go to michael cohen. how would she know that he s the personal attorney? wouldn t she get that information from donald trump? is that a valid perception? or assessment? that is possible. it s hard to know how this agreement happened. there s nothing legally wrong with an agreement to silence someone. but it s completely illegal during a campaign and for purposes of helping the campaign. and every indication was this was going to help donald trump s campaign because she had all of this negative information that could torpedo his campaign. representative lieu, thank you for your time. when we come back, a trial date was set for paul manafort, facing a number of charges and a lot of potential prison time. what are the chances he will make a deal? i want to talk to former white house counsel, next.