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The latest news and information from around the world with host Ana Cabrera. The latest news and information from around the world with host Ana Cabrera. For the cockpit voice recorder, looking for the flight data recorder. Ultimately what those things could yield we dont know because we have the extensive conversations between the 29yearold and air traffic control. But i want to you listen now to what the ceo of Alaska Airlines said just a few moments ago. Take a look. It was a 3. 5 years emplo...

Than $60 million. they allege he hid millions lied about his income and failed to fay epay taxes while spending big. for real estate and new york yankees season tickets. while serving as manaforts right-hand man for a decade gates whose three days on the witness stand began monday, testified that he and mafrpt had 15 foreign accounts that they didnt report to the government even though they knew it was illegal. he said manafort instructed him not to submit the required forms. gates also testifie...

Ukraine and his failure to report some of it on his tax returns. the president played down his relationship with manafort in recent months. >> paul manafort worked for me for a very short period of time. >> but he has been watching the trial closely taking to twitter on to express sympathy for manafort. comparing his treatment to prohibition era alka pony and call on attorney general jeff sessions to end the probe immediately. a describe as an opinion not an order. lets take a deep dive wour...

Investigation? >> it would seem so. the facts there were that the prosecutor -- the defense attorney asked gates essentially how many times did he interview with the special counsel. they said about 20 times. they approached the bench to talk about what was included within the 20 interviews. and that is what was sealed at the prosecutions request because the prosecutor said that relates to ongoing investigations. so surely that does imply, ana, as you suggest that there is an ongoing investigati...

Flush with his ukrainian money he was hiding it from the irs so as not to pay taxes. then when that money dried up he had no money and he had a lot of debt and sew engaged in bank fraud in order to obtain the money to live the lifestyle he was accustomed to. yes he did say to the banker i can help you get a job in the administration if you help me with in bank fraud application. but i dont think that ties back to the president himself. really its more a matter of manaforts own corruption. >> wha...

Compel the defense to change their mind on this. >> a desperation effort on their part. they see the testimony of all the witnesses that corroborate gates. they recognize that the cross-examination they did of gates wasnt enough to i think shred his credibility with the jury. they are left with corroborating evidence, physical evidence, testimonial evidence, gates unimpeached and no real defense. its like playing hearts and shooting the moon and putting manafort on the stand hoping for the best....

>> reporter: prosecutors expect to finish laying out the governments case early next week. this after a week of damaging revelations, many coming from rick gates, the governments star witness in the trial. marchs long time partner pleaded guilty to conspiracy and lying to investigators and is cooperating with the government as it tries to convict his former boss on 18 counts of bank and tax fraud. while the trial is not about the president are or his campaign trump as shadow looms over the proce...

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