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these are the slicers. they slice people up. they wanted me to walk up and go like this. some of the president at his rally in pennsylvania last night and much, much more of that. good morning, everyone. it s friday, august 3rd. welcome to morning joe. we have a number of important developments to get through this morning, including a stark warning from the intel community. russia is at it again. they ve got the public s attention, but what about the president s? does he care? what s going on? plus, dan coats speaks truth to power, again. the director of national intelligence admits he still does not know what the president told vladimir putin last month in helsinki. think about it. the director of national intelligence. and ivanka trump says that it was a low point for her when the separations of children from their family were happening Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the d ....
which i believe according to the laws of physics is impossible, and of course driven by ill motives. the story broke land wednesday. we are six days into this and the speed i guess we knew there was a whistleblower complaint coming out of the dni. one of the defining features of the trump era is the incredible speed, ferocity with which information happens. it was apt that we would end up here after all these months of waiting around, that the thing that turned out to be the trigger could turn it this quickly. it s a great point, it was last wednesday the washington post broke the story about the whistleblower complaint being tied to the president s conduct with ukraine. it snapped everyone square in the face. there s nancy pelosi. tuesday we observed the anniversary of the adoption of the constitution on september 17th. sadly, on that day, the intelligence community inspector general formally notified the congress that the administration was forbidding him fro ....
densically record shows wrong acts on that scale here. it shows a president who delayed meeting a foreign leader and provided assistance that congressed a his own advisers agrees serves our national interests in promoting democracy and in limiting russian aggression. saying, russia, if you re listening, you know, a president who can t have the constitution say russia if you are listening, but out of our elections. it shows a president who did this to strong arm a foreign leader into smearing one of the president s opponents in our ongoing election season. that s not politics as usual. at least not in the united states or not in any mature democracy. it is, instead, a cardinal reason why the constitution contains an impeachment power, put simply, a president should resist foreign interference in our elections, not demand it, and not welcome it. if we are to keep faith with our constitution and with our republic, president trump must be held to account. thank you. thank you, p ....
whether you think that s good or bad and matches the abuse of powers is an open question. and then he goes through and argues he doesn t see what he calls a statutory crime. and we ll see that debate as well. there are people you re going to hear from who are going to say it s got to be an actual felony and then there are going to be other people pointing out the constitution doesn t require that. it has words like treason, bribery and high crimes. so we re going to get into the weeds here, but the big picture is keep your eye on which witnesses and exchanges are talking about the serious question of what s impeachable. the other noise you can try and tune out as with any hearing. mr. wiesman, your last words of advice as we settle in to watch the legal experts. i think it s very important to keep your eye on the facts and the law. and i think one of the things that the public is rightly upset about is the rule of law not being applied. and so i think the quote you read is ....
other important things that are going undone. within this committee s own jurisdiction we should be addressed in the opioid epidemic. we could be working together to find a solution to our immigration and asylum challenges on our southern border. we could be protecting americans for having their intellectual property and jobs stolen by chinese companies and we could be enhancing election security just to name a few things. congress as a whole could be working on rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. providing additional tax relief to the nation s middle class families and providing additional security to our people here at home and abroad. instead, here we are spinning our wheels once again on impeachment. what a waste. the american people deserve so much better. i yield back. the gentleman yield back. thank you, mr. chair. i take no pleasure in the fact that we are here today. as a patriot who loves america, it pains me that the circumstances forced us to undertake thi ....