Getting rid of nancy pelosi is like treating cancer with a bandaid. She is a symptom of the problem but not the problem. This morning our commanderinchief set to accountability act people who work for the department of veterans affairs. I didnt tape. I dont have any tape. And i didnt tape. The president kept comey honest. One thing still comey was the leaker other chariot. Steve how many times have you heard that song . The guy singing it will be our feeter performer today on the allamerican Concert Series brought to you by keurig right there on the stage 48th and sixth avenue. If you are in new york city, not only will you hear him, you will actually have breakfast. Ainsley never too early in the morning for barbecue. Breakfast . Steve this is a bonus i didnt know. Ainsley welcome. Happy friday. Ed back from the white house . Ainsley yesterday i got to interview the president and melania, the first lady. We will have that interview coming up. Ed great music. Ainsley we have the concer
Lies, and we will go through each and every one of them for you. Good morning, everyone. Its thursday, june 22nd. Welcome to morning joe. With us we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle, senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein, former aide to the george w. Bush white house and state department, solis jordan, jon meacham, and capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt. And joe will be back tomorrow. Were going to get to the fact check of the president s rally in a moment. Theres a lot of work to do to get all of those facts checked, willie. Yes. There were quite a few doozies in there. Its kind of uncomfortable. Well its so uncomfortable to see a president i mean, can you remember having to go through lies after lies after lies from the president of the United States . Well, i know were going to talk about this in a second, but the one interesting thing is the one piece of legislation he can tout, which is the Health Care
The person that prevents it . I think we can get there. This current draft doesnt do enough. My concern is, my biggest concern, under this draft, premiums would continue to rise. If premiums continue to rise after we hold a press conference claiming to have repealed obamacare, thats a disaster. Its a disaster politically, substantively. It would be a failure of the mandate weve been given by the voters. Would you be willing to make changes on medicaid like legislation is currently stands . Even if you turn to yes, theres some moderates that could be nos. Every one expects this current draft for their to be significant changes to it. Indeed the majority leader and the staff rolling it out said this is a first draft. Theres going to be significant changes. Well continue to have to have a negotiation. Everybody has to give. Thats the only way to get at least 50 out of 52 republicans. We have a narrow majority. The only way to get to yes is if everybody is willing to give some. The keys ar
Ossoff with nancy pelosi. Democratic leader nancy pelosi takes heat for the loss in georgia. We clearly need to have the right method and the right messengers. Can democrats win in 2018 with the republicans favorite spoil the ill at the hem. Pulling back the curtain on the Republican Health care bill. Ill talk to senators from both sides of the aisle, including one republican, who might actually know whats in the bill. This is mtb daily. A mtp daily and it starts right now. And good evening, im chuck todd in washington. Welcome to mtp daily one Political Party is banking in the rays of victory the other is feeling burned. The democrats feel the notch of the needed sixth district yesterday. Republican karen handel topped john ossoff by four points and last this race by three points. I kept warning you, dont be shocked if that one slips under the radar. Georgia is the race that really stings with the democrats. With millions of dollars to spend. It could not be a candidate in a highly ed
Stable. Were told the white house has been alerted to this. The president now knows about this. Whether he updates us or passes along a comment, well pass that along as well. This is the morning after. The republicans are breathing a sigh of relief. Theyre now 4 for 4 in the special elections. After what happened in georgia, South Carolina and what happened in kansas. Finally montana, theyre breathing a sigh of relief that they survived in all of those and kept all of the seats. Thats where it sends. Because the details and the underbelly of that story quite a different picture for both parties to take note of. Connell mcshane has been doing digging. Connell . Last night was a strong night for the republicans. But as we take a closer look and dig deeper into the numbers, we know Neither Party can relax heading into the midterms in 2018. Pay close attention to margin of victory. Karen handel on the republican side in georgia won by 3. 8 Percentage Points. When tom price ran, his victory