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The essential complaint of manafort is that he hasnt been able to go through all the evidence in his trial, he hasnt been able to meet with his counsel as much as he would like, but they quoted from a taped phone call that manafort had with somebody else, all prison phone calls are taped, and manafort says, ive been through all the discovery now. so manafort clearly has been able to review the material thats going to be evidence at the trial. i think they were -- muellers people put that in just...

Had with somebody else, all prison phone calls are taped, and manafort says, ive been through all the discovery now. so manafort clearly has been able to review the material thats going to be evidence at the trial. i think they were -- muellers people put that in just to sort of push back on muellers -- on manaforts motion. >> harry, is mueller saying, listen, we know about your communications and know everything thats happening to you in jail, because hes also using manaforts words against him....

Grammar loving fan to score tickets to her next show. i think its all in good fun. i know s.a.t. prep can be a real pain. >> this is the one thing im glad doesnt actually become public peoples s.a.t. scores. >> i know. mine werent good. >> mine were not good either. >> we made it anyway. we should ban the s.a.t. im against it. thank you, lewis. lets get a preview of whats coming up on "morning joe." were live in the french alps as investigators try to determine what caused that german passenger ...

$3.53 a pound now. >> jury selection begins today and experts say it will have a huge impact on sex discrimination cases. at anheuser-busch, a woman is suing saying she was not properly compensated. she says the company is like a frat party where women are discriminated against working just as hard as men. >> "washington post," a school in new york is facing major criticism after canceling its kindergarten show to ensure kids are, quote, college and career ready. a letter was sent home after par...

All you do on those study groups are bang girls from other schools. it is like, where do you go? forget this test? >> that is the test makers fault. thats completely on them. >> they make the room so romantic. what do you think? >> i went to a school that had s.a.t. prep. it is the easiest -- it is like taking gym. all you have to do is show up. usually something sticks in your head. i dont understand why you cant just show up to the class, learn how to take the test and take the damn test. what...

>> so this is like the home loan thing and greeting as -- and getting as many people involved? you cant get rid of the college debt. >> the debt? >> like what you owe. >> the whole machine. from the s.a.t. to the colleges and the grad schools. >> the s.a.t. measures how good of a test taker you are. i crushed the s.a.t.s. people who did a lot worse on them did better than me in college. i dont think it means anything. i agree some kids can be tutored on top of s.a.t. prep and destroys any notion...

>> the s.a.t. going back to basics. big changes set for 2016. that means if your kid is a ninth grader theyll have new changes. the test will return to that 1600 scoring scale. it had been 2400 for several years. the essay will become optional now, not mandatory. students will no longer be penalized for wrong answers. the head of the college board, which administered this exam says standardized tests have become far too disconnected from the actual work of high school students. and a big knock o...

That has nothing to do with sports. its s.a.t. prep and violin lessons and the whole gamut. so sports is just a part of this, i think, larger societal phenomenon. >> you looked at what people are spending on sports, whether its 101 training, whether its going to these tournaments, whether its college recruiting services. what do you discover? >> one thing i discovered is its a huge industry and $5 billion a year is the figure thats commonly used. i think thats quite conservative. it doesnt captu...