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

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 a high-quality pers

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

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

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >> the american peopleed in saying that any politician who told me that and voted the other way -- >>> the gop faces a failing presidency. you want to know what failure looks like, take a look at the last 36 hours of the trump presidency. president trump tried to lay blame for the health care failure at the feet of three republicans and the democrats but in the end he wasn't able to keep his

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian for louis burgdorf.vels of the trump campaign meeting with russians to try to on it and information that might hurt the campaign of hillary clinton. >> do you want to speak to don jr.? >> absolutely. for a campaign and now a president who continues to say there's no there there, yet virtually every week or two there's more stories of meetings -- undisclosed meetings with russian officials that beg the question if there's no there there, why aren't more of these people coming clean at a more regular fashion. >> the vice chair of the senate intel committee wants to have a word with the president's son and that was before the new york city reported that don jr. was sent an e-mail saying material he might be given in a meeting with a

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >> the american people are entirely justified in saying that any politician who told me that and voted the other way -- >>> the gop faces a failing presidency. you want to know what failure looks like, take a look at the last 36 hours of the trump presidency. president trump tried to lay blame for the health care failure at the feet of three republicans and the democrats but in the end he wasn't able to keep his party unified and failed to deliver on a key campaign promise for his base. the president has failed in his attempts to bully his attorney general into resigning. jeff sessions vowing to stay on as long as trump sees that as appropriate. the president did succeed in unifying practically all of washington against his treatment of the attorney general. the president has failed in his attempt to change the conversation with his tweets, banning transgender troops from the military. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff saying the pentagon will not make any changes to its transgender policy until tru

. >> 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 for louis burgdorf. now to "morning joe." >> senior levels of the trump campaign meeting with russians to try to on it and information that might hurt the campaign of hillary clinton. >> do you want to speak to don jr.? >> absolutely. for a campaign and now a president who continues to say there's no there there, yet virtually every week or two there's more stories of meetings -- undisclosed meetings with russian officials that beg the question if there's no there there, why aren't more of these people coming clean at a more regular fashion. >> the vice chair of the senate intel committee wants to have a word with the president's son and that was before the new york city reported that don jr. was sent an e-mail saying material he might be given in a meeting with a kremlin-connected lawyer was part of a russian effort to aid his father's candidacy. good morning, it's tuesday, july 11th. welcome to "morning joe." with us, we have columnist mike barnicle, former fbi special agent clint watt, katty kay and a

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