proceedings as they go through than a state court judge has. this is not unusual. the important thing about judge ellis he wants the record to be clear and the record is something that goes up to the court of appeals, and making certain that a question, for example, that a lawyer asks is that a compound question he corrects that because in answer to a compound question is ambiguous. so that kind of thing is important to make sure the served clarified before it goes on the record. but judge ellis has been doing this ever since he got to alexandria. >> this is his m. o. we heard the line from him yesterday. prosecutors really want to show these fancy clothes and his whole lifestyle that manafort seemed to take on and his line in the courtroom mr. manafort is not on trial for having a lavish lifestyle. i'm curious if you have an anecdote to share that sums up