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"the lead" starts right now. the justices erase race-based college admissions. we're talking to one of the attorneys that argued in support of affirmative action before the court. then documents shared exclusively with cnn show a russian general, whose whereabouts is currently unknown, was a secret vip member of the wagner mercenary group. plus cnn's erin burnett joins us live from kyiv where she just sat down with former vice president mike pence during his surprise trip. the parkland resource officer who did not enter the building is found not guilty. welcome to "the lead." i'm a...

That was an opinion that was not binding and they recommended he not recuse, especially because there was no actual legal conflict like a personal relationship like jeff sessions had with the trump campaign and no family member that was involved in the russia probe. those were the reasons for not recusing. matthew whitaker decided since it was a close call here and he department want to bind any of his successors by the press depth of recusal, he decided he would continue overseeing the probe. the doj sent a letter. this is it right here. they sent it to paul ryan and nancy pelosi, explaining ...

District of new york. what is the point of that? the president is accused of crimes, but nobody got killed. the president and his national security adviser is going jail. his long time lawyer is going to jail. his campaign chairman. deputy campaign chairman, but nobody got killed so it's okay? >> this is what they are not articulating. this is when they drag in the republicans on the hill who try to convey that this is not as important as other things. there is not a strong press depth in terms of actual cases that have been prosecuted of hush money payments to women constitutesing campaign fi...

Of second-degree murder. we the jury find the defendant jason van dyke guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm. we the jury find the jury, jason van dyke guilty of aggravated assault with a firearm. >> what you see there is the first murder conviction of a chicago police officer in over 40 years. van dyke could spend decades behind bars and the time for aggravated battery. mcdonald's family and supporters responded. >> it gave us justice of which we seek and also set a press depth across this country that now people can look to chicago and they can come here and learn what was done to brin...

Investigation that can take more than a couple of days and a hearing that happened much later, how much does that hurt the nomination by being out there? the members are going to get more and more pressure back home. collins and murkowski where they need support ultimately. this is why the allegation is so significant. it could derail this nomination and it's so unpredictable. >> president trump is not going to stay quiet. if there is any press depth we can rely on, he may be restrained in the first few hours, but he's not going to stay quiet. speaking of precedent, with this president, every ...