Roger stones media tour, what he said about the possibility of cooperating with Robert Mueller plus, why a dozen employees at the Trump National golf course were shown the door. And open for now it is less than three weeks, though, from the next deadline to keep the government open. Whether a deal is really possible coming up, you will hear the new and curious spin from the white house. A very good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome to weekends with alex witt we begin with Donald Trumps long time friend and adviser roger stone. He is now shifting his tone on whether he will cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller his indictment goes further in trying to answer muellers core question did donald trump or his campaign attempt to clued with russia quote, a Senior Campaign official was directed to contact stone about future releases from wikileaks and dirt on the Hillary Clinton campaign stone said he wont testify against the president on friday.