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Justice correspondent, evan perez, and cnn contributor, garrett graf. first, evan, walk us through what weve learned from this memo. >> ryan, as you said, this is a pretty hardened set of facts here, according to the special counsel. they say that manafort essentially, he had a hardened adherence to committing crimes and a lack of remorse. keep in mind that the two crimes to which he pleaded guilty here in the district of columbia have a ten-year maximum. what theyre asking for is for the judge ...

The billionaire owner of the super bowl champion new england patriots is facing charges of soliciting prostitution and is expected to be officially charged by prosecutors as soon as monday. police say video footage shows robert kraft receiving, quote, paid acts at the orchids of asia day spa in central florida. he was nabbed in a massive human trafficking sting. his spokesperson says, quote, we categorically deny that mr. kraft engaged in any illegal activity. just three weeks ago, kraft and the...

As other states. so a very crowded season. again, well see if the end of the month, if joe biden is jumping in, if beto orourke is jumping in and others, ryan. but already activity, a lot of it, on both sides. ryan? >> no doubt, jeff . if they are shopping, they have lots to choose from. >> indeed. >> lets talk more about this now wl cnns senior political analyst and senior editor for t the republic, ron brownstein. >> the goal of every president who has been under 50% in approval, the mantra fo...

Announcement this week to fire up his own supporters. >> america will never be a socialist country. >> the president has directed his team to sew divisions among democratic rivals, cnn has learned, and find opportunities to cause chaos from the left and right. in the words of one adviser, never mind, the first votes are one year away. trump is increasingly fixated on the race, both in private conversations and in public. >> i guess theyre looking at 2020. they think, gee, if we could hurt trump,...

Question that what has happened in venezuela presents issues f h human rights abuses and abuses of government and there have been incredible violence. people are being jailed for political purposes. and so we need to take it very seriously. >> and this today from senator bernie sanders. quote, the people of venezuela are enduring a serious humanitarian crisis. the maduro government must put the needs of its people first, allow humanitarian aid into the country and refrain from violence against p...

We have some breaking news into cnn right now. an faa official tells cnn that a boeing 767 cargo plane operating for amazon prime air has crashed while on approach to houstons bush intercontinental airport. the plane was flying from miami international with three crew members aboard. theres no word if there are any survivors. after losing contact with the plane, air traffic controllers asked other pilots if they could see it. >> see if you can make ground contact. were looking for a lost aircraf...

First, second, and third. and he will -- i spent a lot of time focusing on the democrats, but the key number to watch in terms of donald trump will be his approval rating both nationally and in the key states. because absent some very remarkable kind of alternative, voters really do view this primarily as a referendum and its hard for an incumbent president to run very far ahead of his approval rating. and we saw in gallup this week where he is in some of those key states he won in 2016 down in ...

Oh look, there they are. (team member) this is wells fargo. division. republican aides tell cnn that is president trumps strategy for the democratic primaries and caucuses. those aides say that inside the white house, the president is closely watching democratic candidates interviews, rallies, and town halls. and of course, there are plenty to choose from this weekend, as the 2020 hopefuls kris cross early voting states. cnns senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny joins us now from iowa, wh...

R. kelly has maintained his innocence through his attorney, his attorney being very clear that his client is innocent until proven guilty and he did mention that in 2008, he did go to trial on 14 different counts, 14 counts of child pornography and he was acquitted in that trial. in that trial, as well, there was a videotape that prosecutors said showed an underaged girl and r. kelly having sex, but the jury could not positively identify either on that tape and ended up in an acquittal. ryan? >>...

You are live in the "cnn newsroom" and im ryan nobles in today for ana cabrera. and we begin with major developments in the sexual abuse case against r. kelly. a judge setting the singers bail at $1 million with conditions at todays hearing, which included sordid new details of kellys alleged encounters with young girls. he was also ordered to turn in his passport and have no contact with his alleged victims or anyone under the age of 18. the 52-year-old faces ten counts of aggravated criminal s...