good night from new york. tomorrow, thanks to president trump's leadership, congress is going to vote to repeal and replace obamacare. >> the health care overhaul thought to be left for dead gets jilted back to life. in-depth conch whether it can pass the house today. james comey shocks again on capitol hill and his warning about russian interest in u.s. affairs. later, a vision of peace in the middle east. the president explains why it may be easier to attain than his predecessors realized. good morning, it is thursday, may 4th. i'm alex witt alongside ayman

mohyeldin, louis burgdorf ining us as well. despite no cbo scoring and the fact thatany members have yet to read the entire bill, the health care overhaul is expected to come up for a vote after the president was able to turn some critical republican nos into yess. congressman billy long and fred upton spent yesterday at the white house. just a day earlier both announced they would vote against the latest overhaul with concerns about of people with pre-existing concerns. when they left the meeting with president trump, they had an agreement in hand. >> when he called me yesterday, i told him i was a no. i told him i was a no because of the provision on pre-existing illnesses. yesterday i read him back his statement where he said that this bill would be just as strong on pre-existing illnesses as obamacare. i want him to keep that pledge.

>> when they made what i consider the change to pre-existing conditions, that's when i said, i'm a no. the president said, billy, we really need you. we need you, man. i said, you don't have me. we went through that for 20 minutes. he called back yet, we need you, we need you, we need you. i'm happy to announce the members of the seventh district of missouri will have pre-existing conditions covered adequately. >> their solution, pour $8 billion over five years into states that decide to no longer cover people with long-term health issues. those states set up in high-risk pools. the upton bill has given enough to call for a vote as early as 10:00 a.m. this morning. >> we will pass this. i feel great about the count. >> do you have the votes? >> yes, we do. >> when it comes to obamacare don't hav to remind anyone in

in room why obamacare has to go. despite all the promises made, despite the tireless work of everyone in this room to stop it so many years ago, obamacare has allowed taxpayer money to be use to purchase health insurance that covers abortion, among all its other failings. tomorrow we begin the end of obamacare once and for all. >> the new bill also allows states to opt out of the requirement to cover a ma tern care, health coverage and hospitalization. there's still plenty of opposition, including groups like aarp. joining us right now, co-author of politico playbook, daniel t littman. >> they're going to say a previous version of the bill was scored recently by cbo. i think democrats will raise the red flag that why not wait a few days, get the final cbo score on this massive piece of legislation that is going to

affect millions of people and then we can actually know how many millions of people will lose health insurance. so, they're running -- this is a big risk for them to rush this because they know that if they wait any longer, it's probably not going to -- it's going to lose votes if they don't hold the vote today. >> let me ask you real quick about some of these requirements that used to happen. legislators actually had to read the bill. in this case some are going to vote that haven't actually read the bill. >> if you call up all house republican members of congress and you ask them, have you read every word of this bill? if you put them on truth serum, they would say, no, they have staffs to do that. that doesn't look good politically when you want members of congress voting on bills that have such ramifications in our society. it's a concern. democrats used to get attacked for doing the same thing by republicans who are doing this

practice today. >> you certainly wanted them to read it when the fine print has so many important details. daniel lippman, thank you. despite the likelihood house republicans will be able to pass their health care overhaul, democrats are warning of potential political fallout. some are reportedly saying democrats voting for the bill could face public backlash. jim mcgovern of massachusetts aired his grievances with the situation last night during a house committee meeting. take a listen. >> i think health care is a very personal issue, it's very important. people want us to get it right. i don't think anyone here believes we're getting it right. to be honest, this process is [ bleep ] a mess. you can defend it and you'll have to defend it. i think you'll be surprised how upset the american people are going to be at the way you're handling this. >> tomorrow house republicans may vote to pass one of the most

damaging bills for women in the history of our country. trumpcare would raise your health costs, destroy the coverage of millions of americans and undermine a woman's right to choose we must not let them succeed. >> one of the largest insurers announced it's pulling out of virginia next year, citing they will lose $200 million from the obamacare plans. he noted the growing uncertainty in the health care rketplace. in in 2016 aetna sold the plan in 15 states. last month it announced it would pull out of iowa in 2018, leaving delaware and nebraska as its own state markets. tim kaine and mark warner issued a state saying, quoeshgts aetna's decision to leave the marketplace in 2018 shows the

