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Tonight, day one of the manafort trial. The first of the mueller era. The government argues Paul Manafort thought he was above the law, while his defense team plans to attack the star government witness against him. The president started his day declaring collusion is not a crime, ending his day with red meat for the crowd in tampa, and no talk of russia. He did declare himself the most popular republican ever. And with 98 days until the midterms, facebook announces its found fake accounts designed to further tear us apart, and well show you if they have a familiar look to them. The 11th hour ...

Not russia, though russia looms large in the background as it seems to in Everything Else these days. Manaforts being tried in Federal Court in alexandria, virginia. He was, of course, Trumps Campaign chairman, ran the rnc convention. Its the first of two trials for him, and this one hes looking at 18 counts of bank fraud, tax evasion, conspiracy charges in relation to his work for a prorussian party in ukraine before he went to work for the trump campaign. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. This trial is off to a lightning start. So far a jury has been seated. Opening statements have b...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. And Donald Trumps name wasnt mentioned today. Robert muellers name wasnt mentioned today. This trial does not have to do with any connection to the 2016 campaign. Nor does rick gates involvement dovetail with what he did in the 2016 campaign, nor his work on the inaugural committee. Its a highly separate trial involving past clients of Paul Manaforts. I think if were reading between the lines, its the prelude to something that is supposed to be bigger. Obviously the prosecutors have a case that theyre br...

Floating names. >> he has been. he has established a rapport with his generational peer in general kelly. they bond as people who have shared grievances about members of the media, about different political rivals or enemies, but the president has not been eager to make an immediate move, but he has talked to associates about mick mulvaney, nick ayer, chief of staff to vice president pence, and even other options like secretary mnuchin, close to the son-in-law jared kushner and senior adviser, has been mentioned by some trump allies. could be akin to president reagan in the late 1980s bringing...

Time. you have written a story tonight about the koch brothers. it was really extraordinary to read criticism of the koch brothers by the president this morning. the headline is trump feud with koch network exposes rift between populist forces and establishment gop. you're a broadcaster yourself. give us the viewers guide to this fight. >> the koch brothers have long been a power in republican politics. they gathered in colorado over the weekend. david koch has since retired from that famous koch brothers political partnership, business partnership. but charles koch, 82 years old, is very aver...