again, i have a great deal of respect for bob costas.-- >> tucker: your changing my opinion -- >> i think it's unfair to football. >> tucker: i came in with a totally different view and you won me over. let's see if you can do it on the second topic. the veterans ad encouraging people to stand during the super bowl, the nfl turned it down. should they have? >> yeah, i think they should. i think the nfl has worked very hard to get the protests and the kneeling out of the nfl and away from they discussion as opposed to discussing football. again, i think everyone should stand for the national anthem. i think the nfl should pass a rule requiring their players to do that. but i also think the nfl has made the right decision here by running this ad, you risk making this the talking point rather than the game. you have worked very hard to calm the handful of players, the 1% of players that were protesting, you fought all season to get that out of people's faces so we can get back to enjoying football and now these guys want to come back in and

>> i have a great deal of respect for bob costas.rs of my lifetime. but i think he stated that football basically kills your brain and i think nbc has made the absolute right decision right here and removing him from the super bowl. listen -- i think bob is a great broadcaster. but that platform, the super bowl, is for a celebration of the game that i think is great. it is high risk. it is a combat sport, no different than boxing, no different than ufc or mixed martial arts. there is some risk to edward --dash risk to it. it's a great game and not platform for a guy who is clearly anti-football. >> tucker: you can to be pro football and concerned about the brain damage? >> you can absolutely be concerned. i'm a former college football player. i'm concerned about the brain damage. but i do not think football kills your brain. i do not think that football is so dangerous that we need to be movingm away from football. look, man, life is a game of risk. football has done many, many things for many, many people, like myself. football isba

bob costa, take me back inside the white house because wolff quoted, it's not just bannon, he quoted a string of insults that he says came from members of the inner circle. i'm talking mnuchin, mcmaster. last year, we were all aghast it was just tillerson calling the president a moron. now you've got steve mnuchin, a guy who every single time he's on tv performs what we call the fall mnuchin. how do they go back to the meeting with president trump, once the president sees all these quotes, including moron, dope, idiot, dumb-dumb? >> we're going to have to, as reporters, go back and check these quotes. it's a complicated process because much of this book is done -- not on the record, some of it is, but the reporting way of deep background. so quotes are attributed to people but sourced in an anonymous way. this kind of book, that's how it seems to be done these days. it's hard to pinpoint a quote on people. a lot of these quotes are attributed verbatim. that's going to complicate people's political status within the administration. we've seen some quotes attributed to katie walsh, one

. >> bob costa, when republicans and you're reporting today, what does it tell us when the republicans are reporting that the fbi is bad, does that change your mind at all? >> there's concerns there's an institutional battle between the institution of the republican party, and the institution the republican party has long venerated, the justice department. they want to move forward with this scrutiny, though they cautioned me today, if this memo is released, they don't think it's going to have that significant of an impact in the public consciousness just because it goes after the service warrants but it's not as explosive as it seems to be portrayed by some of its proponents. >> joyce vance, what do you think? >> it's interesting, nunez obviously has some history with the white house in doing their bidding, if he's not their water boy explicitly, he's doing an awfully good job of carrying their water, in respect to this russia investigation, and all eyes have been looking toward the memo for days. so at the end of the day, this memo and its release ease appea be very critically viewed

bob costa, carol lee, michael schmidt, thank you all so very much. and we now have california congressman adam schiff, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, that committee voted to release the memo and refused to release the democratic alternative memo. congressman, you've had a late night so thank you very much for being here and being here on set. try to explain what you think is going on with devin nunez. a lot of people are asking why wasn't he recused from the russia investigation. i think the answer is the ethics committee cleared him of any impropriety regarding that unmasking diversion, but is he now front and center and pushed his colleague over to the side? >> the chronology is march 20th we had an open hearing to kick off the investigation with james comey. comey announces at that hearing there's an ongoing investigation of the trump campaign and its contacts with russia. the white house viewed that as a disaster. the committee of republicans viewed it as a disaster. the next day the chairman went on the midnight run and wo

. >> bob costa, the president talked about a merit-based system. and we know he said he doesn't want people from these countries. but frank lutz tweeted out today, remember, he's a republican pollster that 43% of people from african nations have bachelor degrees or higher, which is more than the overall american population. and twice as many nigerian americans have a graduate degree as white americans. you could go to a hospital in chicago and there are more ethiopian doctors than there are in ethiopia. so besides racist, it's absolutely ill informed and, dare i say, flat-out stupid. >> stephanie, beyond the racial vulgarity at play here with these offensive comments, you see a real political problem for the president. he was talking about signing an immigration deal. now because of these comments democrats on capitol hill tell me this morning they feel they have leverage in the negotiations on all of the issues you mentioned. that their base now is clamoring for them to get more gains in these discussions group see the white house really against t

