mr. manafort to the table is another question. certainly the's special couns hand is stronger tonight than it would have been had there been no guilty verdicts in tis case. but also as mr. >> brangham: said, weon't know if mr. manafort has information about mr. trump that would be helpful to mr. mueller. so there are a lot of ope questions. but certainly i think that the mueller team must feel ndicated this evening. >> woodruff: a lot of open questions, but we did get someer antoday. former federal prosecutor jessica roth roth, now a professor at shiva university, and william brangham, who has been covering the manafort trial.bo thank yo. >> you're welcome. >> thank you. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the trump administration veiled its plan to reverse president obama's coal pollution rules. the environmental protection agency's new proposal would weak restrictions on carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants andive states more control over regulations. we'll have more on the impact of the e.p.a.'s rollback right after t

mr. manafort a pardon.have nothing directly on point, we would have to go back to the last hours of the president clinton days where he pardoned marc rich. from -- was up sconces ubsconded from- justice. there's something similar. there could be a political price to pay for the president going forward in any reelection. now, looking at the legal problem, did he parted mr. manafort in order to keep him quiet? that goes to the president's intent. that is hard to discern his intent if he did pardon mr. manafort. regardless. policy that a sitting president cannot be indicted. a pardon of mr. manafort will be one more arrow and quiver of any impeachment proceeding, certainly a part of the official report that ultimately finds its way to congress. ,> kevin, you're still there politically as well, if there is any kind of a pardon for manafort in the near term or cannot elections, this be good for the republican party in general. it might be good for the president, but this could become a major campaign issue over

mr. manafort or mr.er a conviction or he may have criminal exposure himself would really be tantamount to obstruction of justice in my mind. joe: jeffrey, is that your read as well with this the reticle trump pardon? >> i think the argument can be made that way -- with the theoretical trump pardon? >> i think the argument can be made that way. all of this goes into mr. mueller's report to congress. you have very salient points to why mr.: was pardoned -- mr. cohen was pardoned or manafort was pardoned and it makes a compelling argument. mr. cohen did not do this because he was having an affair, it is because mr. trump was. it gives congress good arguments to pursue impeachment. joe: kevin, it is funny we are talking about theoretical pardons, but trump has not done anything like that yet. people keep speculating is he going to fire mueller or fire sessions and use that as an opportunity to fire mueller. people have been debating for months and months. he is not really touched her a any investigations on

mr. manafort's way of doing thing was primarily to help mr. manafort. i think : because of his close association with president trump, i suspect that is going to concern him the most. >> it was interesting. >> in new york, the deputy u.s. attorney to outline the campaign-finance violations that michael cohen, president trumps former attorney pled guilty to earlier today. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. i am roberts, and the deputy united states attorney for the southern district of new york. and the attorney for the united states in this matter. with me is phil sweeney, assistant director in charge of the new york field office and fbi, and james, supervisory agent in charge of the new york office of the irs. also with me of the prosecutors from the united states attorney's office in the district that prosecuted the cohen matter. i will not be taking any questions. today, as you heard, michael : pled guilty to eight felony charges. five of those dealt with tax evasion from the years 2012 2012 - 2016. he failed to report approximately $4.1 million

mr. manafort?ke with mr. manafort? >> i'm not aware of any recent conversations that they have had. >> he believes is he being treated unfairly. >> i think the president has made that clear in his previous comments. i don't have anything to add beyond that at this point, blake, go ahead. >> sarah, thank you, you just said a couple minutes ago that the increased tariff levels with turkey were out of the national security interest. when the president announced it on twitter last week or earlier this month, he said, quote: at the time he said our relations with turkey are not good at this time. a suggestion there being that this has to do with the pastor that is being held in turkey. simply put, if pastor brunson is allowed to leave turkey, do those tariff levels go away? is that kind of the deal that could be in place on the table? >> the tariffs that are in place on steel would not be removed with the release of pastor brunson. the tariffs are specific to national security. the sanctions, however, t

