there are new filings the night by the special counsel robert mueller's team as they prepare for the second trial of former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, but now there are new questions about whether manafort is having second thoughts about another day in court. let's dig deeper with our cnn senior legal analyst, former u.s. attorney pta reek ferreira. as you know "the washington post" is reporting that paul manafort is in talks on a possible plea deal. do you think he would decide to cooperate and provide information or would prosecutors accept a guilty plea and possibly consider a reduced sentence? >> i don't know. it seems unlikely. we've heard these stories from time to time earlier on when the investigation was closer to its infancy, that maybe there were talks going on, and then at