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 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 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'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

richard lui is in for ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf is in studio as well.et's start you off with the morning's top stories. >>> 99 days later the president is on the verge of the century mark. this morning he's turning heads about a comment about north korea and remarks like this in an interview with reuters. quote, i loved my previous life. i had so many things going. this is more work than in my previous life. i thought it would be easier. >>> fresh off his recent t.e.d. talk, pope francis is headed to egypt for a two-day visit. it's the first papal visit to egypt since pope john paul ii and after several terrorist attacks. keir simmons will join us shortly live from cairo. >>> could be a messy morning commute in the nation's capital. officials are waiting to see if a planned si-outy members of d.'s metro's largest lor unn materializes. metro officials say they received nearly 500 requests for advanced absences for friday, all of which were denied. metro employees are reportedly protesting a new agency absenteeism policy requiring employees to give a 72-a

louis burgdorf is in studio with us. the border wall was the centerpiece of the president's campaign. it's now become a sticking point to keep the government open. at issue, a spending bill that includes $1.4 billion just to get that wall started. but now the white house appears to be backing down from demands it be funded immediately. a senior white house official telling nbc news that president trump is open to getting funding for the border wall this fall. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker has more on the president's week. >> reporter: with the president's 100 days in office fast approaching this saturday, government is set to run out of monday friday, could shut down and cloud his first major milestone. his press secretary sounded confident but offered no guarantees. >> can you guarantee there will not be a government shutdown. >> i can't guarantee. but i feel very confident that that won't happen. >> let me tell you, it will be the democrats that shut this government down to block the funding of the wall.

i'm alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf.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

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 ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.eaking news on those u.s. air strikes in syria and two other big stories. president trump and chinese president xi jinping are expected to start discussions today at the mar-a-lago estate. u.s. is concerned about chinese trade practices and president trump is expected to urge his counterpart. >>> senate will hold final vote on confirmation of neil gorsuch after mitch mcconnell invoked a so-called nuclear option to break a filibuster. final vote is set to take place around 11:30 a.m. >>> the big story this morning, the u.s. air strikes in syria. >> roughly went down around 8:40 eastern time last night. 59 tomahawk missiles were launched from "uss ross" and uss porter targeting the shayrat airfield, where syrian aircraft took off before dropping chemical weapons on idlib tuesday, killing dozens of children. >> using a deadly nefsh agent, assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. it was a slow and brutal death for so many. even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered

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

. >> that's a wrap for us, i'm alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf.s 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

. >> that's a wrap, i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.t 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,

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

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

ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> it's tuesday, april 4th. bloomberg is reporting that it was former national security adviser under president obama, susan rice who asked for the unmasking of the identities of u.s. citizens in raw intelligence reports that connect to the donald trump transition and campaign. the other is "the washington post" story on a secret meeting back in january between founder of blackwater and a russian close to president vladimir putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back channel line of communication between moscow and president-elect donald trump. >> just another day at the office. >> amazing. >> the partisan roar around both of these stories is loud. we'll try to separate fact from fiction and lay out how the white use is haning all this. >> with us senior pitical analyst for nbc muse mark halperin. president of the council on foreign relations and author of "america in world array" richard haass. columnist and associate editor for "the washington post" david ignatius with us as well. willie is back. w

. >> 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

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

burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >> another humiliation 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 garden? >> i think yesterday we talked about the president's unf unfortunate statement coming out of the white house talking about president obama. yesterday he righted himself, said what he needed to say, sayin

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