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Site. she has had a difficult time and she served a substantial amount of time, more than six years. depends on how you look at it. that is a long period of time. her sentence, of course, was 35 years. so, theyre not backing away from the seriousness of the crimes, but they are backing away from things like acknowledging that she is they acknowledge that what she did affected national security and as they put it, was not good for national security. but theyre not getting into anymore detail. the...

Shes a billionaire, a major donor to conservative causes as well as a major advocate for school choice and education vouchers. were going to go to the hearing live as soon as she begins her statement, starts answering questions from the senators. right now i want to bring in our political correspondents and experts to discuss a lot of what we just heard. david, let me begin with you. the very controversial decision by the president of the united states to commute the sentence of chelsea manning ...

Proceedings right now as we speak, wolf. >> how many republicans on that foreign relations committee, manu are still undecided? we know marco rubio, he has been one. he hasnt said what hes going to do. what about any other -- any other republicans who could vote against the tillerson confirmation? >> reporter: in the committee just marco rubio, we dont know where he stands yet. hes still undecided. we dont know how some of the democrats are going to come down, bob corker telling me he has not ha...

Our international security structure. it is not outdated. can it be prepared to meet new challenges, like the challenge of isis where we have challenges of individual actors and entities that are not state actors? of course. can it work to improve, to respond to irregular forces as what russia did in the invasion and ukraine if it was part of a nato alliance? yes. but at the end of the day its critical. and the opportunity for us to have our bases in many of these countries to create forward pro...

Now, one of the things that is overshadowing this hearing also is miss devos decision, office of government ethics not finishing its ethics review of her assets. she is a billionaire, shes a beingti big time republican donor. questions that republicans are raising potential conflicts of interest. the chairman of this committee, wolf, tells me it there are conflicts shell sell the stocks. they expect the review to be done before the committee votes. one other piece of news, wolf, i ran into on a ...

Shes a major donor to conservative causes, a major advocate for school choice, education vouchers. critics say she has no real connection to public education. our senior political reporter manu raju is outside the hearing room. manu, democrats have plenty of questions about her qualifications. set the scene for what we are about to hear. >> reporter: theres going to be a lot of fireworks at this hearing, wolf, when its about to take place, sharp lines of questioning particularly from democratic ...

To joe biden, and mike pence would be smart to reach out to the vice president. not on policy. they disagree, but joe biden knows how this town works. quick break for us. i hope to see you sunday morning. well have fun then too. jim schudo in for wolf after a quick break. tech: dont let a cracked windshield ruin your plans. trust safelite. with safelites exclusive "on my way text"... youll know exactly when well be there. giving you more time for what matters most. (team sing) safelite repair, s...

State sponsor of terrorism. but today you heard him say, you know what? theres a deal. you got to live with it. the u.s. made commitments to allies. >> theres also a different role hes playing now, wolf. and the big difference is this. he is now going to be as secretary of defense a diplomat as well as a leader of the largest military force that we have. n so when you look at that and you look at -- when he was the boss of central command, his main focus had to be oiran. that was enemy number on...

Phoney facts. too bad. but, wolf, thats not how intelligence officials are describing the material. he did not say the facts were made up or phoney they are unverified. the intelligence chiefs thoughts were important enough to inform president obama and president-elect trump about. now clapper released a statement late last night saying this. lets take a look. he said i emphasize this document is not a u.s. intelligence community product and i do not believe the leaks came from within the ic. th...

You know, these people would not be doing their jobs if they didnt tell the president-elect look, this is the kind of thing thats been out there. this information thats out there. the kind of thing that the russians do. and you should know that its out there. we dont know if its true or whether any of this could ever be proven but you should know this. >> the reason you and your team at cnn reported this when they made a decision the u.s. intelligence communitys leadership to formally brief pres...