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>> i think in some ways, you could make the case that these shows are also changing president trump. or at least changing his audience's -- his fan base's feelings. when these shows attack president trump on a nightly basis. it also causes some of the people you interviewed for your focus group to dig in their heels further. i think when we interviewed some of these comedians, some of these producers, there's a concern they have deep down inside they're just preaching to the choir. they're not actually changing any minds. and that's one of the themes of tonight's special. >> the opportunity wi...

Both on the congressional side and on the criminal side take very seriously. >> benjamin wittes, always appreciate your take and thank you for taking on the arguments on both sides. >> my pleasure. >> alisyn. okay, chris. after winning the release of three american basketball players from china, president trump now says he should have left them in jail. what do his republican supporters think? that's next. feel the power of theraflu expressmax. new power... ...to fight back theraflu's powerful new formula to defeat 7 cold and flu symptoms... fast. so you can play on. theraflu expressmax. new...

An attorney for president trump's son-in-law and top aide, jared kushner, says the senate judiciary committee is playing political gotcha games. he's pushing back against claims that jared kushner failed to turn over documents related to the russia investigation. cnn's evan perez interviewed kushner's attorney and he joins us live from washington. so what did he say in this interview? >> well, alisyn, when it comes to contacts involving russians during the 2016 campaign, jared kushner has been forgetful, he's been slow to acknowledge from his failure to list in his security clearance this past...

Divorce case, it didn't come up sooner, those kinds of things. his denials. and then you get to make a decision. the lawmakers make a decision. the alabama voters make a decision. this is the only process we'll have. >> yeah it's really interesting to hear the rest of her interview, as well. she says she did consider many times going more public in a more national way, but she did tell friends and family at the time. >> there is corroboration with most of these accounts. you have to read the "washington post" reporting and the reporting that's come afterwards. too many people are having opinio...

Working through the roster of white house officials who are coming in for interviews, including this week we expect kushner is going to be one of those interviews. alisyn? >> all right. i'll take it, evan. thank you very much. appreciate it. what an interesting set of circumstances that we have going on with this investigation. let's get some more insight. joining us now is benjamin wittis, senior fellow at the brookings institution and editor-in-chief of the blog, law fair. he's also a friend of fired fbi director, jim comey. good to have you, sir. >> nice to be here. >> have you been in re...