first line. politics cannot be allowed to impact the administration of justice. so we ll focus on the filing ahead and the chances that a judge will agree with any or all of it given how late in the process it is. we ll also examine how the various assertions of fact in the filing actually stand up to the facts themselves. also tonight, a cnn exclusive. late word that the justice department has issued a new subpoena for more january 6th-related documents. cnn s kaitlan collins starts us off. what is the former president and his legal team seeking in this filing? reporter: a few things. one is this third party attorney, which is known better as a special master, that can really go through these documents if they re appointed, see what has legal privilege, what doesn t. it takes up time though, so it s a little unusual they waited two weeks to file for this because there s a chance the justice department has already gone through this, the investigators looking at it, becaus
Interviews with political figures and news updates. Agreement that collusion, if you look in the law books, isnt a crime, but conspiracy is a crime. If you speak to legal analysts, and pete probably knows a whole lot more about this, they would say its a part of the broader question that investigators are looking into, andrea. And pete, at the courthouse, this is so important, because its not related directly to the russia probe, but its so important for mueller to have a really strong case going in. Reporter Jury Selection is under way now, andrea. And it could end today. We could get Opening Statements tomorrow, if Jury Selection slops over into tomorrow. Its expected to last three weeks. It has nothing to do with the time that manafort worked on the campaign or was campaign chairman. It has to do with his work for another president , viktor yanukovych, former president of
september, andrea. And just a fashion question, this is a man known for his very, very expensive customtailored
Its just overrunning the levee. Thanks for staying with us on msnbc. Im richard lui live in new york city. Following breaking news on Tropical Storm barry. Its been downgraded from a hurricane, but hang on a second. Still large concern for the gulf coast, lots of rain, flooding for days, up to 20 inches of rain expected through sunday across parts of louisiana. This is just some of the video weve been seeing of water flowing over the top of levees in louisiana today. There have been reports of floods forcing people to scramble to roof tops. Nbcs jay gray has the latest from new orleans. Reporter barry, the first hurricane of the season, didnt maintain that status for long. A category 1 storm for just a few hours before quickly dropping back to a Tropical Storm. Although barry has slowed, its also intensified. Reporter there is a significant danger right now across the strike zone. Mandatory Evacuations Ordered this afternoon inter rebon parish, while the rush is to get cattle to higher