vladimir putin. manafort suggesting he wanted to do business with him that would "greatly benefit the putin government." we reached out to a representative for pauwhile he a business relationship with him from 2005 to 2009, at no time was he involved in representing russian political interests. manafort and his representatives trying to shoot down the notion he was operating on behalf of the russian government or to the benefit of the russian government. >> james: standby for a moment. president trump campaign on his record as a master of the art of the deal. tonight a core group of republicans in the house is threatening to torpedo the first major test of mr. trump's ability to close the deal. lawmakers openly declaring that the legislation to repeal and replace obamacare cannot survive a vote on the house floor tomorrow.