she admitss2# she didn't know al that much about him. he admits he'd never seen "suits," the tv show she stars in. one thing led to another. now she's about to be named the duchess of sussex. this morning president trump facing criticism for renewed attack on elizabeth warren. made a pocahontas remark at a ceremony to honor navajo. new plan when it comes to tax plan. middle income americans could end up paying more in the lock run. first public appearance in two weeks. alabama senate candidate roy moore vows to keep fighting despite the sexual misconduct allegation made against him. good morning, it's tuesday.

november 28. i'm ayman mohyeldin. alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. republicans working to get tax plan through the senate. nonpartisan offered stagnant for americans. projected the senate gop's bill would have a bigger impact on lower income americans than previously thought. gradually leaving most people making under $75,000 a year worse off than they are now. while giving substantial tax cuts to americans earns more than $100,000 a year. eliminates the health insurance mandate. lead premiums to rise. if every democratic votes, only spare to lose two republicans in the senate. right now ron johnson of wisconsin and steve danes of montana saying the bill favors big corporations over small businesses. johnson said if there's there's no fix, he will be a no in today's committee vote and

suggested the bill will not go through this week. >> is the timeline of getting a vote on this this week still realistic. >> that is pretty optimistic. there's a lot of details to work out of this. this is the process. you're watching the sausages being made. >> president trump will meat with republican senators on capitol hill to push for tax bill today. yesterday he tweeted he's working to address the concerns about small businesses writing with just a few changes, some mathematical pass through division comes simpler and works well. president trump is now facing scrutiny for using wrong place and wrong time to jab a political opponent. supposed to be honoring navajo code talkers who served during world war ii. here is he sliding in the nickname he uses to mock snaern warren's claim. >> i just want to thank you. you're very, very special people. you were here long before any of us were here.

although we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago. they call her pocahontas, but you know what, i like you. >> it is deeply unfortunate that the president of the united states cannot even make it through a ceremony on anymoring these heros without having to throw out a racial slur. donald trump does this over and over thinking somehow he's going to shut me up with it. hasn't worked in the past. it is not going to work in the future. >> you refer to pocahontas being in the senate. why did you feel the need to say something that's offensive to many people while honoring the navajo code talkers. >> i think what most people find offensive is senator warren lying about her heritage to advance her career.

>> it was a racial slur. what is your response to that. >> i think that's a ridiculous response. >> was it appropriate for the president to use a racial slur in any context. >> i don't believe it is appropriate for him to make racial slur or anybody else. >> so this is a racial slur. sot why is it appropriate for him. >> like i said, i don't think it is. i don't think that was certainly not the president's intent. >> again, like i said, i think the most offensive thing -- >> does he see political value in calling people out racially? why use that terms. >> look, i think that senator warren was very offensive when she lied about something specifically to advance her career. i don't understand why no one is asking about that question and why that isn't constantly covered. >> john norwood, urged the president to stop using a native

figure as derogative insult. also some wondering why a portrait of andrew jackson was featured so prominently. dave, good to have you with us this morning. saw senator warren's response and sarah huckabee sanders defense of president's pocahontas comments yesterday. ones that are certainly going to be offensive to many. he's issued derisive nicknames for political opponents before. it's not something new. does this sound different. is it in any way different than what we've heard the president say in the past. not just about senator elizabeth warren. >> sure. little marco rubio is insulting to marco rubio. lying ted cruz is insulting to ted cruz. what native american leaders have said after this event, we consider pocahontas offensive to

all of us. it's taking that derisive figure as a catch all for all native american women. it's a different context, especially when you have that backdrop of world war ii heros there. i don't think -- there's nobody coming out besides sarah huckabee sanders and saying this was an appropriate thing for the president to say. let's talk tax reform. republican leaders saying they'll have a vote by the end of the week. do you think this is a realistic time frame considering all that needs to be worked out in order to win over the votes or is this optics for the gop wanting to get the needle moving. >> it's going to be tough to get it done by the end of the week. they definitely see the timeline as key. they want to keep the momentum, che keep it moving forward. the longer you delay the more concerns pop up. the problem is they have specific issues senators are raising that they need to fix in order to get them to yes. you mentioned the issue of how small businesses are treated as

