And theyre going, oh, you want us to fight . Well get on that. Thank you, rachel. I am joy reid in for lawrence odonnell. Breaking news tonight that Trump Campaign official had repeated contact with russian officials. One of the reporters that broke that story joins me. Donald trump had two weeks warning about Michael Flynn and the fact that he could have been compromised by russia. But donald trump was also warned by Michael Flynn last years, warned that he was not suited for the job and it was donald trump who ignored those warnings. So who should take the blame for the crisis in the white house . General flynns resignation is not the end of the story. This is a fight for the soul of our democracy. The president was warned that flynn might be run valuable to blackmail by the russians. How can you not tell the Vice President for two weeks . It looks like he was deliberately kept in the dark. I have a hundred more questions. Id like to know did he just do this as a rogue general flynn
Continues to be in unbelievable turmoil. I hope they sort it out soon because we are a nation at war and says he is worried about american in stability. That is where we begin this morning. Of course, we have got a lot of people we are going to be talking to today, including my interview with Mitch Mcconnell yesterday in his offices and paul ryan, the speaker of the house, obviously, going to be with us as well. The fallout continues this morning from the resignation of now former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. The ageold question in washington, who knew what and when . Vice president mike pence was kept in the dark for weeks over Justice Department concerns about the National Security adviser. On january 15th, pence said this on face the nation. On Christmas Day he had sent a text to the Russian Ambassador to express not only christmas wishes, but sympathy for the loss of life in the airplane crash that took place. Those conversations that happened to occur around the time t
And donald trump publicly urged russia to find Hillary Clintons missing emails. All of this was happening at the same time. This morning no direct response from the white house to cnns reporting. The kremlin and President Trump are dismissing these reports as fake news. Our Barbara Starr begins our coverage at the pentagon. Good morning. Reporter good morning, john and poppy. No surprise, another tweet from President Trump, a short time ago. He says, this russian connection nonsense is merely an attempt to cover up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clintons losing campaign. What that may have to do with whats at hand here is unclear to many. This press conference may give an indication of how much Congressional Democrats and republicans are going to pursue a congressional investigation into all of this. Cnn reporting overnight in fact multiple officials, associated with multiple Government Agencies telling cnn that trump aides had repeated contacts with russian officials and russian pe
Our president lies pathologically. He has a staff lie pathologically then he attacks the free press, attacks the judiciary and this is what starts authoritarianism. Donald trump is a danger to republic and we need to wake up in america to understand the harms that hes causing our country. That balance between the executive and the judiciary played out in realtime tonight. Lawyers for the u. S. Department of justice presented their reasons why a federal Appeals Court should reinstate the travel ban signed into being by one of the president s executive orders. A threejudge federal panel will hear oral arguments in the case via speakerphone tomorrow. The president has hammered the court using his favorite venue to air grievances and speak to the american people. On saturday, he said on twitter, the opinion of this socalled judge which essentially takes Law Enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned. That was followed on sunday with this. Just cannot believe a
But donald trump was also warned by Michael Flynn last years, warned that he was not suited for the job and it was donald trump who ignored those warnings. So who should take the blame for the crisis in the white house . General flynns resignation is not the end of the story. This is a fight for the soul of our democracy. The president was warned that flynn might be run valuable to blackmail by the russians. How can you not tell the Vice President for two weeks . It looks like he was deliberately kept in the dark. I have a hundred more questions. Id like to know did he just do this as a rogue general flynn . Was trump in cahoots with flynn . The whole environment is one of dysfunction in the Trump Administration. General flynn continued in that position and was in the president ial daily briefings that makes no sense. Trump spent the whole campaign freaking out that hillary used a private email server. Damn right. Now hes Holding National security meetings over shrimp cocktails surroun