Morning joe. It is friday, november 16th. Joe, what a week of recounts, temper tantrums and political turbulence. What a week. Look whats happening in florida. Broward missed the deadline by two minutes. That didnt get counted. But theyre going to a hand recount there. Caseo in the state of georgia. Maine, my goodness, maine, too, goes democratic. A lot of people didnt expect that. You know what i always say, as goes Northeast Harbor, so goes france. And so was the case in maine, too. Jared golden squeaks out a win for the democrats in a district that went for donald trump by double digits. And you know how he did it . He focused in on the Affordable Care act. That bought democrats yet another seat. You look out at Orange County, my gosh, as tom nichols said, congratulations, republicans, you just lost leggan county. It looks like its going to be a complete wipeout. I remember when Loretta Sanchez beat bob doran back in the 1990s. It was a stunner, an absolute shock. Look at how red or
Event as steve mentioned a few minutes ago, in which he did not answer any questions about Michael Cohen and what he has revealed. Now Investigative Reporter tom winter also at the courthouse today, tom, lets just one u run through what exactly relearned today from Michael Cohen that we didnt know. As far as Michael Cohen, one of the things we didnt know is his state of mind. Which is essentially saying ever since he worked for donald trump, he was in a mental incarceration. Today would be the first day of his freedom. That was something new to garner to him. An insight into his process, the thing that we learned today, we didnt know before, back in july. There was formal conversations that occurred and at first he was not truthful with them. It wasnt until he disclosed information that they deemed to be credible and truthful. As far as some Additional Information as far as how he may have cooperated with them. We didnt hear much more than that, other than agreen, the reiteration that
Campaign and russians. What Paul Manafort shares with an alleged russian operative during the 2016 election. A very big day on the russia investigation, folks. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Its wednesday, 4 00 a. M. The president tweeting about his address. A very interesting experience. Sounds like that restaurant you tried and not sure youll go back to it. Were at day 19 of the federal Government Shutdown. This afternoon, President Trump will attend the Senate Republican lunch and then return to the white house for a meeting with top congressional leaders. The president setting the stage for todays meeting in his Oval Office Address last night. Federal government remains shut down for one reason and one reason only. Because democrats will not fund border security. This situation could be solved in a 45minute meeting. I have invited congressional leadership to the white house tomorrow to get this done. Hopefully, we can rise above partisan politics, in order to support National
Heather battle over the border, donald trump taking the gloves off in an oval office clash with Democratic Leaders. The fight to fund the wall and keep the lights on in washington. Googles ceo might have been the one in the hot seat that someone else stole the show. Fox and friends first starts right now. Good morning to you. You are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning and we appreciate you starting your day with us. Lets get to the fox news alert, live look at france where an urgent manhunt for a suspected terrorist is intensifying. At least three people are dead, a dozen injured. The shooting happened at this Christmas Market. Mike tobin is live in studio as we learn about the suspect who was on a security watchlist. Reporter French Security forces are searching for the man they believe opened fire on civilians at the Christmas Market on the eastern border near germany, 300 miles east of paris. The suspected gunman, 25 years old, he was known to Security Forces as a p
Saw, we know he is in route to where you are. What are we expecting . He should be here probably within the next 20 minutes or so. He left there. He is with his family, his two kids, his wife. It will be the first time that they appear in court with him. Obviously, an important day for the family with Michael Cohen now facing the prospect of several years in jail. Here is what we expect here today. We expect to hear from Michael Cohen. He will make a plea to the judge in his own words. Hell stand up and tell the judge why he is hoping for leniency, perhaps no jail time at all. And then we will hear from prosecutors at some point. We will hear from the special counsels office and also from the prosecutors from the Southern District of new york where in both cases the President Donald Trump is the central figure in this entire investigation. Its the Campaign Finance laws that Michael Cohen admitted to violating, breaking the law to protect the president s from the hush payments that pros