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>> unbelievably, a domestic story has overshadowed a foreign trip. it's like when air force i is wheels up, something else very bad comes down. >> it's also like when air force i is not wheels up, something else comes down. it's overload in terms of the news cycle, and it's one of the things that has enabled the president to get past some of these things. there is always something else. the distraction, the sort of, you know, fog that they create, the fog machine, i don't know that those things distract bob mueller and his investigation and where this whole thing is going here, but you do have...

Mueller and his investigation and where this whole thing is going here, but you do have to wonder why this came out now, who the sources were, what their angle was, was it steve bannon just sort of lighting matches, was it somebody inside worried about the president, maybe possibly considering firing mueller again and trying to stave that off by boxing him in publicly? we don't know but those questions are also important to ask as you sort of consider this story and what was the reason that it came out tonight. >> as we said, our thanks to our starting panel as we deal with what is still this ...

President, donald trump, off the table for this investigation? >> no. >> so it's possible the senate could seek his testimony. >> i think it's possible, yes. >> under what conditions? >> we'll see. >> with that, and on that note, let's bring in tonight's starting panel, senior foreign affairs correspondent for politico is with us. julie pace, bureau chief for the associated press is back with us. with us here in the studio, former assistant special watergate counsel attorney nick ackerman. julie, we'll start with you, and at the rirvg of going over already plowed ground, how many versions of t...

These stories all come after news from the kremlin, a spokesman for vladimir putin, dmitry peskov could be -- today confirming that he received an e-mail from trump's long-time attorney michael cohen, about a real estate deal in moscow. but he says, they did not respond. with that, let's bring in tonight's starting panel, ken vogel, political reporter for "the new york times," mike mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama administration and an msnbc contributor, and former federal prosecutor and msnbc analyst paul butler. gentlemen, welcome to all of you. paul, let me start wi...

Says they did not respond. with that, let's bring in tonight's starting panel, ken vogel, political reporter for "the new york times," mike mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama administration and an msnbc contributor and former federal prosecutor and msnbc analyst paul butler. gentlemen, welcome to all of you. paul, let me start with you. "the financial times" is reporting that akmetshin gave testimony to a grand jury in the mueller investigation. the headline is followed by this. renat akmetshin, the former soviet army officer who met senior trump campaign aides last year...