Nation building. And regime change. And a funeral will be held today for an imam and his assistant who were gunned down in queens, new york, over the weekend. Police say the say the suspect at large and that a motive has not been determined. Of course, keep it right here on msnbc all day as we continue to follow that story. That does it for us this morning and morning joe starts right now. Have you gotten him to lift the black list . I dont think donald trump is having any problem Getting Press at this point. I know you have a strong feeling about a free press, are you getting him to change his mind . Well keep our discussions private but thats an ongoing discussion in the campaign. What a beautiful view, i was
sitting here staring at it for a couple minutes. Just all the historical images that come back to you. You see George Washington there in the middle. Remarkable. I think its a monument, they call it. Yeah. If not, we shod coin that. Welcome to morning joe. Were excited here. It
And say so long to santa. One school is giving st. Nick the boot because of one parent again. Fox friends starts right now. Good morning. We love the lights of christmas. We have a studio full of i love when you walk into the studio with all the lights on and energy. And the toys are filling our studio this morning. That just makes me happy. We walked in and wont name them, but some of the cameramen were playing with the toys. Thats how compelling they are. Thomas the tank engine and an oversized barbie house. Is that donatello or which ninja turtle is that . Who do you think that is, tucker . I dont know. First we have other news. We have to get to the fox news alert. A 1. 1 trillion spending bill is on the way to the president s desk. Overnight the senate voted 5640 to approve the bill and avoid a government shutdown. The measure provides money to keep the majority of the government running through september before voting on the spending bill. Texas senator ted cruz pushed lawmakers
His former soninlaw has flipped. Hes now cooperating with the feds. As part of jeffrey yohides plea agreement, the soninlaw is now cooperating with new yorks Attorney Generals Office as well which is working with bob muellers investigation which as you may know turned one year old today. Yohide first met with investigators in 2017, according to sources providing information to federal investigators for the manafort probe in possible money laundering, tax evasion violations, all that was under way. He started to provide information which was turned over to bob mueller. Manafort has been charged with a whole lot of things including money laundering, failure to disclose himself as a foreign agent, bank fraud, and tax fraud. He continues though to maintain his innocence. I want to go straight to Kara Scannell in washington breaking this story. Carol, what are you learning about this plea deal with manaforts former soninlaw . Erin, thats right, so manaforts former soninlaw, jeffrey yohie, h
Queen today. Were live in england with the final preparations. Im not really a monarchists. Americans are conflicted. Youre very excited. Its fun to watch an american marrying into the British Royal family but again we fought a war to end monarchy in this country. Set your alarm it will be early. Good morning, im Christine Romans. Im dave briggs. Breaking overnight Washington Post reporting President Trump and his allies are ramping up a campaign to undercut the russia investigation by exposing a top secret fbi source. That has the fbi scram scrambling to protect other live investigations and lessen iing e dangers they may face if the informants identity become known. An informant provided information early in the russian investigation. The president doing his part to discredit the special counsel, alleging that his 2016 campaign was spied on, even predicting that an ensuing scandal will be bigger than watergate. This highstakes standoff pitting President Trump and chair of the House I
It would be a major success for President Trump on trade if it happens. And the Royal Wedding, just a day away, Meghan Markles family meets the queen today. Were live in england with final preparations. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Im david briggs. And im christine romans. President trump and his allies are ramping up an Aggressive Campaign toundc unde the russia investigation. The fbi now taking steps to protect other live investigations and lessen the danger associates might face if the informants identity becomes known. An fbi informant had provided information early in the fbis russia investigation. The president doing his part to discredit the special counsel, where else, on twitter, alleging his 2016 campaign was spied on, even predicting an ensuing scandal be, quote, bigger than watergate. This highstakes standoff, pitting President Trump, the republican chair of the Intelligence House Committee devin nunes against the intelligence agencies. They warn publicly