negotiations have definitely made a difference. it's communicated to senate republicans this is serious, and that we have a deal in the future. so that's been really helpful. and we're also beginning to talk in more detail about what some of the elements of a potential deal would look like. >> there's no legislative text. the white house just got involved three days ago. you expect to, you know, to run out the clock and get it done? i think the best thing to do is keep talking, try to find a deal that we can live with that will get through the house, come back in january and do it. >> reporter: the house has already left for the end of the year, so that means something can't be signed until january at the earliest, wolf. >> melanie, thank you very much. to our viewers, thanks for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next, blackout.

a man whose father and grandfather that were killed in a bombing in gaza can't communicate from ckhan yunis because of a blackout. we have new details in the hunt for the hamas leader. putin speaking out for the first time about reports he has a body double, taking it on, as a series of questions flashes across a screen during putin's annual press conference. why are so many people in russia poor? who is behind the scathing questions? she may be the only republican woman in the presidential race, but are women voters buying what nikki haley is selling? that's our special story. so let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, a blackout. gaza's communications network nonexistent. as of tonight, there is a near total blackout in gaza. no way to get a message in or

out. just before the show, we tried to speak with a palestinian man who was in gaza. now, when we first heard from him this morning, he was able to share with us some things. the video you are looking at right now, this is of shelling and flares outside his home. at one point, he said he could hear the screams of his neighbors while the shelling was happening. his father and grandfather both were killed. his home was completely destroyed. and he wanted to come on hours later to share his story with you to talk about what life is like, what existing is like in gaza. but he has been silenced. and as you can see from this graph, this is what the communications blackout looks like. and it is that orange line that juts down at the bottom. it is the sixth near total blackout since the start of the war. only 6% of places in gaza have a signal tonight. this is the times of israel as

the flooding of tunnels appears to have been successful. now, it is not clear what successful means. but cnn has reported that the ifx df was flooding some hamas tunnels with seawater. what is happening inside gaza is why the biden administration is pressing israel to wrap up its air assault and ground invasion on gaza, an special saying they want israel to carry out more precise missions. a move the united states believes would reduce mounting civilian casualties. as it is right now, this is a stunning number from u.s. intelligence today, u.s. intelligence sources saying nearly half of all israeli munitions dropped on gaza are so-called dumb bombs. unguided bombs that certainly help explain the enormous civilian death toll. an issue that joe biden talked about today. >> do you want israel to scale back its assault on gaza by the end of the year, do you want them to tone it down, move to a

lower intensity phase? >> i want them to be focused on how to save civilian lives. not stop going after hamas, but be more careful. >> biden's vocal push to save civilian lives is appearing to fall on deaf ears, as benjamin netanyahu making it clear he's not about to tone it down or anything like that any time soon. >> translator: our heroic soldiers have not fallen in vain. we are more determined than ever to continue fighting until hamas is eliminated, until absolute victory. >> absolute victory. it's strong words, but does anybody know what absolute victory looks like? if it's absolute destruction, much of gaza is already there. just look at images leak these. and this one. this is a child in gaza today, a child that our clarissa ward saw. clarissa and her team were the

first western media outlet to gain independent access to gaza without an idf escort. some of those images you saw, one can only imagine what it was like for you to be there with them in person, clarissa. what else did you see? >> reporter: well, erin, we have been trying for weeks and weeks to get into gaza as many international journalists have. we've all been relying on the courageous reporting of journalists in gaza, who have been dying in record numbers, trying to tell this story. and feeninally, we were able to gain access on tuesday with a contingent of volunteers at a field hospital. newly established by the uae, the united arab emirates, built just two weeks ago. and already near capacity. take a look at a clip from our story.

arriving at the field hospital, we meet this doctor. no sooner does our tour begin when -- [ explosion ] this is what you hear all the time now? >> yes. at least 20 times a day. maybe more sometimes. i think we're used to it. >> reporter: one thing none of the doctors here have gotten used to is the number of children they are treating. the u.n. estimates that some 2/3 of those killed in this round of the conflict have been women and children. 8-year-old janan was lucky enough to survive a strike on her family home that crushed her femur but spared her immediate family. she says she's not in pain, so that's good.

