this morning president trump is demanding the doj must investigate whether there was an infiltration of his campaign. >> and rudy giuliani says it could be over by september 1st. >> and another school shoots in america. this time a texas community is in mourning after a gunman killed ten people and wounded more than a dozen others.

>> good morning, everyone. it's monday, may 21st. we begin with the department of justice which has reacted to the threat of an ultimatum from president trump. he tweeted out that he would demand an investigation into a long time intelligence source met with aides in the 2016 election. the president sent a dozen tweets over the last 72 hours including eight alone yesterday. he said if the fbi or do swrrks was infiltrating the campaign for the benefit of another campaign, that is a really big deal. only release can give the conclusive answers. drain the swamp.

and finally yesterday afternoon, i will demand tomorrow whether they and if any such demands were made with requests in people in the obama administration. mike warner disputed some of the threats that the president trump has been making. >> was this individual, was she or she implanted into the trump campaign? >> i do not -- i've not seen any evidence of that kind of truth of the claim he's made. and giuliani backed off some of that. >> so last night the justice department said the inspector general will inspect the review of the fisa investigation process. and deputy a.j. rod rosenstein issued a statement saying if

anyone did infiltrate for inprotopurposes we need to know about it and take appropriate action. anocording to the washington post the white house agreed to back the fbi's decision to with hold the information, but it was unclear whether president trump had been awe lerted to the fact that information developed by the source had been provided to the mueller investigation as republican house members continued their push. congressional oversight should not risk exposing informants. >> human sources who put themselves at great risk to worng with us and with our foreign partners have to be able to trust that we're going to protect their identities and in many cases the lives and lives of their families.

the day we can't protect human sources is the day that american sources become less safe. >> and giuliani says that special counsel rob ertd mueller is hopes to wrap up the investigation on whether it was obstructed by september 1st. mueller's office shared its time line about two weeks ago over negotiations of whether they'll be questioned by investigators. according to the paper giuliani sought to frame the outsome of the investigation as pitting one man against the other. we want the concentration of this to be on the credibility and i think we win that. in a phone interview, giuliani talked about ending the investigation with sufficient time so that we don't get into what we called comey territory

making a reference to the comey announcement that the hillary clinton would be reopened just days before the elections. white house reporter for the white house examiner. great to have you with us. a very busy political weekend. >> to say the least. >> we've been talking a lot about the president trump looking to whether they quote infill ra infiltrated his campaign. what can we expect this week to play out. >> none of us know as far as i'm aware what president trump is requesting ofsficially today. we know the doj reacted quickly. the inspector would be asked to look into this matter.

the justice department is already looking into the use of the steele dossier to help underpin the carter page application. we don't foe if that's going to satisfy president trump. he's also been pushing for the justice department to give documents to congress which they've been reluctant to do. there are different@avenues it could take. >> let's talk about what rudy giuliani is telling both nbc news and michael schmidt at the new york times that bob mueller is hoping to wrap up the russia informs v investigation by september 1st. what do you make of this time line? ooit's hard to know what to make of it. i don't think we can call mueller's office and ask him to discuss this detail.

i know giuliani would like for it to be over september 1st and there are several key people who apparently have not been interviewed. >> and by the way it's important to note that september the 1st time line would be the obstruction part of the investigation. >> not the collusion part. >> and thanks, steve. >> now to texas, a moment of silence will be held today for the victims of the mass shooting at the high school. a 17-year-old student and suspected gunman is alleged to are opened fire. 13 others were injured and downing us now is our correspondent, good to have you with us this morning. it's been an extremely difltd weekend there. what is the latest, a what are

you hearing on the ground. >> reporter: to the latest is that the 17-year-old soot shooter is facing charges of aggravated assault against a public servant and capital murder. he's being hold without bond here. over the weekend we also saw the names of the ten victims be released. yesterday was a day of mourning and prayer in churches throughout the state. i spoke with jonathan fogle who is friends with one of the eight students who died and jonathan said the toughest thing for him is going to be going back to that school and seeing kyle's empty desk next to him. we also saw our first funeral-year-old. the pakistan exchange student was laid to rest at a mosque near houston. her host family spoke at that service. i want you to hear the words

