To ignore the norm showing callous disregard for law by using chemical weapons to kill women, children. We find this inexcusable. As the president and chief, the president has the authority to use military force overseas to defend United States national interest. The United States has vital interest in diverting a worseni worsening can a strophe in syria. Last year in response to a chemical weapons attack and to signal the regime to cease chemical weapons use, we targeted the military base. Earlier today, President Trump directed the u. S. Military to conduct operations in concert with our allies to destroy the ser ja regimes chemical weapons capability. Tonight they took action to strike the chemical weapons structure. Clearly assad did not get the message last year. Clearly with our allies we struck harder. We sent a clear message to assad and his lieutenants that they should not perpetrate another chemical weapons attack for which they will be held accountable. The 70 nations in the
Time. As for the comey firing, trump told the russian officials that firing eased pressure from the investigation, which apparently concerned someone so much that that quote itself leaked. The New York Times reporting that trump said, i just fired the head of the fbi. He was crazy, a real nut job. I faced great pressure because of russia. Thats taken off. And thats not all. On that same day mike pence was publicly denying what trump was privately telling those same putin appointees in a comment that would later be shredded by Donald Trumps own Public Statement to lester holt. What about the president s dissatisfaction with the russia probe . Did that play into this, sir . Let me be very clear, that the president s decision to accept the recommendation of the Deputy Attorney general and the attorney general to remove director comey as the head of the fbi was based solely and exclusively on his commitment to the best interests of the American People. Some statements dont age well. Tonigh
The last time you did the same thing. You with the grauardian. You just body slammed me and broke my glasses. I mean a fighter and a winner if youre talking about beating up reporters. Thats just not right. Assault charges. Didnt he get assault charges. Terrible. And that guy behind the president was removed because he wasnt clapping. You must clap good morning, everyone. President trump last night praising the montana congressman who pleaded guilty last year to physically assaulting a reporter on the eve of the election. Hes a fighter. Yeah. Not really. Welcome to morning joe. I noticed you guys arent clapping hard enough. Its friday. Exactly. September 7th. Oh, boy. Among joe, willie and me, National Affairs analyst for nbc news and Msnbc John Heilemann in a loud shirt and columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post David Ignatius. Elegant. Elegant. A lot to talk about. Its a whodunit in the white house. This person who was the anonymous author of the oped. Im not listenin
Has a plan ready if the new attorney general bill barr decides to shelf the official investigations reports and results. We will obviously subpoena the report. We will bring bob mueller in to testify before congress. We will take it could court if necessary and in the end i think the department understands theyre going to have to make this public. I think barr will ultimately understand that as well. All right. So the president s former aide steve bannon, you may remember him, is saying this could be dire consequences for the nation as it heads into 2020. Weve allowed the democrats because they take control of the house to weaponize a whole bunch of investigations. Theyve, theyre going to be able to weaponize the Mueller Report. 2019 will be quite vitriolic. All comes as the former fixer Michael Cohen is prepared to testify before a trio of congressional committees this week, some in the open. Revealing his time with trump and the trump organization. You saw the schedule there for what
Working with you. If you think about it, hey, the economy wasnt me, its the fed. Health care, wasnt me, its mcconnell. You know, shaggy should be his chief political advisor these days, i think. I dont know if he follows either of us on twitter, but i will try to reach out to shaggy and see if we can get this collabo done by the end of 2019, chuck. I have a feeling he knows were talking about him. Were going to follow the pod quaff cast as well. Thank you, chuck todd. Let me tell you what we have in tonights show. There are a lot of Different Things going on. First a brandnew video everyone is talking about in politics. 0 joe biden, former vicepresident , is speaking out on the criticism hes received this week and he is now announcing in his own words, hell be, quote, careful of personal space with women criticizing encounters they said made them feel uncomfortable. Well get into the video and other criticism of him later in the show. Also something weve been waiting to do tonight, wer