opposed to korngscorporations. also some senator who is want deficit guarantee. if they build in fixes, can they reassure senators and get yes votes by the end of the week. seems pretty optimistic to me. with two weeks left in alabama senate race, roy moore made return to campaign trail after an 11 day absence. moore told voters that a campaign stop of allegations of sexual misconduct against him were falls and malicious. >> after 40 years of service for this state and this community, 50 if you count my military service to the country, never once has this been allegationed. now just two weeks remaining, pictures of young children whose names are not mentioned that i do not know appear conveniently on the opposition's ads.

these allegations are completely false. they're malicious. specifically i do not know any of these women. nor have i engaged -- have i ever engaged instead sexual misconduct with any woman. >> moore also said the allegations against him to the russia investigation. >> why are they doing this? i'm going to tell you why they're doing this. they're trying to hide the true issues which face the people of this country and this state that they want resolved. it's no different than when "the washington post" brought out the russian investigation at a time when president trump is trying to get his agenda passed. >> meanwhile, republicans now remain divided on if they'll vote for moore. republican senator richard vel by told reporters he did not vote for moore. voted for a write in candidate he did not name. comes at lee business but has

launched his where in campaign for alabama senate seat. busby is run reasonable degree as an independent believes as a sent try centrist could get a third of the votes. he will join us later. vaughn, good to talk to you this morning. two weeks to go until the election comes up. just saw roy moore was on the campaign trail finally after a long absence yesterday. how is his appearance being received by voters today. >> reporter: well, last night to give you an idea of where he was at. this was a county voted 83% for donald trump just one year ago. can't find much friendlier confineses s tes t s tes to go specifically the town of 2300 where he was at.

that said, nothing to suggest roy moore is going to be running any different of a campaign in the final 14 days. essentially running out the clock. no access to the press. vehicle is suv slid into the back door there and got right out and walked inside. took no questions from the press. took no questions from the audience in attendance. refuted the allegations there for about 12 minutes. . and he propagated as just coming down to dirty politics. yesterday released a television ad calling it a scheme. he's clear that he's going to be focusing on the social issues. brought up abortion. transgenderism. there is no mention of jobs. no mention of health care outside of repealing obamacare. >> vaughn, let me ask you about looking ahead and doug jones as well. are we expecting to see the two of them, roy moore and doug jones, out campaigning today or what's on the agenda for them. >> reporter: doug jones has been campaigning every day. even out of thanksgiving.

doug jones will be out in tuscaloosa at a medical center talking about health care. at birmingham yesterday meeting with students. he's taken a press conference every single day. roy moore says he will not be out today, but expect to see him wednesday and thursday. touted he would have a ramped up schedule. isn't too tough to do after not being present at all. we'll see if that comes to fruition. you're down to just two weeks and you have two polar opposites in terms of how campaigns are being run down here. >> do you think they're honing in on the strategy last two weeks. a saw a poll that doug jones was up.8%. >> reporter: really tough to tell what the poll is going to

look at. you don't have party registration here. to what extent are they able to turn out black vote, young vote. looking at republican side. talking with the presbyterian minister down the road. he said he's part of a very conservative congregation. he can't fathom anybody voting for doug jones because of stance on ho on homo sexual assault and abortion. at the same time, there's a lack of confidence in the state. now you see the potential of a write in candidate. to what extent is doug jones able to profit after republican's unwillingness to go to the polls. we shall see.

