we are back tonight. in this segment, we have no other charge aside from continuing to discuss the breaking news that started us off tonight. the headline from "the new york times" the bracing the fbi opened inquiry into whether our president was secretly working on behalf of russia. and a reminder because we sometimes lose our perspective with the daily barrage of russia stories, just the mention of this allegation is, of course, a first for the american presidency. we have the very best in the business standing by to continue our conversation. barbara mcquaid, chuck rosenberg and frank figliuzzi on the phone. barbara, we just learned mr. rosenstein planned to stay, according to nbc news reporting to, in effect, see the mueller investigation and statement through. do you think anything we've learned today and tonight does anything to jeopardize that trajectory? >> i don't think so unless president trump panics in some