A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Levelling at Robert Mueller. Its much more personal than it has been in the past. The president used to sort of question the genesis of the Mueller Investigation, suggested there were a lot of conflicts of interest among his team. Now hes really going after mueller. This is of a piece with a decision that were told will be coming very soon in which the president and his legal team are likely to say and theres always a chance it could be different but were told they are likely to say that there will be no interview with Robert Mueller. The president has got the final say, but theres pretty much unaminomt. There was question that i was going to ask at the Press Conference had i been called on. The two people that were called on did not bring it up. Theres reasons why, a multitude of reasons why the president s attorneys believe that he should not sit down with him. First and foremost, they believe
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Interviews with newsmakers and roundtable discussions cover the top news stories of the day. Committee chairman ed rois says its not just russia thats being sent a warning. Watch. Heres the point, to the extent that we send the message Around The World that you cannot use nerve agents, this is a very important and consistent message we have to send. Its important that we maintain this kind of pressure in order to deter any other nation that might use a nerve agent, that might use a chemical and biological weapon on u. S. Soil or on our allies soil. Harris doug mcelway live in washington as we learn more about this. Russia is promising retaliatory action of some kind in response to the new sanctions set to take effect later this month. Connecting new sanctions to these events is unacceptable for us. These restrictions as well as
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Advice of Career Lawyers in the Justice Department. It wasnt just a whim of Jeff Sessions, this was a serious consideration went into this. Im sure Jeff Sessions didnt want to recuse himself but that was the advice he got. The president has been loudly lamenting sessions decision to do just that. Sessions pushing ban on his part saying essentially that the actions to have department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations, thats the thing that he shot back, your thoughts on that . Yeah, i think the other thing was that was the beginning of the statement, at the end of the statement he mentioned that the people in his department and him are committed to advancing the rule of law and i think that was a very important thing too because hes basically suggesting there that donald trump is trying to get the Justice Department to do his bidding is trying to avoid the rule of law, rule of man rather than rule of law, i think Jeff Sessions had strong words there
Morning joe. It is thursday, august 23rd. Joe has the morning off. He will be back tomorrow. We have Donny Deutsch with us along with professor at Princeton University and column at New York Post and contributor editor of Weekly Standard john and sam stein and washington Anchor Katy Kay and benjamin. Good to have you all onboard with us on another very busy morning. We begin with the very latest in President Trumps former lawyer implicating him in his guilty plea yesterday. Trump appeared to acknowledge his attorneys Campaign Finance violation and then walked it back in an interview all while maintaining its not a crime and say he blamed Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his former lawyers prosecution. The president tweeted, michael
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Didnt come out of the campaign and thats big. But they werent, its not even a campaign violation. If you look at Preside
Action and moves are turning to build something here for the next generation gloomily as the environment series of global three thousand on t. W. And online. This is a debut news live from berlin as the u. S. Senate prepares to vote on president Trumps Supreme Court nominee. Police in washington Arrest Protesters outside the Senate Building two key senators pledge their support for judge Brett Kavanaugh despite allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Brazilians prepare to go to the polls this weekend in a president ial election thats been mired in division and controversy even
including the stabbing of one of the front runners. And one of operas great voices falls silent. Night. The music world mourns the loss of a Soprano Montserrat who has died at the age of eighty five. Im Max Foster Thanks for joining us dozens of protesters in washington have been arrested just prior to the vote later on saturday regarding controversial judge Brett Kavanaugh they were sitting just in front of the entran