mr. manafort? was last time that he spoke with mr. manafort? >> i'm not aware of any recent conversations they have had. >> why did he say he is being treated unfairly? >> i think the president made it clear his previous comments. i don't have anything to add beyond that at this point. go ahead. >> he said a couple minutes ago the increased tariff level with turkey were out of the national security interest. when the president announced it on twitter, last week or earlier this month, he said quote - at the time he said our relations with turkey are not good at this time. the suggestion there being that this had to the pastor being held in turkey. simply put, if the pastor is allowed to leave turkey, to the tariff levels go away? is it that kind of a deal that could be in place? >> the tariffs that are in place, on still would not be removed with the release of pastor brunson. sanctions however, that had been placed on turkey are specific to pastor brunson and others that we believe are being held u

mr. manafort was directing to mr. gates to engage in this activity.ll convince this jury that he could be trusted in the can bed that it proven. david: have they done a good job in: robert -- a good job in corroboration? seth: it is extensive. multiple witnesses have been saying about it was mr. manafort that was a criminal mastermind and then you have the emails that show that same sort of thing. when prosecutors evaluate a case, they do not put all of in that basket, as it is a he said, she said, it is not a tryable case. they look like they have put on case.ly coroborated how does it vote for the case? seth: it can become a problem if the judge acts in a way that -- the best way to lose a jury if you are prosecutor if you are playing fast and loose with the rules. this judge is very active and quick to criticize. and even gets personal at times, so many lawyers like lawyers to referee,e judges to be but judge alice is a seasoned judge and he clearly runs a tight ship. shery: talking about the jurors, they follow the wider mueller probe with russian

mr. manafort knows the law." manafort did not take the stand in his own trial. his lawyers presenting no witnesses on their own. but today, his attorneys told the jury that state did not meet the "burden of proof." and they tore into the prosecution's star witness, manafort's former business partner, rick gates, who got a plea deal in exchange for his testimony. manafort's lawyers saying, "the government was so desperate to make a case against mr. manafort, it made a deal with mr. gates." he painted gates as the real crook, adding, "this is somebody mr. manafort trusted. what a big mistake that was." but prosecutors claim gates acted on manafort's orders, saying that when manafort hired gates, "he didn't pick a boy scout." and they insist their case is not built on gates' testimony alone. telling jurors, "the star witness in this case is the documents." >> and pierre thomas with us live tonight, as well, from the courthouse there in alexandria. and pierre, this case soon in the hands of the jury. >> reporter: david, that's right. the judge just finished giving t

mr. manafort.that's led to a lot of discussion that both sides may be sort of signalling to each other through the press that mr. manafort is ang liling for a pan and the president may be signalling to manafort that the way he gets that is by not cooperating. if that dynamic is, in fact, at work here, how do you think this report from the "wall street journal" that manafort sought a deal with prosecutors might affect that? >> i read it the way you do, and i think these are strong signals to manafort to do what the president said, stay strong and there may be a pardon in your future. if that is, in fact, the case, then the deal might only be something as simple as which counts manafort pleads guilty to, or how much in forfeiture he would have to sort of give to the government. it may not be about cooperation at all. frankly, as i sit here and think about it, i think cooperation still remains highly unlikely. so you can plead guilty, as we saw with mr. cohen, without agreeing to cooperate. and that s

mr. manafort. and the accountant made it clear that, well, mr. gates was mr. manafort right-hand man.or followed up with, well who was in charge? the testimony was, oh, mr. manafort was in charge. so, the whole let's try to put it on gates it probably not going to fly with the jury. and i think that the two biggest things that we have coming up, they both relate to gates' testimony. because if he testifies, one, we're going to see a little bit of a donnybrook with the defense attorneys really trying to beat him up as a liar. and as somebody who has this incredible motive to fabricate against mr. manafort. because he got relatively speaking a very generous plea offer. but then i think the second and even more important consequence of gates' testimony, for the president is we may learn a whole lot of things that we've never heard before. because the defense attorneys will have every statement that gates ever made to mueller's prosecution team. and, therefore, there are topics that they could cross examine him on that we have not been made privy to so this could be a very big week. >> ka

