this is cnn tonight. i'm don lemon. you want to pay attention to this hour. we've got a lot going on. it's 11:00 p.m. on the east coast. we're live with breaking news tonight. a source tells cnn that white house staffers are stunned by today's news. the men who led the president's campaign for five critical months leading up to the election found guilty in federal court. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort guilty of eight financial crime charges. a victory for robert mueller in the first trial to come out of his investigation. while the president continues to push the lie that the case against manafort wasn't part of the special counsel's original mission, i want you to look at what the trump appointed acting attorney general wrote. mueller is authorized to investigate any links and/or coordination between the russian