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Manafort wants his prison sentence to be carried out in cumberland, maryland and this is what we have learned about the facility. no barbed wire fences and inmates have access to e-mail and nearly unlimited phone calls and a softball field and gym and a commissary with french cappuccino. how does this judge weigh this decision? >> judges don't normally involve themselves in these decisions. i've heard judges say you can make your request to the bureau of prisons and they will put you where they think you ought to go so the judge may not take up with that at all or the judge may make a recommen...

Ant double jeopardy issue. because sometimes when the state brings charges and they directly relate to a federal crime, they can be double jeopardied out and prevented from bringing the charges. i think there will be litigation about that, on behalf of manafort and his lawyers. i think they will raise those issues. but i think that's why you see sort of the falsifying business records. they're trying make this a little bit different, as much as they can, from what he already faced, to sort of avoid the double jeopardy problem. more practically, paul manafort's life is about to get a little bit...

Particular. and congress and the administration and the industry working together to find ways that they can counter this type of activity on their systems as well. >> quickly i want to ask one question about paul manafort. he was in court just last hour, he was in a wheelchair. this was a hearing set to make a sentencing date, to schedule that. what do you make about this new development about his health and him being in a wheelchair, michael? >> he's in a wheelchair because he's had some problem with his foot, which is somehow related to his diet and incarceration in a state facility. there'...

Comedian will now be in a state facility. >> trace: rick lesson that you stand by if you will. joining me now on the phone is michael, a reporter for the associated press. he has been in the courtroom and really is, it's a stunning image when you watch bill cosby walk out of the courtroom in hand cuffs. >> [broken audio] >> taken away in handcuffs, walking out -- no real emotion. >> trace: michael, i'm going to stop you right there. we have a bad connection. if you could re-call back. in michael sis sack. i can't imagine bill cosby walking around in an orange jumpsuit with the general populati...

22 months to 36 months. in pennsylvania, they give a minimum and maximum sentence. cosby's three years means he's eligible for parole in three years, but if he violates parole, he could potentially serve the full ten years. in essence, he almost got the max, well beyond the statutory sentencing guidelines for his particular crime based on the offense gravity and his criminal history, which of course is zero because he has no prior criminal history. so it is a surprise in that it well exceeds the sentencing guidelines, which are generally where the judge should stay within, but it is, of course...