. >> to that point, bob costa, i think isn't that why any other presidency, the porn star story would be front-page headlines. which it has been. but it hasn't resonated. there's this porn star that apparently trump lawyers paid off, what, a year after he married melania. do you know what i'm even talking about? it's not interesting for some reason it's not even passing the smell test as news. what's going on? and is it part of what jonathan is talking about? where he sort of desensitized the entire ecosystem. with unbelievable behavior and accusations of the news being fake. >> well on that particular point, more reporting needs to be done. the president's conduct for any president is always something that's under scrutiny. >> it doesn't seem to be here. >> bob, it would have destroyed any other president. >> i'm going to see if one trump supporter in this group here even -- >> in a week. and this does go to evangelicals. who were so judgmental about bill clinton and his behavior. and you heard it from preachers day in and day out. how can we live in a country that blah blah blah. ev

we're joined on the phone now bob costas bald and reynolds he is joining us from los angeles what more are you hearing about this rob. well elizabeth there are nami warning sirens going off in the city of kodiak alaska that one of the areas closest to the apis center of this earthquake city of six thousand where police and other officials are urging people to get to higher ground brothers south along the coast of alaska and british columbia already have declared her a tsunami warning also telling people to get away from the shore move to higher ground and do so as quickly as possible the warning includes the cities the city of vancouver of course a very large city on the west coast of canada and also communities along the strait of juan de fuca this is the probably the largest. most heavily inhabited area in the immediate path of the tsunami warning further south along the shores of the united states state of washington and oregon and california there is a tsunami watch in effect a lower level of alert people they're being urged to. stand by for further information and the watch extend

. >> politico reporter for the washington post and moderator of washington week on pbs bob costa. bob, it's fascinating when you said before that when you started talking to donald trump, he would talk to you about his great ratings. hey, look at my great ratings and you said you mean poll numbers? and here we have yesterday donald trump actually looking at the presidency, it's no surprise, and that cabinet room as a sound stage. >> reporter: it was a surreal scene in american politics talking to aids to both democrats and republican the lawmakers who were in that him radio, they saiding well, maybe it can jolt us towards a deal. these discussions are so intricate, intense to have it play out on television. it boosted the president white house aids say in the sense he tried to combat this narrative that's been building in the media conversation about his fitness for office in the national political circle about his fitness for office. but whether this actually leads towards a deal on d.r.e.a.m.ers, it remains to be scene. they haven't made too much progress. the president continues

bob costa, what do you think this dynamic would be like? if romney decides to get in this race, it seems as though he has a pretty clear path to winning and that could potentially set him up on this stage here in washington opposite the president. my sources are saying that we might be surprised by how much he might not go after the president but what's your sense of how that dynamic would play out and what it would mean? >> if elected, romney would have to make a choice, would he be a foil for president trump, would it be someone who at this stage in his career really wanted to be a voice for the republican establishment and a more moderate, global form of politics or try to be a party leader and he's younger than many people in the party are still leaders on both sides and so while people close to him say he'd be a statesman, he'd work with the president when he wanted to and disagree like he did in charlottesville, he'd weigh in. and people really say he sees that as a possibility. if trump does not run for reelection, he sees himself re

what's more troubling is when you read through bob costa partnering the report in the "washington post" is that a president at 10:15 in the morning can say come on over, let's talk about this maybe we have a deal. and at noon would say absolutely not. because a couple of people got to him and said it's bad for your base. it's bad for the 30% of people who elected you, so blow up the deal. >> not only did the white house not deny it initially, the president of the united states according to eric ericsson and several others, the president of the united states was calling around people, bragging that he had used the language. >> thursday night. >> bragging that he had called them. whether you want to say s-hole or s-house. he was bragging while tom cotton, the dhs secretary, and david pardue were getting ready to lie. lie -- let me say again, lie. lie. they were lying to their constituents, they were lying to the american people. they were lying to the press. all to cover up the fact that the president of the united states is a bigot. >> so why would -- why would tom cotton do that? >> as

bob costa, what is the mind set of the republicans and the democrats?obviously know they're facing long odds already in the fall. measure for us, if you will what is your take on how both parties are feeling as we go into a work week? >> joe, there are two meetings to pay attention to this morning -- 10:00 a.m. outside of moderate republican susan collins' office, you will have a group of 20 centrists coming together saying this k they push the leadership in both parties to move forward at this noon vote and get a commitment from leader mcconnell, a firmer commitment on a daca vote and the democrats come along at 11:00 a.m., there's another meeting. that t democrat senate democrats. pay attention to red state democrats. how much pressure do they put on leader schumer to get this bill, this cr, they call it, the short-term funding bill, passed today to reopen the government. what do they really need to hear from mcconnell on immigration in order to vote yes? >> jon meacham, your latest piece in "time" magazine is entitled "50 years after 1968 we are stil