her mother was out when it happened. "i went to the hospital to look for her," she says. "and i came here and i found her here. the doctors told me what happened with her, and i made sure that she's okay." "they bombed the house in front of us, then our home," she tells us. "i was sitting next to my grandfather, and he held me. my uncle was fine, so he's the one that took us out." but the doctor says it is hard not to cry.

touches your heart and tests your faith in humanity. >> as i said, clarissa, these are images that the world has seen that have moved so many to such anger and frustration. yet, you were confronted with it yourself, to see it, to touch, to actually touch a child, a mother and others. how would you even describe what you saw when you were actually there in person after all these weeks, to get there and to see these individual humans and what they're suffering? >> reporter: i think, erin, what's so striking, honestly, we had a very short window of time we were able to spend on the ground. so you didn't expect to see that much suffering, that much bloodshed in such a short window. and just after we were talking to janan and her mother, that doctor came back and said, the blast you heard a couple of

minutes ago, the casualties are starting to come in. we went to the front area where the ambulances come in. they brought in a man whose foot was hanging off. they brought in a 13-year-old boy, who also was missing half of his leg. we also talked to a very young little boy, under 2 years old, called amir, who doesn't yet understand that his parents and two of his siblings were killed in a strike on his family home, that has left him disfigured. he is now really alone, except for his aunt. and so i don't think anything really prepares you honestly for seeing that in person, in such an intense and impactful way, in such a short period of time. it does, it's a punch in the gut. it's not something that i think even after covering conflict for all these years that you can

ever really get used to or feel unmoved by. >>clarissa, ward, earn is grateful you were able to get that access to show the world, because it is obviously so important and so significant. you were able to do it obviously without the idf. so this is you being able to look at it yourself. clarissa ward, thank you so much. she was at a uae run field hospital in southern gaza. "outfront," our political and global affairs analyst, barack, it is things like clarissa saw that is moving the world and the biden administration to push prime minister netanyahu to end this, to pull this -- to get this to a different phase. i know you've been getting new details about jake sullivan's meeting with israeli officials today, where they talked about this. what did they discuss from your reporting?

>> hi, and good evening. i think the big part of the conversation that jake sullivan had today in tel aviv, it was a series of meetings one after the other. and the issue of civilian casualties was obviously one of the main issues that he discussed. but as you said, i think one of the key topics that is part of the disagreement, the kind of disagreement between the u.s. and israel, is when do you take the current operation that is very, very high intensity operation, and scale it down to what the israeli and u.s. officials call a low intensity operation? and the u.s. wants this thing to turn into a low intensity operation within weeks, because first, it will get civilian casualties down. it will allow more humanitarian assistance into gaza, and i think most importantly, the u.s.

believes that once the high intensity phase is over, regional tensions in lebanon, in syria, in yemen, all of those will go down, and the risk of a regional war will decrease. >> so a senior u.s. official said today, and this is sort of referring to the heart of this. again, netanyahu has not defined what absolute victory means, but this u.s. official said the hamas leader, his days are "numbered" and that he had "u.s. blood on his hands and it doesn't matter how long it takes, but justice will be served." you think putting on what appears to be basic facts, but to come formally out of a u.s. fshl's mouth is significant. what does it tell you? >> first, i think that's the first time we hear such a thing from a senior u.s. official. i think that signal that the white house basically wants him dead. and there's a reason for it.

because both israeli officials and u.s. officials say privately that once he's eliminated, you get one step, big step closer to ending the war. because i think that both u.s. and israel are looking for, let's call it an event, that will make it clear both to the region and to the world that hamas was defeated, and the elimination of its leadership is definitely such an incident. >> so obviously last week, netanyahu made the point saying his home in khan yunis was surrounded. but there's been no inkling of him being caught yet. obviously, it's a small space, deep network of tunnels, of

which israeli intelligence knows a lot about it. how hard is it going to be to get him, and what are you hearing about the failure to do so thus far? >> well, it's going to be very hard, because israeli officials admit that he's somewhere in the tunnel, a hundred feet below the ground. i think what they were looking for is for him to make a mistake. and israeli officials say we have a lot of forces there in khan yunis. they're moving from one part of the city to another part of the city. they're putting more pressure on hamas leadership, and i think israel is just waiting for hamas leadership to make a mistake, to move from one hiding place to another so israeli intelligence can pick it up and try to target them. >> all right. obviously, they're still waiting for that now. thank you very much, barak. i appreciate your time. >> thank you, erin. >> barak, senior reporter on all of this.

