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Former trump associate, back in court, to learn his sentencing date. though some interesting things to report from this. his former campaign chairman paul manafort pleaded guilty to criminal charges and cooperating with the mueller investigation. though manafort arrived in court today in a wheelchair, in his prison jump suit, his request to wear a suit having been denied, his hair is growing out gray. he was missing his right shoe. according to his attorney, there are significant issues with mr. manafort s health concerning confinement, and a source told npr, quote, he has a serious medical condition related to his diet. manafort s sentencing, which has been postponed until his cooperation with the mueller team was satisfied, has now been scheduled, docketed for february 8th. remain can with us tonight, mimi rocha and josh gerstein. thank you for sticking around. mimi, i will admit, none of us ....
Department of homeland security, and others, who want to ensure the election infrastructure. another thing they want to do, brian, is to make sure that while people are maybe taking a second look at some of the ads, some of the memes, they are seeing online, making sure they know who is purchasing those and how they are being influenced, they don t want them to also lose faith when they go to the ballot box in november. they want everyone to know and it was clear in this report today, that the election infrastructure, what is actually in place, to make sure that that vote that you cast, it remains unchanged, they say that is not under threat. that they have not seen clear evidence of that. that is something that i have heard the department of homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen repeat again and again. it is kind of enlightening. i m like mimi, i want to pick this over and figure out why this woman, why today. one thing i heard about the jurisdiction, somehow in the eastern dis ....
Speech? is that the russian government? is that okay? when the saudis pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobbyists to stop legislation, that s a is that a violation of our sovereignty? is that just the political system? and i think we as america, we really haven t come to grips with where those lines need to be, especially when it is so easy to do. because of these social media platforms. and i do believe it is just the beginning of this conversation, not just, you know, a little howdy doody before the 2018 election. and to any aunt fannies out there, i meant no disrespect. to ambassador michael mcfall, to mimi, our thanks, our discussion continues. coming up, an apparently ailing paul manafort gets we lled into court to hear his sentencing date. and later, the president supporters cheer on his most outrageous statements as the red meat gets redder out on the road. the 11th hour, just getting started on this friday night. (avo) life doesn t give you many ....
To be the vehicle to address it. mike mcfall is it an article of faith that putin knew about, or just plain ordered this? well, i don t know that for sure. so i can t call it an article of faith. but i would very surprised if he didn t. it is the same organization, the internet research agency, after all, that did the same thing in 2016. a dozen of them were indicted. that indictment was handed over, right before the helsinki summit. and yet, president pu putin a his proxies are continuing. that is because president trump has not made them pay a price. he continues to deny it. he embraces putin and gets nothing back. and i think until we push back, until we try to deter this kind of behavior, of course we should expect people like putin and other actors, but putin first and foremost, to continue to intervene in our elections, and in our democratic society. mimi reporta, i am holding in my hand, as they say, this ....