was sentenced to more than 7 years in prison on tax fraud charges and followed special counsel robert muller's investigation into election interference our white house correspondent can we talk it has more from washington d.c. . poll man afford is much like many americans who are being released from prison right now due to coronavirus this is something that prison advocates have been trying very hard to get through and congress listened in terms of some of those quite a virus packages that have been passed what this means and what this provides for is that those in prison who are of advanced age have preexisting health conditions or even concerns that in captivity they could not follow the social distancing guidelines of being approximately 2 metres apart that they can be released to finish the remainder of their sentence at home confinement so under this legislation it was requested by a whole manner for the former campaign chair of donald trump's campaign that he spend the rest of his sentence at home confinement there is a lot of leeway for the bureau of prisons to grant this and we underst

security advisor michael flynn pace was one of the most high profile to come out of special counsel robert muller's russia investigation. they've been all orderly for have shelled central tripoli resulting in explosions near the turkish embassy has been trying to seize the capital for more than a year the u.s. is reportedly pulling out its patriot missile systems and other military assets from saudi arabia the wall street journal says washington is reversing a military buildup began as tensions with iran flared up last year a woman who's accused u.s. presidential candidate joe biden of sexually assaulting says he should quit his race for the white house biden denies assaulting tara reid in 1903 when she was an aide in the then democratic senators office reid says she's willing to take a lie detector test a father and son in the u.s. state of georgia have been arrested and charged with the murder of an unarmed black man and the family of ahmed says he was out jogging when he was confronted by the 2 white men who thought he was a burglar. australia says it will begin easing social distancing restrict

president the case against flynn was one of the most high profile to come out of special counsel robert muller's investigation into dealings between trump's in a circle and russia back in 2017 flynn admitted lying to the f.b.i. about his interactions with russia's u.s. ambassador but has since tried to withdraw his guilty plea forces loyal to libyan war after of shelled central tripoli resulting in explosions near the turkish and italian embassy and the hotel after has been trying to seize the capital for more than a year he'd issued a warning to turkey on thursday about its support for the u.n. recognize government which he is trying to defeat with more from tripoli. targeted area which is a very close to the city center it's called zoe demand the word civil diplomatic mission headquarters are located and also a courthouse and a public park 2 police officers were killed along with other civilian a passer by were killed by the explosions caused by. a grad rockets launched at by forces loyal to the warlord. and civil other civilians that one day now the people in the residential areas nearby are

the case against michael flynn was one of the highest profile to come out of special counsel robert muller's russia investigation . maybe an award he to have to shell central tripoli resulting in explosions near the turkish and italian embassies after he's been trying to seize the capital now for more than a year. but more now on those dire unemployment numbers in the u.s. fresh university graduates looking for work are heading into the worst jobs market in a century many have large student debt and on leaving courses with little hope of a successful start to their careers from reports. for the class of 2020 there will be no caps and gowns no proud march to accept diplomas no celebration after years of study and hard work it's a distressing time for grads like james werner who attended vassar college in new york but is now with his parents in los angeles in terms of like you know graduating school and going into the workforce it's such a big change in general and kind of having the you know dark cloud of this pandemic over that adds even more stress and intensity to that process back home in

trump of course we now know ultimately that there was no collusion found by the special counsel robert muller and this is something that donald trump has repeatedly trumpeted but now what we see in light of all of this is in the last 24 hours the department of justice decided that it will drop the case against michael flynn who pled guilty to lying to the f.b.i. we should point out so what this has turned into and what this has been for some time on the part of the white house is an attempt to say the michael flynn has been exonerated and. once again this was political in nature this investigation not only gets michael flynn but against the president of course we have to always remind our viewers this is an election year and we're in campaign mode and the reason to bring this up is because donald trump is trying to not only say look at i told you there was no wrongdoing but i was a victim of a weaponized department 2 2 of f.b.i. this is the reason you should not only believe me but you should reelect me thanks so much for explaining all of that all the twists and turns is complete how could t

