Rating takes a new turn for the worse. And tribute to mccain. A rare honor tonight for the late senator as he lies in state in the u. S. Capitol. Mccains 106yearold mother joining with top officials here in washington for an emotional goodbye. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news that cuts to the heart of questions about what the russians might be holding over President Trump and what theyve done to help him. In a new guilty plea a d. C. Lobbyist with ties to russia and ukraine has add hittmitted to arranging an illegal donation to the president s inauguration. This is the first time the u. S. Government has filed formal criminal charges accusing foreigners of funneling money into trump electionrelated events. Were also learning right now about sworn testimony by Justice Department official bruce ohr that was told by a british spy that the
The district, who note judge, they can sometimes look at moments like that with the jury asking questions with those specific kinds of questions being asked. They can sometimes tell you what that might mean for how the trial is likely to turn out. So well have that coming up. I am super curious as to what somebody who might know, would think about that Development Today with the jury today. Im looking forward to that. We know for sure tonight theres not going to be a verdict in the manafort case because the jury has gone home. That said, i cant help myself. I cant stop myself. Even though we know there isnt going to be a verdict tonight and we have to talk about the questions and everything, there is one thing i cannot stop myself from doing. I just want you to hear exactly how the oddly compelling judge in this case, how he sent the jury home tonight. I mentioned they have a day of deliberation and they stopped and gave him this note because they wanted to ask him these four questions
Respect. Thankfully my father has a version of respect like nobodys vision. Do we have it on video . I dont need to share my wedding video because it would be sad for everyone to see that. But she had a huge impact on all of our lives. Look at our faces. This is a woman who just passed and we are listening to her music and dancing. I think it is an interesting tribute to Aretha Franklin. It is a sad moment, 50 years of producing and performing, and yet we are celebrating her life, which is really i think the way she would have liked it. Her musical life, her life as a human being. As a civil rights activist. As a civil rights icon. Amazing. Thank you for that. Im ali velschi. And im stephanie ruehl. We just mentioned her, the queen of soul, the legendary Aretha Franklin has died. She was 76 years old. She died earlier this morning at her home in detroit, michigan, and she was surrounded by dear family and friends. Clearly an iconic figure, a musical power house with an instantly recogn
Sung a lot of songs and i made some bad rhymes the queen of soul passed away this morning at the age of 76. She was under hospice care. She was surrounded by her family and her friends. Franklin had been battling p pancreatic cancer and was in Failing Health for years. She kept many of her personal struggles quite private. Carol king, who wrote the song that franklin owned you make me feel like a natural woman, she summed up the sentiment everyone is feeling today tweeting this out. What a life. What a legacy. So much love, respect and gratitude. Rip, rest in peace, Aretha Franklin. She might be gone, but her iconic voice and her legendary soul will live on forever. We will spend this hour honoring that. Stephanie el a elam is taking a at the woman, the legend. She was the queen of soul who garnered respect on and off stage. Born Aretha Louise franklin in memphis, tennessee, she got her start at a young age at her Fathers Church in detroit. She often credited him with nurturing her tal
U. S. President come together remembering the queen of soul, live from cnn, World Headquarters in atlanta. We want to welcome our viewers here and around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. At 5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast for the first time the u. S. Justice department has publicly charged someone with helping a foreigner funnel money to a trump political event the focus on washington lobbyist Samuel Patton, the man you see here. He pleaded guilty on friday from steering money from a russianbacked oligarch. He pleaded ghlt to acting as an unregistered foreign act and lying to congress. Trumps attorney Rudy Guiliani called the event irrelevant. What does this have to do with President Trump . Not a single thing. It has nothing to do with collusion. Some guy who donated to the inauguration. My goodness, there are about 500,000 that donated to President Trump. And there are still more contradictions. George papadopoulos contradi tickets and pushed back o