Kevin. He and i are good friend. Reporter we will talk to congressman mark meadow of Freedom Caucus fame who could be one of the biggest influencers in the next battle for speaker. This is mtp daily, and it starts right now. Good evening. Welcome to mtp daily im chuck todd here in washington. We begin tonight with the breaking news we have been telling you about an hour now. Nbc news reporting President Trump is now not likely to sit down for an interview with lawyers from special counsel Robert Muellers team. Talks basically collapsed after the fbi raid on home and office and hotel room of the president s longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. Now its perhaps not a Surprising Development given President Trumps comments about these things. Unofficial president ial adviser Alan Dershowitz predicted this yesterday on this show when he called the raid on cohen a quote Nuclear Option that was not likely to help the negotiations over these talks. Now, this is yet another sign of how the c