Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. There. Its just bad weather, stay there, my friend. Rain, rain, rain. Thank you so much. Joining me now political reporter for the guardian and steph knight, reporter for axios. Ladies, thanks. Sabrina, is there any indication that were getting to the end, the final stretch of whether or not the president will submit to an interview with Robert Mueller . Weve been having the same conversation for months as to what the scope of that interview might look like and the ongoing negotiations with the president s legal team and an interview that would be partially done in person. And then there would perhaps be some questions in written format. So it doesnt really seem like much progress because its something is that we were talking about earlier this year. Whats quite clear is that, the president s legal team does not want him to sit down with the Special Counsel. And i think Rudy Giuliani himself has al
continue negotiating with mueller s team to find a way to make this interview happen. sabrina, i want to go to maria butina, big picture. where does this fit in the trump campaign and the russia campaign or according to j.d. gordon, his comments, he says it s nothing to do with the trump campaign. it s just an effort to discourage any republicans, any nra association member. how s it being read? let s look at the big picture. pal reya butina was in this country with the purpose of trying to infiltrate the american political system. and her activities coincided with the broader efforts by the russians to interfere in the 2016 election. so, this is a first indication that she at least had some contact with the trump campaign or at least someone who is within the campaign s orbit. j.d. gordon the director of the campaign security team, he said