tuesday's televised meeting with lawmakers of both parties, praising themselves and their performance as he welcomed in the media yesterday. >> welcome back to the studio. nice to have you. yesterday, we had a bipartisan meeting, it was reported as incredibly good. my performance, some called it a performance. i consider it work. but, got great reviews by everybody other than two networks who were phenomenal for about two hours. then, after that, they were called by their bosses and said wait a minute. unfortunately, a lot of those anchors sent us letters saying that was one of the greatest meetings they have ever witnessed. they probably wish they hadn't sent those letters. >> in response to trump

receiving media letters of congratulations, they meant videos and tweets of reporters analysis of the meeting. not exactly letters. they continue to work on daca and the president said he won't sign any deal like he said at tuesday's meeting. here he was yesterday. >> would you be willing to sign a deal without border funding? >> no. no. no. it's got to include the wall. >> the trump administration is vowing to fight the injunction that blocks the white house from ending the daca program. a bipartisan immigration proposal could come as early as today or tomorrow. for now, daca recipients are in limbo. he wrote, quote, it shows everyone how broken and unfair our court system is when the opposing side, such as daca,

runs to the ninth circuit, almost always wins before being reversed by higher courts. immigration agents raided 7-eleven stores yesterday. store owners and managers have three days to provide the agency with the immigration status of the workers. the agency said it was the result of a 2013 i.c.e. investigation that resulted in the arrest of nine 7-eleven franchises. a top i.c.e. official described the raids as what is to come. 7-eleven responded saying independent business owners are responsible for their employees, including who to hire and verifying their eligibility to work here in the u.s. the trump administration called it the biggest crackdown so far.

i.c.e. expanded immigration enforcement under president trump. >> they are responding to tweets from the president about the handling of the russia investigation. first the president blasted diane fine stein for releasing transcriptions from glen simpson, the co-founder behind the trump dossier. the fact that diane finestein said the collusion between trump-russia is not found released testimony in such an under handed way, totally without augthorization is a disgrace. here is the senator's response. >> senator, can we get your reaction to the president tweeting about you saying your actions about potentially releasing the transcripts are illegal. >> oh, i don't believe they are.

obviously, i wouldn't have done it if i thought they were. i should have spoken with senator grassley before. i don't make an excuse but i have a bad cold and maybe that slowed down my mentalable facilities a bit. >> does it bother you that he calls you shady? >> he tends to call people names very quickly, so i'm not alone. >> she told reporters she was pressured into releasing the transcript. when asked to clarify who, she backtracked and said she was not pressured. the single greatest witch hunt continues. there was no collusion. everybody, including the dems knows there was no collusion. russia and the rest of the world is laughing at the stupidity. here is senator grassley's response. >> i don't know what the president has in mind.

i'll have a discussion with the president on that point. i don't intend to have a discussion with the president on that point. i hope he doesn't call and tell me the same thing that you said he said. another gop veteran won't be seeking re-election. darrell issa will leave congress after 2018. it comes after fellow california republican ed royce announced retirement. issa, the wealthiest member of congress stepping down, there are 31 house republicans who won't be seeking re-election. 19 are retiring and 12 are running for higher office. the last time a party had that many members retire during a midterm year was 1994 when 28 democrats left. with the midterms less than 300 days away, the growing number of retirements is fueling the fears that the party may not be able to hold on to the house.

in an interview with politico yesterday, ohio congressman said even more retirements could be coming down the pike. >> joining us from washington is daniel. good to have you with us this morning. you could see somebody like darrel isis in california going to a democrat, giving where the district is. not all of those districts that have retiring republicans are leaving, or favorable to another party. how likely do you think there is a democratic land side? >> i think you are seeing people like darrell issa and ed royce see the writing on the wall. trump is going to drag down the brand a lot in november. he is at 35% or so approval ratings. it's hard to keep the house of representatives or senate when you have such low numbers.

going forward, maybe not issa, because he's rich, but other members have to think to themselves, for their next job do they want to be a defeated member of congress or a job on "k" street if you go out in glory? next year will be tough for republicans. if democrats take control, they have to vote on the impeachment of trump. >> sticking with the midterms, ohio and that race, specifically, daniel, your colleagues at politico reporting that hill billy author, jaime vance is being encouraged to run against brown by mitch mcconnell and other republicans. you have jim running for the same seat by trump's team. do you think this could be another match up within the gop and the rift that could develop? >> like alabama.

