in president donald trump's denial. so that's the freshest polling on this. again, as you mentioned, we have a briefing here starting in 50 minutes if it's on time and we'll be sure to be following that. kristen. >> undoubtedly. sarah sanders will get some questions about all of that. hans nichols, mike memoli, thank you. for more analysis, ned price, msnbc national security analyst, former spokesperson at the national security council. and natasha bertrand, who covers the russia investigation for the atlantic. and olivia newsy, washington correspondent for new york magazine. thanks to all of you for being here. natasha, let me start with you. we know, as you just heard mike memoli say, there is no doubt lawmakers are going to want to ask hope hicks about helping the president craft that response, once it was learned that donald trump jr. met with the crekrem n kremlin-linked attorney during the campaign.