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Running. Thats tonights last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts right now. Tonight donald trump and his new Jersey Golf Club after a wild ride of a week moving the goal posts on collusion calling for an end to the Mueller Investigation and a full on assault on the media all while his own team beats the drum warning of the russia threat. Plus new developments in the Paul Manafort case. The testimony today that compelled his wife to leave the courtroom. And after another stunning week ...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Thats a really good thing. Now were being hindered by the russian hoax. Its a hoax, okay . Earlier this week he wrote, quote, Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now. Bob mueller is totally conflicted and his 17 angry democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to the us...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. This presidency, we will ask a celebrated historian if there is anything to celebrate in the history that we are witnessing. The 11th hour on a friday night begins now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters. Day 561 of the Trump Administration and the end of another week brings a new sign of Robert Muellers increasing interest in one of Donald Trumps veteran advisers. His friend of 40 year...

As she told john heilemann on the air here this week, a cake request is good for the government. >> its a good sign for the prosecution. if i were a prosecutor in that case, i would be happy that they asked for a birthday cake for one of the jurors. >> you think theyre going to share some of the cake? >> yeah ask, like birthday cake. a happy jury is a good jury for the government. heres why. you need to acquit and 12 jurors have to agree on acquittal. to convict you need 12 jurors tore agree toe...

All in the coverage. but one of our on air experts attorney mimi rocah, former federal prosecutor assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, saw more than just a request to bring in a birthday cake. as she told john heilemann on the air here this week, a cake request is good for the government. >> its a good sign for the prosecution. if i were a prosecutor in that case, i would be happy that they asked for a birthday cake for one of the jurors. >> you think theyre going to sh...

But its hard to read what the jurors are thinking. they look for behaviors to read the dynamic. the manafort jurors asked the judge if they could bring in a birthday cake for one of them. it was a nice enough request, benign enough. it was barely mentioned, if at all, in the coverage. one of the on air experts. the attorney, the former federal prot cuter and attorney for the southern district of new york saw more than just a request to bring in a birthday cake as she told john heilman. a cake re...