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his tweet comes as paul manafort is due in court for the second sentencing today. tracie potts jouns joins us in washington with what is expected. good good morning, tracie. >> these actually happening again, twice in a week the president's former campaign chair going before a judge, this time on similar charges, but in a different courtroom with a different judge in charge. >> today judge amy berman jackson will decided if paul manafort spends most of the rest of his life in prison. hi faces ten years for consulting for the. but they also found him guilty of witness tampering, and lying to prosecutor owes after he cut a deal. he got nearly four years in a similar virginia case, significantly less than the 24 years he faced. >> thank goodness judge jackson, sitting in the federal court in washington, d.c. can now clean up this unjust mess. >> reporter: just jackson will decide if any additional jail time runs together or back to back with last week's sentence. president trump calls manafort a good man. the white house says he hasn't decided whether to pardon him. >> i don't eve

paul manafort is due in court for his second sentencing today. the former trump campaign chair finds out how much more time he'll actually spend behind bars. >>> tracie potts joins us live with a preview. >> good morning, good morning, everybody are everyone. this is the second time in a week that paul manafort has faced a judge to be sentence many. a similar case, similar charges, but this time a different courtroom and a different judge. today judge amy berman jackson will decide if paul manafort mex most of the rest of his life in prison. but jackson also found manafort guilty of witness tampering and lying to prosecutors after he cut a deal for a lighter sentence. he got nearly four years in a similar virginia case last week, significantly less than the 24 years he faced. >> thank goodness judge jackson sitting in the federal court in washington, d.c. can now clean up this unjust mess. >> reporter: judge jackson will decide if any additional jail time runs together or back to back with last week's sentence. president trump call manafort a good man. the white house says he hasn't decided whether to pardon him. >> i don't even discuss is it. the only one

as for paul foma, president trump's attorney reconfirmed this morning that it's not in the works, but it's not off the table either. tracie potts, nbc news, shington. >>> and manafort will have a second sentencing next week. that case is going to be in d.c. in that one he pleaded guilty to two countsnd of conspiracy agreed to cooperate with the special counsel's office. the deal wasater withdrawn because he lied to investigators. thenc maximum sente in d.c. is ten years. >>> lots of headaches for people trying to get to reagan national airport this a car slid off the george washington parkway crashing into some trees there. right next to the exit for the airport. all northbound traffic was turned around on marine drive. the crash happened about 6:00 this morning. two people had to go to the hospital. all lanes reopened just in the past 30 minutes, so that is t good news there. >>> one of america's most wanted men has been found living on the streets in our area. >> this is incredible. lamont stevenson was arrested in prince george's coy.ty yesterda he was charged with murdering two women, one while he wasn o the run. officers f

paul manafort will be in federal court again. >> a judge will sentenc him after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy. news 4 tracie pottsoins us live now. tracie a lot of people will watch to see what this judge does sinceanort received what a lot of people thought was a light sentence around. >> justnder four years out of what could have been 24 years is virginia week, but now in d.c., similar charges, different courtroom, different judge. judge amy berman jackson will decide if he gets up to ten years. and if that ten years runs concurrently or not with the sentence that he already has. in other words, will it be ack-to-back will he add time to his sentence? these are the tax fraud and bank fraud charges paul manafort received from the russia investigation for his workith the russian-backed ukrainian government. this had h nothing for for being the chair of themp trump cagn but he ran afoul of the judge and the prosecutors after he was foundssuilty of w tampering and lying to prosecutors after he cut a deal for a liger sentence. so today, he will face that gets and find out if he the full ten years or something less.

paul manafort finds himself in a long sentence there. he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. right now "today in the bay's" tracie potts in washington for us with a preview of the sentencing. tracie. >> hi, marcus. good morning, everyone. this sentencing could bring a long time behind bars for paul manafo manafort. he is 69 years old and he's looking at decades in prison. 69-year-old paul manafort finds out today if he'll get the maximum, 24 years, after a federal jury in virginia found him guilty of failing to report $16.5 million in consulting fees for the ukrainian government. the justice department said manafort repeatedly and brazenly violated the law. he cut a deal but lost it after lying and witness tampering while on bail. next week in washington, manafort faces another 10 years on similar charges, none of it connected to the trump campaign. meantime former trump lawyer michael cohen delayed reporting to prison to finish testifying privately about efforts to build a trump tower in russia during the campaign. >> the hearings went very, very well. i believe that all of the members were satisfied with the statemen

paul manafort will be in federal court again. >> a judge will sentence him afte he pleaded guilty to conspiracy. news 4 tracie pottsus live now wh mor on this. tracie, a lot of people will be watching what this judge does since just last week manafort received that surprisingly light sentence >> exactly, aaron and eun. ifot of people are worrying judge amy berman jackson will ry to correct what legal xperts thought was an unfair sentence, way too light, 4 years out of a possible 24 lastweek. this is a similar case. tax fraud and bank fraud charges. but also this is the case where paul manafort wasound guilty of witness tampering and lying to federal prosecutors after he cu a deal to lighten that sentence. it's not about the trump l.campaign at ou all goes back to what y just saw there. his russian connections an his consulting work with the russian-backed ukrainian government.ma paul nafort, 69 years old alre ay with nearly four-year sentence, just over three with time for credit served. today he'll find out if he gets another ten yean top of that. >> all right, tracie potts, live for us this morning. tracy, thank

