one time trump ally roger stone is weighing in on the mull proesh he says he would be honest with the special counsel if he does end up cooperating >> government is back up and running but only until february 15th the president putting the pressure on lawmakers, warning that a compromise will not be easy new reporting that one of president trump's golf clubs was employing undocumented workers but then fired them earlier this month over the president's standoff over the border wall. good morning everyone, it's

monday, january 28th, 2019 i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf roger stone did not rule out cooperating with robert mueller's probe after a seven count indictment on friday >> any chance you'll cooperate with special counsel robert mueller if he asks >> you know, that's a question i would have to determineafter m attorneys have some discussion if there's wrongdoing by other people in the campaign that i know about, which i know of none, but if there is, i would certainly testify honestly >> in the indictment of roger stone, prosecutors say they are ready to prove that a senior trump campaign official was directed to contact stone about additional releases and damaging information that wikileaks might have about hillary clinton yesterday stone denied the claim and speculated on who it might

be >> you said you believed that senior official was rick gates the deputy campaign chair? >> yes, who i believe is seeking a reduction in his sentence. later on there's a reference an exchange between steve bannon in which he asks me about a public event. and i respond with two matters that have already been published by politico and the guardian, completely public information. >> wikileaks did contact you about getting information? >> that is speculation on my part in all honesty -- >> you would know if you spoke with them. >> i never spoke about this matter with rick gates i'm mindful of the special counsel's ability to induce people to say things that are true i urge the president to fire steve bannon >> do you know who directed rick gates to contact you >> i don't know that anybody did. i guess we'll find out at trial. >> stone is scheduled to be

arraigned in washington, d.c. tomorrow and he says he'll plead not guilty >> nancy pelosi is questioning the president's ties to vladimir putin. in a statement after the rest of roger stone the house speaker said in the face of 37 indictments the president's continued actions to under mine the special counsel investigation raises the questions what does putin have on the president politically, personally or financially? why has the trump administration continued to discuss pulling the u.s. out of nato which would be a massive victory for putin. house speaker also said the special counsel investigation is working and pledged to protect it from any white house interference in his new book, chris christie said president trump and his son-in-law jared kushner thought the controversy would end. trump and kushner believed in the early days of the administration that the quote russia thing would end as a sign from the firing of flynn

on february 14, 2017 the day after flynn was dismissed for lining to the president about his contact with the russian ambassador, they had lunch scheduled with the president jared kushner attended >> kushner tucked into his typical salad the president said to him this russia thing is all over now because i fired flynn christie said he started laughing the president asked why. christie responded by saying sir, this russia thing is far from over. trump responded what do you mean flynn met with the russians. i fired flynn. that's right, firing flynn ends the whole thing. christie wrote it sounded naive. kushner told him he was crazy if they would still be discussing the russia thing in february of 2018 tomorrow on "morning joe," former governor chris christie bill be a guest. a new poll finds president trump's job approval rate is unchanged since december

43% approval, 54% disapprove that's a different result than other reason national polling, including "the washington post"/abc news poll which has trump's approval sinking to 37%. one point above his all time low in giving him the lowest two year average approval rating of any president in the 72 year history of presidential polling. among political independents 63% disapprove of trump's job performance of 10 points since november the poll found 22% of americans more than one in five were personally inconvenienced by the 35 day government shutdown and 63% told the nbc/"wall street journal" poll that the nation is headed on the wrong track. the record high for the trump presidency >> following his announcement of a short term deal to temporarily re-open the government president trump is now ramping up the pressure on lawmakers to strike a deal that includes funding for his border wall. the agreement with congressional leaders will last threeweeks

until february 15th and allows for them to contalks over border security on saturday the president tweeted 21 days goes very quickly. negotiations with democrats will start immediately. will not be easy-to-make a deal. both parties very dug in the case for national security has been creately enhanced we'll build the wall at one point in the middle of his white house speech on friday his teleprompter stopped rolling and the president then decided to riff on some of his familiar and unsubstantiated talks on border security. watch this >> based on operational guidance from experts in the field they will put together a homeland security package for me to shortly sign into law. over the next 21 days i expect both democrats and republicans will operate in good faith this is an opportunity for all

parties to work together for the benefit of our whole beautiful, wonderful nation the are building are not medieval walls they are smart walls women are tied up, they are bound, duct tape put around their faces, around their mouths, in many cases they can even breathe they are put in the backs of cars or vance or trucks. they don't go through your port of entry they make a right turn going very quickly, they go into the desert areas or whatever areas you can look at and as soon as there's no protection, they make a left or a right into the united states of america there's nobody to catch them there's nobody to find them. >> president trump claimed that quote we have turned away at

