danchenko is the third person charged in the 2 1/2-year probe. attorney kevin clinesmith who pleaded dpaelt to making false statements in a fisa application. and sussman s case is still ongoing. while we wait for this individual, danchenko to appear in the chourt behind me already a lot of people are discussing whether or not any really significant people will be arrested. already some noting that john durham, special counsel is going to be very methodical in his process and we know that attorney general merrick garland is allowing durham s investigation to run its course. we have had two attorneys and now this analyst not a big fish by any stretch but we ll see what happens in the court
exactly was his involvement and what if any solicitations were made pie the president to have the vice president engage in unethical conduct. and illegal conduct. also if trump is dpaelt of a trade to u.s. surkt arrangements with a country endangered by the russians and maybe he did the same thing. let me ask you about earlier today house speaker pelosi said she thinks president trump is lashing out at the democrats because of his fear of impeachment. let s watch her analysis. i think the president knows the argument that can be made against him, and he s scared. and so he s trying to divert attention from that to where it s standing in the way of legislation. what do you make of her performance so far especially in the last two weeks? i think we should all be very thankful at at this moment in time that nancy pelosi is the speaker because she has and
i am. i don t use it very often. did you change your password? a lot of people did overnight. drives me bananas. with all the things that are password protected, i hate having a lot of passwords. they say you have to make it super complicated. you re a mom of two kids, working full-time, hard to remember those details. it s 5:00 in the morning, welcome to early start, i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. i m 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started for you. this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with breaking news this morning. defense secretary leon panetta making a surprise visit to afghanistan. panetta arriving after a deadly wednesday in afghanistan. a twin suicide bombing on a market in kandahar killed 22 people and injured 50 others. nato also under scrutiny after an air strike killed 18 people, including women and children believed to be civilians. the u.s. also saying one of its armed helicopters was shot down by enemy fire, killing two crew