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Class voters. no, no, no, i'm not talking about joe biden. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin with wrak breaking news right now, paul manafort is about to learn his fate. he is in federal court for his sentencing, facing up to 25 years in prison, which for a man who turns 70 next month could effectively be a life sentence. charged with bank fraud and failing to pay taxes on millions for pro russian ukrainians, charges that stem from special counsel robert mueller's investigation. let's take a quick moment to acknowledge, however much we've gotten used to this wild era, that i...

Looking at. they're focused on this judge and figuring out what he can do to lower off that sentence with this judge. we'll come back to you as news develops, when we get news from inside the courtroom, what the sentencing actually is. as we await word, it is worth underlying, again, how significant this is. this is the president's former campaign chairman. he could be heading to prison for the rest of his life. pamela brown is digging into just how historic this moment may be. >> astounding downfall for a man w who, three years ago this month, joined the campaign and soon ran the campaign...

Much. first of all, just to make clear, he has not been charged with anything relating to conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 election. >> right. >> we'll hear no collusion. that is at least accurate when it comes to the charges and sentencing today. but do you think we're kind of underplaying the nation and the media, the gravity of this? this is somebody who was very instrumental to trump winning. and he's going to be going to prison. >> i always remember that interview that he did during the campaign, where he was asked directly, do you have any financial ties to russia? and he stumbled a...

Illegal effort. his efforts at misdirection are further proof he has not accepted responsibility for his criminal conduct, unquote. a lack of remorse, might that weigh in on his sentencing? >> certainly, jake. remorse and acceptance of responsibility are key factors at every sentencing. that's one thing that this judge will be looking for today. will manafort address the court? if i was advising him i would tell him, you are speaking and you are going to express genuine remorse for what you did. judges put a lot of stock in that. that is absolutely fair play at sentencing. i do agree with shan...

Role. >> who has also been indicted. >> waiting sentencing. >> right. so here is the problem. i'm old enough to remember when al gore used a phrase no control in legal authority because the '96 clinton campaign was being investigated by aperhaps illegal contributions from asian fund-raising sources. imagine we found out that the chairman of the clinton campaign had been meeting with possible intelligence operatives from china at the same time they were being investigated. do you think there would be this sort of -- like that had nothing to do with it? we don't know what this is all about? this...