great expense two major caravans but a big one has now formed and is coming. at least 8,000 people. if we had a powerful wall they wouldn't even try to make the long and dangerous journey the president concluded with his go to tag line, build the wall and crime will fall. as the president continues to ham terrify need for a border wall, a new "los angeles times" report says two years after he billions of dollars to hire agents there's more vacancies than when he first began the customs and border protection allocated nearly $61 million to central services. it was to recruit and hire border officers over five years. but the company has produced only 33 new hires so far and the agency is nowhere close to hiring the number of agents

needed to meet the president's mandated 26,000 border agents by the end of 2021. now to the reporting from "the washington post" that donald trump's golf club used undocumented labor several people were fired on january 18th they were employed by the president's company as they shut down the government over a border wall. the employees told the post they submitted fake green cards and social security cards. one former employee told the paper that on two occasions in 2008 an accountant at the trump club told him to go back whom ever made his fake documents and tell them to do a better job the third time around the former employee says the company accepted his fake documents. erik trump released a statement that reads this. we have tens of thousands of employees across our property

and have strict hiring practices. anybody who turned in fake documents will be terminated immediately. this is why my father is fighting for immigration reform. the system is broken however this is not the first time the trump organization has been found using labor from undocumented employees there was a similar situation at his new jersey golf club this last year. here's what the president said about immigration during his campaign >> on immigration policy america first means protecting the jobs, wages and security of american workers. whether first or tenth generation, no matter who you are, we're going to protect your job. let me tell you. our jobs are being stripped from our country like we're babies. >> let's bring in political reporter for the "daily beast," betsy woodruff busy over the weekend a little bit. let's talk a little bit about roger stone thing that kicked it all off, the indictment. he's not necessarily ruling out

he'll possibly work with the special counsel's investigation. yesterday you heard it on abc. what does that mean for the investigation going forward? help viewers understand what roger stone could potentially do for the mueller probe. >> it's a good question. stone also said in that same interview he doesn't have knowledge of any wrongdoing by anyone on the campaign as it might relate to russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election if roger is telling the truth, which is a monumental if, then, of course, it might not be valuable at the same time we know he had a ton of visibility into what the campaign was doing and knew more than just about anybody in the united states. his tone struck me as surprising i was texting with him earlier last week prior to his indictment i asked him why he thought he hadn't been dielted yet since we were expecting for upwards of six months for him to get indicted and arrested the way he

did friday morning he texted me back saying if he did get indicted he would reveal illegal surveillance of him by the u.s. government and wrongdoing on the part of the lawyers working for the mueller organization to then saying a couple of days later he might be up to help them the substance might not be that different but the tone change is dramatic >> i'm surprised by that one guy who showed up at the courthouse with a shirt that said roger stone did nothing wrong. looks like they had those shirts printed up quickly >> those shirts have been mass-produced. if you follow right-wing instagram you see lots of people wearing those shirts for week now. everybody needs t-shirts >> they are on the shelf until friday explain the latest reporting on

some of roger stone's emails that led to his arrest >> that's right. one of the charges against roger stone is witness tampering the witness with whom he allegedly tampered isn't named in the indictment but known to be a lefty radio talk host i obtained the full e-mail chain between roger stone and randy that he cites in his indictment as evidence of witness tampering. the chain came prior to mueller reaching out to randy as a witness. but when he was in a mix to testify before congress about the way russians tried to meddle in the election, the e-mail chain is extremely vulgar and profane. lots of words we can say on television you can see that these are two men that have an acrimonious relationship in addition, stone says he has a constitutional right to threaten him with a lawsuit

he threatened to take away his dog. randy considers her an emotional support dog. so it's a much broader and richer understanding of stone and randy's mental state as russian investigations were ramping up >> well done, betsy. still ahead new reporting about peace talks between the u.s. and taliban and what officials are saying about finding an end to america's longest war. >> kamala harris kicks off her presidential campaign. what she told rally goers about her agenda and president trump plus a check on your weather when we come back.

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let's start with the morning's top stories. even as congressional leaders work to strike a deal on border security, trump is expressing doubt that they can reach an agreement he can support the president offered that outlook vowing to build a wall anyway using emergency powers if needed asked about the chances the group of 17 lawmakers tasked with crafting a deal could do so, trump tells the "journal" i think it's less than 50-50 asked if he would accept than the $5.7 billion, trump tells the "journal" i doubt it adding i have to do it right the president made it clear he was skeptical about any deal that ties wall money to any wider immigration overhaul when asked if he would accept something for dreamers he said i doubt it he would not rule out another

shutdown calling it an option. >> is the president really prepared to shut down the government again in three weeks? >> yeah, i think he actually is. keep in mind he's willing to do whatever it takes to secure the border >> at the political dead lock shutdown gave way, fbi director broke his silence. >> making some people stay home when they don't want to, making others show up without pay, is mind-boggling, it's short sighted, it's unfair it takes a lot to get me angry but i'm about as angry as i've been in a long, long time. now i know there's some question about why you haven't seen the fbi leadership out there in the press, fighting the good fight over the past five weeks but there are real costs to doing that

