At the top of the show we asked you why are you awake . Producer john tower has the answers, jt . More on the clothing line, ugg boots, made of sheeps skin, not cool. John, in illinois, my wife and i are taking care of our sons triplets. Just park morning and theyll be asleep in no time. Tuned in hoping to see bill karins hosting. Frank thanks so much. Apparently were seeing other people. I like that. Im very busy. Clearly, we appreciate it. Our friend in illinois, appreciate that kind email. Morning joe begins right now. Our president , barack obama, took day or two off to go play golf in florida. I dont care, fine, go play golf, i dont care. Played with a guy named tiger woods. This is our president playing golf this weekend. What do you think . I thought it was funny. Good morning, everyone. It is tuesday, february 19th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set, we have msnbc and Time Magazine senior political analyst, Mark Halperin. Hey, Mark Halperin, how you doing . National Affair
What do you think . I thought it was funny. Good morning, everyone. It is tuesday, february 19th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set, we have msnbc and Time Magazine senior political analyst, Mark Halperin. Hey, Mark Halperin, how you doing . National Affairs Editor for new York Magazine and msnbc political analyst, John Heilemann. In nashville, we have look at that Pulitzer Prize winning historian and author, jon meach meacham. Its dark down there. It is dark. Shall we get right to the news . Lets do it. Theres a piece on rattner. Sorkin, andrew sorkin. Like aenaen an insider newsletter. None of us are quoted. Im so tired of being an outsider, raging against the news. Can we do news . Yes, we can. Msnbc news morning joe. I ghosted this, man. Lets move in. President obama will be joined by First Responders at the white house this morning to deliver remarks on billions of dollars in automatic budget cuts set to kick in next friday. According to Administration Officials, the presiden
Were at the beautiful boathouse in baltimore, maryland, one of five states people are taking time out of their busy day to vote in the primaries. Its been more than 13 months since the president ial race started in ernest. We know, it feels like 13 years. Its actually 13 months when ted cruz became the first president ial candidate to declare a run, 13 months ago. The field as welled up to two dozen total after that. By the end of next week from that enormous field we could have our final two. Look at the new numbers from our nbc survey monkey poll. Both Hillary Clinton and donald trump up big nationally. Trump at 50 nationally for the first time. The front runners cant pivot to fight each other just yet, their party rivals are not giving up. The stop Trump Campaign has just seven days to force a contested convention. Starting today the most crucial week determining whether the frontrunner can reach the magic number of delegates to clench the nomination. Five states vote today and indi
Expected to react negatively to trump. They did so in heavy fashion. Theres been a little bit of a pullback on that were monitoring the markets to see how they open here in the u. S. This morning. We have the best Political Team in the business covering it all. John berman who is here to break down all of the numbers. How did this go, john . All right, alisyn. A little bit after 8 00 a. M. On the east coast, donald trump has 289 electoral votes. More than enough. He is now the president elect. He will be the 45th president of the United States. Were still waiting on three states to be called right now. In michigan, donald trump leads by about 15,000 votes. In minnesota, Hillary Clinton, she has a slight lead of about 42,000 votes. And then New Hampshire, just take a look at New Hampshire. For those up all night, right now donald trump is 856 votes ahead. Thats actually grown since the last time we checked from about 300 to 800. Were not going to call these races any time soon until we
Were following breaking news tonight. The director of National Intelligence, americas spy chief, has refuted donald trump on a Russian Election hacking. James clapper telling a Senate Hearing that u. S. Intelligence is more certain than ever that Cyber Attacks designed to interfere with the u. S. President ial race were authorized by the highest levels in the russian government. Russia has just responded saying no evidence was presented supporting the allegations. A staterun news agency in moscow calls the hearing, quote, two hours of unsubstantiated statements, calls for aggression towards russia and hyperbole. Also breaking tonight, pointed remarks by the Vice President , joe biden, aimed at donald trump. In an interview with pbs, biden said, and im quoting him now, grow up, donald. Time to be an adult. Youre president. You got to do something. Show us what you have. Close quote. And new tonight, a deposition by trump in one of the legal battles hes fighting with two celebrity chefs.