Influen Influence News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Im Chris Jansing in for stephanie ruhle. Right now, more news with hallie jacks jackson. Love that one. Chris jansing, thank you, my friend. Hallie jackson in washington, where this morning, it is all about the power of the presidency. Just how much control does donald trump really have, or really thinks he has, over our democracy . His new interview sending a shiver through the Justice Department. The president saying he could run the Special Counsel investigation if he wanted to. Yes, the investigation into his campaigns interactions with moscow. We have new reporting on What Don Mcgahn told...

In the fall. >> let me explain how microsoft described this whole scheme here, in this report that developed, again, overnight, middle of the night, came out. we woke up to it this morning. attackers want their attacks to look as realistic as possible and, therefore, create websites and urls that look like sites targeted victims would expect to receive e-mail from or visit. somewhat standard strategy. what are your concerns ability whe -- about where the group might go next? two months out from the midterms. three months. >> you have to assume that this information, which is in the public doma...

Activity. what type of activity are we talking about? we've seen everything from influen influence campaigns on social media, propaganda outlets to some of the more aggressive things, the poisonings in united kingdom. every one of those things is what the concern is among the intelligence agencies, that's what the russians could be trying to do in the coming months. >> very interesting. you're also getting new information on robert mueller making a new request in connection with the paul manafort trial that's about to begin? >> that's right. the trial is set to begin next week, and the special...

There anything that could have been knnefarious in terms of hi business there? was there a mixing of government business and personal business that might be improper? those sorts of questions. and then, you know, what was the influen influence, if there was any, on policy, after the inauguration? we know from our reporting that gerson, mr. gerson, had maintained contact with george nader. and there's another meeting "the new york times" is reporting on that he was in in early 2017 that's under scrutiny. it's significant in the sense that what investigators would want to know is why this person...

Foundations, which are a big problem. people want to give in because they want to be around and have influen influence. >> nothing has ever been proven between the donations and any -- up next, new insight on the russian woman who did all the talking at the trump tower meeting, that donald trump jr., jared kushner attended, it's part of a new cnn special report airing at the top of the hour. we'll have a preview when we talk to pam brown when we continue. are you done yet?