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allegations of collusion between the trump camp and russia were pouring in from independent sources during the campaign. yet lawmakers in the tlaul of the president continue to wage a cynical campaign to portray us as the unwitnessing victims of kremlin investigation. let s bring in our leadoff panel chief correspondent for the new york times peter baker. white house correspondent for the washington post phil ruck ker, wall street journal eli stokels and jeremy bash also doing double duty he s former chief of staff to both the director of the cia and the secretary of defense. and jeremy i m going to start with you because i feel like you and i have had conversations about the dossier, about what it is and isn t. for many, many months now and now we know that what it isn t was the match that ignited an investigation by the u.s. government into potential ties between donald trump s orbit and russians. yeah. i think importantly nicole from the individuals who sponsored
heads keep onhead s hits keep on coming. there were multimillion-dollar donations never disclosed. for many americans this is still a time of deep uncertainty. i have one froend justiend just a few weeks ago she was making millions of dollars a year and now she s living out of a van in iowa. welcome back to morning joe joe . how are you? a lot going on in the papers today. look at the front passenger of new york times, obviously the tragedy in nepal. usa today starts out with a banner banner headline sure to cause concern, there is a race on to stop isis in america and phil griffen can be very disappointed this morning. subway series 2015 mets started strong. mets are back.
and they should have cut in in on those riots. i don t disagree. but why don t we start right there and obviously we ll get to the massive tragedy in nepal in a moment but first let s start in baltimore because a lot happened there over the weekend. 25-year-old freddie gray will be laid to rest in baltimore today, but this comes as city officials and the gray family urge for calm after a tense weekend of protests, 35 people were arrested, six officers were injured in what officials are calling isolated pockets of incidents that left some businesses looted and cars vandalized. as to whether the police force contributed to the 25-year-old s death in their custody here s what the commissioner has concluded so far. we know he was not buckled in the wagon as he should have been. no excuses for that period. we know our police employees failed to get him medical attention in a timely manner multiple times. the baltimore police department has also clarified the may 1 deadline
goes way too far. i find it kind of ironic the week we re trying to engage the president and the democrats in the country with an honest debate about our budget with real solutions to fix this country s problems and prevent a debt crisis the president is launching his re-election campaign. these are tough times for america. we don t need a good politician, we need a strong leader. we need to engage this country on the issues that are necessary to secure our prosperity, to get this debt paid off, to get our economy going right now. all right. it s monday morning. a rainy monday morning in new york. good morning, everyone. welcome to morning joe. it s april 4th. with us on set, msnbc, time magazine, senior political analyst, mark halperin. i saw your note. you had it wrong. it s a shame, we ll go over. he usually gives us talking points for the day, guidance, political analysis. way off. today is the day barack obama steps forward and courageous on the budget, is th