mark mazzetti, "new york times," and carol leonnig, "the washington post." republicans have supported mueller in his investigation saying he's an honest man doing his duty but this twist, it could raise questions about whether the president was trying to fire him and whether republicans will respond. jake, that's the question on capitol hill. how do republicans, who you cover every day in congress, respond to this news? jake: they've said back, a little bit back and forth, that they would pass legislation to ensure mueller doesn't get canned. lindsey graham -- these aren't -- these are people who are friendly with the president -- have said they want to protect mueller, they want to protect the government and the investigation. they've not done so yet. and we'll see if they do. i think as we all know, doing anything proactive in washington is very rare. robert: is there republican support that could grow in the coming days for the bills to protect mueller? jake: that's a good question. probably not. i think that would be difficult to get that through the hou

also, investigative reporter for the "washington post" and msnbc contributor carol leonnig, she has reportsday. evan, we'll start with you, you co-write a piece for the "new yorker" investigating jared kushner's business ties to china and in it you write in part this "according to current and former officials briefed on u.s. intelligence about chinese communications, chinese officials said that china's ambassador the united states and jared kushner in meetings to prepare for the summit at mar-a-lago discussed jared kushner's business interests along with policy. some intelligence officials became concerned that the chinese government was seeking to use business inducements to influence kushner's views. "i never saw any indication it was successful" a former official said of chinese efforts to compromise kushner, but the intelligence reports triggered alarms that chinese officials were attempting to exploit kushner's close relationship with the president which could yield benefits over time. they're in it for the long haul, the former official said. so evan, how much of a concern could jared