Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and their friendship, boy, especially after this weekend, their friendship could teach us a lot about how washington, d. C. Should work. Good morning, its monday, february 15, president s day. With us on set, those of us that are in the president s day rotation, washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay. We also have senior Political Editor i love it, senior Political Editor whats so wrong about that the . Senior Political Editor repeat it one more time. At some point it becomes aged. That means youre not a sophomore anymore. Youre a senior now. Ive graduated. Im almost there. Sam stein. We also have republican pollster and columnist in at the Washington Examiner kristen soltsol soltis anderson. In boston, not senior but legh d legendary Mike Barnicle. I want legendary. Jon meacham, before we get into the news, the sad news this weekend of Justice Scalia, i want to key in on this friendship between scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ruth Bader Gins
Breakfast yesterday. That would be saturday morning. While his family deals with the loss of a father and gloved grandfather, the nations highest court must now confront the absence of a man chief Justice John Roberts called an extraordinary jurist. He has also been described as larger than life. That was true of Justice Scalia, both on and off the court. A spirited jurist. He was often the most aggressive questioner from the bench and the one most likely to provoke laughter even during the most serious cases. Also an originalist, someone who believed the words of the document should be interpreted by look at what those words meant when they were written. I look to the words of the constitution. But i ask, what did those words mean to the society that adopted them . Thats the same thing i do with legislation. What, what do those words mean . Whats the fair understanding of them . Scalia was known for being rather immovable once he reached a decision and penned fiery dissents when he wa
Fbis surprise announcement of that probe into huma abedins emails. Clinton says, quote, theres no case here. Need more controversy . How about this. Donald Trumps Campaign is facing new questions this morning about whether he cheated to avoid paying tens of millions of dollars in federal taxes over nearly two decades. Also, there are multiple and uncorroborated reports about his campaigns potential links to russia. This all matters more because of where we are, seven days out from the election. Weve got it all covered for you. Lets begin with cnn justice correspondent evan perez live in washington. Evan . Reporter good morning, chris. The big question today remains, will the fbi be able to provide more information about what its investigation into huma abedins recent he discovered emails are showing. Fbi director james comey has told officials at this point he has no plan to provide partial update, and its unlikely that his investigators can complete their work by election day. A team
The serious with breaking news. I can report that just moments ago Paul Manaforts lawyers say they are and im quoting basically their arguments, worried about Paul Manaforts current safety behind bars, a serious thing for any lawyer to file. A judge ordered Paul Manafort to be moved to a new jail as he awaits his muchanticipated trial. That might seem like a win for manaforts team, his lawyers have been arguing the current jail for their preparation s pr. Now his lawyers want him to stay where he is citing concerns about his safety. Now guilty trump aide Michael Flynn back in court the First Time Since he was in court in december to plead guilty in the first place. His lawyer telling the judge flynn is cooperating and is eager to move to sentencing. No sign of what will transpire. All of that is the backdrop, the legal wrangling, of these different trump aides with someone else breaking their silence who is key to muellers investigation. A russian admitting setting up that infamous mee
Afternoon. In a private ceremony kavanaugh was sworn in by both chief Justice John Roberts and retired Justice Anthony kennedy. The courts long time swing vote whom he will replace. Tonight President Trump will hold a swearing in ceremony with Justice Kavanaugh at the white house. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is monday, october 8th. With us we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle, former adviser to president george w. Bush now cocreator and executive producer of the circus on showtime Mark Mckinnon, i cant m Yamiche Alcindor and joe meacham. Joe, why dont you try to set the scene for us what this will mean for the midterms, what this will mean for democrats and republicans, the senate. I could go on. What does this mean . Well, well hear from our esteemed guests, but a lot of talk, mika, this weekend about how this was going to be different, the Supreme Court would never be respected again, the Supreme Court wouldnt be able to Work Together again. Of course, in that swea