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I don't believe the president just opened the wrong door. or moved the wrong curtain and wound up with you. he wanted to come out and wanted to address kelly and more. what was your sense? >> i can tell you this. the white house aids that were there in the room were taken aback and just as surprised as we were. i didn't ask the president directly did you plan this? it certainly though we were sitting there during this background briefing which is common in the white house. when there's a picy rll out. just a few minutes in the president walked into the room. you would think that he did know th...

And wound up with all of you. i think he wanted to come out. he wanted to address kelly and more. what was your sense? >> you know, i can tell you this, chris. the white house aides that were there in the room were taken aback and just as surprised as we were. now, i didn't ask the president directly, hey, did you plan this? certainly, though, we were sitting there during this background briefing, which is common in the white house when there's a big policy roll-out. in this case it was about immigration. just a few minutes in, the president walked into the room. now, you would think, chris, t...

Oath. >> you would? >> absolutely. >> later when asked about the under oath part, the president's attorney, ty cobb, would only say that the president was speaking, quote, hurriedly before leaving on his trip to swits switzerland and remains cooperative with special counsel. walk us through several major headlines that came out of that impromptu chat. >> and before i walk you through, let me set the stage here, brooke. we were in a background briefing on immigration with the senior white house official. that is very common here at the white house, where there's going to be policy rollout. a fe...

Even reported, nobody did anything. certainly me, was his only little hedge. since then, so many did so much. >> look, we have had michael flynn take a plea deal, george papadopoulos who nobody even knew was doing this, was in the process of doing this which again raises the question of what else does mueller have? only mueller knows. it is worth considering that there is possibly a universe of information out there that we are not yet privy to. >> maggie, you were in the room yesterday when the president surprised everyone by coming into the chief of staff -- john kelly's -- barging in. we se...

In fact, he believes he was entitled to do these things. to our reporters and experts, nbc's kristen welker at the white house, msnbc national security analyst jeremy bash, a former chief of staff at both the cia and pentagon. matthew miller, msnbc justice and security analyst, a former chief spokesman for the department of justice. and steve schmidt, republican strategist and msnbc contributor. kristen welker, let me start with you because i understand there was a bit of a walk back from the ground and the territory that the president staked out from himself in that remarkable press reveal. >...