different stocks and everybody says, wow, a big day on the street. a big day on the street for a lot of families is the fact they got enough money to pay the oil bill or buy a pair of sneakers or have their kids be able to go to the movies this weekend. those are the issues the candidates, like joe biden, have to address going forward. up next, don mcgahn failed to show up to a congressional hearing yesterday. now, house democrats are turning up the heat on other folks in trump s orbit. emily gene fox joins us to talk about the new subpoena for hope hicks, next on morning joe.
i hope that she understands that for her new job and for her new life, that it is better to probably just rip off the band aid and get this over with. at some point, she ll likely have to answer these questions and answer to the american people and answer to investigators and congress. i hope, for her sake, in getting her life back on track, she gets this over with. this loyalty to this family, as we ve seen time and time again from a number of people, is a very tricky thing and a very difficult thing for people to get out of. you know, emily, you mentioned this earlier, and i think, just from your point of view in explaining it, it is a critical element of hope hicks and what she does and what she will be doing. she now works for a public company. listed on the stock exchange. prior to accepting this job, she interviewed with several other public companies. she was well-liked in the interview process. people thought highly of her. but each of the public companies that she interviewe
of all these different calls to testify would have for them. it is a fair point. you know, if you are going to work for this administration, you have to be prepared to hire your own lawyer in case you re subpoenaed. that s got to dissuade people from wanting to work for this white house. this is going to continue. it is not going away soon. it looks like the president and the white house are taking the long game to push this out past 2020. that s why you see all the stalling, all these invocations of executive privilege, when the law in the area isn t very clear. i can say this, it is unlikely that executive privilege would apply here because she s already testified before bob mueller. right. that waives executive privilege. this is about the long game and delaying. what s the long game for someone like hope hicks? if the president tells her not to testify, would it be better for her to testify and get it behind her? that would be up to her lawyers to advise her. emily says s
ho hopster all the time, and treated her like a toy that followed him around. she should know her value and get this behind her, no matter what the cost. emily, thank you very much. emily has a new piece out on the epic fall of stormy daniels ex-lawyer, michael avenatti. we ll be reading that in vanity fair. dave, thank you, as well, for being on with us. still ahead on morning joe, we ll talk to congresswoman katie porter, whose questioning of ben carson yesterday took a remarkable turn. she wasn t the only lawmaker taking the cabinet secretary to task. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. do you believe the substandard public housing conditions pose a risk to tenants physical, mental, and emotional health? you already know the answer to that. yes or no? you know the answer. yes or no? i know the answer. do you know the answer? yes or no? reclaiming my time. you don t get to do that.
behind her and testify. the president is going to invoke executive privilege, as he did with don mcgahn. you saw what happened when don mcgahn still could have testified yesterday before the house and did not do so. i expect that this thing will be delayed. i don t expect to see her before congress or producing documents before congress any time soon. so executive privilege, to tell someone not to testify, does that mean they can t testify, or can they say, no, mr. president, i m testifying? they can say, no, i m testifying. okay. been waived when she testified before bob mueller and his team of investigators. right. in addition, you know, the president s invocation of executive privilege is specious here. it is unprecedented. it is so broad, to keep anyone from testifying or producing documents. i think the courts will not recognize it. but that may take months for the courts to rule. i think that s what the president is planning on. emily, do you think hope hicks will do