"the 11th hour" on a friday night begins now. good evening once again. i'm ali velshi in for brian williams. tonight we come to you from san diego, but all the action is in the nation's capitol where on day 981 of the trump administration, there is yet another bombshell report from "the washington post." it is about what trump told two russian officials, foreign minister sergei lavrov on the left of your screen and sergei kislyak on the right in the now-infamous meeting in the oval office in may of 2017. the day after he fired former fbi director james comey. tonight "the washington post" reports donald trump told the russians that, quote, he was unconcerned about moscow's interference in the u.s. election because the united states did the same in other countries an assertion that prompted alarmed white house officials to limit access to the