in a trump tweet. as a nondisclosure agreement or nda. these agreements are very common among celebrities and people of wealth. that sounds like it might have been him. the rudy trump statements were described to me by two sources familiar with the president and giuliani's thinking as a quote strategic play carried out last night and this morning, not a gaff or a stumble. the goal according to one of these sources, make clear to cohen that trump still has his back ask try to prevent him from flipping and cooperating with federal prosecutors. the sources adding, rudy and the president believe they, quote, know some of what was taken out of cohen's office and if you know what they have, you start putting it out there yourself to control the narrative. end quote. joining me at the table jim mussina, former white house deputy chief of staffer for president obama, also his former campaign manager in 2012, eugene robinson, washington post columnist, jennifer rubin also an opinion writer with the post, and rick&!