officially lost and still officially hanging on. filing a complaint overnight to delay the certification of the special election results in alabama. in a late night filing his campaign quotes three so called election integrity experts who believe voter fraud occurred. the campaign also says he took a polygraph test proofing allegations of sexual misconduct that derailed the campaign are false. you remember he lost to doug jones earlier this month. the alabama secretary of state is scheduled to certify the results today unless the new court filing forces a delay. jones is expected to be seated early next year narrowing the republican s advantage in the senate to just 51-49. president trump touting his legislative record but might be giving himself a bit too much credit. a surprise visit to a west palm beach fire house he claimed he signed the most legislation of any president. that doesn t exactly pass the
which priorities should take precedence. for president trump, 2017 has been about looking back at the year as he touts his accomplishments. he made a surprise stop to a firehouse where he focused on that and the economy. we have seen a lot of the president online. a lot of him at the golf course or we have heard he is there. not many public stops other than, of course, church and the firehouse visit. we will keep an eye on what develops today. back to you. thanks for that report. a foiled terror plotter is expected to appear in court. he is an isis sympathizer and plotting an attack at pier 39. a former u.s. marine is due for detention hearing. that does it for us this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. good morning, it is
sound bites from president trump. and he is of course the closest person to the white house who has been wrapped up new mueller s probe. this is really nothing new that we ve seen from this white house. when flynn was first when the guilty plea first rolled out. we saw ty cobb come out and say this guy was an obama appointee. they ve been trying to put distance between the president and michael flynn. and the dwetweet where the president tweeted out he fired flynn for lying to the fbi which turned out to not be the words of the president. melissa, we re going to check back with you later on in the program. while spending time this week at florida club. made unannounced stop at west palm beach fire house yesterday. spoke to first responders and repeated debunk claim about his record. had a lot of legislation pass. saying that if we got this one done, we would have succeeded
has been celebrating key part of the law that she essentially says repeals obamacare. that s not exactly the case. nbc news chief white house correspondent haley jackson explains. a surprised staff at the west palm beach fire house sparking the president s proud 2017 talk, emphasizing what his tax law does to barack obama s health care law. included the repeal of individual mandate, which is excessive. now, president trump is hoping for health care push of his own. promising democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new health care plan. we have essentially repealed obamacare. but they have not. with not much appetite to try to replace it. i think we ll probably move on to other issues. senator mitch mcconnell and other gop leaders instead point to how the tax law ends the individual mandate.