Im Chris Jansing in for stephanie ruhle. Right now, more news with hallie jacks jackson. Love that one. Chris jansing, thank you, my friend. Hallie jackson in washington, where this morning, it is all about the power of the presidency. Just how much control does donald trump really have, or really thinks he has, over our democracy . His new interview sending a shiver through the Justice Department. The president saying he could run the Special Counsel investigation if he wanted to. Yes, the investigation into his campaigns interactions with moscow. We have new reporting on What Don Mcgahn told the Special Counsel and the journalist who was facetoface with the president about all of this is here with us live. Yes, the investigation, by the way, is still happening, while attacks keep coming. One of the biggest names in tech, the kremlins latest target. Well break down what this microsoft hack attempt means for the midterms. The target for democrats right now, Brett Kavanaugh. You have de
elections. joining me now, the former director of the national terror center and the national security and intelligence analyst. jeff and betsy are here, as well. the headline, russia is still at it. what i took away from the reporting overnight was two things. first, it tells us it is concrete reaffirmation of what we already knew. we knew this from the director of national intelligence, dan coats, and chris wray, who said the campaign, the effort to mess with our politipolitics, is not historical but present and continuing. it is probably focused on the 2018 elections as much as anything else. the second thing i took away from the information overnight was the fact that it came from microsoft. what it tells me is that microsoft, the private sector, is prepared to work with the government to deal with these issues. that s something that s going to be essential to devising an effective response to what the russians are doing. in the terrorism realm i was involved with for so many yea