>> exactly. >> i don't think it will be as dirty as alabama. in ohio, they may be nicer to each other. if vance wins, it could be an interesting race. they have both yale grads. he doesn't have that much political experience or experience on the stump. it's very hard, sometimes, to transition from being a best selling, new york times best telling author to a senate candidate going against someone like sharrod brown with $10 million in the bank and is popular in the state and has taken care of his state. i don't know if vance would be the next senator, but this would definitely inject himself into the political atmosphere for next time. >> i feel like there's going to be more and more match ups like this in the next ten months or so. >> a lot of opportunities on both sides of the aisle. >> thanks, daniel.

>> thank you. most americans are feeling good about the economy. a poll found that 66% of voters feel the economy is doing, quote, excellent or good, up three points. the highest favorable rating for the economy since it first asked the question in 2001. wealthy voters feel the most positive about the economy with 88% saying it is doing well. 69% of middle class voters and 53% of working class voters agree. when asked if president trump's policies are helping or hurting the economy, 37% said they are helping. 29% of voters said they hurt, down two points. however, when asked who was more responsible for the economy, 40% gave credit to trump, down three points from december. half game credit to president

obama. >> a poll shows trump's approval rating sits at 36%, down one point from three weeks ago when voters were asked to grade his first year in office. 39% gave him an "f" grade. it increased among republicans with 90% giving him a passing grade and 30% of democrats gave trump a "d" or above. when voters were asked if president trump was intelligence, 53% said yes, 44% said no. >> wow. president trump has until tomorrow to impose sanctions on iran, a move that would blow up that accord. multiple allies publicly and privately opposed this. hr mcmaster is expected to recommend the president waive

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welcome back, everybody. crews in southern california are racing against the clock in their search for the missing in the mudslides. amid the searches, the death toll continued to climb with 17 people killed. miguel almaguer has more from the ground. >> reporter: in montecito, the heartbreak is as overwhelming as the destruction.

this is where they are searching for their mother, 69-year-old josie. >> i just flew in. it took them by surprise. >> reporter: the grandmother of three was home when a wall of mud barrelled through her bedroom. >> i don't know how far she could have been swept. i don't know. i don't know where she is. >> reporter: in the hills outside santa barbara, neighbors, friends and family are searching for loved ones. at least 24 are unaccounted for. james and alice mitchell were home when the storm hit. >> i don't know where my parents are. it's a horrific feeling. total devastation. the place looks like a war zone. >> reporter: rescue teams got 50 survivors after the powerful winter storm. we were there when firefighters

discovered 14-year-old lauren canton, buried alive more than six hours. friends say her mother was also rescued but lauren's brother and father are missing, feared to have been washed away. the team that saved lauren is searching for her family. oprah winfrey posting on social media from her home. >> that's my neighbor's house, devastated and debris is everywhere. >> reporter: the rescue effort is growing more desperate. hayden is running out of time. >> i don't know what to do. i don't know. i haven't found her. >> gosh, that is devastating to see those stories. certainly our thoughts and prayers with people there. thanks to miguel almaguer. >> what a heart breaking report. the power of those mudslides and the tragedy of not being able to find loved ones is shocking.

>> think of mud and debris flows and you don't picture 5,000 pound boulders rushing down a mountainside smashing everything in their way. that's what they saw. it's absolutely stunning, incredible pictures. unfortunately, that storm is not done. it is going to cause more destruction in the way of ice storm, power outages, downed trees. let's get into it. when you wake up and see the temperature in fargo is zero, then chicago at 56 degrees, this is trouble. we have warm air and cold air. everything is colliding here. in the spring, we talk severe weather. this is the winter, so we have icy problems. a rapid freeze is going to occur for everyone in the next 48 hours. we have 63 million people under winter storm warnings and advisories in the midwest, northern plains and northern rockies. it's a mess out there. as far as the snowfall goes, the highest snowfall totals in

central kansas north of topeka, you could get 4-6 inches of snow. des moines, two inches for you. maybe a little bit of shoveling and slippery conditions. blizzard-like conditions with the winds in north dakota. here is where things get interesting. this is through saturday. this is a friday afternoon, friday evening, friday morning snow event. look at western new york, 4-6 inches of snow. northern new england, 9-12 inches. the areas that don't get the snow are going to get the ice. we are going to see ice as far south as tennessee, indianapolis, pittsburgh and central new york. if you don't get the snow, you are getting sleet and freezing rain. a lot of problems on the roads. i didn't mention what is going to happen in southern new england where we get two inches of rain on top of the snowpack. flooding problems. >> different from southern

