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Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. this was day 501 of the trump administration, and as we come on the air tonight, we have breaking news on robert mueller s russia investigation yet again. in a new court filing just tonight, the special counsel s team said formerrump campaign chairman paul manafort attempted to tamper with potential witnesses whilonl release. they are asking a judge to revise manafort s release or revoke it entirely and pick him up. according to the filing, manafort used encrypted messaging applications to try to reach certain individuals. we ll have much more on this story in just a moment. but first, this roller coaster ride of a day for the president, who just after 7:30 this morning touted his 5 hundredth day in office while listing his accomplishments. a quick word on how our count differs from his. we have always included inauguration day as the first