Was part of a russian effort to aid his fathers candidacy. Good morning, its tuesday, july 11th. Welcome to morning joe. With us, we have columnist mike barnicle, former fbi special agent clint watt, katty kay and author of a world in disarray, and from msnbc news, Mark Halperin. Last night the New York Times reported before arranging a meeting with a russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, donald trump jr. Was informed in an email the material was part of a russian government effort to aide his fathers candidacy, according to three people with knowledge of the email. The author of the reported email was Rob Goldstone, a publicist which helped set up the meeting, which took place in june of 2016, before trump became the nominee. The russian lawyer said she had information about purported Illegal Campaign contributions to the Democratic National convention that she thought donald trump jr. Might find helpful. The source doesnt go deeper
House. When i put out a tweet and i put reinces name in the tweet, youre making the assumption that its him because journalists know who the leakers are. If reince wants to explain hes not a leaker, let him do that. Scaramucci, can he get the job done . These are a little different than the other leaks. This was public information. We dont know how politico got it. What do you think, eboni . I dont care what anybody sells. I adore scaramucci. Its not a leak in the legal sense. But i understand his frustration. At the same time, Anthony Scaramucci is not a novice. He knows the second that he enters the administration as hes done, theres the scrutiny and the disclosures and the finances will be at a higher level. Hes not wrong about the overall picture. A lot of leaking going on. Thats a fact. Thats what hes talking about. I know youre referencing the Financial Disclosure of scaramucci, which is public record. Anthony was brought in, the day he was announced, that he reports directly to
About the president s humiliating criticism of him. How long is he willing to take it . And zinke, murkowski new details in a difficult call from the interior secretary, ryan zinke. Murkowski says it was an unpleasant conversation. Did it include a direct threat . Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news, latest effort to pass a Health Care Bill after repeated failures. Lawmakers are now standing by to vote on another measure. This one more limited and targeting obamacares mandates. Republican leaders are clear they dont want the bill to become law, but only to serve as the steppingstone to brokering a better bill with the house of representatives. Ahead of that, the senate is standing by to vote on a russia sanctions bill, this hour. The vote is on the verge of being passed the house yesterday, punishing moscow for meddling in the u. S. President ial election. The white house wont say if President Trump will sign the bill. A
There will be holy held to pay. Who is in, who is out, who knows . Ill talk to the democratic on the tom house intel committee. Do they have cooperation on the other side. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Well, good evening. Im chuck todd here in washington. Welcome to mtp daily. Guess what, the cots are out. It could be a long night in the senate. We have no idea what exactly theyre voting on, and kbes what . Neither do they. Do you know if youll support it or not. I dont know whats in it still. I truly dont. Do you have any idea if youll vote for this socalled skinny repeal tonight . I havent seen it yet, so im going to reserve comment on that as we move into the markup tonight. Have you decided how youll vote on this repeal im still waiting to see. There was some discussion on the floor last evening when we broke as to what this skinny bill would look like. Ive been in conversations with folks and i know others have, so well see what it actually looks like. Well, we did fi
The u. S. Senate preparing to say goodbye to one of their own. I have admired him, like i said, my entire life. Its tough to imagine the Senate Without him. Its tough to imagine politics without john mccain. But, we need to go on. Reporter senator john mccain, a tribute to three decades in the senate will line state in the u. S. Capitol rotunda. Funeral preparations are under way from arizona through washington and a final resting place at the u. S. Naval academy. Courage and loyalty. I can think of no better description of the man we are honoring tonight, my friend john mccain. Reporter former Vice President and long time Senate Colleague joe biden. Biden lost his son, beau, to the same cancer that claimed mccains life. A service at Washington Cathedral where the maverick, who planned his own funeral to ask the man to speak for him, former president , george w. Bush and barack obama in a private burial next to his navy classmate and best friend. For members of the u. S. Senate, a chan