if we solicit the truth in a manner of presenting a report and he said yes or no, that is the truth. we didn't alter or edit his words, he said yes. >> [inaudible question] >> i think there is no question that we saw this hearing, overwhelming evidence in extraordinary detail from special counsel. specific instances where the special counsel recounted the evidence collected by the president, tried to have them fired and directed him to fly about it and create false documents. private citizens to go tell the attorney general to tell the special counsel to limit the investigation to future presidents, effectively ending the investigation. those are two examples of many for obstruction of justice. president would have been charged. we have now seen significant evidence, this report changed lives as it will be very powerful. when action is next, we believe the time is long past to open a formal impeachment, begin considering whether impeachment for high crimes ought to be filed. we live in a country where no one is above the law. special counsel said, construction of justice takes a seri

[inaudible] >> the strategy of questioning or the approach of questioning was to so let's -- solicit the trigger and if we solicited the truth in the manner of presenting the report and he said yes or no, that is the truth.h. we didn'tes alter it. we didn't edit his words. we just gave him his words and he said yes. [inaudible] >> look, and about my colleagues to join me. i think there's no question that we saw at this an overwhelming evidence of obstruction of justice committed by the president of the united states and extraordinaire geico from the special counsel, specific instances with the special counsel recounted the evidence they collected the evidence by the president, tried to have him fired and directed don mcgahn to lied about it. he had the third party, and outside, private citizen to go tell the attorney general of the united states to tell a special counsel to limit it investigation to future presidential campaigns effectively ending this investigation. those are just two examples of many examples before the committee today of obstruction of justice. the special counsel

and he pleaded to solicitation of prostitution. today secretary acosta said they are not prostitutes. they are victims. makers in congress are demanding answers about secretary acosta's actions in 2008. chief congressional correspondent mackey manual reporting from capitol hill. >> good afternoon. democrats say congress should step up and take action to remove alex acosta writing "in light of acosta's failures, i respect we urge you to commence impeachment proceedings against secretary acosta." elijah cummings, a key member of the committee, calling for acosta to appear on capitol hill for an open hearing in about two weeks. the lawmakers say they want to examine acosta's actions as u.s. attorney for the southern district of florida in authorizing the nonprosecution agreement against jeffrey epstein. today a leading house democrat went bigger, taking the opportunity to blast president trump and his entire administration. >> secretary acosta is repeated with this administration always does. they choose the powerful and the wealthy o

and at that time this was based on the original competitive solicitation back in 2014. it's for peer-to-peer services at $3.2 million a year. and as mr. morano said, the additional solicitation for additional services in 2017 and 2018, those are being folded into this contract. so now that the contract under the second amendment would be extended through 20 -- to june 2021, and increased by $9.3 million to cover all of the services to $28.4 million that includes a 12% contingency over the remaining three fiscal years and we recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. any comments? seeing none, let's open it up for public comment. any members of the public that would like to comment on item number 12? >> this is another example of your discrimination and your differential treatment. the richmond area? isn't that the avenues, the area where i went to high school, george washington and predominantly white? you come up here and you want these millions of dollars and talking about you have rehabilitation centers and peer counselling in an area that's predom

we promoted the solicitation at open houses, and proposal meetings. have two technical workshops cohosted with meriwether and williams. the first was in november of 2018 and the second workshop which was specifically organized to encourage firms to propose for this opportunity was held on february five. at this point i would like to turn the microphone over to ingram meriwether to talk about our approach to support and commission micro tran10's for this opportunity. >> good evening. thank you for the opportunity. we worked closely with court staff to try to do a number of things, one expanded the reach of the effort to identify prospective micro lb ease and the construction management arena. give them the earliest opportunity of awareness of these opportunities so that they can maximize the time to consider and to prepare, and then in the second workshop, we were very specific for the construction management set-aside. we had pretty strong attendance, i think there were somewhere between 40-60 firms that attended. they were very engaged. they were net

solicitation was a charge that was commonly used against people. oftentimes, they would not fight back because of the repercussions for fighting back from such a crime. you could lose your job for being . your neighbors what a bubbly distance themselves from you. your family, if you are a parent, you could lose your children. so, to be was really to live a life of fear and secrecy in the 1950s and 60s. so, bank decided that he was going to fight back against government rules against people. and indeed, president eisenhower actually signed a law into effect that homosexuals could not be hired by the federal government. frank decided that there really should be no reason for such a law. that homosexuals deserve rights to work in the federal government and anywhere else, just as much as anyone did. he organized a series of protests. it was 1955. where people who were would picket in front of the white house as the civil service commission. going public with signs such as this. america, the land of opportunity for homosexuals, too. quarter million homo

