president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani does another walk back. he's trying to clean up comments he made about plans for a trump tower in moscow. >> plus, it is day 32 of the shutdown. house democrats are rejected president trump's proposals. >> and senator kamala harris makes it official. she's running for president in 2020. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, january 22nd.

well, president trump's attorney said sunday that despite multiple denials during the campaign, his client, president trump, continued conversations about building a tower in moscow until november 2016. nobody missed that one for sure. now giuliani is trying to walk back those statements saying, quote, my recent statements about potential trump moscow project were hypothetical and not based on conversations i had with the president. my comments did not represent the actual timing of any such discussions. the point is the proposal was in the earliest stage and did not advance between a nonbinding letter of intent. >> however, speaking to "the new york times" on sunday, giuliani quoted what trump said to him, that the discussions were, quote, going on from the day i

announced to the day i won. in light of his statement, the "new yorker" magazine asked giuliani. he replied i did not say that. i don't know if they made it up. what i was talking about was if he had those conversations they would not be criminal. >> and "the new york times" reports frustration with the president's lawyer within the trump inner circle. several people close to mr. trump have grown exacerbated with mr. giuliani's public appearances. they increased concern that he is potentially creates misconception about the trump tower in moscow. donald trump jr. denied they knew anything about the project in an interview with fox news. >> when was the last discussion about this trump tower deal? because rudy got everybody really confused. he goes on "meet the press" and says it could have been right

through the election. then he said he was talking in hypothetical terms today. >> i don't know. i don't talk about things i don't know about. unfortunately that sometimes happens, no different than anybody else. this wasn't a deal. we don't know the developer. we don't know the site. we don't know anything about it. ultimately it was michael cohen essentially trying to get a deal done. i don't think anyone took it all that seriously. that's the reality of what went on. >> in september of 2017, trump jr. testified he knew little about the project except that his father signed a letter of intent. >> new details about the buzzfeed story contending hard evidence that donald trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress. the president's legal team, quote, raised concerns in a

letter sent to the special counsel's office. it marked the first time that trump's legal team contacted mueller over a media report saying a person familiar with the matter. they hope the special counsel's office would address the report. hours later, the mueller team issued its statement. >> and it's day 32 of the shutdown and there is still no resolution in sight as congress prepares to pursue two dueling bills to reopen the government this week. house speaker nancy pelosi had not spoken to the president or anyone from the white house about trump's latest proposal that would give temporary to daca immigrants in exchange for a border wall. the house is expected to pass a series of spending bills that would reopen parts of the government that have nothing to do with the wall.

now, washington post spoke with more than 40 republican senators and aids over the past week. many of whom are standing by trump's demand for border wall funding even as their party bears the brunt of the blame for the stand off. todd young, the chairman of the senate gop campaign for 2020 told the post, quote, i'm not contemplating anything that the president hasn't indicated he would sign. stock markets around the world are under pressure over renewed concerns about the strength of the global economy. km while that figure would be good for many countries, it marks the slowest reading for china since 1990. the u.s. also had a little uncertainty. a number of economists have warned the shutdown has cut this

country's growth. >> and u.s. consumers appear to be shaken about increasing warning signs about the economy. ahead of the annual world economic forum, the international monetary fund downgraded its expectations for the global economy warning the risks of a major slowdown increased. pricewaterhousecoopers showed a survey. that fell from 63% last year. >> and the tsa is sending extra staff to airports across the country due to excessive call outs which are being blamed on the financial impact of the shutdown. more on where staffing shortages are having the biggest impact. the tsa is now calling for backup. around the country 10% of its employees called off work on

sunday, compared to 3% on the same day last year. in miami, tsa officer says he's still on the job, but the government shutdown is making it harder to pay his bills. >> to go into a month like this, it's been a gut punch. >> the agency is calling in national deployment officers who typically help with staffing shortages during natural disasters. >> only three officers showed up. and on that shift, we were supposed to have at maximum give or take 16 officers. >> a spokesman says this is uncharted territory and with increased call outs citing financial hardship, this could have been an impounding affect. throughout the country and across social media, strong support for the federal supporters. >> these workers, man, this is

