Here. A newly classified declassified memo has been released and provides new details on the scope of Robert Muellers investigative mandate. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein explicitly authorized mueller to investigate whether Paul Manafort colluded with the russians in the 2016 election and to probe any crimes related to payments that manafort received from the ukrainian government. Meanwhile, President Trumps focus continues to be on curtailing illegal immigration. The president tweeted once again about caravans he says of immigrants taking advantage of what he calls our nations weak border laws. It comes as the white house is making a new legislative push aimed at strengthening Border Security. Well begin our coverage this morning with live coverage in washington with our top story, the mueller investigation, a lot of folks predicting its end but a lot of folks still working on it. This memo lays out the scope of the special counsel investigation shows that its not coming to an end any time soon. Now the memo was written as authorization which was given by the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who is overseeing the russia probe, as we know at times has been himself criticized by the president. This memo it was written in august three months after bob mueller was appointed to run the investigation. And in a significant move, the special counsel made parts of this memo public and here is some of what it reveals. Certainly some of the allegations that mueller is investigating against manafort. One of those is allegations that he committed a crime or crimes by colluding with the russians. And then the second one is that it also says mueller is authorized to investigate manafort for money he received while working for the prorussian head of the ukrainian government. As we know, mana gs fort was charged with some of that money, Money Laundering he made from that work. His attorneys are arguing that mueller overstepped his jurisdiction by bringing those charges because essentially it has nothing to do with the russia investigation. Now this threepage memo is also notable for what we dont see. And that is parts of it actually most of it is blacked out and it appears to indicate other allegations and people that mueller that the mueller team is investigating. The memos existence has been classified up until now, and it was released as part of muellers response to manaforts motion to dismiss one of the indictments against him. Guys, certainly this memo shows that any notion that the collusion investigation is over and that manafort isnt potentially facing russiarelated charges alisyn, is clearly not true. Thank you, shimon for all of that reporting. Lets talk about what the president is focus on this morning. He tweeted now ten times about illegal immigration in just the past 48 hours as the white house makes a new legislative push on immigration. Cnns Abby Phillips is live at the white house with more. So whats changed, abby . Reporter well, good morning, alisyn. President trump is clearly pivoting hard to his base with these tweets, implying new hardline immigration stance. He tweeted just this morning more about this issue of caravans supposedly coming up from Central America into the United States, he said. The big caravan of people from honduras now coming across mexico and headed to our weak laws border has better be stopped before it gets here. Cash cow nafta is in in play as is foreign aid to honduras and the countries that allow this to happen. Congress must act now. Threatening honduras and mexico and nafta just at the same time the white house is planning a new push to encourage congress to pass new hardline immigration laws. President trump continuing to vent about u. S. Immigration policies, calling current laws weak and an obama joke and urging congress to act. The white house beginning another push to pass a series of hardline measures that failed to gain steam last fall, including removing protections that prevent the immediate deportation of undocumented children and allowing authorities to keep families in detention for longer periods awaiting deportation decisions, according to the New York Times. This effort coming after the president declared that any deal to protect dreamers is dead. The democrats have really let them down. Its a shame. And now people are taking advantage of daca. Thats a shame. It should have never happened. Didnt you kill, daca, sir . Didnt you kill daca . Reporter President Trump announced he intended to end the Dreamer Program last fall. And immigration negotiations collapsed earlier this year after the president signaled he was open to a bipartisan solution. This group and others from the senate, from the house comes back with an agreement, im signing it. I mean, i will be signing it. Im not going to say, oh, gee, i want this or i want that. Reporter democrats offered 25 billion for the president s border wall in exchange for citizenship for dreamers. The white house was not satisfied, saying there were too few measures to curb immigration overall. Sources tell cnn that a number of president s allies warned him this weekend that his base thinks hes softening on immigration. The president is also ramping up his attacks on amazon, accusing the company of hurting the u. S. Postal service and brick and mortar stores, arguments he made on the campaign trail. And believe me, if i become president oh do they have problems. Reporter the latest criticism causing amazon stock to drop 5 . President trump also renewing his rebuke on his own Justice Department, accusing the doj and the fbi of slow walking documents requested by congress for on going investigations. Calling the institutions an embarrassment, this as sources tell cnn embattled epa chief Scott Pruitts job may be in jeopardy. The president is reportedly angry with recent reports that pruitt rented a room from the family of an Energy Lobbyists well under value. The new york city times reports the epa signed off on a proposal from a Canadian Company linked to the lobbying firm last month the same time pruitt was renting the condo. The epa and the firm deny theres any connection. And a spokeswoman from the epa is now saying that scott pruitt is focussed on advancing President Trumps agenda amid all of this controversy over his use of taxpayer dollars. And we will see President Trump today in a press conference that he will host with the leaders of Baltic States this afternoon. Back to you guys. Okay, abby, thank you very much for all of the reporting. Joining us now we have reporter and editor at large cnn politics Chris Cillizza and cnn michael legal analyst Michael Zeldin. Lets begin with immigration. Thats very much on the president s mind in the past 48 hours, Chris Cillizza. This weekend ann colter was interviewed the New York Times about how disappointed she is in his not building a wall, how disappointed she thinks the base is that is what they think was his quintessential Campaign Promise and he hasnt kept it. They dont like he signed the omnibus spending bill without the money for the wall and he seems to have churned up the twitter machine now into overdrive with harsher rhetoric than he has used for the past months about dreamers and daca. So, look, weve often talked about what should we Pay Attention to the tweets or the policy. What wr do you think these two intersect . Ive always been on the Pay Attention to the tweets. Its what he really thinks and what he really cares about. Now that changes quite frequently as his twitter feed reflect. I do think its a window into his mind. I think this is largely, alisyn, as