This was a phony. This was a 400pound guy in new jersey. This had the russians didnt do it. Well, its now thoofb the russians were trying to interfere in our election. He actually by the end had to back up. Well, it appears the stress might be getting to him. That was the tweet storm. Welcome to morning joe. Were live in washington on this monday, february 19th. With us we have David Ignatius. Matt miller. Carol lee. And jon meacham who is criminal chully obligated to work on president s day and wear his rugged boots. Jon meacham, theyre duck boots. Theyre not rugged boots. He doesnt really need to wear them. Its a fashion statement i like to say. Exactly. It is. It is. So, jon meacham, my favorite president s day story is bill clinton gathering foreign contributors in the white house and announcing to them, this is the day in america that we call president s day. I thought that was sort of a laugh because, of course, hes getting money from people that did not know what president s day
Lee, New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt and New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters and in new york along with willie geist we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnacle and the president of the Foreign Relations and author of the book war of choice, richard haas. I know david especially is hoping that hes next and that hell get am rosas job. But it appears that cable tv is like the bench for the president. It looks like it. The attorney speaking on fox news amplifying or perhaps introducing the idea that the entire Mueller Investigation is a conspiracy against President Trump, that is President Trumps argument. Hes been tweeting about it that the investigation is a witch hunt and it appears he wants to surround himself with attorney who is agree with him that this is in fact a witch hunt against him. That should be interesting and again, worries about the potential firing of mueller. We begin though with that shakeup in President Trumps legal team. Michael schmidt, you and your colleague
Yes, sir. I loved how ted cruz said yesterday that just the picture of the brooklyn bbq was an admission against interest. Right. It was per se, negligence. He went right to the pickles too. He wasnt even worried about the meat which was so pathetic that were talking about. It was about the pickles. Shoved to the side of the plate. First of all, texas bbq or memphis or alabama bbq, you dont have that much space. Those pickles are usually served under the ribs because youve got too much meat on the plate. By the way, the mark hamill, i dont know if you saw that last getting his star on the walk of fame. I really i do you liked the last jedi. Theres some whiners out there that have complained about it. Mark hamills performance, he hated what they were doing with his character. It was a performance of his lifetime. It really was extraordinary. He was extraordinary in that movie and it just shows you you never really know how things are going to end up working out. Also, luke sky walker al
The president talked about pardoning former aides under investigation. That would be huge. That is huge. And sad. Welcome to morning joe. Its thursday, march 29th. With us we have a lot of people because we have a lot of news this morning. Mike barnacle. Political writer for the New York Times. Former treasury official Steve Rattner. Joyce vance, law professor at George Washington university. Jonathan turley and New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt who had another big scoop. Whats new. Hesincredible. Mike, we could talk about so much right now, but first lets talk about day five of the president. I guess its day five. Maybe even more than that, that this Stormy Daniels news has frozen the president of the United States yet again. This is yet to happen. I know i was critical of the legal techniques Stormy Daniels lawyer was taking but if you look at it through the through the lens of politics, my gosh, this guy has done to donald trump and Stormy Daniels as done to donald trump what
America the battle for our better angels, jon meacham, coeditor ignatius and former u. S. Attorney for the Northern District of alabama and msnbc contributor, joyce vance. Jon meacham, before we get to rudy tells us that the truth is not the truth and perhaps what the meaning of is or is not, i wanted to ask you where we always talk about turning points in this Trump Administration and many people believe that well never have a turning point. Trump is just going to plow through one thing after another. But you had a lot of people comparing what happened with admiral mcraven this past weekend with what happened to the mccarthy hearings when welch finally said, sir, have you no shame. How impactful do you think admiral mcravens comments were and the response to that . I think they were essential. I think they speak incredibly well of the admiral and of that Broader National Security community that i think signed a letter, bob gates among others, people who are, in fact, standing up and s