i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. president trump will touch down later this morning ahead of his summit with kim jong-un. kim arrived by train and the pair will meet briefly tomorrow night before having dinner. president trump said he and north korean leader fell in love due to the beautiful letters kim sends him. has recently taken to twitter to promote what he claims are the economic prospects waiting for the dprk. he has recently tweeted he looks forward to quote advancing the cause of world peace while hedging on the possibility of decnuclearization. prior to departing washington yesterday the commander-in-chief addressed the upcoming summit. >> right after this meeting i leave for vietnam where i meet with chairman kim and we talk about something that, frankly, he never spoke to anybody about, but we're speaking and speaking loudly and we can have a very good summit. i think we'll have a tremendous summit. we want decnuclearization. and i think he'll have a country that will set a lot of records for speed in ter

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. president trump's summit with north korea's kim jong-un has come to an abrupt end with no deal reached. >> president trump is making the long trip home, wrapping up his closing news conference in vietnam. it was decidedly shorter than the one he delivered after the singapore summit back in june. here he is discussing why the u.s. had to quote, walk away. >> we thought, and i thought, and secretary pompeo felt that it wasn't a good thing to be signing anything. we had some options and at this time we decided not to do any of the options and we'll see where that goes. it was a very interesting two days. i think, actually, it was a very productive two days. sometimes you have to walk and this was just one of those times. this was not a walk away like you get up and walk out. this was very friendly. we shook hands. you know -- >> do you think it was premature to hold this summit since these things weren't tied down. i wonder if you could sketch out what the next few months look like. >> y

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. happy valentine's day everyone. trying to spread the love. new in the russia probe a federal judge ruled paul manafort lied to the special counsel's team on at least three issues and now federal prosecutors are no longer bound by a deal to recommend a lighter sentence for trump's former campaign chairman. in a written order the judge ruled manafort lied to the fbi, the special counsel's office and the mueller grand jury about payments made by an unidentified firm a and to a law firm and the matter was material to their investigation. the judge also ruled that manafort made multiple false statements about his interactions and communications with konstantin kilimnik who the fbi has linked to russian intelligence and manafort made false statements in october of last year that were material to another justice department investigation. the judge said that prosecutors failed to show that manafort lied in two other instances. this new ruling could affect the severity of punishment for manafo

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.f the hour. let's start with the morning top hours. virginia's house speaker is renewing calls for ralph northam resignation over a racist photo from the governor's yearbook page but stopped calling for his impeachment. >> i think there's a rightful hesitation about removal from office because, obviously, you have to consider that to some degree you overturn an election. impeachment, that's a very high standard. so i think that's why we've called for the resignation. we hope that's what the governor does. i think that would obviously be less pain for everyone. >> so white house counsel kellyanne conway weighed in on the northam controversy yesterday. >> if somebody did a quick focus group or wrote the stuff for him to write. i'm so sorry for what i did. now it's 24 hours later i didn't do it but i might want to moon walk. >> what the president's aide did not mention is president trump once apologized to the "access hollywood" tape but then later raised the prospect with allies that it

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. it's the bottom of the hour.morning's top stories. the wave of scandals hitting virginia's government continues to grow. the state's attorney general has now admitted he too had once appeared in black face. this virginia's governor and lieutenant governor continue to fight for their political futures. nbc news jeff bennett has more from richmond. >> reporter: in the former capital of the confederacy two scandals re-opening old wounds on race and a claim of sexual assault throwing the commonwealth's leadership into crisis. virginia attorney general mark herring now admits he too once wore black face. herring in a statement of apology says in 1980 he and a group of college friends put on what he called wigs and brown makeup to attend a party dressed like rappers we listened to at the days. just days after ralph northam apologized for his own black face photo. northam now denies being in the photo while recalling and regretting having darkened his skin to dress up like michael jackson for a dance contest in 1984. >>

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. we begin with the breaking news. congressional negotiators say they reached an agreement in principle to avoid another government shutdown by the end week.s the deal woulds provide more money for border security but doesn't include any funds to build new walls along the southern border. multiple sources tells msnbc news the deal includes $1.3 billion for 55 miles of border barrier. also in the form of enhancements like steel slats and other existing technologies. homeland security would receivec about $1.7 billion in new funding for border security and democrats dropped their demand r to limit the number of people whor can be detained by immigration enforcement but put a limit onn the number of beds for detainedr immigrants. lawmakers are hoping president trump gets on board with this wi deal but a white house official told nbc news late last night quote we have to see the offer. coming up, congresswoman ni nita lowey will be be a guest on "morning joe".es >> lawmakers were announcing

