with connections to russian intelligence at the height of the campaign. now, paul manafort s lawyers have since come back saying that that polling data was actually intended to go to two ukranian oligarchs through kilimnick. it is unclear why manafort wanted to give this polling data to oligarchs and whether or not it satisfies mueller s questions about any possible collusion. so that is the manafort piece of it. but the question with rosenstein, where will the russia investigation go once rosenstein leaves and how will william barr handle it. either way the justice department is set to see a lot of changes in the coming month or two. christine and dave. jessica, thank you so much. joining us, historian and professor, author of the new book fault lines. he is a cnn political analyst. good morning. good morning. so jessica laid that out very well with the two big questions
today marks 100 days since the brutal murder and dismemberment of jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate. secretary of state mike pompeo s swing through the middle east expected to include a high stakes stop in saudi arabia where the khashoggi question will be difficult to avoid. this morning he is in egypt set to make a major speech on the u.s. commitment to the region. let s go there to ben wedeman in cairo for the very latest. reporter: yes, christine, that speech will be delivered by the secretary at the american university in cairo. and we are already getting indications that he is going to be addressing for instance the perceived threat of iranian domination in the region. he is going to underscore the
now. where will the russia probe go now that rosenstein is leaving and how with the new ag handle the investigation. those are the unanswered questions. sounds like we re getting closer to having a report. but once the report is out, this isn t over. if there is damaging evidence, the question is what happens. does anyone see it, what does congress get to see, what does the public get to see. and that is where the a.g. will hear. and this a.g. is not supportive of the investigation. he is a strong proponent of executive power. so i think that he will push back from allowing to expand anymore. those are questions for another day. the question today, what is the off-ramp for this government shutdown now in day 20. and the president heads to the border today which he said in this off the record meeting is a waste of time. he is bringing with him white house counsel which begs the question, is he preparing to declare a national emergency. here s what he said about that yesterday. i h
have since come back saying that that polling data was actually intended to go to two ukranian oligarchs through konstanin kilimnick. it is unclear though why paul manafort wanted to give this polling data to him, to those oligarchs, and whether or not it satisfies mueller s questions about any possible collusion here. so that is the manafort piece of it. but the question now when it comes to rosenstein, where will the russia investigation go once rosenstein hasn t already been wrapped up. and how about the presumable next attorney general william barr handle it. either way the justice department is set to see a lot of changes in the coming month or two. christine and dave. you got that right. cnn has uncovered a new clue to the possible identity of the mystery company fighting a subpoena from robert mueller. we ve learned one of the law firms involved in the case has previously represented russian interests, among them a russian oligarch and russian government