Right now. Its not an order, the president s opinion. Are President Trumps tweets considered official white house statements . The president is the president of the United States, theyre considered official statements by the president of the United States. Wow. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. Im confused. So confused. What is that line from the office . Universe, you win. Its thursday, august 2nd. And what a way to start the day. What a way. So, is it the official policy of the president or not . I think the most telling thing of the whole story is how much his lawyers freaked out immediately and started calling around immediately. He was just venting. Just like a baseball game. When hes actually doing what talking about what would start a constitutional crisis. Or Obstruction Of Justice. As brian clause pointed out yesterday is exactly what he did in turkey back 2013, 2014. Talk about fake news. You talk about deep state conspiracies. You fire prosecutors and you have a were
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Anybody else. That aint playing anymore, President Trump. Lets bring in kevin, the Chief Washington correspondent for bloomburg. Great to have you here on this sunday morning. Happy to be here. Your reaction to first lady melania trump. We are seeing an extraordinary moment in this presidency where the president s own family, those closest to him seem to be distancing himself from the controversial statements. The tichliming of the statementm melania, defending lebron james is right after the president lashed out with his strong criticism. It doesnt seem like a coincidence there. Ivanka trump breaking with her father over Family Separations and the criticism of the media. We are seeing those closest to the president publicly saying
backing the president or going to pull full support, but they are weighing in on the issues as sean correctly mentioned on an issue like immigration where ivanka is saying she disagrees
A look at the days news and headlines. Authorities and facilitating them. It seems right now theyre trying to raise as much money and awareness to recover Mollie Tibbetts. Bill her boyfriend spoke to fox news. Com at length yesterday. He is back in the house where she was staying when she disappeared on the 18th of july, matt. He is back in that house where mollie went missing. He hasnt gone inside the bedroom where she has gone missing. We asked him if he noticed signs of a struggle or forced entry. He said he would not comment because investigators asked him not to jeopardize the investigation. He tells us the doors to this home were probably not locked on the day that mollie went missing. He said people dont lock their doors in smalltown iowa. Regarding what he thinks happened, he says he has no idea. Never body has their own theories. Im leaving it up to the Law Enforcement to try to figure that one out. Just dont want to go racking it through my Brain Thinking of what happened, wh
Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, breaking news and international stories. Investigation. Let me read between sure. I want to read the tweet. The words the president used in the statement on twitter that he released earlier this morning. This is a terrible situation. And Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob mueller is totally conflicted and his 17 angry democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to usa. I just want to be specific what the president has said because, dana, this is the most bombastic statement hes made yet on this entire russia probe. And it comes as mueller is now engaged in the first trial thats actually started yesterday. No question. And, look, when and this goes to the heart of part of the Mueller Investigation. When a boss, or when the president , says makes a suggestion to a subordinate, is it really a suggestion . Like David Chalian was saying earlier, when
News coverage is provided. News coverage is provided. Coming to those rallies. Independents approval of President Trumps rating was trending downward. Thats an alarming sign for the gop. Arthel as Pole Ashizing politics per as polarizing politics exists, how does that fare for the president and his party and the democrats. Galvanizing the base once again. Its hard to get the base to vote for the federal and state candidates. Will that work . Or will the democrats prevail. Troy balderson is the classical conservative candidate and he has john kasich and donald trump
campaigning for him. Arthel connor is right behind him on his tail at 4344 respectively. Donald trump is the most of powerful weapon to bring in so they are bringing him in at game time. Mike National Security advisor john bolton denying there is a disconnect. He spoke earlier on an exclusive interview on fox news sunday. Everybody who participated in the press Conference Thursday as has the president on several public occas