Stories you are looking for, not just today, but in the weeks and month ahead . Looking ahead, the president and axios right now we have a globe thats been turned into a rubiks cube. Because the president has so much on his plate. He has two nuclear standoffs hes looking at, iran and north korea. And in addition to that, the early beginnings of a trade war on multiple fronts as weve been seeing here and throw into that the distraction of an investigation, a hot summer ahead. Indeed it is, mike allen live for us in washington, d. C. , appreciate it as always. Well see you back on morning joe in a few minutes and well be reading axios a. M. In just a little while. You, too, can sign up for the news letter by going to axios. Com. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside Ayman Mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, morning joe starts right now. Meet the man who wants to put Martha Stewart in jail. Martha stewart is being prosecuted not because of who she is, but because of what she did. 42yearold james come
Rattner, along with willie, joe and me, there are a number of stories this morning on the trump cabinet. Well get to. But first after week of mourning and celebrating the life of first lady barbara bush, the bush family is praying for its patriarch today. George h. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States is in Critical Condition in houston. Hospitalized sunday for a blood infection. Last night a spokesman said the 93yearold former commanderinchief was responding to treemgatments. Bush is the longest living president in American History. Surpassing gerald ford last november. On friday bush saw mourners from the public attending his wifes viewing at houstons st. Maartens Episcopal Church. Greeting families from his wheelchair for 20 minutes. George h. W. Bush in Critical Condition this morning. Yeah. Obviously such a class act going out there. Shaking hands with so many people that came by to bid farewell to the love of his life. For over seven decades. Its, it obviously has to
Is just incredible. Ill name a few. Hes weakened our military and trade alliances. He has hes trying to rip up the iran deal. Wasteful spending on this wall in mexico, which now it appears the military will be paying for, seeding leadership in asia. Walking away from tpp. Denigrating other nations like saying that comment that he said shole about other countries, such an incredibly almost racist view of other nations and of course, just to sort of cap off this list which could be much longer, appointing john bolton, that kind of says it all. Every stupid comment, every stupid tweet, joe, knocks us down a peg and impacts our ability to have any Strategic Vision and any strong place in the world. You know, its almost as if dr. Brzezinski might say the way trump has conducted himself in office is stunningly superficial and theres no doubt that dr. Brzezinski would that i can that quote that donald trump is so proud of and say that with every tweet, with every misstatement, with every ever
Immunity that means youve probably committed a crime. Probably committed a crime. I mean my god. Today the president s personal lawyer has stopped talking about his involvement in a hush money deal involving porn star Stormy Daniels and donald trump. The president actually, yeah, when he was campaigning, right there, he was saying, the mob takes the fifth, right . He takes the fifth when he needs to take the fifth. Can i ask you something . Have you guys noticed, do you feel it . Willie and i have it . Very few people have it . Whats wrong . The president has it. What . Kanye has it. What are you talking about . Dragon energy. No, stop, gross. Were going to be joined live is that like tiger blood from the Charlie Sheen days. Well be joined live by Stormy Daniels attorney. Stop, im going to blame you. 50 of the time it works. Stormy daniels attorney, Michael Avenatti will be joining us at 8 00 a. M. For his reaction to cohens legal strategy and Mandy Patinkin will be here. So welcome to
Mika. With us weve got the host of the redhot show on msnbc. The Communications Director for george w. Bush. Youre kicking jake tappers butt. And we love jake. No. It is the definition of mustsee tv. 4 00. And Donny Deutsch is here, redhot for other reasons. The world over. And susan del pursio, the cofounder and ceo of axios, jim vandehei. And New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt and Pulitzer Prize winning historian. Jon meachum, the soul of america debuts at number one on the New York Times best seller list. Meachum still has it. Ill congratulate you. Someone else will have to do that. Ill take that as a sweet passiveaggressive congratulations. If you have not read his book youve got to read it. It will tell you everything you need to know, it gives you some hope looking forward. Were going to have walltowall coverage of the Royal Wedding today. Donny deutsch is our royal correspondent. Any initial thoughts on the wedding. Theres been a big kerfuffle about meghans father. I think