when requesting a change of venue before the first trial in virginia, but the judge refused to move the trial. cnn crime and justice report er are on this. why would they ask this if request number one was denied? >> reporter: good question, brooke. just yesterday they were all in court that they raised this issue to ask for the trial to be moved to another location. and then this morning, obviously, they filed that request. you know, it is pure strategy here. they are arguing in the court papers that there's bias here against paul manafort in washington, d.c. and that they can't get a fair jury here. the judge seemingly seemed to indicate she didn't buy that argument. obviously, she hasn't ruled yet, but it's strategy here on the part of the manafort defense team trying to get moving into a place like roanoke, virginia. and perhaps to be more sympathetic to paul manafort. and it could be really here, the