president trump has praised former national security adviser michael flynn as wonderful man and good person. what would it take for president to flip on flynn. answer lie in two major reports on the russia investigation this morning. president steps away from resort to visit firefighters. ends up getting into another fight with the facts. set the record straight. and icebox. bone chilling temperatures take over much of the nation. pennsylvania continues to dig out, new york city is preparing for one of the coldest new years celebrations on record.

good morning, everyone. it's thursday. december 28. i'm ayman mohyeldin. alongside louis burgdorf. begin with a new report claims president trump's legal team is preparing a pointed response if former national security adviser michael flynn accuses of any wrongdoing. three unnamed sources tell "the washington post" that trump attorneys are ready to attack flynn's credibility. focusing on guilty plea for lying to the fbi. he said it himself. he's a liar. said one person helping crack the strategy. the approach would mark a sharp break from the earlier forgiving posture towards flynn. >> michael flynn, general flynn is a wonderful man. i think he's been treated unfairly by the media. i think it's very unfair what happened to general flynn t way he was treated, and the documents and papers that were

illegal illegally -- i stress that, illegal le leaked. >> i do feel bad for him. >> this man has served for many years. he's a general. in my opinion, a very good person. >> i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he's led a strong life. >> now, there's also a new call for a flynn family member to trump to pardon the three star general. alleged corruption. flynn's brother tweeted joseph, mr. president, i personally believe a pardon is due to mr. flynn, given the apparent legisla just two weeks ago with ample time to consider the guilty plea, the president did not rule out a pardon. >> about michael flynn, would you consider a pardon for

michael flynn. >> i don't want to talk about pardons for michael flynn yet. we'll see what happens. let's see. i can say that, when you look at what's gone on with the fbi and justice department, people are very, very angry. >> and we're also following a new report from news on special counsel investigation. michael reports according to two sources, mueller's investigators are begun questioning rnc staffers about the party's digital operation that worked with the trump company to target voters in key swing states. whether the joint effort was linked to the work of russian trolls and bottoms that influenced voters during the 2016 election. this could be a potentially ominous sign for the son-in-law jared kushner who managed the trump campaign digital operations. after winning, told forbes, quote, i called somebody who works for the technology company i worked with and had them give me tutorial on facebook micro

targeting. secret data operation like a silicone valley start up, tipped the states that won the election. francis rooney walked back confidence yesterday. >> are you sure you want to be throwing a word like purge around? >> well, it might be a pretty strong word. i'm maybe not the most political nuance person in the world coming from a career in business. pretty frustrated all the things that have come out. >> do you trust robert mueller, the special counsel. >> basically, do i. the guy's reputation is impeccable. that's why it's december heart tongue see he picked a team 12-1 contributions to hillary clinton versus republicans. i would have thought he could have found a few more republicans to have it more

balanced. >> meanwhile, call can go on bob mueller to be fired and claims it can be done without igniting constitutional crisis. >> if he were anymore bias, we would have to give him credentials for mainstream media. >> are you calling for robert mueller to be fired when you say he's biassed. >> some republicans saying if what happens is what you want, and the president fires robert mueller, we're going to have a constitutional crisis. >> no, the attorney general should fire him. the president shouldn't have to fire him. >> the attorney general recused had. >> that's the problem. we've got an attorney general that's a spectator rather than the leader of justice and that undermines democracy. >> since sessions has recused himself. the census is rod rosenstein is the only person to fire mueller. testifying before congress earlier this month says he sees no good cause to sake such an

action. breaking reporter for the washington examiner, melissa quinn. great to have you on this thursday morning. get you response to all of this legal posturing if you will by the trump team in premp ratiparn the event flynn points the finger at trump or top senior aides. how have republicans responded instead general. >> they certainly seem to be trying to discredit mueller and also seem to be trying to poke holes in the team he has assembled of prosecutors. obviously francis rooney came back on monday. he raised a lot of eyebrows when he said there should be a purge at the fbi. this sort of perceived bias within the ranks is something we've seen congressman jim jordan really hold onto. this sort of seems to raise oolts a lot of concerns for democrats and congress that are worried

