i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin. >>> looking ahead to a potential nuclear test in north korea and a graf warning from the united states, as multiple senior intelligence officials tell nbc news, america is prepared to launch a pre-emptive strike if they believe north korean leader kim jong-un will launch a nuclear weapons test. tactics could include cyber warfare and special operations on the ground. u.s. officials say a test could come as early as this weekend. a large-scale military parade is expected for saturday. the 105th anniversary of kim il-sung's birth, the nation's most important holiday. yesterday president trump tweeted i have great confidence china will properly deal with north korea. if they're unable to do so, the u.s. with its allies will, usa. this morning in pyongyang's north korea's vice foreign minister blamed president trump's aggressive words for a vicious cycle of tensions telling the associated press in an interview, we will go to war if they choose. adding, we have a powerful nuclear deter ren

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin.morning's top stories. >>> the passenger dragged off that united airlines flight monday is signaling plans to take legal action. lawyers for dr. david dao have filed corporaurt papers key mang the airline keep all papers, including video surveillance, cockpit and crew recordings. >>> a draft report from department of homeland security has outlined rio grande valley as spot to start the mexico border wall. they will do away with polygraph and fitness test as way to speed up hiring of hundreds of boardeagents. it still needs to approved. >>> president came back from mar-a-lago and set to return for his seventh trip to the palm beach resort. the cost to taxpayers at $1 million and other estimates have been as high as $3 million a visit. >>> we're seeing major reversals of president's campaign promises, ones he mentioned on the trail openly and it begs the question, where does it leave so many who supported him now? kristen welker reports. >> reporter: president trump making a number of st

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louisbuerg door o.ff murkily remains on the senate floor speaking on the protest of supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. he began speaking just before 7:00 last night just hours after the final debate on gorsuch's nomination began. the final vote is expected on friday. >>> a dangerous storm system is moving eastward after creating major damage. the storm dropped baseball size hail and a possible tornado may be responsible for damaging a fire house in goodman, missouri. damaging winds, flooding, hail all expected in the southeast. >>> baltimore's mayor and police commissioner have pledged to move forward with police reforms with or without the justice department. this follows the doj's request for a federal judge to postpone a decree. >>> drama over the russian investigation and what critics are calling repeated attempts by president trump and the white house to deflect attention away from it. in the spotlight now former obama national security adviser saying now rice is firing back exclusively to nbc's a

i'll alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf.right now. >> which one is more important to you to have, a vote on health care or a vote on a bill to keep the government open? >> i want to get both. are you shocked to hear that? we're doing very well on health care. we'll see what happens. this is a great bill, a great plan, and this will be great health care. it's evolving. there was never a give-up, the press sort of reported there was a give-up. there's no give-up. remember it took obamacare 17 months. i've really been negotiating this for two months, maybe less than that. this is a continuation, the plan gets better and better and better. it's gotten really good. a lot of people are liking it a lot. we have a good chance of getting it soon. i'd like to say next week. i believe we will get it. >> what's tougher than passing health care

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.he hour so we're starting you off with the top stories. >>> metro bomb death toll rose to 15. 50 other people were injured in the explosion between two underground train stations. st. petersburg authorities have declared three days of mourning. no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> at least five deaths are blamed on that massive storm system that swept across the south from texas to carolinas, the latest in mississippi where officials say two people were killed, including a 52-year-old woman whose car ran off the road into fast-moving floodwaters. although least 15 tornados were reported across the south in the last 24 hours. >>> the senate is headed for a potentially historic clash over the confirmation of neil gorsuch. he passed judiciary committee on party line vote and now democrats plan to filibuster before it goes before full senate. mitch mcconnell has not ruled out the option of going nuclear, meaning change the rules so gorsuch can be confirmed with a simple

