Shooting. Organizers sold close to 25,000 tickets, and the game raised over a Million Dollars for d. C. Area charities. Democrats ended up winning 112 but after team manager, congressional mike doyle accepted the trophy, he then gave it to his counterpart joe barton to put in Steve Scalises office on behalf of the democrats. He remains in Critical Condition this morning. Hes undergone three surgeries so far. The hospital released a Statement Last night saying he has improved in the last 24 hours and will need additional operations and will be in the hospital for some time. Thats a lot to start with. Good morning everyone. That is a lot to start with. Its good news we hear he has improved. Were hopeful. Its been such a frightening time, such a frightening time for everybody on the hill that has known and loved this guy for a long time. Last night, what a wonderful display, not only by the members on the field, but the people that poured out and watched this game. Weve been to a few of t
They had affairs with donald trump. Today Michael Cohen may become the first member of the inner circle to get serious prison time in connection with the russia investigation. In fact, special counsel Robert Muellers team will appear in this mornings sentencing. No cameras are allowed inside the courtroom. Cnn is inside. Well bring you the news as it comes out. Lets begin outside the court because that is the place we can be. What is expected to go on . Reporter we expect to have a really busy hour here. We are going to have updates as the sentencing gets going. Its now underway. Prosecutors have started talking to the judge. Essentially, what is going to happen is they are going to make their case. That is the u. S. Attorneys where Michael Cohen was charged with the most serious offenses are going to make their case as to why he should go to jail. We also expect to hear from the special counsels office. They are asking for some leniency for Michael Cohen. We are also finally expected
They say an isis video was on his phone and his brother involved. The flight had 150 people aboard. He told investigators he was upset over a contract dispute and tampered with the plane to work more hours. Cnn rene marsh is following these developments and with us a cnn aviation analyst and attorney justin green. Rene, start with you. Bring us up to speed. Prosecutors alleging this mechanic had more information on this phone. What was that . Reporter right. So a lot of allegations coming out in federal court today where he was for a bond hearing. Were talking about Abdul Majeed Marouf Ahmed alani. A mechanic accuses of sabotaging in a jetliner. On his phone according to prosecutors is this isis propaganda video. They say he distributed that video to individuals and is, they are accusing him essentially of having ties to isis. But theres more. During this bond hearing prosecutors also said that he told fellow employees that he traveled to iraq to visit his brother who was a member of i
Pure. Republican frustration, however, was evident in yesterdays made for tv spectacle as a group of House Republicans made by trump loyalists stormed the secure room where Deputy Defense secretary was scheduled to testify. The New York Times Editorial Board put it bluntly, theyre running out of options. The times reports on the effort to grind proceedings to a halt. Quote, republicans are growing increasingly uneasy about the inquiry and fretting that it could get much more worse for them. That unease was evident again today as senator Lindsey Graham introduced a Senate Resolution cosponsored by Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell to condemn the house impeachment inquiry. Whats happened is that the intent to open up an inquiry of impeachment against President Trump failed miserably so they created a new process that i think is very dangerous for the country. Well, the majority of Senate Republicans now 46 have gotten in the line. Theyve cosponsored the resolution, but notably seven have n
Tonight. Yeah, the fact that he said he made some suggestions in terms of improving that transcript and some of them were taken and some of them were not is at least according to this New York Times reporting today about his testimony, that is just ned price is going to join us in a minute, and its the value of having staff here. He has restudied the transcript of the phone call tonight, the white house transcript, as we all have. And hes found something in it that indicates real corroboration for what the colonel testified to today. Were going to get to that in the next hour. Thank you, rachel. Well, tomorrow the House Rules Committee will vote on a resolution establishing the rules for public hearings in the impeachment investigation of donald trump, and they are rules like we have never seen before because these rules anticipate obstructionist tactics by the president and by the president s lawyers. And these rules provide very specific, very immediate penalties that the president s