mr. manafort. what's your bet? will the prosecution be able to reviewnd will they know how the jury broke down? >> typically you find out in the eastern district of virginia. prosecutors are not allowed to talk to the jurors at any pudnt ing after a trial, but i imagine there will be some way for the government tory and, you know, sort of divine what the breakdown was. remember, too, there's another trial coming up for mr. manafort in the district of columbia, so in my view,st , a very bad day for mr. manafort. he's a convicted felon. it's a gooay for the prosecutors. >> all right. chuck, thanks. let me bring k insten welker who is monitoring reaction at the white house. have we heard anything from there? >> no reaction yet, lester, but you can bet they are watching th very closely. president trump on his way to west virginia right now for a campgn-style rally. he'll undoubtedly get some thoughted questions abo shouted questions about this along the way. will he talk about it, we'll wait and see. the president has

mr. manafort and to the president's son. they offered their -- mr. trump junior's response was we love it. they were disappointed by the results. what happened just days after the trump tower meeting? we're forgetting this. that's when wikileaks announced they had these e-mails and clearly at the same time the candidate starts talking about how he loves wikileaks and he's encouraging them to release more and to hack more. so i think it's simple enough for the american public to start connecting the dots. i think the president realizes that that is what's happening. >> do you think the president is right to worry about the legal jeopardy of his son? >> i think the president has right to worry about his son and i think he has a very even right, equal right, to be worried about his own legal issues. everything is connected here. the fact is we're watching a trial for mr. manafort that appears to be just financial criminal acts on his part. that's what he's accused of doing, but obviously this is all within the same web of money laundering that could hav

mr. manafort to a good place. it's entirely possible and probable that mr. manafort and mr. f the financial offenses they committed. mike: what about the testimony that manafort approved every penny and not rick gates. >> from what i have seen, mr. manafort is in bad shape. even without any testimony by mr. gates, the testimony we have seen so far including the bookkeeper is very, very damaging. mike: do you anticipate paul manafort will take the stand? >> again, i'm not his lawyer. but probably not. because that would open up opportunities obviously for the prosecution to cross-examine him. and elicit damaging information. my prediction is he would not testify. >> what do you make of the pace of this trial so far with prosecutors calling dozens of witnesses to the stand since 2ue tuesday. >> it's not called rocket docket for nothing. he's an excellent judge, he's properly sceptical of government's presentation that in many cases has been overwrought. all the testimony about silk suits and ostrich jackets. we understand why they are doing that. but the government has spent a

asked by the prosecutor whether he committed crimes with mr manafort, he responded, yes.r boss to lower his tax liability by reporting overseas income as loans. he said he provided false and doctored documents to banks and failed to declare mr manafort‘s foreign bank accou nts declare mr manafort‘s foreign bank a ccou nts to declare mr manafort‘s foreign bank accounts to the us tax authorities. he also admitted stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from mr ma nafort of thousands of dollars from mr manafort by filing false and inflated expense reports. paul ma nafort inflated expense reports. paul manafort has pleaded not guilty to 18 charges, which were brought as a result of the special counsel robert mueller‘s investigation into any of mr trump's mueller‘s investigation into any of mrtrump‘s aids mueller‘s investigation into any of mr trump's aids colluded with russia to help elect him as us president. the charge is not connected with mr ma nafort‘s the charge is not connected with mr manafort‘s work in the 2016 election campaign. peter bowes, bbc news. the case con

mr. manafort cheated on his taxes. mr. manafort engaged in wire fraud. it sends a very bad signal. the second issue is does mr. manafort have more things to tell federal prosecutors. if he does, pardoning him would prevent him, obviously would mean he wouldn't tell that. if that's the case, then the president is engaging in obstruction of justice because he is basically saying to mr. manafort stay quiet, don't say anything. i will reward you. >> so there have been analysts say this has been the worst week of the trump administration, but there's been a lot of worst weeks. charlottesville was a bad week, the travel ban was a bad week, fire and fury release was a bad week for the president. what did this week change for this administration, for this republican congress, for the president's supporters and detractors. >> well, victor, charlottesville was a bad week for our country. all of us. this week was a bad week for mr. trump and the trump organization. this was a great week for america. not because these people pled guilty or were found guilty. what's really important is for us t

mr. manafort rested his case. because he and his legal team believe the government has not met their burden of proof. >> on day 11 of the trial of >> the first trial of the robert mueller era is coming up to a close. find out why resting without calling any witnesses. this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. >>> mr. manafort rested his case. because he and his legal team believe the government has not met their burden of proof. >> on day 11 of the trial of paul manafort, the jury was called into the courtroom after the noontime break for the sole purpose of hearing the attorney said they will not be calling any witnesses and they are resting. that was the defense in the first case. the first of two cases against paul manafort pr

