you know why, ayman?ext thursday will be the seven-year anniversary of the day obamacare passed. >> a little bit of irony there in politics, marianna atencio, thanks for joining us. >>> confused and concerned, hear the reaction from trump supporters to the health care plan. >>> and ari melber has a special about the supreme court confirmation hearings for neil gorsuch, tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. get to the places you really want to go. with the united mileageplus explorer card, you'll get a free checked bag, 2 united club passes... priority boarding... and 50,000 bonus miles. everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. the united mileageplus explorer card. imagine where it will take you. setting hearts a blaze...ways... doing next to nothing for days weekenders. even when a weekend's not enough, there's a hilton for you. book your break direct with hilton.com and join the weeklong weekenders. youthat's why you drink ensure. sidelined. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and mi

>> reporter: good to be with you, ayman. later this afternoon the president will have his presidential daily briefing. he has plans for a phone call with brazil's new president and we see mike pence traveling to florida today as well. he has a couple of events. one in jacksonville will deal with business leaders. he'll have what this administration likes to call listening sessions, talking about health care and business concerns. later this evening the vice president will be here in palm beach to address the club for growth, sort of an anti-tax conservative organization, all ahead of all the concern in the house for republicans about their health care overhaul and what is the fate of that. now, at the same time as the president has that huge issue on his plate for domestic concerns, he's had one of the most prominent visits from a world leader. and many people say that the meeting with donald trump and angela merkel had mixed results. air force one back at palm beach airport. the fifth weekend spent here since president trum

good morning, ayman. well, when i first saw the tweets on saturday morning, i was sure that the president was trying to tell us something about the russian investigation. even discounting the way he described it, which was not possible. obviously, the president cannot order a wiretap on a presidential candidate, which is what he alleged happened. but i thought, is he trying to suggest that he was just briefed on surveillance with the russian investigation, whether they are trying to figure out associates between trump's advisers and russia? the answer is no. he was repeated unsubstantiated reports he had seen on breitbart. my first indication was when i called the senior trump official, he had no idea what he was talking about and whether it was true. and pete williams didn't consult us and we would know about this. and then you had james clapper, the former director of the national intelligence, saying definitively there was no warrant and he would know about it. so people are wondering, is there anythin

>> reporter: good morning, ayman.ere in tokyo rex tillerson facing the trump white house's first foreign policy test, the north korean threat. said they are coming up with a new strategy but had no details while issuing a blistering denunciation of them. >> the past 20 years to bring north korea to a point of den denuclearization have failed so we have 20 years of failed approach. and that includes a period in which the united states provided $1.35 billion in assistance to north korea as an encouragement to take a different pathway. that encouragement has been met with further development of nuclear capabilities, more missile launches, including those of the recent february 11th and march 5th. in the face of this ever escalating threat it is clear that a different approach is required. >> tillerson also met with japan's prime minister abe today. he was asked about the state department's proposed 29% budget cut according to the white house this morning. he said that the current spending level at the state department is

ayman?c's ali arouzi live in london, thank you for that. >>> we are getting word there is a moment of silence by the metropolitan police in london honoring those who were killed, of course one of their own killed, stabbed to death. a tragic situation there. cal perry, being it's a traj ij situation, there is a british mp being hailed a hero today. >> if you open the papers, you'll learn about to be bias elwood, born here in the u.s., conservative member of parliament. he turned the other way and went towards the sounds of the attack. did cpr onto ously for more than an hour on the police officer who was stabbed just inside the gates of parliament. he's being hailed as a hero. believe it or not, he's a member of parliament as part of the foreign office as well whose portfolio includes the middle east, africa and counterterrorism. this is what you want to see from your member of parliament in charge of counterterrorism, that kind of bravery. there he is in the suit leaning over doing cpr on th