in fact, the supreme court said it was completely appropriate for the government to solicit citizenship information on a census. now president trump is proceeding forward in a matter consistent with the decision last week. while i believe we should ask the question on the census, i applaud the president for his work to know more about citizenship in our country than ever before. given these recent events, i believe this contempt resolution and the investigation into the question has been rendered moot. despite this, democrats are rushing this contempt resolution. contempt of congress is one of congress' most powerful tools and it should be wielded responsibly. this is not a responsible use of that authority. this is an attempt by the other party to delegitimize the citizenship question. something that frankly, everyone thinks we are already asking because we are and everyone thinks we should continue. it is pretty noncontroversial. consider this. the oversight and reform committee has legislative jurisdiction over census. if democrats wanted to remove the question, they could've marked

not to create or create a moderate nuclear crisis without soliciting a major response.s war and that is clear. on the us side, the reason they are trying to get so much leveraged is because they want negotiations when they happen to include iran's nefarious behaviour and human rights abuses, notjust its nuclear programme. that is why its nuclear programme. that is why it has been so tense, but it affects not just europeans and it has been so tense, but it affects notjust europeans and those in the region but everybody globally. and it shows how difficult it is. emmanuel macron has one of his high representatives over in iran and it seems the option is freeze for freeze, so they freeze enriching uranium and donald trump freezes further sanctions, but the difficulty is that things can just continue to escalate? that is right and it does but the pressure is going to continue up to a certain point and both sides right now say that neither one wants to go to the table, neither side is ready for diplomatic negotiations, but at the end of the day what iran wants is sanctions r

accused of giving the now jailed epstein a favorable deal when he was state's attorney after he solicited child prostitutes as the details the u.s. labor secretary is under pressure facing calls for his firing now defending his past connection to a sex offender his acts are despicable he's describing the acts of this man jeffrey epstein he's super rich works in finance owns homes all over the globe and even has his own private island he hangs around the most powerful men in the world according to published reports inside his $77000000.00 new york city mansion there are pictures of him with the current u.s. president donald trump past president bill clinton mohammed bin some on the crown prince of saudi arabia even a british prince but he's not just popular powerful he's also an admitted sexual predator of children in 2008 he admitted to soliciting child prostitutes his sentence 13 months in jail but he was allowed to leave pretty much every day to go to work the reason it cost is defending himself is because he's the man who made the deal then the u.s. attorney in florida and that's why s

the problem with that is that by posting a solicitation that required by america only u.s. sourced products, i think fema missed out on the chance for other companies to bid, and then it was not appropriate technical evaluation to say that bronze star and the other bidder met the terms of the contract because they didn't, because bronze star said it would be sourcing materials from both the u.s. and outside of the u.s. and then finally, our fourth observation was that we felt fema could have done more to confirm that bronze star would ultimately be able to meet the terms of the contract. for example, in the follow-on solicitation after bronze star failed, fema did ask the next contractors to provide more information verifying that they would in fact be able to meet the terms of the contract. >> okay. well, i'm going to try to stick within the parameters and hopefully we'll be able to come back to -- we obviously see how big a problem this one company was. and i will recognize the ranking member, mr. king. >> thank you, chairman. first of all, thank all the witnesses for you

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it's already illegal to solicit your assistance during a campaign.hat this bill does, all it does is require campaigns and individuals to report such illegal foreign assistance directly to the fbi. yesterday robert mueller came before congress to answer questions about his sweeping investigation and 448 page report. that report documented compellingly and convincingly the most serious attack on our democracy by a foreign power in our history. it tells a story of 140 contacts between the trump campaign and russian agents it proves russian covert and overt efforts to influence the outcome of our election by helping one candidate and hurting another. and it shows powerfully the trump campaign's knowledge of that effort and willingness to accept that help. mueller testified yesterday "over the course of my career i have seen a number of challenges to our democracy the russian government effort to interfere in our election is among the most serious as i said on may 28, this deserves the attention of every american. the legislation that senator schumer is

