john.john morning crediting me with being the greatest of all among us. that was very kind of you. i want to support you in your work. it's one of those objective facts, you know? one of those objective facts. but congratulations. >> thank you. >> jon, we'll see you. still ahead, president trump rails against what he calls the criminal deep state but his secretary of state says he does not believe there is such a thing. we will play those remarks from mike pompeo. plus, we'll talk to the ranking member of the house intel committee, democratic congressman adam schiff, a member of the gang of eight who will attend today's bipartisan briefing on the russia investigation. plus, two members of the senate intel committee, independent angus king and republican james lankford. a packed hour of "morning joe" just ahead. whoever came up with the term "small business," never owned a business.