military personnel to the border to perform a police action on the brain and robert muller. what a stupid question. what a stupid but i want you a lot of us got a lot of stupid right some think in very. heels and he'll start another fire over here to to move us off this fire i think it was monday or tuesday i listed 10 or 11 issues that we went through in the course of one day 11 of them would have been a huge story in the. previous administration and some of them get lost because just you get rolled under i call it the chaos but yeah and i'm always shocked by the continued shock about donald trump this has been his entire adult life has been run this way and he has read his yeah. will be out in the rose garden where the president is going to appear for the national day of prayer he may or may not take questions he's not going to take a question now but will show up because it might be our only chance to see the president today to get a question to ask. ladies and gentlemen the president of the united states this is true. people are so proud to be using that beautiful word.

admitted in 2017 that he lied to the fbi about his contacts with russians during the campaign debts robert mullertment is saying that they feel mr flynn didn't really fully understand what the fbi was asking him, and that's why they've decided to drop this case. it seems quite political, general flynn was a favourite of donald trump's, and donald trump describing him today as a warrior, saying he felt he had been wrongly charged in the first place. so a big win for the white house and for donald trump. more of the politics of the molar investigation, which are still rippling through the election process here in the states dashed muller investigation. it feels like a different world there. stay with us on oustide source. still to come: we'll tell you why pakistan is lifting its lockdown — even though infections there are rising. the government in the indian state of andhra pradesh has threatened to launch criminal proceedings against a south korean chemical company after a disastrous gas leak from its local factory. 13 people died and hundreds have received hospital treatment after the incident. w

ask you this you're a big supporter of donald trump you've been questioned by special counsel robert muller over the russia gate investigation he looked at your laptop and your phones i believe you also testified to congress in november 27th when you told congress under oath that you played quote no official or really unofficial role in the trump campaign what you didn't tell congress is that on august 3rd 2016 you were at a meeting during the campaign at trump tower with don jr trump son which stephen miller then a campaign advisor to trump with george nader a former blackwater colleague of yours who acts as a back channel to the saudis their moralities yours happens to be convicted paedophile and also joel's an israeli expert on social media manipulation how come you didn't mention that meeting to congress given it's so relevant to their investigation. i did as part of the part of the investigations i certainly disclosed in the any meetings the very knew i had on the congressional testimony you gave to the house we went through it you didn't mention anything about august 26th meeting in t

so the case of michael flynn was one of the biggest cases surrounding the robert muller investigationuring the 2016 election campaign. and michael flynn had been having contacts with the russian ambassador to the united states and other restaurant officials, and he didn't tell the white house about it, and he also lied to the fbi about it. in 2017, mr flynn actually admitted lying to the fbi. he had been donald trump's national security adviser, he was fired as the national security adviser, he was caught up in the robert miller investigation, he admitted in 2017 that he lied to the fbi about his contacts during the campaign, and he pleaded guilty to that. even so, the justice department is saying that they feel that mr flynn didn't fully understand what the fbi was asking him, and that's why they've decided to drop this case. it seems quite political, general flynn was a favourite of donald trump is met, and donald trump today was caught describing him as a boy or, saying he felt he had been on wrongfully charged in the first place. —— warrior. a big win for the white house and donal

allies the case against flynn was one of the most high profile to come out of special counsel robert muller's russia investigation speaking of russia moscow's main fear is the number of cases of coronavirus in the city could be as high as 300003 times the official figure the lockdown in the capital has been extended to the end of this month it's 11000000 residents will only be able to leave their homes for essential services and they'll need to apply to use public transport. brazil is reported another $10000.00 new infections and $615.00 deaths both numbers a new daily record it's prompted the new health minister to flying the possibility of strict lock downs in hard hit areas over old brazil has registered more than 8 and a half 1000 deaths and 125000 cases even though president wilson are or has downplayed the danger of the virus. as are the headlines and mowen may its next. isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise and another side of this . separating propaganda from fact it's reality. exposing deal. they. post. to the media which is the era. of rewind. when we 1st lost.