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin with breaking news. the united states has launched cruise missile strikes against a syrian air base. at roughly 8:40 eastern time last night, 59 tomahawk missiles were launched from "uss ross" and "uss porter," targeting the shayrat airfield near the city of hchloms before dropping cheml weapons on city of idlib. autopsies supervised by world health organization conducted on three victims showed sarin gas was most likely used. the target of last night's strike is the same location where prior to 2013 the assad regime stored its chemical weapons stockpile. >> tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. it is in this vital national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. there can be no dispute that syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention and ignored the urging of the u.n. security council. >> now, the pentagon s

i'm alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf.w. >> we will be stronger and bigger and better as a nation than ever before. we're right on track. you see what's happening and we're right on track. thank you everybody. ♪ still crazy after all these years ♪ >> and that's all the time we have today for "morning joe," thank you so much for tuning you. hope you and your family -- >> what was that? if you're a little kid and you're scared of rabbits -- >> oh, i've got to call my daughter. >> call your daughter in a minute. >> willie geist, you are pretty much the expert o of combining rabbits and white house ceremonies. >> that's the season premier of "veep." he was doing the easter egg roll, he was hosting it but went into a speech about how his admini

i'm alex witt and louis burgdorf joins us. >>> one of the biggest names in cable news is out.he rise of fox news had as much to do with bill o'reilly as it did roger ailes but now both men are going in what's been a tumultuous 12 months for the network. we have more on why he would abdicate the throne he worked so hard to build. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. >> reporter: the no spin zone is no more. bill o'reilly, the kroefrsal face of fox news for 21 years, was fired bit network he helped put on the map. following in the footsteps of his former boss and mentor, roger ailes, who was also pushed out after an investigation of sexual harassment claims. o'reilly was at the vatican for what he says was a long-planned holiday with his family. even a handshake with pope francis didn't save him. 21st century fox issuing the following statement. after a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and bill o'reilly have agreed that bill o'reilly will not be returning to the fox news channel. gabriel sherman has reported about fox news for the past

i'm alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf.t now. >>> a federal judge blocks the president. michael flynn is feeling the heat. house republicans trying to figure out a way to repeal obamacare. >> welcome to january. >> it's not scripts from last month, these are today's headlines. the white house struggles to move the ball forward and change the narrative. good luck with that, good morning everyone. it's wednesday, april 26, welcome to "morning joe." with us onset we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay, and in washington columnist and associate editor for "the washington post" david ignatius,

i'm alex witt alongside louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin.iation came when president obama drew a red line in syria, and the whole world knew it meant absolutely nothing. >> the obama administration had a great opportunity to solve this crisis a long time ago when he said the red line in the sand. >> north korea, like so many other things, is one more hillary clinton failure, barack obama failure. >> i inherited a mess, whether it's the middle east, whether it's north korea, whether it's so many other things. >> with that the world still waits to hear president trump's plan to deal with two major crises raging right now as he prepares for perhaps the most important meeting of his presidency today with the leader of china. joe, what did you make of the president's statement from the rose ga

i'm alex witt alongside richard lui in for ayman mohyeldin. louis burgdorf is also joining us. >>> today begins the 99th day of donald trump's presidency with new comments this morning about how he's adjusting to the job and the challenges. in an interview last night, trump told reuters that the presidency not what he expected. >> i loved my previous life i loved my previous life. i had so many in going. i actually -- this is more work than in my previous life. i thought it would be easier. i thought it was more of a -- i'm a details-oriented person, i think you would say that, but i do miss my old life. this -- i like to work, so that's not a problem, but this is actually more work. and while i had very little privacy in my old life because, you know, i've been famous for a long time, i really -- this is -- this is much less privacy than i've ever seen before. >> reuters also found the 2016 election is still at the front of trump's mind. reporting that midway through a discussion about chinese president xi jinping, the president paused to han