ridiculo ridiculous. >> the tsa says 93% of passenger waited less than 15 minutes at airport security. all right. senate harris will make the first stop of her presidential campaign on friday. she is set to speak at a fundraiser for her sorority. the senator from california will formally launch her campaign on sunday with a kick off rally in her hometown in oakland. just hours after announcing her candidacy yesterday, the senator held a news conference at her alma mater howard university where nbc's andrea mitchell asked her this question. >> senator, joe biden has said the test should be who is test able to defeat donald trump. that's the test. why are you the best capable,

the strongest democrat to defeat donald trump? >> well, andrea, let's start with this. i love my country. i love my country. and i feel a sense of responsibility to stand up and fight for the best of who we are. and i'm prepared to fight, and i know how to fight. and in particular when we're talking about fighting for the values that we hold sacred and dear when it comes to talking about how we fight for the american people and have leadership in this country focussed on the needs of the people instead of self-interest, i'm prepared to fight that way. and i believe it will be a winning fight. >> but 17 or more other democrats say that they love their country. why are you better than they? >> i think the voters will decide ultimately. >> the senator encouraged other democrats who want to run to, quote, jump in. she said her path will be through all the states. senator corey booker posted

a video to social media on wednesday with jimmy carter encouraging him to run. >> i hope you come back. i hope you run for president. >> thank you for saying that. you encouraging me means more than you could imagine. >> senator booker attended a church service with the former president. he is, quote, not that far from his own decision on whether to run for president or not. >> that's quite an endorsement, whether formal or not. >> they know how to do it. >> joining us from washington, good morning to you. let's talk about the dploe ball impact here of this continued government shutdown. what are the lasting consequences from your point of view that are at stake right now? >> well, one of the things that we're looking at is this unemployment question for these federal workers who are probably going to have to clean, at least in some cases, they will be able

to claim unemployment benefits which may have to be paid back after the shutdown ends, but that's one of the things i would be looking at right out of the gate in terms of something that's an immediate consequence. and then, you know, the long-term consequences for those employees, you know, the consequences for the economy might go on longer if people have missed payments or if they're unable to pay bills on time. i think that's sort of the most immediate long-term consequences, sort of the effects on the individuals who have been furloughed. >> neil, let me ask you about the special counsel for a moment. what do you make about these reports that bob mueller's team made a statement. now the new reporting is that it was in some ways as a result of hearing from president trump's legal team about this specific report earlier in the day? >> well, as i understand it, the

reporting has been that it was highly unusual for the trump campaign to even -- or excuse me, the trump legal team to even reach out to the mueller operation. so i'm not so sure that we should read it in as if there is some sort of influence going on on the mueller campaign or, excuse me, on the mueller probe by the people who are associated with the trump campaign. but i do think that it does go to the gravity of what was in the buzzfeed report. and, you know, i think we're not going to find out for sure exactly how accurately or inaccurately the buzzfeed report was until mueller's report finally comes out because, frankly, you know, the statement from peter karr at the special counsel's office was so carefully worded that they sort of left the room for new things to come out.

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>> bill is back because he took the day off yesterday. >> i wonder why. it was so cold. where did you run and hide? >> right in front of the fireplace. did you think i was going to work from the parking garage into work? are you kidding me? i'm smarter than that. let's get into the maps here. the windchill advisories will be expiring shortly. the winds have died down. so it is still very cold, but we're improving things. some of the coldest air is up here in burling ton. the temperature is negative nine. that means the wind is calm. it is a completely different ball game when it is very, very good versus cold with gusty winds blowing in your face. new york city with negative 2 two hours ago. now we're up to 3. the next winter storm is beginning. it is snowing from februadenver

kansas. the visibility will be very poor the rest of the day today. then in northern plains we have some snow, too. here is the blizzard warnings shown in purple. so pretty big footprint here in the midwest and central plains. the areas with the most snow to shovel from des moines to cedar rapids. this area of red, that's up to eight inches of snow. the northern half of illinois will get into it. notice chicago we only have you in about the one to two inch mark. detroit, you are barely into it, too, about an inch. you have to go in the northern half of michigan to get into it. we don't have much snow coming this way from this next storm. we will quickly warm up. we will get a big rain event in areas that are freezing cold this morning and the ground will

be frozen. we will have flooding problems in areas of the northeast. north of syracuse will have more lake effect snow. without the wind and the sunshine, it will feel like a nice winter day for the skiers. you will enjoy this. 30 today in new york. 20 in boston. d.c. is at 34. tomorrow we jump up to 50 in d.c., 45 in new york, guys. things will be improving. this next storm is mostly just a big rain problem. >> i know. from 3 to 40. >> i'll take it. thanks, bill. after not scheduling any public events in observance of martin luther king jr. day, president trump made a brief appearance at the memorial in washington, d.c. yesterday, accompanied by mike pence and

