outrage at a local community over a ghoulish display. why one neighbor says this hanging has nothing to do with halloween. and a health alert about over the counter pain medication and adhd. "abc7 news at 4:00" starts right now. jonathan: right now at 4:00, paul manafort plead not guilty. alison: the former trump campaign chairman and business associate rick gates facing several charges as a result of the mueller investigation. now these are the first high profile criminal cases brought up as a result of the post-election probe. jonathan: abc7 has team coverage this everything from federal court to capitol hill. update on the charges and what it could mean. let's start off with lana zak and the developmentsments in the breaking story. >> it doesn't have anything to do with us. alaska sarah huckabee sanders keeps distancing trum

the investigation and robert mueller. george papadopoulos shown hear with mr. trump in a meeting that the candidate described as my national security chief. >> this individual was a member of volunteer advisory council that met one time over the course of a year. alaska but trump praised papadopoulos. >> he is an excellent guy. alaska according to the indictment at this meeting papadopoulos said he had connections to help arrange a meeting between mr. trump and russian president vladimir putin. it charges that papadopoulos met with a professor connected to the officials and russian woman who falsely claimed to be related to putin. but most damaging, the indictment alleges that papadopoulos notified at least three senior campaign officials that the russians had thousands of e-mails damaging to hillary clinton. papadopoulos pled guilty earlier in month to lying to the f.b.i. i was made public today on the same day

the former trump campaign chairman and deputy campaign manager rick gates pled guilty to 12 counts including conspiracy against the united states, false statement and conspiracy to launder money. >> president donald trump is correct. there is no evidence that mr.manman and the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. alaska the charges against manafort and gates don't reference direct allegation of collusion between russia and members of the trump campaign. both gates and manafort have been released to home confinement. manafort on $10 million bond and gates, $5 million. reporting live, lana zak. jonathan: this is george papadopoulos who did plead guilty to making a false statement to the f.b.i. the bureau saying he admitted to lying about the interactions with foreign officials close to the kremlin including discussing getting dirt related to the clinton

he has been cooperating with the mueller investigation since july and the indictments one unsealed today. alison: the list is long. paul manafort and rick gates are committing half a dozen different crimes. so what does it mean? tom roussey continues the team coverage and he is speaking with political and legal experts today. what did you find out? tom: at one point we went here to try to break it down for the viewers. here at the george washington university law school we talked with professor paul shift berman. three main take-away from the talks with the professor that happened in the last hour. he said first off the investigation appears to be moving very fast. he says make no mistake, these crimes and the charges are very serious. he also says there is very likely more coming. that being said, as we mention if you read through the

31-page indictment against manafort or gates you don't see the name president trump or reference to the campaign but the professor says we shouldn't read too much into that. >> the indictment itself doesn't touch the trump political issue but my guess is manafort has a huge amount of information that he might be willing to give to the prosecutor in exchange for better treatment with regard to the serious indictment its. tomas that, however, is just referencing the indictment against paul manafort and his right-hand man, rick gates. but the papadopoulos issue is a different issue because it has potential connections with the trump campaign. we talk more about that and getting more analysis about that coming up in the 5:00 hour later. reporting live outside the g.w. law school, tom roussey, abc7

jonathan: thanks very much for that. the news is spreading like wildfire online. alison: lindsey mastis is here with the trending topic. lindsey: paul manafort is a trending topic today on facebook. but look at the trends on twitter. some call it #indictmentday. now take a look at this chart. this is from google trends. blue line represents searching for mueller. in this case you can see when the view came out. this is a different chart. it shows the news article about the investigation. it jumps to nearly 6,000, almost immediately. on our facebook page, tens of thousands of people are watching the live feeds including the stake-out at the courthouse. we are seeing a lot of comments and memes about the news as well. you can share your thoughts on the abc7 facebook page. back to you. nancy: okay. alison: reminder to stay with

at the bottom of the hour, scott thuman will help break down political headlines of the manafort charges. at 5:00, the legal and the political fall-out possible for this. and at 6:00, a closer look at each of the charges in play. you can get updates and stream the newscast on the go by downloading the wjla abc7 app. jonathan: we are following, abc7 is following two breaking military stories. first, the story we are looking at now. special operation forces captured what they say is a militant that the u.s. officials say was instrumental in the benghazi attack that left four americans dead including our ambassador on september 11, 2012. a federal court has blocked president trump transgender service ban for now. the judge putting the policy on hold writing that the transgender service memberring who are suing are likely to win their case. alison:

