Hi, this is Anne and this is Pablo and we're on a road trip through New Zealand

celebrating our 10th anniversary. We're coming to you from the top of the

Franz Joseph Glacier and it looks beautiful. This show was recorded at 1.54pm on

Wednesday March 13th. Things may have changed by the time you hear this. Okay on

with the show.

Speaking of vacation Miss Johnson you just got back from a very well-deserved

one and I know I speak for the whole podcast team when I say it's really good to

have you back. Oh thank you. I'm delighted to be back here in time for some news.

And we have some for you. Hey everybody it is the MBR Politics Podcast. President

Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been sentenced again and

will now serve a total of seven and a half years and how Speaker Nancy

Pelosi throws cold water on impeachment talk saying Democrats are unlikely to

go down that path because the president is quote just not worth it. I'm Susan

Davis I cover Congress. I'm Carrie Johnson I cover the Justice Department and I'm

Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent. There's already a podcast in

your feeds from last week on Manafort receiving a nearly four-year prison

sentence for bank and tax fraud. Today he appeared in court in Washington DC

where the judge added 43 months to that sentence sending him to jail for about

seven and a half years. Carrie you were in the room. Yeah Paul Manafort was

wheeled in by court security officer. He was wearing a business suit and a tie.

Remember his lawyers have said he has severe doubts. He has trouble with his

foot and his hair has gotten very gray in this nine months where he's been

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