it's monday, february 11th, 2019 i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. we're starting off the week with the threat of another government shutdown. it's looming as a real possibility as of today. last friday aides and lawmakers appeared optimistic they could reach a deal by today but now negotiations have stalled. one of the main sticking points is the number of additional beds to give to immigration and custom enforcement to detain immigrants who come across the border. democrats have proposed reducing the number of beds, the more humane policy is to let asylum seekers without criminal records to be released while they await their proceedings. senator shelby didn't appear optimistic about the chances of reaching a deal ahead of friday's deadline. >> i think the talks have stalled right now. i'm hoping we can get off the dime later today or in the morning because time is ticking away. but we got some problems with the democrats dealing with i.c.e., that is detaining criminals that come in to the u.s. and they want to cap on them. we don't want a cap on th

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin yossoughian. >>> the president is preparing for his second summit with jkim jong-un. he said he and kim expect the progress made at the first progress in singapore. he also thanked china's xi for his support adding the sanctions placed on the border between china and russia have been helpful. last year the u.n. reported those sanctions on fuel shipment and trade have been rendered ineffective due to moscow and beiji beijing's actions. at the time mike pompeo and nikki haley called out russia for actively attempting to undermip andunde undermine and evade north korean sanctions. the president tweet eed yesterd chairman kim realizes perhaps better than anyone else that without nuclear weapons his country could fast become one of the greatest economic powers anywhere in the world because of its location and people and him. it has more potential for rapid growth than any other nation. here's how the presidents did scribe e described his goals for the summit on friday. >> drawing down u.s. troops a consideration in your upcoming summit with kim jong-un?

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i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside louis burgdorf. we begin with muj headlines.cussed the mueller report, his upcoming summit with kim jong-un and once again said he doesn't have to take advice from his own intelligence chiefs. kelly o'donnell breaks it down for us. >> reporter: donald trump's playbook, follow his own gut. >> i had intel people that doesn't mean i have to agree. >> reporter: after undercutting his own intelligence team as naive as they assessed iran's threat level on capitol hill the president's approach sounds more like trust but defy. >> i am going to trust the intelligence that i'm putting there, but i will say this. my intelligence people, if they said, in fact, that iran is a wonderful kindergarten, i disagree with them 100%. >> reporter: the president-disputes advisers that argues north korea is not likely to give up its nuclear weapons. heading into a second summit with kim jong-un. >> the meeting is set. he's looking forward to it. i'm looking forward it. >> reporter: deference towards his cabinet could play out differently with the speci

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.rump's summit with north korea's kim jong-un has come to an abrupt end with no deal reached. >> president trump is making the long trip home, wrapping up his closing news conference in vietnam. it was decidedly shorter than the one he delivered after the singapore summit back in june. here he is discussing why the u.s. had

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.e us in the 9th circuit, even though it shouldn't be there and we will possibly get a bad ruling and we'll end up in the supreme court, and maybe we'll get a bad shake. >> i'm going to sign these papers purposely and the ruling will not go in my favor, and i'll call

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.t's not the way congress is supposed to be run. you're supposed to go to congress, make a deal, go and talk to people, get the guys in there. whether you're republican or democrat you're supposed to all get together and you're supposed to make a deal but he couldn't make a deal because it's not his thing. >> oh, like so much in the trump administration, you have to pretend like history started at the 2016 election to believe much of anything he says. and even that he plays around with. good morning. >> mike pence did the same thing when he was governor of indiana, shaking his head, i think it's a weak president, attacking barack obama. >> such a disappointment. >> just for issuing presidential orders. in emergency order goes so far beyond that, this is a direct violation of constitutional rights that our founders gave members of congress. wow. what a way t

the news continues with my colleague ayman mohyeldin. >> how many takes did it take her to get that one? >> i'm sure they fell on her butt a few times. still -- >> lock as yng as you get the j. >> yes. >>> and a lot to break down this hour. including fighting back. democrats moving into action mode today ready to throw everything they have at president trump's national emergency declaration. from the halls of congress to federal courthouse and everything in between. what did they say? that's the question that has always loomed over donald trump and vladimir putin's private conversations. now members of congress want the answer, and they think they have a way to get it. and the sounds of silence. a chilly reception for vice president mike pence and his daughter ivanka trump at an international meeting where donald trump wasn't there but clearly on the minds of everyone else. a lot more than coming up, but we begin to break down this hour with taking sides and preparing lawsuits. that's where we stand two days in to a national emergency that was declared by president trump. watch this. >>