not just for the rain but the gusty winds that snapped utility poles like you see here and brought down trees. one tree fell on therca. thousands of people were without power at one point. but now all the eyes on the trick-or-treat forecast. coming up soon, chief meteorologist bill kelly has the chance for us. bill: i hope everyone had a nice weekend. the kids are wondering about that. we are looking nice for tomorrow. we had the wind gusts 30 to 40 miles per hour. the rain, but not tonight. that is all out of here. we'll say 51 at 7:00 tonight. 50 by 8:00. 49 if you make your way out this evening. but jump to tomorrow night. the forecast, frankenstein and all getting groovy. we have 59 at 9:00. that is the forecast tomorrow night. it's a little cool but we don't have to worry about the winds or the kids or the parents having to hold the umbrella as they make their

we look ahead to the weekend at the next weather system and we'll see you in a few minutes. jonathan: see you in a few. developing news. grim discovery by -- discovery by a crew on the parkway. skeletal remains wrapped in a blanket as if they had been dumped. they were in a patch of woods in the beltway joining joint base andrews. they are trying to figure out who it was and what happened. a rash of violence continuing today with two double shootings. return on the fourth street -- one on the fourth street. and the other on martin luther king jr. avenue. and sam ford has more. sam: i'm at martin luther king. apparently here at 11:15, two men were out here with a rental bicycle. somebody came by and shot

they were again not life threatening injuries but the police release a photograph of a car of interest that might have had something to do with this particular shooting. then we went over to -- we heard about 1:15, two hours later, double shooting over at fourth street. the 4200 block. we went over there. the same story. two men shot. non-life threatening injuries. one of them took himself to the hospital. but a lot of concern here. we talk to the councilmember who was in his office two blocks away when this shooting occurred. >> we had a state of emergency in this ward as i said before. as a city we need councilmembers on board and the community on board. we keep saying crime is down. it's not down. four shooting in ward eight and going on over and over again in our ward. sam: we will have more at 5:00, including we

to a realer -- realtor who happened to be away. she thinks she might have been shot if she had been in her office. reporting live in southeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: sam, thank you. two families dealing with tragedy after a crash on i-66. one woman was killed. a 12-year-old boy is in the hospital after jumping from the cedar lane overpass. our stephen tschida is learning more about the woman killed in that cash -- crash and her mission to help others. this is so terribly sad. stephen: very sad for the family, the friends and so many people. on this bridge with a partially closed pathway on saturday afternoon where the 12-year-old boy chose to jump.

full of life, hungry for knowledge and determined to help troubled adolescent killed when a 12-year-old boy attempted suicide jumping from an overpass. he landed on harris' vehicle. today her fellow students reacted with grief and shock. >> it's terrifying honestly. it's one of the worst things i have ever heard. stephen: harris was seeking graduate degree in counseling and just returned from a trip to budapest, hungary. she went the other students and the director. those who knew her say the death hurts not only those who loved her. >> her loss is going to impact not just the community here and the family and friends but also all the individuals that we know she would have had an impact on later when she finished the program. stephen: we have learned that this particular bridge slated to

the pathway completely enclosed. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: just ahead a contractor arrested for heavy lifting. the fortune inside the state that went missing from a local man's home. jonathan: also, a crash test that will make you wonder why your child's school bus doesn't have seat belts. alison: immediately after the break, a "7 on your side" health alert about pregnancy and over the counter pain medication and

alison: expectant mothers listen up. long-term use of the active ingredient in tylenol is associated with the increased risk of adhd in children. two experts caution that the data may not support the findings. and they stress that any correlation is not necessarily cause. the study causes longer period of time as 29 days or more. always ask your doctor. jonathan: we have breaking news coming in from the entertainment world. we just learned that netflix series "house of cards" will be over after season six. they are just making the announcement they are ending it. it comes aft