ayman?> thank you to nbc's peter alexander for that report. >>> joining us now once again from washington, political reporter and co-author of politico's playbook, daniel, good to have you back with us. >> thank you. >> what are you hearing about this consensus, will it hold up in court, do you think? >> i think they have done as much scrubbing as they can, but it is the same thing with important modifications. a lot of courts are going to be looking at statements from the last few weeks where they said they will keep the ban the same, basingly, steven miller and sean spicer, they said they are not going to, you know, totally overhaul it. and so while they may say it is completely different, it's still is basically essentially the same. >> okay. can we talk about how this was rolled out in terms of the communication? because cabinet secretaries, they were the ones out front and center announcing the travel ban 2.0. do you think the white house has learned its lesson after keeping the process

i'm alex witt alongside ayman hol mohyeldin and alex burgdorf. a probe is confirmed into the ties between the russian government and president trump's campaign. and along with the director of the national security agency, admiral mike rogers rejected the president's allegation that his predecessor illegally wiretapped his phones. the fbi director james comey confirmed a counter intelligence investigation and is examining whether any crimes have been committed. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi as part of our counter intelligence mission is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. we have taken the extraordinary step in coordination with the department of justice of briefing this congress's leaders including the leaders of this commit

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. >>> michael flynn wants to make a deal. "the wall street journal" reported he is requesting immunity in exchange for his testimony. this while federal probes into alleged lings between the president's soernlts and russian government plays out. in a letter posted to twitter, flynn's lawyer confirmed discussions between them and the congressional committees while citing unfounded allegations, outrageous claims of treason. he added, quote, no reasonable person would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized witch hunt environment without assurances against unfair prosecution. flynn frequently accused democratic nominee hillary clinton with corruption on the campaign trail, including a chant of, lock her up at the republican convention. when speaking last september about clinton aides who requested immunity for testifying in the clinton e-mail server investigation, flynn said this -- >> i mean, five people around her have been given immunity, to include her former chief of staff.

i'm alex wit alongside ayman mohyeldin >>> the president leveled an extraordinary accusation against his predecessor. >> claiming president obama tapped his phones. >> the president opened a whole new set of questions. >> whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016. >> this was unleashed a storm of reaction here in washington. >> where did you get the authority to run those taps? >> no place. i just did it. >> it was preliminary. we had cause, but no case. >> do you think you have a case now? >> prove it. >> prove it. that is where we stand after yet another remarkable and unprecedented weekend in american politics. the sitting president of the united states in another unchecked saturday morning tweet storm accusing his immediate predecessor of tapping his phone. this leaves two possibilities. either one, commander in chief falsely accused another of one

ayman? >> peter alexander, thank you >>> four full days after president trumpacd his predecessor of wiretapping his phones, the white house offered nothing to support his explosive claims. in fact, yesterday press secretary sean spicer said the white house will continue to insist that congress investigate what the president asserted as a fact on saturday morning. >> reporter: is the white house position that the president can make declarative statements about a former president basically committing a crime, and then the congressional committee should look into that to basically improve it? >> it's not a question to improve it, it's that they have the resources, the clearances and the staff to fully and thoroughly and comprehensively investigate this. and then issue a report as to what their findings are. >> so president trump's twitter statement shouldn't be taken at face value about -- >> sure it should. no, there's nothing, as i mentioned to jim, it's not that he's walking anything back or

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. president trump is on a collision course with his own party over the massive health care overhaul. the bill comes up today and is set for a vote tomorrow, but for the moment, many members of the party say he simply doesn't have the numbers he needs to pass it. last night at a party fund-raiser the president renewed his pitch. >> that legislative effort begins with thursday's crucial vote and it really is a crucial vote for the republican party and for the people of our country. you'll finally repeal and replace the disaster known as obamacare. that's what it is, a disaster. >> and nbc news head count shows 27 republican "no" votes right now. and senator rand paul suggests the number is actually at 35. in the last few days the bill has been sweetened to pull in more conservative senators and centrist senators. but when that didn't work, the president said, pass it or lose seats. in the meeting that lasted 30 minutes, the president called out the chair of the house freedom caucus. i ask

