resign. according to people told of the matter, "the washington post" went on to say he did not deliver his resignation directly to trump. within the last hour, the president responded to the report as he continues to meet with world leaders in davos, switzerland. take a listen. >> mr. president, why did you want to fire robert mueller? >> fake news, folks, fake news. >> so this after a white house statement from one of the president's lawyers last night who said they declined to comment, quote, out of respect for the office of the special counsel and its process. two sources told "the times" what they saw as three conflicts. first, a dispute years ago over fees at the washington golf club that prompted mueller to resign his membership. >> the president said mueller could not be impartial because he had most recently worked for the law firm that previously

represented the president's son-in-law, jared kushner. finally, he said mueller had returned to fbi director before he was appointed special counsel in may. at the time when trump reportedly ordered the firing, newt gingrich and ddy discussed the conflict. take a listen to this. >> i think what republicans ought to focus on is closing down the independent counsel, because he's not independent. he apparently is very close to comey. we know comey hates trump. you have to assume that that has to leak over to mueller. >> i think he's considering, perhaps, terminating the special counsel. i think he's weighing that option. i think it's pretty clear by what one of his lawyers said on television recently. i personally think it would be a very significant mistake, even though i don't think there's a justification. and even though -- i mean, here you have a situation -- >> you don't think there's a justification the for -- >> for a special counsel in this case, but also robert mueller,

there's some real conflicts. he comes from a law firm that represent members of the trump family. he interviewed the day before, a few days before he was appointed special counsel with the president who is looking at him potentially to become the next fbi director. that hasn't been published, but it's true. and i think it would be strange that he would have a confidential conversation and then a few days later become the prosecutor of the person he may be investigating. i think that mueller should have not taken the position if he was under consideration and had a private meeting with the president and was privy, maybe, to some of his thoughts about that investigation or other matters before the bureau. >> and there are reports of friction between president trump and his chief of staff, john kelly. this is according to the "new york times." there are two views, the motivation behind wednesday night's impromptu news conference. officials say trump dropped by

kelly's office just to say hello, but one senior white house official told the times that it was for trump and not kelly to answer their questions on immigration as trump's free wheeling q&a canceled trump's briefing. so last week, kelly called trump not fully informed on his immigration comments during the campaign. >> i want to remind people comey was fired in may so this would have been one month after comey's firing. we saw a few different bipartisan attempts in the senate last year to protect mueller from being fired that didn't really go anywhere. are we seeing renewed calls to find, really, legislative way to protect mueller and his role? and are we finding more support for it now? >> well, i mean, you are seeing a renewed call from democratic senators in particular, richard blumenthal, connecticut, he wants his legislation to move

forward. but i think as you look at the reporting in the "new york times," the key is that this report that the don mcgan reportedly was going to offer his resignation, that speaks volumes. don mcgan has been with donald trump since before jeff sessions, since before anybody was part of the trump team. when you see somebody like that threatening to resign over what this report alleges, that the president was going to fire bob mueller as a special prosecutor, that probably speaks to more of the calls -- or more of the statements by republican members initially in that first two or three months after mueller started the investigation that -- who told me off the record, on the record, that if bob mueller was fired, donald trump would have big problems on capitol hill. >> and molly, let me ask you really quickly to give us a temperature gauge on what this sentiment is within the gop, within the republicans. we've seen some of them stepping up their claims against the fbi.

but how divided is the gop on this issue questioning law enforcement and their institutions? >> well, i think that you'll find the same group of folks who were initially skeptical, to be generous. skeptical of the special prosecutor going forward and investigating these allegations. i think that they're the same people. we've seen special orders that is speeches on the house floor after business is done by a group of conservative lawmakers who think that, you know, the special prosecution shouldn't happen, period. but when it comes down to it, if you look at the problems that the administration -- excuse me, that the fbi is having right now, it really points to -- especially specifically these text messages between peter struck and lisa page, that happened before bob mueller came aboard, in addition to which

