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Mississippi voters are choosing their next senator in a race thats been marred by allegations of racism, throwing back to the states ugly confederate past. hoping veterans will look past the controversy and keep the state red. cnns jessica dean is live for us in mississippi. shes in byram, just southwest of jackson. jessica, turnout is very crucial for the democrats if they have any hopes of flipping this seat. >> reporter: that is exactly right, jake. the democrats need african-americans to tur...

Columnist and cnns global economic analyst. this is the founder and president of the foreign affairs columnist for time magazine. let me start with you. what i -- you wrote a very significant article in foreign affairs which you said basically both sides of the aisle, republicans and democrats had gotten china wrong. it caused a lot of controversy. what is the implication for u.s. policy towards china? are you saying that what donald trump represents is the new normal? a much tougher policy towa...

>> we should be ready of the demagogues weakenening our national security and the entire free world all while waving the flag. the expansion is not a foreign invasion. it is an american triumph, one we worked hard to achieve. >> for more go to cnn.com and read my washington post columnist this week. lets get started. lets keep the conversation going with todays panel. it was president obamas assistant secretary of state from 09 to 13. he focused on asia. he is a global business

Those ton other side. for more go to cnn.com and read my washington post column this week. lets get started. he spent much of the day with donald trump whose first action on friday night was to tweet. trumps tweet read he has suggested that the own military in order to protect itself from the united states, china and russia very insulting.

He will continue to do so unless he is overtly blocked by someone in the justice department. >> lets go to overtly. if whitaker walks into muellers office tomorrow. he can likely do. says to mueller in private, what he said on cnn now, we should just de-fund this thing and that makes it go away? then based on your knowledge of bob mueller, how does he deal with that? >> look, i think we need to see the statements that mr. whitaker has made in the past and then the justice department usually foll...

Sessions has been removed, had a cover story that was removed. >> don mcgahn that left the white house says he was asked to fire mueller. jeff sessions now out for that reason. all the evidence come income says that the new person is in also for an elicit reason as you just said to be a loyalist. >> and also someone who is already prejudiced and should recuse himself. >> that article that whitaker wrote on cnn.com saying the mueller investigation was illegitimate, hes got a view in advance. that...

Eligible. just politically, when you think about this, 13 million people are eligible to vote in florida. you add 1.5 million to the rolls, that would be rather interesting heading into the presidential election in 2020. >> the state of maryland, the question there is making it easier for voters to cast their vote? how will that play out? >> well find out tomorrow, but what theyre looking at now is being added to the list of same-day voter registration. what were seeing in maryland right now is ...

With his old man today, his high school class is watching this. hes a good american, and this is the key for young people. your parents dont tell you this. voting is the most fun you can have with your clothe on. >> wow. >> young people, go vote. >> thats a bumper sticker. or something. >> i cant think of better things to do that would be more fun. like internet shopping. >> someone to my right who just voted, this was a very difficult vote for you to make. you wrote a fascinating opinion piece ...

One more key state in a long list of key states today. wisconsin. where governor scott walker is asking voters to back him one more time. cnn national correspondent ryan young joins us now from waukesha there. how is it looking there for the former presidential hopeful, we should note, scott walker there? uphill climb. >> absolutely. a tight battle here. hes going against tony evers. a lot of people have been talking about the race because of how close its been. we have been talking to voters li...

>> jean robinson is back with us. i havent heard a more sharper contrary argument to trumpism than what we heard. >> it was good. i thought he was very good in that debate. and his closing argument makes the point in a way that i think will convict with a lot of people. hes done very well in the polls and this certainly could be the year for the democratic governor and first african-american governor. >> there are tighter poll than this latest cnn poll that has come out and so we have to wait a ...