next, verdict watch. the fate of rudy giuliani in a jury's hands tonight. will they award two former election workers in georgia $48 million? and what is the truth about rudy giuliani, the amount of money he has any way? putin talking about a body double for the first time, after he was presented with this image on television. and why is america's largest credit union rejecting more than half of its black mortgage applicants?

tonight, a decision that's correct cost rudy giuliani more than $48 million that he doesn't have is in the hands of a jury. he was found liable of spreading rumors and lies about two election workers in georgia after the 2020 elections. a verdict could come at any time. and jessica snyder has more on what unfolded in that courtroom today. >> you've heard one side. stay tuned for my testimony. >> reporter: rudy giuliani promised at the start of his trial that he would take the stand to defend himself in the defamation case against him. but minutes before the final day of trial was set to start, giuliani backed out. his lawyer telling the jury, giuliani didn't testify because we feel these women have been

through enough. the lawyer for former georgia election workers essentially saying the contrived compassion, coming too late after years of threats and harassment, they say they endured because of giuliani. received after the election, played in court for the jury deciding how much to award the women. the judge has ruled that giuliani is liable. now it's just a question of how much he will pay. freeman and moss are asking for at least $48 million. their lawyers pointed to these comments from giuliani outside court this week, to prove that giuliani still is not remorseful. >> of course i don't regret it. i told the truth. they were engaged in changing votes. hello, everyone. >> reporter: giuliani first made false statements about freeman and moss after the 2020 election, including to a georgia state senate committee investigating alleged but

unfounded voter fraud. >> a tape earlier in the day of the two, and one other gentleman, it's obvious to anyone who is a criminal investigator or prosecutor, they are engaged in illegal activity. again, that day. >> reporter: the mother and daughter detailed in hours of emotional testimony on the stand how these false allegations up ended their lives. they received death threats and turned down for jobs and recounted the agony of the january 6th committee. >> i lost my name, my reputation, my sense of security. >> it's affected my life in a major way, in every way. all because of lies. >> i feel like i'm defending the right os of all americans. >> reporter: giuliani has refused to back down, even now, years after his rampage that the 2020 election was rigged. >> it's enough to overturn any

election. it's disgraceful what happened. >> reporter: and giuliani spread wildly false claims. >> just about the 700,000 votes that president trump was ahead by two days ago, disappeared. >> reporter: now, ultimately, rudy giuliani might be unable to pay. for months, giuliani has been buried by legal bills that his own lawyers say he has no money to pay. giuliani is not only defending against this defamation case, but faces self-other civil lawsuits and his law license has been suspended. plus, he's been indicted by the fulton county district attorney for his alleged involvement in the fake lector scheme. erin? >> thank you very much. next, questions that would get any russian arrested. today, it flashed on a screen during a putin press conference behind him right there. questions like, why is your reality different to our reality? and like this, how many yachts does putin have? so who was behind these questions?

how did this happen? that's next. plus, is the only woman in the gop race also winning the woman vote? >> that's why i think you need a bad-ass woman in charge at the white house. >> jeff zeleny has the latatestn our serieses, voters o outfront.

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tonight, "don't run for another term as president, make way for the young." that's just one of several questions that flashed on screen for vladamir putin during his annual year-end press conference. another pointed question focused on russia's economy and asked "why do we have so many poor people?" a third focused on the

dishonesty of russian state television. "mr. president, when will the real russia not differ from television russia?" you could see these on the screen, but putin never answered any of the tough questions that curiously and unexpectedly flashed across the screen during his preproduced four-hour press conference. how did they slip through? matthew chance was in the room with putin and he's "outfront." >> reporter: this was putin's first big news conference since his invasion of ukraine nearly two years ago. the hours the kremlin leader answered carefully picked questions, restating russian objectives in what he calls his special military operation. >> translator: there will be peace when we achieve our goals. they haven't changed. this is the demilitarization and

de denazificase of ukraine. >> reporter: putin revealed more than 600,000 troops are in the conflict zone but gave no indication of losses, which u.s. intelligence estimates are extremely high. the russian leader did, however, indicate he believed western resolve on ukraine may be crumbling, significant as american aid for ukraine is held up in the u.s. congress. "today, ukraine produces almost nothing. they are trying to preserve something, but they get nothing. excuse the bad manners, for free. but this may end some day, and apparently, it is ending." >> reporter: one russian reporter asked about ukrainian gains across the dinipro river. they're just small areas, putin said, which ukrainian forces are now highly exposed.

