Judy Woodruff:

We return now to yesterday's legal developments.

With the unsealing of criminal charges and pleas, Robert Mueller's Russia investigation may have entered a new phase. In public, the White House has distanced itself from Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos, but how are the president and White House officials reacting behind the scenes?

Ashley Parker of The Washington Post has been reporting on al this. And she joins me now.

So, Ashley, I think you and your colleagues said in your story that you talked to 20-some White House aides. What is the sense you're getting from them of their handling — how they're handling this, how they react to this?