rapp told buzz feed that kevin spacey made sexual advances on him when he was 14 years old and they starred in a play. spacey plays the lead role in "house of cards." spacey took to twitter saying he was beyond horrified by the allegation and doesn't even remember it happening. he is coming under fire for using the situation to use the opportunity come out and say he is gay. that is coming up at 5:00. alison: a man busting in a home doing this. watch this. he breaks in a home throwing a rock in the glass windows. he has a sentencing hearing and there is a warrant out for his arrest. he and a woman he lives with stole julie, cash and ammo from the home. jonathan: a man's home,

burglarized. the suspect lugging 250-pound safe from the house. inside the hefty metal box, $80,000 of cash. plus a diamond wedding ring. only on abc7, montgomery county reporter kevin lewis speaks with the victim. >> the victim told us this was his inheritance money. he has tourette's syndrome. the 62-year-old hired an acquaintance macrobinson to build a deck behind his home. he paid him $6,000 in cash. one day he returned from a physical therapy pointment to find his 250-pound safe missing from a closet. crash marks across the wooden floor. the safe contained $80,000 in cash plus hi mother's diamond wedding ring. they arrested robinson days

later. >> they found it and i got $35,000 back but there is still $45,000 missing. >> they believe robinson ferreted the remaining money in a wooded area. his defense attorney says he denies the accusation and he plans to request a jury trial. he is now facing up to 20 years in prison. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. jonathan: well, how about this? in-air concert. southwest guaranteeing more of the live in-flight entertainment. they are partnering with warner music for the live at 35 series. as in 35,000 feet. it usually featuring country artist but they have been doing this since 2011 staging about 20 of

concert sets per year. i hope you like country music. alison: take a look at the huge dent in the front of the airlines plane. they say they must have hit a bird. jonathan: is that a condor? alison: big bird. oklahoma city thunder were on the plane when it happened but the players are glad they landed safely before defeating the bulls. bill: that is something i'm sure you felt on the back of the plane. jonathan: a bunch of birds. alison: today was the first morning getting the kids to school we did the heavy coats and the mittens. it's cold. i forgot what a pain this is. bill: it's early. end of october. the rain an

of here. a little sunshine left. it will go down in the 6:00 hour. 58 is the temperature. how beautiful is that? the southwest wind, 12 miles per hour. humidity level is low. no weather related problems. evening looks like this. 58 at 5:00. 56 by 6:00. 54 at 7:00. the 6:00 hour sunset we have a week or so. remember, we are talking about this all week we will set our clocks back saturday night and sunday. so this time next week the sun will go down almost in the 4:00 hour. we're dry right now, ohio to michigan and the southern part of indiana, the next weather maker. the showers out that way. let's get to the future cast. no weather related problems at all. there is a crisp night. not too bad. overnight we will get

you will want them. a cool and a crisp start to the day. a few clouds out there. the halloween forecast looks terrific. i love that when the holiday is an outdoor holiday. especially with the kids out and about there. shouldn't be any issues whatsoever. notice it's quiet. other than it is on the chilly side. if you have little ones going on out, dressed like a princess. it might be cool but you won't need umbrella at all. the next weather maker bringing us a few showers wednesday but that is about it. tomorrow is sunny and cool and bone dry. tomorrow evening broken down specifically 54 at 6:00. 52 by 8:00. 51 at 9:00. then things go back up again. wednesday there is a chance of a stray shower here and there. thursda

check that out but this weekend we are watching another round of rain. the model still coming together for saturday and sunday and in the 60's. before that, 74 on friday. alison: that sounds beautiful. jonathan: i'll take 74. alison: happy birthday, bill. bill: you are too kind. jonathan: we would have baked you a cake. bill: i thought i would escape. alison: we'll mention it two more times. still ahead at 4:00, former president bill clinton in baltimore leading a summit tackling the opioid crisis. one thing he believes needs to changes to help treat the addiction gripping the country. >> a neighborhood dispute over holiday display. does it

