Weinste weinsteins attorneys to throw his Sexual Assault cases out of court, how it all unfolded in that courtroom. We start with that breaking news, a dramatic showdown brewing on capitol hill over whether the government will be forced to shut down tomorrow, a possible partial Government Shutdown. House Speaker Paul Ryan canceling the Republican Leadership News Conference a few moments ago reportedly after getting an emergency phone call from the president. All of this as Congress Struggles to pass a bill to fund the government. The Senate Passed it. The president in a series of tweets this morning indicating he will not sign a bill funding the government unless he gets funding for his border wall. With us now nbc News White House correspondent kristen welker, politico Senior Writer jake sherman, msnbcs Garrett Haake, and kimberly atkins, Washington Bureau chief for the boston herald. Garrett, what do we know about what happened with speaker ryan . We know he stepped out of the Confer
Police are here exclusively. Former independent counsel ken starr and Andy Mccarthy are here as well. Lots of legal developments to unpack. But first, snipes and swipes. Thats the focus of tonight angle. The integrity of our elections is imperiled tonight. We may be witnessing another in a series of stolen elections in florida. Democrats are experts at pulling us with these at the ballot box. Its widely believed to they may be up to their old tricks again. Ballot irregularities in palm beach and broward counties in florida are front and center. The president , of course, has been very vocal about what he believes is happening there. Well, you take a look at the past. And all of a sudden they are finding votes . After the election they are finding votes . Laura predictably, the media has come in to poohpooh any notion of voter fraud. To be very clear, and i want to make sure everybody at home understands, there is no evidence to that story. It never happened. Laura the New York Times ye
More including several big developments in the russia probe. Why the names Julian Assange and donald trump jr. Are back in the headlines. Plus, the president says his gut tells him more b than anyones brain. And republicans hold on to that last Undecided Senate seat while House Democrats are prepping a fullcourt press this january. Welcome to morning joe on this wednesday, november 28th. Im willie geist alongside heidi prisbella, mike barnacle, eddie gloud jr. And rick tyler. How are we doing this morning . Good. Ready to go . Yes. Weve got a lot to get to. Sort of okay. Its a slow roll for barnacle. Probably about 7 30 hes ready to go. Lets start with the new in the Mueller Probe in just a moment. But first, republican senator cindy hydesmith is the projected win he ner of mississippis runoff. Hydesmith won yesterdays election with 54 of the vote to become the first woman elected to congress from mississippi. She will serve out the remaining two years of Thad Cochrans turn with the se
Im brooke baldwin. Hours from now the government will be on the verge of the l g longest shutdown in history. 800,000 workers are seeing this. A big fat zero in their paychecks today. The first pay period since the shutdown began. And millions more are directly impacted. The families of these workers, the contractors who havent been able to work, families who, like 3 out of 4 americans, live paycheck to paycheck who are worried about paying rent, paying the mortgage, paying for groceries, medicine, gas, daycare. They are the ones worried and fearful today. Meantime, airports at risk. Food inspections, risk. Americas credit rating, the work of the fbi, National Parks closed, but hes the fact. This is an american embarrassment. And i want you to keep this in mind. This is a selfinflicted problem. A problem made by leaders who are playing politics. If thats not enough, the senate is gone. Many went home as workers struggle. The bottom line, many federal employees are working without getti
Russia probe. Something that President Trump is very keen on. Youre not suggesting that spying occurred . I dont well, i guess you could i think that spying did occur, yes. Yes, i think spying did occur. Well, let me but the question is whether it was predicated, adequately predicated. And im not suggesting that it wasnt adequately predicated. But i need to explore that. And i want to make clear this is not launching an investigation of the fbi. Frankly, im to the extent that there were any issues at the fbi, i do not view it as a problem that is endemic to the fbi. I think that there was probably a failure among a group of leaders. Lets start with Geoff Bennett just outside that hearing room on capitol hill. And peter alex ander lexander a white house. And geoff, two big headlines appear to be that the new investigation, the attorney general is leading, also more detail about what is getting redacted. What have we learned . Reporter right, craig. When you heard the attorney general ta