mr. manafort. and i've grot to tell you this. mr. greed. they have to tell mr. manafort, if you want us to fight and go to trial, take your appeal in virginia to the 4th circuit, that's going to cost money. and unless he's hiding money in the cayman island, we don't know, but mr. green is going to have to show up soon because attorneys have to get paid. i'm a criminal defense attorney. you know, that's just the reality. >> eventually you want to get paid is what you're saying? you do this stuff for fame only for so long? >> we can't do it pro bono. but some law firms do. i do think there's a 50-50 chance he may cooperate because chuck, i don't think he's going to get a pardon. i think he's going to get a commutation. but it may not come until after he's sefshrved a couple years. >> lindsey graham pointed this out. you've got to earn a pardon. he goes last time i checked you should serve time, know you've learned a lesson. as you said, that isn't how the president defines pardoning. it's arbitrary. >> absolutely. you could argue i guess arpaio suffered some and so

mr. manafort, there were 18 count against mr. paul manafort, alleging a variety of misdeeds including filing false taxes and failing to report foreign bank and financial accounts and bank fraud. he was guilty, found guilty on all five false tax reports and that carries a total maximum of 15 years he was found guilty on count 12 which was failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts and he faces five years on that maximum the bank fraud 525, and a maximum of 30 years and count 27 bank fraud guilty, maximum of 30 years. the jury came out with a guilty verdict on eight count, ten counts they could not come to a consensus and the judge has declared a mistrial. the judge has given the attorneys and prosecutors about a month to decide about whether they want to retry mr. manafort on those ten remaining counts. so mr. cohen is going to do a plea deal. we don't know whether that plea deal includes his being forced to cooperate with prosecutors. that has not been revealed and mr. manafort basically faces up to close to 80

mr manafort denies the charges. man, who also worked for donald trump is charged on a number of counts, but had most of those dropped in exchange for his cooperation during the investigation. he is expected to testify against mr manafort. paul manafort work for me for a very short period of time. the present isn't directly implicated in this trial, but these are the first charges brought by special counsel robert mueller who is investigating if the trump campaign colluded with the russians. in a tweet, donald trump claimed collusion isn't a crime and denied there was any in the first place. a small group of anti—trump protesters who gathered outside the court believe the campaign did have ties to russia. it is believed paul manafort does have the answers and as his trial gets under way, it is believed he could co—operate with the wider investigation. let's get some of the day's other news. at least fifteen people have died in an attack on a government building in the city of jalalabad in afghanistan. gunmen set off

mr. manafort under increasing pressure to cooperate with mr.aces seven to 10 years in prison on those bank fraud and tax fraud charges. he may well choose to cooperate as well. that would perhaps even more damage for the president, certainly political applications for the midterm elections in november. if the democrats win, they could bring articles of impeachment. haidi: a lot of unknowns how this could play out in terms of implications for their president. -- for the president. additional terrace on each other, economists are warning that there is a lot at stake for the world second-largest of how many -- largest -- second largest economy. that is if the u.s. follows through in a -- in imposing more respondsnd if china with more levies on goods entering america. let's get some thoughts on this. andy, great to have you on with us. taking a look at the political and legal turmoils of president trump, what do you think are the chances he might take a harder line stance against china if it looks like his position might be tenuous politically goin

he also says he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from mr manafort, his former employer, bytting testimony from him. it will continue on tuesday with more questions from the prosecution and the defence will have their opportunity to speak to mr gates. they are likely to try to portray him as an unreliable witness in the trial, the trial itself likely to go on for a couple of weeks. mandatory evacuations have been ordered in california's 0range country, as another major wildfire breaks out in the state. the blaze, which has been dubbed the holy fire, began on tuesday. according to firefighters, it spread rapidly across cleveland forest canyons and now covers over 1,000 acres. eight major wildfires are now burning out of control across california, prompting president donald trump to declare a major disaster in the state. chinese moviegoers won't be viewing disney's new live action winnie—the pooh film, christopher robin. a disney representative confirmed that its release has been denied in china. no reason was given, but the refusal comes after authorities spent months blockin

