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It. the president praised manafort and roger stone and attacked michael cohen for being a rat. this is an area i consider more strongly corroborated with respect to cohens testimony. >> when i thought things couldnt get more bizarre, were talking about how he likes russian women. theres this whole thing how trump was an agent of russia, right, and he said he didnt think so but cohen added he thinks he likes russian women. how he sent a letter to putin saying russian women were beautiful. what do...

Forces. its more bipartisan than the media reported. howie: he was at the infamous trump tower meeting along with jared kushner and donald trump, jr. sara: look at papadopoulos, look at gates. if there is anyone who would be able to prove a collusion, not saying there was. but if there was someone who could connect the dots, its someone with the closest ties, paul manafort. howie: the president praised manafort for not flipping. now rudy giulianis lawyer telling sean hannity the guilty plea is i...

Forces. its more bipartisan than the media reported. howie: he was at the infamous trump tower meeting along with jared kushner and donald trump, jr. sara: look at papadopoulos, look at gates. if there is anyone who would be able to prove a collusion, not saying there was. but if there was someone who could connect the dots, its someone with the closest ties, paul manafort. howie: the president praised manafort for not flipping. now rudy giulianis lawyer telling sean hannity the guilty

They know about or are charging him with. the president praised manafort, said he was brave, not to break under pressure. did the president celebrate too soon? >> i think a little bit, yes. if manafort is counting on a pardon or trump is contemplating a pardon, this deal complicates that. trump said manafort was the victim of a witch hunt and good for him for standing by his innocence and continuing to maintain it and not flipping or making things up and what have you. now if trump goes ahead an...

Virginia. you know, we know from a juror in virginia, they were one hold out away from a unanimous conviction on all 18 counts. they have made this concession of allowing manafort to plead guilty to two counts. his sentence, as dan goldman will tell you, is capped to ten years. paul manafort is getting something. what is he giving? >> thank you. jeff bennet is joining us from the white house. jeff, a few weeks ago, the president praised manafort for refusing to break and get a deal. >> reporter:...

Muellers office about a possible plea deal. you know this comes as the jury selection for manaforts second trial was delayed till friday. this could be a huge development. what do you think of this? >> let me refresh your recollection because im sure you will remember that during the jury deliberations over in virginia, manaforts lawyers talked to the special counsels office then about arranging a plea deal. and those broke off. so this is really a resumption of talks that have broken down. i th...

So lets talk about this new report tonight. "the washington post" is reporting that former trump campaign chairman paul manafort is in talks with muellers office about a possible plea deal. you know, this comes as jury selection for manaforts second trial was delayed until friday. this could be a huge development. what do you think of this? >> well, let me refresh your recollection because im sure you will remember that during the jury deliberations over in virginia, manaforts lawyers talked to ...

Be a code breaker to make sense of the presidents constant tweets about manafort, his comments -- he wouldnt comment 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...

Ought to be ready to deal with a washington jury. >> jonathan, one doesnt have to be a code breaker to make sense of the presidents constant tweets about manafort, his comments -- he wouldnt comment 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...

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 ...