analyst. jack quinn is one as well. also, former u.s. attorney michael moore and the former corruption prosecutor for the southern district of new york. good evening, thank you all for joining with us. laura, i'll start with you. michael cohen pleading guilty to eight felonies and paul manafort guilty on eight counts. a dramatic and monumental day in u.s. history. >> it absolutely, is and if you're talking about this from the perspective everyone saying hold on. none of this says russian collusion happened. none of this is actually about russian collusion. well, that is quite the distractor that's trying to fuel the narrative from the president. in reality, these cases all came out of the mandate that mueller had to probe russian collusion. the fact that he was able to sense out the dangers, the criminality and farm out one of the cases does not mean this is a witch-hunt. what he did was showcase to the american people that there was solidity to his charges, credibility to his overall charge and campaign, and it also emboldened them going forward. there is a case still waiting to happen for paul manafort in washington, d.c. in a matter of