defeat the come doers, 88-83. quick question for you. we re half way through the nba season. is it possible anyone else could be mvp besides james harden? what do you think? he s on a scoring pace why do you think they are not going to do it? there s a team in san francisco that tends to be pretty good. this isn t espn. we ll have to wait and see. sorry we don t have your permission to talk about anything else. we ll see you in a little bit. president trump s former chief of staff john kelly has to say about the government shutdown and how it s affecting homeland security employees. plus attorneys for paul manafort push back saying his team has unfairly accused manafort of lying. we ll have the dails, next. d manafort of lying. we ll have the details, next the wrinkles.