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zero voechlts in russia i have nothing to do with russia. and here's what the president said at his first white house news conference. >> i had nothing to do with russia to the best of my knowledge no person that ideal with does. >> the "times" says its analysis is based on its own reporting, documents submitted to congress and court records and accusations related to the special counsel investigation. >> speculation continues over whether president trump will face primary challengers in 20 republican naegs committee has pledged him the party's quote undivided support. the rnc passed the resolution on friday at its winter meeting in new mexico trump tweeted thank to you the republican national committee, the rnc who voted unanimously yesterday to support me in the upcoming 2020 election considering that we have done more than any administration in the first two years, this should be easy.

more great things now in the works. but according to the "new york times" close associates to the president acknowledge that trump doesn't appear to have a plan for mounting a strong campaign in 2020 or persuading the majority of americans who view him negatively to give him another chance privately some aides told the "times" they are pessimistic to his path kamala harris officially kicked off her 2020 presidential campaign with a rally in oakland, california. take a listen to this. >> with faith in god, with fidelity to country, and with the fighting spirit i got from my mother, i stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the united states

>> harris' campaign stated oakland officials estimated 20,000 people attended yesterday's kick-off in the senator's home town. harris joins what's expected to be a crowded democratic presidential primary field in the first major speech of her campaign the california senator took her opportunity to speak about her progressive agenda and hit donald trump on his divisive policies >> we are at an inflection point in the history of our world. we are at an inflection point in the history of our nation. we are here because the american dream and our american democracy are under attack and on the line like never before. we are here at this moment in time because we must answer a fundamental question who are we

who are we as americans? so, let's answer that question to the world and each other right here and right now. america, we are better than this >> former starbucks ceo howard schultz is weighing a potential 2020 run as an independent schultz tells the next times that he plans to crisscross the u.s. on his book tour over the next three months before deciding whether to formally enter the race but has already laid the ground work for a campaign in all 50 states here's what he said about a 2020 run in a recently taped "60 minutes" interview that aired last night >> i am seriously thinking of running for president. i will run as a centrist independent. outside of the two party system. we're living at a most fragile time, not only the fact that

this president is not qualified to be the president, but the fact that both parties are consistently not doing what's necessary on behalf of the american people, and are engaged every single day in revenge politics >> some democrats are uneasy about schultz's interest as running as an independent. they are worried schultz could poach voters that would vote democrat and solidify another four years to donald trump to the critics, he said it would be disingenuous to run as a democrat because he believes the party has shifted so far to the left >> joining us once again betsy woodruff some interesting stuff from howard schultz on "60 minutes" last night he has an interesting story. let's talk about his decision to run as a centrist independent. how could this affect a democratic nominee for 2020?

>> certainly wouldn't help them. howard schultz would have trouble having a serious, credible, competitive candidacy. first he's a billionaire at a point in time when united states is facing dramatic income equality and across the political spectrum frustration with elites like who war schultz has reached a fever pitch. schultz has called for rolling back entitlements, rolling back programs like social security and medicare he's come out against medicare for all. especially on the left, to make health insurance more broadly accessible to people who can't afford it through something along the lines like a public option or more federal funding for health insurance programs. so people on the left are not going be remotely comfortable with howard schultz. the question is his message of almost moderation something that's going to appeal to

republicans or trump voters. certainly not. the biggest issue he can present if there's a large sort of contingency that would peel off from democrats >> that could be the name of a future third-party, the kumbai party. let's talk about the government shutdown and whether we'll see anything happen in these now 18 days or so that are left, the government shutdown doesn't seem, obviously when it shutdown a couple of days ago -- i should say when the shutdown ended a couple of days ago there was a bit of optimism. but it seems it has dissipated quickly that they won't compromise and could see a national emergency declared by the president. >> i would be floored for democrats to carve out money for president trump to build the wall after they spent more than a month they refused to give him

money. republicans and democrats from both the house, a group of them have been appointed by their party's leadership and having negotiations both publicly and privately over the coming two weeks or so to figure out how to spend the homeland security appropriations bill. that's a big chunk, billions of dollars that gets spent on homeland security every year they will talk about how to use that to make the border more secure will that involve wall snow, i doubt it we have to wait and see. >> still ahead, some democrats are increasingly push a plan to raise tax on wealthiest citizens a new polling. >> bill karins is back with a check of your forecast including who may be facing some of the coldest air in decades we'll guess which city names are being written down rit ghnow.