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welcome back, everybody. let's start with the morning's top stories. the morning shutdown rolling on with hopes for an end looking slim. and president trump and democratic leaders appeared no closer oncoming together for a solution. holly jackson has more. >> great day. it's a beautiful day. >> reporter: president trump briefly visiting the martin luther king memorial for a moment of silence followed by silence on the shutdown. >> hundreds of thousands of people are bracing to miss a second paycheck on friday.

irs workers called back in will start processing your tax filings without getting paid and affordable housing contracts expire with many mortgage and rent payments due. so more food banks like this one are popping up to help with more federal workers like desire accepting. >> it is very humiliating to going from spending $300 on groceries to having to rely on public assistance. >> senator republicans plan to vote this week. but to pass it they need seven democrats to join them. so far a nonstarter. >> we want this symbol of america to remain the statue of liberty, freedom, equality, not a divisive wall. and we will fight for that. >> reporter: the political crisis, practically back to square one as the personal

crisis stretches into month two. nbc news the white house. last week senate republicans blocked an effort to deny the trump administration and keep sanctions in place on a kremlin ally toyed to paul manafort. now "the new york times" reports that a binding confidential document signed by both sides suggests an agreement the trump administration signed could benefit the oligarch. the agreement to lift sanctions as long as the companies significantly diminished his ownership. but the confidential document reviewed by "the new york times" described the deal in considerably greater detail. it reportedly shows that the sanctions relief deal will allow him to wipe out potentially hundreds of millions dollars in debt by transferring some of his shares to btb, a russian

government-owned bank under united states sanctions that has lent him large sums of money. the agreement would leave his allies and the kremlin with significant stakes in his companies. the treasury department says he has lost control of the entities and can no longer use them to carry out activities on behalf of kremlin. >> corey booker and bernie sanders appeared in an mlk event in carolina. sanders took the opportunity to hit president trump for his divisive presidency. >> today we talk about justice and today we talk about racism. and i must tell you it gives me no pleasure to tell you that we now have a president of the united states who is a racist. >> and former vice president joe biden spoke about his record on

criminal justice issues, acknowledging that it is far from perfect. take a listen. >> you know, i have been in this fight for a long time. it goes not just to voting rights. it goes to the criminal justice system. i hadn't always been right. i know we haven't always gotten things right, but i have always tried. >> his work on criminal justice could be a liability for the vice president if he joins the to to fie 2020 field. >> so the calls for mike pompeo to run for senate continue to roll on. it comes amid reports that mike pompeo is eyeing a 2020 campaign for a vacant kansas senate seat. todd young is encouraging mike pompeo to take the job.

here's what young said when asked about it yesterday. >> it is certainly his decision. but having served with him in the house of representatives and having worked with him in the central intelligence and as secretary of state and continuing in that capacity, i can say without equivocation and without qualification, i can concede of no one who i'd rather work with in the united states senate from the state of kansas and mike pompeo. >> that was quite a development to say the least. let's bring in the senior writer from washington. what kind of impact would this happen if secretary mike pompeo were to run for senate and leave his possession as secretary of state? >> the first thing is he has a little bit of time to decide. as todd young said in that

interview which was with him, the field in kansas will be frozen. so there could be a year to make a decision. so it might not happen right away. but certainly having another change in a key cabinet position would just increase the turmoil for the trump administration going into the 2020 campaign where trump himself obviously will be running for re-election as well. this is not something that will be welcome news to the trump administration. >> he's been one of the most loyal cabinet members for this president so far. >> keyword, so far. >> it's only been four years. let's switch gears for a moment and talk about the 2020 contenders. they're watching the newcomers

to the came, so to speak, already take that first step with elizabeth warren. you got kamela harris. >> well, bernie sanders for sure has been running effectively already, i think. i mean, senator sanders has been out and about in early primary states. i think biden may well be joining him shortly. i think it is interesting actually that harris yesterday just announced she was running for president and skipped the whole sort of rouse about the exploratory committee that none of us really believe in anyway. so i don't know that there is really a functional difference in terms of public perception between where senator sanders is and where senator harris or warren are at this point. >> talk about the significance of kamela harris announcing she will be running for president in 2020 not only on mlk but also at