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welcome back, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian. it is the bottom of the hour. the trump administration says it is in full cooperation with the justice department's probe in the 2016 election. yesterday, president trump showed reluctance when asked about reports he might have to answer questions.

>> in the next few weeks, robert mueller will ask for an interview with you as part of wrapping up his investigation. are you open to meeting with him? would you be willing to meet with him without condition or would you demand that a strict set of parameters set around you and the special counsel. >> again, john, there has been no collusion between the trump campaign and russians, no collusion. we'll see what happens. >> would you be open? >> we'll see what happens. when they have no collusion and nobody has found collusion at any level, it seems unlikely you would have an interview. >> but, last night, an official familiar with the negotiations told nbc news the logistics and scope of a presidential interview are under discussion and being worked out. the president's response is different than last june after

jim comey testified and trump asked loyalty and let the investigation go. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version? >> 100%. >> if robert mueller wanted to speak with you -- >> i would be glad to tell him what i just told you. >> those comments were a month before the involvement in a new york times story in a 2016 trump tower meeting, which mueller is probing. >> this, as we learn mueller added a new member to the unit who specializes solely in cyber issues. "the washington post" reported ryan kickey was assigned to essential counsel team. he lead the prosecution of guccifer. last month, yahoo! news reported mueller's prosecutors began questioning staffers about the

party digital operation that worked with the trump campaign to target voters in key swing states. >> we have the co-author of the politico play book. good to talk to you. what are you hearing from white house insiders? does president trump meet with mueller and what do you know about the timing of the russian probe and when we could see a wrap up to it? >> trump is deliberating in his own head. he, himself, is his biggest adviser, talking to himself. i think he hasn't made his mind up on weather to talk to mueller. he said yesterday that he wants to leave his options open. this is a reversal, as you mentioned. he doesn't want to get into a situation where he purges himself and he wants his lawyers to handle this. he thought they were going to get it done by the end of the year. this is going to take at least until this year to actually wrap

up. there's a lot more interviews to do and digging to be done. >> let's talk about the white house's efforts to stop leaks. i find it interesting that your colleagues obtained a leaked memo about a ban on personal cell phones in the west wing. what are you hearing? is this going to be effective in stopping leaks? >> i think you are going to see more, you know, more ways to go around that policy. people will just go out for lunch, call reporters and give them a download. you have seen fewer leaks under john kelly because there's a little less intrigue than when bannon was around. this is a clear way to try to shut up white house staffers. they don't want a repeat. i don't know how effective that will be. clearly, people like leaking at the white house. >> i would like it if they had

leaked text messages from inside the white house. >> can i continue texting my sources or will i have to call their work phones? >> it's a desk line. call the white house operator. i would like to get switched to -- >> jared kushner, call 456. that's the number. jared's birthday yesterday. i wish him happy birthday and asked for a leak. >> what's coming up in today's playbook? >> we have a story we are highlighting from "the new york times" about how the e.p.a. and other government agencies are stripping away any mention of climate change on their websites. we have seen hundreds of mentions just deleted. they are keeping the data of climate change studies. it's much harder to find. this goes in line with the, you know, pro-business, pro-energy agenda they have.

scientists are raising a lot of questions. >> one of his sources is jared kushner. >> i did not say that. >> thank you. as we approach the one year mark since donald trump's inauguration on january 20th, "the washington post" upped the false or misleading claims made by the president to more than 2,000. meantime, the president took time to attack the nation's liable laws. >> we are going take a strong look at our country's liable laws so when somebody says something false and defamatory about someone, that person will have meaningful recourse in our courts. our current libel laws are a sham and a disgrace and do not represent american values or fairness. >> however first amendment experts remind us, the president

