rattling the west wing, author michael wolf on the "today" show. what he's saying in face of the threats from the president. the book as of 61 minutes ago on sale coast to coast. days earlier than expected. >> my credibility is being questioned by a man who has less credibility than perhaps anyone who has walked on earth at this point. >> reporte >> with us now to kick off the show, michael schmidt, nbc's kristen welker is standing by at the white house, also onset here, former deputy assistant attorney general, robert driscoll, and our panel for the next 60 minutes, white house reporter for bloomberg, shani pettypiece and nick johnson. let's get to it and drill-down on the new york times report. because you need to know what is in it and what we didn't know before. so michael, i want to start off with this graphic here. this morning president trump is telling the white house lawyer apparently back in march to instruct the attorney general jeff sessions to stay on in the russia probe.