she s scheduled to hold her daily briefing at any moment. but let s start with our team of reporters. nbc s kristen welker is at the white house. matt apuzzo. and chris mcgeren is covering the special house investigation for the l.a. times. kristin, i ve been gone for a week, trying to keep all this straight, this rudy giuliani news. i m having a hard time. can you straighten it out for us? do we believe the wednesday night version of giuliani, the thursday night version of giuliani, or is it the sunday morning version of giuliani? it s a good question, katy. and it is not clear. still as of this monday. that s one of the things we are going to ask sarah sanders about. one of the headlines though i think from giuliani that remains is the fact that he says the president reimbursed michael cohen for those payments. that s significant because, of course he denied doing that. now in a conversation i had with mayor giuliani, he said the
is a witch hunt, as he calls it. if he does plead the fifth, who is that going to affect? well, his base is already going to support him no matter what or almost no matter what. but you have a situation where some people may be a little more squishy in their support for the president. this could change their mind. i should specify. what about republican lawmakers? will it matter to them? it certainly could. i think more of a concern to republican senators will be how he treats the department of justice, how he interacts with rod rosenstein and bob mueller as far as interfering with the investigation or trying to remove anybody who he doesn t like. nbc s kristen welker at the white house. matt apuzzo of the new york times and chris mcgeren of the l.a. times. joining me, chuck rosenberg, an msnbc contributor. and andrew kurtzman, a former