fbi director james comey. and falling for impeachment. americans speak out on the political crisis, showing the country deeply divided whether the president should be impeached and removed from office. i am wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president trump is days away from becoming the third u.s. president to be impeached by the house of representatives. now, democrats are asking four white house officials testify in the subsequent senate trial, including the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney and john bolton. senator chuck schumer making the request in writing to majority leader mitch mcconnell, and separately, blasting mcconnell for coordinating with the white house on the president s defense, calling that, i am quoting now, totally out of line. we ll talk about that and more with congresswoman debbie mccarsell.
in 2017, american soccer can still find a way to win the world cup in 2018. get on it. i love it. let s do it. yes. all right. to mika. isaac, thank you for whatever just happened. we ll be watching men in blazers life this morning at 5:30 eastern. you can catch totteham havversu liverpool. president trump saying tax reform is a priority. yet continues to put more on congress s plate. daca and now iran all when his party couldn t repeal obamacare. we ll get a live report from the white house as the president preparings to meet with the cabinet later this morning. morning joe is coming right back. their experience is coveted. their leadership is instinctive.
he s not been castrated by the commander in chief. i checked. i m fully intact. good morning. it s monday, october 16. welcome to morning joe. with us we have senior political analyst for nbc news and msnbc. former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst. steve ratter in. world in disarray, richard. washington post david. president trump punted the next steps for the iran deal to congress. on friday decertified the deal and the treasury department introduced new sanctions on iran s islamic revolutionary guard core. the president bashed the international agreement, but refrained from pulling out completely. because we ll see what
stick and condemn that or heller? you have not. and let me give a warning. nobody can run and hide on that one. like the president. joe? yeah. steve smith, of course, you have actually that man steve schmidt who actually mocked and ridiculed an american prisoner of war, an american hero who gave his life, his entire life to this country who was given an opportunity to leave hanoi, given an opportunity to stop being tortured and beaten so badly that he can t raise his arms above his shoulders to this day, and that s the person that steve bannon has been getting behind all of this time? him lecturing anybody about
this is going to be a recovery that will be years in the making, especially if the president turns a blind eye to puerto rico, those american citizens who continue to suffer every day. if this were in the suburbs of dallas, texas, if this were happening in mountain brook, alabama, if that was happening in the northern part of atlanta, oh, my god, we would have an operation going on there that would make d-day look like a spring picnic. but because it s americans on an island in puerto rico that donald trump is not focused on or interested in, he actually is insulting them and threatening to take away support. this is a national disgrace and this is a national shame. one of the ways that you can help and do the sort of things that the president is not doing, whether you re a republican or democrat because this is not political, just like katrina.