Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us on this monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. We have a lot to get to this hour. Lets start with five things to know for this monday, october 2nd. At any moment, donald trump Will Leave Trump Tower and head to court in New York City for the start of his highstakes Civil Fraud Trial. And allies of Kevin Mccarthy are scrambling to stop a rightwing revolt led by matt gaetz. Hes said hell file a motion to remove mccarthy this week. Mccarthys response, bring it on. Gavin newsom picking a historic replacement to fill Dianne Feinsteins senate seat. Naming the head of emilys list. And bob menendez is due back if court today as calls for his resignation grow louder. Well speak to a congressman who was jumped into the race in the senate town seat him. We have no winner, yet, in the powerball jackpot. It is north of 1 billion. Phil informs me if he wins, he will always continue to come to work. No ticket matched all six numbers in the drawing this week
sweeping pieces of legislation in most recent history, set to impact american life on many, many levels. by now you probably heard about the $1,400 stimulus checks, which could start going out via direct deposit next week but the bill is also expected to add 7 million jobs to the economy. it s designed to cut child poverty in half, specifically helping black and hispanic families through the tax credits and family aid and it will fund nationwide vaccine distribution that should help bring an end to this covid pandemic. to underscore that, we just learned in the last hour, the biden administration will announce plans to buy 100 million additional vaccines from johnson & johnson. we should make it clear, that while there is a lot of hope and a lot of potential surrounding the new covid bill, we will not be sure how effective it s going to actually be until it s put into action. i want to bring in garrett haake on capitol hill. also with us, chief white house correspondent for n
News, analysis and interviews with politicians and observers. But theres no doubt the white house is watching this unfold just across the river. He was the president s Campaign Chairman at a crucial time to help get those delegates on board and make sure there wasnt a revolt at the campaign. And now if Robert Mueller didnt have any success, i think it is going to be a big success for the president because look at what hes got on the table against manafort. 18 counts of tax evasion and bank fraud, 35 potential witnesses for their prosecution, 500 pieces of evidence. Yeah, i mean, Paul Manafort is lowhanging fruit as far as this probe goes. This should be a slam dunk for Robert Mueller. If he doesnt make the basket, to belabor the metaphor, that will be an enormous fluke. The other thing i think this really draws out is donald trump know this doesnt directly
implicate him, but it does draw out hes surrounded himself essentially with crooks or at the very least very seedy people who are b
Morning joe. It is thursday, august 23rd. Joe has the morning off. He will be back tomorrow. We have Donny Deutsch with us along with professor at Princeton University and column at New York Post and contributor editor of Weekly Standard john and sam stein and washington Anchor Katy Kay and benjamin. Good to have you all onboard with us on another very busy morning. We begin with the very latest in President Trumps former lawyer implicating him in his guilty plea yesterday. Trump appeared to acknowledge his attorneys Campaign Finance violation and then walked it back in an interview all while maintaining its not a crime and say he blamed Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his former lawyers prosecution. The president tweeted, michael
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Didnt come out of the campaign and thats big. But they werent, its not even a campaign violation. If you look at Preside
The shutdown meeting when he walked out. Exactly, thats according to two democratic sources with knowledge of that meeting. Well hear from Senator Schumer and Speaker Pelosi any moment now. But thats it for me. Andrea mitchell picking things up right now. Ill see you tomorrow morning. What a day. Craig melvin, thank you. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. We are awaiting comments at any moment from House Speaker nancy pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. Moments after President Trump suddenly appeared in The Rose Garden to lash out at them, pouncing on Comments Pelosi had made this morning, that the president had engaged in a coverup, comments she made in part to slow her own caucus march to impeachment. The president walking out of that prearranged meeting over infrastructure and trade with pelosi and schumer, and leading democrats on capitol hill. Heres part of it. Instead of walking in happily into a meefg, i walk into look at people that had just said
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