house republicans are trying to stein the intelligence committee into the probe and 2016 election. there are some more establishment and moderate republicans who disagree and say look, mueller has a phenomenal record. not doing anything wrong. support him and continue to do so. >> are you hearing at all any republicans express reservations about this particular strategy and it could backfire against the president. trying to go against particular individuals like michael flynn according to new reporting. is there any chance this could backfire given the fact we don't know what michael flynn is actually going to say to the investigators. >> absolutely. that right there is the million $question. no idea what information michael flynn may have. no idea at this point in time what he may have already told robert mueller. in this particular instance with michael flynn, the words could come back to haunt him just like the litany of clips you played earlier. there have is no shortage of

sound bites from president trump. and he is of course the closest person to the white house who has been wrapped up new mueller's probe. this is really nothing new that we've seen from this white house. when flynn was first -- when the guilty plea first rolled out. we saw ty cobb come out and say this guy was an obama appointee. they've been trying to put distance between the president and michael flynn. >> and the dwetweet where the president tweeted out he fired flynn for lying to the fbi which turned out to not be the words of the president. melissa, we're going to check back with you later on in the program. while spending time this week at florida club. made unannounced stop at west palm beach fire house yesterday. spoke to first responders and repeated debunk claim about his record. >> had a lot of legislation pass. saying that if we got this one done, we would have succeeded

with legislation, but i believe you have to ask those folks. i think they know the real answer. we have more legislation pass, including the record was harry truman. that's a long time ago. >> most recent analysis says that statement is just not true. examination of congressional data by npr found trump in last place in the number of bills signed going back to jimmy carter. even rough estimate from the harry truman library says trump is 150 bills behind the 33 president at this point. npr looked at significance of legislation trump has signed and found more than a third modify existing program. 16 repeal a rule or regulation and more with short-term or less consequential impacts. only three relate to new policy, including sanctions against russia and last week's tax bill. >> don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. amid reports of turmoil at state department, secretary of

state rex tillerson has a piece in the "new york times." year end recap of sorts promoting trump's policy vision and detailing views on where things stand in the world today. touches on the strategies aimed at north korea and iran and victories made in isis. also discussing north korea. discusses china's role writing they have applied certain bans and sanctions. they should do more. other areas of relationship including trade imbalances, intellectual theft and south china sea and elsewhere. china's rise as economic and military power requires washington and beijing to consider carefully how to manage our relationship for the next 50 years. tillerson also discussed relations with russia, writing we have no illusions about the regime we're dealing with. the united states has a poor relationship with a resurgent

russia that has invaded neighbors in the last decade and undermine the sovereignty of nations by metaling in elections and others. absent the ukraine situation, there cannot be business as usual with russia. while we are on guard, we recognize the need to work with russia where mutual interest intersect. >> u.s. reconsent satellite photos spotted chinese ships bringing vessels at sea. such sails would violate international sanctions and roughly 30 trank transactions h reportedly been documented since the beginning of october. sanctioned several chinese and north korean shipping companying and vessels back in november. releasing satellites of the ships partaking in sales. sanctions drastically hit north

korean oil import. it's unclear if governments were aware of sales. still ahead. breaking news from afghanistan this morning. dozens killed in a bombing in that country's capital. plus the me too movement lands at u.s. justice department. agency handling sexual harassment complaints is being called a systemic problem. we're going to dig into that problem. and a live look at time square. more than 1 million people expected for sunday's new year's eve celebrations. could be among the coldest ever. forecast for you next.

welcome back. the massive stretch of brutally cold weather across the country is showing no signs of letting up. many set to ring in the new year with sub zero temperatures. in erie pennsylvania, five feet of snow have fallen in the last

couple of days. even keeping the postal service from fulfilling its oath. >> reporter: more snow fell on erie pennsylvania. >> have you ever seen anything like this. >> not really. >> called for help. even the national guard. >> you haven't had a break. >> we have not had a break since really christmas eve. >> guard troops helped dig out this senior center. exit blocked by snow. >> now, god forbid. what they usually get all winter. one sign of progress, erie's airport finally opened. first arrivals and departures in days. >> are you checking the bag. >> told us she had christmas dinner from the vending machine had a flight out. >> i'm quite happy. yes. >> but the mail service is no

match for the snow. delivery to home canceled. just look at what happening on the shores of lake erie, south of buffalo. frozen solid. everything coated in ice. temperatures continue falling in the midwest and only getting worse. real feel with the windchill, chicago, negative 21 degrees. green bay wisconsin, minus 22. and duluth, minnesota, 40 below zero. the big chill expected to last through the weekend. already putting new year's eve plans across the country on ice. in colorado, the red rock celebration will move inside. and as the bitter cold moves into the northeast, workers in time square spent the day bare handed in 20 career weather. >> it's brutal. we got to do what we got to do. layers of clothing. >> putting the finishing touches on the world famous crystal ball. come new year's eve, those can experience frigid temperatures in the the teens. >> got to respect that. got to do what you got to do.

