president donald trump asserted that he would be interviewed under oath by special counsel robert mueller. while invoking his 2016 opponent, hillary clinton. >> i'm looking forward to it, actually. >> do you have a -- >> there's been no collusion whatsoever. >> do you have a date set? >> there's no obstruction whatsoever and i'm looking forward to it. >> do you have a date set? >> here is the story. >> do you have a date set? >> i don't know, no. i guess we're talking about two or three weeks, i would love to do it. subject to my lawyers and all that, but i would love to do it. >> did you do it under oath, mr. president? >> you mean like hillary said that? who said that? >> i said it. >> did hillary did it under oath.? >> i have no idea. >> i think you have an idea. wait, wait, do you really not have an idea? i'll give you an idea. she didn't do it under oath, but i would do it under oath. and you know she didn't do it under oath. >> if you didn't know about hillary, then you're not much of a reporter. >> and you're going to do it earn oath? >> you would do it under oath? >> i would, absolutely. >> to be clear, hillary clinton was not -- and, again, was not under oath when she gave a voluntary interview to the fbi back in 2016. making false statements to federal investigators is a crime regardless. a short time after the president's comments, one of his lawyers qualified president trump's guarantee. ty cobb said trump was willing to testify, quote, under oath, subject to the terms being negotiated by his personal counsel. cobb said those terms were still being negotiated. however, the president has negotiated in his past on his willingness to speak to mueller. watch this. >> would you be willing to speak under oath the to give your version -- >> 100%. >> so if robert mueller wanted to speak about that -- >> i would be glad to tell him exactly what i just told you. >> would you be willing to meet with him without condition or would you demand that a strict set of parameters be placed around you and special counsel? >> again, john, there has been no collusion between the trump campaign and russians or trump and russians, no collusion. we'll see what happens. >> but, again, would you be open to -- >> we'll see what happens. when they have no collusion and nobodies has found any collusion at any level, it seems unlikely that you'd even have an interview. >> so president trump told reporters that he is unsure if he asked the then acting director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, whether or not he voted for him in the 2016 election when they met for a get to know you session after the firing of comey. take a listen. did you ask him that? >> i don't think so, no, i don't think i did. i don't know what is the big deal with that. i would ask you who you -- who did you vote for? i don't think it's a big deal. but i don't remember this -- i said that this morning. i don't remember asking him that question. >> is it possible you did? >> i don't remember asking him the question. >> "the washington post" reports the trump/mccabe meeting is of interest. trump avoided questions of whether mckaip kab, the fbi's deputy director should remain in office but suggested that the bureau's number two official may have personally pocketed campaign funds which he claims were funneled from hillary clinton. >> should mccabe go, mr. president? should mccabe go? >> well, mccabe got more than $500,000 from essentially hillary clinton and is he investigating hillary clinton? >> should he go 1347. >> do you remember, did anybody here, in any of my speeches where i talked about mccabe, he was the star of my speeches. i said a man who was more or less in charge, the wife got $500,000 from terry. terry is hillary. and, yeah, i mean -- >> do you regret having him as your fbi director, then? >> i keep out of it. that is the way it fell. he's been there. but he was the star of many of my speeches. he got from 500,000 to 700,000, whatever the money wasp. got that money for the wife. in virginia, it's very interesting, you don't have to spend the money. so i never checked as to whether or not they spent the money on the campaign. how much of the money did he spend on the campaign. >> reports show mccabe's wife, her campaign spent the entirety of it on tv and radio. the fbi says mccabe immediately sought conflicts of interest. let's talk more about all of this. joining us now, eugene scott. good to talk to you this morning. in your most recent speice, you write about the current state of opinion when it comes to russian collusion. talk to us about that. >> yeah. there was a spol showing where america stans and whether or not trump directly himself was interfering in the investigation to the degree of possibly committing obstruction of justice. and what we saw was that at least half of americans actually believe there was had collusion between the trump campaign and russia and about half of americans believe trump directly tried to interfere in the investigation and perhaps committed obstruction of justice. and i thought what was interesting was the sizable the percentages of groups on the trump train believing the president committed obstruction of justice. >> let me ask you quickly about these attacks that are being unleashed against the fbi and mccabe in particular. is it hurting the credibility of the mueller investigation or could it back fire against those spearheading the attractions? >> it's certainly hurting the credibility of the investigate with republicans and with people