>> translator: i don't know why they are doing it. they are pushing their people to get killed. it's a one-way trip for ukrainian forces. the reasons for this are political. >> reporter: this was a highly staged event, with carefully vetted questions. but a live stream of public texts threw out a few surprising challenges. how many yachts does putin have, asked one anonymous message. why is your reality different to our reality, asked another? a glimpse behind the curtain, perhaps, into what some russians are really thinking. in a bizarre moment, a russian child appeared in a video message, asking if her family would ever be replaced by robots? the moderator then played a video of what she said was a deep fake image of putin, asking

the real russian leader if he had many doubles. you're the first, putin responded. of course, there are rumors he has many. >> translator: i see you can look like me and speak in my voice, but i thought about it and decided only one person should look like me and speak in my voice. and that person would be me. >> reporter: meanwhile, as putin held the conference, a u.s. journalist appeared in one. another appeal against his detention for alleged espionage denied. though putin indicated talks to return detained americans are ongoing. >> translator: it's not that we refuse their return. we do not refuse. we want to negotiate, and the agreements must be mutually acceptable and satisfactory to both sides. >> reporter: what russia wants, though, remains unclear. >> matthew, it's incredible that

the child asked about her family being replaced by robots, and the moderator then asked him about body doubles. and he wanted to answer that one, but he did not answer those other questions that you mentioned some of them, the yacht, people upset about inflation, is your reality different to ours. sensitive and controversial questions that people could get arrested for. who do you think wrote them? >> reporter: yeah, it's very odd, isn't it? because this is -- as i mentioned -- was a highly choreograph ed event. it's astonishing that they made it to the ticker board. there were more than 2 million questions asked, and so presumably, some of these just managed to get through. if that's the case, as i said, it offers us a very interesting glimpse into what many russians outside of this staged event are actually thinking, what they actually want to ask. >> it certainly is.

as you say, astonishing. if it was vetted and they knew they were coming and allowed it or didn't know they were coming. no matter what the reality is, it is truly astonishing. matthew chance, thank you very much. matthew, as i said, in moscow and was in that room today with vladamir putin. "outfront" now, an independent russian journalist, founder and editor in chief of the journalism outlet. so roman, it is good to talk to you again. >> hello. >> you have reported on the speculation that putin uses body doubles due to health problems and other reasons. at that press conference, the a if -- ai image comes up that looks like putin and he was asked if he used body doubles. he was prepared for it and felt the need to address it. what did you make of this entire moment? >> yeah.

hello, erin. good to see you. of course, so i do believe that the question about putin's double was staged by putin's press confiservice. and at least once in the past, putin was asked about his double. and both now and then, he answered that he didn't have a double. and we as journalists, i can only believe that putin most likely is not lying. and there is no double. but it was important for the kremlin right now to once again inform ordinary people in russia that putin is healthy and doesn't need a double. i guess it's needed to show that putin is in great political and physical shape ahead of his, you know, his term.

>> his election, but interesting as you point out, if he did address it, it's because he felt the need, they felt it mattered even in what is, of course, not a real election. so putin today gives his press conference to a whole room of people kept at a distance. matthew chance was in that room and was talking about it. you have a new report detailing what you call the odd precautions that putin takes to keep people at a certain distance from there. even that table that he's at with the moderator. it's massive. the images of him that sort of is -- reflects this image, that long table he had during covid, where the heads of state would sit so far away. and there are large distances between him and public audiences all the time, even outdoors, like in a video that we're showing here. he's on a stage alone, everyone is so far away. he spoke at an event this fall.

