Deadline: White House

Today's discussions:

Former undersecretary of state Rick Stengel, MSNBC political analyst Zerlina Maxwell, The Daily Beast's Sam Stein, and Real Clear Politics' A.B. Stoddard on the alleged staged attack conducted by "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett;

Former undersecretary of state Rick Stengel, MSNBC political analyst Zerlina Maxwell, The Daily Beast's Sam Stein, and Real Clear Politics' A.B. Stoddard on the continued opposition to Trump's emergency action declaration;

WaPo's Devlin Barrett, former US attorney Harry Litman, The Daily Beast's Sam Stein, and Real Clear Politics' A.B. Stoddard on how even if Mueller finishes up his investigation soon, some cases spun off from the special counsel could continue;

WaPo's Devlin Barrett, former US attorney Harry Litman, HuffPost reporter Ryan Reilly, The Daily Beast's Sam Stein, Real Clear Politics' A.B. Stoddard, and NBC's Ken Dilanian on a federal judge imposing a strict gag order on Roger Stone after he posted a critical Instagram post about her.