i'm alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf.cause of things like political jerry man derg, our parties have moved further and further apart and it's harder and harder to find common ground because of money and politics, special interests dominate the debates in washington in ways that don't match up with what the broad majority of americans feel. because of changes in the media, we now have a situation in which everybody is listening to people who already agree with them and are further and further reenforcing their own realities to the neglect of a common reality. >> three months after jet skiing into the sunset, president obama was back in chicago previewing the very public path he plans to take over the coming months and years. but for now at least, he's steering clear of specific issues, leaving it up to the current leaders in washington to deal with a looming government shutdown. north korea nuclear crisis and syria's civil war. we've got a huge line up to talk

i'm alex witt.i is in for ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf is in studio as well with us. we're starting you off with the morning's top stories. we're following a standoff in delaware between police and a suspect after a state trooper was shot and killed. authorities say the trooper was shot outside of a convenience store yesterday after approaching two men in a vehicle. one of the suspects was taken into custody. that second support remains barricaded inside a home right near the shooting scene where he has fired on officers trying to negotiate with them. >>> and critics are slamming the trump administration's new crime victims office as anti-immigrant. homeland security secretary john kelly unveiled the office yesterday. it is aimed at supporting victims of crimes committed solely by undocumented immigrants. the staff is made up of existing i.c.e. officers. critics say many of the services like the victims' hot line already exist. but secretary kelly says the victims in these cases are getting a

. >>> hello, everyone, i'm alex witt at msnbc world headquarters in new york.ere's what's happening. new this hour, president trump is once again insisting mexico will pay for the border wall, tweeting just a short time ago, "eventually, but at a later date so we can get started early. mexico will be paying in some form for the badly needed border wall." here's attorney general jeff sessions this morning. >> any evidence mexico is going to pay for it? >> well, we're going to get it paid for one way or the other. i know there's $4 billion a year in excess payments, according to the department of treasury's own inspector general several years ago that are going to payments to people, tax credits, that they shouldn't get. these are mostly mexicoens, and those kind of things add up. $4 billion a year for ten years is $40 billion. there are a lot of ways we can find money to help pay for this. >> it's unclear whether the president will insist on funding a border wall in this spending bill, which congress must pass in order to avoid a government shutdown this week. m

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i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. >>> the community of san bernardino is in mourning once again after a tragic shooting. an elementary teacher and student were killed after a gunman open fire inside a classroom before turning the weapon on himself. police are calling the shooting the result of a domestic dispute. cedric anderson walked into the elementary and told the front desk he was dropping something off for his wife, karen smith, a special education teacher. the police chief said the couple had only been married a few months and described them as estranged. authorities say when anderson entered the classroom, he began firing. smith was fatally shot. two other students who were standing behind her were injured, including 8-year-old jonathan martinez, who later died at a nearby hospital. another 9-year-old student was wounded and remains hospitalized in stable condition. officials said they do not believe the children inside the classroom were specifically targeted. >> she came running in the classroom and said -- she said to lock the doors and our teacher

i'm alex witt. richard lui and lewis derg door of is here. former president george h.w. is in the hospital recovering from what we're told is a mild case of pneumonia. he was admitted on friday after a persistent cough kept him from getting prer rest. it is his second hospital stay this year. he was admitted for two weeks back in january. we're told the pneumonia has been treated. >>> the closely watched election in georgia is going a runoff as jon ossoff came up short. ossoff won 48.1%, about 4300 votes shy out of the 193,000 cast from winning outright. republican karen handel, georgia's former secretary of state, also advances to the runoff capturing nearly 20% of the vote. it could be an expensive and high profile race. ossoff raised $8 million in the ire of president trump who targeted him on twitter. >>> and the trump administration has notified congress whether to break the terms of the deal with iran. secretary of state rex tillerson says iran is holding up its end of the bargain, but the country remain as leading state sponsor of terrorism. the review will determ