potts is live for us in washington. what's next here? >> another sentencing for paul manafort, there were two separate case. the virginia judge made a ruling. the d.c. sentence could tack on ten more years to his sentence. the legal community is reeling. >> it is an outrage. >> after a virginia judge gave former trump campaign chair paul manafort an unusually light sentence, 47 months in prison, just under four years. he faced up to 24 years for financial crimes unrelated to the trump campaign. judge t.s. ellis said manafort lived an otherwise blameless life. >> as i former prosecutor, i'm embarrassed. as an american, i'm upset. >> this is a thug, and he needs to be put under the jail and this judge did exactly the opposite. >> the case stemmed from robert mueller's russia investigation. >> there is absolutely no evidence that paul manafort was involved with any collusion. >> manafort n a wheelchair in green jump suit, spoke for the first time in months saying he felt punished, humiliated and shamed during the trial. separately, michael cohen is suing the trump organization for $1.9 million. he says they st

paul manafort. a judge sentenced theormer campaign manager to nearly four years in prison, far lighter than the special counsel recommended. he's due next week for sentencing in a second trial. tracie potts joins us for the latest. >> reporter: what an interesting case to come to a resolution. the trial happening next weekr i should say the sentencing next week should add ten more years to his time behind bars. but this virginia judge said he lived an otherwise blameless life. manafort was facing up to 24 years for a financial that had nothing toit do his time on the trump campaign and we saw manafort speaking in court in a green jump suit. manafort said he felt shame during this trial. he felt like he was being punished. and his attorney focussed onco ections or lack of connections to russia. >> most importantly what you saw today is the same thing we had said from day e. there is absolutely no evidence paul manafort was involved in any collusion with any government officials from russia. >> i thought it was intereing. it was as if preoedent trump his lines, bizarre and unrelotted to the case in virginia >> reporter: and manafort will get nine months credit f time served and as of now p

paul manafort will stanbefore a judge in virginia. he's been convicted of multiple financial crimes and faces u the 20 years behind bars. >> tracie potts joins us this morning. >> kristen welker looks at what the pagesve al. >> coming up on wednesday. michael cohen was supposed to report to prison. he was behind closed doors testifying to congress. cohen giving lawmakers new up ments aimed atki b his explosive claim last week, that the president's lawyers made changes in hittestimony tower scrpeapd trump project in moscow. he has pleaded guilty of lying to congress. and the president'srn at, jay sekulow, firing back. saying testimony by michael cohen, that attorneys for the president edited orhaed his statement to congress, to alter the duration of the trump tower moscow negotiations is completely false. back to you. >> our thanks to kristen welker. >>> it's not only rert mueller's investigation. and today's manafort sentencing that trump busy. his administration continues to face questionsbout how it's handling migrants trying to enter the country. at a house hearing, tempers flared. kirstjen nielsen u ed congress to crack down on asy

paul manafort will stand before a judge in virginia. he's been convicted of multiple financial crimes and faces up to 24 years behind bars. >> trae potts joi us live this morning. this is one of two sentencing days forrt mana >> right. today, he's looking at 24 years for financial crime out of the virginia trial. the washington trial that he avded by pleading guilty, that sentencing happens next weekth possibly aer ten years. ma nafort, 69 years old, this would be a life sentence for him. these crges are being brought by the mueller team that's doing the russia investigation. manafort's lawyers are asking the court to go light. but had a deal. he lost it, when he ld and got -- was found guilty of witness tampering, while he was bail. judge afort, facing the today, looking for the first of two sentencings that could put him behind bars for a long time. >> tracie potts, live for us this morning. ank you. >>> it's not only robert mueller's investigation and man fort's sentencing. his administration continues t face questions about how it's handling migrants trying to enter the country. at a house hearing, tempes flared. kirstjen nielsen u

potts is keeping track. it's busy days for you, isn't it, tracie >> it is going to be a really busy day, and it starts with pault. is he finally going to be sentenced for his crimes he is looking at more than two dozen years behind bars. >> 69-year-old paul manafort finds out today if he will get the maximum 24 years after a federal jury in virginia found him guilty of failing to report 16.5 million dollars in consulting fees for the ukrai ukrainian government the justice department says manafort repeatedly and brazenly violated the law he cut a deal, but lost it after lying and witness tampering while on bail. next week in washington manafort faces another ten years on similar charges. none of it connected to the trump campaign meantime, former trump lawyer michael cohen delayed reporting to prison to finish testifying privately about efforts to build a trump tower in russia during the campaign >> the hearings went very, very well i believe that all of the members were satisfied with the statements and the responses that i gave to them. >> he answered every question that was put to him by members of both parti