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"the lead" starts right now. the justices erase race-based college admissions. were talking to one of the attorneys that argued in support of affirmative action before the court. then documents shared exclusively with cnn show a russian general, whose whereabouts is currently unknown, was a secret vip member of the wagner mercenary group. plus cnns erin burnett joins us live from kyiv where she just sat down with former vice president mike pence during his surprise trip. the parkland...

That was an opinion that was not binding and they recommended he not recuse, especially because there was no actual legal conflict like a personal relationship like jeff sessions had with the trump campaign and no family member that was involved in the russia probe. those were the reasons for not recusing. matthew whitaker decided since it was a close call here and he department want to bind any of his successors by the press depth of recusal, he decided he would continue overseeing the probe. t...

District of new york. what is the point of that? the president is accused of crimes, but nobody got killed. the president and his national security adviser is going jail. his long time lawyer is going to jail. his campaign chairman. deputy campaign chairman, but nobody got killed so its okay? >> this is what they are not articulating. this is when they drag in the republicans on the hill who try to convey that this is not as important as other things. there is not a strong press depth in terms o...

Of second-degree murder. we the jury find the defendant jason van dyke guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm. we the jury find the jury, jason van dyke guilty of aggravated assault with a firearm. >> what you see there is the first murder conviction of a chicago police officer in over 40 years. van dyke could spend decades behind bars and the time for aggravated battery. mcdonalds family and supporters responded. >> it gave us justice of which we seek and also set a press depth across this...

Investigation that can take more than a couple of days and a hearing that happened much later, how much does that hurt the nomination by being out there? the members are going to get more and more pressure back home. collins and murkowski where they need support ultimately. this is why the allegation is so significant. it could derail this nomination and its so unpredictable. >> president trump is not going to stay quiet. if there is any press depth we can rely on, he may be restrained in the fi...

Philosopher king and promised to give equal concern to every person poor or rich, mighty or meek. how did that turn out? great for the rich and mighty. gorsuch is the single most corpora corporate-friendly court already full of them. ruling for corporate interests in 70% of the cases and in every single case where his vote was determinative. the president assures e va van gel teles his 56 would attack roe vs. wade. despite assurances about precede precedent, your words said it is not settled law...

Would go that way. paul: on the health care point, health care is a policy dispute, its not really a legal matter now that the -- the affordable care act upheld by the court. so that doesnt even seem to have any bearing really on what do you do on the court. >> no, and the reality is, look, they just dont have much that they can get him on, this is a very distinguished jurist and clear what the views are and they are grasping at straws at the moment. paul: dan, what about the -- the abortion iss...

This is over but the wound is bandaged for now and probably, who knows six months, might be back in a similar position with greek saying we cant pay. >> by then they might have another government that -- >> they might. >> the world likes. >> the longer this goes on, the better off the rest of the world is to be able to withstand whatever the shock would be if groce would actually leave the eurozone so buying time is a good thing. >> theres others with problems. italy and portugal. that does this...

Sane nine no good. going to be an interesting day. >> thank you very minute. ashley in athens. so heres the deal. theyre wait fog banks to re-open, when they are open they cant get much money out. the press depth for -- despresent is cyprus where banks were closed. panamain 1989 went on for nine weeks but the record is argentina in 2001. that went on for a year, a year, where the banks were largely closed. theyd open now and then but it was scattered. charles payne and ashley on that. charles, t...

Taking on something that is as hugely controversial is not out of the realm of possibility. we will keep following this up for you, luke. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it. with them lose being their internet access yesterday, i want to play what spokes woman howard said. >> i just dont think we will get into the business of every time something happens in a country like north korea saying yes or no either way. that sets a press depth that is not helpful. >> so was the proportional response...