can affect but if they don't work an invasive risky brain surgery is often the next step i'm not solicit here in ohio usa to find out about a new procedure they use it's not a static and the incision it's surgery without. for most of our life 58 year old sonny has suffered with essential tremor and your logical disorder that causes involuntary muscle movements so. i create abnormal activity deep in the brain causes shaking which is especially noticeable in the house and something that can be extremely disabling and that's very fine fine control and i thought that was the last one i was able to do i can't do that on sunday how long have you had a session drummer at. least since i was 7. what is it worth to both my hands. it's in my head especially if i do any and to mouth motions i only drink out of a straw and. going to someone's house to eat unless i know them lawfully well that i just i don't do it i just don't do it brushing my teeth it's a nightmare i've damaged my gums again tell you how mean. i have scars all over my hands cooking can you show me what your writing is like. ok. that

he is caught attempting trying to solicit a 4-year-old boy.s given a life sentence, dies in prison. steven goes on to work menial jobs, get married and have two children. but then at age 24, steven is quilled while riding a motorcycle. his unexpected death another blow to older brother kerry. >> this rage iskerrhas coue of break downs. one was fairly violent. >> he stated he felt like it jumping in the truck, driving it through the shop, killing the boss and everybody in the office and then torch beiing the placed that's when i told him he needed to go see a doctor. >> reporter: he enters a mental facility but doesn't stay. he eventually makes his way to yosemite, landing a job as a handy man at the cedar lodge north of the park. he sees an opportunity to act out his sick fantasy. in one of the farthest lodges are three guests, three women, one visiting from argentina. kerry knocks on their door, tells them he's maintenance and needs to fix a leak. >> go to the bathroom, i pulled my out. >> reporter: about a month later, a burned car is found

. >> lawyers for jeffrey epstein say their client has stayed clean since pleading guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution charges. and florida in 2008, and that the federal government is reneging on the plea deal. >>> just moments ago, new documents related to the federal probe into the trump urt codetailing of the chaos in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign to arrange a hush money deal to hide president trump alleged affair with stormy daniels. documents show michael cohen was indirect contact with campaign spokespeople and especially hope hicks and the national enquirer publisher david becker. prosecutors say they do not plan to seek additional charges in the case. >>> president trump disavow the chance of his supporters to send her back in a campaign rally in north carolina last night. but is natalie brand reports, he barely made an effort to stop them. >> reporter: president trump said he was not happy when the crowd with his campaign rally attendance and send her back. >> i would suggest that you go there, go to north carolina and asked the people why did they say that. th

he pleadedlty in state court to soliciting a single under age victim that deal was put together by his lawyer and alexander acosta who defended his decision. secretary acosta has not responded to nbc news inquiry. tomorrow the 66 years old epstein is expected to appear in federal court. kathy park, nbc news, new york >>> president trump issued a new warning to iran late today after officials there told the world they have taken a major step that could bring iran closer to developing nuclear weapons ali arouzi brings us this report >> reporter: they'll enrich uranium to whatever levels they want and reach those levels bf the end of the day iran says they need the increase to run the power plants. the u.s. and allies say it puts them one step closer to a nuclear bomb president trump today warning teheran again. >> iran better be careful. you enrich for one reason and i don't tell you what that reason is >> reporter: the pentagon has merged additional thousands of troops to the region it was two weeks ago that president trump ordered and cancelled unlimited strikes on iran in response to

kraft pleaded not guilty to soliciting prostitution and has denied engaging in any illegal activity. days after his arrest, president trump was asked about hisnd frie legalro tubles. >> well, it's very sad. i was surprised to see it. he's proclaimed his incense totally. >> in march, the president invited kraft and his team to the white house to celebrate the most recent super bowl victory, t so far that has not happened. the two are lgtime friend. kraft spending time at the -a-l as for the british ambassador, the president tweeted he is not well liked or well thought of within the u.s. butlenty of the president's closest aitds and allies have repeatedly socialized with the ending ambassador, a many of his parties. among them, treasury secretary steve mununuchimnuchin, wilbur kellyanne conway, sean spicer, and sarah sanders. back to yo peter alexander, thank you. >>> another major story in washington. that historic flash flooding that crippled the nation's capital onmonday. al's here with more on that and another big weather concern on the horizon. >> absolutely, but look at this. dee

