deemed off-limits. the confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh. and elizabeth warren appears to make a presidential run in 2020. trying to put away president trump's favorite issue against her, the controversy over whether she is native-american. that's ahead this hour. but we begin with the russia investigation. we're just days away from a key date. september 7th, 60 days before the midterm elections which trump's legal team long portrayed as a line in the sand where robert mueller must come to a conclusion or else. the pending date perhaps behind the president's weekend tweet storm taking aim at the special counsel's top attorney andrew wiseman among others, tactics one prominent democrat warned could make the president's situation even worse. >> they're getting very close to making a case for obstruction of justice. the steps taken in terms of the president demeaning and