the one he skip side from julia ansly. is there a problem with the jury in this case. kevin downs paused and looked at julia when he asked that question and kept looking at her and said nothing in response. whether there is something going on with the jury or whether that's the defense's contention and the cause of the sealed motions and hearings, we don't know. we will find out sooner rather than later. the judge said in open court that all of those motions and all of those transcripts of these closed hearings will be unsealed when the trial ends. we will eventually find out. as i mentioned though, manafort's defense lawyer tried to explain to reporters why no witness were called to stand up on the defense side of the case. in court that included a certain lengthy or description of why paul manafort was not standing on his own to testify as a witness. here's how that went in court today. the judge, now we turn to the fact that the government has rest and it is my obligation to ask the defendant, mr. doup iwn. the defense rests, your honor. >> the defendant is not requ

joining us now, julia ansly. he was not courtroom today. deputy assistant attorney general under president clinton and glen kurshne rerkr. jeff sessions in the room with the president when he was told robert mueller was going to be special counsel. according to bloomberg news, jeff session offered his resignation in that moment. >> that's right. it for jeff sessions the idea that robert mueller had been aopponented was obvious right there, that it was because he recused himself from this investigation that third down been allowed to happen, that rod rosenstein was able to appoint the special counsel. of course the way we see it, the logical way to see it was the appointment of robert mueller was because of the firing of jim comey. the fs the president's decision, not jeff sessions' decision to recuse himself that triggers this. he knew he would also be in trouble. we look back at last summer it can number of times we were on sessions' watch, thinking he was about to lose his job. the people i spoke to at the justice department said he will

joining me julia ansly, joshua johnson. welcome all. let's start with you.xplain to me what kind of immunity mr. weisselberg was likely granted. i assume it's something that's limited but when we hear that he was cooperating on the michael cohen aspect of things what does that mean beyond michael cohen's investigation. >> you can see the southern district is circling now. you just ran through the things we have seen this week. michael cohen pleading guilty to the campaign finance violation. now seeking immunity granted to these two new witnesses. immunity is never lightly handed out. what it means sufficient a witness you're interested enough to talk to that has invoked the fifth amendment, meaning they have some exposure and the prosecutors make the determination, "a," this person has information and b, we are willing to give them a break to get it. it's a lengthy difficult process. prosecutors don't like to do it. you have to go to main in d.c. you have to go to a judge for approval. it's thoroughly vetted. >> is there any way weisselberg could have done t