government was paying unemployed writers to collect local histories and local culture, and ended up soliciting from them interviews from former slaves. that meant you had people from genetically different backgrounds, different racial groups, different ethnic or cultural groups, different educational backgrounds, different socioeconomic classes trying to talk to each other across these divides them about the very highly charged topic of slavery and what it meant for african american citizenship in the 1930's. >> what is the government telling these writers? prof. stewart: it is interesting, i think it is emblematic of new deal projects and that is why i was drawn to it as a scholar and will be looking at it in my new book. it was a moment of great promise and potential. one of the sessions i attended here, a session on the new deal with major scholars, they were talking about the sense of the 1930's and the new deal as a moment of hamas and possibility, but also the fact that it was highly improvisational. the federal government was willing to try a number of unprecedented attempts to bring th

. >> he was booked on two counts of soliciting murder with special circumstances. >> in california, if're charged with a homicide with special circumstances, potentially you're not going to get bail. >> i think the l.a. d.a.'s office would prefer that a high profile client would be in custody than be out arguing, pleading his case in public. >> we return to the top story, the arrest of actor robert blake. he'll be put in isolation, and authorities say that's standard operating procedure for high profile arrests. >> when we had celebrities in jail, we had to keep them out of the general population for their safety and the safety of other inmates. everybody wants to be a star, and all it would take is, is one inmate to think, "hey, if i beat that celebrity up, i'll be in the 'national enquirer' or some other publication." and we couldn't take that chance. >> months went by. blake is behind bars. and he really wants to talk to the press. he's an actor. he figures he can sway public opinion. but his lawyers wouldn't let him do it. >> robert's too volatile. he might have said something coul

port staff will solicit a combined best value procurement. port staff reviews the proposals, conducts interviews and recommends a candidate. port staff will then return to the port commission to request award of preconstruction services contract. they will then review the designed documentation, collaborate with port staff develop trade packages and then bid the packages. they will then create a guaranteed maximum price. port f will then return to the port commission to request an amendment in the contract for the construction services if we believe the gmp meets our needs. the port commission will not have an obligation to award the construction. this is a summary of the use of fund. the 750,000 dollars preconstruction services would come from the unallocated funds and the already secured entitlement and engineering budget. contract contingency as well as escalation have been included. we do not have contingency for sale prices or tariffs in the overall budget. part that has secured the following funding as artie mentioned the funds need to

he is a registered sex offender after pleading guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008. epstein worked out a plea deal in that case. >>> police at gilroy looking for two men linked to an armed robbery of a jewelry store. surveillance video captured this picture of one of the suspects. investigators say two men went in to the store on east 10:30 s morning and stole an un known amount of jewelry. the police searched the area but never found the suspects. look at this photo. if you have information, call gilroy police. >>> police are searching for the person that shot four people there. it happened saturday before midnight, in the area of manda drive and hillsdale avenue. the four were taken to the hospital, treated for injuries said to be non life threatening. the motive in the shooting is still being investigated. neighbors in the area say they just don't feel safe. >> it's not right. it makes me feel uncomfortable living here. >> san jose was once called the safest big city in america but violent crime has been up in recent years, last month a man killed four people and

i think one was soliciting prosecution. he did not plead guilty to any federal charges, and definitely there was no plea to sex trafficking, which is the charge that's been brought against him now in new york, sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. there is no statute of limitation with respect to the sex trafficking charge. we know that some of these crimes happened in new york, so the new york federal prosecutors have jurisdiction. we know that they were not bound by this nonprosecution agreement that was entered into between the federal prosecutors in florida. so i think the new york case is on very solid ground and in addition, as we just heard from the reporter, there is an ongoing investigation. there was already evidence seized from his mansion that suggests there may be additional charges based on what was taken out of that mansion much and victims are finding their voices. they are coming forward and they are telling their stories, so there may be charges outside of those that were revealed today

