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Of three going on concurrently on capitol hill today, the california democratic senator pamela hairs a member of the intelligence committee spoke marie melber about that investigation and did not rule out the possibility of seeing the president himself testify as part of this russia investigation. >> is the testimony of the potential hearing with the 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. where the facts lead us. >> with that, and on tha...

People who have worked with him have received subpoenas. and a reminder, to date, paul manfort has not been charged with any crime. these stories all come after news from the kremlin, a spokesman for vladimir putin, dmitry pes could be confirming he received an e-mail from 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, plit 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 ms...

Was a great day at the white house. good point to bring in tonight's starting panel. senior foernl affairs for politico. white house reporter for the associated press, vivian salama. and chief the ektices lawyers to former president george w. bush richard painter returns. he teaches law at the university of minnesota. welcome to you all, michael you're our reality assessments. how big a bombshell is this? >> well it's big, brian. but it's also part of a pattern. i think what's significant is the way this pattern is coming into clearer focus. look, on the underlying substance of whether there w...

Destructive force, squaring off in the most heavily militarized area on earth. what is trump going to do now? >> that got our attention for good reason, and with that, let's bring in tonight's starting panel. andrea mitchell, retired four-star u.s. army general, barry mccaffrey, and our military general, malcolm nance. he also happens to be an msnbc analyst. andrea, you have covered this on and off for some time. what about the president's words, if anything, struck you as coordinated, vetted, planned and then the second part of the question is, how do you de-escalate from where he put this th...

>> the president was not -- did not draft the response. the response was -- came from donald trump junior. i'm sure in consultation with his lawyer. let me say this, the president -- i do want to be clear the president was not involved in the drafting of the statement and did not issue the statement. it came from donald trump junior. that's what i can tell you because that's what we know. the president didn't sign off off anything. he was coming back from the g20. the statement released on saturday was released by donald trump jr. i'm sure in consultation withes his lawyers. the president wasn...