mr. manafort sitting on the witness stand. i can only see the back of manafort's head from where i'm sitting in the courtroom, but manafort is turned his direction. one can only imagine what is going through manafort's mind, because if you believe the prosecution version of the case, gates knows all his secrets and is about to expose them to the jury. if you believe the defense version, gates is setting manafort up and framing him. we'll have to see which version the jury believes. >> ken, how long can we expect gates to be on stand and, number two, what is manafort's defense right now? >> they were really motoring through gates' testimony. generally this court wraps up at 5:30 but i've got to believe he'll be back tomorrow on direct and then there will be a lengthy cross examination. the defense really rests on tarnishing gates. there was some devastating testimony before gates from cindy lapartyorta who made the understand that she had no idea that paul manafort had overseas accounts. he was supposed to disclose on his taxes.

mr. manafort in october in any event. my guess is that we have now heard from this jury and that is the end of the manor. >> neil: you said that this was something that was much -- not easier to prove, but more black-and-white with financial matters. 14 of the 18 counts dealt with financial issues. they were black-and-white, tax disclosures, banking investment investments. >> the star witness in this case would be the documents. that certainly was true in regard to the counter that the jury ultimately was able to reach a verdict of guilty. >> neil: wasn't that originally the case that bob mueller was building? financial, follow the money? >> doesn't lead anywhere? that is the question, isn't that? does have anything to do, will it have anything to do with the investigation with the court mandate which is collusion? so far, it seems to be that the

mr manafort, has instead pleaded not guilty on 18 counts. s our news correspondent peter bowes who has been following the trial. mrtrump of mr trump of course will have a close eye on this. what's been going on? this was arguably one of the most crucial days of this trial because rick gates was, for a decade, his right—hand man, his business associates. working closely with him on the election campaign during 2016 and of course, these charges were to their work outside of that campaign, largely predating the election campaign of donald trump and the whole thing has come to light because of the investigation into possible collusion with russia over the election of donald trump and whether any of his aides worked with the russians during that campaign that the serious charges of tax fraud, hiding income from overseas, are very important for paul manafort because if found guilty, he could go to jail for the rest of his life. rick gates appearing as the star witness today being asked directly by the prosecutor whether he committed crimes, mick —

mr. manafort. gates replied, yes. from there, gates went into remarkable detail about the alleged crimes and the people involved and a key road leads back to moscow. according to gates, manafort knowingly failed to report 15 foreign bank accounts and one of those was tied to a man named konstantin kilimnik, a man prosecutors say has direct ties to russian intelligence. he was the middle man between manafort himself and russian billionaire oleg deripaska. offered private briefings to trump to during the campaign. a putin insider so in the center of this he's now sanctioned by the u.s. treasury department. gates told the jury that manafort directed him to lie. and money wired to his bank account as loans rather than income. cut manafort's taxable income that left him with a whole lot of unreported money that he could use things to fund like that $15,000 ostrich jacket, a $130,000 mercedes, landscaping, millions on suits and even a cake yol karaoke setup. this is the pair that was so central to president trump's election,

mr. manafort is guilty and guilty as charged.ry, that emphasis about the witness stand when the defense does not call a single witness to the witness stand is the kind of thing that lands with juries. >> you know, i think it does. as many lawyers expected manafort not to testify, understood the rules of the game that he couldn't afforded to, but i think one finds again and again when one interviews jurors, they want to hear from the accused. and they combined his sitting down with a really pretty weak, well, they haven't met their burden kind of closing argument, which is the last card in the deck as it were. as jill says, the witnesses are strong, but the documents which they will take back with them are particularly strong. there is really no reasonable doubt about manafort's having lied up and down lied to inflate income when he needed it, lied to reduce it when he wanted to get away with taxes. as jill says, you can never know about a hold out, but it went in very well. one thing i would say, it is a very me tick you louse ju