ayman, we are not done yet.will probably go up once we get the daylight pictures and find out what happened. >> it is still dangerous hot spots throughout the country we'll have to keep an eye on. bill karins, thank you very much for that. >>> we'll switch gears now and talk about former president barack obama for a moment. him and first lady michelle just snagged the biggest president book deal in history. last night penguin random house announced the couple signed with them in a deal reportedly worth more than $60 million. each are writing separate books but sold the rights together. by comparison, publishers purchased bill clinton's auto biography back in 2004 for $15 million. and president george w. bush received $10 million. meanwhile, the former u.s. attorney general eric holder said his former boss will be stepping back to the political spotlight soon. president obama will be a visible part to get more democrats elected to state legislators. and this is a debate we are always having, what is president oba

i'm alex witt alongside ayman hol mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. today they will hold the first hearing into the meddling of the presidential election. james comey and admiral mike rogers are likely to face questions on the series of tweets that the president sent on saturday morning a couple weeks ago. and two days ago accusing president obama of ordering a wiretap of his phones at trump tower. comey reportedly requested that the justice department issue a denial shortly after the president made his accusations but has avoided public statements ever since. on friday the department of justice provided the house intelligence committee with any relevant material to the president's wiretapping claim. the chairman of the committee, republican devon nunez and adam schiff say there was no evidence of surveillance at trump tower. joining other hard-ranking republicans and democrats alike who have seen novidence behind president trump's claims. yesterday chairman nunez ruled out wiretaps as the white house suggested. >> was there a physical wiretap of trum

ayman? >> thanks for that. >>> meanwhile, elected officials will join immigrants rights leaders here in new york city for a solidarity rally against deportation. the goal of the event is to shine a light on the president's recent actions that they say are tearing immigrant communities apart. >>> that's a wrap for us on this thursday. "morning joe," you know it, starts right now. i wrote the art of the deal. i say not in a brag adocious. >> i've been doing lots of wonderful deals and that's what i do. you're supposed to sit down with the democrats and republicans and the liberals and the conservatives and everybody else and you're supposed to hammer out deals. >> i think he feels very good about the product that we have put out. we are in sell mode and want to get this done but the president has an open mind. >> finding a deal on health care reform. is donald trump's first real test. facing uphill b

good morning, ayman. iraqi troops are slowly surrounding an important mosque in western mosul. the establishment of his islamic state caliphate in 2014 shortly after isis took over mosul. if iraqi troops manage to take the mosque in the coming days or weeks, it would deal a major symbolic blow to islamic state. the american air support has been controversial. a few weeks ago several buildings in the western part of the city collapsed killing dozens, maybe hundreds. the u.s. acknowledged coalition bombs struck the same area at around the same time. it's unclear whether par of the civilian casualties were due to booby traps or use of human shields. >> nbc's matt bradley in london. thanks for that. >>> up next on "morning joe," brand new polling results gives us a snapshot of president trump's first few months in office. >> we'll talk with members of the intelligence committee on where things stand with the russia investigator. >>> senator dick durbin also joining "morning joe." joining "morning joe." just moments away. with the united mileageplus explorer card, you'll get a free

ayman? >> joining me now, a congressional reporter for "usa today" and a white house columnist for "the hill." great to have you both with us. we want to start with that wiretap story. again, on the world stage yesterday, you heard the president clinging to his claim that the campaign was once again spied on by his predecessor. do you get a sense that president trump actually wants to put this to rest? because it seems from his comments and the spokesperson's comments he's still adding fuel to the fire by not acknowledging what everyone has said is not true. >> i don't think president trump wants to put this to rest. he came out with this claim and wants to make it true. this is typical trump to back um the proof but he doesn't want to be wrong. i think he'll keep bringing it up. it's a story he feels is true and he wants people to know about it. that of course goes against what we're hearing from republican leaders in congress like on the senate intelligence committee. >> you covered the hi

