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Clear a case of political self-sabotage as i could imagine, but then again, im not a republican. im not a democrat. im not anything. im just a journalist whos trying to figure all this out and the best i can tell from my reporting is that there are a group of republicans that believe heading into the midterms this will galvanize the most loyal trump supporters who are motivated by president trumps stance on immigration. the way someone put it to me tonight was effectively that this would be a ha...

It? its a paper case. >> exactly. and you know, i think theyre doing the exact same thing the prosecutors do across the country every time they have a criminal case. it is the unglamorous work of sitting in rooms and marking kpikts a exhibits and making sure you have your paperwork and in a case like this, which is a heavy paper case, theyre going to be going through those things with a fine tooth comb. >> i have to ask you about the last bit of drama up until we begin tomorrow, i guess up until...

See local news. i do the same thing with local television stations. how do you think this kind of thing would play in the great state of illinois, if people learned that this was the kind of shenanigans going on in washington. >> not well. let me tell you a firm grasp of the obvious. we still have 99 days to go. were not sure whats going to happen. we journalists tend to find odd constructs, make dubious distinctions when reality is -- can be pretty obvious its going to be a matter of how popula...

>> that laid out the case very well. counselor, welcome to you. a couple of procedural questions. how long does jury selection take in a trial like this? >> it really depends. i think in this case it may be challenging for them to get a jury. certainly its going to be hard to find people that havent heard about the case, that havent already formed some strong opinions about this case, so this may take a few days. it may take into the second week. i think we could expect to see this jury selectio...

I think hes doing it in a ham handed and confusing way, but again, the evidence is starting to pile up. theyre now, i think, the new thing is now theyre probably seeing -- they should be seeing the witness statements for the manafort witnesses. those statements have been turned over to manaforts attorneys now. no reason manaforts attorneys arent sharing those with giuliani and trumps team, and so theyve been reading, we all them the 302s, which is the fbi reports of what the witnesses are going ...

Some parts, but to lead the jury through it, prosecutors have a star witness, and thats rick gates, who was paul manaforts right-hand man, another republican political consultant, who has pleaded guilty and is cooperating. but you know, the "times" is absolutely right and pete williams is right. we may not learn very much about russia collusion in this trial, but we will, i think, it will be reinforced to us that paul manafort came to the trump campaign essentially broke and deeply in debt to so...

Parties, not when the same party controls white house house senate. >> you are absolutely correct. in the short term, at least, when these government shutdowns have occurred they have hurt the party that was viewed as responsible for that. so lets just play this out. president trump shuts down the government presumably by vetoing a bill that congress sends him that does not include funding for the wall. voters look at that and see the chaos and dysfunction in washington and dont vote to hold in ...

This? >> i think in this case it may be challenging to get a jury. it will be hard to find people who havent heard about the case or havent had strong opinions. this may take a few days and into the second week. i think we can expect to see the selection going on for a little while. >> isnt it kind of true that until the u.s. presents its case and we are underway that is not really -- that is the time when we know how this will progress. >> absolutely. i think the minute we hear the prosecutors ...

Across the country av time they have a criminal case. it is the marking of exhibits and making sure you have paperwork together and witnesses are prepped. in a case like this which is a heavy paper case they will be going through those things to make sure everything is in order. >> i have to ask you about the last bit of drama until we begin tomorrow, i guess until opening statements. there could be a deal in this case. isnt it possible? >> its incredibly possible. we see defendants that want to...

Seeing the witness statements from the manafort witnesses. those statements have been turned over to manaforts attorneys. they have been reading the 302s which is the fbi reports of what the witnesses are going to say, rick gates being one of them. an educated guess might be that giuliani knows something is coming and is trying to get out ahead of it. >> we welcome you to the broadcast and we thank our returning veterans. coming up for us on a monday night, we are, as we mentioned, mere hours aw...