with a long record of suing journalists can actually do an amendment. other libel laws are at the state level where trump has no influence. a democratic senator will block an appointment with the post over the jurisdiction of trump tower. jeff sessions appointed berman for the southern district of new york, which includes manhattan. he had a personal interview with trump for the position, an unusual encounter. for that reason, gillibrand will use the power given to home state senators to block the confirmation if trump nominates him. gillibrand tells "the new york times" he will use what is known as the blue slip process where they grant a veto over presidential nominees in their states and she could succeed in

response. a spokesman for chuck grassley says they intend to honor the blue slip courtesy. >> let's turn to new york city. the big apple is suing big oil for damages in climate change. mayor de blasio announced it yesterday. they knew the effects of fossil fuels but the executives hid the information to protect their bottom line. the city announced plans to divest pension funds over the next five years. that would amount to 9% of the city's total pension assets. meanwhile, bond markets took a hit wednesday. china was considering slowing the purchase of u.s. debt. we are joined live from london. as the u.s. and china clash over trade, should washington take it as a serious warning from china?

>> good morning. the u.s. treasury market has taken it as a warning. china is the largest holder. they own 1.2 trillion worth, that's 8.5% of the market. this spooked fixed income investors. now, since then, the chinese authorities denied the story and said it had no legs to it. that said, it certainly sends a warning shot to washington about further protection when it comes to china. let me tell you about what's happening in crypto currency. they plan to ban it. after the market move, the presidential office said the ban is not finalized, but they will look at other measures to curb the trading doing forward. >> this is kind of an ironic story, a power outage at ces,

the largest consumer electronic show. they were in the dark nearly two hours. what happened? how did it affect the show? >> yes, definitely, it is ironic. apparently there was too much heavy rainfall the day before and it affected condensation and the electricity adapters. there was a power outage for an hour. the only way to light up at the forum was with smartphones and apps with batteries on them, battery flashlights on them. rather ironic that they could talk about autonomous driving, but didn't have electricity. things returned to normal an hour afterward. >> i guess technology had a way to go. thanks so much. >> those guys. can we see that video. >> sitting in the dark?

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through the rubble searching for survivors still missing. clogged highways, uprooted trees, downed power lines slowed rescue efforts. water rescue teams have been brought in to help with those search efforts. >> stunning images and a terrible situation. let's get a check of your weather with meteorologist bill karins. shifting to the northeast, the mild weather feels nice. you say this weekend we are going to be in for more cold and terrible snow. >> a mix of everything across the country. as we go from the midwest to the northeast by the weekend. 63 million people under winter weather advisories or winter weather watch. syracuse, columbus, ohio, lexington, cincinnati, memphis is under a winter storm watch. as far as snow goes, snow is the least of the problems with the storm. the rain and ice is more problematic. we'll get the snow forecast,

first. it will be shovelable snow in ohio, western p.a. and western new york. northern new england, 6-9, ski resorts, more than a foot. the problem is there's going to be a zone of ice. here is the ice zone set up. it is zero in north dakota, 60 in chicago. that cold air is going to win the battle. at the same time, we have moisture coming up higher in the atmosphere. the cold air sinks and settles in the ground. the warm air moves over top of it. rain drops are falling out of the clouds. then they freeze and we get the icy conditions there. the problem areas are going to be around memphis, kentucky, indiana, indianapolis and back through ohio. eventually, we push it to new england. here is the ice forecast. anything over a quarter inch, downed tree limbs, that's the blue color. western portions of kentucky, central indiana, areas north of

pittsburgh. pittsburgh may get spared the worst of it. northern pennsylvania, southern new york, north of albany, new york and vermont we could have potential for power outages. then, on top of all of this, the areas that don't get the ice, heavy rain in southern new england. the rainfall forecast is going to be 1-3 inches through this region. talk about quick warm ups, they can be problematic. the ice on the rivers can become dislodged, ice jam flooding. the locust, what else didn't we mention in this forecast? there's a little bit of everything. >> you got it all. a rough winter, so far, to say the least. thanks, bill. as leaders push to make a deal on thousands of undocumented immigrants, president trump says any bill has to include funding for the

