. >> the former israeli prime minister, and ehud olmert, has been convicted on charges of corruption. he was charged quickly with two more fraud georgia's. -- to more fraud charges. >> he looked relaxed as he arrived to your the verdict, but this has been a humiliating process. no other former prime minister here has faced the prospect of going to prison. at the end, the verdict was mixed. it was acquitted of some of the charges. he was found guilty of a lesser charge, allowing his friend and business partner to bring him to meet him to mr. olmert called it irregularities and acts as though he has been entirely exonerated. >> there was no corruption, no receipt of money, no use of money. there were no cash envelopes. mr. palmer's legacy as prime minister was ambiguous. he launched military operations with substantial loss of life. supporters say he is not ready to talk to the palestinians. >> untrue, he had already played a heavy price for these allegations. there are further allegations still to come. he still faces charges related to the development of those buildings, and that cons

the former -- former israeli prime minister ehud olmert has been convicted on a charge of acting corruptly. he was acquitted of two more serious fraud charges. >> olmert was driven from office by the weight of corruption allegations against him. he to hear the verdict. this has been a humiliating process. no other former prime minister here has faced the prospect of going to prison. in the end, the verdict was mixed. mr. olmert was acquitted on the most serious charges, and defrauding is really charities and taking envelopes full of cash to wealthy businessmen. he was found guilty of lesser charge, allowing his friend and business partner to bring clients to meet him when he was trade minister. olmert calls it a procedural irregularity and acts as though he has been entirely is tolerated. >> [speaking foreign language] >> there was no corruption. there was no receipt of money. there was no use of money. there were no cash envelopes. there was nothing of those things that they try to relate to me. >> olmert's legacy of as prime minister was ambiguous. he launched military operations in gaza

a court in israel today cleared former prime minister ehud olmert of the central charges in his corruption trial. they involved allegations he accepted cash-stuffed envelopes from a supporter and pocketed the proceeds from a double- billing travel scam. he was convicted of a lesser charge of breach of trust. olmert, who had resigned in 2009 as the allegations surfaced, will be sentenced in september. he is also standing trial in a separate real estate bribery case. the house of representatives began debate today on president obama's signature health care reform law in another try at repealing it. >> rather than reform health care, this law epitomizes washington at its very worst. >> here we go again, wasting time that should be spent on improving the economy and putting people to work. >> sreenivasan: the latest effort comes less than two weeks after the supreme court voted 5- 4 to uphold president obama's "affordable care act." this afternoon, republican joe barton from texas said the law is not affordable and will not provide better quality health care. >> people like myself oppose the b