think less favorably of the republican party, while 16% think more favorably of the gop. the poll also finds 58% of americans oppose president trump s proposed border wall with mexico, while 38% support it. the jury in the trial of paul manafort is set to reconvene in just a few hours to begin deliberations after prosecutors and the defense presented their closing arguments. jurors were dismissed yesterday evening after nearly two hours of instruction from judge ellis. the judge reminded jurors that the defense was not obligated to prove anything, adding they should acquit president trump s former campaign chairman on tax ovation, bank fraud, and money laundering charges if the evidence leaves you with a reasonable doubt. manafort has pleaded not guilty to those charges. in their closing arguments yesterday, prosecutors told the jury that manafort had lied for years, calling a vast amount of documents and e-mails they say prove manafort s alleged crimes. the star witness in the cas