putin. >> it confirms people's worst suspicions. they cast doubt that russia medaled but the fact that he would parrot putin's line to a reporter is a totally different level of buy-in. that's one concern. the second is what exactly happened in these meetings? we don't have a clear indication of that. what i've learned from covering the mueller investigation. really no fraction of what mueller knows. it's possible that he knows more than the american public knows. i we have to remember what robert mueller was tasked with, which was to investigate russian interference in the 2016 election and whether there was any collusion between members of donald trump's orbit, member of his campaign at the time with russian officials. once we get those results, it kind of is in the hands of congress. if mueller comes back with something to suggest that there is a reason that now president trump is so sympathetic to vladimir putin, is so likely to buy into his version of events,