the president s former lawyer begins a three year prison term on may 6. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort will be sentenced today in virginia federal court. manafort was found guilty of defrauding banks and failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars he earned as a political consultants in ukraine. prosecutors have asked for up to 25 years in prison, potentially a life sentence for the 69-year-old. and tens of millions in financial penalties. the case was the first brought to trial by robert mueller as part of his russia investigation. democrats are divided over controversial remarks made by freshman congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota and that is testing nancy pelosi s ability to unify her party. democratic sources tell cnn that the debate surrounding representative omar is messy, and tempers are flaring. it is now unclear whether a resolution condemning
border i willegally. yesterday they acknowledged 471 were deported. were you aware that the zero-tolerance policy would lead to minors being separated from their parents? as we increase consequences when they break the law i have such limited time, madame secretary. i m sure that you can appreciate that. we in this country do not take the children to jail. so i take that is a yes. nielsen also againdefended t president declaring a national emergency so he could get funding for a border wall. even many republicans are now voicing skepticism about that move. jessica schneider has more. reporter: democrats hammering secretary nielsen so the zero-tolerance policy that resulted in children being separated from their families last summer and they also grilled into whether president trump s emergency declaration to build his border wall is really necessary. secretary nielsen defended the president and she stuck to the
according to the new york times, at least some of the edits appeared to play down ivanka trump s knowledge about the trump tower moscow project and two sources tell cnn white house lawyers had no indication cohen s original testimony was even wrong. the second big reveal wednesday, cnn has learned cohen himself authored the false line in his 2017 testimony to congress, that means it was not a change made by president trump s lawyers. and the washington post reports that cohen says he personally discussed the subject of a pardon with jay sekulow and rudy giuliani. that doesn t mean that he asked for one, but did discuss one. sekulow denies that. giuliani tells cnn he has been asked about pardons by attorneys but would not comment specifically. but now lanny davis seeming to contradict the washington post and his own client. michael cohen said this last
system. i was preyed upon and raped by a superior officer. i stayed silent for many years but later in my career as a military grappled with scandals and their wholly inadequate responses, i felt the need to let people know i too was a survivor. i was horrified as how my attempt to share generally my experiences were handled. i almost separated from the air for the force at 18 years over my despair. like many victims, i felt the system was raping me all over again. in january joni ernst, an army combat veteran, revealed she was a survivor of mental and physical abuse by her former husband and also she said hefs raped by a boyfriend in college. president trump s policy is predicated on his belief that trade deficits represent failure.
4:46 eastern time. president trump s pick to be u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia claims he will hold the saudis accountable for the murder of jamal khashoggi. retired general calling the death a senseless killing at miss confirmation hearing on wednesday. when he was pressed about how he plans to did that, here is what abizaid told lawmakers. ambassadors don t hold countries accountable. countries hold countries accountable. he said it is critical to make sure that the saudis know what we stand for. embattled celebrity kref mario batali is now fully divested from his restaurants. this is more than a year after he was accused much sexual