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Headline, bob mueller now seeks to question president trump about michael flynn and james comey's departure. we have the three reporters with those bye lines and each of those big stories right here on "morning joe". national political reporter for "morning joe," "the washington post" reporter and michael schmidt. also with us nbc contributor mike dabarnacle. it was a day of revelations in the russia probe with suggestions that special counsel robert mueller is closely examining whether president trump obstructed justice when he fired former fbi director james comey. "the washington post" repo...

Is now examining the statement. >> the president weighed in, as any father would, based on the limited information he had. >> reporter: the "times" reports mueller is also aware of unsuccessful attempts by the president to stop jeff sessions from recusing himself. >> i am disappointed in the attorney general. he should not have recused himself. >> reporter: according to the "times", mr. trump ordered white house counsel don mcgann to lobby sessions against recusing. when mcgann was unsuccessful, mr. trump erupted in anger saying he needed his attorney general to protect him. the president lash...

Did you direct mike flynn to discuss sanctions with the russian ambassador? >> no, i didn't. >> prior to your -- >> no, i didn't. >> your inauguration. >> no, i didn't. excuse me. >> no, i fired him because of what he said to mike pence. very simple. mike was doing his job. he was calling countries and his counterparts. so it certainly would have been okay with me if he did it. i would have directed him to do it if i thought he wasn't doing it. i would have directed him because that's his job. >> i didn't direct him but i would have directed him but i didn't direct him because i didn't know he...

What he said to mike pence. very simple. mike was doing his job. he was calling countries and his counterparts. so it certainly would have been okay with me if he did it. i would have directed him to do it if i thought he wasn't doing it. i would have directed him because that's his job. >> i didn't direct him but i would have directed him but i didn't direct him because i didn't know he was doing it, but i'm glad he did it. here is the question. did the president of the united states direct michael flynn to discuss sanctions with the russian ambassador? and when flynn got caught, did the pres...

Interest. they are not calling the individual a suspect but it's somebody they want to bring in and somebody they want to talk to to see what they could have seen. they have brought in a couple individuals that could be that person. no information to bear there. they continue to work for the person in that video, chris. >> that is a frightening set of facts they are dealing with down there. another big headline for you. the podesta group says it's cooperating with bob mueller's investigation, and tony podesta is chairman of the firm. nbc news reports mueller's interests in podesta escalated ...