there was already an internal investigation going on of how the fbi handled hillary clinton's e-mail investigation. so that was already going on. and, in fact, michael horwitz, the inspector general, is the one who found and discovered these text messages. so i think that there is republicans who are upset with the -- perhaps the nature of what's going on in the fbi, period, but when it comes down to this investigation specifically and bob mueller specifically, i think you're finding it would be the same group that was critical initially is still critical and the folks who are upset about the fbi are not necessarily upset with the special prosecution. >> it sounds like a soap opera, doesn't it? >> isn't it? >> as the investigation turns. >> just a little bit. that's a good one. we're going to talk to you again at the bottom of the hour. thank you. >> thanks. and president trump is set to speak at the world economic forum in davos at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. earlier today, he had a

bilateral meeting with rwanda's president and is set to meet with the president of switzerland, as well. yesterday, trump sought to mend faces and add on to existing ones during had his meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. trump threatened to cut off aid to palestine unless they sat down to discuss peace. trump met with british prime minister theresa may where both expressed their mutual admiration of each other. also yesterday, trump addressed the controversy of his retweeting highly anti-immigrant videos last november telling itv that, quote, if you're telling me they're horrible people, horrible region racist people, i would certainly apologize if you'd like me to do that. he did not offer any formal apology, however. now that we have a glimpse

into what's going on there, joining me now, kelly o'donnell. kelly, what kind of reception has the president received so far? a lot on the agenda today. what should we expect from his upcoming speech there? >> well, good to be with you. the working day is already under way here in davos. the president was asked about his reception here and in a trump-like fashion said the largest crowds that this world economic forum has ever had are in part because of his visit here and the attention he has drawn. the president just concluded an important one-on-one meeting with the newly elected head of the african union. this is important because of the comments the president made with that derogatory language about african nations. the president in this one-on-one meeting with the african union president was very deferential saying what an honor it was to be with him, asking him to extent to the other member

nations his good wishes and it was a kind of deference we don't always see from president trump to another leader in a way where he was trying to emphasize a partnership there. rwanda's president did not address the issue at all. u.s. reporters in the room certainly were trying to get a reaction. that did not happen on camera. s also today, the president was asked about the "new york times" report that the president wanted to pier the special counsel back in june of '17. the president used a phrase he typically uses, fake news, to dismiss that report. in a while he will be talking about america first policies and trade. the white house has released a summary of its proposed plan for immigration reform. it includes a pathway to citizenship for as many as 178 million undocumented immigrants

who came to the u.s. as children. in exchange, the white house is asking for roughly $25 billion for a border wall and end the visa lottery system and restriction owes family-based migration so immigrants can only sponsor spouses and children for citizenship, not parents or siblings. the would you say is asking the senate to take up a vote during the week of february 5th. some republicans, especially those with hard line views on immigration are praising the white house's plan. senator lindsey grahams has expressed support porefor a pat to citizenship. >> i think a pathway to citizenship is very much in the realm of possibility. clearly, you need strong border security. but the bottom line is, i think that was a break through. you know, he reinforced, again, that a 10 or 12-year path is a good path. >> gu not all republicans are on board, according to bloomberg.

senator ted cruz said yesterday i do not believe we should be grant ago path to citizenship to anybody here illegally. and senator marco rubio who was a key coauthor of the 2013 gang of eight comprehensive immigration bill has steered clear of the ongoing bipartisan talk toes protect d.r.e.a.m.ers. so coming up, we're looking ahead to the 2018 midterms. one republican announcing plans to retire while another big name within the gop gets ready to launch a possible senate bid. plus, the fallout continuing for usa gymnastics. those stories and a check on your weather when we come back.

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welcome back, everybody. congressman meehan announced he would not seek re-election. the pennsylvania congressman allegedly told a female staffer three decades younger than him that he had developed strong feelingsing for her and became hostile when the woman did not respond to his advances. meehan has denied the allegations and said if the panel finds evidence of sexual harassment he will repay the money used in that settlement. speaking of big elections, mitt romney may be even closer to announcing his run for utah's senate seat. romney has stepped up preparations to replace orrin hatch. one of those people tells nbc

