hours delay that pushed everything back. cnn correspondent athena jones tells us what to look forward as this case moves forward. ro >> reporter: this after a week of damaging revelations. many of them coming from rick gates. the government's star weakness from the trial. manafort ple gates is cooperating with the government as he's trying to convict his former boss on 18 counts. this is the first of two trials his former campaign chairman faces in virginia and washington, d.c. the virginia case presenting the first big test for special counsel robert mueller. he is investigating the russian meddling of the 2016.