the doj adds in part, the department of justice appointed special counsel to assume responsibility for this matter. we will allow him to do his job. joining us this morning from washington, cnn politics reporter tal koppen, good morning. in a nutshell, where are we in the russia probe? with all that. what i see is democrats who are fervently wanting more investigation into potential collusion in the election, and i see republicans fervently want to expose leaks. yeah, you asked where we are. the answer is nowhere close to the finish line. i don t know if we re in the middle or just the beginning. but the important thing for the white house and for lawmakers, this is nowhere near wrapping up any time soon. and you know, every little continuing piece of the puzzle we get continues to fuel the fire. and, you know, people have their teeth into this, democrats and also republicans. as much as the white house would like it to go away, it s not any time soon. where we are in the u.s
steve mnuchin spent 17 years at goldman sachs. then went to hollywood to produce movies. and also trump s finance chairman. and i think he ll be grilled on the purchase of indymac and sold it for a big profit. another person who finds value in what looks like it has no value, trump has picked another billionaire, secretary of commerce, wilbur ross, he runs an investment firm that made huge profits and turning them around. both are contrarians. wilbur ross has deep roots in the steel and coal industries. he represented bondholders in trump s casino bankruptcies. and he will succeed penny prettier. she s also a billionaire. and betsy deross is a billionaire, too. going live to tal koppen, to