top democrat in the house, kill the top democrat in the senate, kill one of the top democrats investigating donald trump from a coast guard lieutenant who had been planning domestic terrorism for years. and was plotting and actually learning from another white supremacist, donnie. i believe it was in norway, killed 77 people. not a word from trump, not a word from mitch mcconnell, not a word from kevin mccarthy, not a word from the justice department. that is pathetic. and, by the way, donnie, you know trump. does he no what s he s doing? does he know what he s doing here, what he s encouraging by remaining silent? is he hoping for a deflection? guys, i think we re a little hard on trump.
summit. michael cohen will be testifying to three congressional committees. the vice president will also be abroad and the special counsel could wrap up all next week. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, february 22nd, along with joe, willie and me we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, republican strat jieg and associate editor of the washington post and an msnbc commit cal analyst eugene robinson and danny is back with us this morning. good to have you all on board on this friday morning. so the coast guard lieutenant accused of plotting to carry out a mass terror attack here in the united states has been ordered to remain behind bars.
we re learning more today about the coast guard lieutenant who s being described by prosecutors as a domestic terrorist who intended to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country. that s a quote. christopher hasson appeared at a hearing this afternoon where the judge ordered him held for at least two more weeks and prosecutors revealed he spent hours online researching mass attackers including the unabomber and the virginia tech gunman. hasson was raeftd friday on drugs and weapons charges. prosecutors say he had 15 weapons, 1,000 rounds of ammunition, a stockpile of drugs and a list of targets including prominent democrats and journalists. the only reason we found out about any of this is because of a college professor, sheamus hughes, who s the deputy director of the program on extremism at george washington university, tweeted about the case yesterday after learning the details from a detention memo that was filed in a maryland court. naturally, when news outle
here you go. look at that. by the way, a big day for you. happy gator birthday. thank you very much. i saw on twitter last night, you re out of the 18-34 demographic. i think i m legally not allowed to talk about the youth vote anymore. as of today i have to find a whole new top being to discuss. you ll find the older you get, the more you get like me and grandpa simpson. top story this morning, a coast guard lieutenant has been ordered to remain behind bars. a judge ordered that 49-year-old christopher paul hassan be held without bail for at least two more weeks it allow prosecutors to build their case against him. hassan was arrested last week on drug and gun charges.
to deliver a sentencing memo for paul manafort today as the former trump campaign chairman is expected to learn the extent of his prison term next month. yesterday a federal judge in northern virginia scheduled manafort s sentencing for march the 8th after being convicted on eight counts of bank and tax fraud last august, the sentencing was delayed by the dispute over paul manafort s cooperation agreement with the special counsel. last week the federal judge in manafort s washington, d.c. case ruled that he purposefully lied about subjects important to the investigation paving the way for a longer sentence. march 13th is manafort s scheduled sentencing date in d.c. for his guilty plea on conspiracy charges and lying to federal prosecutors and a grand jury. 69-year-old manafort could be in prison for the rest of his life. the coast guard lieutenant accused of plotting to carry out a mass terror attack here in the u.s. has been ordered to remain behind bars. a judge yesterday ordered t