this is cnn breaking news. two prominent members of the oath keepers are being sentenced for their actions on the attack on the u.s. capitol on january 6th of 2021. the judge saying the actions of stewart rhodes, the founder and leader of the far right group oath keepers amounted to domestic terrorism, that he is going to be sentenced to 18 years in prison. kelly meggs also being sentenced. we have cnn crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz joining us. this just broke. tell us the very latest. reporter: right, so the judge has just delivered the sentence to stewart rhodes. he will be spending 18 years in federal prison for the crimes he committed up and until january 6th as he gathered oath keepers to washington, d.c. and they went inside the capitol, when he was leading the organization and wanting to essentially foment violence in the united states because of the transfer of power from donald trump to joe biden. the judge is just finishing his speech to rhodes and d
danger to the country given what the country saw on january 6th and the ongoing threat to democracy. thank you. that does it for us. this edition of andrea mitchell reports . and now chris jansing reports. hello. i m chris jansing in new york city. tallahassee, we have a problem. ron desantis glitchy campaign launch sparked gleeful attacks on his opponents. will it also fuel new questions about donors? about whether the governor is ready for a political fight? and how does his team put their rough start in the rear view mirror? plus, the house gop ditching d.c. without avoiding an economic catastrophe. touting progress but making no promise about where things go from here. and breaking news, an 18-year sentence for oath keeper responder stewart rhodes. we start with ron desantis. his newly minted presidential campaign forced into damage control on day one after his decision to announce live on twitter got maybe the worst reviews for a presidential kickoff in rec
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