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From the white house. president trump today announcing his nominee for attorney general, who would replace jeff sessions. and could eventually oversee the russia investigation. you have news on that. and more on the tweet from the president, saying it totally clears me, thank you. what does he mean by that? >> reporter: well, there's nothing in these filings, david, that clears the president. so, it's unclear why he's claiming that. nothing in any of these filings says anything that would suggest totally clearing the president. regarding his pick for attorney general, an experienced washington...

And of course the deep stateside, we've been witnessing mueller's destroyed trump which won't play out for the past 558 days. breaking tonight, huge news, alleging that his top target, paul manafort, the target was about loan applications years ago, tax violations years ago. they are saying that he lied to investigators after agreeing to his plea deal. we also learned that roger stone's jerome corsi, he has rejected a plea deal from robert mueller. the deal involved him planing guilty to one count of perjury. gregg jarrett will join us in a moment. here's what he noted, what we are seeing here...

And of course the deep state side, we've been witnessing mueller's destroy trump which played out for the s,past 558 days. breaking tonight, huge news, alleging that his top target, paul manafort, the target wass about loan applications years ago, tax violations yearsas ago. they are saying that he lied to investigators after agreeing to his plea deal. we also learned that roger stone's associate, jerome corsi, he has rejected a plea deal from robert mueller. the deal involved him pleading guilty to one count of perjury. gregg jarrett will join us in a moment. here's what he noted, what we are...

Etcetera, i think the republicans of the white house are in for serious rides. moving forward on the senate so far we have to look at the marshall blackburn race she's more on the trump agenda. although the house is flipped causing legal problems for the white house, the senate can do a lot especially with judges. even if the house is flipped. >> you know a interesting thing is what is the margin for the democrats. who is making up the new members. there are 5 challengers. 558 challengers on the record saying they won't support nancy pelosi for speaker. there are eleven incumbents saying i won...

Better make sure that the day he talks with the special counsel, if he does, is not one of those days. >> yeah, "the washington post" fact checker blog has the president's false claims and misleading claims appear 4,229 for the first 558 days of his administration. errol louis and ross grabarber, thank you both. on "state of the union" with jake tapper michael hayden and james clapper will be a guest. that is "state of the union" with jake tapper today at 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. pope francis is delivering his sunday prayer today and a lot of people are watching what he may or may n...