Purger himself when he said he had not had any contacts with the russian. She said normal people would face jail time for such a thing. Her colleague on the senate side, chuck schumer, he wouldnt go that far. He did not say he believed Jeff Sessions had purgered himself before the committee. He did say he misled congress and that that was enough to call for his resignation. Other democrats following suit. Among republicans you have similar and i think for the purposes of discussions Jeff Sessions future as both attorney general and in the context of this investigation, thats probably what matters the most. And there are fissures. You have a trail of senators out there saying Jeff Sessions needs to recuse himself from any investigation into russia and the Trump Campaign that may be going on. Senator Lindsey Graham is one of them. Senator susan collins. Senator dean heller. Senator rob portman, all kind of considered to be some of the more moderate voices in the republican party, people
Welcome to morning joe. Its to have 17th. Joe is on assignment this morning. With us we have National Analyst for msnbc john heilemann. Donny deutsche is here and republican strategist and political competenttator what . Viewers want to know why you do that . Because you are reprehensible in some ways. I like to feel it when i say it. What are the ways im reprehensive . The question is, in what ways are you not reprehensive. Within are you donny and its fun. Tell the people, its fun, its not true hatred. I know. Disgust, repulsive. We need to analyze. Susan dell vdell persio is here and host of casey d. C. , the rock casey hunt on msnbc. I love i. Very god, willie, well done. Thank you for doing that. Wolfman. That was good. I was expecting it from heilemann, im confused. I knew he would step up. There is so much to start with. Lets start with the Alabama Senate race which will go on as manned december 12th. The governor saying yesterday she will not move the day election. It means the
President s being watched. We are also looking at theme at the metoo movement. This morning, the last hour, megyn kelly speaking exclusively with three women sharing their stories. What they hope to see happen. We have a lot to get to in 60 minutes, but now we have learned the name of the suspect in this mornings attempted terror attack. 27yearold akayed ullah. This happened at 7 20 this morning eastern time. This is the heart of manhattan. The suspect was reportedly hurt after this bomb went off while he was wearing it. Just the last couple of minutes, as you saw, police gave more information about what they think the suspect was using. Listen. This male was wearing an improvised lowtech explosive device to his body. He initially detonated that device. It looks like there were three other people in the area that sustained minor injuries, but we cant talk about that. The suspect was placed in an ambulance and taken to the hospital. We have learned new information this morning, what are
Race. All in all, not such a great week for this white house. I want to bring in cnn political commentator Scott Jennings and Alice Stewart and political strategic rick weilson. Good evening to all of you. Rick, senator bob corker is leaning no, we dont know if republicans can get senator marco rubio on board, maybe hes trying to negotiate there. Both senators mccain and cochran, theyre currently out for medical issues. Do republicans have the votes they need to get this bill through . It is a very narrow thing. And mike pence better not wander too far from the senate, because the clock is running. And the number of folks that are wavering on this thing is growing by the seemingly by the minute. And i think one thing that weve seen about the tax bill is the sense of its fragility with members who, you know, are harking back to the fact that the Republican Party used to be about fiscal discipline and not blowing up our deficits by a trillion dollars or so and not stacking the tax plans
Running in can you believe it . Two years from now is going to be keep America Great exclamation point. Keep America Great. Good morning and welcome to am joy. Coming to you live from austin, texas, where were attending the south by southwest festival. Last night donald trump managed to turn a rally for Republican House candidate rick saccone into a 2020 Trump Campaign rally and a chance to revise his president ial history, all 414 days of it, and to set a new, as yet, unprecedented bar for unsettling, bizarre behavior in office. Remember i used to say how easy it is to be president ial, but youd all be out of here right now. Youd be so bored. I was joking. I said, ha, president for life, that sounds good. Maybe well have to try it. When i was in china, and other places by the way, i said, mr. President , do you have a drug problem . No, no, no. I said what do you attribute that to . Well, the dealt penalty. Id love oprah to win. Id love to beat oprah. I love her weakness. That went on