in the i didn t think gibegi the generals, and spoke highly from jim mattis to kelly and now it seems it s all yes men. it certainly appears that s the way the president is going into this reelection cycle, is that the group is getting perhaps more insular, some positions they just don t even bother trying to actually fill with someone who can be confirmed by the senate. it s going to be interesting to see if anyone emerges sort of in the dan coats mold within the inner circle who can make the sort of public statements of disagreement with what is coming out of the political side of the operation. thanks, neils. a batch of republican lawmakers opt out of running for reelection, and a preview of mass retirements in the gop. and a victory in the ongoing
neils, let s talk about the criticism the president is facing for his attack on congressman coupummings and his west baltimore district. there has been a lot of reaction to say the least to what the president has been saying on twitter over the weekend. what type of reaction are we hearing on the hill? obviously the house is away. they have left for august recess but in the senate we re hearing a little bit from some of the presidential candidates, obviously elizabeth warren, prince, has worked with elijah cummings on quite a few policy proposals over the last several years. cummings is generally well liked by members of both parties. he s always had a good relationship, oddly enough, perhaps given the criticism over the weekend from mark meadows, who s a close ally of president
have a whole lot of nomination battles and all that sort of stuff going ongoing into next year. neils, thank you for your time. president trump continues the attacks against the former speaker of the house. new comments on paul ryan over apparent criticisms of krum. plus bill karins is back over where barry is headed next. your first look at morning joe is back in a moment.
centers. that was my idea. i read a phoney story in the new york times the other day about the detention centers about the conditions. i had people calling me up at the highest levels from border patrol and i.c.e. almost crying about that phoney story. they never saw anything. they don t have any sources. they write whatever they want. joining us from washington, neils, good to see you again. what has been the reaction so far from mike pence s visit? the response has been largely that more needs to be done. democrats, i believe there is a group traveling to a facility in homestead, florida today.
is senior writer neils. they allow him to talk in front of a panel to testify to that degree. but not bring in any evidence. he s not able to access any of the research and that sort of thing. it s an extraordinary move by the white house to block portions of the testimony as well. when i first read that story, i had the same sort of reaction. in what sense would you not have blocked him from testifying altogether. if that was going to be your approach to it, sort of trying to thread that needle seems really unusual. obviously, with the democrats in control of the house intelligence committee, i think we re going to see whether or not there s anymore of this to come, especially if he does come back and talk about the process