The departure comes as we hear Robert Mueller may resort to a subpoena to get the president to sit down for a special investigation. The president tweeting this he also just took a shot at the Justice Department saying, and im quoting, once again, this is the president , at some point, i will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the presidency, and get involved. Lets go to our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. Talk about the president s legal issues right now. Who is taking over for ty cobb . This is another major legal shakeup on the president s team. Reporter thats right, wolf. Ty cobb, the president s inside attorney you could say over here at the white house, not one of his outside lawyers, but has been at his side for several months is stepping down. Just last month, the president preferred to ty cobb as his special counsel in a tweet defending his own white house team. But confirming in a statement to reporters just in the last several minutes that ty cobb is
Between the two leaders. Was kim nice to imprison them in the first place . Well have full analysis of that. Also this morning, more questions around whether President Trumps personal Attorney Michael Cohen was peddling access to and cashing in on his association with donald trump. The Washington Post reports that cohen told an associate in the summer of 2017, quote, im crushing it. Well dig in to the implications for cohen and the trump white house. Welcome to morning joe. Its thursday, may 10th. With us we have msnbc contributor, Mike Barnicle. Washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay, and in washington, columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d. C. On msnbc kasie hunt. Let me turn right back. Joe, you tweeted last night, bloodthirsty tyrants get no credit for kidnapping americans, using them as bait and releasing them for cheap headlines. North korea is a terrorist state. That has
Showtime, John Heilemann. You know what also . Guest host of deadline white house today. Thats the best thing on my resume. Im heading to houston. I thought you were saying after this you had to go take a nap for the rest of the day. They are not mutually exclusive. Donny deutsch is here. Republican strategist and political commentator susan del persio, columnist David Ignatius and former Justice Department spokesman, now an msnbc justice and security analyst matt miller. Good morning to you all. Lets get right into it. Aside from the memos themselves, early reaction from the president and from members of congress. But what does it all mean for the russia investigation . Rudy giuliani will be playing a key role in that question as the former new york city mayor joins the president s legal team. There are new developments to just about every part of the equation from Michael Cohen to paul manafort. Well jump into all of it right now. Weve got leakers, hookers, wiretaps. Its a new movie.
If its tuesday, we are talking about rudys duties. Blamh good evening im chuck todd here in washington. Welcome to a whirlwind day and welcome to mtp daily. We begin with a flood of new legal headaches for the president and his new lead attorney Rudy Giuliani. Most of these new headaches are selfinflicted thanks to comments made by giuliani in the past 24 hours there is seemingly more evidence that the president and his campaign tried to interview in the russia investigation. Hears giuliani talking about the president s mindset when he fired then fbi director james comey. He fired comey because comey would not among other things say he wasnt a target of the investigation. He is entitled to that. Hillary clinton got that. And he couldnt get that. So he fired him. And he said im free of this guy. According to the president s lawyer, he fired the fbi director because the agency wouldnt publicly clear him in an investigation we now know he is not a target but the subject of. Because of giu
Trumps campaign rhetoric, but there is good news about crime here in the United States. We explain the surprising, stunning decline in american crime. Also, from Abraham Lincoln to arch duke france ferdinand, assassinations of political figures have altered history. But what happens when its the political figures ordering the killings . Well examine the extraordinary case of israel and its policy of assassinations. But first, heres my take. Emanuel macron came, saw and conquered washington this week. But the french president is trying to do something much harder than just generate buzz and goodwill. He is trying to stop donald trump from dividing the western alliance and disrupting the already turbulent middle east. Watching macron at work, flattering trump and politely disagreeing with him, all the while proposing compromised solutions is like watching a skilled dancer. It remains to be seen if he can pull it off, but thank goodness he is trying. On wednesday, macron told me and a sma