former aide roger stone he had been convicted of lying to congress and witness tampering during the moeller investigation into alleged russian interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential race the move marks another extraordinary intervention by trump in the u.s. justice system and it has been met with fierce criticism from his political opponents . oh. he has reason to celebrate only days before right just don't was to begin a 40 month prison sentence his friend donald trump came to his aid the president has said are numerous occasions that he thought there's a good chance i could be exonerated i agree with that recent book this is this is this is a horror off or if it's right near when you realize that this is this investigation never had any legitimate or lawful beginning it was a witch card and february stone had been sentenced to lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the house and mr geisha into whether the trunk and pain colluded with russia to win the 2016 election what's the word. comment on the courthouse steps in an official statement that was published on friday the t

prison term on tuesday after being convicted of lying to congress and witness tampering during the moeller investigation into alleged russian interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential race so far from earlier we asked the reporter aaron tilton what was behind the president's actions. today's action shouldn't come as any surprise to anyone who's really been following the stone case i mean stone was of course convicted of obstruction of justice witness tampering and lying to congress in connection with the investigation and that looked into possible connections between the election campaign of donald trump and the russian government now that is of course something that trump has long maintained was an illegitimate investigation you know he phrased it as a partisan witch hunt in a hoax which is part of the reason he said that stone should never have actually face trial in the united states now that is of course something that a jury of roger stone's peers disagreed with which is why he was sentenced to just over 3 years in prison what's interesting about today's actions from donald trump is

prison term on tuesday after being convicted of lying to congress and witness tampering during the moeller investigation into alleged russian interference in the 2016 presidential race. and for more on this let's bring in our correspondent carla blocker in washington carla how is washington reacting to this news. well as we have heard democrats are outraged about the president pardoning someone who lie to protect with republicans the case isn't quite as clear they're not as unified you have roger stone fans if you will or supporters who have asked for this very thing back at his sentencing hearing in february and rolling a large poster saying pardon roger stone and you also have influential senators here in d.c. like lindsey graham who was saying this was a justified president trump did well after all roger stone was in the seventies and this was a 1st time nonviolent offense you also have a republican so i never were quite critical of those like for example mitt romney he is calling those an act of unprecedented his store of corruption and do you think any voters may be feeling the same w

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this is a political prosecution, i won the moeller mitch hunt and now i have to keep fighting and apolitical corrupt new york. not fair to the presidency or the administration. those records likely hold very sensitive information. not only about the president, but his children, and many businesses. i will remain locked up from the public until it is all sorted out in the lower courts in new york. that is the latest, i am frank mallicoat. >>> president jump is putting pressure on schools to reopen during the pandemic. funding will be withheld if they do not go back. many are concerned about the school year will bring. let's welcome the head of the california school board association, the chief information officer, thank you for being with us, troy. >> thank you for having me. it >> of course, yesterday the new york city mayor bill deblasio said his district will only have students back in the classroom for two or three days out of the school week. is there anything definite declared here in california? >> we take a more localized approach. there is not been a universal mandate. what the gover

have you seen good cause to fire special counsel no thank you if you were ordered today to fire mr moeller what would you do if there were good cause i would act if there were no good cause i would not and you see no good cause so far correct rod rosa's that is has become a beacon for anger from donald trump and from congressional republicans and i think they're disappointed in him i think they hoped that he would be partisan because he is a long time republican but instead rosenstein has shown himself to be fairly independent and a law enforcement person 1st and congress and his friends and allies are at meal times and i'm not keeping any information from congress the loss of humanity in their mission we allow those who did not call you why didn't you have a present it is for finding a good fundraiser for your own thank you where we've come and hiding information that you can answer if you have evidence of wrongdoing by any member of the trunk campaign presented to the damn grand jury whatever you guy finish it to how. to attack someone like that is very damaging ultimately to the system

moeller and you are now recognized. >> we can't hear you. you have to speak up louder. >> good morning german meringue a member and other members and staff, i am pleased to be here and pleased to testify today about body of work on the autonomic logistics information system or alice. over the year we found a number of significant problems and challenges with alice which are summarized in my prepared statement for today. most concerning is the lack of trust that pilots, maintainers and commanders have with key aspects of the system. getting alice to work requires cultural workarounds and forces commanders to assume the risk of allowing planes to fly when alice says she should stay on the ground. over the past six years we've issued a statement recommendation to the dod to address these concerns. we are encouraged that secretary lord and general thick are taking recommendations seriously as i start a new path to transition from alice to odin. odin is the fix for alice so rather than walk through a list of problems identifying what alice reveal