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The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. The battle to save lives as President Trump sends a tweet about the fire that baffles even his own staff about the cause of it all. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. In the politics lead, rick gates, former number two on the Trump Campaign grilled right now about the plea deal by Defense Attorneys for former Trump Campaign chair Paul Manafort. Gates describing today in vivid detail of he says manafort engineered an elaborate scheme to avoid taxes. Prosecutors say manafor...

Manafort would want him to do or do you think it's too risky? >> you have to see how the cross-examination of gates goes. what the defense is trying to do here is say, gates is still a liar. he pled guilty to lying. he cheated on his wife. he is a bad actor. and you can't believe anything he says. if they feel that they have established that, then maybe don't put on a defense and argue reasonable doubt to the jury. if it doesn't go that way, they have to make a tough decision about manafort. i think he's vulnerable for cross-examination because the documentary evidence here so overwhelmingly s...