take a look at what he's saying. >> while democrats run down our country, they really do. they run it down. always negative. nasty the way they come after me. get used to it. we won the election. we're going win again in 2020 and hopefully keep winning. >> he says hope fly we're going to keep winnings. pretty much conceded the republicans will have a hard time holding on to the house. big question now is will the president will political legal issues be a drag on the party. now that you have this plea from michael cohen, directly implicating the president. and aprobe growing around the trump organization. >> jeff bennett from the white house starting us off. appreciate that. joining me now, john harwood, cnbc editor at large. political correspondent. we welcomed you'd both again. john, start with you. we have the national enquirer safe. who do we know about what stories could be held there, do we have any facts on that.