border wall. >> despite cracking down on people crossing the border, the number of men and women serving on the lines is hovering at a nine-year low. jacob visited the border to see the challenge they are facing. >>reporter: this will probably look this way for thousands and thousands of years. >> yeah. >> reporter: when they say you are in the middle of nowhere, do you feel that way? >> this is it. >> reporter: the big bend sector in southwest texas. the terrain and isolation make for a dangerous and lonely assignment. despite president trump's call for a 5,000 agent increase at the border, the agency continues to lose personnel faster than they can hire. what are the range of things you can encounter when patrolling? >> undocumented immigrants coming across. people smuggling narcotics in

their backpack. vehicles that are loaded up. >> reporter: when it comes to a border wall, this is it? this is the wall? >> this is it. >> reporter: it looks small. >> it is small. >> reporter: is this where they try to cross regularly? >> they do. >> reporter: if they decide to cross, where are they going to? >> walk up to the highway, get picked up or they can continue on and make that trek. >> reporter: it's your job to go out there and find them? >> because it's no one else's. >> reporter: eager applicants are hard to come by. the challenge, according to a memo, are higher compensation and other federal agencies and lack of desirable duties that are a great distance from medical care, child care. >> reporter: that's built for border patrol? >> yeah. >> reporter: why is that? >> to build up the station, we have to build up the

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what more can you tell us? it reads like a hollywood script. >> reporter: it does. it was a smash-n-grab. five masked hooded men with axes and knives burst in. they were headed for the hollywood display window stealing at least $4.9 million jules. police entered from the back and reportedly fired tasers. they managed to arrest three of the robber, two got away on scooters and are on the run with the goods. they did not manage to take all of the jewels. a french official saying one of the perpetrators apparently dropped the bag with the loot as he tried to flee when the motorcycle hit a pedestrian. >> that pedestrian is okay. this was, of course, at the height of rush hour traffic in paris, perhaps not the best timing for this heist. authorities are still on the hunt for the thieves and some of the jules. now, this was the second jewelry

heist in europe this month. there was a huge robbery at an exhibition in italy. paris has seen a string of attacks. the most prominent was in 2016 when kim kardashian was robbed at gun point. her assailants running off with reportedly 10 million in cash. they want to know how this happened in one of the most prestigious neighborhoods and high security and next to the justice ministry. >> very interesting. a brazen attack. i guess they used the scooters to help them avoid the track. >> lisa cavanaugh, live in london, thank you. coming up next, more on president trump's comments of whether he will meet with robert mueller. what he is previously saying he beat 100% willing to speak under oath could mean for the special investigation? plus, senator rand paul joins the conversation on why he says some of the estimated costs for the president's border wall

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good morning, before we toss it over to "morning joe," here's a look at the stories you will be looking at ahead. >> peter alexander with a look at what's on tap for president trump. >> reporter: louis, good morning and an official familiar with the investigations says a potential interview is under discussion despite his refusal to say he would sit down with robert mueller and a russia probe. an interview seems unlikely, lawmakers say they increasingly optimistic they will get a deal on daca resolving the so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers after saying he'd basically sign whatever deal congress puts on his deck. he replicated the demand a wall has to be a part of any deal. that's the latest from here, louis, back to you. >> our thanks to peter alexander for that report. meanwhile, president trump will hold a roundtable on prison reform a. white house spokesman says it will center on ways to equip non-violent prisoners with

the skills and opportunities they would need that would give them a second chance at life. jeff sessions is also scheduled to attend that. a five-year-old shot five times when a gunman shot people inside a church, the community will welcome him home. >> good news in a terrible situation. >> that does it for us. "morning joe" starts right now. >>. welcome back to the studio. nice to have u. yesterday we had a bipartisan meeting, actually it was reported as incredibly good and my performance, you know, some of it called eight performance. i consider it work. but got great reviews other than two networks who were phenomenal

for about two hours. then after that they were called by their bosses to say, oh, wait a minute -- and unfortunately a lot of those anchors sent us letters saying that was one of the greatest meetings they've ever witnessed. they probably wished they didn't send us those letters of congratulations, but it was good. >> oh my goodness, that is wild. >> that is great stuff. goodness, that's awesome. anchors wrote me and said they were the great -- willie said it was the greatest thing they ever seen in their life. >> i dictated moo into you, you took it down long hand, western union. >> i think the hardest part -- >> do you think they brought it to him or sent it in the mail. >> mika you stepped on my line again, willie, go ahead, western union. tell them. this is what i said, you no at the hardest part of it was, willie, see, she messed up the