developing in the last few moments and this is significant you remember the russia investigation by robert muller that enveloped this administration in its early days well one of the people that was caught up and snared in all of that was the very short serving national security advisor michael flynn for the u.s. president now he was interviewed by the f.b.i. he had mid to lying to the f.b.i. during an interview about a conversation he had with a russian ambassador well there was a 2nd review of this case that was conducted by the f.b.i. the department of justice rigid this review it concluded that it will no longer prosecute michael flynn and even though he has pled guilty to those charges we understand now according to court filings in the united states here that this case has been dropped to the u.s. president has been reacting to this in just the last few moments he said he's very happy it's not a surprise that you saying that he has tweeted extensively about how he feels michael flynn was treated calling it a scrape at one point the u.s. president has gone even further though now to talk abo

political allies the case against flynn was one of the most high profile to come from special counsel robert muller's russia investigation the u.s. is reportedly pulling out its patriot anti-missile systems and other military assets from saudi arabia as it winds down its military buildup that began when tensions with iran flared last year the wall street journal says saudi oil installations will be among the facilities affected when asked about the report president wouldn't be drawn on the specifics. well i don't want to talk about it but we're doing some things were making a lot of moves in the middle east and elsewhere we're doing a lot of things all over the world militarily we've been taken advantage of all over the world our military and. in the sense that we're and this is nothing to do with saudi arabia this has to do with other countries frankly much more we have the most powerful military in the world going to be in war after has shelled central tripoli resulting in explosions near the turkish and italian embassies after he's been trying to seize the capital for more than a year father and s

evasion and other charges, that of course, stemming from the investigation by special counsel robert muller. manafort's attorney wrote a letter to the bureau of prisons asking for early release saying his underlying medical conditions put him at significant risk of contracting covid-19. the prisons agreed. he's now out and in home confinement, coming as criminal justice reforms calling for early release of non-violent offenders who remain significantly vulnerable as this deadly virus continues to spread like wildfire through the nation's jails. >> josh campbell, thank you so much. >>> cdc preparing to release an alert that warns doctors to be on the lookout for a mysterious illness that could be linked to coronavirus in children. marked by persistent fever, inflammation and poor function in one or more organs. first reported in new york, most states now reporting some of these cases and dr. mary beth's son the director of the rheumatology program and assistant professor of pediatrics of harvard medical school, joining us now. doctor, thank you so much for being with us. tell us, what are yo

like a war against the rule of law were disheartened by how easily bill barr seemed to steam roll robert muller. is there anything structural that could have the sullivan and gleason challenge of bill barr's leadership of doj end differently? >> i think sullivan's going to handle this thing by the law. there's a decision by the law, but it can't be lost on him that in many ways this will become a referendum on everything that has gone on in the past four years and that how he decides this case will cast the way that history looks at a lot of this. you could see that if you're in such an important momentous situation, why you would want to reach to have someone advocate for one side of it as you try and see all sides of this thing. his decision will hand one side or the other a way of saying that either the past four years of investigating were politically motivated and there was nothing to them or that there was really something there and legitimate. >> the stakes couldn't be higher. mike schmidt, chuck rosenberg, thank you for helping us understand these extraordinary twists and turns. we are

the muller report also comes up on his twitter feed. why the old playbook, robert? >> you look at who the president played golf with earlier today. david bossie a longtime republican political strategist who was manager in his 2016, you see trump in 2020 returning to the ethos, the approach he took in 2016, which is combative as ever and his allies, his own staff, such as kalyleigh mcenan clashing with reporters, it is the 2016 no holds barred burn it all down political strategy and there are some republicans i am talking to-capitol hill who say they would like to see a more somber approach with the death toll being what it is, a serious approach but they are not hearing that from the white house. and they are worried about not only the president's re-election but the chances of holding onto the senate majority or gaining the house majority. >> the president says the economic recovery is going to overshadow the virus even though a poll shows that 0% of voters disapprove of trump's handling it. will it be about the economy as the "wall street journal" frames it? >> i