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Convictions. We are learning hiss spent a significant amount of time with rob mueller and his special counsel team. Cnns Kara Scannell joins us from outside the courthouse. What are we expecting . Reporter when the hearing gets under way in about a half hour, were expecting him to show up for the First Time Since conviction in august. The judge denied his request to wear a sued and tie. He this judge likes to move thing along so we might learn from additional , has been in with them at least nin...

Richard Shelby’s last week as our United States Senator was poetically amazing.

Richard Shelby’s last week as our United States Senator was poetically amazing.

The Senate is preparing to vote on the John Lewis Voting Rights Act which would make sweeping changes to protect voting rights and secure elections

Said that democrats and republicans should, quote, find a new pharmaceutical drug that builds spines. i asked the democratic -- top democrat in the senate appropriations committee who cut these deal about that remark. he pushed back strongly saying their bill in the was approved on a bipartisan basis. democrats got things that the administration didnt want in the senate bill, and they should be happy in the words of patrick leahey, we have kids down there suffering and were going to sit up here ...

That will happen, wolf. >> clarissa, thanks for all the terrific reporting in turkey. appreciate it very much. president trump meanwhile, has been cautioned to proceed slowly with regard to saudi arabia. that advice coming from his special adviser, his son-in-law jared kushner, whos telling the president to ignore pressure from capitol hill. lets go to capitol hill right now, and senator patrick leahey is joining us. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> the president told reporters ...

Anything so irresponsible the fifth amendment is one of the greatest protections we have, freedom of speech. in other countries, they do attack reporters, they do body slam reporters. we should not be encouraging that. we should be the beacon of freedom. it demeans the united states, it demons or constitution, and its wrong. we are different than dictatorships and totalitarian governments, because we have a free press, and every president, republican or democrat, should be defending and supporti...