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Mr. trump severed ties months ago. mr. trump has no knowledge of his past or present activities. >> cynthia, you mentioned manafort had no idea about an inquiry. would the fbi reach out to him? does that happen? >> yes. >> okay. thank you. >> great to have you in the same physical space. >> lovely indeed. >> hallie jackson. >> thank you very much. coming up, more about the question of whether the clinton campaign is in panic mode. she's struggling to win over millennials. they propelled obama to victory in 2008 and 2012. that's next. see me. see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to...

Cetera. >> from documents and sources he had links to one ukranian and one russian oligarch, both of whom have ties to the russian mob. there were business dealings between mr. fan fort in both of those individuals. he was paid at least it is reported he was paid $12.7 million cash through pro russian government sources in the ukraine. >> man afort himself down played any connection. >> he has. we reached him yesterday regarding this. he says and i want to get this exactly right. he said none of it is true. i have no business ties oversaes and haven't had any since the last campaign. there are...

Thank you. >> you bet. >> a lot of focus on the fbi today with the agency looking into one of trump's former team members. law enforcement and intelligence sources tell nbc news the fbi has been conducting a preliminary inquiry into paul manafort who ran trump's campaign earlier this year. nbc news senior legal and investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden joins me now. i want to get into what we know more about the preliminary inquiry which is not an investigation. >> important to point that out. this is the beginning stage. whether or not it develops into an investigation we don't know ye...

And they lent $27 million to a delaware company, named after man afort's two daughters. in total at least $60 million in loans from the russian landed in accounts connected to manafort. >> now those transactions are part of the investigation that led special counsel robert mueller to send agents to manafort's home, a raid the president said he found surprising. >> i've always found manafort to be a -- decentman and probably makes consultant fees. >> but most don't receive tens of million dollars of dollars in loans from their clients and we asked him to explained the loans but he said manafort...

We are able to trace two loans. one for $26 million, and another for about $7 million made by a company-owned by the russian linked to manafort in cypress. and they lent $27 million to a delaware company, named after man afort's two daughters. in total at least $60 million in loans from the russian landed in accounts connected to manafort. >> now those transactions are part of the investigation that led special counsel robert mueller to send agents to manafort's home, a raid the president said he found surprising. >> i've always found manafort to be a accide-- decentman and pro makes consultan...