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jonathan: a controversial halloween display and now taken down. alison: one neighbor said it looked like a lynches scene. brad bell has the neighborhood dispute. brad: this is really doing. in oakton we got a call from a woman who recently moved in the neighborhood. neighborhood of big homes and wooded lot, big lots. she says the other day she saw a rope hanging between two trees. this is something we have put up. hanging from that was clearly a human form in a

show you the picture she took of it. you can see there, a human form, a mask that is dark and it appears to be a lynching. well, we talked too the homeowner today who put it up and since taken it down. he showed us his garage filled with a halloween decoration including the mask he said was on the depiction. yes, it does show a lynching but not of a black man. well, the neighbor who complained to us isn't buying it. >> i saw it and i thought it was racist display. what i saw was essentially an effigy of a black person being lynched. brad: we are still working on the story. when we come back at 5:00, a little more from the ne

who says he puts up the halloween display every year and didn't mean to offend anyone. oakton, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: still ahead for us here at 4:00, what new crash test found about the debate over seat belts on school buses. alison: winter is coming. is your car ready? "7 on your side" on your side of what you have to do before the weather really turns. coming up new at 5:00 -- >> metro is out with the proposed 2019 budget and they need more money.

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jonathan: abc7 following the news breaking all day. lighting up social media. manafort man and one of his business associates pleading not guilty to 12 charges from the mueller investigation that started after the 2016 election. scott thuman joining us now from capitol hill bureau. manafort's attorney quick to point out it's not related to the election maintaining the innocence. is that important? scott: it's just

it doesn't absolve the timing or put the two together. it does says actions that are illegal took place between 2006 back then and through 2016. if we did anything illegal in that specific time we don't know yet. there is a trio in trouble. you mention manafort, the more household name of the three. he had the associates and also a former adviser george papadopoulos who has already pleaded got lying to the f.b.i. about trying to set up the meeting with the russians.

manafort denied doing lobbying for the officials in ukraine but that is something that the investigation is looking into. how deep do the ties run? and what is the white house reaction? you have alleged to it. the white house with a buffer between the president and manafort pointing out that the president fired paul manafort after word started to come out he got millions of dollars in his prorussian work for the former ukrainian president. so there is a ton to dig through. this is early on. jonathan: are there over indictments to follow? scott: i have talked to people some are high up in the white house who seem to believe that

up. just because the investigation moved through a point doesn't mean indictments are made public. so mueller's team may have learned everything they want to learn but it doesn't mean they presented it all to the grand jury regarding the different characters in the plot. some claim that papadopoulos could be the biggest news because he already pled guilty so they wonder if he is providing more investigation about his colleagues. jonathan: thank you, scott. down miss a moment of breaking news. download the news app. this is great to have. you can cover news and weather. michigan

michelle: a perfect toss. i thought my itty bitty dog would blow away today. bill: you had to hold tight. the winds were gusting but it's a beautiful day. you can see it over there. it's 58 in reston. if you look at what is going on it's pretty quiet in our region now. there are showers to the west. they should stay there. maybe wednesday we are seeing light showers. if you are making your way out tonight it's cool. we are in the 50's tonight. this time next week the sun will set in the 4:00

we will talk about the halloween forecast specifically. we have a warmup and then more rain this weekend. we will break it down. jonathan: see you then. thanks. former president bill clinton talking about the big opioid problem in the nation today. he led a summit at johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health in baltimore. the goal is to explore solution to the drug addiction epidemic. >> it's a health problem. there is a stigma that plays a role to prevent people and families seeking treatment or accessing provision or resources. jonathan: clinton moderated panel discussion on the impact of opioid abuse and how to deal with the crisis. jonathan: coming up next for us here at 4:00, a rash of crime leads detectives diving in loudoun county pond. you won't bereave what

won't believe what they found. michelle: metro's budget proposal is getting attention for what has been left out. you can start tomorrow with "good morning washington" on abc7. >> tomorrow on "good morning washington." iphone running slow? some claim apple is sabotaging the phone to get you to buy a new one. we uncover the facts. and the latest in the mueller investigation. >> wake up with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes on "good morning washington." it's great news for those invested in the stock market but does it help the almost half of americans not invested in stocks at all? it does. break it down. the index arrives because the stock prices are going up. high stock

of the companies are strong. that in turn allows for companies to have more money to grow, innovate and to hire people. it's not an accident where lows in unemployment are the same time as we experience records in the stock market. more over when the stocks rise, those who are invested in the market have more money to spend on everything from cars to your home. that spending benefits the companies throughout the economy and again causes more hiring. stocks do not go up in a vacuum, however. politics plays a key role. issue affecting the stock market right now is the pending tax reform. some analysts believe the market is going up in expectation of the tax reform. that means that the market will go down and cause america's money and jobs if tax reform is not done. here is the bottom line. whether you are invested or not the rising stock market has positive effects oball americans and overhaul of the tax code is key to see continued rise in the market and