i'm alex witt here in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it is 9:00 a.m.ere in the east, 6:00 a.m. out west. here's what's happening right now. >>> supreme court fight. congress gears up for a showdown over nominee near gorsuch ahead of tomorrow's committee vote. >>> new revelations about former national security adviser michael flynn, just how much he was paid to give speeches. why two words in those papers are getting a lot of attention. >> we need to find out about russia. i want to know about the contacts. >> voters sound off about the russia probe at a town hall. new poll numbers show just how much this story is resonating with the public. >>> plus breaking news, a state of original in south america after an avalanche of water sweeps through a small city. >>> and we begin with politics. u.n. secretary, ambassador to the united nations nikki haley today pushing back on critics who feel president trump has not been tough enough on russia. here's what she said in an interview airing later this morning. >> the president has not once called me and said, do

i'm alex witt. it is high noon in the east. 9:00 a.m. out west. day 101 of the trump administration. >>> we begin today with new reaction from psident trump to north korea's lates faid missile test. he says the move by north korea doesn't mean increased pressure isn't working. >> it has. this was a small missile. this was not a big missile. this was not a nuclear test, which he was expected to do three days ago. if he does a nuclear test i will not be happy. and i can tell you also, i don't believe that the president of china, who is a very respected man will be happy either. >> not happy meaning military action >> we'll see. >> in an interview this morning senator john mccain disagreed with the president over his tweet yesterday saying north korea's missile test was disrespectful to china. >> as somebody said this could be a cuban missile crisis in slow motion. i disagreed with the president's tweet about north korea by continuing to test disrespecting china, they disrespected us and numerous agreements made by three previous presidents that was

i'm alex witt at msnbc world headquarters in new york. here is what's happening. >>> we have breaking news this hour. two bombings shatter the peace of palm sunday services at churches in egypt. the toll of dead and injured is rising. and now, a claim of responsibility. we're going to take you to the sad and unsettling situation and bring you all the details in a live report. and the shocking moment that bob exploded in one place of worship, that is ahead for you. >>> first, new and strong reaction by the trump administration against russia amid an investigation that it was complicit in syria's chemical gas attack. here is u.n. ambassador nikki haley followed by national security adviser h.r. mcmaster. >> the first reaction from russia wasn't, how horrible. it wasn't, how could they do this. it wasn't, how did this happen. it was, assad didn't do it, assad didn't do it. why was that the reaction? that's why you're seeing investigation on russia. that's why you're seeing the fact that we know the evidence on assad, we've seen it, we know e

. >>> hello, everyone, i'm alex witt here in new york, thanks so much for joining us. here's what's happening right now. there are new calls for sanctions against russia amid growing concern it may have been complicit in syria's chemical gas attack. here's what senator lindsey graham told my colleague chuck todd earlier. >> you want him to punish russia more for his support of assad. what is something concrete you think he can do in the next couple of months to punish russia for its support of assad? >> sanction russia for not only interfering in our election, but add a paragraph to my bill that says russia aided and abetted assad in using chemical weapons, because he did. the russian soldiers on the base where this attack occurred, the russians intentionally, in my view, left chemical weapons in the hand of assad, their proxy. >> but secretary of state rex tillerson says he's not jumping to any conclusions ahead of his visit to moscow. >> that will be part of the discussions when i visit moscow next week, is to call upon foreign minister lavrov and the russian governm

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i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin.arts right now. >>> the white house draws a tough line on syria, expanding nato and declaring assad's days to be numbered. a gaff on ukraine that unsettled allies. >> speaking of gaffs, in a mid afternoon firestorm, sean spicer calls his vegas rabbi. the controversy that involved adolf hitler, sheldon aid elson and a messy, messy passover. >> that's not good. the republican party asking what's the matter with kansas as a narrow win could spell big trouble for 2018. good morning everyone. it's wednesday, april 12th. with us onset we have

. >> that's a wrap for us on this monday i'm alex witt.esults very, very quickly. thank you very much. >> mr. trump with your tweet were you trying to tell the justice department to grant immunity to michael flynn? were you trying to do that? was that your intention, mr. president, sir? mr. president, was that your intention, mr. president? was that your intention, sir? >> thank you, guys. thank you, guys. >> it is another big week on tap for president trump. he's got critical meetings with leaders of china, jordan and egypt. >> what just happened there? >> he walked

