jeanne cummings? it wasn't senator schumer's political campaign that benefited from the actions of russia. it was the president's. but and it goes beyond just the election. he's taken a very different posture towards russia than we've seen many republicans and certainly presidential candidates. his attitude towards russia, we have had white houses come in say i want to reset and renew better relations with russia. president obama did that. president bush did that. president clinton even in the '90s did some outreach to russia. so that's not a new thought. what's unusual here is that we have policy and we have a mind-set, a sense of globalism and nationalism and all of those things lining up as well so it's a very different relationship. >> and julie, what about the new espresso machine tom hanks sent to the white house press corps, a new espresso machine with a note from tom hanks to the white house press corps "keep up the good fight for truth, justice and the american way especially for the truth pa

. >> jeanne cummings and jailie pace have an espresso on me for tom hanks. thank you that does it for this report. follow us online on facebook and on twitter @mitchellreports. craig melvin is up next here on msnbc. >> good friday to you and a good friday to you as well. on another busy afternoon, what next? attorney general jeff sessions says he'll sit out the investigation to russia's ties to the election and the trump campaign, but is that enough? and how does the investigation now move forward? >>> plus school choice. president trump visiting a catholic school in orlando this hour to promote his education agenda focusing on school choice. we'll go to florida in a moment and ready to roll. president obama reportedly eyeing a political comeback. what's the next phase of his public life? we'll get to that in a moment. we start with president trump, who again just landed in orlando, florida, for a school visit. tonight he's in palm beach. it will be his first republican national committee fund-raiser as commander in chief. his entire weekend though likely do