russians, we have to see if this hostile pressure towards russia holds, or whether we see the president return to a more welcoming stance and something akin to the posture that he took in the campaign and the policy he's taking toward russia earlier in his presidency. >> julia, the strike here include ed included a -- "the new york times" says president trump sees the inquiry into cohen a greater threat than special counsel mueller. julia, can you talk about how serious the president is taking this? >> right. i think the president is taking this very seriously. michael cohen has a very close relationship with the president. he's seen as his fixer, his personal lawyer, and now he's losing that relationship because michael cohen is under