melissa: i think we can figure out when it gets to the specific case, you can figure out where it came from. there s enough computer data, who downloaded everything, who printed everything, who gave every thing to everyone. now that they ve laid down the marker and if they don t follow it up and go after at least one of these situations and really make an example out of someone, then kennedy: there has to be some sort of follow-up and that s the thing with this case specifically, it has to be a higher profile person. enough of the reality winters harris: what i like about what jeff sessions said, this is what keeps us safe because that should be the bottom line.
state-owned bank. he had also worked for a different bank which drew sanctions from the obama administration after vladimir putin annexed crimea and meddling in ukraine. this is the highest person to be touched by the investigation so far. the person closest to the president. he is the only person so far still serving in the administration. with exception of jeff sessions now he recused himself from investigation. kushner represents the highest profile person so far. meetings all by themselves are meaningless. it is all about what they are about. the russian ambassador asked for a second meeting to deliver a message it says in quotes. according to hope hicks. mr. kushner sent a representative.
ultimately and ultimately hurt the republican party. he says i want to see policies that encourage every american to vote and not make it more difficult to vote. it immediately turns off a voting block the republican party needs. these kind of actions do not build on the base. it just turns people away. jamal, how big of a deal is it to have general colin powell weighing in here? i think a big deal. he is the highest profile person, not just republican, to criticize north carolina s voting law. maybe this will get ordinary citizens paying attention. people tend to listen when colin powell speaks and i think he is right. this law is clearly designed to reduce voting among democratic constituencies. yesterday, there were reports that north carolina republican election boards were closing voting precincts near
was george w. bush but he was looking for his dad. biden was in it as a profile person. i did a focus group of young voters and asked about p up-and-coming people on the republican side. rubio, they re exciting. it was crickets on the democratic side. what about cuomo? they re not up-and-coming? there s not a big it s amazing. it s hillary, and it s bietden. it s the b team. so she scares away the field. i think she s got to up her game in terms of speaking. you weren t overwhelmed last night, were you? she doesn t have to up her game. she just has to be in the game. you see her dipping her toe in, coming out for gay marriage. that video thing, i m running out of time. it was it was a little weird. it was on odd way to do it. i know she had been looking for a way to do it. shameless plug.
action against the special counsel. the president has not, is not interfering with the special counsel mueller s position, not firing the special counsel. he said that before. reporter: also what s not happening is an attempt to obstruct the work of the special counsel, according to the president s lawyers. he continues to cooperate, they say. there is nothing so far public on the president s schedule today. chris and alisyn? joe, thank you very much. let s bring in the panel. cnn political analyst david gregory, jeffrey toobin and national security and legal analyst susan hennessy, former attorney for the national security agency. great guest to have in here. let s start with you, susan. when you look at what we learned yesterday, how do you prioritize the discoveries? so certainly manafort is certainly a bigger fish here, the higher profile person. it s expected news. we shouldn t minimize it. it sort of got swept up in the