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Going forward and of which he may be implicated. that should trouble any american devoted to the rule of law. for the same reason ethics lawyers at justice urged matt whitaker to recuse himself they will similarly urge bill barr to recuse himself if confirmed. whether he follows that advice is a key kquestion for senators to ask during his confirmation. >> does rosenstein leaving indicate to you mueller would be wrapping up soon? >> i would rohope he wouldn't leave before the mueller investigation is over. i hope that's the case. it's not enough that he stick around until bob mueller finishes ...

President trump's former attorney general, michael cohen, has, quote, gone to significant lengths to assist the special counsel's investigation. mueller goes on to say cohen helped in multiple, quote, significant respects. okay, so multiple significant respects and in this filing, we learned that there are multiple russia related issues that are core to the investigation. so, let me read to you mueller's words here to that effect. this is from page 6 of the seven-page filing. cohen provided the sco, the special counsel's office, with useful information concerning certain discrete russia relate...

The justice department including the mueller investigation. the white house released a statement saying this had nothing to do with the president. the court documents show the plea deal includes cooperation in any and all matters deemed relevant. is there anything that manafort can hold back from mueller and his team now? is there anything -- does he have to talk about everything he knows? >> well, anything he holds back, he does at his peril. the prosecutors have the power to tell the judge, give him credit, give him a lower sentence, or not to give him credit. so he is required to tell every...

Nothing there and it might not be. manafort's relationship during campaign was not good. the president didn't particularly like paul manafort. there was no chemistry there. dwrong window of what he saw into that the president was involved with but he knows all kinds of other things, the campaign meetings, finances, how things were set up. and then there is a whole other universe that he could provide information with. that includes tony podesta who did he work in the ukraine. people like the former white house counsel under a democratic presidency. there is a lot that he could be providing and...

Dangerous this can be for them. >> i'm so glad. just another example of how often the best comes out in the worst of times. we see what they're doing. everybody is pitching this to make a difference and they are making a big difference. much more ahead on the storm in the carolinas. north carolina, south carolina. also major news out of washington. the president's former campaign cheryl paul manafort is now cooperating in the investigation. we'll tell you the latest on that and what if anything it may mean for the president or others who mueller may turn on. (vo) this is not a video game.