Do that was demoted. And this interview, well, pruitt did with fox news definitely didnt help things. I was misinformed. Have you made mistakes . I think this is something that needs to be corrected. Do you take responsibility . A mistake by my team. Do you take responsibility . Im fixing it. Do you take responsibility . Im fixing the problem. In the face of that, the president told reporters that he thinks pruitt is doing a great job. I think that scott is doing a fantastic job. I think hes a fantastic person. Trump denying today that he is planning to replace sessions with pruitt. Sarah sanders telling cnn the white house does not, quote, have any plans for personal changes at this time. Which is pretty much what this white house says every time there is a new rumor of a staff shakeup. It is not exactly a statement you can take to the bank. This is a president who proved again today that he will say whatever he wants whenever he wants. This was going to be my remarks. It would have t
Loyalist. Michael cohen. We got the lawyer for the woman at the center. Michael avenatti, in just a couple minutes in the first interview since that news broke this more than. Weve got a lot do get to but we start at the white house. The president is talking with advisers with the clock sticking on that selfimposed deadline to name a new potential justice. For his high court pick, Higher Education on his mind. People familiar with President Trumps process says hes indicated hed like a justice who went to harvard or yale, call it supremely scholarly. As the president prepares for a confirmation battle that he predicts will be short but bruising. Its probably going to be vicious because the other side, all they can do is obstruct and resist. You know, the whole thing is resist. I think its going to go quickly if i pick the right person. The right person, sure about rightleaning with individuals to roe v. Wade. Senator Susan Collins will be a swing vote to confirm any candidate. A candida
Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. Reports yet that john dowd raised the prospect of president ial pardon for former National Security adviser Michael Flynn and Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort just as special counsel bob mueller was building a case against them. Dowds conversation with Michael Flynns lawyer occurred sometimes after dowd took over last summer as the president s personal lawyer at a time when a grand jury was viewing evidence against flynn on a range of potential crimes. The times also reports that the pardon discussion with paulen manaforts attorney came before his client was indicted in october. One person familiar with the outreach said dowd over the summer relayed to manaforts lawyers that a pardon was a possibility. The fbi raided manaforts home in the early hours had of july 26th. Dowd said there were no discussions, period, as far as i know. No discussions. White house special counsel ty cobb said, quote, i have only been asked about pardons by the pr
The president talked about pardoning former aides under investigation. That would be huge. That is huge. And sad. Welcome to morning joe. Its thursday, march 29th. With us we have a lot of people because we have a lot of news this morning. Mike barnacle. Political writer for the New York Times. Former treasury official Steve Rattner. Joyce vance, law professor at George Washington university. Jonathan turley and New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt who had another big scoop. Whats new. Hesincredible. Mike, we could talk about so much right now, but first lets talk about day five of the president. I guess its day five. Maybe even more than that, that this Stormy Daniels news has frozen the president of the United States yet again. This is yet to happen. I know i was critical of the legal techniques Stormy Daniels lawyer was taking but if you look at it through the through the lens of politics, my gosh, this guy has done to donald trump and Stormy Daniels as done to donald trump what
No, i mean we need a whole new vocabulary. That was an honest response by the way. This would be the Third National security adviser. We just lost the secretary of state. We were talking a month ago, you and i, about how this turnover was something weve never seen before, and its accelerated since then. Since then weve seen hope hicks go away, rob porter, tillerson, and mcmaster is about to go. This is so outside the norm and of the of what an white house operates. Im chilled by it as an american. I dont feel there is a firm hand on the ship. Laura, lets talk about the new subpoena issued to the Trump Organization. What is the special counsel after here . According to what we know they are after the Business Records and any indication that shows the finances and by all reports they gave some documents over to muellers team. But the subpoena should alert to you two things. In one this is the far more assertive and aggressive tactic. They could have said under the pressure of a subpoena