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Paul Manafort's in the hot seat. Who's next?

Hello again, I'm Orvin Alney, and this is To the Point. It's reported that while he was chair of Donald Trump's presidential campaign,

Paul Manafort offered to brief a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin. That's just the latest

revelation about evidence being collected by special counsel Robert Mueller as he probes Russia's

effort to influence last year's election. Were the president's own associates involved?

If so, did he know it? When he fired

James Comey as head of the FBI, did he commit obstruction of justice? Mr. Trump has called

the investigation a witch hunt. We'll look at the knowns and the unknowns. Later on today's

talking point, hard hats, hope, and heartache in Mexico City.

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Hello again, Mormon. I'll leave back with To The Point. Recent revelations spelled bad news for Paul Manafort, President Trump's one-time campaign chair.

We'll get a progress report on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russia's involvement in last year's presidential campaign.

Today's talking point, at least 230 people have died in Mexico City's 7.1 earthquake.

The search for survivors goes on in mountains of rubble.

We'll hear how first responders and volunteers are battling physical and emotional exhaustion.

First is news update. President Trump today announced new authority

for economic sanctions on North Korea

and other nations that do business with that country.

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