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That was then released with some redactions in which weissman, a prosecutor for mueller, said that the meeting that paul manafort had with konstan kilimnick in august 2016 goes to the heart of the investigation, because at the time he was donald trumps campaign chairman, meeting with someone with ties to the kremlin, they discussed polling data he would share and they also discussed a peace plan in which to possibly ease or end sanctions on russia that have been in place since their annexation o...

For more than two years. talk about what you added to our understanding of why this is of interest, and some of the rich color that was in your piece today on this topic. >> you know, nicolle, i find this story so fascinating. its almost like when you have one of those puzzles you get for a holiday gift and there are like seven really hard pieces and theyre just empty on the board and you dont know where to put them. and its like were getting some of the really hard puzzle pieces now in in unsea...

Unpacking in the months -- and in some cases years -- before this. i reported in august 2016 while manafort was still on the campaign he had this relationship with konstantin kilimnik and konstantin kilimnik had come to the united states to meet with him. would you think that would raise questions among folks who were looking into ties between the trump campaign and russia and possible collusion. now we know for certain that the key person, mueller, who is tasked with really investigating this, ...

The heart of the mueller investigation on thursday in a hearing, federal prosecutor andrew wiseman laid out the case manafort mislead the government about a series of meetings manafort had with the russian political consultant with ties to russian intelligence. those meeting began when manafort was trumps campaign manager in 2016 and continued through 2018, the second year of the trump presidency. during those conversations, prosecutors say manafort and kilimnik repeatedly communicated about a s...

About a series of meetings manafort had with the russian political consultant with ties to russian intelligence. those meeting ing began when manafort was trumps campaign manager in 2016 and continued through 2018, the second year of the trump presidency. during those conversations, prosecutors say manafort and kilimnik repeatedly communicated about a so-called peace plan for ukraine starting in early august 2016. why manafort was misleading them, misleading the properties c -- prosecutors, why ...

Well have a debate and find out in the court but in general these things are motivated not by health and safety but other things. >> this is a big deal for me to tell you about tonight because the idea that the roe v. wade battle is over is simply untrue. i know you hear it from any judge that comes up for confirmation from the left or the right. but thats the key. they are on the left and the right. you have to know that. these judges are not blind. that fight is not over. so you have to stay a...

That fight is not over. so you have to stay aware. now lets move on. manafort, we know he met with kilimnik. gru, the intelligence apparatus of the russian government and connected to russian interference and he did it while he was still chair of the campaign, august 2016, but then he had other meetings and other dealings that he lied about even after he was going through this prosecution. what does it mean to you? >> a lot. first of all were talking about paul manafort that was the head of trum...

Civil case or a criminal case where you dont have any of the discovery beforehand. so youre flying blind. the fact is we now know there are at least 18 trump associates communicating with russians or their cutouts and at least 100 meetings -- 28 meetings and 100 contacts. i believe its possible that there are many, many more. for us to fully appreciate what the russians did and whether there was a conspiracy to work with them, we need to know who was communicating with whom and what exactly -- w...

Been previous abortion cases that didnt come down this way, but it does suggests that roberts is not a sure vote to overturn roe v. wade. hes been slightly more nuanced on this than i think some people expected. but watch people talking about susan collins in the coming days and her judgment about kavanaugh and what this decision says about that decision. >> interesting. renato, i also want to get your take on what you think of the special counsels investigation. muellers team says the august 20...

This. and i think there are going to be a lot of questions for susan collins about whether she was correct or not in that judgment, but it also says that there have been previous abortion cases that didnt come down this way, but it does suggests that roberts is not a sure vote to overturn roe v. wade. hes been slightly more nuanced on this than i think some people expected. but watch people talking about susan collins in the coming days and her judgment about kavanaugh and what this decision say...