strengthening the overall economy. if tax reform does not pass, americans will feel the

michelle: crime alert in loudoun county. abc7 was there when the dive teams jumped in a pond. we go to where loudoun county sheriff office and the virginia state police explained it's e

several car break-ins. >> we are in the community in loudoun county. this is a fairly new community that has seen a high number of the car break-ins in the past few months. if you shift here you take a look. there are fibers inside the pond. this is the search and the recovery team. the community saw 100 car break-ins over the summer and the troopers have reason to bereave some items are under water. >> an underwater search and rescue team conducts monthly operations. today they hope to uncover evidence from what happened over the summer. >> why here? a tip? >> we had investigation that developed in the course of the investigation that lead us

>> this is a delicate operation with the sophisted technology. this is still critical evidence to try to make an arrest and they are be in this pond all day. john gonzalez, abc7 news. jonathan: metro preparing a budget proposal next year. coming up, it's what is not in the request making the headlines. michelle: school bus crashing has a dummy flying out of the

eral, and i sponsored this ad. female narrator: what would john adams do to women's health? adams argued before the supreme court to give employers control over your access to birth control. adams also supports giving employers the power to block access to affordable contraception for 1.6 million virginia women. and adams opposes abortion even in cases of rape, or incest. john adams: wrong for women's health. wrong for virginia. 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico. goin' up the country. later, gary' i have a motorcycle! wonderful. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides.

jonathan: "7 on your side" covering metro. g.m. paul wiedefeld proposing a budget to protect riders from fare hikes and service cuts but the $3 billion budget will begin in july and it will be increase of $165 million from the previous year's budget. the m

don't have seat belts. we have a demonstration that will have you wondering should my child's district mandate seat belt aboard buses. >> the side of the school bus slammed by a semi truck. a test dummy flying out the window. we are there for the first public school bus side impact demonstration to see what happens when six dummies have seat belts and four don't. they are designed to contain children in a front or a rear impact collision, rollover or side impact like the one we watched could send children flying. the 6-year-old twins were on a bus and they were t-bonedded. her sons survived but the daughter didn't

this is beyond hurt. the children's bus did not have seat belts. >> 42 cameras capturing the crash we watched. this is from one of the largest providedders of the school bus that demonstrate the school bus seat that hits the market next year. >> a loft of testing in this. >> biggest safety feature the three-point seat belts which they say can hill prevent students being popped around. >> high injury, fatality situation when you have a body slammed against a hard surface like that. >> after the crash in chattanooga, tennessee, that killed six children, many experts called for seat belts. the national transportation safety board investigated crashes and said the buses are still safer than the students riding in cars. >> wouldn't you have

with shoulder belts in them? >> we talk about the severe and the rare crashes if there could be seat belts on the school buses, obviously is that would improve protection for students. >> there is only federal requirements and only six statesman date seat belts on all school buses. more states are considering passing several more laws. nhtsa the agency that sets regulations declined interview and said while not requiring belts it is working with the local injury dictions to advice on the costs and the ways to ensure after they are installed they are used properly. for a mother who lost a child, a hope that others will be spared the nightmare. >> our family is still broken. i am still broken. >> we told you last week that the county school near richmond became the first to require and install the seat belts in the buses. in you buses hit the road next month a

three-point shoulder and the lap seat belts. alison: -- michelle: some kansas city church go eithers met with slurs ahead of church services. they spray painted racial slurs and swastikas on the doors. they are investigating this as a potential hate crime. consumer spending surging with the biggest monthly gain in eight years to help drive it forward a .4% boost in the pages and the salaries. american worker seeing more in paycheck. jonathan: virginia based norfolk southern suing over the railroad ties. they claim the one using the ties did not have a proper

this is one of the biggest tracks. let's go to larry smith with a look at what comes up at "abc7 news at 5:00". larry: tonight, local students are coming to terms with the school's history when it comes to slavery. plus -- >> something like this, i wouldn't have dreamed of. >> what is leaving her in shock. what a judge did to punish the man who crossed the line when he pestered his girlfriend. >> the university of virginia trying to be at the forefront of the hemp and the medical marijuana research. the school with a plant biotechnology company looking to renew the state as the leading producer of hemp. they are hoping to restore the

