so you can be confident you're getting the most bang for your buck. alo-ha. kayak. search one and done. been quite a night. not over yet. on the table, a sign perhaps that the president could be more in than out when it comes to possibly sitting down with robert mueller. he's started prepping for it, and as you know, the stakes could not be hire. also my conversation with another potential figure in the investigation, the self-professed political trickster roger stone and what he says about allegations he was a key figure in the leaking of hacked e-mails during the campaign. and later how russia may retaliate after the white house slaps sanctions on the kremlin in a way that directly hits vladimir putin's inner circle, the billionaires who back him. we begin with what we're learning about the president's latest homework assignment, getting ready to possibly talk to the russia special counsel. pamela brown joins us now. talk about what you've learned, pam. >> reporter: we've learned, anderson, that the preparations between the president and his legal team have been short. they've been informal, and they've included going over potential topics with the