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this case is all about, this period after the election. some of those, of course, go through today. we talked about, of course, the threat to judge chutkan, and then we have threats to the district attorney in new york, the district attorney and the sheriff of fulton county, threats to the former -- judge's chambers providing over the ongoing trial. these are all from the last few weeks, so the notion that there was some dynamic that existed in 2020 that has since abated or gone stale i think is wrong. how do we -- how do we know what he gets held accountable for? i mean, this is the...

Submission from the defense and look at the sentencing bm guidelines what manafort was convicted of in that trial in es his courtroom and two weeks from tonight on friday, march 8th, manafort is due to get his sentence handed down in that case in virginia. so that's everything that's happened thus far. what we are waiting on tonight has nothing to do with the virginia case. tonight we are waiting on c prosecutors' recommendation for what sentence paul manafort should get in the other case. with the case that was brought against him in washington d.c. and that will again start this whole recour...

Proos c prosecutors recommend the chairman spend between 19.5 years and 24.5 years in prison. again, just for the felonies for which he was convicted in virginia. separate and apart from what he's going to get in d.c. for a man about to turn 70, that means prosecutors are recommending what is in effect a natural life sentence for paul manafort. you will recall that there is no parole in the federal prison system. so 19 to 24 years. we're going to get to that manafort situation in a little more detail in a second. but the sentencing recommendation from prosecutors not only spells out what they'...

The other is the possible avenues of challenge of the president of the united states, both through special pros c prosecutors. >> i think that's right. i'd add two more. one is the affordable care act and what judge kavanaugh said about that. you are going to have senator warren on soon. judge said it was environmental. it is a fourth element of his confirmation i expect democrats to have very hard questions about. >> i am taking notes on my questions for senator warren who will be joining us in a minute. thank you for starting off our discussion tonight. coming up, senator elizabeth

State to have this specific law but a lot of states have gun enhancement laws on the books that bump up the maximum time you might spend in prison. the rules just don't leave room for interpretation and they argue a judge is better equipped to use his or her discretion when assigning prison time, than say a legislature is. >> you would expect the blood in the sweatshirt, correct? >> reporter: for the zimmerman case, many legal experts say the proos c prosecutors may have to include the charges like manslaughter, which in this case carries a maximum sentence of 15 years, unless, of course, a gu...