Im Chris Jansing in for stephanie ruhle. Right now, more news with hallie jacks jackson. Love that one. Chris jansing, thank you, my friend. Hallie jackson in washington, where this morning, it is all about the power of the presidency. Just how much control does donald trump really have, or really thinks he has, over our democracy . His new interview sending a shiver through the Justice Department. The president saying he could run the Special Counsel investigation if he wanted to. Yes, the investigation into his campaigns interactions with moscow. We have new reporting on What Don Mcgahn told the Special Counsel and the journalist who was facetoface with the president about all of this is here with us live. Yes, the investigation, by the way, is still happening, while attacks keep coming. One of the biggest names in tech, the kremlins latest target. Well break down what this microsoft hack attempt means for the midterms. The target for democrats right now, Brett Kavanaugh. You have de
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month s hearings, we doubt this is high on the list. his position on investigating sitting presidents seems to have evolv evolved. in 2009, he wrote, lawsuits or investigations take the president s focus away from his or her responsibilities to the people. ken starr is, in fact, a hero. kavanaugh has long-time links to ken starr, working as the lead author of the controversial starr report, looking at clinton s scandals, and praising starr at an appreciation dinner in 1999. maybe i m an optimist, but one day, i, for myself, hope to be able to call him mr. justice starr. of course, now, it is brett kavanaugh who could end up being justice kavanaugh. much of this strategy that was put together by the white house and team kavanaugh was, in fact, designed and tailors to susan collins, to show that kavanaugh, in their view, is a qualified judge and not a partisan figure. collins said, that s part of it, but i want to make sure somebody
his most important capitol hill meeting so far. he s behind closed doors with senator susan collins, the woman in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. she s from maine. a moderate republican. she s a key swing vote in the whole process. this is just one of a handful of meetings set for today. the rest, by the way, are with democrats. the meetings are happening in the wake of a now-released memo from the national archives that is resurfacing from kavanaugh s past. the president s pick to sit on the supreme court. wanted graphic questions asked of him. is that appropriate? simply smiling after being asked about a memo just released, packed with explicit questions for then-president bill clinton. at the time, brett kavanaugh was an attorney working for starr, investigating clinton s affair with monica lewinsky. kavanaugh wanted the team to take an aggressive approach. in the 1998 memo, he writes, i am strongly opposed to giving the president any break in the questioning, unles