bring in meteorologist bonnie snider doing what she does best. it's looking like a very cold new year's eve for folks in the northeast. >> sure is. for so many negative numbers for windchills. take a look. how do you dress for that. layers or stay in doors and we're looking at this cold air plunging to the south. currently the widespread cold stretches across the northern tier of the country. looking at current temperatures. only nine degrees? st. louis with a negative 4 windchill. dodge city, also windchill of nine. head further to the east, even colder. cincinnati feels like negative 2. atlantic city, three degrees. boston has it worse. feeling like negative 9. talking about snow. busy travel week. looking at serious of clipper system. snow coming into water loo and minneapolis. watch as the storm system works

its way across the great lake. trigger mild to moderate snow. see lake effect snow. unfortunately for all the areas that saw so much, including erie. generally speaking light snow through saturday. particularly upstate new york. see it dusting to a coating in places like columbus as well. back to the cold. how long will it last. certainly see it over the weekend. what have i wanted to show you is how long would it take to get frostbite in these conditions. if you're in international falls minnesota on saturday, a mere ten minutes. half hour in sioux falls. luckily not looking at conditions further east for frostbite saturday. pushes further south as well. maine, also looking at potential for frostbite in 30 minutes. really serious and dangerous. limit your time outdoors to no more than what you see here. just stay in door ifs you can. chicago on new year's day is looking at frostbite danger. >> might be a good year to stay in for new year's.

wear those hats and gloves, ayman. >> beat me to it. not worth the risk. bonnie pointed out how fast one can get frostbite. happiest place on earth was briefly hit with power outage. dozens of rides came to a halt wednesday 11:00 a.m. local time after transformer malfunction knocked out power to two area theme parks. guests escorted off attractions. no request f the property averages around 44,000 visitors a day. holiday weeks being the busiest. as of now, the park doesn't plan to offer refunds to visitors affected by the outage. lebron james lets off steam in the rematch with the warriors. plus president obama gets in on royal mania in an interview with prince harry that at times went a bit off the rails.

>> boxers or briefs. >> sorry, we don't answer those questions. >> kim or khloe. >> this one, i have to defer on. >> harry or william. >> william right now.

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>> welcome back: time for sports. that was the cavs lebron james airing out frustration. nba final rematch against the warriors. meanwhile, last night oklahoma official give out technical fall to westbrook. after the two scuffle over who gets to hang on to a dead ball in the second quarter. as for the game, the ok 3 combined for 81 points. paul george leading the way. scoring 33 of his own. thunder go onto win six straight. defeating raptors. let's go to college hoops. butler visiting georgetown in double time ot. >> less than three seconds on the clock, beat the bull dogs. nail biter there. college football. bowl season is upon us.

start of the college football on new year's day. big day for purdue against arizona in the foster farm zone. >> this time picked up one-on-one. makes the catch. and fights in for the purdue touchdown. >> anthony halls in 38 yard touchdown pass. putting the boiler makers ahead with less than two minutes to play. purdue holds off arizona for 38-35 victory. finally, manchester city stretched premier record win streak. after defeating new castle 1-0 yesterday. win puts unbeaten man city 15 points clear of the field. atop the premier league. just unstoppable. >> and obviously this is like the half way point of the season. a lot can happen. the way they're playing i think they pretty much got the lock up. >> they are just dominating. >> same with barcelona on the

spanish side of things. still ahead. follow new developments on the russia investigation. robert mueller zeros in on trump campaign data operation as it zeros in on michael flynn's lies.

