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.

Today's discussions:

Former Chief of Staff at the CIA and Pentagon Jeremy Bash, former Congresswoman Donna Edwards, former Deputy Campaign Manager for Obama 2012 Stephanie Cutter, and The Root's Jason Johnson on Trump's attack on Academy Award winner Spike Lee's call for choosing love over hate in the upcoming 2020 election;

Former Chief of Staff at the CIA and Pentagon Jeremy Bash, former Congresswoman Donna Edwards, former Deputy Campaign Manager for Obama 2012 Stephanie Cutter, and The Root's Jason Johnson on Trump making his way to Vietnam for his second meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un;

Former Chief of Staff at the CIA and Pentagon Jeremy Bash, The Daily Beast's Betsy Woodruff, former Congresswoman Donna Edwards, and former DOJ spox Matt Miller on what Congress is planning to do once Special Counsel Robert Mueller files his final report;

NYT's Peter Baker, former Chief of Staff at the CIA and Pentagon Jeremy Bash, The Daily Beast's Betsy Woodruff, former Congresswoman Donna Edwards, and former DOJ spox Matt Miller on what lawmakers plan on asking Michael Cohen when he testifies in front of multiple congressional committees this week.