A to make more bombs. And center court, Serena Williams calls foul on an umpire for sexism at the u. S. Open. Im here fighting for womens rights and for womens equality and for all kinds of stuff. And for me to say, thief and for him to take a game, it made me feel like it was a sexist remark. And good day everyone, im Andrea Mitchell in washington where it is President Trump against bob woodward. The president escalating his attacks on the veteran officer for his harrowing betrayal of the Trump Presidency after watching woodwards first live interview this morning on the today show. Trump calling woodward a liar, saying his book is, quote, a joke, just another assault against me and a barrage of insults, just proving unnamed and Anonymous Sources may have already come in regard. The quotes like the book are fiction. So you have john kelly, the white house chief of staff calling the president an idiot, saying were in crazy town, thats a quote. Yes. John kelly now says that never happene
And in the white house. God bless our great country. Lets get to work. Together we can organize around the politics of hope. I commit to devote my heart, my mind, and my energy. Im back and here i am. I end this in a way that ive been filled up so much more by you. We are just getting started. If we are going to turn this ship around as a country, it is not good enough to throw a rock at our neighbors yard. We need to clean up our own house. Today is more than about democrats and republicans. Its about restoring the constitutions checks and balances to the trump administration. And here is the bottom line. Democrats are returning to power on clip. They won control of the house, yet appear to have lost ground in the senate. At last check, democrats gained 28 seats in the house. That amounts to an estimated 230 seat majority to the republicans 20 5 with democrats powered by women winning from coast to coast. And while democrats gained a senate seat in nevada, they fell short in several t
But 33 seats tonight remain outstanding. Were watching those 33 states so carefully. Remember, democrats must pick up two republican seats, not lose any of their own, in order to become the majority in the United States senate. Dana, were watching indiana, oh so closely right now. The democrats need to hold on to this seat. They sure do, and it is one of the classic senate races of this election day because its going to tell the story of not only whether they can hold this seat but whether theres any chance the democrats could take control of the senate and its all playing out on trump turf, indiana is exhibit a of that. Right now, the republican challenger, mike braun, is ahead, pretty well ahead, more than 60 . Joe donnelley, the democratic incumbent, is behind a little more than 35 . Just 4 of the vote in and as i toss it back to you wolf and jake, i will tell you that a democratic source in indiana cautions that a lot of the vote that theyre seeing is republican braun country. They
Obstruction of justice. Then last night a report that describes President Trump doing exactly that. Welcome to morning joe this january 18th. Joe is off. We have me and this big team to react to this big news. Editor of commentary magazine and columnist at the New York Post and editor and chief of law fair, benjamin wittis. Were going to get to the shutdown 28 days in and incredible dynamics between the president and nancy pelosi as americans worry about their next paycheck, President Trump and the House Speaker are taking their fight to the next level. But first, a major story broke late last night which some members of congress could be the most serious allegations yet about donald trump and russia. Buzzfeed news reports that President Trump directed his then attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to congress about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow, citing two federal Law Enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter. Nbc news has not independently confirmed t
A real crisis. A warning from five former Homeland Security chiefs including john kelly all tell ing the president and congress the nation cannot be kept safe if the shutdown continues. The warning gets worse. He cant even calculate the level of risk for travelers right now. And then instead of making a deal today, the president issued a dare to the speaker of the house saying cancel the state of the union address. She did. Now what . Were going to talk to the cham of the caucus. And Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer backed out of testifying before congress citing threats from president trump. Was that the president s . Lets get after it. Tomorrow is supposed to be a big day. Its the first action in the senate since the president shut down the government over 33 days ago because of the wall. There are going to be voting on two competing proposals. Neither is expected to pass. And if not, that could mean big trouble. Juunions for air Traffic Controllers, pilots, flight attendant