first indications how prosecutors are getting help and using it to tie paul manafort the former chairman of the president's campaign directly to a russian operative. attorney general jeff sessions rejecting calls from republicans on capitol hill to name a second special counsel to investigate the fbi and the justice department. at least for now. however, he is revealing that a top federal prosecutor is, in fact, investigating allegations that the fib february abused its power to surveil a trump campaign adviser and looking into political bias in the investigation of hillary clinton's handling of classified information. president trump appearing in its first public event all week, talking up his plan before a crowd of union builders in ohio and joking act his past as a real estate developer. >> i think better than being president, i think i was better