Afghanistan. The discussion hosted by the Stemson Center in washington, d. C. Included analysts like stuart bolin, Inspector General for iraq reconstruction and his recent report arguing that a the u. S. Does not have a well executed plan to implement and oversee the reconstruction efforts. Defense department and u. N. Officials also participated in the discussion. This is an hour and a half. Good morning everyone. I am Ellen Laipson and im delighted to welcome you to the Stimson Center for this muggy of this conversation about war and peace new tools for messy transition. We are gathering at the time that we can see the end of both the iraq and afghanistan engagement, and this event in a way is pivoted around the offer by the special Inspector General for the iraqi reconstruction to present some of the findings for the final report so the special Inspector General office created in 2004 is now completing its work so it is a moment of reflection and looking back at what are some of the
Uniform. Once again, happy veterans day. Especially my dad in baltimore, maryland. Happy veterans day, dad. That does it for way too way early. Morning joe starts right now. Bob schieffer is the kind of guy who knows how to take care of business. He interviewed president obama sunday morning yesterday morning, didnt beat around the bush, didnt waste any time. Went right to it. This is face the nation. All the president s in modern history who have been successful, lbj, fdr, Ronald Reagan, teddy roosevelt, bill clinton they all seem to have a zest for politics. I dont have a sense that you have the same feeling they did. It makes me do you like politicians . Do you like politics . No. Thank you, mr. President. Thank you. I enjoyed it. All right then. Good morning it is tuesday, november 11th, veterans day. Welcome to morning joe. With us on the set we have Mike Barnacle and msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. And willie an
He is currently making his way to the venue and could be here in a matter of minutes, we understand. And this is going to be somewhat of a celebratory tone, we imagine, because a lot of the people that are sitting in this room at this convention would benefit potentially from the trade deals that were talking about here. On twitter, this afternoon, the president in part im quoting here saying that farmers hit pay dirt with our incredible new trade deal, china, japan, mexico, canada, south korea, and many others, end quote. If crowd here was eager to hear more because roughly 5,000 ranchers, farmers, top producers, in the ag industry, they have all come to this annual convention and trade show, and there is a lot of buzz in particular surrounding that preliminary deal with china, with a country as committed to buy an annual average of 40 billion dollars worth of u. S. Farm products, over the next two years. Listen. I think we have a real good connection with this president in agricultur
Testimony and what they expect to hear. Bob mueller found the evidence of conspiracy insufficient. He made no notes on obstruction of justice. That tells us something. And were just days away from the Second Democratic deba debate. And theres contrast between two of the most progressive candidates who will be standing sidebyside. Will you go with warren . Intelligence. It subpoena sunday, july 21st. If its not bernie and warren, its bernie and cardi b. Look. I dont dance now. I make money moves. In fact, i would like to move because im a dog, im a flirt. Ali mistal, and joined by Jonathan Alter, a columnist for the daily beast. Maria hinojosa and Jonathan Lamere covers the white house for the a. P. Hes a nbc political analyst. Lets begin with the details on President Trumps racist attacks on members of congress. Four reporters at the Washington Post talked to 26 white house aides, lawmakers and others, and President Trumps aides do not think the president understood what he was doing w
Haake in dallas, texas. You know im talking about beto orourke kicking off his candidate reboot this morning. Whats his game plan . Reporter thats right, he will have a major speech tomorrow in el paso, recentering his campaign and focusing it almost exclusively on the danger he believes is imposed by donald trump. They want to talk about gun control, they want to talk about racism, they want to talk about white supremacy. Them to hold the president accountable and they want to hold us accountable, too. He called out the media. I think he fundamentally sees this race in a different way. Its time to get serious, essentially a no more mr. Nice beto. Hes going to be going after trump directly in his speech, more so on the campaign trail, and the Campaign Says hell be campaigning in a bit of a different way. How do you make the argument that the president is giving language that is causing violence and then go to the state fair and eat pork chops . No, i think well sigh differee different