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This program, the brilliantly funny faith kleppinger leaving for new adventures. to say she will be missed is a gross under statement. for more years than i can remember, shes been making me smile and everyone here smile with her wit, warmth, well-placed puns and more than occasional profanities. i, of course, have done my part. i giggle uncontrollably and offer an occasional public apology which ive had to do several times thanks to faith. its faith whos made these last few minutes every night ...

Committee again, and he referred to his opening statement. to say that he was not forthcoming would be an understatement. im very disappointed. mr. whitaker was under oath, and i believe that he is certainly, as he indicated, a man that knows the difference, and the reason is because he offered his former service as a u.s. attorney as evidence that he knows the difference. and so this is a sad conclusion to our hearing. >> so today, speaking of what he said, you know, the chairman, chairman nadl...

Denominator. >> looking back at his sentence last week, were you disappointed by the sentence he received in a virginia court, which was far below, as you know the sentencing guidelines? >> you rely on our judges to exercise their best judgment, but as someone who has worked with folks who have gotten extremely long sentences under mandatory sentencing guidelines, you know, its really disappointing to see someone go away to jail for decades or even life for a low-level drug offense and then see ...

Top. "atlantic" magazine has tried to pin this on president trout. this article, the chaos as a president has a way of making all of us potential marks. the logic of trump the economy for diversity of it has becoming normalized. an alleged drifter sets the oval office near a statue of andrew jackson and the nuclear codes. what you think about that? >> someone needs to tell whoever wrote that article that he voices his hearing and his head arent real. that is to try to turn this into donald trump...

Intended to be, very just informal, story telling. >> youre saying it was sort of normal? >> im saying he was entertaining a crowd on many issues. those are the things you highlights. it was pretty long -- from what i understand, he spoke for a while. >> jeff mason, you covered many presidents. how would you characterize this sort of language towards jewish people, joking about blackface, compared to other presidents that you covered? >> well, i think its been two years president trump has been ...

Reporting and jonathan and i think thats what it was intended to be, very just informal, story telling. >> youre saying it was sort of normal? >> im saying he was entertaining a crowd on many issues. those are the things you highlights. it was pretty long -- from what i understand, he spoke for a while. >> jeff mason, you covered many presidents. how would you characterize this sort of language towards jewish people, joking about blackface, compared to other presidents that you covered? >> well,...

Called it quits. life in washington was reportedly too isolating. >> so bill shiny is going to be moving over to trumps campaign re-election headquarters, so hes moving to moscow. >> up first this morning, another court appearance for paul p manafort, president trumps former campaign chairman back in court wednesday in washington, d.c. judge amy berman jackson could add as many as ten years to his sentence for lying to spuecial counsel robert mueller and his team. another case for tax evasion an...

Good evening. we begin with breaking news. paul manafort, the presidents former campaign chairman, is going to prison. he was sentenced late today for defrauding banks, defrauding the federal government and failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars. his case was of course the first of many brought by special counsel mueller and his day of reckoning today is not going to be his last. he actually has another sentencing date in another courthouse just next week. tonight, though, he appears to hav...

Shame, would be a gross understatement. the last two years have been the most difficult years for my family and i. those are the things he talked about. he did not apologize. this judge clearly taking his side. this is a judge, i want to remind everyone, senator, when this all started, said to muellers team, you dont care about mr. plamanaforts bank fr but what reflects on m. trump and lead to his prosecution or impeachment. >> im going to speak as a former prosecutor as well as attorney general...

Lenient, while the president of course has so far remained silent. president trumps former campaign chairman paul manafort sentenced to nearly four years in prison for tax and prank fraud. far less than the sentencing recommendation of 19 to went to 4 years. district court judge t.s. ellis the third, a reagan appointee calling those guidelines excessive but stressing that manaforts crimes, clear and undeniable a serious. a number of democrats criticizing the sentence as excessively lenient. >> t...