mr. manafort and mr. cohen.ess, it's important to draw that distinction between those two. >> all right. while i have you, i want to shift gears dramatically. you're just back from a visit to south korea where you have had a chance to assess what's going on with north korea, the aftermath of the president's meet wiing w the north korean leader. what's your bottom line assessment as you look back at where things are. >> the reason is, i'm encouraged. if you'd asked me a year ago, do i think there's any way kim jong-un is going to agree to denuclearization, i would have said no. no possible way we're going to convince him of that. and that wasn't just me. it was the cia analysts and others who shared that view. but i really think there's an opportunity now. last fall, military members there, and as you said, i was just back from the trip. spent a lot of time with cia and other agencies and military. they were actually preparing for the possibility of war some time this spring. and they feel now they've got a breat

mr. manafort just rested his case. he did so because he and his legal team believe that the government has not met its burden of proof. thanks, everyone. >> they were actually asking for an acquittal. the judge disagreed, denied the motion for an acquittal. what can the defense do at this point in time to raise the specter of a reasonable doubt? >> you know, they have to ask for an acquittal. you're obligated to do it as a defense counsel, to do it at the close of the evidence. it is a routine procedure. generally, judges deny it. their only argument at this point, really, is to attack gates, attack his credibility, to say he is a liar, and to say the government has not met their burden. >> we also heard from paul manafort yesterday, albeit very briefly. let's play a little bit of that clip. we don't have any more sound, but he did say, i have decided, yourse your honor, do you wish to testify, no, sir. everyone thought he ultimately wasn't going to testify. how do you make what we saw from paul manafort during this ca

mr. manafort. have lived in the united states or 30 years, and i've never seen in my life this economy. i can put my past with any lawyer that chased and persecute mr. manafort, and i wonder one of them, how many millions of dollars? it is now mr. manafort is in the corner, and i do not see why we keep chasing it and chasing and chasing it. what are we chasing it for? we started with russian collusion. mueller, where are we going to end up? are we going to chase the whole united states? starting with donald trump, what do you prove? nothing. host: carlos, thank you for the call. this afternoon, senator burke, the chair of the senate intelligence committee, and senator warner, vice chair, both reacting to today's developments, speaking to reporters on capitol hill. [video clip] >> there you go. r: the vice-chairman and i have a statement as it relates to michael cohen. all of today'sve reporting about michael cohen with great interest. he seems to be pleading guilty on very serious charges, however,

mr. manafort. there are suggestion that's there are a number of different elements that have to be met, before there's a requirement to report those foreign bank accounts, but according to gates, both men knew what they were doing is illegal. so that's the top of it, and after that, of course, we're going to have prosecution -- we'll have the defense doing its cross-examination, and as you said, it's expected to be a very tough cross by any standard. back to you. >> thank you very much, joe johns. keep us posted. >>> let's talk about what is happening and what is happening now. gates is back on the stand. our justice correspondent jessica schneider is here, former u.s. attorney greg bower joining me. and analyst xian wu. lay out your representation previously of rick gates so it's on the table. >> right. we had represented rick from the time that he was indicted to just before he pled guilt et etetch -- guilty. the guilty plea and illegal operation i was not involved in. and everything i talk about

mr. manafort. gates replies, yes. >> did you commit any crimes with mr. manafort and gates answers clearly, yes. that is what a direct confession sounds like. it is very unusual to have a senior campaign aide confessing to crimes committed allegedly with the campaign chair in open court, right here, year two of a relatively young presidency. gates served in trump's campaign and originally charged as a c co-conspirator. this is important and goes to why they might attack what looks like bombshell direct evidence against him today. new charges could be brought if gates violates that agreement, if he lies today. it was made clear in an exchange between gates and one of mueller's prosecutors. now, we can go beyond the words, the transcripts we read, there was drama captured only by reporters in the room because no cameras are allowed in federal court. paul manafort was seated, as he sits there awaiting his feat in this trial he sits near rick gates and stared him down as gates made this bombshell allegation against him. we begin with kim delaney inside the cou

mr. manafort's lies. the prosecution ended by asking the jury to find mr. manafort guilty on all counts. the prosecution called over 25 witnesses throughout this trial. the defense rested their case yesterday without calling a single one. they say the prosecution failed to meet their burden of proof, and that is why they rested. >> we li in the united states of america. and you are presumed innocent until proven guilty. and we believe the government cannot meet that burden. >> is there a problem with the jury in this case? [inaudible] >> we are very confident. >> before the jury deliberate braghts, which of course, that could be today or tomorrow, the judge will give the jury instructions. he set aside about 90 minutes for that. a big issue is how the judge will instruct the jury when it comes to his own comments. judge t.s. eliot interjected during the testimony of manafort's former business partner rick gates. gates said, quote: mr. manafort was very good at knowing where the money was and where it was going. judge ellis then remarked he didn't know about

