Reporter well, we do have to say we have some tension flaring up here, some people with some kind of a conservative message showed up. These are the people right here that the people with the camouflage jackets. We do not know if theyre White Supremacists or not. We do not know that. The people have chased them out of the square and shouting them down and they retreated toward the police and the people some of the antifascist, antiracist protesters are g getting vociferous, shouting them own of the square. Theyre being flanked by a couple of Police Officers and were following them as they go. This is at the end of the day. The protesters have mostly left, but there have been a couple of flareups like this, i would not term this to be a major incident, but this is the passion and tension that existed here, especially the energy here on the antiracist side. As you said, they have vastly outnumbered the White Supremacists. The White Supremacists were basically chased out irl heearl. They
Russia investigation, and congress. We are live in north dakota. Before that, we have our team set up and ready to go from across the country and around the world, on what is turning out to be a very bez si mondusy. I want to start with ken dilanian following the Paul Manafort case. There is a final Pretrial Hearing. It was set to start now but it is pushed back. Itll start at 11 00. Paul manafort is expected to appear. His lawyers are asking the judge to delay the trial, on the grounds that there have been so many leaks and unfair publicity. Highly unlikely, right . Yes. It is not expected to happen. Aint happening. This is procedural. The jury is expected to begin being selected on wednesday. One of the open questions though, hallie, interestingly enough, is whether the jury will be told that Paul Manafort was working were donald trump, to the extent they dont know. Lawyers are afraid animosity to trump could hurt manafort in the eyes of the jury. Ken dilanian, thank you. Look at the
Guys who wear bow ties, something youth and fun, a word that definitely embodied my uncle. Also among the dead, cecil and david rosenthal, members of a center in pittsburgh for the disabled which put out this statement, saying in part, quote, cecils laugh was infectious. Most of all they were kind, good people with a strong faith and respect for everyone around. Then there was 97yearold rose mallinger, the oldest victim. Despite her age, a friend said, she was spry and vibrant, someone who had a lot of years left. Then daniel stein, 71. His son posting online, quote, my mom, sister and i are absolutely devastated and crushed. Our lives now were going to take a different path, one we thought would not happen for a long time. So many stories tonight. As we learn more about the paths of those who lost their lives, tributes are pouring in. So lets go right to cnn sarah side ner there in pittsburgh where those people gathered this evening to support one another in this attack. Who were kill
And on the clock. With time running out to avoid a partial Government Shutdown, the white house signals flexibility on its wall demands. At the end of the day, we dont want to shut down the government. We want to shut down the border. Today with the president probably hoping his christmas break would hurry up and get started. He just suffered through a pretty rough 24 hours. He will have to fold, it looks like, on his border wall funding demands. He watched his former National Security adviser get smacked down by a d. C. Judge. Oh, by the way, his Charitable Foundation forced to close its doors after trump was accused as using it as a personal piggy bank. And hes still got two more days before hes expected to head to maralago. I have a great team to help me break it down but first i want to take a step back and explain exactly what were looking at here. Right now President Trump is on the cusp of a 16day vacation. When he gets back, democrats will be in the control of the house and wit
By throwing projectiles at them. We will not tolerate this lawlessness and not hesitate to shut down ports of entry for security and Public Safety reasons. All this happening as the incoming Mexican Government denies reports that it has reached a deal with the Trump Administration to keep Asylum Seekers in mexico while theyre applications are pending. Its something the president has also been tweeting about this weekend. Lets get right to cnns nick watt. He just arrived there in san eas i said droe, california. Set the seen. Reporter about five minutes ago i heard if authorities here that they have now opened the pedestrian lanes north and south. Theyve been closed for about four hours since this incident went. It was supposed to be a peaceful process. Some of them managed to overwhelm Mexican Police on that side and according to Kirstjen Nielsen they tried to climb over legacy fencing around this border, which is, by the way, one of the busiest land borders on earth. She also says tha