howard university. >> and her alma mater. you know, howard university actually is right down the street from where i live in washington, d.c. it is a really important institution in this city. and the fact that she chose to show up there on effectively the day of the announcement even before the rally in oakland this coming weekend does sort of lend some idea as to the tone and the direction that she's planning on taking with her campaign. >> someone also made the point it was highly symbolic that it was 50 years after the fact that the first african-american woman for president ran back in the early '70s. thank you so much. >> thank you. and dozens of afghan security personnel are dead. the taliban have claimed responsibility for that attack. the death toll now varies considerably with multiple reports all citing officials

saying anywhere from 12 to 126 people killed. more injured. what is clear is yesterday a suicide bomber drove a suv into a home. several gunmen stormed and fired on personnel inside. the attack became hours after peace talks that are continuing today. those talks have reportedly been at a standstill for weeks. the group stalled peace talks last week after the taliban announced a cease fire. however, in a statement, the taliban now says the u.s. side has accepted a quote of ending the invasion of afghanistan and preventing afghanistan from being used against other countries in the future. president trump set to meet with kim jong-un for the second time near the end of february.

new reporting indicates that u.s. intelligence officials and their north korean counter parts have been meeting for a decade via a covert channel. current and former officials from the obama and trump administrations tell this to "the wall street journal." it's different from the more well known new york channel has aided in the release of american detainees and also helped lead up to the first trump/kim summit last year. it was used several times during the obama administration before it went dormant during president obama's later years in office. it was brought back during mike pompeo's time as cia director when he sent a cia officer to meet with korean officials back in august of 2017 when pyongyang was in the midst of a series of missile tests. still ahead, everybody, the

new book "pulling back the curtain" on what it calls a white house out of control. and humiliation paul ryan has suffered at the hands of trump. bill is back as well. he doesn't have a new book. >> he might, though. >> he might. he will tell us about the dangerous cold conditions outside e dangerous cold conditions outsid to look at me now, you don't see psoriasis. you see clear skin. cosentyx can help people with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis find

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decades? because they know a little word called loyalty, trump told ryan. why do you think nancy has held on this long? have you seen her? she's a disaster. every time he opens her mouth another republican gets elected. but they stick with her. why can't you be loyal to your president, paul. >> the president slammed ryan for distancing himself from president in the aftermath affidavit access hollywood tape. i remember being in wisconsin and your own people were booing you. you were out this dying hike a dog, paul, like a dog. what did i do? i saved your blank. in another excerpt obtain bid "the new york times," sims described sara sanders explaining to the president that little could be done about a journalist he did not care for when trump asked why the person could not be, quote, suspended. let's switch gears here and get a check on your weather.

bill, it is told tcold today, b say it is going to change. >> it is january. it is supposed to be the peak. it is like complaining it is hot at the end of july. right now it is 3 in new york. it is negative 11 in boston. it's been a pretty mild winter to this point. it's an improvement from yesterday. many areas that will go about 15 to 20 degrees warmer. now we move on to our next winter storm where an active pattern behind this will be another cold arctic blast, even a blizzard warning towards denver. it will not be a fun drive later today with blowing snow. wind gusts up to 30 to 40 miles

an hour. right now the snow is beginning to form. a little bit north of minneapolis. let's play this storm out. you notice that band of snow starts on the north side of it. this is as we go through this evening. iowa, the southern half of wisconsin, northern illinois. look at all the green on this map. that's a big cold rainstorm on the east coast. the problem with this is the heavy rain on top of the frozen ground is going to lead to fast run off. this will all run off. even though it is only an inch to maybe an inch and a half of rain, the impacts, we could have some flooding problems. as much as two inches of rain in connecticut. this blue is one inch. so in the heart of january after one of the coldest outbreaks we will have a rainstorm. here is today's rain forecast.

airport delay problems from chicago to denver. when we go into wednesday, the rain will make its way to the east guys. >> good times. >> yeah. >> it's january, bill. >> it's january. it's winter. i mean -- >> it's also because january is like naturally a -- you were saying it's what? >> don't pin this on her. >> she doesn't want to own it now. >> i said that to you off camera, my friend. >> okay. we'll keep it off camera, then. thanks, bill. leaders are gathered for an economic forum. >> we will go live overseas for details and how president trump's absence may impact the annual meeting. you should be mad at forced camaraderie. and you should be mad at tech that makes things worse.