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following an explosion at a sup supermarket in russia. officials add the blast was caused by a homemade bomb. there's been no claim of responsibility so far. at least 35 people are dead and 20 more wounded following multiple suicide attacks on a cultural center. came during a morning panel discussion. afghan president is calling the attack a quote, crime against humanity, adding they're against islam and all human values. a new report from yahoo news says they have begun questioning staffers about the party's digital operations that work with the trump campaign to target voters in key swing states. according to to yahoo, looking into whether the joint effort was at all linked to russian trolls and bottoms. president trump took time from mara la go resort.

has been celebrating key part of the law that she essentially says repeals obamacare. that's not exactly the case. nbc news chief white house correspondent haley jackson explains. >> a surprised staff at the west palm beach fire house sparking the president's proud 2017 talk, emphasizing what his tax law does to barack obama's health care law. >> included the repeal of individual mandate, which is excessive. >> now, president trump is hoping for health care push of his own. promising democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new health care plan. >> we have essentially repealed obamacare. >> but they have not. with not much appetite to try to replace it. >> i think we'll probably move on to other issues. >> senator mitch mcconnell and other gop leaders instead point to how the tax law ends the individual mandate.

that's the part of the affordable care act that makes everyone sign up for insurance or else pay a fine. ending it is a blow to obamacare, but not a death sentence. the mandate won't go away until 2019. so in 2018, business as usual. so far, nearly 9 million people have signed up for obamacare kavr coverage in 2018. almost as much as 2017. even though the trump administration cut back on promoting it. >> the most important thing is what insurance companies do. a lot of them just don't want to do this anymore. stabilize the marketplace because senator demanded it. there's no guarantee the house can keep a promise the senate made first. >> thanks to haley jackson for that report. claims the legal team is preparing appointed response to national security adviser

michael flynn. accusing the president of senior aides of any wrong doing. three sources familiar with the source tell us ready to attack flynn's credibility focusing on contribute for lying to fbi. quote he said himself, he's a liar. one person helping craft that strategy. would mark a sharp break from the forgiving posture. call from the family member to pardon the retired three star general. responding to the president's tweet on tuesday alleging corruption at the fbi. flynn's brother joseph tweeted, quote, mr. president, i personally believe a pardon is due to general flynn given the apparent and obvious ill leg legisla legitimacy. i ask for quick action on this. thank you and keep up the good work. just two weeks ago the president did not rule out the possibility of a pardon. telling reporters we'll see the

progress. >> the base of our party is so pleased with the president right now. i just can't imagine anyone running against a record like this and this is just the first year. imagine where we'll be next november. >> and yet the president's record has actually lagged behind his predecessors. according to data from gallop, the nbc news journal poll, trump has the lowest approval rating of any president at this point in his terms. enjoy an 11 point advantage. the republican party has suffered a string of set backs including the loss of a key u.s. senate seat in alabama. at least 14 state legislative seats republicans lost the virginia governor's race than by a larger margin. suffering local defeats in what had been pennsylvania and new york strongholds.

gallop found the number of self identified republicans dropped by five points. a major player in u.s. alabama senate race has finally revealed source of funding. spent somewhere in ballpark of $4 million to back senator elect doug jones and defeat roy moore. stonewalled the question before the vote using campaign finance laws to keep funding hidden until post election filing. stepped forward and acknowledged it provided the funding for highway 31. claiming they actually spent about $6 million. analysis at the end of the race found jones outspent moore by 6-1 by tv ads alone. party funds could be hard to come by in 2018. as of december 1, $40 million on hand compared to a little over 6 million for the dnc. republican congressional committee also leads the democratic committee by $8

million. hold a $3 million dollar advantage over counter part. still have a tough map ahead in 2018. defending ten seats in states that president trump won. roy moore is continuing his fight for alabama senate seat. moore who lost the election two democrat doug jones filed a lawsuit last night to block alabama from certifying jones as the winner. when the state canvassing board meets later today, in a statement moore's campaign says there was systemic voter fraud that impacted the outcome and called for temporary restraining order. last week state officials said they found no evidence of voter fraud. gave few details about the alleged fraud. did say moore taken a polygraph to refute the sexual misconduct claim made against him during the campaign. joining us from washington, d.c. once again. breaking news reporter melissa quinn. great to have you back. let's talk about the hill for a

