Oh, yeah. President trump heads to europe this morning after selecting his nominee last night to the u. S. Supreme court. He leaves the senate to battle over judge Brett Kavanaugh, while nato allies brace for their own confrontations with the american commander in chief, and what a history they already have in such a short time. Welcome to morning joe. Its tuesday, july 10th. With us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, former chairman. Republican National Committee Michael Steele and nbc News National plit reporter Heidi Przbyla is with us. A lot to talk about. Quite a late night for everybody watching the big announcement. Well get to the president S Supreme Court pick and his nato trip in a moment. First, the gallup pool shows President Trumps Approval Rating slipped into double digit negative territory as 56 disapprove and 41 approve. This just three weeks after trump received the best marks since the first days of his presidency in midjune only to have his ratings turned back
Yes. Question, can you explain what the atmosphere was like at the fbi after the president fired james comey . Answer, jim baker, im not sure that i can reduce it to one or two words. It doesnt, i guess, horrible atmosphere. It was shock, dismay, confusion, at least initially that night, and then and then a sense of resolve that came pretty quickly as well to continue the fbis mission. And as i was saying earlier to the congressman, make sure that we were all adhering to our oaths to the constitution and executing our responsibilities. Question, was there a concern at the fbi the president had fired director comey because he was trying to obstruct the fbis investigation into the russia matter . Answer, jim baker, yes. Question, was that a concern that you had . Answer, jim baker, yes. Question, was that concern shared by others . Answer, i think so, yes. Question, who, who else . Answer, the leadership of the fbi. So the acting director. I cant remember if we appointed an acting Deputy