To bring us together. Talk about those things that we sometimes dont want to talk about, racism and various other things. He took risks and didnt care. I heard a lot of people talk about those things that he did to help people. And thats what, you know, what im all about is helping people, whether people know about it or not. And so i respect him. Some things like you said, you know, i was kind of risky. At the same time just a lovely man. You know, those moments that ive had that i spent with him, i really enjoyed. The man outside of the music. So we know that the world premier of your musical born for this debuts tonight in atlanta. If im not here, id be there with you face to face. Should the people there, the audience, should they expect any tributes to prince tonight . Well, one of the things that in the musical born for this, we celebrate Whitney Houston. And so someone came up to me after the preview yesterday and said, you know, this moment where youre celebrating whitney, i ha
Mexico to pay for the wall . [ inaudible ] thank you all. Absolutely, the president says about his wall. Plus, a robust jobs report and a very Important Health care shift from the senates top republican. But we begin with the high stakes getting to know you meeting that was supposed to wrap up a while ago at the g20 summit in germany but is still running. President trump and president putin. First meeting a long list of tensions. From President Trumps standpoint, listen here, also he says, an opportunity. Were going to have a talk now and obviously that will continue, but we look forward to a lot of very positive things happening for russia and for the United States, and for everybody concerned, and its an honor to be with you. Thank you. Thank you. On this big day with us to share reporting and insights, Kathy Collins of the los angeles times. Carl holtz of the new york times, betsy woodruff, daily beast, and quickly to White House Correspondent in hamburg, germany. On the books 35 mi
This was a phony. This was a 400pound guy in new jersey. This had the russians didnt do it. Well, its now thoofb the russians were trying to interfere in our election. He actually by the end had to back up. Well, it appears the stress might be getting to him. That was the tweet storm. Welcome to morning joe. Were live in washington on this monday, february 19th. With us we have David Ignatius. Matt miller. Carol lee. And jon meacham who is criminal chully obligated to work on president s day and wear his rugged boots. Jon meacham, theyre duck boots. Theyre not rugged boots. He doesnt really need to wear them. Its a fashion statement i like to say. Exactly. It is. It is. So, jon meacham, my favorite president s day story is bill clinton gathering foreign contributors in the white house and announcing to them, this is the day in america that we call president s day. I thought that was sort of a laugh because, of course, hes getting money from people that did not know what president s day
Authorities have seized as part of this investigation. All of this comes on top of new york state suing mr. Trumps charity. A lot of legal woes. We are also learning how the president might fight back. As to the question of obstructive of justice that some think the team is pursuing. How the president s legal team now plans to use the Hillary Clinton email investigation as part of his defense. Rudy giuliani is dangling the possibility of a pardon for him and for others. The president spoke out on his former Campaign Chairman on the white house lawn. And the art of just plain false. I feel badly about a lot of it. It is unfair. Manafort has nothing to do with our campaign. I feel badly about it. They went back 12 years, to get things 12 years ago. Paul manafort worked for me a short period of time. 4 49 days. Keeping them honest none of that is true. He served during the convention. He was and is a big deal. Throughout the hour we will be talking about all assets of the president s comp
Heightened emotions. Lets check in on capitol hill now with cnn senior Congressional Correspondent manu raju. Manu, it seems as though finally we have an idea of where this thing is headed and we expect judge kavanaugh to be confirmed later this afternoon, correct . Yes, no question about it. We do expect that to happen by very narrow margin. By one of the narrowest margins in this history of any Supreme Court nominee of 50 to 48 vote we are expecting later today. We have heard all night democrats in particular take the floor, raise their concerns about this nomination, about this process, about these allegations that came out of sexual misconduct. And also some democrats resigned to the fact that theres nothing they can do to stop this. Now, ive had a chance to talk to some members about some of the events that transpired, as well as a third allegation that came out late in the process from a client of the lawyer Michael Avenatti, the woman, julie swetnik, who alleged that Brett Kavan