pages of handwritten notes, paul manafort's nameau appears 22 times over the courso of five years, totaling $12.7 t million. "the new york times" moscow correspondent andrew kramerne of the reporters who wrote the story, and he joins us nownd from moscow. andrew, thanks for being with us. andrew, first of all, tell us exactly what it was that they found. what were these ledgers, whereed was the money coming from, what were the payments for? >> those are all very good questions, thank you. the ledger is called in ukraine the black ledger, a collection of papers, perhaps 400 pages, as you mentioned, with handwritten notes describing payments from the party of regions which is a pro-russian political party that paul manafort worked for before becoming manager of the republican campaign this year in the united states.te the outlays described in this ledger included legitimate campaign expenses such as advertising, travel for candidates, and also illegal activities under any definition such as payments to the electoral commission of ukraine, members of the electoral commission receiving moneys from this same fund.u according to ledger, there is also mention of paul m