diplomat, fred baldwin was born in switzerland. he began his life as aer photogray convincing pablo picasso to sit for hok, and later reelance assignments all over the world, for national geographic and other publications. hendy watriss spent most o youth in greece and spain, before working as a journalist and phographer, covering conflicts in europe, central america and africa for "newsweek" and the "new yo times." the two met in the late 1960s at a manhattan part fell in love, and came to a decision. >> when we met, we had both lived in many parts of the world and en involved in bigger an smaller news stories, but it hadn't been looking deeply inside our own country, our own culture. magically, we both said, "why don't we take time off and really look at the inside of the country." >> brown: in 1971, theloaded up a tiny trailer and embarked on a journey through some of backroads of rural america, a trip that wod shape much of the rest of their career. >> this trip started in maryland and wound its way over the appalachians and in

fred pleitgen with the big get there in russia. thank you very much. and thank you for being with me. i'm brooke baldwin. jake tapper starts now. >>> these dirty deeds were not done dirt cheap. "the lead" starts right now. >>> breaking news. president trump's former fixer headed to federal prison after taking full responsibility for crimes, a couple of which involve the president of the united states, allegedly. what this day in court revealed about the trouble president trump could be facing. >>> also breaking today. moments after cohen sentencing, it was announced another gatekeeper for trump's secrets got immunity. what might the parent company of the national inquirer reveal about payments to a playmate? >>> plus, political chaos and a leadership crisis and for once i'm

fred pleitgen with the big get there in russia. thank you very much. and thank you for being with me. i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> these dirty deeds were not done dirt cheap. "the lead" starts right now. >>> breaking news. president trump's former fixer headed to federal prison after taking full responsibility for crimes, a couple of which involve the president of the united states, allegedly. what this day in court revealed about the trouble president trump could be facing. >>> also breaking today. moments after cohen sentencing, it was announced another gatekeeper for trump's secrets got immunity. what might the parent company of the national inquirer reveal about payments to a playmate? >>> plus, political chaos and a leadership crisis and for once i'm not talking about washington, d.c. any moment, results of a critical vote. will america's most special ally have a new leader? >>> welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. we begin with the politics lead and the president's former personal attorney and fixer, headed to to prison. michael cohen today sentenced to three y