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His wife and daughter will get to stay in the virginia and florida home. in a statement, the president's lawyers who said "manafort has nothing to offer." once again, an investigation has concluded with the plea having nothing to do with president trump or the trump campaign. the reason? the president did nothing wrong. today's guilty plea means manafort will avoid a second trial in washington, d.c., and he will remain in a virginia trail. the sentencing plea brings in end to the most high profile prosecutions so far for the special counsel, bret. >> bret: a little bit with the panel later on....

Does that complicate bringing charges in a case like this? >> no, the department of justice prosecutes people who aren't citizens of the united states all the time and most recently last week, bob mueller indicted 13 russians in various financial frauds, in drug dealing and organized crime. it's not uncommon if somebody commit as crime in the united states likelying to t lying to robbing a bank, those people are subject to u.s. law. >> lawyers don't have special protection or exposure to u.s. laws. i wonder if in this case or big complicated cases like this like a lot of high profile prosecuti...

Their clients lost money when goldman profited. that is what a report by carl levin and tom coburn charges. the department of justice looked into it and has decided against criminal charges. they write based on the law and evidence as they exist at this time there is not a viable basis to bring a criminal prosecution with respect to goldman sachs or its employees in regard to the allegations set forth in the report. the justice department says it could change its mind if officials discover new evidence. the reaction from goldman sachs, a spokesperson says only that they are happy the matter is...

>> good evening. it is 10:00 on the east coast. we begin keeping them honest with president obama doing what presidents do in election years with proposals they know will win votes and don't have the votes to pass in congress. they try to pass them anyway even if they expect them to fail. sometimes, especially, if they expect them to fail to make a point. two examples tonight. one in texas and one on gas prices which the president appears to be doing with just a couple weeks ago he mocked. >> this has been going on for years now. every time prices start to go up, especially in an ele...

point. two examples tonight. one in texas and one on gas prices which the president appears to be doing with just a couple weeks ago he mocked. >> this has been going on for years now. every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. >> president obama, that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn't promising $2 a gallon gas or dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan to lower prices by cracking down on speculators. >> we can't afford a situation where speculators a...