real-life consequences of president trump playing politics with health care. james comey is giving his most detailed explanation to date about his controversial actions in the days leading up to the presidential election. comey staunchly defend his decision to alert congress that the fbi was reopening its investigation into hillary clinton's eam-mails just 11 day before the election. he told lawmakers he was sickened by the thought he could have suede the results but that he stands by his decision. >> i've lived my entire career bit tradition if you can possibly avoid it, you avoid any action in the run-up to an election, whether it's a dog catcher election or president of the united states. i sat there that morning and i could not see a door labeled no action here. i could see two doors and they were both actions. one was labeled speak, the other s labeled conceal. look, this was terrible. it makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had some impact on the election.

honestly, it wouldn't change the decision. everybody who disagrees with me has to come back to october 28th with me and stare at this and tell me what you would do. would you speak or would you conceal? i could be wrong, but we honestly made a decision between those two choices that even in hindsight, this has been one of the world's most painful experiences, i would make the same decision. >> we're going right now to london with breaking news on prince philip. let's go to bill kneely standing by. what are you hearing? >> yes, good morning. there's been a meeting at buckingham palace this morning. just finished. all the royal staff from residences across the uk were called in. there was feverish speculation there was a health announcement. prince philip, the husband of the queen, is officially retiring. he will stop carrying out royal engagements from the autumn but

he will continue for the next few months until he gives up. he is 95 years old. he'll be 96 next month. so, i suppose it's only reasonable that he should have some kind of retirement. last year, you know, he was heavily engaged in engagements. he had 110. that was even more than princes william and harry. indeed just yesterday, he was carrying out an engagement opening a stand at a cricket grand in london. and even joking that he was, in fact, the world's most experienced plaque unveiler. prince philip is finally retiring. the statement i have here, he has decided he will no longer carry out public engagements. the duke has the full support of the queen. they have, of course, been together doing royal duties for seven decades. a man who will be 96 next month

will call it a day. >> his health has been a little in question. this doesn't come as a complete surprise, bill. you'll remember certainly over the holidays both he and the queen didn't attend church as they always do. he ended up making it to church. she was not there. but they both got a nasty cold. he's had a couple of hospitalizations over the last few years. >> correct. they both had heavy colds over christmas. as you say, he made it to church service, she did not. these are people in their 90s. the queen turned 91 last month and he will be 96 next month. yes, about three or four years ago he was in hospital on several occasions. but generally, you know, for a man of his age and more generally, his health is robust. you know, he was -- as i say, he was out yesterday in mayweather,

opening a sports facility, and joking with the people who were there. you know, he is certainly a man in high spirits. and his health seems to be fairly robust. >> well, it's time he maybe enjoy things. if you think about it, he's 95 years old. three decades past what the normal average american will do, retire at 65. he's been remarkable. talk about his love of sport, bill. i know he just until about 14, 15 years ago he was still riding in all the parades on the horses and then he decided to step down from that. but he definitely has always loved sport. >> yes, he has. indeed, you know, both he and the queen have a great love of horses and of riding. the queen especially loves to go to horse racing events. he often will accompany her. you know, the royal family has had for many decade a connection

from race to racing to soccer, major sporting events, including the olympics in london 2012, they were always represented. again, you know, he's a man, the queen as well, they spend time-out doors. they spend time at windsor castle. they came back from a month at windsor castle on the outskirts of london where they can spend a more relaxed lifestyle in country. they just came back yesterday. they both had engagements. he was at this sports facility. she was meeting theresa may about the dissolution of parliament. they have very active lifestyles. she reads official papers in the red box that comes from downing street and from parliament every single day. she's done that every day of her reign. remember, she is the longest serving british monarch, having

overtaken viqueen victoria earlr this year. in spite of their age, in spite of occasional health problems, still living very active lifestyles and working and working hard. >> let me ask you about that point you brought up, activities of the royal household. now that he'll be stepping down from official royal engagements and the queen remaining very robust, very active, what does this mean for the younger generations of royals? will we see them stepping more into the limelight? >> there's the queen and prince philip carrying out -- i think the figure for prince philip was 110 days of engagements. that's something every three days. but below them, you know, there's prince charles and camilla. there's anne, that's edward and andrew. they are all carrying out royal engagements of their own.

beneath them we have the new generation of royals of william, harry and catherine who carried out around 80 engagements each last year. prince philip and the queen still carrying out far, far more engagements than two generation below them. each generation will have to step up to the plate a bit more as prince philip takes a step back. >> we'll be sorry not to see him as frequently. at least he's in good health. thank you for covering this breaking news from buckingham palace. google shuts down a major phishing scam. areas expected minute by flooding expecting more rain today.

