He had a longtime fear of being poisoned. One reason why he liked to eat at mcdonalds. Nobody knew he was coming and the food was safe. We begin this hour with a looming confrontation inside the House Intelligence Committee that has serious implications for the russia investigation. A potential Committee Vote tonight over whether to publicly release a memo written solely by republicans alleging grave and politically motivated surveillance abuses. A source familiar with the document says the memo written by gop staff accuses the fbi of using information gleaned from an unverified steel dossier, one originally funded by democrats to obtain a warrant to spy on former trump adviser carter page. Its a serious charge. And theres another one. That the Deputy Attorney general and deputy fbi director played roles in the process. The white house says you deserve to know what the memo says. Well, ill say this. The constitutional process as laid out involves the house of representatives, the House
I dont think theres any surprise. This administration had no desire for Andrew Mccabe to work within it. The white house denies that President Trump had anything to do with his departure. You can think theyre shameful and disgusting, but theyre working in his favor. Announcer this is new day. Beautiful the capital looks despite all the chaos within. Good morning. Welcome to your new day. Were here in washington because the president is going to deliver his first state of the Union Address tonight. Hes expected to tout tax cuts, the strength of the u. S. Economy and calling on lawmakers to strike a deal on immigration and infrastructure. But, in the midst of all of this, there is a political storm consuming this capital. President trump and his allies are escalating their campaign against the russia investigation. The House Intel Committee voting to release that controversial classified memo written by republicans about alleged surveillance abuses at the fbi. The president is now a show
Up a marginal 17, 15, whatever. Todays trading following the single largest drop in the dow. A scary headline, but not among the top 20 losses. Joling kent is live at the stock exchange. Jo ling, this is one way to describe it as a roller coaster. Reporter when the bell rang, we saw immediate sink into correction territory. From there, less than an hour later, it surged back up to positive territory. Youre seeing a narrow and wide range of trading today. Over the last hour or so, im just looking at the boards right now, and it shows were trading within a pretty narrow range of about 200 points right now. So what were seeing is the market trying to find the place to settle. They were down in the red and back down in the red right now just flipping over from green. And all of this is happening in the context of a new Federal Reserve chairman, andrea. Jerome powell this morning and yesterday, there is concern from investors how much hell raise rates over the year. Will it be three times o
We hear new rumblings of a road block removed that could make it easier for the u. S. To get to the table. There is still another speed bump in the road to diplomacy and his name is mike pompeo. More and more senators say they do not want him to be secretary of state. Foreign Relations Committee looking like they will give him a thumbs down. Developing new moves from Michael Cohen dropping dossier lawsuits even as another report lays out why some allies are worried cohen might flip on his client, donald trump. We have a lot to get to in the next 60 minutes. Its a good thing our team is here and ready to go. I want to start with peter alexander. You have been covering this potential for the north korea summit. Seems like the president has one foot on the gas ready to go and also ready to pump the brakes. What is the strategy for whether he is doing this or wont . Its a good question to know the president s strategy you need to get into the mind of this deal maker. He thinks of himself a
Thank you. I stole them off hannitys desk. It is saturday night and he will not notice. This is where he keeps his National Anthem two bald eagles. [laughter] very patriotic. The terms are always way people are feeling the strain. Lots of stress and anxiety out there and of course it doesnt help with this guy scaring everyone. There are spooky suggestions that the fact checks and we have that treat for you. You get a choice of trickortreat but no choice except a feast on backs on the show. The hypocrisy, the nonsense, its all too scary, even on halloween. Happy halloween everyone. Lets get after it left back. Greg does he write that stuff himself or does he throw scrabble letters on the ground and then read whatever he sees . It is amazing. A new study claims that democrats are indeed serving their anxieties with excess food and booze. Here is proof. This was Chris Matthews two months ago. This is him now. [laughter] said. This was Joe Scarborough eight months ago. Look at him. This is