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louse burgdo loui. after deal sweeteners, changes and two damaging cbo scores an canceled meetings with the speaker of the house, the vote never came. the latest guidance is that the vote could come today between the: 4:00 to 5:00. the final meeting came between kellyanne conway and nick mulvaney, a former freedom caucus member himself. and in an extraordinary moment, he told his colleagues that president trump was done negotiating and wants a vote on health care tomorrow. while the meeting was described as positive, he told republicans if the president doesn't get a vote to repeal and replace, he's just going to move on to other priorities, meaning obamacare stays in place without a deal in hand, speaker paul ryan addressed the public last night. >> for seven-and-a-half years, we have been promising the american people that we will repeal and replace this broken law because it's collapsing in its failing families. and tomorrow we're proceeding. >> is that the vote? do you have the votes? >> already the

i'm ayman mohyeldin. jeff sessions will stay in his job, but reuse himself from anything that has to do with the election. he will stay out of the election probes until other cabinet members are sworn in. here is the exchange with jeff sessions and al franken. >> if there's evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two. and i didn't have my communications with the russians. my reply to the question of senator franken was honest and correct as i understood it at the time. i appreciate that some have taken the view that this was a false comment. that is not my intent. that is not correct. i will write the judiciary committee soon, today and tomorrow, and to explain this testimony for the record. >> and the attorney general continued to defend his answer to the judiciary committee. in an interview wit

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.e are starting with the top stories. >> the government ethics office is criticizing the white houses ref refusal to punish kellyanne conway accusing the administration of undermining the watchdog office. they said it was extraordinary assertion that the white house employees are exempt from some of those regulations. >>> and the state department says secretary rex tillerson has recused himself from any deliberations on the keystonexlx pipeline. >>> and republicans are pushing forward with their obamacare repeal plan despite intense opposition from the party's most conservative members. the legislation aimed to dismantle the affordable care act advanced through two house committe committees. >>> and rolling up his sleeves for a deep dive into that plan, we'll get more from kasie hunt. good morning. >> reporter: alex, good morning. house speaker ryan felt he needed to give a seminar on the health care bill yesterday as they are, republican leaders, are trying to sell something that has r

breanna rodriga is here. >> i'm so happy for ayman and the new baby on a the way as well. louis burgdorf is here as well. they will turn the channel if these aren't two familiar faces for you. he's a familiar place in to everyone. good morning, louis. >> good morning to you. >>> and now to breaking news, the trump administration has until today to provide the house and intelligence committee evidence backing up the president's claim that president obama tapped his phones in the final month of the election. the bipartisan leaders on the committee of intelligence sent a letter asking the intelligence branch to share what it knows by today. this is as some democrats warn to walk away from the republican-led house investigation if they believe it is more interested in protecting the white house than uncovering the truth. yesterday house speaker paul ryan responded to the intelligence committee when asked about the president's wiretapping claims. >> there's been a lot of reporting about this. there's been a lot of reporting. remember, there was an investigation by the intellige

i'm cal perry in for ayman mohyeldin. ayman is off because he and his wife are the proud parents of a new baby girl. there you see her, dora is her name. he's got a good reason to be off early. alex is also off. stephanie gosk is filling in. and louis burgdorf is here. thank you, louis. >> good morning. >> nice to be here, cal. we begin this morning with the latest on a massive winter storm already bringing heavy snow to the northeast. millions of people are in the midst of that nor'easter with several states of emergency already in full effect in major cities effectively shutting down. the storm is working its way up the east coast with washington, d.c. serving as the dividing line between the snow up north and the rain down south. eight states in the northeast are facing blizzard warnings with parts of the region expecting more than a foot of snow. and strong winds up to 50 miles per hour or higher. this is a live look outside the offices here at rockefeller center. it is already coming down. it's a similar scene in phi

