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
behavior, and it s something that the president is doing, i think, to mitt fwigate the atta on him for this michael cohen news and of course over any potential, you know, optics that it might seem like he s rewarding vladimir putin at a moment when they are directly attacking the ukrainians. chief global correspondent bill neely is in moscow for us right now, and bill, again, the kremlin confirmed that this meeting was going to, in fact, happen between vladimir putin and president trump. just a few hours ago it confirmed the meeting, and now the president of the united states via twitter saying the meeting is not going to happen. what s likely going to be the response there in moscow? reporter: yeah, craig, i mean, pretty extraordinary, and there has been no response so far from the kremlin, but as you said, as far as they were concerned, the meeting was on. they were preparing for it. i think that s what donald trump was also saying, suggesting within the last hour, and now