he spoke via video to a group of moderators. but the moderators were in the room next to him. so these people were all in the room next to him and he didn't want to appear with them. what is your conclusion on why he is doing this? >> well, just to attract attention. the journalists today were not really close to putin. that was a kind of -- quite enough distance between him and the audience. you're right, we did a big investigation and examined the recordings of all 500 or so of putin's public events for the year from october 2022 to october 2023. and we found putin's strange behavior, let's say. firstly, putin still -- despite the fact that the world health organization has long declared the pandemic over. at most events, there is no one

next to him or they are officials and journalists who are definitely quarantined. in some cases, when putin speaks from the stage, for example, they even built a special fence between him and russian people. and sometimes it looks pretty funny. and the conclusion we have is that putin sometimes -- well, he's still afraid of people. he's still afraid of his health and like his safety. >> hmm. which shows just a brief glimpse into his mind and what appears to be an irrational paranoia, at least in the health case. thank you very much, roman. appreciate it. next, nikki haley on a mission to bring suburban women back to the gop. is she succeeding? the latest in our series is next. plus, the nation's largest credit union rejecting more than

half of its black mortgage applicants. >> when they denied it, we said oh, man. there's something else going on. >> what is that something else? a cnn exclusive investigation is next.

tonight, nikki haley doubling down. she's breaking with the far right, specifically on the case of a texas woman who was denied an abortion that her doctors had prescribed. and that her doctors said was necessary to protect her health. she's not afraid of this, and this is what she told voters in new hampshire today. >> we don't want to see a woman have a rare condition like that and have to carry the baby full term. every state is -- you're going to see them make changes, whether it's listening to their medical board or deciding what role the doctor is going to have, and that's the right way to happen. >> as she answered that, she did stop short of directly criticizing the decision made by the texas supreme court.

the question is, though, will haley's position on abortion and other issues resonate with women voters. jeff zeleny has more in our series "voters outfront." >> that's why i think you need a bad-ass woman in charge of the white house. >> reporter: nikki haley is trying to break the highest glass ceiling in politics. but you want hear her say so, at least not directly. that's just fine with many. >> i think we're past the point of talking about that. she's the candidate, male or female. >> reporter: she has a front row seat to the new hampshire primary, and to haley's rise. whether or not it's history making. >> it would be great to have a female president, but that's not what it's about. >> reporter: as she courts all voters, haley takes great care to wield gender as a humorous shield and a defensive sword. >> they're five inch heels and i don't wear them unless you can

run in them. >> it's time to get the testosterone out of the white house and put a woman in there. but a specific woman, not kamala harris, but nikki haley. >> reporter: at rallies, it's a sentiment echoing from iowa -- >> she's smart, tough and passionate. >> reporter: to south carolina. >> she is level headed and speaks to the issues rather than a lot of rhetoric. >> reporter: she's on a quest to draw suburban women back to the republican party after so many fled during the era of donald trump. her support among that key demographic is a leading reason she fairs better in a contest against joe biden, polls show. even as a strong majority of republican women still pack trump. >> we know her as crooked hillary clinton, but to nikki haley, she's a role model. >> reporter: haley is on the air

with ads, featuring her husband, a national guardsman in uniform. >> american strength doesn't start wars, it prevents them. that's what i'll do as president. >> reporter: as the final chapter of the primary comes into view, she rarely repeats an announcement from earlier. >> may the best woman win. >> reporter: she makes clear she's not campaigning on gender. >> just because you're a woman doesn't mean i'm going to vote for you. you have to be the right person. and i am just happy that maybe the right person is finally a woman. >> reporter: what talking about abortion -- >> i don't think the fellas know how to talk about it properly. >> reporter: or the economy. >> it hasn't been an easy time. >> reporter: she infuses her answers often with her life experience as a mother and woman, which draws admiration. >> she speaks for me. >> reporter: but vickie makes sure that's not why she spends

to give haley her vote. >> i would say it's time for the right resume. we're not looking at somebody and we're not going to box anybody in because you're a first generation american or a woman. that's not who republicans are. >> it's so amazing just to watch over the past year, being in new hampshire, i remember talking to at the time democratic voters about hillary clinton and why they were voting for her and the role gender played. i kept hearing those voters, that they're not voting for her because she's a woman. they like that, but she has to be the right person. and i thought that was significant in all of your reporting. she's obviously got enthusiasm from voters you spoke to there. but she still has a lot of ground to make up, doesn't she? >> reporter: considerable ground to make up. the reality is, donald trump is still the commanding leader in this race in new hampshire, in iowa, and in fact, all across the country. even in democratic -- demographic groups including women. but the enthusiasm is there. not all of her supporters are

women. not all republican women are voting for her. but the history making potential of this is really coming alive in the final weeks of the new hampshire primary. she's only the fifth republican woman to run a major presidential campaign that. is the heart of this, but she's not running as a woman, she just simply happens to be one. >> it is a distinction that seems to matter. thank you very much, jeff zeleny. "outfront" next, a cnn exclusive investigation. the nation's largest credit union rejecting more than half its black mortgage applicants. >> something is going to affect it all the way down to their kids. plus tonight, a former fbi intelligence chief, now heading to prison for helping putin's henchmen.

