinging attack at the Democratic National debate in houston. He says rival Julian Castro got his facts wrong when he accusing castro of a cheap shot and a low blow. Ill be getting reaction from democratic congresswoman katie hill and our correspondents and analysts who are also standing by. Well have more ahead on Felicity Huffmans sentence and what happens next. But first joe bidens new reaction to questions about his memory and his age. Lets go to cnn senior washington correspondent jeff
Good job, she writes. By, ali. It is friday, september 13th. I talked myself into believing that all i was doing was giving my daughter a fair shot. Thats what Actress Felicity Huffman said in a letter to federal judges as she finds out whether she will be spending time in prison for her participation in the Largest College scandal, admissions scandal in history. A scandal that could get even bigger as that investigation continues. The first parent who pleaded guilty in the scandal, to be sentenced, possibly setting a precedent for other parents, facing similar allegations. She was just one of 50 people charged in the criminal scheme, exposing how wealthy parents bribed a california businessman to get their children into elite colleges and universities, through fraudulent means. There is a big hebigger issue a and one still to be solved which we will get into in a moment. And following the latest on the case from the courthouse in boston is nbcs ron allen. Good afternoon, what have we
and let s start there. and we have to go at the questions of how it is that we recognize again the fact that the test process, the test prep process, but also the opportunity to learn, which is the most important part of this, is impacted by wealth. i hope when this story of this scandal passes, we are really still having that story, because the number of people affected by this scandal is miniscule compared to the number of qualified students who will not get a place in a college that they want to, because they don t have legacy, because they don t have sports, because they don t have wealth, from when they were young. so thank you for helping us with that. thank you very much. a former chief of the educational opportunity section of the civil rights division, at the department of justice. turning now to 2020, just last hour, we learned when the next presidential debate is going to be, the dnc announced the fourth debate at otterbine