this case as well as what the defense -- how the defense is prepared to push back. we know that the special counsel wants to have a trial date set by the middle of may. the question is whether or not the judge in that case agrees to it, wolf. already thousands of pages of evidence have been turned over as part of the discovery process, and the special counsel has said roughly 2,200 pages of that are relevant to this case. so this could shine some new light into the direction of this -- that the special counsel is going to be move as they move towards the trial date as early as spring, wolf. >> they're moving quickly on that. manu, thanks very much. manu raju reporting for us. joining us in the situation room, congressman who is a democrat on the armed services committee. thank you for coming in. i will get to the russia probe in a few moments. let's discuss the president. he insists he is not a racist. what is your reaction? >> have to look at the past, way back the when he was running departments in new york city, he was charged with racial