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Being serious? what was behind that? >> i want to be clear and obviously paraphrased, i don't think i will be showing up in that language. >> behind the scene, that does say a lot. >> from the president on down, there is something sort of content for nadler and other democrats in the committee going about this wide ranging investigation. look, the sources we spoke to who have knowledge of the ongoing process say that the deadline that democrats on capitol hill sat for the trump white house and others was this past monday. that was obviously passed and now it is friday. and as far as i can tell...

Stoddard, and alexi. our reporting team remains on the ground and in the field for updates as we get them. chuck, let me start with you. based on what you've heard from the judge so far this morning, how do you think it's going for paul manafort? >> well, sort of as expected. look, most defendants get credit for accepting responsibility merely by pleading guilty. even though the federal sentencing guidelines that govern this process say that's not enough. you have to plead guilty and do something more. but the reflex among most federal judges is if you plead guilty, you get credit. that's not ...

Reasons were, but they were serious enough that those officials did not want her to have a clearance and kelly and mcgahn both refused to grant it over their objections, forcing the president to do that personally. this was coming at a time when people around the president were denying that he was having any involvement in this process at all. and as recently as several weeks ago, ivanka trump made this statement. >> the president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband's clearance. >> reporter: that was obviously not the case, but people close to this process say that it's...

Have this vote after the election. >> reporter: while the president on the trail is already touting the influence of his high court selection to rally his own base. >> we have to pick one that's going to be there for 40 years, 45 years. >> reporter: after starting with a working list of 25 names, the president has that whittled down to five to seven on a short list and some will be invited for personal interviews. people familiar with the process say president trump has indicated one kind of preference in his selection process. he would like to choose a nominee who attended harvard or yale. ay...

Like grand jury material, things like that. but that's really where we are at in the process. >> bret: what is the total scope of what you're looking at? how many total documents? >> okay. so and there has been some misnorm about the documents that are out there. one of the numbers that's out there is 1.2 million. and that's the entire universe of materials that went to the inspector general. the number of relevant documents is going to be much less than that how much less than that? i don't know. i anticipate a lot less than that, for various reasons. one of my jobs is to figure out what are ...