quickly as you mentioned. tadd devine a democratic strategy is testifying for prosecutors. we expect that the defense will also raise questions to tadd devine essentially showing that paul manafort worked for not only republicans, he also worked with democrats that really he was working when he was working overseas, it was a nonpartisan issue. >> evan perez in alexandria, virginia, thank you. with the mueller investigation's first trial now under way, president trump and his lawyers seem to be cooking up a new defense slogan of their own. the president will hold a campaign rally shortly in tampa, florida. let's go there. jim acosta is already on the scene for us. so jim, what is the latest? >> reporter: president trump is in florida tonight to do some campaigning ahead of the mid term elections. but the president and his team are still busy trying to get their story straight on the