who believe the investigation could be politically charged. but it certainly could back fire because you have to remember that this is a campaign that spent the last several years trying to communicate that the you law enforcement was to be trusted and to be believed and supported in reaction to a growing level of distrust of law enforcement during the rise of the black lives matters movement and so it seems like the trump administration is pro police when they believe law enforcement is pro trump. eugene, thanks. sure. at any moment, president trump is set to touch down the in davos for the world economic forum. last night, before departing, trump tweeted that his goal for the trip is to tell the world how great america is doing. we'll only get better. our country is finally winning again. the president is set to driver a speech again tomorrow. joining us now live, kelly o'donnell. can you give us a preview of the president's speech tomorrow and what we should expect from his visit. i know it is a very snowy davos there. >> and a beautiful one. right now, the president is on marine one traveling from zurich to here in davos. it has to be a spectacular right to just get here. the pet, this is his first time to the world income forum in da vote. the president today will do some important business with one-on-one meetings. close to israel's prime minister, a long prip there, they're on the same page in many ways and the president, who has yet to make an official visit to the united kingdom and has had an up and down relationship although guarded from both sides with theresa may. so tomorrow, the president will bring his america first message, but senior officials who are a part of the delegation here, an unusually high number are on this trip. they say america first is not america alone, but the president has some relationships to repair here. during his visit, he will meet with the head of the african union after his much talked about and controversial remarks as reported by senator durbin and others in a private meeting where he spoke disparagingly. the president has to try and sell american business and what is a good economy now. that's the main focus of this trip. and it comes at a time when the president is not the most popular figure here, but he is the u.s. president. that always carries weight. >> i know it's an extremely busy trip, but i hope you get some runs in there on the slopes. thanks so much. turning back now to kentucky, authorities have announced plans to charge a 15-year-old accused of opening fire inside a high school as an adult. two students were killed and 18 other people injured when gunshots rang out at marshall county high school on tuesday. this morning, several of the victims are still in the hospital. billy holt and preston cope have been identified identified as the two teenagers killed in the shooting. bailey's parents spoke to nbc news about the incident. >> i know she would have been his friend in a heartbeat. she was so beautiful and smart and perfect and such a loving regarded person. >> incredibly sad. yesterday afternoon, president trump tweeted that he had spoken with the kentucky governor adding my thoughts and prayers are with bailey holt, preston cope, their families and all of the wounded victims who are in recovery. >> absolutely heartbreaking. president trump said yesterday that he is open to a pathway to citizenship for immigrants brought to the u.s. illegally as children. >> do you want citizenship for dreamers? >> we are going to morph into it. it's going to happen. >> what does that mean? >> over a period of ten to 12 years, somebody does a great job, they've worked hard, it gives incentive to do a great job. but they've worked hard, whether they have company or whether they work or whatever they are doing, if they do a great job, i think it's a nice thing to have the incentive of after a period of years being able to become a sis. >> following for comments, senator lindsey graham said in part this statement represents leadership on immigration that will allow us to solve a difficult problem. meanwhile, president trump will release a framework for immigration reform on monday. at the same time, a group of over 30 senatorses from both sides of the aisle met yesterday after to discuss the outlines of a possible immigration deal. still ahead, a top gop lawmaker is walking back his comments about a secret society within the the fbi. and later, the department of justice issuing a warning to house intel community chair nunes. and, of course, a check on your weather with bill karins when we come back. for 100 years, heritage and innovation have made gillette the #1 shave in america. now get gillette quality at lower prices -- every day. brought to you by 1200 workers in boston -- we're proud of giving you our best. gillette. the best a man can get. nahelps protect eyes fromue damaging blue light, filtering it out to help you continue enjoying your screens. or... you could just put your phones down and talk to each other. 