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin with breaking news.tates has launched cruise missile strikes against a syrian air base. at roughly 8:40 eastern time last night, 59 tomahawk missiles were launched from "uss ross" and "uss porter," targeting the shayrat airfield near the city of hchloms bef

i'm alex witt here in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it is 9:00 a.m. 6:00 a.m. out west. here's what's happening right now. >>> supreme court fight. congress gears up for a showdown over nominee near gorsuch ahead of tomorrow's committee vote. >>> new revelations about former national security adviser michael flynn, just how much he was paid to give speeches. why two words in those papers are getting a lot of attention. >> we need to find out about russia. i want to know about the contacts. >> voters sound off about the russia probe a

i'm alex witt at msnbc news in new york. breaking news.avalanche of water has swept through a small city killing at least 200 people. rescue workers are searching through debris and pulling apart rocks to try to find people missing or injured. it's happened in moccoa near the border of ecuador. coming up in the next hour we're going to talk with a red cross official and get the latest. msnbc has been on the road gauging reaction across towns in trump country. we went to somerville, north carolina, this weekend. talk to us about what the residents are saying. >> good morning, alex. we're in south carolina this morning. we've been to several town halls. this is the flower festival to try to gauge some thoughts on where the trump administration is right now politically in the minds of the people. we've been from colorado to kansas, across the country and back on the east coast and particularly wanted to ask about russia and whether that's changed our opinion about the trump administration at all. here's what a few of them said this morning. >

. >>> good afternoon, everyone, i'm alex witt. just a bit past 1:00 p.m. in the east, 10:a.m. in the west. here's what's happening. the white house defending the tax reform plan released this week revealing major tax cuts for corporations and generating concerns about the impact on the deficit. here's how vice president mike pence is responding to those criticisms today. >> everything you outlined will increase the deficit, period, how do you prevent that? >> well, the only way we're going to meet the obligations that we face in deficits today are long-term obligations in our entitlements, chuck, is through growth, and the president has a growth vision for the american economy that begins with allowing the american people to keep more ohat they earn. >> in an interview this morning, senator john mccain disagreed with the president saying north korea's latest missile test was disrespectful to china. >> somebody said this could be a d cuban missile crisis in slow motion. i disagree about the president's tweet about north korea by continuing to test disrespected china. they disre

i'm alex witt alongside richard lui, louis burgdorf also in studio.

learn more at esd.ny.gov >>> hello, everyone, i'm alex witt here at msnbc world headquarters in new yorkin the east, 10:00 a.m. out west, and here's what's happening. president trump is wrapping up his eastern weekend at mar-a-lago and touting the military just a day after north korea launched a missile, which failed. the president tweeting this morning, "our military is building and is rapidly becoming stronger than ever before. frankly, we have no choice." also new today, republican senator john mccain on whether the u.s. military might have played a role in the failure of the missile. here's what he told my colleague chuck todd this morning. >> do you buy the sabotage thing? do you think our program is good enough to do thingsik

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i'm alex witt here in new york. at the half hour, here is what we're monitoring for you.ing the entire security council to the white house tomorrow to meet with president trump. tension with north korea is a major point of discussion and joining me to further the conversation, bill richardson and former governor of new mexico and it is good to get your opinion on this issue, the entire u.n. security council having lunch with the the white house with the president tomorrow. just thursday, the council condemned north korea missile test so how big of a deal is this and has this ever happened before? >> well, i don't believe it has ever happened before. when i was u.n. ambassador, president clinton used to like to come to the u.n., so that was good. i think this is a good plus for nikki haley. it shows she has political juice, access to the president, the 200 members of the united nations like that. they like the u.n. ambassador to be a player. i would expect that what russia and china said would be the most if the is any message from the russn ambassador, chinese ambassador

