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This is even possible in the state of texas. and were not going to know until tuesday, well say. both campaigns are very intrigued by the early vote numbers, which have blown the doors off anything else weve ever seen in texas. what that means, well find out tuesday. >> all right. we can see all those fans and ted cruz folks hnd you for sure. what are you seeing at the trump rally, hallie? >> reporter: hey there, ari. so at this point were in what you could call the opening act, the republican s...

To a rock concert where the opening act was more inspirational than the headliner. there were people heading for the exits as biden was speaking. it goes to show a lot of energy on the democratic side. the early turnout numbers so far are just huge. they have 2 .7 million people that have voted as of this morning. thats half the amount of vote they had in all of 2014. now, there is still a slight edge for republicans in early voting. it will really be dependent upon how the independents vote in ...

>> shepard: what are the statistics and the information that we have on the people in the middle? the people that dont identify with either party? >> i dont think pugh looked at that. they put people in lean left and lean right categories. but clearly what is happening here, president trump at rally after rally is saying a vote for this candidate is a vote for me. the reason he is saying that as he described in the a.p. interview, he believes a lot of people going to the rallies and our reportin...

A message to the president saying, hey, this could be the opening act, and trump worries that a real member of his inner circle could be next. and certainly, though there has been some reporting that manaforts lawyers expressed some ideas of negotiations with lawyers in the second trial, but yes, manafort fought this. he didnt flip. unlike, say, rick gates who turned against him. and the president has talked to people about potentially pardoning him. we have rudy giuliani tell us in recent days,...

Flexing its muscles and sending a message to the president saying, hey, this could be the opening act, and trump worries that a real member of his inner circle could be next. and certainly, though there has been some reporting that manaforts lawyers expressed some ideas of negotiations with lawyers in the second trial, but yes, manafort fought this. he didnt flip. unlike, say, rick gates who turned against him. and the president has talked to people about potentially pardoning him. we have rudy ...

About john mccain passing away, but hell always comment about what a great man paul manafort is who doesnt break and doesnt flip. at the same time paul manaforts lawyers took every opportunity to thank the president for his support. it almost seems like were watching a coded organization or some code between the two groups about not breaking and pardoning. >> that comes just hours after the astonishing split screen where manafort pleaded guilty. in fact, he steadfastly praised manafort. he said ...

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...

Aretha, it was back in the mid-60s when i was a side man with miles davis. i was living in new york at the time and we had to -- we were on tour and we had to play in los angeles at a place that had been a kabuki theater when the neighborhood was more japanese. anyway, the opening act for us was, i was told, a funky jazz player, jazz piano player who also sings and her name was aretha franklin. so i went down early to the club to hear her. i wanted to hear her playing funky piano. she played gre...

Rick gates up until that day that his indictment was unsealed. >> completely right. that proximity extends beyond the inauguration and inauguration committee. reporters in the west wing would see him in the building sometimes. he would visit the white house. he was affiliated with an outside trump group. he would when in washington live at the trump hotel. in fact, more than once -- good place to meet a source. i would see him in the lobby in sweat pants. he was always around. he knows people, h...

People around him, he feels that sort of muellers opening act. even though this trial is not about russia, but he feels muellers hand is involved, obviously manafort was a prominent part of his campaign and its a sense of what could still be to come. even though he doesnt believe his son did anything wrong, but he suggests that a, he inadvertently broke the law, perhaps, or b, he is simply the victim of a witch-hunt. stop me if youve heard that before from the president. and in this case, he fee...