BIG DAY – AT 10:55 A.M. ET:  We're starting late this morning because I've had to monitor all the coverage of the story that exploded late yesterday – the charge that President Trump released classified information to the Russians during a White House meeting, possibly putting in jeopardy sensitive sources.

Late yesterday afternoon, H.R. McMaster, the national security adviser, appeared outside the White House to deny the story, noting that he had been at the meeting.

But, overnight, the president started tweeting, and seemed to acknowledge that the story was true.  Well, maybe he didn't.  I'm not sure, but I am sure that he ought to shut up occasionally.

Now we await another briefing by McMaster, a highly respected Army lieutenant general, scheduled for 11:30 or so.  We won't speculate, but once again the White House seems in chaos, with the president acting, to use an old expression, like a bull who brings his own china shop with him.

Stand by.

May 16,  2017