i'm alex witt. it is high noon in the east. 9:00 a.m. out west.tration. >>> we begin today with new reaction from psident trump to north korea's lates faid missile test. he says the move by north korea doesn't mean increased pressure isn't working. >> it has. this was a small missile. this was not a big missile. this was not a nuclear test, which he was expected to do three days ago. if he does a nuclear test i will not be happy. and i can tell you also, i don't believe that the president of china, who is a very respected man will be happy

i'm alex witt at msnbc world headquarters in new york.g. >>> we have breaking news this hour. two bombings shatter the peace of palm sunday services at churches in egypt. the toll of dead and injured is rising. and now, a claim of responsibility. we're going to take you to the sad and unsettling situation and bring you all the details in a live report. and the shocking moment that bob exploded in one place of worship, that is ahead for you. >>> first, new and strong reaction by the trump administration against russia amid an investigation that it was complicit in a'

i'll alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> which one is more important to you to have, a vote on health care or a vote on a bill to keep the government open? >> i want to get both. are you shocked to hear that? we're doing very well on health care. we'll see what happens. this is a great bill, a great plan, and this will be great health care. it's evolving. there was never a give-up, the press sort of reported there was a give-up. there's no give-up. remember it took obamacare 17 months. i've really been negotiating this for two months, maybe less than that. this is a continuation, the plan gets better and better and better. it's gotten really good. a lot of people are liking it a lot. we have a good chance of getting it soon. i'd like to say next week. i believe we will get it. >> what's tougher than passing health care reform? possibly doing it at the same time you're trying to keep the government from shutting down, but still president trump has big plans for the coming weeks in washington

. >> that's a wrap for us, i'm alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts roit now from d.c. >> there is no doubt that this is already a victory for the ages. we have defied the odds. we have shattered expectations. so bring it on. >> he didn't win outright, and he may not win the runoff, but democrats in georgia think they just made a big statement about president trump. >> no, actually they did not. >> their party's candidate for an open congressional seat in a deep red district came up just high of the 50% threshold needed to capture victory. this morning we'll talk to dnc chair tom perez. good morning. it's wednesday, april 19th. with us on capitol hill, pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" y. >> good to have you all with us this morning. >> first impressions here from last night, gene, i thought they needed to get to 50% last night we've seen too many of these elections where brian bill bray gets 15% in a special in california against a democrat that ends up winning it later. >> that very o

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> the white house draws a tough line on syria, expanding nato and declaring assad's days to be numbered. a gaff on ukraine that unsettled allies. >> speaking of gaffs, in a mid afternoon firestorm, sean spicer calls his vegas rabbi. the controversy that involved adolf hitler, sheldon aid elson and a messy, messy passover. >> that's not good. the republican party asking what's the matter with kansas as a narrow win could spell big trouble for 2018. good morning everyone. it's wednesday, april 12th. with us onset we have pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham -- >> wait. jen, help us out here. we get barnicle and it's legendary. whenever we say meacham's name, everyone shouts out french and indian war. french and indian war. >> it was the first global conflict. >> how about just boring. >> pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham. >> political writer for "the new york times," niclas confessore. will patterson also joining us. in make up in the

. >> that's a wrap, i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> two major foreign policy crises developing right now. north korea launched another ballistic missile, the fourth this year alone. an an apparent chemical weapons attack onhe syrian people killing more than 80 people, many children. at what point are these sarin gas attacks too much to ignore? the president is waking up this morning to ever sinking plummeting poll numbers, under water on just about every key issue. more than a blow to his ego. the likes of kim jong-un and bass sar al assad are access to these numbers and weakness is what these numbers are saying, are they not? >> no doubt about it, mika, whether an enemy abroad, an ally abroad, a political opponent at home or ally at home, you look at these numbers and this is a president who has been undercut by bad decisions, low poll numbers. it's a real crisis in the white house politically. >> so on this important day, welcome to "morning joe." it's wednesday, april 5th. we have seen your politi

