humanitarian crisis he s created. well, look, in hindsight, if i had understood how it would be perceived, the reaction people have, obviously i wouldn t have done it. it was a mistake. . right. okay. good morning and welcome to morning joe . it is friday, february 19th. with us, host of msnbc s politics nation and president of the national action network reverend al sharpton. vanderbilt university historian jon meacham. he unofficially occasionally advises joe biden. and msnbc political contributor rick tyler, who has had the pleasure of working in the past as a communications director for senator ted cruz. good to have you all on board. so, rick, why don t we start with you, since you ve had experience with senator cruz. there s so many things that are wrong with what happened over the past couple of days. i just go back to my time in congress. and i know he s had a couple trump-type people trying to defend him saying there s nothing a senator can do. i remember when
mission bigger than the game announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. the aftermath of the fbi mar-a-la search took a new turn late today when a federal good evening the aftermath of the fbi mar-a-lago search took a new turn late today when a federal judge opted to hold off a decision on whether to grant a request by donald trump s team for an independent arbiter to review items seized in the fbi s search of the home at a florida court hearing today, attorneys for the former president argued a separate review would give the american people a sense of trust in the process and dismissed a doj evidence photo of recovered items as a press release. the government s lawyers rejecting the trump claim of executive privilege over the materials, noting mr. trump is no longer president and has no right to take the documents, which we may soon learn more about. the judge saying she will make public a more detailed list of the items recovered in the fbi