Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. We will watch the situation very closely. Paula, thank you for the report. Jury selection begins later this morning in the federal trial of the former Trump Campaign Paul Manafort for alleged financial crimes. The first test for special Counsel Robert Mueller and his prosecutors although russia is not the center of the trial. We have more from evan perez from washington. Reporter dave and laura, Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman, is going on trial in Virginia On Federal Tax and bank fraud charges. This is the first trial to come from Robert Muellers investigation. Dont expect the trial to be about russia or collusion or President Trump. Prosecutors and attorneys plan to stick closely to the issues in the charges which have to do with the governments accusations that manafort used secret Foreign Bank Accounts to hide millions of dollars he earned working for the Ukrainian Government and failed to report it to t
not backing the republican running against heitkamp in that senate race. how significant is that break? based on the fact that republicans have forgotten conservative financial principles. this is huge. it shows that the koch brothers are more interested in principled wins than trump tribalism. they will back candidates who are in support of free trade and support of welcoming immigration policy. i think what this really does is this takes the wind out of the sails from a lot of people on the left who want to make the koch brothers the political boogie men. this is more about policy than partisan wins. that is why we see a lot of feathers ruffled on the right with this announcement. there are still conservatives concerned about massive deficits. phil, good to see you. thank you.