Threatening federal prosecutors. Today, the judge in that case could decide exactly how much he can talk about it. It comes as federal prosecutors are now pushing for a trial right after new years day. Cue up u2. Well have much more on trumps legal issues ahead. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is i mean, come on, man, its august. Its august. This is moving. This year is moving too fast. Its midaugust. You know, you get old like me, and it just flies, right . Its august 11th. With us, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. Host of politics nations, wearing tan today, the reverend al sharpton. Looks good. Come on, man. President obama wore tan, and look what happened. It was a big news story. With me, its just another day. Can you believe that . That was a big news story. The president of the United States wearing tan in the white house. We have a the same people that were upset by that are now, like, hey, its really cool. We su
south korean account that they couldn t access for a lot of technical reasons. this was an account set up by the previous administration. they did it with south korea and seven other countries, under a significant reduction exception program. it was a way to discourage countries from importing iranian oil. the iranians couldn t get the account unfrozen and couldn t get access to it. we re talking about moving it to qatar where they can get access to it, but only for discreet, limited and narrow humanitarian purposes. the united states and qatar and aid organizations will have the right to veto any withdrawal request, to make sure it is going to the iranian people and not the regime. the regime won t get a dime. it is designed for food, medicine, medical equipment for the iranian people. again, this is a move that would make it accessible to them. admiral, good morning. it is jonathan. there certainly has been some pushback, though, that there is
threatening to break what exists between themselves and europe, what s left of that deal. would that be a great loss in your opinion? well, i think the iran nuclear deal was fatally flawed. the united states got rolled, president obama got rolled. it was fatally flawed. president trump has put a reasonable demand on the iranians. if they want to stay in the deal we need to lift the sunset provision. fixed what is flawed with the verification agreement and deal with iran s other bad activities. the iran nuclear deal with sanction relief of up to $150 billion is not in america s best interest. so for the iranians, they either have a future where there is a deal or not. the onus is on them. if they choose to walk their economy will suffer. the regime won t be able to stay in power not because of outside influence, what will
seems to directly challenge the forces in the streets. the syrian government shut down the border with jordan, eliminating chances for anyone to flee the violence. the regime says it is cracking down on armed criminal groups causing havoc across the nation. the most drastic move to date by a government that is intent on using brute force to silent voices of dissent. joining us from bay route is arwa. to get a visa and cover this story firsthand in syria and the regime won t let you or virtually anyone else in, is that right? reporter: that s right. we ve put in our visa applications so that we can go and see firsthand for ourselves what is happening. those requests have repeatedly been denied where i, as you can imagine, it makes the job of
head for this country s already battered economy. the job market is still beaten down, housing market horrible, federal government cannot agree on how to deal with a debt sealing . the white house won t be able to agree on a deficit reduction plan until 2012. congress is still on break. perfect. the obama administration downplayeded it announcement saying it was political and should not be taken to seriously. they are wrong. stock market had the biggest one-day loss since the threat of a nuclear melt down in japan. bet the white house won t have much to say about this either. it s called wis selling past the grave ward. what does it mean to china s economy will surpass the u.s. economy within five years. go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and