that jared kushner tried to set p a secret back channel to russia. and two in an op-ed can say america first can come with a foreign footprint. and the new word of the day is covfefe. we now believe it has been deleted in the presidential tweet. we have joe johns live at the white house for us. reporter: good morning, alisyn. what is notable this morning is the apparent ramp-up in the russia investigation. it is subtle, but important. the congress simply going from requests to subpoenas. it is a legally enforcement document that carries the possibility of even jail from someone who does not comply.
disrupt the world order and change policies and redo the agreements in a way that, in his view, would benefit the american interests. that s what he seems to be trying to do here with australia, irrespective with the alliance with australia. we are waiting. president trump is at the national prayer breakfast. he s going to speak in a moment. mark burnett, co-producer of the apprentice is at the podium. i want to bring in susan from slate. susan, i want to start with you. tough talking is what we knew we were going to get from president trump. people wanted this. this was a change election. but, tough talking, does it not need a level of diplomacy? are you concerned with how aggressive president trump has been in places like australia and mexico? of course. we heard donald trump say america first. that s fine, but does that mean