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That is a good thing in the long run. thank you for watching. rob: the former mayor of san antonio laying groundwork for a 2020 presidential run, democrat julian castro launching a presidential explorer committee as a requirement to legally be able to raise money. >> some people might say it is early but you have to be decisive. rob: 13,000 people running for president in 2020. beto o'rourke sounding off about a presidential run. >> i'm happy he's in the race but it doesn't change anything i am doing. we haven't made a decision yet. rob: they are expected to make a final decision next month. j...

Like kamala harris the farther you get from california. she is laying groundwork in iowa and new hampshire. >> it is not clear beto o'rourke will run. >> tim knows a lot of stuff. >> good tease. when we come back, thanksgiving tradition.

To expose the fraud. meanwhile, in georgia, democrat stacey abrams refusing to concede in her race for governor. her campaign is laying groundwork for a runoff election as nbc news continues to report this morning that the contest is too close to call. and in the race for an open senate seat in arizona, democrat kyrsten sinema also is waiting for the final tally to get in. and in the last few weeks following all this, push ahead to noon, hallie. what are you watching and what will we learn at noon today? >> reporter: push ahead to noon. that is the deadline we're operating under that all candi...

>> well, right. it means they don't vn -- have an affirmative defense of any type, and call a witness or two, it is going to be weak. >> and you are saying that the attorneys are laying groundwork for a par ddon from the preside? >> yes, and manafort is looking for a sentence that for a 60-year-old man could be the end of him. and so we are looking at possibly cocan operating or waiting for the pardon. the president with the last few tweets on manafort is saying that he is being treated so unfairly, and this weird -- >> we will put it up on the screen. >> and so what that is going to enable th...

That could be telling and very persuasive to a jury. >> seth, you tell me if i'm skipping ahead here. could this be laying groundwork for how this ties into the russia probe and broader question of conspiracy, collusion and coordination. manafort needed money. is this mueller's -- trying to paint this portrait of get into the public record of manafort as a man desperate which is why it's a weird an open question and weird -- it's just weird that manafort went to work for donald trump under all of these financial issues and wasn't getting paid. >> well, i think the main purpose of this trial fr...