al-masri-- the name means he's from egypt-- was a longtime confidant of another egyptian, ayman al-zawahri, who became the leader of al qaeda after bin laden was killed by u.s. navy seals. in the years after 9/11, al-masri fled to iran, where he reportedly spent a decade under h use arrest, but also beyond the reach of american drone strikes. after his release, he went to syria, where al qaeda has been .ttempting to take advantage of the chaos caused by the civil war to establish a new base of operations. al-masri was back in business, but also back in range of drone strikes, and on sunday, the c.i.a. found him one last time. isis is the main target, but now drones have killed about 10 senior al qaeda leaders in syria ng the 2.5 years since the u.s. began conducting air strikes there. scott. >> pelley: david martin across the river at the pentagon. david, thank you. coming up next on the cbs evening news, hundreds of women m o worked for a huge jewelry chain claim they are victims of sexual misconduct. ♪ your body was made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis. before you and your rh

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ayman. reporter: thanks, sean. [inaudible]. who were nos, stood up and said mr. president i'm with you, how many those were and what their names were? >> not yet. not, not trying to be cute about this. i think as we do the whip count, as you can imagine we've got to make sure we don't, this balancing act, you have to make sure people don't fall off the the end as you pick up with certain people. we're keeping that vote total rather tightight now, i feel very buoyed by the direction we're headed in. reporter: sense what specific offer was made? there was report a final offer put on the table for those guys. what specific changes did the president offer them to -- >> not just changes as i mentioned to cecelia. part is some of the administrative stuff. make sure they have reassurances that certain things that, that secretary sebelius enacted when she enrolled the bill or excuse me, enacted the bill, that will be, be acted upon immediately and so there was an enumeration of some of those things and commitment on some of the other aspects of support that would be give

. >> i'm alex witt, alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.now. >>> i know we're all going to make a deal on health care. that's such as easy one. i think it's going to happen quickly because we've all been promising, democrat, republican, we've all been promising that to the american people. i think a lot of good things are going to happen there. >> it's back, health care reform. >> he said health care is going to be easy again. >> it was left for

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not understandable by the ayman. i for one appreciates somebody that talks like a -- you know, like sitting at the dinner table instead of trying to throw in vocabulary that's not understandable by us and being hrown smoking israeli. -- veil. and we all need to realize at the end of the day, we need to live together as one family. host: saratoga springs, new york. democrats line. hi, there. caller: hi. i think gorsuch even though i trump mpathize for the administration should be approved because from what little i know about him, he seems to be highly qualified academically and to his experience, he will be conservative. but you know, as -- since trump is the president and he comes from conservative values, i think he has the right to choose his own picks. unlike the republicans who refuse to act on obama's nominee . i think they should to be ahead and approve this for the sake of the country. host: 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. and for independents, 202-748-8002. if you are just joining f

ayman? >> thanks. on drug prices, congressman elijah cummings was here yesterday and said the president was enthusiastic about his bill to cut drug prices. is the president enthusiastic about that, and if he is, how much pain should drug campaigns be prepared to take? >> ironic you're talking about drug companies and pain. maybe there's a pill for that. but i think the president, as you know, one of the reasons thate reached out to elijah cummings initially is because they share tt and frankly yesterday came to other areas where they can find common ground and work on issues, and i know that dp rug prices is helpg many people get the care they need, but the rising costs is something -- i think as we look at the vehicle in terms of specific legislation, they share a commitment to it and i think that there will be continued follow up, not just between congressman cummings, but others as to what the best legislation is and how we get that home. >> democrats said they are going to drop the bill in two week

ayman? >> on drug prices, elijah cummings was here yesterday. he said the president was enthusiastic about his bill to cut drug prices? is the president enthusiastic about that, and if he is, how much pain should drug companies be prepared to take during this? >> ironic you're talking about drug companies and pain. maybe there's a pill for that. i think the president, as you know, one of the reasons he reached out to elijah cummings is because they share that and yesterday came to a lot of other areas where they can find common ground and work on other issues. and i know that drug prices is something that he understands near and dear is helping many people get the care that they need but the rising cost is something that is -- so as we look at the vehicle in terms of the specific legislation, they share a commitment to it. and i think that there will be continued follow-ups as to what the best piece of legislation is and how we get that home. >> democrats said they'll draft this bill in two weeks. is the president prepared to push -- >> i think

