trying to blackmail of the tabloid s political motivations. good morning. it is morning joe along with joe, willie and me we have mike barnic barnicle. donny deutsch is with us and susan del percio and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson and we have a lot to get to this morning, including the mueller probe. new court transcripts that paul manafort had a pardon on his mind, plus, the acting a.g., matthew whitaker testifies today after a public showdown with democrats. the newly empowered house majority, and the latest on the political turmoil in virginia as a top republican official is now also embroiled in the controversy involving blackface. also breaking last night, the supreme court has ruled that louisiana cannot enforce a law that women s groups say would leave the state with only one
of famers. one thing about john dingell in recent years, he had a wickedly wicked twit ater feed. and whenever something happened, particularly in the trump era, he always had just a perfect acid comment. so that s how he one way he contributed to the political deba debate. and, joe, he was tweeting up until a couple of days saying, as a matter of fact, one way to look at his life is think of the span of it. he was on the floor as a page when he was with us to see an
that louisiana cannot enforce a lot that women s groups say would leave the state with only one doctor allowed to perform aworses. chief justice john roberts broke with the court s conservatives to place the law on hold while a louer court decision in favor of the measure is appealed. the 2014 law requires any doctor offering abortion services in louisiana to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles. a lot to get to. but we begin, joe, with amazon s ceo accusing the parent company of the national enquirer with extortion and blackmail. it feels, joe, like they messed with the wrong guy. it did but it also seems very familiar, not only to us but i think people ran against the
doctor allowed to perform abortions. chief justice john roberts broke with the courts conservatives to place the law on hold while a lower court decision in favor of the measure is appealed. the 2014 law requires any doctor offering abortion services in louisiana to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles. a lot to get to. we begin, joe, with amazon s ceo, accusing the parent company of the national enquirer of extortion and blackmail for allegedly threatening to pub lishg scandal oous photos and texts from him. feels they messed with the wrong guy. it did and feels very familiar to us and people that ran against donald trump. yeah. and in the republican primary. a connection between donald trump and the national enkwishor enkwish
president is whether you re facing exposure on so many front, legal and political, how is it that you get out of that without any liability. and i think it very, very hard to see. do we saw the intel committee sharing transcripting. the and stay tuned for matthew whitaker s public todestimony today. that s right here on msnbc on morning joe. we ll be right back. joe. we ll be right back. i hear it in the background and she s watching too, saying [indistinct conversation]