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
this is strategic chaos. i think this is just plain chaos. so, phil, is chris right about this? is this just chaos? it seems to fit the brand of the administration when it comes to crisis communications. giuliani is out in front of the cameras and it is clear he is not coordinating with sarah sanders or anybody else in the white house. this is creating more problems than fixing. the main take away, the main policy take away was that the president s laura degrwyer agre the president. it is no longer that trump did not collude with the russians, but even if trump did collude, it is no longer a crime. that is something the president has been saying since december. something he has been able to get away with putting it out there. the difference is now giuliani is saying or codifying that