Protesters. Look at the asian markets which are down this morning. Also new this morning, rising tensions between President Trump and some of the nations senior military officers who tell cnn theyre disturbed by mr. Trumps behavior by his intervention in the cases of three Service Members accused of war crimes. All of this as ousted Richard Spencer penned an oped writing the commander in chief has very little understanding of what it means to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices. But first the balloons. Lets get to the balloons. Miguel marquez is live along the macys thanksgiving day parade route. And the countdown to the answer, rugt . Reporter yeah. Look, its going to be minutes before they kick off at 9 00 a. M. Eastern time they will make that call. I got to say, i would have thought there was no chance on earth that those balloons would go the way the wind was howling overnight, but it is pin drop calm right now. Everything is set up. The floats down this way, tom t
The world, in the words of my great colleague, we are better than that. Adjourned. Chairman adam schiff in his closing statement yesterday echoing a comment, a familiar one, from the late elijah cummings. Good morning, welcome to morning joe if the is friday, november 22nd. Im wiley geist. Joe and mika the morning off. With us, susan del percio. White house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire. Pulitzer prize winning columnist and editor of the Washington Post, eugene robinson. Msnbc analyst, former chairman of the Republican National committee Michael Steele. Vice president for third waves National Committee program, and former retired fourstar navy admiral. Hes diplomacy analyst for nbc news and msnbc. Good north to you all. Before we get into some of the testimony from yesterday from fiona hill and david holmes, jonathan, let me get a big picture from you. Were tend of the extraordinary two weeks. How is the white house generally feeling about where they are heading in
This is all about ego and retaliation. This has nothing to do with good order and discipline. And big apple billionaire. Former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg jumps into the democratic race but is skipping the early states. Elections should not be for sale, not to billionaires, not to corporate executives. Multibillionaires like mr. Bloomberg are not going to get very far in this election. How did you get in here . Well, i tipped the doorman 30 million. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where House Democrats are taking the next steps toward impeachment without getting testimony from top cabinet and white house officials as Congressional Republicans embrace discredited conspiracy theories to defend the president. Today two key trump allies are facing new scrutiny. The Washington Post reporting how acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, whos also the budget director, tried to justify withholding military aid to ukraine. And Top Intelligence Committee republican de
Conscience obey an order that i believe violates the sacred oath i took. This all relates to Eddie Gallagher. His demotion President Trump overruled. Thats all clear. But heres where it gets murky. A Senior Defense official tells cnn that secretary spencer is losing his job for going outside the chain of command and trying to work out a secret agreement with the white house for gallagher to keep his status as a navy s. E. A. L. And if thats not enough, thats not the only breaking news story this morning. Were going to talk about the impeachment inquiry as well. The Washington Post reporting that a white house review of President Trumps decision to freeze military aid to ukraine found an extensive effort to justify the move after the fact as well as a debate about whether it was even legal. Documents from the white house review include emails from Mick Mulvaney to budget officials in early august asking why the president was blocking aid already approved by congress. All right. Joining
Eye on earth, fishermen find a possible solution for an ocean filled with plastic. And a simple ac of kindness, the group hug that went viral. This is the cbs weekend news. Quijano good evening, im Elaine Quijano. Tonight a strong storm is slamming parts of the northeast. But it is just a precursor of a onetwo punch that could impact millions of people over the thanksgiving holiday. Snow hammered parts of the ohio valley overnight. Now that snow is in new england where some areas could get up to eight inches. But this week two more systems will be moving in, threatening 250 million americans with rain, snow and ice. Jeff berardelli is tracking both systems, jeff, time this out for us. The timing couldnt be much worse. Its tuesday, its wednesday, huge travel days. Mainly the western and central parts of the country because of that big dip in the jet stream. Starts on monday night in denver with heavy snow moving in. Winds gusting over 40 miles an hour. Blizzard conditions pulling into t