in kiev. protesters started gathering there in november after the president decided against a trade deal with the european union. tonight is the bloodiest clash yet. started 8:00 p.m. local time when police started to break down protesters barriers using armored personnel carry, tear gas, and according to protesters live ammunition though that s not been confirmed yet by nbc news. at least 18 people have been killed including 7 police officers according to the bbc. vice president joe biden called ukrainian president yana kovic this evening to ask him to pull back his forces stating the united states condemns violence by any side. the government bears special responsibility to deescalate the situation. rachel maddow will have much more on what s happening right now in ukraine, what led up to it, and what it means geopolitically in just over half an hour right here on msnbc. ded last weekend. it really made the difference between a morning around the house and getting a little exercise.
joining me now, tom winter, mimi rocha, and our panel, john podhoritz, caitlyn huey burns, and gabe debenedetti. tom, let s start with you. this is the third superseding indictment on paul manafort. what does robert mueller have on him now? today s charges directly reflect something we learned earlier this week. and that is an attempt by manafort, according to prosecutors, to tamper with witnesses to kind of guide their testimony, for them to say and the root of this goes to manafort s political lobbying efforts here in the united states on behalf of the ana kovic regime in ukraine. basically he was trying to guide them to say, hey, you didn t do any work in the united states, remember? it was all work that was done in