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Number three, of all the employees that we have working in our three consulates. about 800 of them are local russian nationals. it is in putin's saddle for years. they tried to intimidate them. that number 755, blieve me, it was designed by putin to make sure the large portion of the people that got kicked out are not able to work in our embassy and consulates were russians. it was hurting russian citizens or it was not saving us money or being efficient from a diplomatic perspective. this is just ridiculous. >> a lot of people are waiting to hear what the president may say about this. does it...

Start talking about witness tampering. >> there can be little doubt. even my friend, jonathan won't deny there's a serious issue here. we can agree to disagree on witness tampering. but there is serious exposure, anderson, under obstruction of justice and it's not an isolated incident. and nobody is eager to make these allegations but it started with demanding jim comey's loyalty, asking comey to drop the flynn investigation. firing comey when he wouldn't follow through and now this latest question, agood enonly a question. was the president engaged in a cover up? is this the latest step? i do...

Learn more about it as this investigation continues. >> thanks very much. joining us now is constitutional law scholar. and what do you make of the white house saying the washington post report is much to do about nothing. but admitting that he did weigh in on the statement which contradicts what the president's own legal team had been saying. >> thanks for having me. you'll note that the white house did not reject the statement. if you look at mr. secelo's parsing of it as well. and tas udly while kwibling admits something happened. i think they've got another self inflicted wound over ther...

Children will look back and ask the question dad, what the hell? >> that's just -- >> my son's already asking me. >> already? >> and how old is he? >> six months. >> okay. see? >> but he's very curious. >> i have a window into the next generation. >> it's thursday, july 13th. with us in washington mark halpern, christen sole us anders anderson, josh earnest, we're only going to use audio with josh. okay? >> get the sketch artist. >> exactly. and we'll just hear from you. >> and politics editor for the daily beast, sam stein. we begin with a report that investigators are investigating.

Lives tonight. instead they're fighting for their lives, anderson. >> it's just hard to believe. do you know how long this went on for, this incident? >> reporter: at this point investigators haven't said. we do know it was relatively quick when this individual walked in and took the elevator up to the 16th and 17th floor and then turned the weapon on himself. how was he able to gain access to this facility if he had already submitted his resignation back in 2015. what were the security measures? all key questions as a family of at least one doctor continues to mourn. back on the national st...