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kraft pleaded not guilty to soliciting prostitution and has categorically denied engaging in any illegal activity. days after kraft's arrest, president trump was asked about his friend's legal troubles. >> well, it's very sad. i was very surprised to see it. he's proclaimed his innocence totally. >> the two men are long-time friends. kraft spending time at the president's mar-a-lago resort including dinner with japanese prime minister shinzo abe shortly after president trump took office. >> reporter: as for the british ambassador, the president said yesterday that darroch is not well liked within the u.s., but plenty of the president's aides and allies have socialized with the u.k. ambassador attending many of his parties over the last several years. the british prime minister's office saying ambassador darroch will stay in his post and that he has the prime minister's full support. savannah and craig, back to you. >> all right, peter alexander at the white house for us, thank you. >>> another major story in washington, that historic flash flooding that crippled the nation's capital on m

defended his role as the attorney of jeffrey epstein where epstein spent 13 months behind bars for soliciting prostitution from a minor. >> the goal here was straightforward. put epstein behind bars >> reporter: acosta today. >> i do not think it is right or fair for this administration's labor department to have epstein as a focus rather than the incredible economy that we have today. >> reporter: president trump also revealing new details about his falling out with epstein who he says he has not spoken to in 15 years >> yes, and i did have a falling out a long time ago. i was not a fan of jeffrey epstein, and you watch people yesterday saying that i threw him out of a club. i didn't want anything to do with him that was many, many years ago. it shows you one thing, that i have good taste. >> peter joins me now. the president has already picked acosta's successor >> that's right. the deputy labor secretary will take over on an acting basis. a list that includes critical departments like defense and homeland security. >> peter, thank you. let's get to those late new details now, the epstein c

currently facing new sex trafficking charges and pled guilty in 2008 to state charges, including soliciting prostitution from a minor in exchange for video game much more serious federal charges. he was sentenced to 13 months behind bars. wewe did what we did because wanted to seek epstein go to jail. simply put, the palm beach statr attney's office was ready to le epstein walk free, no jail th time, nog. >> acosta went on to say given the evidence he had at the time, going to trial would have been too much of a risk. >>> a former redskins player is asking for help that he is in dire need of a kidney transplant. retired defensive tacklebility haynesworth made the announcement in an instagram last night. the he has beenattling kidney disease a few years now after his kidneys failed on monday. he took to simpl to ask for a generous kidney donation from fans. he played for d.c. about ten years ago andade two pro bowlsis duricareer. >>> a new metro ad is getting attention for calling out a problem too familiar for most rider. it's called man spreading when men upke your personal space on metro

. >> i pled guilty to solicitation of prostitution. >> reporter: he struck a secret plea deal, servinghs in county jail and registering as a sex offender. >> there's no question in my mind that what happened in florida in 2008 will not happen in the southern district of new york. these prosecutors are very aggressive. these prosecutors take sex crimes, especially child sex crimes, very seriously. and this case will be taken very seriously. >> reporter: but epstein's attorney argues that he's already answered for these accusations and that previous deal should hold. saying that prosecutors are now looking for a do-over. the u.s. attorney who authorize thad deal, alexander acosta, the secretary of labor. >> mr. epstein went to jail. epstein was incarcerated. he registered as a sex offender. the world was put on notice that he was a sex offender, and the victims received restitution. >> reporter: acosta responding to the new charges on twitter, writing, the crimes committed by epstein are horrific, and i'm pleased that new york prosecutors are moving forward with the case based on new evi

one that recognizes and respects the chain of command, but then also solicits the expertise of the people that work for us. i think we have a lot of people who know a lot about the work that they do, and being able to garner that information and expertise i think makes for better decision-making. i also believe that decisions should be data-driven, but also person-centered. i think it kind of gives us a balanced approach in how we look at issues. so my two top goals, and maybe the first one is really more of a kind of visionary thing. i really want us to provide the best emergency services possible. but i want it to be based on gathering information, soliciting participation of the stake holders, identifying and determining best practices, revising bet policies and procedures, and finally implementing them. i also want us to create e.m.s. strategic plan, something that will give us a framework to plan and provide the best service possible. where we identify priorities, support funding requests, and implement changes. those are the kind of things we can do with a nicely developed strategic

that he was able to walk away and tell people who knew him that he was guilty of nothing more than soliciting a prostitute. so i think that that all helped give him cover, and his associates cover, those who did like to party with him, and those who donald trump himself has been quoted as saying in 2002 saying that he liked jeffrey epstein and that they both liked the company of beautiful women. >> younger. >> and in epstein's case, even recognizing that they were much younger. >> it seems wonderful that everyone has a right to a legal defense, megan and laurence. in the case of the very wealthy, the dream team, ken starr, dershowitz, the works. in 1992 the footage was shot for a faith daniels talk show called a closer look, which profiled the then newly divorced trump. during that episode, faith daniels and trump described the circumstances of how he ended up on the show. let's watch. >> i don't know why i'm even on the show except we want to give you good ratings. i said to faith -- >> how generous. >> major, major ratings. you are. you're going to get big ratings. >> tell the rest of the s

