Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Manafort is turned his direction. One can only imagine what is going through manaforts mind, because if you believe the prosecution version of the case, gates knows all his secrets and is about to expose them to the jury. If you believe the defense version, gates is setting manafort up and framing him. Well have to see which version the jury believes. Ken, how long can we expect gates to be on stand and, number two, what is manaforts defense right now . They were really motoring through gates testimony. Generally this court wraps up at 5 30 but ive got to believe hell be back tomorrow on direct and then there will be a lengthy cross examination. The defense really rests on tarnishing gates. There was some devastating testimony before gates from Cindy Lapartyorta who made the understand that she had no idea that Paul Manafort had overseas accounts. He was supposed to disclose on his taxes. She prepared the taxes and
Good saturday morning to you. Stop of the hour now. Happy to be with you. Im victor blackwell. And im christi paul. Were so grateful to have your company this morning. Well, this morning, coronavirus deaths in the u. S. , now at 37,000. The number of cases, more than 706,000. And theres one big question how actually, two, when to start reopening the country. Yeah. The president unveiled guidelines, of course, to help states loosen restrictions. He pointed out, its up to the governors to decide when and how to reopen now. So, today, more of those antishutdown protests are planned after several. You see here what we saw on friday. The president , President Trump phrased those protesters are very responsible people. Pointed out to liberate some states bled by democratic governors. Scientists say four states may be able to loosen social distancing measures as early as next month. A model shows vermont, west virginia, montana and hawaii, all states fewer with 900 cases could open in a coupl
Any thoughts on the future of Child Advocacy . I was one of the people who started the childrens act here in washington, d. C. I know the impact that it has, positive impact it has on child victims of crime or the decision to eliminate this funding was a difficult one. Deficit issues, restoring fiscal sustainability were all the consideration. The office of Justice Programs as i talk to them after i spoke to you has come up with ways in which they think they can prioritize some grantmaking and training to help in that regard. But im just going, i think that if we look at the budget for the next year, that given what we get from the Advocacy Centers and the relatively small amount that is involved, that this has to be a part of the, you know, im not satisfied with where we are now with what i think that was a mistake. I certainly look forward to working with you as a member of the budget committee. I think all of us to recognize that we have forced far too many of the cuts weve made in
Plus the Baltimore Police commissioner surprised about the charges against six of his officers in the death of freddie gray. Now another surprise. One of those officers filing his own legal challenge. Lets talk in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Lets start in baltimore where mayor stephanie rawlingsblake is about to announce a new partnership between her city and the u. S. Department of justice. It comes a day after a visit by the new loreattorney general. Well bring this News Conference to you live when it happens. Also in the news this morning, a jaw dropping new report shows that the copilot who deliberately crashed a germanwings jet into the alps made a practice run with passengers onboard. He did it five times on an earlier flight the same day of the crash. The copilot a germanwings on march 24th, investigators say he purposely flew the plane into the french applelps while the copilot wascopilot was locked out of the cockpit. Re
Receive a vote. There is one that would limit the size of ammunition clips. It is unclear whether that will get a vote in committee or whether he will have to bring that to the senate under regular order. National polling suggests that americans are behind it. We will wait and have to see if there is enough pull in the senate. Thank you, gentlemen. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] both chambers of congress return on monday. The house cables back in at 2 00 pm for legislative business. Gavels back in at 2 00 p. M. For legislative business. Live coverage of the house here on cspan. The Senate Devils in at two gavels in at 2 00. On this weeks agenda, the confirmation vote for nor secretary chuck hagel, and sequestration. Lefcourt of the senate when returns on cspan2. Live coverage of the senate when it returns on cspan2. This meeting focused on Cyber Threats and the strategies and State Governments can use