news romney has met with top advisers to assess the next step. romney is viewed as an overwhelming early favorite to win that seat. in a recent poll, 64% of utah voters said they would vote for romney if he ran. >> that's 2018. how about 2020? senator bernie sanders may be considering another presidential run. politico reporting the 2016 presidential candidate is mulling over the possibility of running. he convened his top political advisers in washington on saturday for a planning meeting to discuss the feasibility of a potential presidential campaign, according to a half dozen senior democrats familiar with the gathering. however, multiple democrats close to sanders told politico while the meeting was larger than ones in the past, it was

not solely a planning session for a 2020 presidential campaign, but rather a series of talks would regularly holds with aids and associates. he has remained a favorite among democrats in polls. and his son, levi sanders fueled more speculation saying bernie is seriously contemplate ago run in 2020 and i don't mean a jog. >> pretty subtle there, his son. >> you think? ? i don't mean a jog. >> subtlety must run in the family. in the latest edition of "o" magazine, oprah winfrey says i've always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what i could do and what i could be the. it's not something that interests me. i don't have the dna for it. i met with someone the other day who said they would help me with a campaign. that's not for me.

with that, let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, we're in the 40s today. can we get any higher this weekend? >> yes. if you like the sunshine, today is the day for you. but over the weekend, the clouds and rain. so the temperatures are cold. it was frigid yesterday. a littling better this morning, but you're still in the single digits. that's not fun for the kids at the bus stop this morning. we're in the 20s windchillwise and in the 30s back in the ohio valley. no travel issues today whatsoever. there will be some late day rain developing in louisiana, but 57 the in st. louis is perfect. almost 50 in chicago. new york city about 37. very the typical for a january day. and d.c. at 51 should feel great. now let's talk about the weekend. here is what changes. this storm that was on the west coast is going to begin to pick up some of the moisture out of

the gulf of mexico. that's going to bring us our rain late today in louisiana. some of that rain will get picked up through kentucky and tennessee during the day. by the time we get through saturday afternoon with, that heads into areas of pennsylvania. there's no snow or icy mess out of this. we're plenty warm enough. had this is all liquid. sunday, it looks like a washout sunday down in the carolina, georgia, areas of the mid-atlantic early in the day sunday you'll get light rain. it will clear out by sunday arch. that includes areas of new york and boston. by monday, this entire mess is pretty much gone so that is good. the weekend forecast, trouble spots in the gulf coast by saturday and sunday much of the southeast. we are going to return. we can't keep these warm temperatures forever, guys. >> i'm not going to feel bad for the rain this weekend because we have to work on sunday.

>> way to be selfish, my friend. >> thanks for the weather, bill, but i want to talk about oprah. i just have to say, we've talked about this off camera and i think you had a different opinion than me. but i always thought oprah was not going to run for president. why would she? she has an incredible life. why be the president of the united states at this time? >> she can be hugely anial without running for president. >> maybe she just wants to impact change. maybe that's what her motivation is. >> she's good. >> thanks for that, bill. and thanks for your opinion on the 2020 presidential insights. still ahead, flashback friday, everything old is new again as just one year from now, football fans get to welcome back vince mcmahon. and you guessed it, the xfl. meanwhile, lebron james and kyrie irving back together, sports is next. ♪

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nassar. we have to get to the bottom of how this disaster happened. if we don't figure out how it did, we can't be confident that it won't happen again. >> that was olympic gold medalist aly raisman yesterday. nassar faces up to 175 years in prison now. in the wake of his sentencing and public outcry, the olympic committee has given usa gymnastics board six days to resign. along with the resignations, usoc scott blackman demanded our institutional reforms demanding all staff and board members to complete safe sport training within three months and comprehensive healthics training within six months. the board of u.s. gymnastics released a statement, but did

not indicate if the board would resign or not. 17 years ago today, vince mcmahon's xfl played its one and only season. but just like hollywood, the reboot fever has has affected mcmahon. the league is set to launch its ten-week season in january of 2020. the first iteration of the xfl predicated itself on more violent gimmicks, mcmahon says the focus of this league is the to provide fans with a faster, family friendly and safer games along with different rules. there will be no players with criminal records as well as preventing players from kneeling during the national anthem saying the league is not a political forum. and lebron james and steph curly selected their roster for the all-star game. in a new version of the game, lebron and steph were allowed to

pick from a pool of players. with the first pick, lebron selected kevin durant and used another pick to reeunite with kyrie irving. curry will play alongside rockets james harden. the greek freak, i about ede and derosen. the game will take place on february 18th in legislation. it's very cool. >> i think that's an awesome format. it used to be the eastern conference and the western conference and this year they had fans voting. there was. >> talk about bad blood.