>> from these stories it's clear there are some women, and one is too many, who feel i have done something disrespectful towards them and for that i am tremendously sorry. i know that i am going to have to be much more conscious in these circumstances. much more careful. much more sensitive and that this -- that this will not happen again going forward. >> when asked if there would be further harassment accusations, franken made no guarantees saying quote, i cannot speculate. >> access hollywood is weighing in after reports that president trump is questioning the

authenticity of a tape make public during a 2016 campaign. >> later the fight continues over who is in charge over the federal protection bureau. now a judge is weighing in. those stories and bill karins is back with a check on your weather.

latest on more than a year old hollywood access trump controversy. despite making the comments on the tape and apologizing for them, repeatedly calling it quote, locker room talk, trump reportedly suggested to a senator earlier this year that the recording was not authentic. apparently repeat thad claim to an adviser more recently. yesterday, white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was asked about the latest self made controversy. >> does the president still accept the authenticity of the access hollywood tape. >> the president addressed this. this was litigated and answered

during the election by the overwhelming support for the president and the fact he is sitting here in the oval office today. he has made his position on that clear at that time as have the american people in his support of him. john decker. >> apologized for it and seemed to acknowledge authenticity and that position hasn't changed. >> like i just said, the president has changed his position. i think if anything that the president questions its the media's reporting on that accuracy. >> i said he already addressed it. and that we didn't have any updates to that. i said what he didn't like and what he found troubling were the accounts that are being reported now. >> any access hollywood host also addressed the authenticity of the reporting yesterday. before ending the show, wanted to clear something up that has been reported across the media landscape. let us make this perfectly clear. the tape is very real. remember his excuse at the time was locker room talk.

he said every one of those words. let's gets a check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. it's warm and boring. we like it that way. >> great for travel. great for raking late season leaves and getting christmas lights up. yesterday was 81 degrees in denver, colorado. that is incredible because it is the warmest temperature they have ever had recorded in the city of denver in the month of november. here we are at the end of november. usually do it at the beginning of the month. 81. high of 80. 34 degrees warmer than normal. the big affect of this unusual november warmth is the lack of the snow pack. now usually this time of year start to build up snow in the mountain areas. we have a little bit around yellow stone. little bit in the cascades. only 4% of country covered by snow right now. last year at this time, # 2% of the lower 40 covered bid snow. five year average 28%. we are well behind schedule for snow pack.

especially in the mountains. doesn't make the ski resorts happy. for today, call it winter denial. unseasonably mild air continues across the country. warmest spot shown in the brighter colors here. st. louis about 20 degrees warmer than normal. houston near 80. atlanta 63. these were all about 10 degrees to five degrees above arch. by wednesday, 8-10 degrees above arch. charlotte to boston. little rock eight degrees above average. no signs yet of any really, really cold air coming down. maybe the middle of next week we could see a big difference. right into this weekend, thanks are very mild. mild end to november will lead to a mild start to december. >> the snow is coming, right, bill. >> always coming sooner or later. >> she's got a vacation coming up. >> he got back from a week vacation. i got one ahead. i need a little bit of snow. >> yes, absolutely. maybe in the west area. still ahead, highlights from monday night football.

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welcome back, everybody. let's start with the stop story. two weeks left in the senate race, roy moore made return to campaign trail after 11 day absence. moore again denied allegations of sexual misconduct. telling voters the allegations were falls and malicious. >> after 40 years of service for this state and this community, and 50 if you count my military service to the country, never once has this been alleged.

now just two weeks remaining, pictures of young children whose names are not mentioned, that i do not know, appear conveniently on the opposition's ads. these allegations are completely false. their malicious, specifically i do not know any of these women. nor have i ever engaged in sexual misconduct with anyone. >> meanwhile republican senator of alabama told reporters yesterday that he did not vote for moore, but instead voted for a write in candidate that he did not name. it comes as lee busby has launched write in seat for alabama senate campaign. vaughn, good to have you back with us. we know roy moore made first campaign appearance really in several days yesterday. what was the talking point that he delivered to voters.

