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Leadoff panel for tuesday night. mike schmidt, "new york times" washington correspondent who co-wrote tonights breaking report. phil rucker, white house bureau chief for "the washington post" and an msnbc political analyst. and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon. hes also an msnbc national security analyst. mike, lets start with you and your reporting tonight. take us through this december episode and just how close the president came to firing robert mueller in decem...

>> lets bring in tonights leadoff panel, phil rucker, white house bureau chief for "the washington post" and an msnbc political analyst. the aforementioned catherine lucy, white house reporter for the associated press, who asked trump questions aboard air force one, and barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. let me start with you, catherine, since you put those questions to the president. im not sure when you were growing up you thought you would come to the ...

Leadoff panel, phil rucker, white house bureau chief for "the washington post" and an msnbc political analyst. the aforementioned catherine lucy, white house reporter for the associated press, who asked trump questions aboard air force one, and barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. let me start with you, catherine, since you put those questions to the president. im not sure when you were growing up you thought you would come to the day where you would ask th...

Can you preview that for us? >> theres not too much i can say about that at this point. but that is another one of these relationships, as with russia, where within the administration there are large divides about how to handle the issue of xi and of these term limits. when we talk about democracies and supporting democracies, is this a moment where we should come out and say something? the white house has not. are they a friend of ours or are they an enemy? when it comes to issues hike trade? i...

Estate deals down in florida and the fact that when you go around his properties there are russians everywhere. >> so shannon, we always try our best to separate news, actual developments, from shiny object distractions. i suppose well have that job tomorrow when the president ishlg ewes what hes going to issue on china. can you preview that for us? >> theres not too much i can say about that at this point. but that is another one of these relationships, as with russia, where within the administ...

Discuss it, i said it didnt come up on todays call. >> does the white house believe the election in russia was free and fair? >> in terms of the election were focused on our leaks. we dont dictate how other countries operate. what we do know is that putin has been elected in their country, and thats not something that we can dictate to them how they operate. we can only focus on the freeness and the fairness of our elections, something we want to 100% fully support, something were going to conti...

Be kind of tossed out on their heels. but theyll be nervous by the fact that he will be tilting in a certain direction, probably away from the direction of the foreign service officers there. >> our sincere thanks to our leadoff panel this tuesday night. ambassador mike mcfaul, ashley parker, clint watts, rick stengal, and a special notice about rick, who happens to be nelson mandelas biographer. his book "mandelas way" has just today been reissued to coincide with what would have been nelson ma...

With president trump. you look at cohn leaving, the kushner and ivanka trump circle inside of this west wing is evaporating before our eyes. the moderates inside of the white house, whos there, peter navarro, steven miller, that has real political consequence, it also has a consequence for kushner and his wife. where do they fit now in this west wing run by a nonideological chief of staff. >> we should probably add in addition the name kudlow, in addition to navarro has surfaced tonight as a pot...

Wing. >> well have to see if he can make any progress on u.s./mexican relations. president pineto remains unhappy with president trump. you look at cohn leaving, the kushner and ivanka trump circle inside of this west wing is evaporating before our eyes. the moderates inside of the white house, whos there, peter navarro, steven miller, that has real political consequence, it also has a consequence for kushner and his wife. where do they fit now in this west wing run by a nonideological chief of ...

>> by the way, youre going to be fine when it comes out what he did, but people like sean hannity, lou dobbs, theyre going to be very embarrassed when it comes out. >> the white house, however, is dismissing nunbergs claims about any potential case against this president. >> i think he doesnt know that for sure because hes incorrect. as weve said many times before, there was no collusion with the trump campaign. anything further on what his actions are, he hasnt worked at the white house so i ce...