doesn't seem like that will be an issue during all-star weekend. >> and how about the xfl. i'm not sure i'm as excited about the xfl this time around. still ahead, we're taking a look at dawn mcgahn's role in the trump white house. >> plus more on the president's trip to davos in his upcoming address this morning. we'll be right back. yoga class. she was thinking about her joints. but now that she's taking osteo bi-flex, she's noticing a real difference in her joint comfort. with continued use, it supports increased flexibility over time. karen: "she's single." it also supports wonderfully high levels of humiliation in her daughter. karen: "she's a little bit shy." in just 7 days, your joint comfort can be your kid's discomfort. osteo bi-flex. you were made to move. so move. i'm trying to manage my a1c, then i learn type 2 diabetes

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welcome back, everybody. it is the bottom of the hour. let's start the morning's top stories. president trump is set to wrap up his trip to davos, switzerland. amid the president's absence in the united states, his administrationing is revealing a new proposal for immigration reform. >> nbc news chief koesht hallie jackson has details from davos. >> instead of deals in davos, it's a deal back home at the center of attention with new immigration details ahead of a deadline to protect those so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers. nbc news has learned the president would back a plan that gives a path to citizenship to 1.8 million of those d.r.e.a.m.e d.r.e.a.m.ers not just people

protected under daca, but also those who are registered. the president wants roughly $25 billion for a border wall, another $5 billion for border security, an end to the visa lottery system and a limit on family-based migration so immigrants could only sponsor spouses and children for citizenship, not parents or siblings. >> i will consider that a great achievement to solve the daca problem. it's been out there for a long to h time. >> it's that pathway to citizenship that might anger the president's base, but it might help broker a deal in congress. chief of staff john kelly managing negotiations back in washington with the president overseas in this swiss ski town, more posh than populist. >> a lot of questions about that

deal because with we were talking that it still asks for $25 billion for a border wall, something the president repeatedly said on the campaign trail that mexico was going to pay for it. i wonder how he's going to feel about that plus the pathway to citizenship. the president's demand to fire mueller was not carried out when long time lawyer don mcgahn wad ordered to do so. he disagreed with the president's case. mcgahn told white house officials trump would not follow through on the order on his own. mcgahn backed off. he was concerned firing the special counsel would incite questions about whether the white house was trying to obstruction the investigation. according to the order, hiring and firing power rests with rod ros

rosenstein. and at a hearing last june, around the time when trump reportedly made his demand, rosen stein erroredly said he would not fire mueller. >> if president trump ordered you to fire the special counsel, what would you do? senator, i'm not going to follow any orders unless i believe those are lawful and appropriate orders. under the regulation, special counsel mueller may be fired only for good cause and i am required to put that cause in writing. that's what i would do. if there were good cause, i would consider it. >> at this point, have you seen any evidence of good cause for firing of special counsel for special counsel robert mueller? >> no, i have not. >> so the white house counsel has been in the news in recent week. mcgahn new that michael flynn had, in fact, violated the logan act and lied to investigators

about his contact with the russian ambassador. but just this week, nbc reported mcgahn was unaware of flynn's investigate he interview until sally yates told him about it. the report also said that mcgahn sad for two days of interviews of mueller's team. and yesterday, politico had a report about mcgahn. mueller himself has signed off on the triplet of trump insiders. burke told politico, quote, it's a general pool type of relationship where if a conflict arises, everyone in good faith will try to figure out what the best way to proceed is. after an outcry from republican lawmakers and president trump himself, the justice department said yesterday that it had recovered

