phil, let me start with you. that appearance before the press pool today was stunning and for everyone who thinks that donald trump shows his hand every time, he certainly did so once again today. first of all, he said he s not agitated, but wrote in all caps on twitter yesterday. about the, the probe. and sort of an outburst on twitter. that s clearly a sign of agitation. we know from reporting he s been spending all week with his lawyers preparing those answers. i thought it was interesting that the press availability earlier today, he said three separate times, i wrote my own answers, my lawyers did not write them. i don t lead lawyers to write my answers, but we know that s not true. the lawyers have been helping them draft those. they re being very careful so he does not perjure himself in the answers or create other legal
the whole thing is a hoax. there was no collusion. here to help us with the day s developments, from the washington post, phil rucker. matt miller, former chief spokesman for the justice department is back. joyce vance is a former u.s. attorney and john heilemann, co-host and executive producer of showtime s the circus. he s here. all of them msnbc analysts and contributors. phil rucker, let me start with you. that appearance before the press pool today was stunning. and for everyone who thinks that donald trump shows his hand every single time, he certainly did so once again today. yeah, that s right, nicolle. first of all, he said he s not agitated but he wrote in all caps on twitter yesterday about the russia probe. and in sort of an outburst on twitter. so that s clearly a sign of agitation. we know from reporting that he has been spending all week with his lawyers preparing those answers. i thought it was interesting at
sitting down with mueller. basically no way in h, e, double hockey sticks will the president sit down with mueller. bret: the press pool rotates. abc is the press pool today. they rent out some of this. they, and you have been in this, as have i, sometimes you yell out questions. this president answers them. i want to read it. why don t you just fired mueller? he says i think it s a disgrace. many people have said i should do it. they are finding nothing. that s a big statement. and then asking if he is concerned about what the fbi will find, he says no. pretty detailed about this. we want to turn to the videotape that s coming from the press pool. they are just getting out and queuing up the tape. stand by as we get ready to go in the cabinet room where the