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Heartbreaking news. we are awaiting a judge's ruling on whether manafort broke his plea deal with mueller. prosecutors say he lied after he agreed to fully cooperate hoping to get a reduced prison sentence. let's get incite from our political international security experts. we are expecting the judge to tell us whether or not she believes manafort lied. >> yes. we are hearing reports they getting ready wrap up. on monday whitesman aimportantly told a judge that this conversation between manafort goes to the heart of what the special counsel is investigating. we know investigators have been int...

Questions of whether manafort lied. we are here and if the judge decides he did lie what would the consequences be? >> he could get more of a jail sentence here if the judge finds that he lies, that he was misleading the special counsel. so it could hurt him in the end on sentencing when you think about his age and how much jail time out of virginia possible sentence in this case is it really going to make a huge difference in his life? probably not. it could add a substantial

We learned that mueller's team learned that manafort lied to them. he shared internal polling data. why would he do that? it is again perhaps evidence of collusion. it is not just meeting that. mueller's team has argued that manafort lied about contacts with the trump administration. the special council sited text messages and other electronic communications to show outreach from manafort to someone within the trump administration. there is a lot more here. >> and has reported there was a lot of trump aids. he may have won the nomination but they didn't necessarily assume he would be elected p...

That when they discussed this idea in 2016 during the campaign, manafort told him, it was a quote, crazy, unquote, requested. now we're back in another sealed hearing. we do expect the judge to rule possible as soon as today on whether manafort breached his plea agreement and what implications that may have on her senten his sentencing. >> every filing raises more questions. thank you so much for bringing it to us. coming up, the deadline to avoid another government shutdown is now just two days away. where do things stand? we're going to ask the top republican negotiator in the house who br...

Amount of jail time. >> they are suggesting that manafort had in early august 2016 right after the republican presidential convention with a russian national who was considered to be russian intelligence. it could become the heart of this investigation. >> and this is what the special counsel's office spent lot of time asking manafort about. they wanted to know about this meeting. it took place in new york at a cigar bar kind of the grand havana room. it was in august while he is the chairman of the campaign. he is meeting with this russian operative. this happens to be in the same building as...