. >> that's a wrap for us on this monday i'm alex witt. "morning joe" starts now. >> you're going to see some very, very strong results very, very quickly. thank you very much. >> mr. trump with your tweet were you trying to tell the justice department to grant immunity to michael flynn? were you trying to do that? was that your intention, mr. president, sir? mr. president, was that your intention, mr. president? was that your intention, sir? >> thank you, guys. thank you, guys. >> it is another big week on tap for president trump. he's got critical meetings with leaders of china, jordan and egypt. >> what just happened there? >> he walked out of -- >> it's a signing. >> didn't want to do it. >> at the last minute he decided we're going to do this signing inside but he didn't tell anybody. >> i'm just saying i saw it, then i'm thinking, this reminds me of a show, my favorite show. >> let's watch this quickly. >> very, very quickly. thank you very much. >> mr. trump, are you trying to tell the justice department to grant immunity to michael

i'm alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf. >>> the obama administration failed to respond adequately to tehran's mall line actions. as of too day we are officially putting iran on notice. thank you. >> iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism and is responsible for intensifying multiple conflicts and undermining u.s. interests in countries such as syria, yemen, iraq and lebanon and continuing to support attacks against israel. they continue to support the brutal assad regime, promoting the conflict that has killed nearly half a million syrians. iran conducted cyberattacks against the united states and our gulf partners. iran continues to have one of the world's worst human rights records. the evidence is clear, their provocative actions threaten the united states, the region and the world. >> two months after then national security adviser michael flynn dramatically put iran on notice, secretary of state rex tillerson yesterday with more targeted rhetoric against that country. we'll have what it means for the nuclear deal and the implications for the tense st

i'm alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> a federal judge blocks the president. michael flynn is feeling the heat. house republicans trying to figure out a way to repeal obamacare. >> welcome to january. >> it's not scripts from last month, these are today's headlines. the white house struggles to move the ball forward and change the narrative. good luck with that, good morning everyone. it's wednesday, april 26, welcome to "morning joe." with us onset we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay, and in washington columnist and associate editor for "the washington post" david ignatius, also with us, nbc capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt. >> just for entertainment i beat up bill karins this morning. >> awful. >> willie, you were on jury duty the past couple days. >> happy to serve the great county of new york the last couple days. i didn't get picked. i was a little offended. >> he could go one of two ways, he said cops are always right

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >> what should the american people make of these shifts and are there any policy areas that are non-negotiable? >> respectfully you can look at what you're referring to as a shift in a lot of ways. if you look at what's happened, those entities or individuals in those cases are issues evolving towards the president's position. in some cases the issues evolve, that it's not just a clear and fast statement, that this is -- that the entity itself is moving towards his or the issue is evolving toward the position that he articulated. that can't be proven more true in the case of nato. >> good morning. it's friday, april 14th. pretty good song. >> it is. >> welcome to "morning joe." >> there's meaning to that. with us columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" david ignatius, executive producers and co-hosts of "the circus" on show time, mark halperin and joe heilemann. >> where is heilemann? >> he's in a bunker. >> there he is. >> heavy circus

i'm alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." i'm willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. boy do we have a lot to tell you about this morning. president trump still not releasing his taxes, but he did release a tax plan for the rest of us, at least the he going of one. the promised cuts will be big, but no real details on how to pay for them. will the government will open to deal with it? with a saturday shutdown looming, congress looking to buy time before the lights go out in washington. new details on the revised push to reform health care. there may be daylight with the most conservative members now in congress. we'll talk to a couple of them. later, that unusual trip to the road trip for the united states senate. what did the president personally tell the senators about north korea when he breezed into a meeting at the white house? we'll talk to two members who were inside that meeting. it's thursday, april 27th. we have with us msnbc contri