Have you heard. All across the nation. All across the nation. We are going to be. We are going to be. A great generation. A great generation. Flnow give yourselves a hand. Good morning. We are live in washington, d. C. Where on saturday america witnessed one of the largest mass protests in u. S. History. Emma gonzalez amplified the voices of her peers. She stood in silence for six minutes and 20 seconds. She said that was the length of time it took for 17 of her classmates and staffers to be killed february 14th in parkland, florida. For that time she made the nation stop and sit with the trauma of loss and absence. Her silence was deafening. In part, because for the last 39 days, since the shootings in their hometown of parkland, florida, emma and her activist classmates have been so vocal in their demands for change and to local and national gun policy. They organized. They got a gun reform bill passed in florida. They have begun chipping away at the power of the nra while making sur
Just say, badda book. Badda boom. Nobody glows. He gets it. Always the lowest price, guaranteed. Book now at choicehotels. Com a busy friday night. Lots of breaking news. Even more details on missed signals in the awful shooting ten days ago at Stoneman Douglas high school in parkland, florida. New reporting at the white house a couple of weeks ago the president s soninlaw Jared Kushner was facing significant issues over getting a White House Security clearance and a guilty plea in new charges in the russia investigation. Sarah, rick gates, the former Trump Campaign deputy chair pleaded guilty today. Walk us through the details. Thats right. This is in d. C. Federal court. He pleaded guilty to two federal charges. One was conspiracy to defraud the United States and the other was making false statements. And in these charges he pleaded guilty to prosecutors kind of outlined how he and his Business Partner hid all this money from the Ukrainian Government work, from the federal government
This was a phony. This was a 400pound guy in new jersey. This had the russians didnt do it. Well, its now thoofb the russians were trying to interfere in our election. He actually by the end had to back up. Well, it appears the stress might be getting to him. That was the tweet storm. Welcome to morning joe. Were live in washington on this monday, february 19th. With us we have David Ignatius. Matt miller. Carol lee. And jon meacham who is criminal chully obligated to work on president s day and wear his rugged boots. Jon meacham, theyre duck boots. Theyre not rugged boots. He doesnt really need to wear them. Its a fashion statement i like to say. Exactly. It is. It is. So, jon meacham, my favorite president s day story is bill clinton gathering foreign contributors in the white house and announcing to them, this is the day in america that we call president s day. I thought that was sort of a laugh because, of course, hes getting money from people that did not know what president s day
This latest chapter has left students taking matters into their own hands because the adults in washington wont act. But first, in the wake of tragedy, on thursday President Trump sought to set the emotional tone for a nation coming to grips once again with a mass shooting. To every parent, teacher and child who is hurting so badly, we are here for you, whatever you need, whatever we can do to ease your pain. We are all joined together as one american family. And your suffering is our burden also. It is not enough to simply take actions that make us feel like we are making a difference. We must actually make that difference. The president traveled to florida visiting with survivors, posing for photos, and flashing a thumbs up. But all of that was swept aside by a wave of tweets late last night and early this morning. There were tweets about fake news, polsters, even nascar. And then there was this one. Quote, very sad that the fbi missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida
Congressman schiff. 28 minutes after that, he said if russia was trying to create discord, the Committee Hearings and investigations have fueled that success. Half an hour later, fake news again. Nine minutes later, the focus was on midterm elections. At noon, he thanked ken starr, blast from the past, for his interview regarding russia on fox news. Two lours lathours later, he wag about nascar. Finally, the president tweeted about oprah, calling her quote, very insecure. With me is nbc News White House correspondent jeff bennett, who joins us from near maralago in west palm beach. Whats up . Why is the president tweeting so much . Reporter look, it reflects the fact he spends all of saturday and sunday holed up at his private maralago retreat. A white house official says he opted against his usual golf routine out of respect for the Parkland High School shooting victims and their families so you mentioned the fact he congratulated or thanked ken starr for an interview he gave to fox n