Questions that the acting director, no doubt, needs to face today. Especially given all weve learned in the last 12 hours about what is reportedly what drove this president to fire the fbi director. Lets bring back in our panel, mark preston, niamalika henderson, bob baer, laura coates, dana bash, evan perez. And evan, to you first. As andy mccabe sits down, what questions will he be drilled with off the bat, do you believe . Well, one of the first questions im sure theyre going to ask him is how he found out that his boss, james comey, was fired. We know how comey found out. He was addressing agents at the Los Angeles Field Office when fox news incorrectly reported that he had resigned. And he sort of laughed it off because he knew he hadnt resigned. Then he sees cnn and others start reporting that high been fired, and thats when he really found out. So, that is the big question for mccabe. And obviously, the other question is how is this firing going to affect this investigation into
All by agreeing to speak directly with bob mueller. That is, if he doesnt fire him first. Thats where we are, welcome to morning joe on this thursday, february 1st. With us, veteran columnist and msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle. Republican strategist and political commentator, susan del purse yoe and political reporter for the Washington Post and moderator of Washington Week on pbs, robert costa. Well get to the nunes memo in a moment. But first your take on two reports from yesterday that really could frame all that were seeing involving the president s attacks, against the Mueller Probe. The first is the new report that President Trump allegedly asked Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein about his loyalty during a meeting. According to sources, rosenstein visited the white house in december. And that during the visit, the president questioned rosenstein about which direction special counsel robert mumuellers investigation was heading and trump asked the deputy a. G. If he was on my
Clues of his motive. Grading on a curve. President trump gives high remarks on his hurricane response and his comments are igniting the new controversy, did he down play it by comparing it to Hurricane Katrina. The extent of russias interference in the election via social media reviewing thousands of facebook ads viewed by thousands of people. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news, critical new information just revealed by police about the investigation into the Las Vegas Shooting massacre that left 59 people dead. At a News Conference just a little while ago they said the gunman, Stephen Paddock, set up cameras from inside and outside the hotel suite from which he fired on concert goers. Were seeing pictures taken inside his room and some of the 23 weapons he stockpiled there. Police also see more guns an what they call a plethora of ammunition insi
President trump meets with survivors of the massacre, along with First Responders and medical teams praising their heroism and calling the shooter sick and demeant td. But avoids the topic of gun control. And kremlin con knifing, Senate Intelligence leaders warn moscow is still trying to interfere with americas democracy as cnn learns that thousands of russian linked facebook ads targeted at least a dozen states including key election battle grounds. Im wolf blitzer here in the situation room. Breaking news, President Trump is on his way back to washington this hour after visiting with some of those wounded in the Las Vegas Massacre along with medical teams and First Responders. The president praised the hero wism of those involved and called the shootder very sick and demented. But so far is refusing to address the issue of gun violence. Police have released body camera video revealing the chaos in the desperation as bullets rain down on the concert goers in the las vegas. But they ar
Sympathizers. Lunch date. The president makes the trip to capitol hill today, meeting with Senate Republicans to push his tax plan. I do look at these things as more of a photo op. Theyre not really about substance. And President Trumps personal lawyer meets with investigators on the hill after their initial meeting a month ago was abruptly canceled. But lets begin today with the emerging theory about what led to that deadly ambush in west africa. Three officials briefed on the matter tell nbc it appears the americanled patrol walked right into a trap set by militants who had been tipped off by local villagers costing four americans their lives. Got lots of questions for my panel this morning. I want to start with hans nichols. Officials told nbc they think this was likely a setup. Whats leading them to that conclusion . Facts on the ground. You know, a lot has changed in our understanding and what pentagon officials have told us. One thing that really hasnt changed is this idea that t