Im leaving this set and going to get a latte because i will be here tonight at 9 00 for my good friend rachel maddow. There will likely be no shortage of breaking news from now until then. For now, my thanks to jonathan, doug, matt and elise. That does it for now. Who do we blame for no cameras in federal courtrooms again . You can blame me. Boy do i wish we had a camera in a courtroom right now. Thank you, nicole. If its tuesday, Paul Manaforts trial is officially under way. Tonight, collusion confus n confusion. The wild evolution of the president s alternative explanations with yet another dimension of denial. Plus, midterm sabotage. Our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. Facebook you have . S snuffs out coordinated attempts of Election Interference but as the u. S. Government done you have no protect the integrity of the vote . Mark my words, america wont tolerate this meddling. And day one of trial number one for the special counsels office. How the Paul Manafort tax evasion
government done you have no protect the integrity of the vote? mark my words, america won t tolerate this meddling. and day one of trial number one for the special counsel s office. how the paul manafort tax evasion and bank fraud case has nothing and everything to do with the russia investigation. this is mpt daily and it starts right now. chuck todd here in washington, welcome to mpt daily. you are looking live at the federal courthouse in virginia where the criminal trial against former trump campaign chief paul manafort is now under way. the prosecution has just called his first witness, ted divine, democratic consultant who worked with paul manafort on the ukrainian project. moments ago, the jury heard opening statements, mueller s prosecutors basically argued