We are building new sections and starting at about two weeks we are building some brandnew sections, large sections, and the wall is getting billed. I would like to build it even faster, but its getting billed and its getting billed very substantially. As some of you have seen, because he been there. Yeah, please. Reporter you have an agreement with north korea on the time and place for the next summit . President trump yes. Reporter can you share . President trump we are going to very soon. We will announce it early next week. Reporter okay. And you also said President Trump and they very module of the media. I think they really want to do it. We will see. Again, remember, north korea was a whole different story. When i came into office, many people thought we were going to war with north korea. I would sit and listen and i would read people saying, go to war with north korea. Well, you would lose potentially hundreds of millions of lives. Its literally right off their wall, by the re
Go through this. And hopefully, somebodys going to be looking at the other side. Poor president. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. It is monday, march 25th. With us on the set here in washington we have columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius. Nbc news and msnbc law analyst and editorinchief of Lawfare Benjamin wittes. And host of the beat on msnbc, ari melber. New york times reporter michael schmidt. Taking a break from book writing to come in on this big news morning. Mike barnicle joining us from new york city and former u. S. Attorney and an msnbc contributor, Barbara Mcquaid is with us as well. Well get right to the big news this morning. The president and his allies are celebrating Robert Muellers report on russias interference in the 2016 election. Attorney general william barr writes in his fourpage summary of the report that the special counsel did not find that any u. S. Person or Trump Campaign official or associate conspired or knowing
Host of msnbcs politics nation al sharpton and Steve Rattner is with us. Former chief of staff to the dccc and former director of communications for Hillary Clintons campaign, Adrienne Elrod, an msnbc contributor and were heading to iowa this month for the first votes of the 2020 election. Tonight that state and the nation will hear directly from the leading contenders for the democratic nomination for president of the United States. Six candidates will hit the stage in des moines. Amon them, a pair of u. S. Senators who agree on a lot but clearly not everything. Elizabeth warren and Bernie Sanders have a very different recollection about a 2018 conversation on the prospects of a woman for president. Well get into that, and new polling on the state of the race. And you cant talk 2020 without mentioning russias ongoing efforts to undermine the election. Well break down the new reporting that russians hacked the Ukrainian Gas Company at the center of President Trumps impeachment. So a lo
Well see you again on monday. Its time for the last worded with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, rachel. I was riveted to that interview. You took Elizabeth Warren through every question that were all wondering about how did she come to this position, which she had already tweeted i think earlier today. This afternoon. She got out there right away and then that hypothetical you gave her about if you could see into the future and actually kn impeachment would be actually politically harmful for democrats. That it wouldnt result in him being removed. Wouldnt result in him being removed. In other words, a clinton version of impeachment is it worth doing and her answer to that was so powerful. Solidly yes. Its the right thing to do because its the right thing to do. Let the chips fall where they may. Its interestinging to you and i cover these guys and know all these candidates not only for how theyre running but how they have campaigned and the kinds of people they are. I would not have e
White house and other immigration officials acknowledge, yes, chronic overcrowding but deny reports Young Children are routinely denied showers and other things. And a billionaire indicted for operating a sex trafficking ring allegedly involving dozens of underage girls. Jeffrey epstein faced similar allegations a decade ago but avoided prosecution in a controversial deal with a federal prosecutor who is now in President Trumps cabinet. Alleged behavior shocks the conscience. And while the charged conduct is from a number of years ago, it is still profoundly important to the many alleged victims, now young women. They deserve their day in court, and we are proud to be standing up for them by bringing this indictment. We begin the hour with that very breaking news. Sordid charges leveled last hour against a politically connected billionaire. Federal prosecutors unceiling an indictment against Jeffrey Epstein alleging the finance tycoon operated a sex trafficking ring largely so he could