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Where we stand to date, and it's all under a headline that certainly gets your attention. at least nine people in trump's orbit had contact with russians during campaign and transition. this examines the contacts from done junior, jared kushner, trump attorney michael cone, george papadopoulos, paul manafort, carter page, jeff sessions, michael flynn and the campaign foreign policy adviser j.d. gordon. here are just some of the ways trump allies have defended those individuals and those contacts. >> paul manafort, who is a good man, also by the way, paul manafort was replaced long before the e...

Is an issue that has challenged multiple presidents during high-stakes washington investigations, how to handle the demands of investigators without surrendering the institutional prerogatives of the office of the presidency. now, it goes on to say the uncertainty has grown to the point that white house officials privately express fear that colleagues may be wearing a wire to surreptitiously record conversations for mr. mueller. all of this unfolds as a current and a former trump ally gear up for the role they will play in this investigation. long-time lawyer for both trump and his business, m...

Them. shep? >> shepard: trace gallagher in los angeles. thank you. president trump's long-time personal lawyer michael cone will face questions about russia in a public hearing. that's the new word from senators on the intelligence committee after they called off a closed do you remember interview with him this morning. he recently confirmed that he contacted the kremlin and a trump tower in moscow. catherine herridge has more. >> we expected that cohen would take questions from investigators three to four hours. it was abruptly cut short with cohen telling reporters that it was the committee'...

We now have reporting about subpoenas that have been issued for former manafort associates, one of whom is someone he worked with and one of whom is his former attorney. i'm not a lawyer but i was surprised to see that. my sense is that that is rare. what do you make of a subpoena for his former attorney? >> before i answer that, can i just add to what navid said which is when you combine with all the lies and all of the misleading statements and all of the nondisclosure of meetings with the russians, when you take donald trump's statements, i have no interests in russia, i have no dealings th...

Checkered past to say the least. they've bickered publicly. schneiderman has disdain over his policy and some of his immigration rules. it's not two people who have love for each other to say the least. >> josh dossi, great reporting on your part. it makes things much clearer than they have been which isn't always the case as this story goes forward. thank you so much. that news comes amid the other big news in the ongoing trump russia story this week which is a revolution that president trump's personal lawyer, michael cone, sent an e-mail to vladimir putin's kremlin seeking help on a proje...