Right now. Its not an order, the president s opinion. Are President Trumps tweets considered official white house statements . The president is the president of the United States, theyre considered official statements by the president of the United States. Wow. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. Im confused. So confused. What is that line from the office . Universe, you win. Its thursday, august 2nd. And what a way to start the day. What a way. So, is it the official policy of the president or not . I think the most telling thing of the whole story is how much his lawyers freaked out immediately and started calling around immediately. He was just venting. Just like a baseball game. When hes actually doing what talking about what would start a constitutional crisis. Or Obstruction Of Justice. As brian clause pointed out yesterday is exactly what he did in turkey back 2013, 2014. Talk about fake news. You talk about deep state conspiracies. You fire prosecutors and you have a were
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. At one Point Gary Palmer was defending and blasting his colleagues who were criticizing sessions. But gary palmer told me he has his own problems with sessions. He specifically listed some of the things that the president was tweeting about this morning regarding Document Production to congress, Rod Rosenstein perhaps not the best person to be working in the Justice Department, according to him. He was unhappy with certain things that sessions was doing. I think its really interesting, the conversation is changing. I dont think thats a good sign for sessions. Its a matter of time, i think, before he goes. Ryan, help me understand with all of the things you listed, including the civil threats, why does it behoove him or does he think it does to have this spat with the Attorney General . I love being on with rachel. She brings fresh reporting. Isnt that interesting . We should have booked him. You know, i thin
impeachment if they are high level obstruction? if he tries to take out sessions and rosenstein for the purpose of controlling it. republican senators, it seems to be the one thing you can t fire sessions, rosenstein, mueller. i hope trump doesn t put them to the test but i m not confident he won t. if not before the leelection, t day after. what if he fires mueller and rosenstein on november 7th. that s no good either. yeah. i know you ve kept an eye on all of those aspects. we see a probe that s increasingly, as you put it, taken cooperating witnesses from inside the room where the alleged criminal conspiracies are being probed. it s serious stuff. we appreciate you joining us on the beat. we ll be right back. ining us on the beat wel lbe right back. this is a story about mail and packages.
but he s serious enough about it to make phone calls and scream at people if he s angry. yes. they were trying to break through to him, get the old new york city real estate buddies down to the white house to tell him to take this seriously. he can t just be going on twitter. he can t fire sessions or rod rosenste rosenstein. some of these would be a trip wire that some republicans would say would trigger the talk of impeachment, even outside of democratic circles. that is what i m hear iing. the day of the cohen plea, people were briefed on his mood on the flight and said he was very subdued. he was subdued at the event. yes, we saw that on live television. this was a blow to him. i think a few things shocked donald trump. i think donald trump is an unusual character. he lashes out at these moments that are surprising. then he goes quiet at other
so trump s whole game here is to push this guy out, force him to resign. sessions obviously realizes that. the important thing, not to be too idealistic, the important thing for our democracy is i think that satisfactiessions st trump and said, you know, my oath of office is essentially is more important here. he is siding with the law and with the justice department and its independence against the president. not an easy thing to do but the right thing do. it is stunning to me. we have to leave it there. perhaps democrats who railed against jeff sessions are hoping that he stays in his job right now. liberal hero, jeff sessions. what a headline. thank you. let s turn to david pecker, the second long time ali l allye president to turn on him.