Well start with megan mccain. Escalating her criticism of President Trump after his weekend twitter attack on her father. Trump most recently slammed mccain in two tweets over his alleged involvement in the russia investigation. Megan mccain hit back on twitter telling trump no one will ever love you the way they loved my father. She continued her attack yesterday on the view. He spends his weekend obsessing over great men because knees it and i know it and you all know it hell never be a great man. When my father was alive up until adulthood we would spend our time together cooking, hiking, fishing, celebrating life. I thought your life is spent on your weekends not with your family. Not with your friends. But obsessing, obsessing over great men you could never live up to. That tells you everything you need to know about his pathetic life right now. So the view cohost Abby Huntsman daughter of John Huntsman defended mccain tweeting proud of my good friend megan mccain for staying so composed through this nonsense. The mccain family done deserve it and neither does this great country. I was irate over the weekend. He was rambling. It was one of the low points for him. It made me grateful my child is too young to understand whats going on in this country, i dont have to explain to her why our president is spending his time over the weekend tweeting this nonsense. The white house is on the defense. Heres what white house counselor Kellyanne Conway had to say about the president s tweets attacking john mccain. I will always respect and applaud senator mccains service to this country in many different areas beginning with his service in the United States navy and i cant imagine five and a half years in the hanoi hilton. What the president want folks to focus on there is the origins of the dossier. Kellyanne conway is dismissing her husband George Conways concerns about President Trumps mental health. George conway posted a series of tweets yesterday that include an image from the American Psychiatric diagnostic and statist statistical disorders saying his condition is getting worse. His latest criticism came after the president posted 50 tweets, 50 between saturday morning and sunday night. All over the weekend. Essentially criticizing the mueller probe. Saturday night live the show. General motors, the company. And much more. And the late senator john mccain. Heres what Kellyanne Conway told reporters when asked about her own husbands tweets. Your husband has been tweeting his concerns about the president s Mental Fitness for office. Are those concerns you share or how do you deal no i dont share those concerns. I have four kids. I was getting out of the house before i got here and talking to the president about substance. President trumps 20 Campaign Manager also weighed in on twitter writing we all know that mr. Trump turned down mr. Kellyanne conway for a job he desperately wanted. He barely worked at the Justice Department and was either fire quit. Didnt want the crew tiny. Now he hurts his wife because hes jealous of his success. The president doesnt even know him. I always wondered what the conversation is like at the dinner table. I wonder if hes in the car with them. President trump criticizes joe biden after he almost announced he was running for president in 2020. Heres what biden said over the weekend. I get criticized. Im told i get criticized by the new left. I have the most progressive record of anybody running or anybody who would run. [ cheers and applause ] of anybody who would run. So following those remarks trump tweeted yesterday joe biden got tonguetied over the weekend when he was unable to properly deliver a very simple line about decision to run for president. Get used to it. Another low i. Q. Individual. President trump continued to sends a string of tweets. He posted a recent check for 100,000 to the department of Homeland Security writing i donate my yearly president ial salary of 400,000 to different agencies throughout the year. If i didnt do it there would be hell to pay from the fake news media. Donald trump is the first president and major part nominee to withhold his tax returns which involve charitable givings. The attorney general shut down his Charitable Foundation after finding a pattern. Of illegality. Joining us now is blake. Thank you for joining us. So were going to focus on the tweet from the president about donating his money although there were a lot of tweets from over the weekend. This really puts the focus back on the fact that he never released his tax returns. I know theres some legislation out there or possibility of some legislation that put in place where president s in the future have to release their tax returns no matter what. Thats not the case yet. Do we think his tax returns will become a bigger issue in 2020 than it was in 2016 and, if in fact, anything can to be done about it . In fact its a live issue right now. The democrats took control of the house in january and theres an effort under way in the ways and Means Committee of the house to request his tax returns from the