calls were made by then president trump. we'll have more on this developing story ahead with a big panel. also on the hill, one congressional committee opening an investigation into the former president's handling of white house documents. new details coming in about what lawmakers want to know and who they'll be talking to. our capitol hill team is standing by live with all of it. at the white house, president biden getting ready to host democratic senators on the judiciary committee. a key meeting ahead of his announcement on whom he will be nominating to the supreme court. here with us live this hour the head of that committee, senator dick durbin. plus new msnbc news reporting on those tensions overseas. what our intelligence sources are now telling us on how russia plans to invade ukraine if it happens and the kremlin has plenty of options on the table. i'm kristen welker in washington in for my friend hallie jackson. congressional reporter for "new york times" luke broadwater.