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>> listen, i never -- the term "secret society" comes from strock and page. all i said when i read that, it didn't surprise me because we are the committee that the whistleblowers come to to talk about all kinds of problems within the firl government. so i heard of a group within the fbi holding secret off-site meetings. i was just connecting the dots. but, again, that's their term, not mine. >> this agenes as the the trump justice department is warning of a classified memo being released without clearance first. nunes renews the request that the chairman share the memo with the justice department for review either with them or the fbi's inspector general writing, it would be, quote, extraordinary reckless to release classified memos which has been urged by the president's son, don jr. nbc news reports that nunes has resisted sharing that memo, even with the senate intel committee chairman republican richard burke. the justice department announced it would release 23 so-called sanctuary cities. the announcement sparked backlash. new york city mayor said this is a racist assault on our immigrant communities. the u.s. conference of mayors called off its meeting with trump at the white house on wednesday. mitch landrieu had this to say. >> what we are not willing to do is to stand idly by when you threaten the mayors for following the constitution of the united states. >> later, trump addressed the boycott. >> my administration is committed to protecting innocent americans and the mayors who choose to boycott this event have put the needs of criminal illegal immigrants over law-abiding americans. but let me tell you, the vast majority of people showed up. okay? the vast majority because the vast majority believe in safety for your city. >> and we'll have much more on this as new orleans mayor mitch landrieu joins us later in the program. john kerry met with hussein alla. he told msnbc back in september he had no plans of running for president. he ran as the democratic nominee in 2004, but lost to president george w. bush. however, in the london meeting, kerry suggested abbas should hold on and be strong because trump won't be in the white house much longer. >> and mayor eric garcetta of los angeles may not be ready to announce his presidential candidacy, but he's started to weigh his qualifications against his would be opponent telling nbc news judging from what's coming from the white house, it might be overqualified. garcetti is in his second mayoral term in the nation's second largest city. he emerged through his outspoken defiance against the trump administration on sanctuary cities and climate change. he said his political energy is focused on helping democrats in this year's midterm elections. back with us once again, reporter for "the washington post," eugene sky. good to have you back with us once again. what kind of response is a potential john kerry, that's correct, john kerry, 2020 campaign getting and what kind of candidate are democrats looking for to the put up against trump? >> i was very surprised to hear about former senator kerry's interests, considering how vocal he was about being glad that he did not enter the race the in 2016. i think if -- i'm sure kerry understands that the party in 2018 and in 2020 is quite different from what it was in 2004. i think the question will be will he be able to rally the base of the democratic party which is far more progressive, frankly, than it was when he ran for president i guess 14 years ago. so we saw recent poll, democrats saying that they would choose oprah over trump and there's interest in sanders over trump and gillibrand over trump. i think voters may now have to ask themselves would they be willing to include kerry, as well. but what has been indicated is that most democratic voters, especially some of the younger voters have no interest inning going back and looking at previous candidates but would like to move forward. if you look back to 2004, all experts point back to the fact that kerry is should have won that race and he dent. >> in a very different party. and exactly. how big of an issue -- obviously we've been talking about immigration the entire show and immigration has been a hot button issue during trump's presidency. how big of an issue do you think immigration is likely going to be in the next presidential election? >> it will be a huge issue. it is a core value on both sides of the aisle. they just view the issue very differently. and it will be very interesting to see which parties can put forward candidates that will be able to win swing voters and people who are not as hard liners on the issue considering that the basis of both parties actually are hard liners. there's -- what's really interesting about the immigration conversation is how much attention is focused on daca and d.r.e.a.m.ers, considering that really is such a small part of the immigration concerns that many americans and politicians, as well, have more broadly about how this country is going to welcome new people or choose not to. i think we saw earlier this week, if not last week, just overraut interest from the trump administration in decreasing immigration, even legal immigration as a whole. >> and the immigrant vote is very important in 2020. eugene, good to see you. thank you. >> thank you, you, too. and president trump is in switzerland for his first day at the world economic forum. but even before stepping foot in davos, members of his administration there made plenty of headlines. the president tweeted, we'll soon be heading to davos, switzerland, to tell the world how great america is and is doing. our economy is now booming and with all i am doing, will only get better. our country is finally winning again. but earlier westbound in the day, steve mnuchin said a weak dollar is good for trade. >> currently, we have a very stable dollar because of how well the u.s. is doing and it's as powerful as it's ever been and, therefore, it's the reserve currency