otherwise, so. and lynn ton actually at the time pulled the book from amazon. the telegraph retracted its piece and now she s apologized for that grotesque instagram post she made the other day. thank you. always good to see you. thank you. still ahead, more on the president s wild rally in phoenix last night, going after both of arizona s senators, threatening to shut down the government over the border wall, blaming the media for the country s racial divide and hinting at a pardon for a former sheriff accused of racial profiling. a lot to get to this morning. and we ll bring in the mayor of phoenix. all ahead on morning joe. and live tv. the channels you love. your favorite shows and movies. making your iphone into more of a. oh my tv is ringing. hey.i m in the middle of a.a second iphone from at&t? okay! right now when you buy a new iphone 7 from at&t you ll get a second iphone 7 on us. and power both with unlimited data and live tv.
effective president legislatively in the history of the united states. as you know, joe, you ve known him long enough, he lives for the cheer. he lives for the affirmation in the room. he was fired up. he was energized, so he was playing the greatest hits, and delivering lines and talking about things that he knew would get a cheer from the few thousand people in that room if phoenix. as you say it often works against him as president, the things he claims he wants to get done you have to wonder does he even care about the legislative agenda? does he really care about getting things done and moving the ball forward for the country or does he just want to right wrongs and fix grievances that he has with people. we ve got with us right now political writer for the failing new york times nick confessori, national political correspondent steve cor nookie, meghan murphy, mark halperin, columnist and associate editor of the washington post eugene
my little piece of paper here. last august you asked general hayden to walk us through the nuclear process, the protocol and he said chillingly, and i remember exactly what he said, the system is designed for speed. as if to say if donald trump becomes president, this is last august we re talking, he will have minutes, if he makes the decision to press the button, it will be minutes until the bombs are in the air. that s kind of what clapper was talking about last night and these are two sober, serious men who don t necessarily have political axes or partisan axes to grind and they re generally worried after watching a performance like in phoenix about the country. isn t it time for congress, if they haven t already done it, to talk about this possibility, to talk about figuring out how to put some checks and balances even on those decisions? so if a man who even the new
country forward. well, he claims to be worried about get anything done and you watch a performance like that last night and you wonder if he cares about getting anything done. he got some chants going. he setted krnl he s watching the show and analyzing how he s being covered through the media and that appears to be the own thing that matters to him. when he hearse a big crowd like last night, talk to phoenix mayor greg stanton after pleading she s describing him as a, quote, creep who made her
trump even would be the nominee in 2020. what s the vibe right now among republicans in the building behind you there? some reporting complimenting and advancing the times story. mitch mcconnell i m told is stunned how destructive the president escalated this and made it personal with mcconnell and going after republican senate candidates, mitch mcconnell must defend has caused him to look at the president and saying why is this guy doing this thing? the ball is in the president s court. the president wants a better and different relationship it s up to the president. mcconnell has supported jeff flake, somebody the president has attacked, to your point. coming up next, one step forward, two steps back. the president goes from his afghanistan speech monday to last night s wild rally in phoenix. and fthe phoenix mayor join us with his thoughts on the