news on and off for nearly two decades before joining the trump administration in april of 2017. president trump lavished praise on nauert when asked about her potentially becoming the next ambassador. she s under very serious consideration. she s excellent and she s been with us a long time. she s been a supporter for a long time and she s really excellent. so she s under very serious we ll probably make a decision next week. let s talk about some of this now. joining us now for melissa quinn from the washington examiner. thanks so much for joining us today. very much appreciate it. let s talk about the developments we re expecting today with regards to the russia investigation. i think a lot of us anticipating it s probably going to be a big day. does he wait until 5:00 p.m. for that filing deadline? it s usually around 2:00. let s talk first about michael cohen s cooperation with the investigators, a big