Right about that. Earlier this morning the president of the United States publicly hounded natos secretarygeneral, repeatedly disparaged germany and wondered aloud why america should be responsible for protecting europe against russia. Vladimir putin wants donald trump to break from American Allies. A few hours ago, that is exactly what he got. Wow. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, july 11th. With us, msnbc contributor mike ba ba ba barniccal. And David Ignatius, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d. C. On msnbc, kasie hunt and former u. S. Ambassador to nato and former state Department Spokesman nicholas burns, professor of diplomacy and International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy school of government. Great group to start with this morning, and, wow, what a start to the trip. What a start to the trip. And lets just play the clip. Heres donald trump actually doing exactly what Vladimir Putin would want him to do. Good morning. In many countries, they owe
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Things that are not truthful for donald trump. We dont have a lot of on the record lies or falsehoods if you want to use that word, from Michael Cohen. The only one that i can think of is that he told chris cuomo that he Wasnt Recording Him when he actually was. So in the Credibility Fight, ruth, who do you think is going to have the upper hand . Well, in the Credibility Fight you have to ask a few questions. One is who has the greater motive to lie here . One of the things weve learned, say, from Robert Mueller is if you go to him or his investigators with a false story and lie to them, you are going to get in a lot of trouble. So if Michael Cohen is not telling the truth here because he is looking for a deal from Robert Mueller and he peddles an untrue story, hes going to get himself into a heap of trouble. On the other hand, President Trump has some motive here to lie because it would be a
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Actually was. So in the Credibility Fight, ruth, who do you think is going to have the upper hand . Well, in the Credibility Fight you have to ask a few questions. One is who has the greater motive to lie here . One of the things weve learned, say, from Robert Mueller is if you go to him or his investigators with a false story and lie to them, you are going to get in a lot of trouble. So if Michael Cohen is not telling the truth here because he is looking for a deal from Robert Mueller and he peddles an untrue story, hes going to get himself into a heap of trouble. On the other hand, President Trump has some motive here to lie because it would be a very big deal, in fact, if, a, he knew about this meeting and if he had been lying to the American People about it all along. The second thing, and dan can speak to this, is if youve got a witness who or somebody who may have some credibility
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Im going to thank frank, elise, carol and matt. My colleague chuck todds going to pick up our coverage of the president s Press Conference. The beef and all of the different things, pork, very big on pork. But if you look and you see, i actually think they put out a statement. Theyre starting to buy very heavily our ag again. They want to make a deal. The question is do we want to make a deal . If smc doesnt pass through congress, is that the end of nafta . I dont want to answer that question but you know how i feel about nafta. I think nafta is the worst trade deal ever made. I also think the World Trade Organization was not one of the greats. Not one of the greats. That was the creation of china which went like a rocket ship from the day they signed. It was terrible. No, were going to find out. Thats going to be a very interesting question. With nancy and chuck and all of
these people focussing on the witch hunt because they cant beat us at the ballot. They cant beat us at the ballot
Hisamitsu. Tonight, the new and dire warning. The covid risk to all americans is, quote, at an historic high. That warning from the White House Coronavirus task force today. The head of the cdc now predicting the u. S. Could see 200,000 more deaths by february. What Top Health Officials are now telling americans over 65 about leaving the house. Tonight, the uk, the first country to approve the Pfizer Vaccine. The rollout now under way. And here in the u. S. , when authorities now say to expect emergency approval here. With that news overseas, the Pfizer Vaccine approved and likely soon here, we ask, how sure can americans be that it is safe . Should they expect any side effects . Dr. Jha is right here tonight answering your questions. Despite that new warning from President Trumps own task force on the virus, the images from inside the white house, the Christmas Party. Few masks. And the president suggesting hell run in 2024. And can the president Pardon Members of his own Family Preem