florida authorities say robert kraft, the billionaire owner of the new england patriots, has been charged with two counts of soliciting sex. it took place at the florida day spa. it is a spa where young female workers were believed to be human sex trafficking. we have kerry sanders outside the spa. kerry, what do you know? reporter: good morning, alex. alex, kraft is not the only business tigtan caught up in this. he is the most high profile. this investigation actually launched with a simple complaint to the health department about this massage parlor. this morning, new england patriots owner robert kraft fresh off celebrating his team s sixth super bowl win is on the defense. he is charged with soliciting another to commit prostitution.
alex, i interviewed the california attorney general this week. he obviously is a democrat. obviously california. one of the states taking the lead on suing the administration for their declaration. this is going to be a monumental legal battle. it is one that both sides are completely dug in on. frankly, we will talk about this wall for many, many months to come ahead of the 2020 cycle. great. i m going to switch gears now. you don t sound happy. let s just get to climate change. specifically relative to the green new deal. what you are about to see is getting a lot of traction online. senator dianne feinstein is having a discussion with teachers and why she is not backing the green new deal. we are trying to promote the green new deal. there are reasons why i can t. there s no way to pay for it.
after this hshow, weekends wit alex witt, we have david gura. our friend says look at the russia investigation like a tree and bob mueller s part of it is the trunk of the tree. we will focus on a couple of them here in new york on up this morning. we will have a reporter from the new york times two broke two stories overnight. one on paul manafort with the manhattan district attorney bringing charges against paul manafort in case the president were to pardon the former came. and michael cohen testifying on capitol hill this week. the new york times reporting he sat down with prosecutors in new york to answer questions about the trump organization. we will talk with one of the reporters and tim o brien who knows more about anybody of the trump organization and what the prosecutors find with the
whether it is criminal or not, i have no idea. we know, for instancinstance, tp family violated the law in the operation of the foundation. that is the purview of the new york attorney general right now. so, i guess we will get more information on that as well as the entire range of business activities. okay. let s talk about the highly anticipated mueller report and listen to what attorney general bill barr said during the confirmation hearing in how he decides which parts of the report to release. i will make as much information available as i can consistent with the rules and regulations that are part of the special counsel regulations. how confident are you that bill barr will make the right decision? i find it hard to believe, alex, that the country will not
trump family business. according to the times it is an indication that prosecutors are interested in matters at the trump organization that go beyond the role of the illegal hush payments made to women before the 2016 election who claim to have had affairs with mr. trump. cohen pleaded guilty to arranging the payments in violation of campaign finance laws. he is due to start a three yeth prison term in may. michael cohen testifies tuesday behind closed doors and that, alex, kicks off a three day marathon as he goes before committees on capitol hill while his former boss donald trump is overseas for the summit with kim jong-un. alex. michael cohen on the hill. we re going to be talking about that exactly what you set us up with. thank you very much for that report, geoff bennett. let s go to the democrat from