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Responding to news that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has entered into a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller, Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz explained why the prospect of a presidential pardon is now nil.

Former U.S. Attorney turned MSNBC contributor Chuck Rosenberg told host Chris Jansing what's in it for Paul Manafort if he holds up his end of the plea deal he reached Friday with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, a deal which includes cooperation on the Russia probe. Manafort pled guilty to two counts -conspiring to defraud the United States and conspiring to obstruct justice- and will serve up to ten years in prison. He also agreed to a $500,000 fine, and to forfeit several properties, banking accounts, and a life insurance policy to the government.

Pretty much everyone on The View was repelled one way or another by Tucker Carlson and/or Michael Avenatti, after the lawyer for Trump accuser Stormy Daniels made an appearance Thursday evening on Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight". The interview spiraled into a screaming match, during which Avenatti called out Carlson for labeling him "a creepy porn lawyer" while "[giving] the president a pass who had unprotected sex with a porn star with a 4-month-old son at home." Carlson, for his part, responded that he prefers "humiliation porn. That's why I watch you."

MSNBC analysts Ken Dilanian and Dan Goldman broke down the significance of Paul Manafort's admission of guilt to charges of money laundering, tax fraud, and more in the special counsel's Russia investigation. Both believed it indicated a likely agreement to cooperate with the investigation.

Mississippi Senate candidate Chris McDaniel, a Republican upstart who has fought with his own party, was loudly booed by a live audience made up of the very people he hopes to represent when he said black Mississippians had spent a century "begging" from the federal government. He also shared his views on the Confederate flag and hip hop music.

A former U.S. Attorney explained that both Robert Mueller and Paul Manafort would have something to gain from a plea agreement -- and she cautioned that a pardon does not come without significant risk for President Donald Trump.

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" visited Mississippi -- where they found President Donald Trump's supporters were open to voting for a Republican primary challenger.

With Hurricane Florence bearing down on the Carolinas, Donald Trump posted a Twitter video in which he both claiming to have everything in hand and warned of catastrophe.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson had Michael Avenatti on his show Thursday night in what turned out to be a combustible exchange. Carlson insulted Avenatti and repeatedly interrupted him, and then cut his guest's microphone off so that the host could have the last word.

Conservative Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin unloaded on President Donald Trump for claiming Democrats inflated the Hurricane Maria death toll in Puerto Rico to make him look bad.

Michael Avenatti appeared on Fox News with host Tucker Carlson on Thursday night to discuss Avenatti's client Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump.

What would a Paul Manafort guilty plea mean? After news broke that the prosecution was close to reaching a deal with Donald Trump's former campaign manager, CNN's chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin appeared with host Wolf Blitzer to discuss the development.