from her host mother. let's listen. >> this is a tragedy that has touched every heart, every soul throughout this land and in pakistan. we are mourning this tragedy together and not just for a 17-year-old girl with a lot of dreams i'm sure and a lot of aspirations for doing good in the world but it was a life that was snuffed out too soon and not just her, but all those other children. >> her father in pakistan said she was a very hardworking student who had aspirations of working at the pakistan foreign office so this is a tragedy that is resonating as being felt local here in texas, throughout the countryry and the world. >> we thank you for your

outstanding reporting from texas. >> you can imagine just the parents of the pakistan woman who have sent their daughter overseas to think she's getting to a safer place and then hearing that she has become the victim of gun violence. >> i keep thinking owhat it must have been to get that news. >> and we're also hearing both sides of the gun debate. oliver north talked about what he believed is the source of the problem. >> have you guys done enough? >> of course not. buzz it's like every other issue. the american people are united. overwhelmingly, gun owners on common gun sense safe advertiselation. do away with the gun show.

>> but how about it never pass? >> it's the nr arks a and it's trump and the republicans who don't have the guts to stand up to these people and it that's pretty pa thetdic. >> we're trying to treat the symptom without treating the disease. the disease is youngsters who are steeped in a culture violence. >> won a special election in a district that president trump won by more than 20 points. after the barkland shooting he campaigned he knew gun laws were not the answer to mass shootings but after santa fe he kweeted quote, congress has done

nothing. when will le let us do our job and start solving this problem. >> i'm not sure how the common use of this add medication is playing into all of this. >> i'd like to debate with bernie sanders there saying the entire united states is unified on this. i think if that were the case we would be getting somewhere with regard to gun reform. >> still ahead, a trade war is on hold at least for now. >> and hillary clinton takes a jab at donald trump while spaking to yale's graduating class. those stories and a check on your weather when we come back.

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j joo. welcome back. steve muchen said that a trade war between the world's largest dmis is quote, on hold. >> we're putting the trade war on hold so right now we have agreed to put the tariffs on hold while we try to execute the frame work. >> as far as the president's threat first of o-chinese goods those are all on hold. >> they are. >> on on saturday the world's two largest economies said they would continue discussing measures to help reduce the trade deficit. >> no specific target of $200 billion. >> they go industry by industry. >> china has agreed to significantly increase its purchases. >> the neg shaugss are proceeding very well. we're all the same page. too early for exact precise

details. >> regarding the number the hundred, i was in beijing as well as washington. both sides have used that as a rough ballpark estimate. >> the chinese say they haven't. >> i've heard that number from them. it depends how you count things. these numbers, you can't predict these numbers. >> so president trump is set to host south korean president tomorrow. it comes as the future of the summit remains in flux. according to the new york times this morning the president has begun pressing his aides and allies of whether he should take the historic meeting that he had left to the foreign officials. trump spoke over the weekend with moon and the status of the situation. >> let's get a check on your weather with bill karins.

still tracking some soggy weather throughout the country. >> this week is going to be really warm. many areas will get hit and miss showers and storms. so let's go into the forecast now, the radar overnight, memphis dodging in and out of the storms all day long. not a lot of people at risk of severe storms. about 4 million people from indianapolis into central ohio. maybe a few severe storms. tornado risk very low today which is good. let's get to the week ahead forecast. if you want a picture perfect day it's today. this is as good as it gets. low humidity. this afternoon is going to be sunny and bright. boston 78.

80 in d.c. rain will go through chicago, the first half of today. head for detrait late this evening and now through florida it's been a very wet may in florida. that continues into today. as we go through tuesday those showers roll through the northeast and great weather returns on tuesday. stormy weather continues thursday, even into friday. it's not going to rain all day long every day but it's a very wet pattern. we didn't talk much of the areas as it looks pretty good all week long there. so the southeast, not the best but if you can get out in the northeast, mid-atlantic this is a picture perfect area. >> former president is back in maine. jeb bush also tweeted this picture saying quote, his beloved dad is in maine.