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>> with that let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> i'll give you three hints chime in when you guess what city it will be. first isn't it -- >> chicago >> second hint, william h. macy. >> minnesota >> dakota. >> fargo >> yes, fargo. >> so what's going to happen here game is over so the polar vortex thing is the issue that we're dealing with. it's not coming to the u.s.. something we've known for seven years. up here always by the north pole i want that's brutally cold air and expands into winter. what happened is the circulation that contains it fractured a little piece of it is heading down through canada and is now

going arrive in areas around the hudson bay won't make to it the u.s. but rotate very cold air around it and that's why we'll get some bitter cold. already 25 million people in wind chill warns or advisories or watches this is some of the coldest air we've seen in the northern plains and midwest since the late 1990s we're going back 20 to 25 years. let's get into the numbers this is as we go through this morning. it's cold but not the brutal stuff that comes tuesday and wednesday. fargo negative 25. chicago negative 4 detroit negative 10. as we go into tuesday and first get the taste of this really bitter taste, fargo drops to negative 48. lacrosse negative 34 that's the wind chill. actual temperature is negative 34 peak of this outbreak is wednesday morning when fargo will have a temperature of negative 34 with a wind chill of negative 57. that's about as cold as it gets. even madison, wisconsin gets the negative 51.

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welcome back the end of the government shutdown could have provided a slight boost to the markets this morning but any benefit appears to be short lived. we're turning our attention to the new trade talks between the u.s. and china supposed to take place later this week. what can we expect from that

>> so the chinese vice premier is expected in dnc.c. on wednesy to start these new rounds of suggestions. there's missed messages coming out of the white house we've heard from steven mnuchin seeing both countries having made good progress and the commercial secretary wilbur ross said they're, quote, miles and miles from reaching a deal from the two sides. if you look at all of markets in asia, they all closed lower this morning. >> and the cost of sending mail is getting even more expensive with the postal service incre e increasing the price of stamps what kind of impact is this going to have? >> if you look at the forever st stamps, they're going from 50 to 55 cents a pop that's a 10% increase. the usps says it is to offset $4

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welcome back, everybody. joining us from washington, the co-founder of axios, mike allen. good morning to you. good to see you on this monday >> good morning. >> talk to us about axios's "1 big thing" today >> it's howard schultz's third way. as betsy was saying earlier, a lot of blow back online from democrats with the idea of him running for president. it was said there can only be one result of this, this is going to split the anti-trump vote and reelected the president, a totally unintended

consequence. i chatted with howard schultz last night and asked him about this he said he was unfazed by what was happening online this is something you almost never hear from a politician you rarely start a campaign saying you know people are going to hate you and howard schultz said i know that i'm putting myself in a position that's going to create anger, hate, disenfranchisement among friends, among democrats, but he says that he sees an opportunity here and i talked to a schultz adviser who said the opportunity that they see is that there's more moderates in the country than ever and they think that they have some polling saying they would draw equally from republicans, democrats, they think a strong centrist, independent candidate could take trump down to 26, 27, 28%, even with the magic of the trump base, that's not enough. >> so i'm curious to get your thoughts after speaking with him a little bit last night, what makes schultz so confident that he can actually win as an

independent when he articulates some of his policies or viewpoints, why does he feel they're going to appeal to members of both sides? >> that's a great point. and people online definitely are questioning that he said i'm not going to win the twitter primary. it's a good thing that's not what he's setting out to do because he certainly isn't, but he is a liberal democrat on most of his issues. he told me that he's been big on debt and deficit early, but he also has a great american story. we saw his boyhood growing up in brooklyn, created this amazing business so he's hoping to blend an american story with an enlightening and positive message in an area where we're not hearing much that is uplifting. >> what kind of pressure are you seeing to decide >> he says i have time he told me he needs to decide by

late spring, early summer. he didn't answer whether or not he would completely fund it itself, just write a big check since he's a multi-billionaire that takes a lot of pressure off. the reason you have this flurry of announcements by democrats is they're having to build stuff and they're having to build a mechanism to raise money howard schultz already has some people quietly on his staff, steve schmidt, well known to your viewers as consulting to him. and so he doesn't have to jump in quite as fast >> let me get your thoughts on one other thing about the government shutdown, and in particular the border negotiations i know you have some inside reporting on why the president essentially caved in the border wall shutdown negotiations the first time around. is it likely we'll see an agreement in the next 18 days?

>> one, what was the trigger for the president to finally cave? jonathan swann reported from inside the senate punch on thursday, vice president pence was there, he could see the boots were moving away from him in a big way he said this must have been what the union lines were like right before first bull run. so the thinking inside the white house was better to pull the plug on our terms in our words than have an embarrassing vote with a bunch of republican senators moving away from us second question, why was mitch mcconnell so quiet it turns out it's because i told you so he told trump from the beginning that this would in the win and that they would in the wind up with leverage. mitch mcconnell was right. >> mitch, where was mitch? mike allen, appreciate it. >> have a great week >> you, too,