related to the russia investigation. now he s in the oval office with trump. lavrov said the meeting didn t cover the absurd claims of russian meddling. greg miller, thank you for your reporting. before we go to break, in terms of republicans, we heard from bob corker. obviously there s a big problem at the top of this administration and perhaps an uncon tanable one. what should republicans do at this point? charlie sykes editorial in the new york times came at a really important time because i started seeing yesterday for the first time these conservative hucksters who make money going to a niche audios called out not for supporting trump but for their anti anti-trumpism.