treasury department. Theres a little dance going on, a legal dance going on behindthescenes where the house is trying to get its ducks in a row before it makes the request. The treesy is evaluating the law to find out what it can and cant do. Secretary mnuchkin said he would follow the law. That can mean hell comply with the request to figure out how to fight it on trumps behalf. There will be a legal battle once the democrats make the request and that mean it will be a live issue during the president ial campaign. On the other hand, you have candidates like Bernie Sanders who have not yet released their own tax returns. So democrats have, to you know, whats good for the goose is good for the gander. I saw some people on twitter replying to the president where are the remaining 300,000. He said his salary is 400,000 and donated 300,000 to dhs. Its quarterly. Maybe good explanation. Let me turn for a moment and get your thoughts on john mccain these attacks by the president continuing over the weekend. Does this work for the Republican Base and more importantly for the president s rebase. Its one thing to go after a living politician, another thing to go after a late senator who has been dead for seven months. You know, i have a hard time trusting my political instincts on this one. I remember editting a story during his campaign. I thought this was out of bounds. I believe i tweeted Something Like hes finished. Thats got to be the end. Turns out mccain is a lot more unpopular on the right than i assumed. And trump has repeatedly gone after him for, you know, allegedly torpedoing the repeal of obamacare and has suffered a political price for it. John mccains best friend in the senate, Lindsey Graham could only must ear few words that didnt directly condemn President Trump. So, i dont think hes actually going to pay a political rice for this and in some sense it might help him with the rebase. Thats a good point about Lindsey Graham not being as forceful as he has been. Secretary of state mike pompeo is once again clarifying his plans for his political future. Speaking at an event yesterday pompeo was asked how long he plans to remain secretary of state as rumors swirl over a possible senate run in 2020. Despite him previously ruling it out the secretary decided to have a little fun with his response. So, im going to be there until he tweets me out of office. [ laughter ] [ applause ] which im not counting on, at least today. He may be on a plane overseas when, in fact, that actually happens and not find out until he lands back in the United States. Pompeo was referencing his predecessor Rex Tillersons exit from the Trump Administration just over a year ago via president ial tweet. While pompeo has ruled out a senate run in 2020 he didnt dismiss the idea of running for office later on down the road. I like the designation, president ial tweet. His tweet should be framed differently. Cory booker is calling out two of his president ial competitors for bragging about their pot use. Senators Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders were asked the same question while discussing their position in favor of legalization. There are a lot of reasons why we need to legalize. Have you ever smoked . I have. Okay. I inhaled. I did inhale. [ laughter ] it was a long time ago. How far smoked . A few times. Didnt do a whole lot for me. My recollection is i coughed my brains out. Marijuana possession arrest in 2017, all the Violent Crime risks involved. You know who doesnt get arrested from smoking marijuana people on yale campus. Theres no different between blacks and whites for using marijuana. Blacks are four times convicted. Then we have president ial candidates bragging about their pot use while their kids cant get a job for doing what two president ial candidates did. He called out president ial candidates and senators that now talk about their marijuana use as if it is funny. The juxtaposition when then candidate bill clinton how controversial that was. Sign of the changing times. Senator Kirsten Gillebrand is ready to take on drug manufacturers in the Opioid Crisis. During a town hall yesterday she shared her plan if elected president to hold Drug Companies like Purdue Pharma responsible. When youre suffering from the Opioid Crisis like they are in my state and your state, states all across the country, what we have to do is take on the drug manufacturers who purposely made these drugs stronger and more addictive and they did it because they want record sales. Should there be some accountability. Absolutely. Is that something you would pursue through the department of justice. Lets take the Opioid Crisis. They should be prosecuted. According to the centers for Disease Control more than 200,000 people have died from prescription opioid overdoses in the last 20 years. Coming up tomorrow on morning joe, fello 2020 hopeful mayor Pete Buttigieg will discuss his campaign. Next air force one is pegged at 5. 3 billion, 1 3 more than the figure routinely touted by the white house. 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