and something else from inside the white house is a growing acceptance that likely bob costa will have another punt. in the next ten days by next friday, it is not like all of a sudden everyone is coming together and there is a big deal on daca and budget caps and everything else. they need more time. i want to know if that is the sense you're getting from folks you have been talking to. >> well, that's the sense i'm picking up in my reporting on a variety of fronts. it's on the fiscal deal they're talking about, and even about the dreamer program. could they extend the permits for the young thousand undocumented immigrants past the march 1st deadline. because they know they still want to work this out. and each side is prepared for a standoff. >> talk broadly for me for a second. step back, look at this from 30,000 feet. because your colleagues, somebody we know well, james homan, had a post today that said, the president is similar atticly alienating the latino group. you talk about what happened in el salvador with the administration pulling back on temporary protective status for p

. >> to bob costas point, this is a hard sell to make it the schumer shutdown.nless you're watching msnbc or fox or cnn -- sg peop >> people should be watching. >> where's the impasse and how do you fix it? >> i think you've alluded to o two things as i've been listening to you. one is perhaps there are a group of senators who, let's be honest, it's a 60 vote rule over the senate to ground things to halt yesterday. the house did its work earlier in the week and sent the four week spending bill over to the senate. the senate couldn't muster 60 votes last night. the other option would be maybe it's time to do away with the 60 vote. there's plenty of us on the house side who long for that day. >> a lot of people say it's moderated more than the house as a result of that 60-vote rule. there's some days the house seems a little unruly and in the throes of the emotions of some extreme members of congress. >> we reflect what our districts are relating to us. democrats ran the house and senate. decided that budgetary votes were very, very difficult and that they budget

and before anybody scoffs, i remember in 2013 and 2014 when there was trump buzz and bob costa at "the. people were giving him guff. why are you writing about this? i mean, who knows. >> i am not in the business of saying anything is impossible anymore, but i do think the point is right that being a political candidate and running for office means you develop a lot more enemies than being a tv host, being someone who is a philanthropist pivo philanthropist, gets to do all of the nice and fun things. politics isn't all of the nice and fun things. gallup asks every year who is the most admired man and woman, going back a number of years, oprah is always in the hunt, always in the top three among most admired american women. however, just by being admired doesn't always mean you'll be president. the person who has topped that list for the last two decades was hillary rodham clinton. >> you're a democratic operative. if you'll pardon the expression. don't you think if she entered the race she would jump to the top of the heap? >> i do. i have no idea if she's going to run. i don't know wha

bob costa, same thing.he truth about the white house but has to go back the next day. >> i'm getting some incoming from the daily journalists who cover this, because they see this in a daily journalism context instead of seeing this as a book. a book is an entirely different thing. i am telling a story. i am pulling this together. i am trying to -- i am trying to put the reader right where i was on the couch in the west wing. >> the criticism of michael's book, though is that he doesn't get everything exactly right. that's what happens when you interview a thousand different people and everybody comes from their own version. there are things people said to you about us and our show, not accurate, but i certainly know when i read it, i know which person you were talking to in the white house. it's a completely -- it's not a front page story for the new york times or "the washington post." it's a much bigger picture. >> we'll talk about whether that are arm his critics to michael wol wolff's book. we'll take

bob costa, let me ask you, if you could, best as you can, give us a reading.t's the barometer of republicans on the hill looking at ron johnson, for instance, claiming there is a secret society aimed at launching a coup against the president. devin nunes trying to release memos that russian bots want him to release, russian intelligence services want him to release but that trump's own justice department says that would be dangerous. what are rank-and-file republicans thinking of this madness? >> based on my reporting at the capitol, joe, it depends on which side of the capitol you're at. house republicans are starting to share the nunes perspective and they are really a tight-knit group when it comes to this issue about the memo talking to the president with the freedom caucus. >> they were on the phone with him this week. mean while if the senate, senate republicans are much more in the richard brr caurr camp, they're of different kinds of questions of the country's justice department and the mueller probe and they are wary of the republican party moving to

bob costa, first question, why is devin nunes still involved so much in a russian probe where he supposedlyhy is he still involved in it? secondly, will paul ryan really allow this intel community to move forward and release a memo that the russians want released, that russia bots want released but that but that donald trump's own justice department says would be extraordinarily reckless? >> well, to answer your ryan question, think about house majority leader kevin mccarthy on sunday saying when he was asked about all the efforts to protect the mueller investigation he said it's not yet needed to have any kind of protective measure for that investigation. why does he say that? because as the number two in the house and ryan the speaker knows this as well, there's a growing appetite among house republicans i'm talking to each day who have read this memo privately, who want to see it moved forward. and there is some worry among the republican leader shship an this could cause a crisis. these republicans right now, today, this morning, are talking about if this memo is release there had shoul

