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Developing very intentional over time. the russians, as you know, have always been fascinated with propaganda, and they have seen in cyberspace where the u.s. always viewed a potential sort of kinetic battlefield where things would blow up, or banks would be shut down. the russians viewed cyberspace as a battlefield for propaganda. theyve been intentionally developing this capability. >> from a reporting perspective, or from an investigatory perspective, do you think this is a jumping-off point ...

Their meeting was, "the russ inquiry should be treated, quote, as if may be a criminal investigation. again, quote, as it if it may be a criminal investigation. thats a big piece of news for the reasons several people alluded to, that a criminal investigation is more serious and more focused domestically than what you see in a counterintel investigation. lets be clear, he did not, by that quote outside of the meeting, say that it, quote, was a criminal investigation or rosenstein was confirming ...

Elector and the people voted him worry about. >> not just the republican side but the democratic side. it feels as though and there is some talk that it is almost a leader list party at this point. i pose the question to you and democrats on this show and from you from a reporting perspective. what is your sense and whos going to step up and being the leader of dnc and try to keep a presidential elect trump as democrats want to do in check. >> well, it is interesting, you have martin omalley who...

President wants to do more interviews like this. is there a strategy? what is it? are some of the insiders posed to this believing there are more risks than rewards? >> reporter: having covered the 2016 campaign, i sort of felt like we were in a time warp the other day. it was the kind of thing that got him through the primaries. this is how we would generate headlines out there for himself. from a reporting perspective, its great when he dials in to these shows. you can see exactly where his mi...

Replace obamacare on the top of the agenda. back to you. >> all right, joe, thank you very much. a lot to get after, so lets do it. we have our panel right now, cnn political analyst, senior congressional correspondent for the "washington examiner," david drucker. cnn justice can want, evan perez. cnn senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin, and cnn contributor in washington, salena zito. good to have you all here. evan perez, from a reporting perspective, what were the big surprises and what were ...