front of mueller s investigators. and cohen, having worked for the family, if you take comey s analysis that the family had a special mob-like meaning, could be someone who really does seal the fate of people in the family. he was the lawyer for the family. you re exactly right. and so i think that there s probably lots of stuff that michael cohen knows that the southern district of new york wants. and now it s a question of whether or not cohen is willing to give it all and give it truthfully. again, if he is, a lot of folks are going to have a restless night. don t go anywhere. we have breaking news in the manafort trial we want to bring you. we ll bring in nbc s intelligence reporter ken delaney. what do you know? reporter: i m being told the jury has reached a verdict in eight of the 18 counts. that s about all i know. we just found out that the jury
stormy daniels. and let me just say this. she has been vindicated this afternoon. i have been vindicated based on what we have reporter: we re being based on what she s gone through the last five, six months. and i applaud her courageousness and her fortitude in coming forward. i think a lot of this stems from her courage and what she was willing to come forward and do. the $130,000 payment, the count 8, absolutely directly relates to her. that s the payment that was made to her. it relates to the president of the united states, donald trump. and we re going to get to the bottom now in connection with the civil case as to what the president knew and what he knew about it and when he knew it and what he did about it. i mean, the likelihood, nicole, of me getting a deposition of the president of the united states under oaths just went through the roof. no question about it. and our case is no longer going to be stayed and we re going to press forward as aggressively as
the first five counts of the indictment, failing to file correct tax returns for 2010, 11, 12, 13, 14. felony tax fraud charges, paul manafort has been convicted by this jury in alexandria, virginia. the rest is still coming in. but significant here. paul manafort convicted of tax fraud. barbara mcquaid, you ve spent a lot of time in the courtroom. paul manafort has been found guilty of counts one through five, all tax fraud. what do you make of that? reporter: that s not surprising. to me that was the strongest evidence in the case. there was evidence that he controlled these bank accounts that were in cyprus, used them to buy goods, luxury goods, real estate for himself and the amount he declared did not reflect all of that income, which he earned in ukraine. so that was probably the strongest evidence in the case. not a surprise on those. those should bring with them some substantial penalties. and so i think that it is a
and we are waiting to hear from sarah huckabee sanders at the white house briefing where she is expected to address all of the accusations from omarosa manigault newman and keep it here and we will bring you that when it happens. the president is taking legal action against the former aide saying that her tell-all book violates a nondisclosure agreement she signed before the election, and now the chief washington reporter for the boston herald kimberly atkins, and jonathan la mere as well with all of the msnbc contributors. what stuck out the you? the fact that she had spoken to special counsel robert mueller, and the innuendo that
plan, build a big beautiful wall along the southern border of the united states. but a new report from the government accountability office indicates things may not go as smoothly as the president hopes. quote, by proceeding without key information, dhs faces an increased risk that the border wall system program will cost more than projected, take longer than planned or not fully perform as expected. i m joined now by nbc news white house correspondent jeff bennett. i heard on the campaign trail over and over and over again, donald trump saying how good he was at getting projects in ahead of schedule and under budget. reporter: yeah. look, katy, this is pretty damaging for president trump s most coveted construction project the long promised southern border wall. you have a watchlog report saying the wall would blow through the budget and miss key deadlines and may not work as