ayman. >> thanks, john. couple questions, one, coal, your actions today the white house is saying they're going to reverse president obama's so-called war on coal. but a lot of people in the coal industry suggest that jobs are just not going to come back in that industry based on the way the industry has changed and technology and other things. does this administration have an estimate of how many jobs would be created as a result of the actions its taken today? >> i'm not aware of one, of an estimate. the president has met with some of the coal miners the other day and senators manchin and capto from west virginia and others from kentucky that were here when we did the eo signing a few days ago. from a mining perspective, the miners and the owners are very, very bullish on this. so the people who are actually in the business, applaud this effort, believe that it will do a lot to revive the industry. it's, obviously, a private industry so i'm not going to get into who does what, but i know that the industry

ayman. >> thanks sean. you mentioned the call with the ceo of anthem health. can you tell me what this proposal means for health insurance companies? will their profits go up or down under the president's proposal. >> i don't think that has been the focus of the president's proposal. it is a not about them. 'about patients. i think what it means for then is they finally get to create more choice and more plans and allow people to choose a plan that fits them of the right now they don't have that choice. frankly in more and more markets companies like anthem, united health, cigna, are pulling out. aetna. because they don't have the choice, and because of the government mandate. i think what we want to do is allow competition and choice to exist so they can offer more options for the american people. >> will those companies make more money under the easy were's plan or less? >> i don't know the answer to that. that's not been the focus of what we are doing now. at the end of the day they are pulling out of market after market leaving americ peoe with fewer and f

see you around, giulia >>> good day, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldimohyeldin.on builds, fbi director james comey will testify at a hearing on monday. will it lay to rest all the talk of trump tower being wiretapped orill it race even more questions? >>> dangerous level. that's the word from the secretary of state today in describing the situation with north korea. i'll talk to the former u.s. ambassador

would you -- what lessons learned here are this was handled and might apply to -- >> ayman, i will weill not give lessons learned in the middle after debate. if you want to stop by over the weekend we can talk about, sit down with you on that. again we're not, right now we're focused on getting the votes. the house is, has a vote scheduled. that is what our focus is. not to figure out, we'll have plenty of time for that. jan? reporter: president simply wash his hands of this today? >> we're not, president will wash his hands several times but i don't know -- reporter: central campaign promise of the president of the united states and -- >> i get it. slow down. turn on c-span, we'll watch this together and we can discuss what happened together. jen? reporter: treasury secretary mnuchin is talking about doing tax reform by the august recess. do you think that is a reasonable timeline? why the rush? are there any rest sons learned from this health care debate? >> again, tax reform is something that we've talked about. there is plenty ever time. i think it's a goal. i think it is ambitiou

i'm alex witt alongside ayman it is jam packed. >> i am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. a new national pride is sweeping across our nation and a new surge of optimism is placing impossible dreams firmly within our grasp. everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. every problem can be solved. and every hurting family can find healing and hope that time for small thinking is over. the time for trivial fights is behind us. we just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts. from now on, america will be empowered by our aspirations, not burdened by our fears. inspired by the future, not bound by failures of the past, and guided by a vision, not blinded, by our doubts. i am asking all citizens to embrace this renewal of the american spirit. i am asking all members of congress to join me in dreaming big and bold and daring things for our country. >> president donald trump, last night, calling on congress and the country to unify. good morning. it's wednesday, march 1st. welcome to "morning

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. it's only tuesday and it's a busy week. we'll start the busy show. >>> i have been authorized by the department of authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi, as part of our counter-intelligence mission, is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. >> you've announced you have this big investigation, but you've got people involved in our government -- secretary of state, for example. these are important players. the longer this hangs out here, the bigger the cloud is. there's a big, gray cloud you've now put over people who have very important work to do to lead this country. so the faster you can get to the bottom of this, it's going to be better for all americans. >> what a day in washington, the chairman of the house committee. >> w