tonight, a texas

entrepreneur, ceo of his own company with a stellar credit score denied a mortgage by the nation's largest credit union, the same credit union where more than half of black conventional mortgage applicants were rejected last year. so what's happening? cnn's rene marsh has this exclusive investigation. >> really a nice neighborhood, you know. >> reporter: bob atandi, a kenyan immigrant turned texas entrepreneur knew this was his dream home the moment he saw it. it's in a highly sought after school district that his son so desperately wanted to attend for its basketball program. so how many homes did you look at before you found this one and said this is it? >> we had about six. but this was the one that we all wanted. we were all praying to get this one. >> reporter: his first choice for his mortgage was navy federal credit union. it services military members, defense personnel, veterans and their families, and is the largest credit union in the country. >> i was ceo of my company. so i had a pretty good income.

>> reporter: your credit was in the 700s. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: you recently sold your house. you had $100,000 for the down payment, which is more than 20%. >> correct. i mean, what more could you ask for? >> reporter: cnn reviewed his financial documents. he even had a preapproval letter from navy federal in hand. but just two weeks before closing -- >> i got a denial. they send me a letter saying we're sorry, but your application has been denied. >> reporter: were you stunned? surprised? >> i mean, i was stunned. i was shocked. i was hurt. >> reporter: the denial letter listed excessive obligations in relation to income as the reason. >> when they deny it is when we come back and say oh, man. there is something else going on. >> reporter: and what did you think that something else was? >> discrimination. >> reporter: but it wasn't just etandi. thousands of other black applicants were also rejected according to a cnn analysis of federal consumer protection data. last year navy federal credit

union only approved 48%. that's less than half of its black applicants for conventional home mortgages. white borrowers were approved more than 75% of the time. it's the biggest gap among the top 50 lenders. the data also shows navy federal was more than twice as likely to deny black mortgage applicants than white ones, even when different variables, including income, debt, property value, and down payment percentage were the same. >> i feel validated at one point, but also i feel a bit of anger because it shouldn't be happening. >> reporter: two weeks after navy federal rejected him, another bank approved atandi for a mortgage. navy federal credit union denied cnn's request for an on camera interview. in a statement, it said it is committed to equal and equitable lending practices, and that cnn's recent analysis does not account for major criteria required by any financial institution to approve a mortgage loan.

that includes credit scores, which are not public. navy federal declined to provide additional data. we asked navy federal why bob otandi's loan was denied, but they declined to comment, citing member privacy. cnn's analysis does not prove discrimination, but it does show dramatic racial disparities in who navy federal rejects and approves for conventional mortgage loans. >> the black-white home ownership gap and the latino-white home ownership gap today are both wider than they were in 1968 when we passed the federal fair housing act. >> reporter: lisa rice has spent decades as a fair housing advocate. she says the disparities in navy federal's lending data are alarming, an extreme example of a bigger problem. >> it's definitely a larger systemic issue, and we know that we have a long history of red lining and a long history of

lending discrimination in this nation. well, all of that data that is sort of tainted with bias is being used to develop the credit scoring systems. >> we got the house, thank god, and we moved on. but what about the ones who are denied? what about the ones who now can't get their own dream house? something is going to affect the generation all the way down to their kids. >> i mean, rene, watching this, it's incredibly striking. the credit score, his job, his down payment, i mean, all of that in place, you know, in a sense, it's disturbing just on the basics. there is a consumer financial protection bureau. there is supposed to be safeguards in place to prevent this sort of thing. >> right. that's right. that is the agency that oversees consumer lending. it told us that they don't comment on specific institutions, but they say they do conduct investigations to ensure that banks and credit unions are following fair lending practices. but we do want to point out if

there is anyone out there, erin, who feels like they may have been denied a mortgage because of their race or ethnicity, they should file a complaint with their local housing and urban development department or the consumer financial protection bureau. erin? >> all right, rene, thank you very much for that. important reporting. and next, a former fbi chief heading to prison. why? a former fbi chief, for helpini a russssian oligararch.

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