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Boeing jet. president trump follows the rest of the world basically in finally grounding that plane. welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper. we begin with a one-two punch for manafort today. minutes after he learned he would be going to prison for seven and a half years total the manhattan district attorney announced 16 state charges against him, crimes which he cannot be pardoned if found guilty. his team seemed to be signaling that manafort remains loyal perhaps hinting far pardon. his attorney came out and falsely said the judge ruled there was no collusion. it's something that the presiden...

And as somebody who covered the campaign that. >> didn't get along. they didn't like each other. it was acrimonious while he was there. i think it's -- >> donald trump get along with all the people that worked for all of you. him? how you live, >> no, he yelled at everybody. what you love. but he certainly got along that's what inspired us to create better with some people than he america's most advanced internet. got along with manafort. internet that puts you in charge. >> a republican campaign. >> exactly. who wanted to be the adult. that protects what's important. >> the steve bannon kind ...

Now 24 hours -- not the pardon, i'm sorry. the sentence for paul manafort now 24 hours old. the president was asked about pardoning manafort earlier today. here's what he said. >> i don't even discuss it. the only one discussing it is you. i haven't discussed it. >> the irony, of course, of that, maya, is that the president tweeted this morning that he had discussed a pardon with michael cohen and michael cohen had ask him specifically about this. where do you -- where do you stand on what paul manafort is thinking with respect to a pardon as we head into a week in which he is going to be sent...

Can support him for his re-election. the political deals he cuts, of course, are with the extreme right wing religious groups that vice president pence brings in. we know they will do anything they can to stifle women's right to choose. other than that, it's hard to think of a public agenda they ha have. final question. people have successfully communicated certain red lines to the president before. i think firing mueller, which he tried to do according to reporting, was unable to do because don mcgahn threatened to quit over it. i wonder if pardoning manafort would be a red line and are you...

Completely fruitless position to hold. >> it is riding the proverbial bull. maya, let's talk about the pardon. now 24 hours -- not the pardon, i'm sorry. the sentence. for paul manafort. now 24 hours old. the president was asked about pardoning manafort earlier today. here's what he said. >> i don't even discuss it. the only one discussing it is you. i haven't discussed it. >> the irony, of course, of that, maya, is that the president tweeted this morning that he had discussed a pardon with michael cohen and michael cohen had ask him specifically about this. where do you -- where do you stand ...