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The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. We played that clip of donald trump call thing an attack on the nation. Cohen, interestingly in interviews with George Stephanopoulos and others, said the fbi was very courteous and respectful. He did not describe the raids on his home and offices as an attack on the nation. Does that seem to be more that he softened on his stance against the fbi . He seems to. I recall him saying he would take a bullet...

He was then claiming he didnt have income, and trying to hide it and using that bank fraud scheme as a way of getting loans that he wasnt entitled to get. it will be interesting to see if the jury saw a connection between these two kinds of counts and if well see some bank fraud convictions, as well. >> ken, is there an update? i see you on the bottom of our screen. paul manafort has been found guilty of the eight counts. is that the correct number, eight counts? >> reporter: thats right. so we ...

Victory for the mueller team. >> joyce vance, let me ask you the same question. paul manafort, the presidents one-time campaign chairman, has been found guilty by a jury in alexandria, virginia, of five counts of tax fraud. what do you make of that and do you agree with barbara those were the strongest charges? and also this is something that people understand, everybody pays taxes. maybe that was one of the easier pieces of evidence to process for a jury. >> right. the jury saw that a man who w...

So this is remarkable. we have two different courtrooms. one in virginia, one in new york, with two people who, for at least a time, were in the innermost circle of trump world. one facing -- a verdict is about to come down, the other about to enter a guilty plea. it is a remarkable state thats where this president is, a year and a half into his term, where so much of his world and his presidency is being decided in court. >> ken delaney, you have more breaking news for us? >> reporter: im being...

Get some news from the jury in the manafort trial, the trial of the presidents former campaign chairman? >> ill be a bit of a broken record here. still silence from the white house. both on the cohen developments and now manafort in this latest news. obviously if we hear back, well let you know. but yes, youre right. this has really gotten under the presidents skin in recent weeks, that these charges are not related to russia, that the name robert mueller is attached. the president believes this...

Counts upon which the jury has been able to reach a decision. so for mueller and the special counsels team, if there are convictions on those counts, that would be a victory. as chuck says, all of the conduct manafort has been engaging in will be relevant conduct that the judge will consider in fashioning the sentence when they reach the sentencing point in the case. and so the important thing for federal prosecutors will be to get some counts of conviction. its not necessary to have conviction ...

The president. separate and apart from mr. manafort, i think what michael cohen has to share relating to donald trump is going to be very, very damaging. and im going to hold true to my predictions that i made in the past. i dont think this president is going to serve out his term. >> elise? >> thats a lot. so the cooperating part doesnt mean that much. you think this isnt that much out of the ordinary, that theres not some sign of immediate cooperation. >> i know for a fact theres cooperation g...

Front of muellers investigators. and cohen, having worked for the family, if you take comeys analysis that the family had a special mob-like meaning, could be someone who really does seal the fate of people in the family. >> he was the lawyer for the family. youre exactly right. and so i think that theres probably lots of stuff that michael cohen knows that the southern district of new york wants. and now its a question of whether or not cohen is willing to give it all and give it truthfully. ag...

So the existence of this plea deal has got to be very good news for president trump. lets see the documents. i just cant wait to see the documents. [ overlapping speakers ] >> let me ask you too, rick, to weigh in on the presidents anxiety. the fact that cohen pleading guilty stands in contrast to what the president sees in manafort as someone standing strong. i was told that manafort, at this hour, everything is reality tv for this president, manafort is winning the pardon contest. listen, this...

Criminal information. thats like an indictment except that manafort is not contesting it being filed. in that information, the special counsel outlined a host of charges, essentially all the conduct manaforts been charged with in virginia and washington, d.c., money laundering, bank fraud, tax fraud, witness tampering, obstruction of justice. then at the end it says essentially that hes pleading guilty to two charges, conspiracy to defraud the united states and obstruction of justice as you said...