you lay out a reaction to what he heard over the easter weekend. Remember who he was talking to. Sean hannity, janine piro, bill shine, a former fox news executive. So theres a lot of people in his ear who are reflective of that trump base. I dont want to conflate it with the republicans. But the trump base and the trump base believes wholeheartedly that when he said he was going to build the wall, it was not symbolic, it was not sort of a Campaign Promise that politics make, that it was the core central, most important thing he can do. And if he does not do it, it is an actual betrayal, maybe the one thing that actually leads some of them to jump off the trump bandwagon. Here is a question, Chris Cillizza, he Needs Congress to make that happen. Listen, hes creating a stir. Theres no question. Hes great at driving at what people are talking about, but is he going to get congress, the Republican Leadership in congress to move on this . Bewell, like we see so much with trump, jim, the rhetoric is at 10, the policy solutions are at 1. While were going to close these loopholes . What specifically is it related to the caravan, people seeking political asylum . That will determine what congress is willing to do. Remember, republicans control the house and the senate. I dont think its out of the question that we could see some level of reaction by Mitch Mcconnell in the senate and paul ryan in the house to this to try to get something done, but when you say congress, you have to say what they would act on and that will determine what will happen. Well, look, the president s tweeting that daca is dead. That would mean the bill of love is dead, but we had the broad outlines of a grand bargain offered up. Democrats offering 25 billion for Border Security. You know, the question i think is can that be built on by people in both parties who want to see a win . The president then comes out looking like a hero, is it just prosecuting a negative. But part of this hard line tact thats coming right now Michael Zeldin is from trumps own Justice Department in the last few hours late last saying, michael, theres a new policy in place they want to impose a quo ta of 700 cases for deportations per year. Do you think that is going to fly . Well, its not clear exactly how they intend to implement it. I think these judges get reappointed every period of time and this may be part of their evaluation criteria for reappointment. If however, its an effort by the executive branch to impose on i guess these are Judicial Branch people even though theyre executive appointees, theres a separation of powers implication to what this is doing. So we have to see exactly what this means. Theres nothing good about it on first evaluation of it, but its a little too soon, jim, to understand exactly how they intend to implement this. Chris cillizza, help us fact check the big caravans of people coming to the u. S. Border that the president tweeted. There is this group people without borders they have done this in the past. They say they are fleeing violence and persecution in generally honduras and Central America. The president acts as though theyre a band that is about to overtake our border. So, how is this going to work . Yeah. Okay. So first the Fact Checking piece. Youre right absolutely, alisyn, its happened five previous times organized by this people without borders group. In 2017, there were two caravans about 200 people. Three people out of that were granted political asylum, the others remain in sort of legal limbo. Youre talking about over 1,000 people. Its the largest caravan yet. So those things are true broadly speaking. The issue is the way in which donald trump has seized on it. So remember yesterday the that theyre going to take our country over. Its the whole they versus us thing. They are challenging what it means to be an american. They dont share our values. And theyre taking advantage of daca which is patent lid false. Thats right. That is something that is simply thats apples and oranges. Its in the same universe, not on the same planet. But the point here is that this is a political conflation im often in the donald trump doesnt the strategy is that theres no strategy. I actually think he knows what hes doing to an extent here which is the us versus them, theyre going to take what is yours away. They are a marauding horde on route to the United States. Thats a powerful symbol and image. Its not entirely accurate, its not mostly accurate, but it can be used and weaponized politically. Thats what hes doing. Michael, it seems like the headline is youve heard from trump and reporters that manaforts charges are all about his business dealings long before he joined the campaign. In fact were learned based on the Court Documents that mueller believes he has the okay and that Deputy Attorney general gave him the okay to look at collusion involving manafort. Exactly right. What we learned in the new filing, the august 2nd filing is that rosenstein elaborated to mueller upon his mandate and that mandate as it relates to manafort includes two things. One is allegations with respect to collusion and second with respect to financial dealings with ukraine, perhaps independent of the collusion or perhaps as a predicate to understand how a collusive relationship may have been formed. So both of those things are very significant in terms of our understanding what bob mueller is looking at, which is collusion and financial crimes because why the financial crimes is important because if it relates to manafort that way it may also portend how mueller is looking out it in relationship to the president. So this is a significant day in terms of the revelation of what muellers thought process is and what his mandate is as elaborated upon by rosenstein. There you go. That is great context for all of us to have. Michael zeldin, thank you. Chris cillizza, thank you very much. The white house sending mixed mess angs on syria. Should the u. S. Keep troops there or not . We ask former navy s. E. A. L. , congressman scott taylor next. A family of seven Technology Leaders working behind the scenes to make the impossible. Reality. Were helping to give cars the power to read your mind from anywhere. 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Well, i still believe that theres a deal to be had that has more Border Security and has more future illegal immigrations and fix for daca. I dont think thats a hard and fast position what the president just said. Meaning the deal that democrats say they offered up, which was we can put it up 25 billion to help build that border wall that the president wanted to secure a pathway in exchange for a pathway to citizenship for 1. 8 daca recipients, dreamers no legal status for the parents and no changes to the familybased visas. He rejected that. Do you have a sense of what changes he would want other than these . I dont on that specific deal. I think that was with the senate. I will tell you in the house where i am, thats not what i was hearing from my counterparts, my colleagues on the democrat side. They were clean dream act. Clean dream act. There are several folks, however, in the house that do want a bipartisan deal from both sides that they were trying to work something, but it never really gained traction. So im not sure exactly what the president wants, but i do believe theres a pathway there that gets enough votes on both sides. Where are Republican Voters on this issue . Voters in your district, are they pushing you for solution to protect the dreamers . Or is it not a priority for them . I dont believe its a priority. I think that in genera