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welcome back. google says it has disabled that bug that targeted about a million users yesterday. the phishing attack came in the form of e-mail asking users to open a google document. if they clicked, they were asked for permission to their account. allowing the bug to send itself to the user's contacts and other parts of the application. google says the attack lasted for about an hour and affected fewer than a tenth of a percent of their users. if you click the link you're activated to google documents. let's get to bill karins. this area hitting st. louis and then hit us in the northeast. >> it will move through with heavy rain, travel issues. we have dangerous conditions in louisiana from flooding and through arkansas and portions of southern missouri. you see this picture yesterday. this school bus driver tried to

cross -- look at the bus. tends up in the ditch. there were children on the bus. they were rescued by the police. how many times have we yelled at people saying, turn around, don't drown. that's exactly the situation that can cause you to drown. with kids on that bus, too. >> not a good choice. >> they're lucky they all made it through unscathed. lesson for everybody. the rain is over st. louis, illinois. now indiana is getting soaked. next northwest sections of ohio. we're drying out in the western half of missouri. that will be the trend during the day today. we don't have many flash flood warnings. you see one little red county here. we did see one levy break in arkansas yesterday causing a lot of flooding in a small community. 1 to 2 inches of rain today. rain will not be as intense. this map we've been showing these colors on this map for way too long. that's 1 inch in the blue, 2 inches in red, pink is 3 inches of rain.

another 1 to 3 inches of rainfall. from east coast, we're okay from d.c., raleigh, northward. atlanta, late afternoon thunderstorms. new orleans, early morning storms. throughout middle of the country we're drying it out, texas through nebraska. as far as tomorrow goes, when we were mentioning the heavy rain through d.c., morning commute. boston, evening commute. that means through the middle of the day. philadelphia and new york, you get your rain then. a lot of airport delays in the northeast. >> i have to fly on friday and i already got a heads up from the airline. >> did you change it yet? >>, no i can't. i might be waiting for a while. >> good book, right? >> thank you. still ahead, the spurs' western conference semifinal but they may have experienced their biggest loss of the season at the same time. i'm in vests and as a vested investor in vests, i invest with e*trade, where investors can investigate and invest in vests... or not in vests.

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second on the all-time postseason scoring list, putting up 39 in the cavalier's win over the raptors last night. cleveland leads the series two games to none. on the ice in last night's stanley cup playoff match, the ducks notched their series with the oilers at two games apiece after a 4-3 win on the road in edmonton. anaheim's ryan getzlaf scored a goal and assisted on two others, including james silfverberg's winner in overtime. the. capitals are on brink of elimination after falling to penguins 3-2 in game four. playing without sidney crosby, who took advantage of a blunder by washington defenseman orlov who accidentally kicked a puck into his own net. turning to major league baseball. where in boston the red sox are enforcing a new zero tolerance policy when it comes to racial taunts in the stands following monday night's incident

involving btimore outfielder adam jones. accordoing t team press release, a fan has been permanently banned from fenway park after it was reported to red sox security a racial slur was used in a comment from one fan to another fan during tuesday night's game. adam jones had another issue at fenway last night. this time with the home plate umpire who ejected jones arguing balls and strikes. earlier in the game the bean ball war continued between these two clubs when pitcher kevin gossman is tossed after plunking xander bogaerts. red sox take this 4-2. ite quite sure the drama is going to continue here. finally, the bronx, aaron judge slugged his league leading 13th home run. the most ever by a rookie in the first 25 games of the season. let's see if he can keep it going. >> man, that orioles rivalry is

starting to heat up. orioles/red sox. >> it is not pretty. >> what about my dodgers? i'm kidding. >> too early in the season. still ahead, more on joe kernen's testimony, including the news huma abedin forwarded classified e-mails to her husband, anthony weiner. we continue to following that breaking news out of london. buckingham palace confirming prince philip stepping down from royal duties. live to london next.