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the world's financial and pretty cal le political leaders have gathered. joining us live from london with more. good morning. what are the attendees focussing on? >> reporter: well, i think it is worth noting that the mood as we head into this year's forum is marked by uncertainty across the globe. in terms of the topics on the table at this year's forum, number one certainly u.s./china and what is the fate of that

relationship? can the two be competitors and collaborators at the same time? the survey that came out showed that across the ceos have grown a lot more pessimistic of the global economic outlook due to trade tensions among major powers. in addition, trust is at the center of the debate as well and the survey suggests countries around the world trust companies more than political leaders. and technology is sharply in focus and how emerging technologies will disrupt industries and disrupt countries. so a huge amount on the agenda at this year's forum. >> it's not to be unnoticed that 50% of the global economy is not going to be actually at the forum this year, including the u.s. what kind of impact does that have on the summit overall?

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>> it comes down to 7 letters, you see where the energy inside the democratic party is. they are the hottest thing when it comes to social media, they're the hottest thing to where starves want to go and work. you look at how well they perform and how much pickup it gets in the media. that is the earliest signal in what direction the democrat being party will go in during the 2020 campaign. we wand to test this so we did a poll. if aoc ran, if she could run, if she did would you vote for her? 17% said definitely and 75% said they're very open to the idea. she's not just a cultural phenomenon or political phenomenon for young voters, it's across the board for the democratic party. >> it comes back to it's a little bit about authenticity

with these two. they don't necessarily have that kind of political posturing you see with the more established politicians. >> they want people to be more forthcoming about what they bring to the table. how is this going to impact the 2020 presidential race? obviously alexandria ocasio-cortez can't run for president because of her age. >> the other candidates are taking their cues from these candidates. they want something fresh and want people who are authentic, but then you look at the policies when you talk about mass of tax hikes on the wealthy, a green new deal, medicare for all. you're seeing the party getting pulled to the left and being very proud of that. in the past democrats for presidential campaigns always felt like they had to appeal for the center and you're seeing almost a new theology being born out in realtime.

the two of them are very much leading the way. i think you're going to see your kamala harrises and other candidates take cues from them and see if they have their finger on the pulse where the party is as opposed to the democratic establishment. >> let's talk about the cloud of the russian investigation that hangs over washington, d.c. up point out it's easy to lose sight of what truly matters in the russia investigation. what is the real significance, if you will, of what we've been hearing from rudy giuliani over the past 48 hours, this constant -- it's not the first time he's made a statement on then to come out and say -- to try to clean it up basically. >> pay attention to this one. remember, he was on "meet the press" and he said, listen, the president might have been involved in this moscow business deal from the beginning of the campaign until the end of the campaign. and then a few hours later he picked up the phone, talked to the "new york times" and said the exact same thing and said i talked to the president about

this. he told me this. here's why that matters -- he's admitting that the president of the united states was working on a multi-balancillion dollar bus deal while running for president. that's the reason giuliani had to put out that statement yesterday because the facts would be devastating. we lose sight of that, but think about what he was admitting on the record. that's almost as big a deal as what buzzfeed reported and then obviously had to walk back. so pay very close attention to what rudy giuliani is say about that moscow business deal. that would give russia something to hold over the president. if they knew there was a business deal that was live and flourishing and still being discussed when the president or then candidate was denying it, that would mean they had

something to hold over his head. >> and the question is why, why does giuliani keep doing these things? >> we're going to see you in just a little bit. you, too, can sign up for the newsletter. >> that does it for us on this tuesday morning. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside louis burgdorf and yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" is next. >> i still have about four or five chemo treatments left and weep get the news that i may not get paid come january. thankfully we made it through christmas without any interruptions with our pay. here comes january and i'm still having chemo treatments. >> that is shaune lattimore, a

mother with stage two cancer, dealing with the shutdown of the government and dealing with not getting paid. joe is off this morning. along with willie and me we have mike barnicle, republican strategist susan del percio, associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson and the co-found are a and ceo of axios, jim vandheim. but first, president trump's attorney, rudy giuliani, say sunday that despite multiple denials during the campaign, his client continued conversat