President , correct . Its appropriate for the Justice Department and the Prosecutor General to cooperate and to exchange information, yes. But to the extent that the president has concerns and to the extent that the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham look into it, isnt it entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for president zelensky and say that you should be in touch with our official channels . Mr. Castor, i dont know the precise appropriateness of these kind of relations. Now, were you involved, either of you involved with the preparation for the 7 25 call . I was not. I was not. And how do you account for that . I mean, you were the two of the key officials with responsibility for ukrainian policy. If the president of the United States is going to have a call with the leader of the ukraine, why wouldnt
you ordinarily be involved with preparation . Sir, we work for the Department Of State in an embassy overseas and in preparation for a president ial phone
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it really is way to early on this monday on august 21st. i m katty kay on august 21st in for jonathan lemire. we begin with the tropical storm pummeling southern california. hilary is already smashing records for rainfall across california with some parts of the state reporting nearly 3 inches of rain yesterday. in addition to the tropical storm, southern california residents also experienced a 5.1 magnitude earthquake yesterday. officials are reporting it did not cause serious damage, but it did produce several aftershocks. in response to hilary, governor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency. hilary is the first tropical storm to hit southern california in 84 years, almost a century. turning to politics and new polling shows donald trump s
by my side. happy to be back. you worked all weekend. yes, i did. really severe weather is dominating the headlines. here are five things to know for monday, august 21st. right now what is left of tropical storm hillary pounding the southwest with record rainfall. states of emergency declared roads inundated with water. the national hurricane center warns catastrophic flooding is still a threat. happening today, president biden will visit maui to meet with survivors of the devastating wildfires. the number killed there, 114 with hundreds still unaccounted for. new overnight, president trump makes it official. he says he will not show up to this week s gop primary debate and even suggests he may not show up to any of them. that s right. ferreras-copeland jail in georgia bracing for a very busy week. d.a. fani willis has given donald trump and his 18
years our take on donald trump s claim that he was the apple of russian president vladimir putin s eye. we ve got a lot to get to this morning including trump s decision on whether or not he ll attend wednesday s republican presidential primary debate. we ll show you how his gop rivals are responding. meanwhile, the former president has until friday to surrender to authorities in fulton county, georgia. we ll have more on the possible timeline with that. also ahead, the latest on the life-threatening storm hitting southern california, prompting a state of emergency from the governor. and we ll have an update on the recovery efforts in maui ahead of president joe biden s visit to hawaii later today. a lot to get to on this monday morning. welcome to morning joe. it s monday, august 21st. and with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay doing way too