top? we get more from cnn s jeff zeleny at the white house. reporter: dave and kaylee, president trump has made no secret about the discord for the investigation. he called on the attorney general jeff sessions to bring an end to the russia probe. the white house quickly responded this was all about the president s opinion. not a directive to end the investigation to the attorney general. we asked press secretary sarah sanders. how does she know it is opinion or presidential directive. when he tells you as a member of his staff, how do you know it is a directive from the president or his opinion? the president makes it clear. the president is not obstructing. he is fighting back. the president is stating his opinion and clearly. he is expressing the frustration. reporter: no question the russia investigation continuing to consume at least some of the president s bandwidth here. the president is traveling for another campaign rally this week. he is campaigning for the midterms.
baby steps toward each other. it did not take long for the president to fire up his twitter feed. he is calling on jeff sessions to put an end to the rigged russia investigation now. was president trump just venting or was this an order from the top? we get more from cnn s jeff zeleny at the white house. reporter: dave and kaylee, president trump has made no secret about the discord for the investigation. he called on the attorney general jeff sessions to bring an end to the russia probe. the white house quickly responded this was all about the president s opinion. not a directive to end the investigation to the attorney general. we asked press secretary sara sanders.
and at some point i wanted to stay out, but at some point if it doesn t straighten out properly, i want them to do their job. i will get involved and i will get in there if i have to. reporter: the president not specific at all how he would get involved. he made that suggestion from time to time over recent months he would get involved. of course, he hasn t done so. his lawyers and others have warned him against interfering in the russia investigation. trump had russia on his mind as rarely talked about it as he rallied republican voters here in indiana. focussing on the 2018 midterms. even if he talked more about his favorite race back in 2016. dave and kaylee. thank you, jeff. president trump telling allen weiselberg, the chief financial officer, did not betray him by cooperating with the mueller
hundreds or thousands of hispanics along the border of using false birth certificate force decades. certificates for decades. the change throws citizenship for many in question. another dramatic shift in the enforcement. the department says it has not changed practice. the late senator john mccain will make the flight from arizona to washington one last time today. first, a service held at the church in phoenix. former vice president joe biden will be there. one who with will not one who will not be there is sarah palin. yesterday, hoards of people lined up to pay respects on what would have been john mccain s 82nd birthday. more from cnn s nick watt in phoenix. reporter: dave and kaylee, arizonans have waited in the heat to pay respects to the man