team, right? this is all a function of the mueller investigation. the president likes to say it is a witch hunt, but there have been multiple members of his team pleading guilty to one thing or another. manafort is next. what voters are paying attention to is whether or not manafort was compromise and had to what degree. this is a person doing work for the ukrainian party, and doing things that wouldn t benefit the american people, considering the ukrainian involvement with russia and other areas of concern. while we re looking at bank and tax fraud, people want to know how it affects foreign policy, as well. gabby, you saw the list. yankees tickets, oriental rugs, putting green in the hamptons. there is lavish spending that falls under manafort s registry. absolutely. i wish i could afford half of the goods he s purchased. no, i think he does face, you know, a tough trial ahead because of all of this. as you were just saying, it is difficult for a jury to look at all of the item
americans watched yesterday, the director of national intelligence, dan coats, was candid with andrea mitchell. some officials close to the president concerned it could rub president trump the wrong day. what are you hearing? pull back the curtain. what are they saying in the west wing? reporter: president trump doesn t like to be criticized and certainly not publicly. alas, dan coats won t be at the white house for the intel briefing. he is sending his principal deputy to do the briefing with president trump this morning. in the past, coats has been one of his main briefers. peter? hans nichols is at the white house for us. thank you very much. i ll see you there shortly. joining me from aspen is jeremy bash, national security analyst, and former chee eer ch staff at the cia. panel for the hour, gabby, white house correspondent. i usually worry about the last name, but i botched the first name today. and eugene scott from the