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Cooperation agreements and they dont want to cooperate anyone who they think will be providing false information. number three, trump and his team do not appear concerned about manafort. these are things we can all draw from the last few days. that leads me to believe that it might not be trump that manafort has offered up to the special counsel. or at least trump believes that manafort cant possibly hurt him. otherwise if at this stage manafort is cooperating against trump, his hope for a pardo...

There is something worth pleaing about, which is whether he has solely to do with manafort or something bigger at this stage. donald trump spend the weekend, i honestly believe it was the closest to dereliction of duty of any president in americas history, given what we now know happened to this country in 2016. so there will be ways in which donald trump will try to isolate himself from even manafort at this stage. but i think its a really -- its a really bad moment for manafort. hes going to h...

>> well, gates can bring new pressure. but we also saw evidence on friday that bob muellers team said that they have evidence of new bank fraud that paul manafort might be involved in. a 68-year-old man. even 10, 12, 15 years in federal prison could be a death sentence for him. and so theres nothing about paul manafort weve seen that says to me that this is someone who wants to risk dying in federal prison. >> laura, the white house says theyre not worried because gates is flipping against manaf...

New bank fraud that paul manafort might be involved in. a 68-year-old man. even 10, 12, 15 years in federal prison could be a death sentence for him. and so theres nothing about paul manafort weve seen that says to me that this is someone who wants to risk dying in federal prison. >> laura, the white house says theyre not worried because gates is flipping against manafort, should they somebody. >> yes. they should be. if theres reason to be. thats kind of the innocuous way of putting it. it may ...

With manafort. but it could be two separate tracks. gates flipping on manafort may not mean manafort will flip on trump, but it will make donald trumps transition team and the inauguration team very nervous. >> yeah, i remember that gates will be the third person to make a deal with mueller. george papadopoulos and michael flynn being the other two. thank you all, glad we got you back, juliette, thanks a lot. would you pay to have dinner with donald trump jr.? the presidents son hosting dinner...

Because only manafort knows what gates knows. gates willingness to plea, as we understand from the "l.a. times," has got to be because there is something worth pleaing about, which is whether he has solely to do with manafort or something bigger at this stage. donald trump spend the weekend, i honestly believe it was the closest to dereliction of duty of any president in americas history, given what we now know happened to this country in 2016. so there will be ways in which donald trump will tr...

India or wherever, russia, in ways that would have benefited them in more geopolitical terms than just financial gain for the kushner family. so this is just one of the many pieces. ive been long saying i dont think we have any idea what this mosaic looks like till the very end. we got hints on friday with the indocuments. but theres a lot more to come. >> the "l.a. times" is reporting former trump aide rick gates is going to plead guilty and testify against manafort. what type of pressure will ...

They obviously believed, as they should have, that the son-in-law of the president would have favored foreign policy, not just simply economics, foreign policy towards countries like china and india or wherever, russia, in ways that would have benefited them in more geopolitical terms than just financial gain for the kushner family. so this is just one of the many pieces. ive been long saying i dont think we have any idea what this mosaic looks like till the very end. we got hints on friday with...