it's tough not to come off as kpas borr compass borrow rate exacerbated this is not a typical campaign. issues those more than the social norm that appeal to roy moore particular voters are being discussed. >> let's talk about lee busby, this retired marine kernel appearing on morning joe this morning. launching write in campaign. interestingly enough he was the

chief of staff of john kelly wondering if he actually got the blessing of kelly before becoming this write in candidate. what kind of impact are you thinking he could have on this race. >> >> jeff sessions and luther strange were the only two that had a shot at putting a dent in this thing. the big thing doug jones, the democratic in this race can be hoping for is that voters will write in this write in candidate over voting for roy moore. because the issue is that doug jones, if he was able to pull off roy moore voters, write in could potentially steel the voters who may have gone on a limb and vote for democrat for first time in their lives. >> i know you're covering this

race since the beginning. roy moore did not take those questions for the first couple of days. now he's coming out and saying they're absolute lly false. he doesn't know the women. i'm wondering from your perspective, what was the turning point. when do you think he began to change that tone and how is that now resinating with voters in the state. >> reporter: he said it wasn't his behavior to go and date women under the age of 18. left open the idea that potentially the allegations could be true. after that is when he got a lot of pushback. that's when he became very defiant and said now as you heard him say last night. he doesn't know any of these women. he has been full flat denial because ultimately what he's been able to do is propagate this idea this is a conspiracy. you talk to his voters, they say this is a man they have known

for 40 years. they believe the roy moore they have known for decades. >> i wonder if the endorsement for president trump swayed the decision making within the campaign itself. coming off this morning, joe and mika will talk with retired mari mari marine colonel. the post reported later discovered the woman appeared to have ties to project, an organization that sets up undercovering sightings to expose that group saying is media biassed. during interviews, woman pressed reporters to entice her to speak out about her claims by asking what affect her allegations could have on moore's candidacy if she went public. "the washington post" did not plush an article based on her

unsubstantiated accounts and when confronted with inconsistencies in her story, woman reportedly denied working with any organization that targets jour journalists. senator al franken of minnesota is back to work amid claims of pass inappropriate contact made by several women. new fallout over congressman john conyers who is facing allegations of his own. nbc news correspondent has more. >> i am embarrassed. i feel ashamed. >> a diminished and contrite senator al franken returns to work at the capital monday. more than ten days after allegations surfaced he forcibly kissed and groped a woman. >> i know there are no magic words i can say to regain your trust. >> franken insisting he won't resign amid an ethics committee investigation. >> what kind of behavior demands a resignation. >> i'm not going to get into that or speculate. >> with three more women coming

forward to say he grabbed them inappropriately in photos. not ruling out more accusations. >> if you had asked me two weeks ago would any woman come forward with an allegation like this, i would have said no. and so i cannot speculate. >> franken is not the only democratic grappling with sexual harassment allegations. 88-year-old john connier longest member of the house stepping down from a powerful post on the judiciary committee after reports he harassed two women in the office. one who settled for $30,000 paid for by taxpayers. he says he did nothing wrong. represents one of the women who says conyers harassed her. >> he says he's entitled to due process. he is. the accusers is also entitled to speak out to share her story. >> questions about whether congress will make any real changes to hold itself

accountable. >> thanks to casey hunt for that report. >> let's talk russia investigation. flynn signals a break from president trump and legal strategy last week. new report suggests things are moving swiftly. abc news reporting flynn's lawyer meant monday morning with members of special counsel mueller's team. we have not confirmed the report. declined comment to abc. when flynn was seeking immunity. his lawyer said general flynn has a story to tell and very much wants to tell it should the circumstances permit. speaking of hillary clinton, he says he believes receiving immunity is a sign of wrong doing. >> five people around her have had -- have been given immunity to include her former chief of staff. when you are given immunity, that means you probably commit add crime.

