it is because he recused himself and didn't take control of the russia investigation and he blames him for the ongoing endless investigation. >> obstruction of justice, the firing of an fbi director because of the russian investigation and the firing of your attorney general because of the russian investigation. that is pretty strong evidence. thank you so much. jeremy peters, we appreciate you being with us. coming up, did the president trade his early morning executive time for some late night tv viewing? a story on fox news last night inspired the president to go after china. this morning beijing is responding. we'll talk about that ahead on "morning joe." that ahead on "morning joe."