colleague ayman mohyeldin. >>> a lot to break down this hour. the calendar says 2019, but don't be fooled. 2020 is already in full force and underway. senator amy klobuchar just announcing her presidential run. joining a long list of candidates. each hoping for the shot at unseating donald trump. and shutdown part ii. what once seemed inconceivable now seems entirely possible. another government shutdown as negotiations on a deal to appear, at least appears to be crashing and burning as of today. and new details of the chaos engulfing virginia now. the governor saying again he won't step down over a blackface controversial and his lieutenant governor vowing to stay despite serious sexual assault and rape allegations. we begin with another name added to the list of contenders. democratic contenders, that is. all want to be president. in a frigid and snow-drenched minnesota, senator amy klobuchar kicking off her campaign just a short time ago. her message -- emphasizing her heart and the heartland. >> i stand before you as the granddaughter of an

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the news continues with my colleague ayman mohyeldin. >> how many takes did it take her to get that one> and a lot to break down this hour. including fighting back. democrats moving into action mode today ready to throw everything they have at president trump's national emergency declaration. from the halls of congress to federal courthouse and everything in between. what did they say? that's the question that has always loomed over donald trump and vladimir putin's private conversations. now members of congress want the answer, and they think they have a way to get it. and the sounds of silence. a chilly reception for vice president mike pence and his daughter ivanka trump at

i'm ayman mohyeldin.hour including the waiting game as we all wait on the highly anticipated release of robert mueller's final report on the russia investigation. house democrats now say they have a plan in place if newly installed attorney general bill barr decides not to allow the report to go public. take two. president trump preparing for a second meeting with north korea's kim jong-un. we preview what to expect and why democrats are demanding more transparency this time around, and 2020 vision. the democratic contenders are out in force in several key states making their appeals to voters early. the very latest from the campaign trail. and inside mar-a-lago. a very exclusive look inside the president's massive 62,000 square-foot complex known at the winter white house. that is coming up. we want to begin this hour with a new threat from house democrats to the trump administration that the public

the news continues with my colleague ayman mohyeldin. >>> a lot to break down this hour. the calendar says 2019, but don't be fooled. 2020 is already in full force and underway. senator amy klobuchar just announcing her presidential run. joining a long list of candidates. each hoping for the shot at unseating donald trump. and shutdown part ii. what once seemed inconceivable now seems entirely possible. another government shutdown as negotiations on a deal to appear, at least appears to be crashing and burning as of today. and new details of the chaos engulfing virginia now. the governor saying again he won't step down over a blackface controversial and his lieutenant governor vowing to stay despite serious sexual

i'm in for ayman mohyeldin. a lot to get to.view. the president hits hard. >> she's costing the country hundreds of billions of dollars, because what's happening is when you have a porous border and trugs pouring in and people dieing all over the country because of people like nancy pelosi, who don't want to give proper border security for political reasons, she's doing a terrible disservice to our country. >> with less than two weeks to find a solution to the gridlock in washington over border security, will he ultimately have another government shutdown? the fallout and battle with virginia governor ralph northam from apology to public denial about his future in question. >> when my staff showed me the photo in question yesterday, i was seeing it for the first time. when i was confronted with the images yesterday i was appalled that they appeared on my page, but i believe then and now that i am not either of the people in that photo. >> could his refusal to back down damage the democrats? executive time. we'll dive into brand

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> and they will sue us in the 9th circuit, even though it shouldn't be there and we will possibly get a bad ruling and we'll end up in the supreme court, and maybe we'll get a bad shake. >> i'm going to sign these papers purposely and the ruling will not go in my favor, and i'll call my friend kavanaugh and i can just plead insanity and my personal hell of playing president will finally be over. >> bless you. so the first one was the president. >> yes. >> and the second one was "saturday night live" poking fun at the president and his whole sing song moment in friday's rose garden event. >> saturday night may have been the best one, it may have been alec baldwin at his best. the reason why is because you actually saw -- a friend told me it reminded him of when tina fey was at her best at sarah palin, when it got to the point where you really didn't know where tina fey stopped and sarah palin began. and that's actually what's happening now. that sing so

ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >> and some really bad things happened to otto, so really, really bad things. but but he tells me he didn't know about it and i will take him at his word. >> i have great confidence in my intelligence people, but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> i spoke with the king, i spoke with the crown prince yesterday and he strongly said that he had nothing to do with this. this was at a lower level. >> he's convinced that kim jong un didn't know anything about the deadly abuse of an american college student. he takes vladimir putin's word that russia didn't hack the 2016 election and he believes the saudi crown prince wasn't involved in the murder of jamal khashoggi. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, february 28th. the president's comments on believing kim jong un came in his news conference this morning in hanoi. right now president trump is making the long trip home after hi