moment. and specifically senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, house speaker paul ryan. could face off on the issue of entitlement reform next year. not sure they see eye to eye on the big-ticket items of welfare reform. does this spell trouble for the republican party if these two men are not on the same page about what the legitive agenda would be for 2018. >> you if iing around an agenda to please all lawmakers. at the same time, we have to remember they want to maintain majorities in both the house and senate. when it comes to mitch mcconnell, the issue for him really seems to be this is a game of numbers. rc republicans in 2018 are only going to hold 51 seats. simple majority. want to pass any meaningful entitlement reform, they have to do so using reconciliation and

put forward a bill ha is going to garner support from all republicans in the senate. those challenges just don't apply to paul ryan in the house. this is something that he has long said that he wants to accomplish in his career. >> speaking of paul ryan and his career, do you think that rumors of him stepping down may actually limit his antibiotic to get things done on the hill. he said he's not going anywhere. it's certainly been a lot of speculation that's been fuelled over the last couple of weeks about him possibly stepping down after 2018. >> i don't think so. as you said, paul ryan has vehemently denied the rumors. he has a big backer in his corner. and that is president trump who said a few weeks ago that he was really disappoint instead the rumors that paul ryan could potentially leave at the end of this congress. really encouraged him to stay and said they have developed a very strong relationship and obviously that is not something the president would endorse. on the other hand, paul ryan does have a very lengthy

legislative agenda. we'll see what will happen in the senate. they need to take action on daca. i don't think having the president in his corner is really going to impact his ability to get things done. regardless of the rumors that may be swirling out there. >> you just listed a few of the big issues of 2018 possibly as 2017 shutstown. what are the big political stories you're keeping an eye on for the new year. >> definitely the midterm elections. obviously a lot of momentum behind democratso to the midterms. huge gains in the the races in new jersey. doug jones's win in alabama is a huge win for democrats. if democrats do go ahead and gain control of either congress, it will be interesting to see

how that plays out with president trump wanting to accomplish things from his legislative agenda as well. >> interesting to at ing ting t. may give trump a reason to justify why things aren't getting done. melissa quinn, great to have you with us in the mornings. the justice department is reviewing how it handled sexual misconduct claims among employees. the move comes in response to a may report from the department's inspector general that found potential systemic issues in the way the anc handled sexual harassment claims. including 19 allegations made between fiscal years 2012 and 2016. inspector general's findings first reported by "the washington post" highlighted several cases in which supervisors failed to discipline inappropriate behavior and some cases rewarded the alleged perpetrators with bonuses or performance awards although investigations were pending. justice department spokesperson says attorney general rod rosenstein has convened a

working group to look at all the issues outlined in the report and would be issuing recommendations for action very soon. still ahead. when the prince met the former president. new interview between britain's prince harry and former commander in chief. what former president obama has to say about life at the white house. plus latest in arctic blast. bonnie snider back with us on the details of whether it may be a sub zero start to 2018. out

dealing with the big chill. widespread cold as the jet stream has plunged further to the south. feels like it's well below zero. dangers dangerously so. negative 6 in oklahoma. all that cold air pushed east ward. new york city feels like one degree. negative 9 in boston at this time. really dangerously cold. something to watch. snow into waterloo and minneapolis. light in intensity. right along the great lakes, lake effect snow coming in could bring on saturday another 4-6 inches. almost that time. new year's eve. show you the forecast for time square. mostly clear. windchill will be near zero. this is going to be a cold one.

temperature right around midnight will be 12 degrees. make sure you dress in layers. about 1 million people go to time square every year for new year's. was this one the coldest so far. looks like maybe the top five. that was back in 95. >> i would just stay home. if you're going to do it and brave it. better wear hats and fwloefglov heard it here from bonnie. thanks so much. former president obama has opened up with prince harry. in first interview since leaving office, dished on white house, social media and more. >> it was more of a friendly chat. former barrack obama last day at

the white house. >> you've sat through the inauguration with your game face on. not giving much emotion away as we all saw. what was going through your mind. >> you know, the first thing that went through my mind was sitting across from michelle how thankful i was. that was mixed with all the work that was still undone. >> the talk was taped in september when harry and obama were in toronto for the games. and although president trump's name was never mentioned, the q and a touched on social media with obama saying it should connect rather than divide. >> wheone of the dangerous of t internet is people can have entirely different realities. they can be just cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases. >> then harry got to what he called the serious questions. >> lebron james or michael

