i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside louis burgdorf.t the morning's top stories for you. we're learning of a second previously undisclosed one-on-one meeting with president trump and president vladimir putin. the white house confirmed that trump got up from his place to speak with putin at a private dinner for leaders and their spouses. one account at the meeting said trump approached putin alone and they spoke for about an hour. now, the dinner was included on the public schedule shielded from the news media. >>> president trump has formally nominated jon huntsman to be ambassador to russia. it was first reported back in march that trump was planning to happen huntsman for the position. huntsman previously served as ambassador to china under president obama and ambassador to singapore under george h.w. bush. >>> and the trump administration has unveiled new sanctions against iran just one day after recertifying to congress that iran was in compliance with the terms of the iran nuclear deal. the new sanctions, though, are not related to

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin.me from? they're pointing to a protesters. honestly, if you don't point, no one is going to know he's here. he's a young one, going back home to mommy. he's in trouble. he's in trouble. and i'll bet his mommy voted for us, right? sometimes they say he doesn't act presidential. it's so easy to act presidential but that's not going to get it done. in fact, i said it's much easier, by the way, to act presidential than what we're doing here tonight, believe me. with the exception of the late, great abraham

it's wednesday, july 5th, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.ensions on the korean peninsula are reaching new heights as concern grows that missiles for north korea are growing closer to reaching the united states. now in a joint military exercise as the united states and south korea have fired warning missiles into the territorial waters off the south korea, it comes after what secretary of state rex tillerson confirms was an intercontinental ballistic missile. south korea's newly elected president says reacting nearly in a statement of its own. in a series of trumps, president trump tweets, north korea has just launched another missile. does this guy have anything better to do with this life? hard to believe that south korea has anything and japan will put up with this much longer. it appears to be a test of icbm by the north korean regime. the missile flew for about 39 minutes before crashing into the sea of japan within japan's exclusive economic zone. or state-led media, north korea says that the nation is now, quote, a proud nuclear state.

. >>> good morning, everyone, it's wednesday, july 12th, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. well, apparently under pressure from "the new york times" donald trump jr. released e-mails in which he enthusiastically greeted an offer from a russian intermediary. understand the subject line, russia-clinton-private and confidential. and rob goldstone wrote. the crown prosecutor of russia met with his father this morning and their meeting offered to provide the trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate hillary and her dealings with. and especially later in the summer. on june 7th, goldstone to wrote to set up the meeting and identified as the russian government attorney flying over from moscow. junior told that paul manafort would likely attend with him. this despite trump junior saying in his revised sunday statement, in quote, i asked jared and paul to attend but told them nothing of the substance. trump junior said he was releasing the e-mails. and yesterday, president trump released a short statement saying my son is

. >>> good morning, everyone, it's wednesday, july 12th, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian

i'm ayman mohyeldin along louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> we won and won.victory, there is no way to 270. you know, i went to maine four times because it one vote and we won. it was will the prpand we worked hard there pup know, my opponent didn't work hard there. the polls, that's also fake news. they're fake polls. but the polls will say but we won wisconsin. >> what was going on there? today could be the most consequential moment yet for the trump presidency and donald trump is still talking about hillary clinton. speak being last night to the national boy scott jamboree. today he'll find out whether republican go and if the health care vote wasn't enough, joe, today his son-in-law meets with house investigators over questions about russia

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. >>> good morning.w have reached its pinnacle. it has now expanded to the west wing taking on the department of justice. and anthony scaramucci referred chief of sta

joining me, christopher mets letter and ayman mohyeldin. ayman, i am going to start with you.ing for many reasons, the close ties the united states has to qatar, 11,000 troops there, the seeming western orientation in terms of partnering with american institutions. do you get the sense in the reporting that there's anything to that "vanity fair" headline, that jared kushner may be pushing for this taking the saudi arabian side for business rather than geopolitical reasons? >> that's a very difficult question to answer because it boils down to intentions, personal intentions and knowing what's in the mind of jared kushner and whether or not he has any personal grievances against qatar. hard for me to answer that question. i can tell you from my own reporting, having spoken to officials on both sides, even those that were close to working out that deal was in fact that there was a time in which the kushner family properties tried to secure funding from a private citizen in qatar who you mentioned was at the time former prime minister of the country for the amount of $500 billion

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. >>> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." we've seen plenty of chaos but it may now have reached its pinnacle. it has now expanded to the west wing taking on the department of justice. and anthony scaramucci referred chief of sta chief of staff reince priebus over to the fbi for a possible leak of his forms. >> we have president of the council offn foreign relations, richard haas, national political reporter for nbc news carol lee, political editor for "the daily beast" and nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt. does anybody here know who gary kasparov is? he's spent years speaking out against vladimir putin. he knows a thing or two about oug autocrats. "who do my supporters hate?" . he was responding to donald trump's tweets yesterday. it was as kasparov called it, an autocratic distraction, calculated red meat, a cynical attempt to distract, from his failure to get a health bill passed and the ongoing investigation closing in on himself on family. this morning the west wing continues to pu

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" is next. >> where the hell did he come from? they're pointing to a protesters. honestly, if you don't point, no one is going to know he's here. he's a young one, going back home to mommy. he's in trouble. he's in trouble. and i'll bet his mommy voted for us, right? sometimes they say he doesn't act presidential. it's so easy to act presidential but that's not going to get it done. in fact, i said it's much easier, by the way, to act presidential than what we're doing here tonight, believe me. with the exception of the late, great abraham lincoln, i can be more presidential than any president that's ever held this office. that i can tell you. >> the president of the united states continues to hammer his own attorney general after laying off senate republicans long enough for them to narrowly push ahead debating the issue of health care. when it came down to actually voting on a comprehensive plan, joe, packed with new amendments, it was soundly defeated. according to the