including whether he would provide any information about the president. president trump attacked manafort on twitter. meanwhile, bob woodward is talking about his new book even as the white house continues to push back hard on his reporting and sourcing. earlier this evening woodward sat down with rachel maddow in this studio and talked about the reigning mystery about pamichae flynn's short tenure in the white house. >> i think sometimes decisions are not made, but they did fire him. >> ultimately. >> and he did plead guilty and is a witness. no one that i've been able to find can explain exactly what happened. there's what's called the mike flynn mystery in the investigative reporting world