manafort and igor thuman he made the decision after much thought and consideration and that it was, quote, an opportunity i should not pass up back here with us now is nbc legal analyst lisa rubins coleman. thank you for being with us on this historic morning. the fact that someone would, blanche specifically, resign from his firm to take a case, is that unusual what does that tell you? >> it says a lot, but i think when you're talking about attorneys it is not necessarily what we say, but it is what we don't say. i think that's the interesting thing about his decision in this case to leave his firm in order to represent donald trump. the fact he's hired a beefed up legal staff at this point is not necessarily anything to be alarmed about, particularly when you look at his background and look at the different things that blanche has done throughout his career he is the guy for the job. the federal experience, the white collar experience and the combination of those things are something that donald trump doesn't necessarily have at the level that he may need not only with his case in manhattan, but also with the other different investigations that he's dealing with at the federa