missing text messages from two senior fbi officials involved in the clinton and trump investigations. the doj inspector general's office wrote to senator ron johnson that it deeded in using forensic tools to recover text messages. last night, senator chuck grassley released more. i actually want to go now back to davos, switzerland, where a bilateral meeting is taking place with president trump. >> let's take a listen. >> so i want to welcome president trump and his delegation here to davos. this is the first time that president trump is in davos in

switzerland and it has been 18 years since the last visit by a u.s. president here and we appreciate the significance of the gesture, mr. president. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> a trip to davos is one of the most important, most significant international meeting we host in switzerland. and you are also also welcome to geneva, mr. president, where regional global decisions are made every day. switzerland and the u.s. have a long standing excellent relationship. we share an approach to democracy, to human rights, to free markets, and there is one more point i want to highlight for you, one aspect, our mutual

economic footprint. we have a very strong economic relations. they are very strong and they are growing very fastly. it's very interesting. more than 500 business locations with half a million jobs. and i think -- i believe we can even deepen this relations to strengthen our economies and to -- together solutions to a global issues. so once again, welcome. thank you for being here. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. mr. president, it is a great honor to be with you. davos has been exciting. in addition to that, i think we're bringing a lot of things back to our country, including

tremendous good will. we had meetings yesterday and last night, dinner with some of the great business leaders of the world, as you know. and it was very interesting to see and hear they're very happy with what's happening in the united states. we're setting records every day. we're setting records and we're going to continue to set records. we actually, believe it or not, we have a long way to go. we have a lot of upside. we have a tremendous margin up and a lot of people are saying, well, we've gone up a lot, but we have a tremendous -- i think we have a long way to go. we've cut regulations. we've passed the tax bill, the likes of which our country has never seen. included in that bill is anwar. it's part of the bill which people don't even talk about. they're trying to get anwar approved since prior to president reagan. and the individual mandate which is -- essentially it's at least

a partial, but a pretty good repeal of obamacare. but we got a biggest tax cuts in the history of our country and we also have major tax reform. it's had a tremendous impact on our country. you see it and everybody sees it. and switzerland is just a great place. great investors and you have a lot of our stock in the united states. so i have helped to make switzer lntd ev switzerland even richer and i'm very happy about that. the stock market is up almost 50%. and i will say this with convincing conviction, had the opposing party won, in my opinion, because they would have added additional regulations to already the tremendous regulations we have, i believe the markets would have been down anywhere from 25% to 50% instead of being up almost 50%. i believe we've done a great job and a lot of people are happy about it and in a littling while

i'll be speaking about it. but i want to thank you for honoring us. we have tremendous respect for you. congratulations on the election. >> thank you. >> andite an honor to be here. >> thank you. >> thanks, everyone. >> thank you very much. >> thanks, everyone. >> we are taking a listen there to see if there would be any shouted questions to the president, particularly over the allegations made last night. but you are watching a bilateral meeting between the swiss president and president trump. this is the first time the sitting u.s. president attended

this event in 18 years. president trump went so far as to say had his opponents won the election, there would have been a drop in the economic forum. >> and i want to bring molly cooper back to the table on this. i think this represents what we'll be hearing from the president. he's going to be talking about domestic economic accomplishments and the relationship and how that affects countries across the world. he did say, we have made you richer than you already are, basically, because of our economy. talk to us about that. >> well, actually, yesterday, i know you're not supposed to go back to old news, but this was an interesting tidbit on saw on msnbc when ali velshi spoke to

the current house leader. when you look at the davos summit, it's fought just president trump. there's quite a few members of congress who are over there, people who aren't known for going to this posh event in switzerland. it was such an exchange because kevin mccarthy was bringing up this point of the tax cuts that it's something he's heard from world leaders, they've been saying how did you get this done? we're going to push for maybe more tax cuts, talking about the regulations, getting rid of the regulations. but ali velshi asked a very important question. okay. so the stock market is up. what does that mean for main street america? i don't know a lot of people in my smallish down that have invested in the stock market.