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welcome back. i'm alex witt along ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. with the path forward unclear as recently as yesterday, house majority leader kevin mccarty now says they have the votes. the news follows an $8 billion agreement to cover people with pre-existing conditions. voting expected to start some time around 10:00 a. meanwhile the spending bill to keep government running through september has passed the house and is now headed to the senate. the president won a $50 billion boost in military spending and an extra $1.5 billion for border security. nothing for that border wall. the president says he'll return to that battle later this year. unpress deputied move from puerto rico. they have filed to restructure the $70 billion in debt. it's a process similar to bankruptcy but is instead for

insolve ant governments. puerto rico is the largest u.s. government to seek help from creditors. votes on a health care overhaul bill is expected today, as early as 10:00 a.m., as last-minute amendment was negotiated by the president himself. >> daniel lippman joins us. explain how republicans gained enough momentum to bring this bill to a vote. what changed in particular that gave it this extra push? >> so, remember a few months ago back in march, they tried to rush this bill and they had to pull it from the floor because they didn't have enough votes. this time they've spent weeks working out a compromise between members of the freedom caucus and moderates to allay everyone's concerns. they have the votes to do that but it's tight. it's the process of getting everyone on board was key here. >> without any democratic support, daniel, republicans

can't afford to lose any more than 22 republican votes. so, who's still on the fence and what's being done to try to win over those members? >> it's going to be a very razor-thin vote later this morning. the case they're making to the dozen or so members that are on the fence is that republicans have been promising to repeal obamacare for almost a decade. this is their best and almost last chance to do this. do you really want to go back to people -- your base and say that, you know, you came to washington and you couldn't even do your top campaign promise when republicans are in control of this entire city? that's the case that they're making. they're saying they've made the bill much better, although independent experts say that $8 billion fund to cover people with pre-existing conditions is not enough to actually do that. >> let me ask you this. you were talking earlier about the ability to narrow the gap

between the freedom caucus and other gop members compared to what it was back in march. what specifically in this bill narrowed that gap. we heard representatives earlier talking about pre-existing conditions. was that the only issue or was there something else involved that we're not aware of? >> so, they both made the bill more conservative by letting states opt out of the requirements of some of obamacare but they also put in this macarthur amendment from new jersey republican congressman to get $8 billion to pay for -- to pay for pre-existing people. so, that's really -- that's the key provision here. without that, the bills would have no chance of passing. >> we'll learn how it plays out later today. we continue following breaking news on prince philip. we learned about half an hour ago we'll step down from his royal duties. let's go to nbc news foreign correspondent keir simmons in

london for us. keir, what's the update on this? what are you hearing in terms of details? >> reporter: well, actually, i'm outside buckingham palace here where the announcement was made, you mentioned, half an hour ago. the most reliable details are from the palace. let me give you a little taste of that. it beginsmy saying, his royal behindness duke of edinburgh will no longer carry out duties from this autumn. at the end of the statement is goes on to say, her ma jesty will carry out full program of official engagements with the full support of the royal family. this will be seen as an historic day because, of course, the duke turns this month. he's been by the queen's side

since she took to the throne all those decades ago. he is her most crucial adviser. they are able to talk to each other in a straightforward way, they joke together. he knows her best. he has been able to give her advice through the years, good times and bad times. i'm sure he'll continue to do that, but what this does mean is he will step back from the very substantial role that he has aside from simply supporting the queen. that is, in connection with 780, that's 780 different organizations. just imagine that workload, of course, at his age, an age where most have retired long ago. it becomes more and more difficult. he's not going to take on any more and he will stop his official engagements from august. we may not see him with the queen as often as we have in the past and she will feel that. that will affect her. that will be one of the

conversations going through forward through today and the days to come. the n, of course, cannot retire. she says she will not retire, she will not abdicate. she may pull back from duties. she is a little younger than her husband but over time people will wonder how this will affect the queen because the person who is the singlemost important person in her life announcing he's going to retire may be foretaste of a change for her. again, she has always said, she would not abdicate. perhaps over time she may pull back for duties. ail next. >> the most comforting part about this is he's not retiring until after the summer into the fall meaning nothing pressing, nothing in an emergency nature, so that is very good news. keir simmons, thank you for bringing us everything from buckingham palace. meantime, president trump will put pen to paper on the issue of religious liberties. he's expected to sign an executive order giving churches more space to participate in

