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and it starts with copper, the mineral copper. there s copper in brass. there s copper in bronze. the statue of liberty is sheathed in a layer of copper. that s about the thickness of two pennies. pennies themselves used to be copper, but now they re just copper-covered zinc, which sort of seems sad. it makes financial sense, because copper over time became too valuable to use in something as cheap as a penny, because most of what we use copper for now is conducting electricity. we use copper for wiring. there is a massive global appetite for copper. and the world s largest producer of copper is an american company. it s a company that used to be based in new orleans but now the mining company freeport is based in phoenix, arizona. and the freeport mining company of phoenix, arizona, they do still mine copper in arizona and they mine copper in new mexico and in colorado. but they are a gigantic firm. and they re a global operation. in south america, they mine copper in chile, ....
for months. his long-time lawyer, business associate, one of the men he is closest to is under investigation, has been braid the fbi, and could be indicted at any moment. and we just learned his own son held multiple meetings with agents of foreign governments offering help in the 2016 campaign. that s just the tip of the iceberg. now, it also turns out that the fbi back in 2016 was so alarmed by the trump campaign s various suspicious contacts with russia, it reportedly sent an informant to meet with three different campaign aides starting the summer before the election. and now the president, his lawyer, and his allies in congress are trying to use that incriminating fact in a kind of weird jujitsu move to discredit the investigation itself. just a few weeks ago, the president warned us this moment might come. i ve taken the position, and i don t have to take this position, and maybe i ll change, that i will not be involved with is the justice department. i have decided that i ....
live with a lawyer who was arguing against this policy in court today. who will update on us whether the trump administration is complying with the judge s timetable to put these families back together again. we start tonight with fredrick vaughn stew ben. he was born in 1730 in the kingdom of presha. an air that is modern day germany. at 17 he joined the preshan army and fought in the seven years war. it was one of the most sophisticated and powerful armies in the world. he had a distinguished military career, eventually becoming a top aid to fredrick the great. he also believed to be a openly gay man. back then, being gay was a crime. in 1753 he was dismissed from the army. he was rumored he was let go because he was gay. with no job and nowhere to go, fredrick went to america. he arrived in the states in the throes of the revolutionary war in 1777. the continental army was losing. they suffered through a bit l winter at valley forge. the troops were living in filth, untra ....
there was no surveillance done for political purposes against our campaign. sarah sanders also said, quote, it was also agreed that white house chief of staff kelly will immediately set up a meeting with the fbi, doj and dni together with congressional leaders to review highly classified and other information they have requested. the claim of a spy within the trump campaign comes with as of yet little or nothing to back it up and plenty to raise suspic n suspicions about its validity, including someone the president went out of his way to praise today. and a very courageous man, he s courageous, congressman devin nunes. thank you very much, devin, for being here, appreciate it. he is the chairman of the house intelligence committee. for weeks he s been seeking information on a top secret intelligence source who reportedly contacted two trump campaign advisers and one official, including carter page, who was already under suspicion for contacts with russia and george papa ....
right now. it s not an order, the president s opinion. are president trump s tweets considered official white house statements? the president is the president of the united states, they re considered official statements by the president of the united states. wow. good morning. and welcome to morning joe. i m confused. so confused. what is that line from the office ? universe, you win. it s thursday, august 2nd. and what a way to start the day. what a way. so, is it the official policy of the president or not? i think the most telling thing of the whole story is how much his lawyers freaked out immediately and started calling around immediately. he was just venting. just like a baseball game. when he s actually doing what talking about what would start a constitutional crisis. or obstruction of justice. as brian clause pointed out yesterday is exactly what he did in turkey back 2013, 2014. talk about fake news. you talk about deep state conspiracies. you ....