mr. manafort a candidate for a presidential pardon? >> that is not something that has been up for discussion, i don't have anything for you. >> some democrats are saying that the nomination for brent cobb -- brett kavanaugh should be put on hold because of the legal developments yesterday. hawaii's senator put out a statement saying that this president was an unindicted co-conspirator in a criminal matter and doesn't deserve the courtesy of a meeting with his nominee. what is your reaction to that? >> this is a desperate and pathetic attempt by democrats to obstruct a highly qualified nominee. the hearing date has been set and judge kavanaugh will be there. >> trade talks between the united states and china are resuming. the president earlier this week expressed low expectations for the talks. i'm wondering if that has changed and what you would like to see come out of these discussions. >> as you said, these conversations are continuing. i don't have any announcements on them. they are ongoing. we would like to see better trade deals

mr. manafort is facing. we heard from his accountant who said he asked mr. manafort and mr. manafort said he had none which was not the truth and it's a crime to hide your foreign bank accounts from the federal government and as you pointed out yes, there's lavish life-style evidence that's titillating but this -- the evidence we heard yesterday is really the core of the government's case and then as you pointed out it looks like the government will call gates. he's going to be a key witness and i think a focus point of the trial because the defense is trying to turn him into a boogie man. he's the real wrongdoer which is a typical tactic to do. >> what's the most important thing the prosecution needs to get out on the stand. >> prosecutors like when they have a cooperator. it's helpful for the prosecution when somebody else other than them is saying there was a crime committed. i'm sure the prosecutors will also use him to give jurors an inside look at how their scheme worked, how their business dealings worked. the key moment of this trial will be the cross-examination of g

mr. manafort they made a deal with rick gates. as able to get the deal he did come i have no idea." this is manafort's lawyer. on cross-examination, he fell apart. addressing the jury, the judge reminded them of the government must prove manafort's alleged crimes be on a reasonable doubt. the president's former campaign chairman listened intently in a navy suit and blue shirt. apartment and outcome of the charges against paul manafort have nothing to do with the trump campaign, rather has business dealings year years b. manafort's defense team didn't call a single witness but hammered away at the government's case in the courtroom and on the courthouse steps. >> i said, mr. manafort is very happy with how things went today. his defense team got to address the jury, point out the shortcomings of the government's case, and explain how the government has not met the burden of proof. >> the jury starts deliberations at 9:30 a.m. they have to vote on 18 separate counts and return a verdict on each one. the vote on each count for either

mr. manafort. because if you look at manafort you don't get that, he's look at his lawyers seeming like everything is fine. but the evidence has been very damning. and the defense thus far has been quite ineffective. they've essentially stipulated to most of the facts, and i guess their story is going to be that these frauds and the failure to properly fill out tax forms was inadvertent, not intentional, brian. >> i've heard this called a paper case where while it can be on the boring side the feds like a paper case because paper can't get cross examined. having said that where do you think the opportunities are as they go by in realtime for the defense to come back and take jabs? >> i think, brian, on monday afternoon we're going to see the defense cross examine the very same government witness that was on the stand today. and i agree with my friend ken that the government scored some critical points. but i do think there's an opportunity she gave to the defense that she's under their immunity agre

mr. manafort was happy about how things went today. pointing out the shortcomings in the government's case. the government has not met their burden of proof. >> i am joined by news national security and justice reporter julia ainsley who was in the courtroom. last best chance. how did it go for them? >> not quite as well for the prosecution. they were picking and choosing around the edges here. one of the things they said that might have stuck if the judge hadn't instructed the jury to ignore it is the argument that we will only be in this courtroom because of the special counsel. banks could have complained that they had been lied to. none of those people chose to report it because they didn't think it was a problem or only listening to this case because of the special counsel. that argument is not something that the jury is supposed to consider because the judge, and this is a judge who has not been kind to the prosecution as you know. actually said you shouldn't think about the justice department's motivation and just because someon

