presidency, some of us see how former presidents make money and build their post-presidential lives, we cut out the middleman. this is how the trump circle has basically attempted to line their own pockets at a time within they re supposed to be managing and marshalling power on behalf of all of us. we said eight couple days ago, donald trump didn t expect to win. basically told us as much. he won. but they were looking it was all about money. they were making money, billing the trump brand, making it huge, maybe start a tv network. what was going to happen after this, then they won. the remarkable thing is it s still about making money. i think we are all a little naive about how far they ll push the envelope.
she was sitting at an event, and they met mr. cobson, who, of course, was a business associate of general flynn at one time, and he began to just talk to her about these things, and that s how we that s how she came to us. she s very credible. i ve practiced law for a long time. interviews hundreds and hundreds of witnesses over the years. i found them to be quite credible. congressman, it s our understanding the special prosecuter asked you to withhold public sizing this information until a certain time and now you ve released it. what s the reaction and what sort of counsel are going to be able to get going with the chairman, the majority chair gowdy, and the committee? that s a great question. we ve been trying to get
of california, thank you. thanks for being with us. thank you. still ahead on morning joe, while facing questions from the house intelligence committee donald trump jr. cites attorney-client privilege to avoid answering questions about the conversation he had with his dad. are they attorneys? also new claims involving michael flynn, russia, nuclear power plants. a whistle-blower. a whistle-blower. it s all coming up next. we continue to follow the breaking news from the middle east. this is video from the west bank just moments ago as clashes erupt in the wake of president trump s decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. who could have ever seen this come? we ll have the latest coming up on morning joe. everybody actually. this is a power plant. this is tim barckholtz. that s me!
washington post, bob woodward. andrea mitchel will be with us in a minute as well. steve, you have one christmas holiday wish? i said i hope one time in my life i get to be in a business deal with someone like donald trump when we were seeing what a bad negotiator he is on this issue of jerusalem. you get everything you want out of the deal? what did we get for it? what was the deal? what was america s interest that was advanced? talk about what you worked for on campaigns. everybody says let s move the capital to jerusalem. both sides. it s a symbolic issue. the presidential candidates, democratic and republican, they go out and say we should move the capital of the united states from tel aviv to jerusalem. but then when they come in contact with the actual real world and have actual real responsibility at noon on january 20th, they come to understand a unilateral action that moving there across all the currents of history of religion,
he s there. we re here. that is his judgment call. but for an american president to give this huge negotiating clip to a guy who has been obstinant and given up nothing in middle east peace negotiations shows such an extraordinarily weak hand and inability to understand the bakes of negotiating a deal. well, that s what i was going, he has done something nobody would do, putting aside an incredible amount of complexities, you don t say, i will do what you want. i will throw it out there, put it on the table. it doesn t, it makes no sense, so for trump and kushner of all people that think they are such great deal dies. trump is lying, say, quote,