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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 t...

Tonight, day one of the manafort trial. The first of the mueller era. The government argues Paul Manafort thought he was above the law, while his defense team plans to attack the star government witness against him. The president started his day declaring collusion is not a crime, ending his day with red meat for the crowd in tampa, and no talk of russia. He did declare himself the most popular republican ever. And with 98 days until the midterms, facebook announces its found fake accounts desig...

Not russia, though russia looms large in the background as it seems to in Everything Else these days. Manaforts being tried in Federal Court in alexandria, virginia. He was, of course, Trumps Campaign chairman, ran the rnc convention. Its the first of two trials for him, and this one hes looking at 18 counts of bank fraud, tax evasion, conspiracy charges in relation to his work for a prorussian party in ukraine before he went to work for the trump campaign. He has pleaded not guilty to all charg...

Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Another round of Election Sabotage is underway. And the trump official who says his warnings about the psychological damage of separated families was ignored. Good evening, from new york, i am chris hayes. Paul manafort is a shrewd liar so says the prosecution in the Opening Statement in the trial. Opening statement and even the testimony of first witness hours ago, Paul Manafort facing 18 counts. Bank fraud, tax evaluation, and conspiracy charges. Work w...

Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Allegations in the u. S. So we talked about this sort of circumventing the american tax system. Overseas payments and overseas Bank Accounts and never reported which is what is alleged. What is the bank fraud part of the case. It is the prosecutors allege that after 2014, when the spigot of cash was turned off, he needed to fund his lavish lifestyle. What he had was Real Estate Holdings that he purchased through the bogus loans. What he did, was he began ...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. And Donald Trumps name wasnt mentioned today. Robert muellers name wasnt mentioned today. This trial does not have to do with any connection to the 2016 campaign. Nor does rick gates involvement dovetail with what he did in the 2016 campaign, nor his work on the inaugural committee. Its a highly separate trial involving past clients of Paul Manaforts. I think if were reading between the lines, its the prel...

Through what he did, where he actually was or was not on january 6th, but his involvement. >> yeah, look, his involvement here was he was the ringleader for the members of this group who that day, they were anticipating that the president was going to declare, essentially call them out for help because of declaring the insurrection act. and so they were anticipating that they were going to be foot soldiers to essentially help stage a coup of the u.s. government that day. >> and foot soldiers, it...

For children as a "summer camp." this time it was an administration official and some of these shelters are inside former big box retail stores without windows. another report in the "new york times" paints a much different picture. it details the trauma children can experience after reunification of their families saying "many of the children released to their parents are exhibiting signs of anxiety, intro version, regression, and other mental health issues." one mother tells the paper that the...

In june we brought you that story of a salvadorian mother. as most immigrant children taken from theirreunified by their parents, were learning her experience and her sons experience is far from unique. many children are already showing the psychological scars of their ordeal. "the new york times" reporting on one child. a 5-year-old brazilian boy who asked for breast feeding when he was reunited with his mother. now his favorite game is patting down and shackling migrants with plastic cuffs. ...

From their parents. zero tolerance a reminder started in april, ended in mid-june after growing public outrage and press coverage. again today, someone else described these migrant shelters for children as a "summer camp." this time it was an administration official and some of these shelters are inside former big box retail stores without windows. another report in the "new york times" paints a much different picture. it details the trauma children can experience after reunification of their fa...