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The charges to the jury, he started out into the dry tax case, and you are absolutely right, this is a paper and document case. but legal experts say it is an overwhelming case and paul manafort faces long odds here, and some of the sort of the unspoken craw ma is that while he is wearing a black suit today and seated -- unspoken drama is that he is going to be wearing a black suit today, he is going to be sleeping in a green jumpsuit in prison, because he is facing 10 years under the guidelines...

Seated, the judge will give fairly long explanation.on. >> reporter: after the jury is seated, the judge will give fairly long explanation. were not going to hear opening statements today. its possible we could hear them tomorrow or thursday. >> got it. pete williams. thank you very much. let me bring in national political reporter for the washington post and msnbc political analyst. two msnbc contributors. charlie savage. let me go over briefly this reminder about paul manafort and why the spec...

Question. im running out of time. as far as potential consequences , the possibility of an acquittal in a number of other outcomes. the penalties he could be facing are pretty severe. >> at a severe penalties. i believe that at any point not even if the jury seated after testimony begins, manafort and his team can always approach and say all right, we dont like the government. we dont like this jury appear we want to cut a deal. they can do that anytime. just because the jury seated does doesnt ...

Your question, the president didnt want to speak about it on camera. didnt so on twitter and his associates are saying please call the outside lawyers. alex. >> hey, kelly, can i ask you about the photo from politico playbook yesterday. can you describe what were seeing here? by the way congressman heck is sitting on the set and laughing as well. bob mueller, donald junior, i put it out on social media with the caption, awkward. you can tell us what is happening here? >> well, its really an extr...

The ducks vessel with ten family members. traveled here from indianapolis. only two survived. she shared her experience, the vision of the swells coming into the boat and what she thought were the final moments of her life. she says she felt like she struggled for an hour, it was probably only ten minutes. in hearing from a survivor, of course, youre also going to get answers to some of the questions that investigators need, like what about the life jackets on board? listen to what she explained...

That they can use to defend themselves and the oath they took, and that is their constitutional mandate, their mandate by law to speak the truth. its carved in marble on the wall at the cia and its in the hearts of all intelligence officers. and i think thats something i would say to the american people. you can count on intelligence people to speak the truth in this environment. its one reason why i dont want any of them resigning. i want them in place to do that. >> this is an important point,...

Cases that is -- they would like to see kavanaugh be questioned of this or if he gets seated recuse himself. republicans for their part is saying this is as jermaine as it appears. this law was mostly on the way out and it is not worth getting hyped up about. here is what i heard from the negotiator wholl senator who will be apart of the hearing. >> president trump went out way of his way on his list to prepare on this extreme organization. he could give him immunity from the special counsel. >>...

Number of important legal topics. we have a very clear view of her understanding of the law. ainsley: what about judge hardiman? >> judge hardiman has extraordinary experience on the district court and appeals court. but i think the main knock against him is simply that he hasnt tackled as many big issues that are of concern to conservatives as some of the other nominees. ainsley: i know he was the runner-up when gulch was nominated or the presidents sister worked with him on the third circuit o...

An available seat on the u.s. supreme court after justice kennedy retired. the president is promising to name someone, a nominee, a week from tomorrow. is that particularly quick to you? do you think that is thoughtful enough? what are your impressions? >> thank you, fredricka, for that question. let me quote from mitch mcconnell when he was looking at the merrick garland nomination. he stated the american people deserve to have a voice for their next supreme court justice. i agree with that. so...

Would have another appointee on the supreme court that might say oh, no, you cant prosecute a sitting president if, of course, that president is not forced to recuse himself. so there are a lot of us that have some, at least, concerns of whether theres something more sinister here in the timetable. >> well, i think if we look at the previous record of this president, we can anticipate seeing someone very conservative coming up for a nomination. and i dont have any doubt about that. >> matt, i me...