politics. it would also make it easier for businesses not to include contraception coverage in workers' health care plan based on religious objections. fbi director james comey is giving his most detailed explanation to date about his controversial action in the days leading up to the presidential election. comey staunchly defended his decision that the fbi was reopening its investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails just 11 days before theelection. nbc's pete williams has details. pete, good morning. >> this was by far the most complete and spirited defense that james comey has given of his actions during the campaign and he offered some new details about that last-minute discovery of e-mails that turned out to be nothing important. a public and passionate defense from the fbi director for his decision to disclose less than

two weeks before the election that the fbi discovered potentially important clinton e-mails. he said he faced two painful options. >> so, i stared at speak and conceal. speak would be really bad. there's an election in 11 days. lordy, that would be really bad. concealing, in my view, would be catastrophic. not just to the fbi, but well beyond. >> reporter: hillary clinton said the disclosure was a big factor in her defeat. in response to that, president trump tweeted that comey gave her a free pass for many bad deeds. but comey said he has no second thoughts. >> this was terrible. it makes me mildly flaushs to think we might have had some impact on the elections. honestly, it wouldn't change the decision. >> reporter: he said the last-minute discovery was 40,000 e-mails sent by clinton aide huma abedin to a laptop belonging to her husband, anthony weiner, so they could be printed. 12 turned out to be classified. >> why did you conclude neither of them committed a crime? >> because with respect to ms. abedin, we didn't have any

indication she had a sense that what she was doing was in violation of the law. couldn't prove any sort of criminal intent. >> reporter: he says he did not reveal the fbi was looking into the trump campaign during its election becse it doesn't make its investigations public but he said the clinton e-mail case had already been disclosed by the justice department after the intelligence community raised red flags. he strongly hinted the u.s. is moving ahead with criminal charges against wikileaks founder julian assange, saying massive dumps of classified documents make it more like a hostile intelligence service than a news organization with first amendment protections. >> it crosses a line when it moves from being about trying to educate a public and, instead, becomes about intelligence porn, frankly. just pushing out information about sources and methods. >> reporter: arrests assange would be tough. he's holed up in ecuador's embassy in london. comey said virtually nothing about whether any trump campaign

aides were helping influence the election but he says russia hasn't stopped the hacking and called it the greatest threat to american democracy of any nation on earth. >> i have a feeling we have not seen the end of this. thank you. the news huma abedin classified e-mails to her husband, did not sit well with lindsey graham. he's trying to nail down the fbi director on that issue. >>. >> do you agree with me that anthony weiner of 2016 should not have access to classified information? >> yes, that's a fair statement. >> if that's not illegal, we've got really bad laws? >> well, if he -- >> well, get on it somehow. >> it would be illegal if he didn't have appropriate clearance. >> well, do you agree with me he didn't have appropriate clearance? if he did have appropriate clearance, that would even be worse. >> i don't believe at the time we found that on his laptop, that he had any kind of clearance. >> i agree. for him to get it, it should be

a crime. somebody should be prosecuted for letting ahony weiner have access to classified information. does that make general sense? >> it could be a crime. it depends -- >> would you agree with me, it should be, that anybody that lets anthony weiner have classified information probably should be prosecuted? if our laws don't cover that, they probably should. >> there's no anthony weiner statue -- >> maybe we need one. >> the senator said he wanted to get to the bottom of how an unauthorized person, in this case anthony weiner, was able to access classified information without it being a crime. still ahead, did a woman really get convicted for laughing during the confirmation of jeff sessions? we'll tell you what the lead juror in that case is saying. plus -- >> what we want this to be is the world's premiere institution for training young people and leadership to make a difference in their communities, in their countries and in the world. >> former president obama has

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president obama is back. yesterday he unveiled plans for what he called a transformational center in jackson park on the south side of chicago. the obama presidential center will be a, quote, living, working center for citizenship that will have projects all over the world, including the city of chicago. >> the best things that have happened to me in my life happened in this community. the closest friends that i have made, the start of my life in public service, the values that -- that i learned here in chicago and that we've now passed onto our children, i owe it all to this community. >> well, the space is estimated to cost around $500 million with the former president pledging to fund raise to cover the cost. the site will include three buildings, including a museum, forum and a library. that center expected to open in

