headquarters here in new york. i m katie turr for brian williams. day 343 of the trump administration and we have breaking news on the russia investigation in the form of a new interview with the new york times posted a short time ago. michael schmitt sat down with the president in west palm beach for a 30 minute impromptu conversation. president trump said thursday he believes robert mueller the special counsel in the russia investigation will treat him fairly, contradicting some members of his party who waged a weeks long campaign to try to discredit mr. mueller and the inquiry. the president did not demand an end to the russia have investigations, but insisted 16 times that there has been no collusion discovered by the inquiry. it makes the country look very bad and it puts the country in a