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. >>> and goodday, everybody. a busy newsday here in washington, and i'm andrea mitchell. with breaking news on a stunning revelation reported by "the guardian" news paper in the u.k., a connection between two source s sources in the investigation. they are reporting that former trump campaign manager paul manafort went to see julian assange where he lived in ecuador three times in 2013, 2015 and march of 2016, and the same month that manafort joined the trump campaign assange had been granted asylum there 14 years ago. this comes after one day that mueller canceled his plea deal alleging that he repeatedly lied to the fbi about a variety of subject, and manafort's attorneys saying that he did not lie, but they did agree that the deal is over. all of this over the rish sha probe, and how much losing this could hurt the mueller team or if there is other evidence if he caught nim a series of lies, and the biggest question of all. does he have some secret assurance from the white house that he can avoid a tough sentence because of a tough pardon? joining me to sort this out i

. >>> s goodday morning to you, i'm david culver.ou w offh work week work on the metro. this is happening after the holiday weekend. this is important if you're riding the yellow line in particular, shutting own for tweks. repair crews will be working on the bridge over the potomac ver, the blue line will pick up the slack and take you from the anconia-springfield and the huntington stations. the shutdown will last until december 9. >>> happening in just a few hours in the district, the lights are set to go on for capitol hill christmas tree. the tree lighting was rescheduled due to some b weather. it's set to start at 5:30 this evening at the northeast part of the eastern market metro plaza. there will be hot chocolate and doughnuts, holiday songs, thosee courtesy of washington youth choir. choir. >>> we'll have a check (bell rings) - so, what are you in for? - well, according to this discipline slip, i was allegedly talking during quiet time again. but, there were no witnesses except the teacher's pet. - oh, really? - her testimony

. >>> goodday, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in new york. the president at a world summit in argentina, but judging from the tweets theday, he started the day thinking of the dramatic events in the russia probe. sworn testimony indicating an active cover-up by former lawyer and fixer michael cohen about the trump organization's effort to get a trump tower in moscow well into the 2016 campaign. the president tweeting this morning that he had quote only lightly looked at a business deal while frequently denying it on 2 campaign trail, and sarah sanders is is now referring to the mueller investigation as the russian witch hunt hoax at an ish -- statement she issued from the summit. and now joining us is peter alexander and ben wallace. and peter, let's talk about the dissonance and we saw the bilateral with the prime minister of japan abe shinzo, and they are saying that they hope they can work it out with vladimir putin, and where does that stand? >> andrea, an interesting point. be clear here the man representing the united states at this glo

goodday. here in washington, president trump's ainnger exploding at th russian investigation amid indictments may be imminent and that is reflected in a twitter tirade from the president calling the team the total mess and absolutely nut and shouting and screaming and angry and total witch hunt, and falsely claiming that mueller who is a highly respected fbi director fir first appointed by president bush is an obama partisan. and now peter alexander and joyce vance former u.s. attorney and national security analyst clint watts who is a former fbi special agent. and peter, what is on the president's mind, because he either knows something or something is about to the happen and this is as fierce as he has been against bob mueller. >> yes, the series of tweets and the tirade as you described it, it is that it is snowing and freezing hail out here, because it does feel like there is a storm brewing inside of the white house, and the basis is not clear. we don't know what the president is referrin

>> oprah is there with our friend maria shriver, and goodday. i'm andrea mitchell, and both of the party fwrings iin -- partie bringing out their star campaigners. president trump is back on the trail tonight, but this hour, it is all about an hour who owns the spotlight. oprah win are fri is campaigning with georgian governor candidate stacey abrams. and we join kristen welker, and kasie hunt in with wisconsin where incumbent governor scott walker is in a fight introduced by the trump factor and the avo avoidance of it. and now, we look at voter suppression concerns, and kristen welker, bringing on oprah is a big play by stacey abrams? >> it is the biggest political play, andrea. the queen of talk is going to be here campaigning for stacey abrams the gubernatorial candidate who if she wins will be the first african-american governor. she is set to hold two town halls with abrams, and we are here in mariettet ta, georgia -- marietta, georgia, about to get under way. this is a diverse crowd, and andrea, they are still filing n but it is a fired u

and goodday, rather. andrea mitchell here with a shocking fallout of a new york times report that paul manafort's lawyer has been secretly briefing president trump's team on the talks of the federal investigators and a possible reason that mr. mueller canceled mr. manafort's plea deal. and could the latest twitter tirade break the senator's longstanding resistance to protect the mueller probe? kristen welker is joining with us the very latest. kristen, talk about "the new york times" story, and you spoke to rudy giuliani of the president's team, and they are pushing back strongly from mueller, but how unusual is that, that paul manafort would be secretly briefing them? >> it is incredibly unusual, and you played a series of the sound bites at the top of the show underscoring that. i reached out to rudy giuliani, and the president's attorney and i asked him if he could in fact confirm that they are being briefed by manafort's attorney, and he would not connirm nor deny, but he used my inquiry as a chance t