. >> all right, bob costa, thank you so much, always great to have you on. still ahead on "morning joe," the economist asks "is it really this bad?" the magazine's new issue devils into the first year of the trump presidency and we'll bring in former ambassador nicholas burns on the global impact of all this. we'll talk to nick burns along with david ignatius and this week senator jeff flake is set to speak from the senate floor taking direct aim at president trump's attack on the media comparing them to, obviously, the stall inninist terminology stalin used back in the '30s and '40s. we're joined live by the outgoing senator here on "morning joe." we'll be right back. i did what you said, doc... ...changed everything. you switched to the capital one quicksilver card. and how do you feel? [sighs] like a burden's been lifted. those other cards made you sign up for bonus cash back. then they change categories on you every few months. then you had to keep signing up! you...deserve...better. now get out there and keep earning that 1.5% cash back on every purchas

costa? >> that's something bob mueller's going to have to decide, based on all of his interviews with these witnesses about the president's intend, about the president's conduct. what really explains it. we could have a situation developing is that capitol hill, congress, might have to end up deciding how to evaluate and put a cost, if any, on the president's behavior. not necessarily the special counsel. if they choose to not move forward with an indictment or not move forward with any kind of legal proceeding. congress could still act. that's why politics matters. because if the democrats take over the house, they already say they've seen enough to perhaps move forward with impeachment. >> all right. then i want to go through, because if there is obstruction, it is about showing a pattern. and with nbc's reporting, we can add to the list of trump's actions or alleged actions in connection with the russia investigation. i want to go through the list. you ready for this? he reportedly pressured comey to back off the flynn investigation. he fired fbi director james comey. he told russians th

> and let me just read this headline one more time from your paper, robert costa, news breaking in the last 30 minutes that bob mueller seeks to question donald trump about flynn and comey departures. chuck, let me ask you to speak to whether or not from a prosecutor standpoint, if you have a witness like jeff sessions who's been engage e eda pretty hostile public feud with the president, the president taking to twitter and taking to the rose garden. i think i have some of it. president in the rose garden talking about being disapointed in the attorney general. let's watch that. >> well, i don't think i am doing that, but i am disappointed in the attorney general. he should not have recused himself almost immediately after he took office, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me prior to taking office and i would have quite simply picked somebody else. i'm very disappointed with the attorney general, but we will see what happens. time will tell. time will tell. >> chuck, is it even legal to say "if he was going to recuse hil himself, he should have told me prior to taking office and i woul

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bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >>> take it easy out there. in the east bay, flooding in contra costa county.e a look at that. new video into the news room that is just under highway 4. the water splashing up as the cars are driving through. this is just after midnight as some of the heaviest rain is falling. meteorologist, kari hall, going to continue to track the storm for us throughout the morning, both on air and online. you can follow her on twitter or you can download the free nbc bay area app and get live radar to your phone. know when that rain is hitting your neighborhood. >>> a san francisco police officer in jail in morning, accused of sexually asaursaultia person unconscious or asleep. he was arrested late yesterday while off duty. he is a four-year veteran of the force, suspended without pay. we don't know a lot of details about the alleged assault. we know the officer, he was known in the community for spearheading a valentine's campaign. he put together gift bags and delivered to local shelters and homeless women in the city. >>> sonoma county deputies say a family therapist as

bob.& >> we appreciate that. >>> 7:34 on this tuesday morning. some bad news here. two families with ties to our area being remembered, after they were killed in that, plane crash in costa rica. >> such a tragedy because they went down there for the holidays and then they were new years eve, and they are flying from one location in costa rica to another and their plane crash west horrific, horrible results. lets get out to thomas drayton to explain. >> reporter: only a minute after taking off plane went down it was their dream vacation as they called it, two families long time friends chartered ape single engine plane and it crashed in the wood shortly after taking off on tsunami day. we know awe -- sunday. we now all 12 were killed. university of pennsylvania freshman 18 year-old william steinberg died in the crash with his parents bruce and irene, and their two brothers, 20 year-old zach and 13 year-old matthew. steinberg family fridays scars dale, new york. also killed in the crash two doctors, doctor mitchell and doctor leslie wise with her teenage daughters hanna and their sonny should say teenage daughter and their son ari. they used to live in montgomery county b