>>> plus, mission accomplished but at what price? senator lindsey graham is now a feisty trump defender and the white house is about to give him a big reward. >>> how was your weekend? at the white house the chief of staff feels compelled to say the president is not a white supremacist. another top trump adviser takes issue with her husband whose weekend tweets question the president's mental fitness and suggest he's getting worse. >> i don't share those concerns, and i have four kids and i was getting out of the house this morning before i got here and talked to the president about substance, so i may not be up to speed on all of them. >> back to that drama in a moment. we begin this hour with a big new record by one of the democrats, big big new faces. beto o'rourke campaign announced it raised $6 million before going live. it topped even bernie sanders' campaign which reached $5.9 million in its first day.