Company set up by trump Attorney Michael Cohen to buy her silence in october of 2016 went on to take in over 4. 4 million through january of 2018. What was the money used for . And what of the allegation that some of the money had ties to a Russian Oligarch . Well break that story down. Also this morning, the major implications of the president s decision to pull the United States out of the Iran Nuclear Deal. And Don Blankenship comes up short in West Virginia, well show you the classic reaction to the loss by Mitch Mcconnells team on twitter. Welcome to morning joe, its wednesday, may 9th. With us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, associate editor of commentary magazine noah rothman. Author of the book a world in disarray richard haas and washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. The iran deal, one of the huge stories of the morning. But whats going on with this money and company and President Trump . We dont know. All we know is this company that was set up to
We are making America Great again. Up on the house top reindeer paws out jumps good old santa claus. Down through the chimney with all kinds of toys. All filled with little ones christmas toys ho, ho. Ainsley thats rebas country version of up on the house top. Steve i like that. I have never heard it before. Steve we are on the second level of studio f. Welcome aboard. You know what today is . Ainsley thursday before christmas . Steve its the first day of winter. Brian oh, really. The weather roots are coming out in you, steve. Steve i saw the prompter its december 21st. Ainsley we are getting a warm front. Brian do you know what that means . Start Christmas Shopping before its too late. Ainsley you havent started Christmas Shopping. Brian no. Steve what are you doing Christmas Eve . Brian as long as 7 11 is open i have time to shop. Ainsley you get slurpees. Brian and auto repair stuff. Ainsley we got a present from dawn. Thank you, dawn. The only person you have to shop for is your w
International backlash on a trade deal to changing stances on gun control. And now chief of staff john kelly is facing blowback after he tried to defend how he handled Domestic Abuse scandal. Were also learning the president may be ready to get his daughter and soninlaw out of the west wing. Cnns Boris Sanchez traveling with the president and joins us live now from florida. Good morning, boris. We want to find out the latest on, you know, this john kelly story. It just all seems to be piling up in a very chaotic way. Thats right, martin. Good morning to you and christi. It comes at the end of an already tumultouous week. He spent the week lashing out at staff and saw the departure of some key figures in the administration and now getting this news about john kelly and his exchange with reporters yesterday that started off as an off the camera briefing and portions were later put on the record in which kelly defended his handling of the rob porter controversy, one that the white house w
Government through february 8th. The deal extends the Childrens Health Insurance Program for six years, but it did nothing on daca. For that, democrats got Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell to commit to a vote on the issue next month. But House Speaker paul ryan is making no such promises. Welcome to morning joe. Its tuesday, january 23rd, with us we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle, associate editor of commentary magazine noah rothman and editor of the Washington Post, Eugene Robinson and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host kasie dc on msnbc, kasie hunt. Joe, what was the president , the president s part in this way forward . And what is the way forward . It sounds like his part was to get out of the way. Most everybody says the reason they were able to get a deal at the end was the president and steven miller, who is obviously running the president s business were kept out of the way. And so the two sides could come together. Listen, there are a lot o
Unexpectedly overturn negotiations like a flimsey coffee table. The vacillateliing positions on immigration, in a piece titled, quote, the a president not sure of what he wants complicates the shutdown impasse. Quote, one thing was clear to both sides of the negotiations to end it. The president was either unwilling or unable to articulate the immigration policy he wanted. Much less, understand the nuances of what it would involve. Heres the enduring image of the president during the shutdown. No notes, no details, no staff, hat on. All of this said, the white house took a victory lap this afternoon. Democrats realized that the position that they had taken frankly was indefensible and that they had to focus on first funding our military, protecting Border Patrol agents, funding Vulnerable Children through the c. H. I. P. Program. These were things that they didnt disagree with. They agreed with everything that was in the c. R. The president stayed firm. Republicans stayed firm. And dem