land. debating continues in virginia in the race for governor. florida senator marco rubio is joining ed gillespie. they will attend a get out the vote rally tonight at 6:00 and it's held at a plumbing company in sterling. gillespie faces ralph northam in the election. jonathan: look at this. it never gets old. michelle: not at all. jonathan: space-x launching the 16th rocket in orbit this year. that is more launches than the previous two years combined. on board satellite to increase the signals to south korea and australia. it landed successfully on a ship in the atlantic. technology. over the weekend in nashville, yep, check it out. you thought dinosaurs were extinct. not so up

stampede of t-rexes. the second running of the rexes through the heart of music city. 25 dinos participated in what is becoming an annual tradition. it start as a joke on social media last year. bill: have you seen the one video that is floating around on the youtube with the animated, jurassic park dinosaur. the guy hides around the corner and then scares them. it's hysterical. jonathan: by the way, happy birthday. 29 again. bill: i will be at 30 in a couple of years. jonathan: he's done. bill: that is what i say in my

yesterday officially one or two inches around the area. we had an inch at dulles alone. i actually posted a link on the facebook, twitter feed to extend to the national weather service and you can see totals from around the area. tonight we are not looking at rain at all. blue sky. 59 degrees. a little breezy. nowhere near 30 to 40 miles per hour but the winds are out of the west at 14. the next weather maker potentially on wednesday to bring us a light chance. the

like this. complete with a dancing frankenstein and all. it's 52 at 8:00. we shouldn't deal with any weather related problems tomorrow night other than the crisp side but we warm back up. jonathan, 74 for the high on friday. jonathan: we like that. especially because it's friday. it could be 20 as long as it's friday. reminder to join abc7 all day tomorrow with the "good morning washington" spooktacular. on at 4:25. it will be a lot of fun. costume ideas. if you are ready for winter, abc7 has a checklist of what you need to do before we see the snow flying around here. and with the service specials

michelle: do you really knead to spend cash to winterize your ride? horace holmes digs in to find out if it's worth it. horace: can you think of a worse feeling than hopping in the car on a cold winter day and turning on the ignition -- [engine stalling] this is the time of year to give your car a check-up. this is the toughest se

the year for the car. the winter car care package sounds good. >> not that much money off the usual rate. >> a lot of places that advertise specials are marketing come ons presented by often lousy businesses trying to bring in customers to find something wrong with the car. >> ignore the specials they say. take your car to your personal mechanic. of course you can do it yourself for very little money. winterize the checklist out. first, drain your cooling system and add new antifreeze. check conditions of the tires, replace the wiper blades and look at the battery and clean the connecting cables of corrosion. i'm horace holmes, abc7 news. >> right now at 5:00, indictment and not guilty pleas from the two former trump campaign officials. while a third person pleads guilty and sparks more talk of collusion

>> students come to grips with the loss of a graduate student. and the investigators dig in the past to uncover a dark 19th century secret about their school. you are watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: tonight, two prominent members of the trump campaign under house arrest with bonds at $5 million and $10 million each. paul manafort and rick gates turn themselves in to the f.b.i. field office on charges of conspiracy, money laundering and making false statements. manafort's attorney spoke about an hour and a half ago. >> there is no evidence that mr. manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. alison: chief political story scott thuman breaks down the story developing now. >> did you commit a crime? scott: president trump's former campaign chairman walking in the f.b.i. washington

paul manafort and associate rick gates indicted for money laundering and trade. the charges allege manafort spent years working on behalf of pro russian politicians in ukraine, covered up his millions in earnings from the i.r.s. and among others and without registering as an agent for a foreign power. >> scale of 1 to 10 how big is today's news? >> it's at least an 8. at the time frame that the president secured his nomination he employed as his right-hand man the individual now charged with serious crimes. scott: the president quickly taking to twitter in his defense. sorry, this is years ago before paul manafort was part of the trump campaign. why aren't crooked hillary and the dems the focus? in the stint as campaign he talked to us about hillary. >> the crimes she committed do not qualify as president of the united sta