password and let them do it. right. he could probably do that actually. then he avoids jail time, right? if he refuses to turn over what robert mueller is asking, then he does face jail time. and refuses to testify. this is not just a subpoena for documents. this is a subpoena for his personal appearance. what if his counsel puts in a suggestion that he ll plead the fifth. then it s all over. then the controversy goes away not to be a human bucket of cold water on all this delicious mr. wet blanket. go on. if they then then he can t refuse to testify on the grounds of taking the fifth. so that would delay the confrontation, but it wouldn t necessarily eliminate him. why would you immunize such a side bar guy with such limited knowledge? all the more reason to immunize him. you re not giving up a prosecution. you re not worried about setting a precedent with more serious people coming in.
know one pays attention to it. we re early in the process and a lot could happen to change all this. oh, gosh. wet blanket. spoken, spoken, spoken like a man from mars. nick, thank you very much. spoken like a truman from mars. nick, let me tell you, some of my favorite people on earth come from mars. i love the new york times. really? exactly. mika, that was fun. that got out of hand quickly. what do we have coming up next? still ahead on morning joe, i don t know him as president grant on scandal. actor tommy gold win is stepping behind the camera. a first look at the divide. also the new york times got ahold of new documents concerning the big gm recall. it could be a troubling revelation for the embattled car company. we ll tell you what they found.
look at the naumz belmes below they ve been lighting up the news cycle the last few weeks, rick perry, mike huckabee. this shows iowa voters know paul ryan and they like paul ryan. i don t think it makes him the favorite in 2016. i don t think it s a reflection of this budget compromise he s put together in the past week or two. it s simply name recognition. well, name recognition and likability. that s what it is. carol, wet blanket will cain here just throwing a bunch of cold water on this. people in iowa reality. really know their politics and politicians and the reversal you point out between paul ryan getting passed over in the value voters conference and doing incredibly well in this poll, it s not determinative, it doesn t determine a front-runner but it reflects his responsible actions in the past couple weeks to some extent and that s a good thing. you like seeing republicans being rewarded for being responsible. come on. does that mean the tea party senators who
funny. i prefer a good bc comic. i m not talking about those two in particular. wow. the onion is hilarious. wet blanket. coming up, carl bernstein is here. keep it right here on morning joe. ho meowners , rates have been going up, but you can still refinance to a fixed rate as low as 4.5% at lendingtree.com, where customers save an average of $293 a month. call lendingtree today. - be my wife. - miss dimitra, marry me. - marry me. - marry me. - marry me. - be my wife, please.
so we begin this morning with drenched, soaked and plain old wet. flood watching in effect for parts of the nation s northeast after a monster of a storm moved from the carolinas all the way up to maine yesterday causing at least five deaths. the worst of the rain fell in north carolina. jacksonville picked up 12 inches in six hours, nearly a quarter of its annual rainfall. nbc s kurt gregory has more. reporter: the remnants of tropical storm nichole blew through the carolinas, causing flooding along the coast. wilmington, north carolina, soaked with 22 inches of rain since sunday. reporter: that s not only a four-day record but more rain that hurricane floyd produced in 1999. reporter: the storm caused dangerous driving conditions up and down the coast. state troopers blamed the weather for a rollover accident that killed four people. the relentless rain caused one city bus to slam into another in metro washington, injuring 26 passengers.