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And what giuliani says is that, when they got answers from manafort that they didnt like, when manafort said he didnt know anything about this, he put him back in solitary confinement and kept him there for four days. its not the prosecutors decision to keep him there. it was a decision the jail made. but giuliani making it seem like there was an enormous amount of effort being used by the special counsels office to get manafort to incriminate the president. >> mike schmidt, let me ask you about...

The country. but this is where we are and its a terrible thing. this is, i guess, his feelings about these three targets of the mueller probe. but this also seems to be in line with something you and your colleagues have reported about softening the ground for what may be their next legal move in a public relations fight. do you hear that as softening the ground for pardons for all three of those men? >> well, its unclear if -- look. the president is talking about pardons. theyve talked about pa...

Plea agreement. we dont know whether thats actually the case. but the fact the presidents lawyer is basically out there talking about how this was such a fruitful circumstance for them to have paul manafort inside telling them what was going on. i think its a rather remarkable set of circumstances and i commend mike for the excellent reporting and getting that on the record. >> mike, can you jump in on that and pick up on the idea that sometimes your analysis when you come on is they do these th...

Rates. hes sending a signal to the markets that theyre getting near that point. doesnt mean there arent more interest rates coming but thats the closing bell. the dow closing about 2.5 points higher. that wraps it up for me. thank you for joining. "deadline white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. hi, everyone. its 4:00 in new york. stop me if youve heard this one before. the president of the united states might be obstructing justice in plain sight. again. donald trump revealing in...

Weve seen poisoning incidents in the uk of former russians who have flipped against russia. so i think that may also be what is keeping manafort from cooperating. >> glen, youre getting to the crux of the question i asked michael there. insinuating fear. it appears there might be some fear from him if he is guilty of doing what is being alleged here. >> yeah. >> yeah. michael, i want to talk about some of the other characters. rick gates is key in this case and flynn and papadopoulos. havent hea...

Concerns is im afraid if i flip on my associates they might come after me or the family. if paul manafort were to flip, the russians could very well start looking at his family members. weve seen poisoning incidents in the uk of former russians who have flipped against russia. so i think that may also be what is keeping manafort from cooperating. >> flglen, youre getting to th crux of the question i asked michael there. insinuating fear. it appears there might be some fear from him if he is guil...

Thats a real concern here. theres something keeping manafort from doing the logical, and its not just about protecting trump. >> jill, we know gates admitted to filing false letters to the justice department in 16 and 17 about lobbying efforts with ukraine. how significant is the timeline of events laid out in these new indictments? >> well, the new indictments go for a longer period of time. it takes us into much more recent times, so that is important. and frank is completely correct on what h...

Educates made to the oped that ran last week. that shows he is untrust worthy and the judge said she is considering it this morning. this is a back and forth in a court case that many say what does it have to do with anything? this is manafort playing hardball who are charged with house arrest and strict bail it conditions. not just sending a message to him, but anybody else who might come his way. >> mueller playing hardball and the reach of his investigation is quite deep and he has access to ...