>> one of president trump's contacts amid the holiday weekend is raising eyebrows due to ties to special counsel robert mueller's investigator. a source told politico he had a lengthy conversation with james at the florida resort. left the campaign in january also served on the board of michael flynn's lobbying firm. said he was at september 2016 meeting with flynn in turkish ministers discussed removing the critic of president erdogan by saying covert step in the dead of night to whisk this guy away. a spokesman told nbc news last wee month that the former director had been interviewed by fbi working for the special counsel about the meeting. adding he and his wife had been in touch with the fbi before

mueller began investigating the bureau's russia investigation. amid ongoing talk, rex tillerson's aides has resigned after three months on the job. the title who was counselor of the department was only appointed back on august 17 had been charged with tillerson's quote, redesign of the state department. the chief of staff has been named the replacement. comes amid bipartisan growing concern of the impact tillerson's plan which among other things has consistented of dramatic ical dramatically diminishing the staff. >> let's talk about rex tillerson. does he still have a base of support you think among conservatives who agree with what he's doing at the state department? i think the over/under for him staying bond the year are pretty low. >> rex tillerson does not have have more allies. part of that is his relationship

with president trump has been more or less not severed, but strained. people are less likely to come out and support him when they think he doesn't have the preside president's blessing and he probably won't be around long. republicans who care a lot about foreign policy are people who spoke in support of fashion for tillerson for most of his tenure, but they're concerned about the state department as well. >> dave, let's talk about the president heading to the hill to meet with congressional leaders to work out a deal on the spending bill. try to avoid a government shutdown. looming here. republicans for this, at least. not tax reform needing the democrats to work with them on this to avoid a government shutdown. deadline of course december 8. what's the likelihood we're going to see short-term plan that pushes that deadline to christmas and how real do you think the threat of the government shutdown is. >> republican leaders want a longer deal. they wanted a longer deal last time.

none of us expected the three months ago president trump would come out and say i like the chuck and nancy plan. we're going to do a three month extension. this time around, they want to push this issue back off through next fall. now, in order to do that, they might have to give the democrats something. daca is really at the top of the wish list for pelosi and schumer. might not get this this time around. trump is going to have to offer them something if he's going to go along with the republican plan to push it to next year. >> definitely have to wait and see what happens. still ahead, the political battle now turned into a legal one over who is in charge of the consumer financial protection bureau with two people laying claim to the job. plus bill karins is back with us. he's going to have details on how a big warmup for some will give way too much colder temperatures.

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it is still unclear who is the acting director. hours later president trump said budget director mick mulvaney would be in charge. judge heard from lawyers for both sides and wait to rule until he sees a written response from the justice department. meanwhile, english met with top democrats to discuss the fight for control of the sergeant a. earlier in the morning, she sent an e-mail to staff signing off as acting director. now around the same time, mulvaney was photographed arriving at the agency carrying donuts. he sent his own e-mail to staff members asking them to disregard any orders from english. now before the day was over, mulvaney ordered a temporary freeze on hiring new

regulations. during a news conference he explained that president trump wants him to fix the bureau. >> wants me to get it back to the point where it can protect people without trampling on capitol hi capitalism. without choking off financial services that are so critical to other folks. let's get a check on the weather with meteorologist bill karins. is it really late november. that map you're about to show us certainly doesn't look that way. >> not yet. pretty warm november following with the warmest october on record in the lower 48. all we're tracking right now is a cold front cooling things off. that's about it. be a little windy too. for today, watch it go through the great lakes. little shower. maybe snow showers in canada. that's about it. go into tuesday afternoon and tuesday night and wednesday morning. the cold front goes to the northeast. maybe snow showers in the great lakes. that's really about the worst of it. so 24 hour temperature change

map. yesterday mentioned 81 in denver. temperatures down to 35. yesterday at this time was 17 degrees warmer. much colder right now than it was yesterday at this time. look at areas like saint louis and minneapolis. this is how it should be typically for daytime high. today's travel map. no issues whatsoever in the northeast. little chilly in northern new engla england. d.c. mild. atlanta, charlotte. raleigh. texas looks great. could be a stray shower or two in miami. little unsettled there. no problem. same with oklahoma city. everyone out west is okay. little peak to tomorrow shows pretty nice conditions continuing with high temperatures similar to today. 40s and 50s. pretty widespread. down along the gulf coast. no signs of any chilly air until maybe the middle of next week. looks like when we may get a pattern change and start to kneel and look like december. >> let's keep it going, bill.

