Were just getting word, watching National Anthems ahead of 1 00 p. M. Eastern nfl game starts. We have been perusing all of these games, folks. We have seen players from the saints, the patriots, the dolphins, the buccaneers, they have not all stood, some have been standing together locked in arms. Some have been kneeling. We also can note that tom brady of the patriots, he did come out on the field. He stood there with his team. His head was down. His hand was over his heart, but perhaps most notably, in chicago, the steelers are playing the bears. And they had said via their coach earlier today that the steelers would stay in the locker room for the duration of the National Anthem. We can confirm they have only moments ago taken to the sidelines. They all stayed in the locker room during the National Anthem as a form of protest. What youre seeing here also from london, we had Wembley Stadium earlier today where we had evidence on both sides of the field there of players taking a stan
Dont worry. 100 . Dont get too angry. Well, theres, theres that. A trump off teleprompter. Welcome back to morning joe. Its wednesday, january 31st, with us we have National Affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc, john heilemann, former aide to the george w. Bush white house and state departments, elise jordan is here. Former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst, the recovering steve rattner, massive injury. Really . A ski accident. And kasie hunt will be joining us shortly so get the lightning rod ready. I think we ought to try to put at least the state of the union itself in its own place. Could you put that into perspective . I think it was a good night for donald trump, but remember, voters always grade this man on the curve. Donald trump has taught americans lower expectations when viewing the reality show president. He had american carnage that was an inspiring speech, through charlottesville, from slandering the entire continent of africa, donald trump has earned t
Have happened. We now call it spygate. Youre calling it spygate. A lot of bad things have happened. Were not calling it spygate. The, quote, spy is the confidential source the fbi used to make contact with these Trump Campaign members prior to the election. The aim was to look into russias meddling in the election. But the president as seized on this to call it a fact of investigators with him, which he denied this afternoon. Reporter [ inaudible ]. All you have to do is look at the basics and youll see. It looks like a very serious event. Well find out. When they look at the documents, i think people are going to see a lot of bad things happen. I hope its not so because if it is, theres never been anything like it in the history of our country. Were not undercutting. Were cleaning everything up. This was a terrible situation. What were doing is cleaning everything up. Its so important. What im doing is a service to this country. He may say theyre cleaning everything up but the tweet s
Thats ahead in this hour of Shepard Smith reporting. Im Trace Gallagher in for Shepard Smith. The president is calling the attack on his administration spygate. Theres never big anything like this in the history of our country. Trace the president has been tweeting about it. James comey responded on twitter quoting facts matter. The fbis use of confidential human sources, the actual term, is tightly regulated and essential to protecting the country. Attacks on the fbi and lying about its work will do lasting damage to our country. How will republicans explain this to their grandchildren. President trump hit back saying he did a Great Service to this country by firing the former fbi director. Earlier this week, President Trump demanded the Justice Department investigate whether an informant spied on his campaign for political reasons. The New York Times reported the fbi sent the informant to meet with Trump Campaign advisers because their suspicious contacts linked to moscow. Rod rosens