welcome back. there is yet another twist in special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. the l.a. times reporting that former trump campaign aide, his deputy campaign manager, rick gates, will plead guilty on fraud related charges. that plea expected within the next few days. he and his co-defendant paul manafort both pleaded not guilty back in october, but now the times reporting that gates will testify against his former boss. i'm joined now by cnn political correspondent sara murray. do we know why this sudden reversal? >> well, jim, we first reported last week that rick gates was finalizing this plea deal with robert mueller. he appeared poised to cooperate. the l.a. times is flushing that out with new details. they say gates is likely to serve 18 months in prison. this is a guy under a lot of pressure, not just financially,