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Justice correspondent, evan perez, and cnn contributor, garrett graf. first, evan, walk us through what we've learned from this memo. >> ryan, as you said, this is a pretty hardened set of facts here, according to the special counsel. they say that manafort essentially, he had a hardened adherence to committing crimes and a lack of remorse. keep in mind that the two crimes to which he pleaded guilty here in the district of columbia have a ten-year maximum. what they're asking for is for the judge here to essentially stack that on top of whatever manafort gets in his other case, which is a case...

The billionaire owner of the super bowl champion new england patriots is facing charges of soliciting prostitution and is expected to be officially charged by prosecutors as soon as monday. police say video footage shows robert kraft receiving, quote, paid acts at the orchids of asia day spa in central florida. he was nabbed in a massive human trafficking sting. his spokesperson says, quote, we categorically deny that mr. kraft engaged in any illegal activity. just three weeks ago, kraft and the patriots were celebrating their super bowl victory and sixth nfl championship title. let's get righ...

As other states. so a very crowded season. again, we'll see if the end of the month, if joe biden is jumping in, if beto o'rourke is jumping in and others, ryan. but already activity, a lot of it, on both sides. ryan? >> no doubt, jeff . if they are shopping, they have lots to choose from. >> indeed. >> let's talk more about this now wl cnn's senior political analyst and senior editor for t the republic, ron brownstein. >> the goal of every president who has been under 50% in approval, the mantra for all of them has been, my re-election is going to be a choice, not a referendum. they want to s...

Announcement this week to fire up his own supporters. >> america will never be a socialist country. >> the president has directed his team to sew divisions among democratic rivals, cnn has learned, and find opportunities to cause chaos from the left and right. in the words of one adviser, never mind, the first votes are one year away. trump is increasingly fixated on the race, both in private conversations and in public. >> i guess they're looking at 2020. they think, gee, if we could hurt trump, we'll have a better chance at winning an election. >> one top republican who talks to trump freque...

Question that what has happened in venezuela presents issues f h human rights abuses and abuses of government and there have been incredible violence. people are being jailed for political purposes. and so we need to take it very seriously. >> and this today from senator bernie sanders. quote, the people of venezuela are enduring a serious humanitarian crisis. the maduro government must put the needs of its people first, allow humanitarian aid into the country and refrain from violence against protesters. cnn's nick paton walsh is on the border right now, isa soares is in caracas. nic, we saw ...