mr. manafort had the same path, i'm here. saying i'm cooperating, manafort's not therefore believe me. how successful do you think manafort's defense team was? >> i thought overall the defense team has been very effective in cross-examining rick gates. this is always a down side for the prosecutor when you call somebody turning against somebody else who made a deal. you can dirty them up for the deal itself but with manafort they've got a secret life they talk about. a secret life with a mistress and he needs money to fund the secret life and they're trying to say all of the feonefarious activities blamed on manafort were orchestrated by gates to fund his secret life and he's had the courage to come forward to testify, say prosecutors. >> i think it was interesting, the "new york times" laid this out nicely, that judge ellis at one point got involved and seemed to pick up the defense team's line of argument here because when gates asserted mr. manafort was "very good at knowing where the money was and where it was going" judg

mr. manafort?" his reply, "yes." asked, "did you commit any crimes with mr. manafort?" gates again responding, "yes." >> trevor: well, that was easy. ( laughter ) they were like, "did you guys do the crimes?" and he was like, "yeah, yeah." i'm not going to lie. i was hoping for a bit more courtroom drama, like they'd tell him to confess, and he'd deny it, and they'd be like, "we have a surprise witness, your twin brother!" "oh!" or, like, tom cruise would show up and be like, "you can't handle the truth!" and we'd be like, "tom cruise does his own stunts." but the proceedings weren't that exciting. although, for manafort, it must be really wild because every moment that gates was on the stand, things just got worse and worse. >> another stunning confession, gates admitting he also stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from manafort while working for him. ( laughter ) >> trevor: i'm sorry, for me, this is hilarious. like, he's confessing stealing from the same guy he was committing crimes with. like, manafort must have been so at the same time so proud. on the one hand,

mrs. manafort, any response? >> reporter: the verdict for paul manafort came after four y on eight counts including tax evasion, bank fraud and failing to report a foreign bank. they were unable to reach a verdict on ten other counts. >> mr. manafort is disappointed of not getting acquittals all the way through or a complete hung jury on all counts, however, he would like to thank judge ellis for granting him a fair trial. >> reporter: the government argued that before manafort ran president trump's campaign, he stashed $60 million in 31 offshore accounts. prosecutors saying manafort used the money to live a lavish lifestyle buying several homes, fancy suits, even an $18,000 python jacket. >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. he's here someplace. where is paul? paul manafort. >> reporter: just two years ago he was running the trump campaign. >> they're going to see a leader. they're going to see a decisive person with a human side who cares about people. >> reporter: last summer a dozen armed fbi agents raide

mr. manafort's money, it's littered with lies. mr. rt lied to keep more money when he had it and he lied to get more money when he didn't. the defense team saying rick gates was the real liar here. of course rick gates, the former right hand man to paul manafort who flipped, pleaded guilty and is cooperating. the defense team put it this way. he said to the very end he lied to you. meaning rick gates, the government so desperate to make a case against mr. manafort made a deal for mr. gates so it comes down to whose side was more persuasive. the prosecution put up 27 witnesses, the defense none. but the judge reminded the jury that manafort had a right not to testify, manafort did not take the stand. we'll see how that plays out when they begin deliberations. >> jets, keep us posted let me bring if laura coates. you look at the counts and you look at the fact that manafort faces over 300 years in prison if found guilty on all of these counts. the jury is going to be in the deliberation room in just a few minutes. they'll see some things

mr. manafort rested his case.cause he and his legal team believe the government has not met their burden of proof. >> on day 11 of the trial of paul manafort, the jury was called into the courtroom after the noontime break for the sole purpose of hearing the attorney said they will not be calling any witnesses and they are resting. that was the defense in the first case. the first of two cases against paul manafort president trump's former campaign manager. with 27 witnesses and 367 exhibits, the prosecution appeared to put on a solid case. the jury will hear jury deliberations tomorrow. >> i am joined by nbc national news reporter julie ainsley. . was there any discernible action when the lawyer rested the case. >> more of something that we wanted to see if they had anything to put up but in some ways it wasn't that surprising. all through this case, the defense has had a strategy of in their cross examination of taking chips away. whether that is bank fraud, tax evasion. they want to cast doubt. is this really m