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welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. posting on witter that the agency must investigate whether there was an infill ration that was -- infiltration that was motivated by politics. >> the president emerged on twitter with a major declaration. i here by demand the the dopt of justice look into whether on the

fbi an fbi informant made contact with three members in 2016. reached by phone the president trump's lawyer said mr. trump wants answers. >> all he's asking for is to investigate it. he's not telling them to what conclude. >> he says the president trump has the authority to demand the new probe as head of the executive branch. the president's legal team wants to speak directly with the confidential confidential informant. >> in the day that we can't

protect human sources is the day the american people start becoming less safe. >> giuliani also said the special council notified the trump legal team a few weeks ago that its investigation related to the president could be concluded by september 1st. rod rosenstein responded if anyone did infiltrate or participate we need to know about it and take appropriate action. >> igs inspector general will expand a investigation that it's going to include this new issue raised by the president sunday. the ig will then consult with the attorney general. giuliani said if the hauler

report is published the president's team would be willing to release their reports as well. and robert wilke to be appointed. he has served in both the navy and the air force reserves, in addition to signing a massive contract to help modern nice the agency's health care it system. >> acting secretary wilke who by the way has tone an incredible job at the v a and i'll be informing him that he's going to be nominated to be secretary of

the veterans administration. and i'm sorry that i ruined the surprise. i'll see you anyway. >> so they confirmed his nomination last year for und undersecretary. >> and president trump is looking to ramp up his ongoing feud with amazon and potentially drive up the cost for the retail giant. the president has personally pushed u.s. post master general to double the rate they charge. and the paper goes on to say that so far brennan has resisted the president's demands and has explained multiple times this year and last, these arrangements are bound by

contracts which would have to be reviewed by a regulatory commission if changed. brennan has stressed to the president that the amazon relationship is beneficial for the postal service. it also partered with the postal service for deliveries. despite attempts to sway the president last month he signed a executive order to review which cold lead to major changes for packaging deliveries. >> and is this going to drive up prices for consumers. >> absolutely. >> let's bring in stooe nelson. good so tee you once again. let's talk about president trump pushing the justice department to prove whether an fbi informant contacted members of his 2016 campaign for political purposes. what can we expect to hear not

only from rod rosenstein but then also crust fer wray today. >> oezen stein quickly passed the buck to the inspector general's office. rosenstein said it's important to know if there was properly motivated political infill ration but reporting showed that there was not a spy within the trump campaign, that this professor who slyly met with three advisors to the trump campaign instead, suggested there could be even more informan informants. adam schiff has said this is made up messaging for trump supporters. i would imagine that the justice department is not going to kwingly resolve that debate but this is something they're trying to push to the inspector general's office to review. >> let's talk to something that

the markets are going to be looking at. what do you make of the president's battle with the online retail giant to the point that he is personally getting involved? >> this could really be only the beginning. amazon is an only giant online retailer. it has all sores of different bys. the pentagon is currently considering giving a $10 billion cloud computing project. the general services is um mementing processes to allow for the purchasing of 50 billion tlars a year in office supplies from online retailers. president trump could go after amaz amazon's re knrevenue streams a

well. >> and now the texas where the governor is calling for a moment of silence today to remember the victims of the nation's mass school shooting. ten people, eight students were killed when a 17-year-old student suspected gunman is alleged to have opened fire. 13 others tragically injured. >> joining us now from texas, our correspondent, a lot of things are going to be happening on the ground but after parkland we also saw governor rick scott ins taut some changes in that state. have you heard of any sort of shift in texas headed by the go governor there. >> reporter: i spoke with the governor on friday and he said that something has to be done. we have to do more than just pray is what he told me.

he is pushing for a series of round table discussions starting tomorrow where where he's hoping to implement policy statewide that will focus on mental health. he wants to come up with these questionnaires drafted by mental health profession fallals and that will have to be approved by parents in the state so that be begin tomorrow. the kids, however, eherbspecial those who survived the shooting has been inspired. i spoke to one girl in the ninth grade who told me we have to speak up because this cannot continue to happen. a lot of them traumatized efz dentally and afraid to go back to school and eherbal sply to see the empty desks of their classmates who didn't make it. one of the kids who got vur injured, he was the star pitcher of the local baseball team here

