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Im leaving this set and going to get a latte because i will be here tonight at 9 00 for my good friend rachel maddow. There will likely be no shortage of breaking news from now until then. For now, my thanks to jonathan, doug, matt and elise. That does it for now. Who do we blame for no cameras in federal courtrooms again . You can blame me. Boy do i wish we had a camera in a courtroom right now. Thank you, nicole. If its tuesday, Paul Manaforts trial is officially under way. Tonight, collusion ...

Saying he may hold out for a pardon. >> he will be the last man defending trump and betting on a pardon. >> expressing confidence after day one of the trial. >> any chance he may decide to flip and cooperate? >> no chance. >> today prosecutors plan to call to the stand an fbi agent along with democratic strategy dan rayban who worked on political campaigns. then another well known person in politics, ted divine, was brought up. thank you very much, lets bring in john avalon, lauren

Government done you have no protect the integrity of the vote? >> mark my words, america wont tolerate this meddling. and day one of trial number one for the special counsels office. how the paul manafort tax evasion and bank fraud case has nothing and everything to do with the russia investigation. this is "mpt daily" and it starts right now. chuck todd here in washington, welcome to "mpt daily." you are looking live at the federal courthouse in virginia where the criminal trial against for...

First witness on the stand. >> let me is you this. im not a lawyer, i swear i dont play one on tv. it seems like things have gone in a standard way, is that a fair take? >> for someone not playing a lawyer on tv, youre doing a fine job. this is white collar 101. i wondered if we might not see a little bit more nuance, frankly, of a story about gates that they might not have portrayed him as down on his luck and being forced to plead because of his financial situation rather than turning on him. ...

And so for a defense lawyer, there are only a number of techniques that you can use. its this guy and this guy is a proven liar. okay, thats -- you know, thats an issue. its a challenge for a prosecutor. he is a proven liar. i didnt realize what was going on. the suite of defenses when a reasonably clear cut case like this is pretty limited. >> i hadnt put that together. their whole defense is to discredit a witness. its not a witness case, its a paper case. weve been saying it, it might be more...

Prosecutions like this. theyre document intensive. what jumps out, you see a lot of e-mails in there. i cannot stress enough to you how often and how many criminal defendants are hung by their own e-mails back and forth, when a phone call probably wouldnt have been tapped. that is the modern era. it is interesting that somebody like trump, you meet people once in a while -- >> hes not an e-mail. >> he said, i never think of using e-mail. interesting, maybe hes onto something. the government love...

Sanders. according to the latest poll, only 11% of democratic voters think sanders can actually win the partys nomination. maybe it is that democratic socialist thing. clinton pinged sanders on that in the debate. >> and it is our job to reign in the excesses of capitalism so that it doesnt run amok and doesnt cause the kind of inequities that were seeing in our economic system. but we would be making a grave mistake to turn our backs on what built the greatest middle class in the history of the...

Sflo how does the president regroup at day after joining me for an alysis on the debate, te divine and john fury. john, first of all, congratulations are in order. youre a new father. tell us about the baby. >> baby meili kate, 7 pounds, 14 ounces, great health. mommys in great health. were excited, close down the street and thrilled to have little molly in our family. >> weve got a picture. shes beautiful. congratulations. thats more important than anything else that we can talk about today. >>...

Senate candidate mitt romney from ted kennedys 1994 re-election campaign. even using one of the same characters, sharon bennett who lost her job in indiana after it was taken over by bain capital. joining me now, ted divine, democratic strategist, part of the team that made that add, and john feary, republican strategist. thanks to both of you. ted, that look familiar? >> it was funny to see it again and, sharon, who i interviewed back in 1994 then, and jerry ray burn, another person i interview...

Do so at their own peril. as daily shows jason gerald discovered in a fake focus group last night. >> just who are they? to get inside the mind of a typical woman voter i sat down with political strategist, ted divine. >> women in this election are particularly motivated by the rhetoric they hear. >> im going to stop you here. >> sure. >> i think its a little embarrassing that its two guys here talking about women with no women present. >> so i assembled representatives from some of the leading ...