All right, Anderson. Thank you very much. I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to prime time.

Tonight, the former deputy attorney general, Rodrose, this time was given a speech.

He came right at former FBI director Jim Comie-Colon, him a political pundit.

The question is, though, can he counter Comie's argument for obstruction by this president?

But we have more breaking news tonight that is certainly more urgent, actually.

Learning that A.G. Bar has assigned a top federal prosecutor to investigate the origins of the Mueller

probe. That, according to a news report, we know who it is. We know his history.

And this man named Durham is no joke when he is put on a case.

Also, a new word tonight on events that led to the subpoena for Donald Trump, Jr. We now know

what prompted the Republican-controlled Senate panel to issue the summons. But we don't yet

is why Lindsey Graham, the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is telling Trump to ignore it.

We're going to get reaction from prominent Senator Joe Manchin ahead. He helped confirm

the attorney general. Does he regret it? What does he think of his putting his own man on the case

to look at what was done in the campaign? It is a new week, but everything is getting bigger than

before. So let's get after it.

Breaking news this hour, CNN has learned the attorney general, Bill Barr, has again raised the

stakes. He's tapped a top federal prosecutor to investigate the origins of the Russia investigation.

Now, we know that the president has been talking about this. We know that the A.G. said in congressional

testimony that he thinks that there had been spying. But we also know that the I.G., the Inspector

General, Mr. Horowitz, is looking at this right now. So what will John Durham? He is the top federal

prosecutor in Connecticut, nominated by this president to head that position. But he's been in the

DOJ since 1982. And he has been relied on by attorneys general of both parties before. This guy

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