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As thomas has said, there are six counts. three involve conspiracies. those are three different conspiracies. each with its own very complicated set of what prosecutors call over outs. the conduct of the conspiracy and evidence against miss maxwell. then there are specific charges and perhaps one of the most important things to understand although the jury doesn't focus on this in its deliberations is that these charges carry very different sentencing potential. for instance, for some of the basic conspiracies, only five years, but for one of the trafficking charges involving victim four, that...

Possibly come to the table about an agreement. the sentencing potential for their charges, particularly the money laundering conspiracy, is so high, it's going to be close to the statutory maximum of 20 years. the only thing that can drag that down to a reasonable level is substantial assistance with the government. so they have a tremendous incentive to come forward and cooperate and that means giving other people up, up the chain of command. ideally, the biggest fish they can think of. >> okay, john, danny's talking about what could drag down manafort's sentence. let's talk about who this co...

in november. roll it. >> he wasn't want to share his real plans before the election, either with the public or the press. by flexibility, he means what the american public won't know won't hurt him. his intent is on hiding. you and i are going to have to do the seeking. >> what did i count, twice that reference to the speech? >> yes. and in many ways what we saw from mitt romney is he's really trying to go to these journalists and look at his promises and his policies and see what they match up. you know what else is interesting? i'm sure the blog sphere is going to blow up, he took ...