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. next up is "morning joe,". have a good weekend, everybody. >>> this is a commitment he has to enact health care. this is a process that he's committed to and wants to see through because of the goal that he wants to achieve, which is making a more patient-centric health care system. >> at this point, is there acknowledgment there does need to be a plan b? >> no, plan a. >> welcome to "morning joe." another momentous day on capitol hill. plan a, blown apart. the vote didn't take place last night. and after a couple hours of considering his options, the president gave congress a take-it or leave-it option. so this morning everybody is looking at congress and trying to figure out exactly what they are going to do. willie, the freedom caucus has to decide whether to cave to donald trump or whether they are going to hold firm. and a lot of people believe that there's much riding on this, including the reputation of the trump white house. >> joe, good morning to you. we reached a stage in this process now where donal

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> a war front in washington. number one, republicans trying to steer clear of the president's wild, erratic and disturbing accusations about president obama ordering the wiretapping of trump tower. >>> number two, president trump finally announces the revamped version of his controversial executive order on immigration looking a lot like the hotly first one. >>> and three, house republicans finally unveil their long promised bill to repeal and replace obama ca. democrats, of course, on board. but some republicans also not happy with it. we'll get to that. and some cutting and pasting of press releases. an exxon press release. cut and paste by the white house. it's tuesday march 7th, another day. welcome to "morning joe." joe has the morning off. with us veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. senior political analyst for nbc news and msnbc mark halperin. former communications director for ted cruz's 2016 presidential campaign. and now an

. >> i'm alex witt, alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> i know we're all going to make a deal on health care. that's such as easy one. i think it's going to happen quickly because we've all been promising, democrat, republican, we've all been promising that to the american people. i think a lot of good things are going to happen there. >> it's back, health care reform. >> he said health care is going to be easy again. >> it was left for dead after friday's crushing defeat. but a new report says that steve bannon is leading the way to resuscitate the bill. >> that will work. >> this morning senator bernie sanders is going to be our guesting. my daughter is so excited. she waited in line for three hours at johns hopkins to see him speak. he'll be on at 8:30. welcome to "morning joe." it's march 29. with us veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle, former campaign director for ted cruz's campaign, rick tyler, msnbc anchor and political correspondent steve kornacki is with us. "new york times" r

i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and luis burgdorf. "morning joe" coming your way right now. >> do you feel vindicated coming over here? >> i somewhat do. i must tell you i somewhat do. i pretty much appreciated the fact they found what they do but i somewhat do. >> the committee has still not received the intercepts off on other information that the chairman was referring to and, therefore, it is really impossible for us to evaluate any of the merits of what the chairman has said. but i can say this, the chairman will need to decide whether he is the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct which includes allegations. potential krooncoordination or s a surrogate of the white house because he cannot do both. >> welcome to "morning joe." you are taking a look right now at the capitol of the united states which is the center of so much attention. i've got to say in my most quarter of century involved in american politics, i can't remember outside of the beginning of a war or an election or even impeachment. i can't remember

. >> i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> mark and i work hand in hand on this. contrary to maybe popular belief, we're partners to see that this is completed and that we've got a product at the end of the day that we can have bipartisanship in supporting. >> any circumstance in which you wouldn't share with mr. warner your sources? >> he usually knows my sources before i do. >> let me assure you, i've also got his cell phone and he hears from me more than he sometimes likes. >> that's a bipartisan oversight committee and how it's supposed to work. it's also the right thing to do. most lrntly, that's what americans want their members of congress ain the house and senae to do. the senate is doing it right now. unfortunately the house intel committee is not. we'll be talking about that and a lot more. the republican and democratic intel committee in the senate in a share of unity today. we're going to be having three senators including angus king, james langford and susan collins. they, too, a