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That killed the dead guy and we all read this transcript, the parts of it that were not redacted. i went over this part of the transcript, but it was in reading the way the "times" handled it and separating it out that kind of shook us awake today. my question to you is what is that term used today about a contagion and what is this answer and what questions does this raise? >> brian, i viewed for quite sometime paul manafort as one of the significant conveyance measures, the method of transfer of what i call the russian infection into the campaign. now, let's be sure. there are historical mil...

Transcript, but it was in reading the way the "times" handled it and separating it out that kind of shook us awake today. my question to you is what is that term used today about a contagion and what is this answer and what questions does this raise? >> brian, i viewed for quite sometime paul manafort as one of the significant conveyance measures, the method of transfer of what i call the russian infection into the campaign. now, let's be sure. there are historical milestones of trump being involved with russia that go way back and predate manafort. let's also be clear, there are other vectors...

Russia that go way back and predate manafort. let's also be clear, there are other vectors that may have conveyed the russian infection to the campaign, and i believe roger stone may have been one of those. clearly in this transcript we see a senior prosecutor on the special counsel team giving us a glimpse into the mind of mueller. by that i mean he's telling us -- and he is actually reminding us, brian, what the special counsel investigation is all about. what was it all about from the start? it started as a counterintelligence investigation. in fact, we recently learned the fbi opened a cou...

That be because a lack of cooperation? >> it could be. and it may be that as john was saying in those moments while the jury was still out, it's kind of like the moment before the roulette wheel stops spinning, everyone feels like they have leverage at that point. it could be the special counsel was reacting to the manafort team not wanting to give too much or wanting certain sort of advantages that they weren't going to give. usually they need to have some serious discussions and proffers to see if the defendant can give them something of value. they'd be in a little bit of a time crunch ther...