and kevin mcyrthy was saying that's the one thing we want to put pore in the house. because even though the economic situation in the various countries around the world, you look at their stock markets and gdp. however, is that trickling down to so-called main street? and that's the question. >> so let me ask you this, molly. given the fact that the president is at the world economic forum, he has the ears of the world leaders, he's obviously touting his economic success back here at home as we heard there. how is that going to resinate with his base, with the republican party. could that potentially become a political issue for the president back here in the

midterms and going forward? >> potentially. and i've got to add. we'll be asking that when he gets back. let me write that down. how is it going to -- >> all right. you've stumped her for the first time ever. >> i never thought that could happen. >> thank you, molly. still ahead, first lady melania trump makes a pair of unannounced trips. plus, bill karins is back with a check on the weekend-weather forecast. [ click, keyboard clacking ]

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welcome back. president trump is set to address the world economic forum in davos, switzerland in a few hours, where he's expected to sell his america-first agenda to the global elite. administration officials have said the president's message wb similar to remarks delivered during other trips abroad that the u.s. wants strong ties with allies, but is determined to reduce chronic trade deficits with many of them. ahead of his speech, a number of leaders have been speaking out, warning about the dangers of nationalism, isolationism and protectionism, without specifically naming president trump. german chancellor angela merkel cited the build-up to the two world wars and openly questioned whether leaders have learned the

lessons of those conflicts. following meetings yesterday, president trump hosted a dinner with the heads of some of the world's largest corporations. the guests described to trump what his or her company does and a number complimented the president on the passage of the republican tax plan. meanwhile, in an interview with cnbc president trump suggested he had reconsidered the u.s. being a party of the trans-pacific partnership trade deal. >> i like bilateral, because if you have a problem, you terminate. when you're in with many countries like tpp, so you have 12, if we were in, you don't have that same, you don't have that same option. but somebody asked me the other day, would i do tpp, here's my answer, i'll give you a big story, i would do tpp, if we made a much better deal. the deal was a horrible deal. nafta is a horrible deal. we're renegotiating it. i may terminate nafta.

i may not. i told stadiums of people, i may terminate. >> are you reopening the door to tpp? >> i would do tpp if we made a substantially better deal. the deal was terrible. the way it was structured was terrible. if we did a substantially better deal, i would be open to tpp. >> the president also reiterated that he may terminate the north american free trade agreement citing trade deficits. >> we have a trade deficit with mexico, mexico, $71 billion a year, right? we have a trade deficit with canada, of a substantial amount of money, i don't have a number, but they keep arguing it. i won't tell you it's $17 million, okay? we have a trade deficit with canada we have a massive trade deficit with mexico. we got to do something. we can't continue to -- >> so unfortunately, president trump's nafta deficit figures don't really line up with those from his own trade office, as axios points out, the office of

the u.s. trade representative says the u.s. goods and services trade deficit with mexico was $55.6 billion back in 2016 in terms of canada there was actually a trade surplus of $12.5 billion. >> go figure. coming up next, "morning joe." president trump potentially approaching a red line in the russia probe after the revelation he is sought to have special counsel bob mueller fired last june. "the new york times" reporter who broke the story will have the latest. and as mentioned, president trump is set to take the stage at the world economic forum to sell the u.s. to world global leaders, we'll have the latest live on "morning joe" moments away. ing your screens. or... you could just put your phones down and talk to each other. [laughing] nature's bounty lutein blue. because you're better off healthy. we all want restful sleep. that's why nature's bounty melatonin is made to help you

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does the president commit to not firing robert mueller? >> the president has not even discussed that. the president is not discussing firing bob mueller. >> will he commit to not firing him. >> we are cooperating -- even not even discussed, he's not discussed firing bob mueller. >> last august, the white house

said the president had not even discussed firing bob mouler. but this morning, nbc news confirms that new reporting from "the new york times," it says, two months earlier he depart just discuss firing bob mueller. he actually ordered his lawyer to fire bob mueller. the independent counsel. now, add that to this chain of events. trump also asked jim comey for his loyalty. he also asked jim comey to drop the flynn probe after he knew flynn had committed a crime. when flynn wouldn't do it, he fired jim comey, the fbi director. he then pressured his attorney general not to recuse himself from the russian investigation. he then pressured his attorney general, jeff sessions, to fire the acting chief of the fbi, andrew mccabe. he then pressured his intel team and top members of congress