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>> welcome back. let's turn to business. the u.s. and china have put their trade war on hold after

progress and talks amid balancing the trade deficit. what more can you tell us about this agreement and how it's going to impact the markets today.today? >> good morning, lewis. mnuchin said the talks would be on hold. they produced an agreement on increased chinese purchases of american products and measures to make it easier for u.s. companies to operate in china as well. now even though the agreement lacked a reduction of $200 billion, which is what president trump was pushing for, in return president trump said they will now no longer be applying tariffs on $150 billion worth of chinese products. so you can imagine markets have reacted quite well to this apart from steel makers. steel makers have not. asian markets have rebounded quite well in trading overnight with some equity in the season and china up more than 1%, european indices are trading

higher. 200 points higher in trading, the dollar has made new highs for the year. >> one month after two black men were arrested after asking to use a starbucks restroom while waiting for their friend, the company has completely changed their policy. tell us about this. >> yes, it's good news for people with bad bladders, i guess. anyone can enter the restroom even if you're not buying a coffee or a croissant, their doors will be open. as you say this came after some harsh criticism about a month ago when one of the managers in a philadelphia starbucks turned two black men away. one was trying to use the restroom even though he hadn't bought anything. they're introducing a training for its 175,000 employees on racial bias education. back to you. >> good to see that change. always great to have you live from london. thanks so much. coming up, everybody, mike

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welcome back, everybody. joining us from washington with a look axius, talk to us. >> the one big thing is the greatest growing threat to america and that's china. very specific plans for 2025, 2050 to be the dominant economic and national security superpower in the world. and between their scale, their

size, and the fact they can coerce their population, they're acting on this with infrastructure plans on continents around the world, and plans to eat our lunch on a.i. and the other technologies of the future. >> let me ask you about what, if any, plans does president trump have to try and combat china's strategies to displace the united states on top of the economic world and possibly even at one point the military. >> well, president trump is getting up about now. he might well be watching us. and he's making his 2025, 2050 plan today. the united states in general and this white house in particular very short-term planning which is what leaves this huge opening for china. so for a politician who has come and gone either party, president trul has shown that china can be a unifying villain on trade. but a smart politician could

make china the unifying villain across all the topics that matter looking ahead, getting people to act on infrastructure, on immigration, on 5g and on next generation education. >> i think one of the most interesting things, mike, in your note was the title the numbers don't lie, showing how fast china is growing. can you talk to us about those numbers? >> this piece popped up on axios.com. we're also seeing growth in investment in the technologies that will shape the future. already we've seen china moving ahead of the u.s. on some of the a.i. technologies.

whether it's autonomous cars or any of the technologies we think of as the future china is investing and has a very specific plan to corner those basic technologies by 2050. >> china controlled 4% of the global economy back in 2000. china has 15%. the u.s. 24%. >> let's switch gears for a moment. i want to ask you actually, if you don't mind, about paul ryan. you have new reporting that paul ryan could be replaced as speaker of the house before he actually steps down at the end of the year when his term is up. what are your sources telling you. >> we've seen speaker ryan lose a series of battles. anytime you're a lame duck, you're weaker. when speaker ryan announced he would not be returning, his allies saw that coming. now we're seeing the possibility of moderate republicans joining with democrats to force a vote on the dreamer legislation,

daca. if that happens there could be a counter, a revolt. another revolt by the most conservative members of the republican caucus, the freedom caucus. and that's exactly how john boehner lost his grip on power. >> all right. of course you can read all the numbers, mike allen, thank you very much. you can read all those details in the axios am. to all of our viewers make sure to sign up for the newsletter at axiom.com. "morning joe" starts right now. you look at the corruption until the top of the fbi it's a disgrace. and our justice department, which i try and stay away from but at some point i won't. our justice department should be looking at that kind of stuff, not the nonsense of collusion with russia. they have a witch-hunt against the president of the united

states going on. i've taken the position -- and i don't have to take this position and maybe i'll change -- that i will not be involved with the justice department. but because of the fact that it's going on, and i think you'll understand this, i have decided that i won't be involved. i may change my mind at some point. >> well, late last month donald trump said at some point he would no longer stay away from the justice department, and that point came yesterday when the president of the united states demanded that the doj investigate whether his campaign was infiltrated. welcome to "morning joe." it is monday, may 21st. with us national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc, executive producer and co-host of show time "the circus." elise jordan, political reporter for "the washington post," moderator of "washington week" on pbs and msnbc political analyst