a difficults tcontradicts the w claims about what they knew and when. and some democrats are pushing further left to battle president trump. is anyone even trying to hold the middle ground? this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. good evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington. welcome to "mtp daily." the fbi raised serious questions about the white house's time line regarding what it knew about the allegations of spousal abuse facing rob porter and when they first knew about it. you will hear how the white house is struggling to get its story straight again. and we'll dive into that in just a moment. but we'll begin with even more unbelievable testimony from our nation's intelligence chiefs today on the issue of russia. we heard from the director of national intelligence, cia chief, fbi director and the nsa