do you expect committee members to solicit testimony from him as well as robert mueller? as much as robert mueller? >> our focus is going to definitely be on mueller, and our goal is to let mueller speak because if he just describes what is in the report, that's very, very damaging to the president. but it is very good that zebley is going to be there as well because if it's just to give advice, he's going to have specific details about all of those interactions you mentioned. also, we're establishing the precedent that we've been fighting for that some of these investigators, we have a right to call them. >> yes. >> to inquire what's going on. mueller is at the top, but a lot of the people doing the details, where they know what the negotiations were, they know what happened, they're relevant to get the story out to the american people, so we think -- we're glad that he's going to be there and we are glad that he's going to be sworn in. >> and the -- every member of the committee has a staff member nearby. when you're not coming up with exactly the right thing in the rig

. >> reporter: he pleaded guilty to slit soliciting prostitution. in a civil case with the government about that deal, one accuser said she took part in an orgy with eight other young girls who appeared to be under the age of 18. epstein registered as a sex offender in the virgin islands, but unlike in the u.s. where he had level 3 sex offender status considered the most dangerous, here he was classified as tier 1. it meant he had to check in with local authorities once a year. looking back, scully, a father of three daughters, tells us he regrets not speaking out sooner. >>> when you think about the accusations against him, what does that make you think of in terms of your kids >> i'm awful glad that they weren't visitors on the island >> reporter: if anyone calls for help on that island, lester, it takes police 30 minutes to get there. >> stephanie, how often did he go to this home? >> reporter: residents tell us pretty often once a month he flies in on his private jet, then gets on his private helicopter to get to the island. >> all right, stepha

accosta, a florida 08 epstein avoided prosecution by pleading guilty to state charges including soliciting prostitution from a minor. he registered as a sex offender and spent 13 months in jail, but had permission to leave six days a week and work from a local office accosta commenting for the first time since epstein's new york arrest the crimes committed by epstein are horrific, with the evidence available more than a decade ago, federal prosecutors insisted that epstein go to jail, register as a sex offender now that new evidence and additional testimony is available, the new york prosecution offers an important opportunity to more fully bring him to justice but an attorney who says he struck financial settlements with epstein for three alleged victims, holds accosta personally responsible for what he calls an awful deal >> mr. accosta's office categorically kept us in the dark they failed to inform any of my clients what deal that they were attempting to cut. >> reporter: his clients, he says, felt they were taken advantage of twice, but a predator and a broken system >> so, stephanie,

secret last-minute deal epstein avoided more serious federal g guilty to state charges including soliciting prostitution from a minor. he had to spend 13 months in jail and registered as a sex offender >> it's a shocking disparity between what he could have been charged with, what the evidence and the allegations seem to show, and what he was allowed to get away with >> reporter: during acosta's confirmation hearing, he said it was the best deal given the evidence >> it was a broadly-held decision. >> reporter: the deal, criticized by many as too lenient, became the focus of an explosive "miami herald" report last year several of the alleged victims speaking out for the first time >> i was 16. >> i was 16. >> i started going to him when i was 14, 15. >> 14 turning 15 >> reporter: today u.s. attorneys say the investigative journalism significantly helped the case and he called on new victims to come forward. >> while the charged conduct is from a number of years ago, they deserve their day in court >> stephanie joins us now from federal court. stephanie, prosecutors i know aring aie inine in

he is already a registered ex- offender after pleading guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008. he was able to strike a deal in that case, avoiding a possible life sentence. instead, he was sentenced to 13 months in jail. before that plea deal,he had been friendly with donald trump, former bill clinton, and andrew, the duke of york in >>> the top u.s. immigration officials said today i.c.e. agents are poised to deport as many as 1 million undocumented immigrants. >>> that is why we need to do interior enforcement. of situations where we have criminals, fugitives, and people with final orders of removal from an immigration judge. i.c.e. needs to be out there enforcing . >> president trump that on friday he is ready to go ahead with plans to run the undocumented immigrants despite negotiations in congress to agree to an immigration reform plan. also today, immigration officials argued against reports of deplorable conditions in the sodas at the southern border. the acting secretary of homeland security and i've got said that while there are johnson situations, the reports