People have made to congress to buttress the russian side of the collusion investigation. Thank you for that. We thank you for watching this hour of msnbc live throughout, i mean, from the very beginning craig melvin whos about to pick up our coverage from the day that Robert Mueller was appointed thrappoin appointed, this story has never been far from the headlines. Among these many days, this is huge. This is an infection pointing deep. Were going to continue our coverage. Good morning, craig melvin, msnbc headquarters here in new york city. That Breaking News on the Mueller Investigation is where we start. Shortly before President Trump left for his meeting with World Leaders in argentina, last hour just a few moments ago he called his onetime attorney and fixer Michael Cohen a quote, weak person, who is lying. Cohen made a surprise appearance in a Federal Courtroom in manhattan this morning. He named the president. He named President Trump in a shocking new plea deal involving Trum
how tough will bumper-to-bumppr be when he talks to putin. the south lawn a short time ago with regards to his business dealings in russia and what he has said in the past about his business dealings with russia and tweeted as well, we ve got this tweet from the president. this is from it would appear as if july 26 of 2016, for the record i have zero investments in russia. the president reiterated something to that effect in that interview with lester. he said at one point, quote, i will tell you right now zero, i have nothing to do with russia. yes, when asked about his specific financial interests in russia. nothing. it would seem as if he changed his tune a bit there on the south lawn? reporter: right, and what he s essentially trying to say is, look, yes, i was looking into this as a candidate, wasn t clear i was going to win, and so there s nothing illegal or wrong about that, but to your point, craig, it certainly does raise