jordan. >> jordan. i love lebron, but i'm a chicago guy. >> aretha frankly on tina turner. >> aretha. >> former family and royals have been friendly for years. will the obama's have an invite to the biggest wedding of 2018. >> we haven't put the tin invites or guest list together yet. who knows who will be invited or not. >> a royal dilemma for another day. nbc news, london. it was actually quite a remarkable interview, i would have to say. >> he was pretty candid. some questions deferred on. pretty impressive. i'm still holding on out the invite to get on the guest list. >> i heard president obama was deciding between prince harry and you, louis, to give the interview. it was a tossup. we understand why he went with prince harry. you may get the royal invite. still ahead, why the holiday season may not be strong enough

for some retailers. apple ordered ceo to fly private. why they're forcing him to leave commercial airlines behind.

>> welcome back. let's turn to business despite the news retail saw the biggest year for 2017. dylan joins us live from london. what are we talking about for

the retail industry and what do you think about the royal wedding guest list controversy. you are in england. you are an expert on such things. we like to know. >> let me start with the retail sector. essentially, this is what analysts are talking about as a rapid transformation, talking bricks and clicks. that's where you see amazon with the online purchasing and the brick and mortar stores. we saw 20 retailers file bankruptcy. next year could be just as bad. we have heard from the ratings agency that assessed the health of the companies. claire's stores to sears, other big names, fitch, says it expects a much higher default rate in the retail sector above 10%. prince harry was on bbc and met with a big boxer who suggested

he was a possible best man candidate. >> good insight. >> apple's board of directors is mandating ceo tim cook fly private when he travels. is this more of tim cook living a luxury lifestyle or is there something behind the move to fly private? >> it's not unusual for big ceos to fly private. apple's filings suggest they spend a quarter million dollars a year on his security. this year, it was $100,000 on travel because he is flying private. he does do all right. i think we got home $13 million this year. his stock options are more than $600 million. even if the company is not paying for him to fly private, he could afford to anyway. >> not a bad compensation package. >> from one private traveler to

another. israel's transportation minister wants to name a station after president trump. a cabinet official is a close ally of prime minister benjamin netanyahu and a successor to him. he wants to name it after trump for the brave decision to recognize israel as the capital. the project would extend the soon-to-be completed high line from tel aviv to the russian wa wall. it totals excavating two miles of tunnel underneath jerusalem. the project needs a lot of approval and is estimated to cost more than $700 million, possibly take up to four years to complete. coming up next on "morning joe," more on the report that president trump's legal team is preparing an attack on the

credibility of michael flynn. what the strategy could say about the significance of the guilty plea. jonathan will discuss his days that transformed president trump's white house. the moments he says encapsulated trump's first year in office. "morning joe" is moments away. hey julie, i know today's critical, but i really need...

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let's get a check on the stories in the day ahead. chief white house correspondent, hally jackson has a look at the president's schedule. >> reporter: president trump is waking up in south florida where he has been spending his working holiday vacation. that is coming to a close. in six days from today, you are going to see lawmakers getting back to work in washington, specifically in the senate. they have plenty on their plate from immigration to infrastructure to a budget deal. in the first weekend of january, expect to see top republicans huddling with president trump at camp david to try to figure out

which priorities should take precedence. for president trump, 2017 has been about looking back at the year as he touts his accomplishments. he made a surprise stop to a firehouse where he focused on that and the economy. we have seen a lot of the president online. a lot of him at the golf course or we have heard he is there. not many public stops other than, of course, church and the firehouse visit. we will keep an eye on what develops today. back to you. >> thanks for that report. a foiled terror plotter is expected to appear in court. he is an isis sympathizer and plotting an attack at pier 39. a former u.s. marine is due for detention hearing. >> that does it for us this thursday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. good morning, it is

thursday, december 28th. welcome to "morning joe." a beautiful picture of washington rk d.c. i'm willie geist. joe and mika have the day off. we have sam stine, rick tyler, author of the book "a world in disarray," richard haass. good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> we have an addendum to your book? >> 5,000 word focusing on the factor of the year, the foreign policy of donald trump. >> one line take away out of the those 5,000 words. >> he is a disrupter, not a preserver. as a result, the united states that has been the foundation of the world no longer is. >> the world is still in disarray. >> greater disarray. >> greater disarray. >> we are going talk about tillerson