up on capitol hill to take them to joint base andrews. the white house violating the standard secrecy that surrounds a trip to the afghan war zone, a trip the president himself has never made. the president's action comes a day after speaker pelosi's blunt suggestion that he should delay his state of the union address. also breaking, the white house is quietly preparing to deal with the fallout from the special counsel's investigation. sources say that includes a fight to keep much of robert mueller's report from becoming public. and it all comes as trump lawyer rudy giuliani now concedes the campaign may indeed have coluded with the russians. correspondents and analysts are standing by with full coverage. let's get right to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, this is now a trump versus pelosi shutdown battle. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. welcome to the sand box. president trump kicks sand in