Fascist dictatorship, and so bill barr, after, ive got to say, humiliating himself for several years, bill barr decides, this is where i get off. This is enough. This is my line. I believe in an imperial presidency, but i dont believe in a fascist presidency. Thats what donald trump was asking him to do. Asking him to steal an election. Asking him to arrest his political opponents. Asking him to do the sort of things, again, that fascist dictators do. He wouldnt do it. Now, trump has turned on him. As far as fani willis goes and jack smith and everything else, again, we can point you back to it and play it for you again, what we were saying in 2019. If donald trump lost in 2020, he would run again, and hed run again simply to avoid all the crimes he was committing. Im not good at math, but that was four years ago. Four years ago, we were saying he will run again so he can try to avoid jail. Going to jail. Here we are. I must say, a lot of people were saying that, so its hard to believe
stories today including developments big ones in jack smith s prosecution of donald trump and the classified documents case. trust me we ll get to them shortly. but we begin with the breaking news on a story that has captivated the world s attention all week long. late this afternoon exploration company oceangate confirmed the titan and all five of its passengers onboard have died. the vessel went missing over the weekend as it attempted to tour the wreckage of the titanic at the bottom of the ocean more than 2 miles beneath the surface of the ocean. in just the last hour the coast guard announced the end of a days long rescue effort. this morning an rov, a remote operated vehicle, from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor. the rov subsequently found additional debris. in consultation with experts from within the unified command the debris is consistent with the ca
And the fbi have been weaponized against him. our next guest is trying to set the republican party straight. former u.s. attorney general, alberto gonzalez, joins us in just a moment. also ahead this hour, we re going to get historic perspective on trump s legal issues by looking back on richard nixon s resignation. which came 49 years ago this week. plus, a republican presidential candidate who is still trying to qualify for the first debate, former arkansas governor asa hutchinson will join us just ahead on morning joe. it is just a few minutes past the top of the hour. katty kay and eugene robinson are still with us. joining the conversation, we have former u.s. senator, now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill. good to have you on board, as well. claire, before we get to the attorney general, i want to start with you. i was talking to matt lewis. we kind of come from, you know we were inspired to
Warned to moderate it, they didn t do it. rocket fuel. still ahead on morning joe, former president trump says he won t be signing the loyalty pledge that s required to participate in the first gop primary debate. we ll show you his explanation for that. wasn t he anyhow yeah. plus, 49 years ago, gerald ford took office and attempted to heal the wounds of watergate and help a reeling nation move on. but as donald trump faces multiple trials, would ford s approach still work today? we tackle that question with presidential historian, next on morning joe. as we bind up the internal wounds of watergate, more painful and more poisonous of foreign rules, let us restore the golden rule and let
Law. talk about how their relationship developed, particularly after nixon left the white house. nixon wrote trump a letter that trump displayed in the white house, in which i believe pat nixon had seen donald trump on phil donahue. he said, i didn t see the program, but mrs. nixon says you have the stuff. you know, you have something. if you ever did go into politics, then good luck. i don t remember the exact content, but it was a very encouraging letter from richard nixon. i don t know trump s view of nixon, but he was flattered by the attention of richard nixon. this was somebody who wanted to be around power, who wanted all the flattery he could get. so getting some from a former president was, i m sure, very