Character. Indicting a president. The arguments for and against filing charges if it is determined that President Trump committed a crime. Well start this hour with some new reaction for you from Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti. To this weeks bombshell, Associated Press report that the National Enquirer kept a safe with documents about hush money payments and damaging stories that it then killed about donald trump leading up to the 2016 election. Now Michael Avenatti spoke to joy reid this morning, speculating here on what might be inside that safe. Plenty of damaging information, joy. I think it is a treasure trove of documents and evidence relating to the extent that Michael Cohen and donald trump went to cover up facts, to hide facts from the American People, in connection with the 2016 election. Do you think this is mostly about paying women off. Is there there is no question. And this is as National Enquirer david pecker and long tief cfo Allen Wiselberg were granted immu
Msnbc analyst and former chairman of the Republican National committee Michael Steele and New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt is with us along with willie geist up in new york. Willie is in new york and were in washington this morning because we had an amazing event last night that we were honored to be a part of. It was great. It was the 35th anniversary of the National Democratic institution, the 35th annual event that they have. Of course, the institute was inspied by Ronald Reagans 1982 westminster speech and there were tribute toes john mccain and kofi annen. Madeleine Madeleine Allbright is behind the whole thing and got us to engage. You say susan rice there. My brother mark was there and we were honored to be a part of it. The theme of the nights was reaffirming democracy here and around the world and mdi does so much to try and continue that effort. So important. Really does. Really does. And caddie, the theme of it, again, for 35 years theyve been bringing you know, sort
Mika has the day off with her family, a longplanned family event which shes sorry shes not here because well be talking about baseball most of the morning. Im just joking. Were doing politics. So along with willie and me, we have mike barnacle, john heilman, Donnie Deutsch is here and guru, advertising guru and all around good guy wearing baby gap tshirts in all black this week only, Donnie Deutsch. Actually, thats he week. Also the aps legendary jonathan okay. Right. Washington anchor for bbc world news america caddie kay and White House Correspondent for pbs news hour, yamish. Willie, i know mika would agree with me and Jonathan Lamere would agree with me this morning that you got in the Boston Red Sox, like we understand the yankees are going to probably win by 15, maybe 20 games next year. Thats right, yeah. So were kind of playing and lamere, feel free to chime in. Were kind of playing for maybe third or fourth place. We have joe kelly who is our best pitcher. We know were never g
Nations top job. Plus, Michael Jackson. Back in the spotlight. Hbo going on the air with that disturbing documentary despite protests and lawsuits. Two men graphically detailing what they allege as sexual abuse at the hands of the pop star. The reaction and fallout this morning. Our team is set up and ready to go covering all the angles we are going to begin this hour with breaking news on those catastrophic tornadoes in the south. At least 23 people in alabama and georgia are dead. Dozens more injured after a series of massive powerful tornadoes swept through the region sunday. Homes were levelled and trees toppled and crews are searching for people still unaccounted for. Tammy lightener is on the scene. She joins us from smith station, alabama. Tammy, tell us the latest this morning. Set the scene. We can see the horrible devastation behind you. Reporter 23 people dead. Theyre still searching for survivors. You can see where the tornado came through. Look to my right. Down by that pi
raised to put on donald trump s inauguration. now they said they want to speak to him because he is not affiliated with the inauguration at all. they learned through witness testimony and e-mails had reviewed the finances of the inauguration at one point. a source tells me he reviewed the finances because then donald trump had asked his people to ask him, someone he trusts very much, to look at the finances. when they were made public, it became known this was the most expensive or i should say the most generous inauguration in the sthense that a regard amoun of money was raised. so now the attorney general saying that they want to speak to allen wiselberg. he s been involved for a number of years in trump organization. thank you very much. in minutes, president biden is set to speak, touting the white house says the progress the country has made against the covid-19 pandemic. jeff joins us again this