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He didn't like the questions. i think that was difficult for him. now he sees what is going on with manafort. he sees what is going on with roger stone. he sees this whole notion of roger stone and wikileaks and the questions being raised about what he knew about what roger stone knew about wikileaks. i think it is really troubling to him because he doesn't know how this is going to spin out because nobody does. >> it is interesting, the 24 hours since mueller revoked the plea deal saying that manafort is a liar, the president hasn't thrown manafort under the bus at this point? >> he hasn't. a...

Mysteriously changed to be more friendly towards russia, and by that time, wikileaks had begun putting out hacked material from the dnc, and paul manafort was getting publicly pressed on what i mentioned, his ties to russia. >> are there any ties between mr. trump, you, or your campaign, and putin and his regime? >> no, there are not. it's absurd. there's no basis to it. >> to be clear, mr. trump has no financial relationships with any russian oligarchs? >> that's what he said. that's what i said. that's obviously what our position is. >> that may be what manafort's lies look like a little bit...

Obstruction of justice by the president. >> do you think -- >> we'll have to wait and see what mueller files with the court. >> i appreciate your caution. do you think that if paul manafort was trying to play some sort of double agent role, pretend to cooperate and then feed into back to the president's lawyers or presidential staff, does that expose any of those individuals, in your view, to criminal liability? that would seem to strike at the heart of everything that you and the democrats have been talking about in protecting the mueller probe from obstruction. >> well, i'm not sure i unders...

And to take documents. so you've got to ask yourself, what else is out there? there are so many things that manafort could have lied about that mueller has evidence on now. >> you say mueller has the evidence. if there was all this about manafort and mueller already knew it, if "the guardian's" got it, mueller, based on past practice, would have it. why didn't he charge on collusion already? >> because he's trying to put together the rest of his case. what he's looking for is hoping to have manafort as the person who would put together the story. what we don't -- what he probably doesn't have ...

Reporting. anna scheckter is here. she just interviewed corsi, atmosphere the keystone associate. david jones, talented expert who brings a note of skepticism to the "guardian" story, and malcolm nance, author of "the plot to hack america." malco malcolm, why is this story important, if true? >> i think that if this story is true, this is the first real definitive evidence that we have of what i call the bridge. the bridge between russian intelligence, their subcontractor julian assange and wikileaks, and the trump team. and to tell you the truth, i have to -- i'm quite surprised that would ha...