elaborate redesign of his dc office apparently to look like the tv show downton abbey. he never intentionally did anything wrong and any errors honest mistakes. schock said he looks forward to the facts coming out. i have full confidence in my legal team, full confidence in the good people of this community and confident in the end, justice will prevail. his trial is scheduled to begin in february. coming up, a new battle is developing over who will be the next dnc chair while the nbc political team said this will be a fight between obama and clinton world. also, factor in bernie sanders world. we ll sort what that means in the daily briefing in politics.
and, you know, obviously, it s, i think, the toughest job in the cabinet to lead the v.a. and while so many angels working there, so many great problems as well. and he s obviously going to take my application or interest under consideration and i m glad he called. and he s going to obviously meet other folks and we should know i think probably after thanksgiving. new questions this morning about president-elect donald trump s businesses and whether they present a conflict of interest. the washington post reports foreign diplomats could hope to curry favor with trump by staying in his dc hotel. a sales pitch event held specifically for diplomats last week, one attende said much of the discussion was over, quote, how are we going to build ties with the new administration? and an interview with progress, richard painter, chief ethics counsel to george w. bush, it looks like it violates the
presidential campaign. earnest went on to say president obama will not rule out endorsing a candidate in the democratic primary. it all comes as major democratic fund raisers have been invited to the vice president s d.c. residence the week after labor day, the good news on the obama fund raisers have exited to bungling large sums for the clinton campaign. look at that number. does it surprise it? i thought they were all there. it doesn t surprise me the obama and clinton worlds are different worlds. not much. mike. does that surprise you? no, not ought all. first of all, it is only august. so that s one reason. mark just pointed out, there are two different factions representsed here. the hillary clinton and obama faction. which is larger thatten the clinton faction. there has always been a mutual
thunderstorms today and tomorrow morning it will be raining in most areas to start your friday and then it will clear from west to east as we go throughout your morning. thomas, bottom line is d.c., macy s fireworks will be just fine. they ll get them in. they should be dry. out in cape cod in boston, they were smart to postpone them. much appreciated. coming up on morning joe. is there any democrat that can challenge hillary clinton? mark hall perrin, what s old could be new again. the cryptic tweets. and do the boots make the man? why they re comparing texas governor rick perry to a, quote, west coast metrosexual. yeah. can you believe that? like a rhinestone cowboy
wintery mix. and pushing to new york in the midnight hour and boston as well. so, yeah, your thursday is snowy. basically from virginia all the way into new england, and the snow continues there as we head into your friday as well, which is valentine s day. and the cape and the islands seeing some rain. look at the snow here. parts of just outside of d.c. could see a foot or a foot and a half of snow. and that swath, just west of philadelphia, just west of new york city. that s the big target for the heavier snow around new york, also western mass and new hampshire and maine. as you mentioned, they might not get out until late on your valentine s day, which is this friday, by the way. a couple of cities to highlight, the first is d.c. leesburg and frederick, we could see a foot or a foot and a half of snow. meaning kids off for your friday as well.