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1963. joining us live. good to have you with us. what sort of danger are the people stranded near this volcano facing. they're also trapped in the sense they can't get off of bali pretty easily now. >> well, a full eruption could be a danger to those living around the volcano. as you pointed out, a previous eruption was deadly killingpeop. authorities are praying for people to evacuate around an area near the volcano t. disaster agency raised its warning to its highest level and they've expanded the exclusion zone. lava continues to pool in the crater in what is the island's highest volcano, but it's not just locals trying to avoid danger. nearly 60,000 people are currently affected by the airport closure. people on bali as well as people trying to fly to the island. it's for safety as it continues to send this massive ash cloud into the air some 10,000 feet

this ash cloud has actually reached heights of 30,000 feet, it poses a deadly threat to aircraft. so authorities trying to do all they can to prevent any danger. . >> such an ominous sort of thing to see there in some of these images. incredible. >> thank you. all right, coming up next on morning joerk everybody, we will preview president trump's visit to capitol hill as he tackles tax reform. john kelly is launching a last-minute bid. will lee buzz busby save them from their nightmare. valerie jarrett will be here on set. "morning joe," everyone, just moments away. zplmpblths cking ] [ click ] [ keyboard clacking ]

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real? because to get off the bus, you did this. >> that is so dumb that no one would ever think to fake that. >> of course not. that was seth meyers there. given a little rail on republican, that's for sure. before we toss it over to "morning joe," a few shoers stories you will be hearing ahead. >> we find kristen welker with more on what's on tap for president trump. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hi, louis. good morning to you. in just a few hours, president trump will head to capitol hill, where he will look for last-minute votes with the senate poised to potentially vote on their version of tax reform by the end of the week. the president is looking for his first major legislative victory after he and the gop failed to repeal and replace obamacare and the stakes couldn't be higher. right now there is at least one republican senator who is a no vote. they can only afford to lose two votes in order to get the

legislation passed. there are still major sticking points and complicated matters. a ceo report saying a bill could ultimately cost middle income american itself more in the long run. all of that and more will undoubtedly be at the forefront yet again today. >> never a dull moment. meanwhile the suspect in last month's terrorist attack in new york city is expected to appear in court today. he is sed set to be arraigned on terrorism and murder charges. he could face the death penalty for several accounts against him the man tavgd by president trump to be the next federal reserve chair will go before lawmakers. jerome powell will testify as a part of his confirmation process. she expected to talk about the feds raising interest rates and to ease regulatory burdens on banks while preserving reforms.

>> that does it for us on this tuesday morning. "morning joe," everybody, starts right now. i just want to thank you, because you are very, very special people. you were here long before any of us were here. although, we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago. they call her pocahontas. but you know what, i like you. >> relationship umm. >> what was that? >> that was probably -- >> was that an "snl" skit? >> no. >> that's what that was, right? >> she is ball in chief at the very least. wow. >> that is -- >> darryl shamd back at "snl".

that was a good. you know -- >> obviously an inshuttle. >> alec baldwin was very good at that. >> obviously, unbelievably -- >> mika, it was an "snl" skit. >> it was an "snl" skit. >> willie, hold on, was that real? >> that was real, that happened yesterday at the white house. those are the famed navajo code talkers from world war ii. you can see the gears turning t. state of americans making small talk. >> oh, i got to wakeskating up my daughter. >> so making an inappropriate native american joke. >> let me say you have been here longer than anyone is something you done want to say. secondly, what? >> how do you drag that into a ceremony recognizing an extraordinary group of american heroes that actually helped us win the battle of iwo jima? any takers at the table? >> he's been on a role with