of the world. that's the official position of the white house. we believe in free-floating currency. the president has always believed in that. we have, like i said, a very stable dollar in large part due to how well the u.s. economy is doing right now. >> and it's not just fears of currency wars that trump administration officials are stoking in davos yet commerce secretary wilbur ross suggested that the u.s. is ready to enter into trade wars. >> there won't be a trade war, by the way. it will only be stock increases that are in this country and that's what happened today. if you look at solar and if you look at the washing machine companies, that's really what happened today. you're going to have people getting jobs again and we're going to make our own product again. it's been a long time. >> ahead of the president's arrival, the transportation secretary offered a clear message to critics yesterday by saying, if you don't want to hear president trump, you can leave. when she praised trump for embracing local leaders on economic policy, by becoming the first president in decades to attend the annual gathering of wealthy elite. cnbc willem marx joins us today. will america first be a hard sell in davos? >> we just saw marine one land in davos a few minutes ago, lewis. secretary mnuchin's comments are at the center oflty of market focus over the last few hours. he said that he fundamentally blooe believes in the strength of the dollar and supports liquidity in the markets. although i will add what secretary sanders said about a stable currency, given the 1% plunge in the dollar yesterday doesn't seem to quite line up. he insisted that his comments may have represented a slight shift compared to previous secretaries. but nothing he said represented a shift in his own long standing views. we don't have a very clear sense of what president trump is going to say about trade and potential trade wars in his speech tomorrow, but clearly comments from secretaries mnuchin and ross not making anything easier. >> what more can you tell us about this? >> lewis, american and delta have agreed essentially to rebook passengers belonging to the other airline if those passengers get stranded. up until september 2015 you can book travel with two separate legs on both separate air lines. that was dissolved back in september 2015 is. neither airline has called this new corporation an interline agreement. this is good news for stranded passengers unless, like you, lewis, people enjoy spending time at the airport bar. >> yes, i do. lots of time at the airport bar. how do you know me so well, willem? 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>> good morning. ayman, good morning, everyone. not the first chapter, just the latest chapter. this reiterates kim jong un's new year message, calling on all koreans to push for reunification, make a breakthrough. it said in the message, it wasn't from kim jong un himself, but it was from the state media that he controls. and particularly, of course as you say, trying to drive a wedge between south korea and its main ally, the united states, they talked about the military drills, the military drills in prospect later in the year, north korea considers those drills a real provocation. and of course, part of this effort to thaw relations was as you say, north korean athletes, 12 of them, ice hockey players, crossing the border, they are tonight with their south korean teammates. many of whom are a bit unhappy that the north koreans are joining their team at this late stage, including the american coach. meantime, united states has imposed more sanctions on north korea, on 16 individuals, mostly based in china and russia. and on two chinese companies that will not go down well in beijing. but all the time the united states trying to keep the pressure on, trying to push back against north korea's propaganda push. its attempt really in the united states' eyes to hijack the winter olympics. ayman, back to you. >> we'll see how those two teams perform together. thank you. coming up next on "morning joe," president trump shifting his stance on the possibility, speaking to special counsel bob mueller under oath. what the president's new take could signal about the status of the russia probe and what his lawyers say about their client's impromptu comments. and tim ryan and charlie dent join the conversation about the government shutdown. but i really love it. i'm on the move all day long... and sometimes, i don't eat the way i should. so, i drink boost to get the nutrition i'm missing. boost high protein nutritional drink has 15 grams of protein to help maintain muscle and 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d. all with a great taste. boost gives me everything i need... to be up for doing what i love. boost high protein be up for it stay at la quinta. where we're changing with stylish make-overs. then at your next meeting, set your seat height to its maximum level. bravo, tall meeting man. start winning today. book now at lq.com for 100 years, start winning today. heritage and innovation have made gillette the #1 shave in america. now get gillette quality at lower prices -- every day. brought to you by 1200 workers in boston -- we're proud of giving you our best. gillette. the best a man can get. nahelps protect eyes fromue damaging blue light, filtering it out to help you continue enjoying your screens. or... you could just put your phones down and talk to each other. 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