street journal." nbc news now reporting for the first time this moment, paul manafort's former son-in-law being who also was in business with him has flipped and cut a secret plea deal with federal investigators. a matter of major significance to the open mueller case against paul manafort. panel stays with me, but first i'm joined by phone, by nbc investigative journalist, andrew blank stee blanksteen. what can you tell us? >> we know from law enforcement sources that paul manafort's former son-in-law has reached a plea deal to plead guilty in connection with a real estate fraud case that's ongoing in los angeles. what we don't know is whether it involved local prosecutors in the central district of california, or it involves people on bob mueller's team. we also don't know the specific details or when a potential plea would be entered and when that