Morning joe. It is thursday, august 23rd. Joe has the morning off. He will be back tomorrow. We have Donny Deutsch with us along with professor at Princeton University and column at New York Post and contributor editor of Weekly Standard john and sam stein and washington Anchor Katy Kay and benjamin. Good to have you all onboard with us on another very busy morning. We begin with the very latest in President Trumps former lawyer implicating him in his guilty plea yesterday. Trump appeared to acknowledge his attorneys Campaign Finance violation and then walked it back in an interview all while maintaining its not a crime and say he blamed Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his former lawyers prosecution. The president tweeted, michael
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Didnt come out of the campaign and thats big. But they werent, its not even a campaign violation. If you look at Preside
Damaging winds. Good evening to all of you in hawaii. Just 10 00 p. M. Good morning to the rest of you. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is thursday, august 23rd. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. The white house struggles to contain the fallout from the Michael Cohen guilty plea. President trump is turning to personal attacks. Cohen implicated trump for coordinating Hush Payments to a porn star to sway an election. The president tried to minimize cohens role in life and business. He was one of many lawyers for me. They say the lawyer and they like to say the fixer. I dont know if he was a fixer. I dont know where that term came from. He has been a lawyer for me. He did not do big deals. Small deals. Not somebody with me that much. Somebody who said i did not live without him. The payments Michael Cohen made to the two women who allege they had an affair with trump. What he knew and when. The president saying with fox news he did in the know about the payments until later on. He did
damaging winds. good evening to all of you in hawaii. just 10:00 p.m. good morning to the rest of you. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. it is thursday, august 23rd. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. the white house struggles to contain the fallout from the michael cohen guilty plea. president trump is turning to personal attacks. cohen implicated trump for coordinating hush payments to a porn star to sway an election. the president tried to minimize cohen s role in life and business. he was one of many lawyers for me. they say the lawyer and they like to say the fixer. i don t know if he was a fixer. i don t know where that term came from. he has been a lawyer for me. he did not do big deals. small deals. not somebody with me that much. somebody who said i did not live without him.
well, granted, mitch mcconnell doesn t often answer questions on the go, but his silence and the silence of house speaker paul ryan hang heavy in the air. what will republicans do if the president makes a move against the special counsel? 59% of americans now back the mueller probe and that number is growing. another number on the rise, the percentage of people who think there is a strong chance the president of the united states committed a criminal or impeachable offense. and that polling is from fox news. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 23rd. joe has the morning off. he ll be back tomorrow. we have donnie deutsch with us along with professor at princeton university eddie junior and contributing editor of the weekly standard john pedoritz, sam stein, washington anchor for bbc world news america patti kay and editor in