in the midst of tonight's breaking news on the russia trump investigation that president trump wanted to fire robert mueller back in june, we also have had some breaking news on the potential deal for dreamers, one that comes at a high cost. the white house calling for a path to citizenship for dreamers and other undocumented immigrants in exchange for $25 billion for a border wall and other strict immigration reforms. i want to bring in robert reich, a former labor secretary, and cnn political commentators maria cardo cardona. good to have you on this evening. i want to get to your reactions to the breaking news first and then we'll talk about immigration, robert. what do you think? >> well, i think that the entire russian imbroglio is something that donald trump has tried to