2021. >> and a restaurant, don't forget. >> he already knew about the restaurant. let's get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. not such good weather headed our way? >> i thought it interesting the airline already contacted you. very proactive nowadays. that's why we don't get the huge buildup of delays on the day of the storm, because theirlines are being proceed active, getting people out of the way of the storm coming up the east coast on friday. the storm is centered over st. louis, illinois and indiana. where we have a chance of flash flooding. the intensity isn't thunderstorms. hopefully we won't have any problems but the potential at least. let me take you through the timing over the next two days. this morning at 7:00 a.m. some pretty good thunderstorms will be rolling through southern portions of alabama and pensacola to panama city. 5:00 p.m., steady rainfall in detroit, louisville, down to lexington, showers, heifer rain, too. nashville will be in the rain. atlanta will be dodging on and off rain all day long.

as we go through the overnight hours we start to watch the storm accelerate a little bit. a band of heavy rain this time tomorrow morning right over the top of richmond and washington, d.c. the morning commute in d.c. will be the worst. midmorning, philadelphia, new york city looks like around 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. the heaviest rain will be beginning to exit the region. then boston through the evening. that's your timeline of the heavy rain. i don't expect flooding concerns in the northeast. mostly just travel delays we'll have to deal with. one more for you here. white house press secretary sean spicer is hitting back at hillary clinton's suggestion that if the election were held in late october, she would have won. >> there's been plenty of analyses on the election and where people chose to spend their time and resources and their messaging. and i think it's somewhat sad we're still debating why the president won in the fashion that he did. >> he said it's, quote, sad we're still debating why the

president won, but he apparently hasn't shared his feelings with his boss. >> november 8th, wasn't that a great evening? do you remember that evening? we have eaking news. donald trump h won the state of michigan. they go, michigan? how did that -- donald trump has won the state of wisconsin. whoa. sports fans said that was the single most exciting event they've ever seen. that includes super bowls and world series and boxing matches. that was an exciting evening for all of us. >> this just came out. this was our final printed map. >> all that red area? >> we're red and hillary is blue. just came out. this is the final print. pretty good. >> how does that make you feel? >> very, very honored. and proud. and i love the people of this country. these people are incredible people. i mean, look at those numbers.

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is planning to create a $1 billion fund to invest in u.s. companies that do advanced manufacturing. that is after it has come under pressure from the current administration about outsourcing too much production of their products to places like china. last but not least, let's talk about central banks. the federal reserve yesterday holding its fire, keeping rates steady in its announcement yesterday. more importantly it left the door wide open for a hike in june. that's fully priced into the markets right now saying that the recent weakness in the economy in the u.s. in the first quarter had been transitory. back to you. >> carolyn roth, a busy day in the news with all the news around prince philip. safe zones created inside syria. putin said the move, quote, should lead to further piece making and strengthen the already in place cease-fire. it comes after putin had a phone call with president trump which discussed the creation of

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before we toss over to "morning joe," we'll bring you a check on the stories in the day ahead. >> in a few hours the house is expected to vote on the republicans' plan to overhaul the affordable care act. party leaders signaled they have support needed to pass the measure. that vote expected to be around 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> meanwhile, president trump is heading out of town today. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more from the white house. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, luis. today president trump will mark a national day of prayer holding an event at the white house. advisers say he's expected to sign an executive order that would change some of the restrictions on religious organizations that now exist in

the tax code that bar them from being actively involved in politics, endorsing candidates or issues. that's expected today before he makes his first trip back to new york city. he'll be part of a commemoration event on the "u.s.s. intrepid" to mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the coral seas. he will also meet with the australian prime minister, a relationship has that has been tense based on some of the things the president has said in conversations with prime minister turn bull, over things like trade in the pacific and refugees. >> thanks to kelly o'donnell for that report. >> a big day today. may the fourth be with you, international star wars day, the first since the death of carrie sher who played princess leia. that does it for us on this thursday. i'm alex wi alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now.

>> was there classified information on former congressman weiner's computer? >> yes. >> who sent it to him? >> his then spouse, uma abidine appears to have a regular practice of forwarding e-mails to him for him to print out to her so she could deliver them to the secretary of state. >> look, this is terrible. it makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had some impact on the election. but honestly, it wouldn't change the decision. everybody who disagrees with me has to come back to october 28th with me and stair at this and tell me what you would do. would you speak or would you conceal? i could be wrong, but we made a decision between those two choices that even in hindsight -- this has been one of the world's most painful experiences -- i would make the same decision. >> fbi director james comey said he would do it again despite the