welcome back. we're covering this breaking news out of the white house. the president's problems will probably follow him on his overseas trip. let's dive right in with my panel. guys, as you know, the "new york times" is reporting that president trump according to this white house document told russian officials in the oval office about ten days ago that fbi director james comby is a nut job and that firing him eased pressure over the russia probe. and -- and sean spicer in his statement clearly did not deny it. in fact, kind of tried to explain where the pressure came from. it seems like this will not go away even though the president is hoping that this trip will provide a reset. >> i'm troubled by the fact that donald trump seems to be giving the russians a straight story about the firing of james comey before he gave everyone else and