that's why it's going to be at doral.tried that out a couple of weeks ago, well, that was an empirical statement about the behavior of the u.s. government. an empirical claim by the government. that's one that contested by reporters. viola, today reporter david farenhold is testing that in terms of whether the u.s. government actually did vet a dozen sites for the g7 and decide that doral was the best. he said on twitter he'd like help with that vetting. hours after he said that he said he has also already gotten some great tips on what the u.s. government did here since his first tweet. while that controversy continues to not just trail the president, it sort of blossoms as the president leans into this idea that he ought to make money off the presidency, he got some very bad news is our next guest. stay with us. stay with us ♪ that one?! no! what about that?! no! what about now?! no! that do it?! [ buffer stops ] still not working! how 'bout now?! no! i just don't know. i mean, i don't know who labeled this thing. yeah?

program because that doral place where the president is trying to make the u.s. government put the g7 summit, that is a property that used to be the president's largest source of revenue in his whole business world and that property is now tanking. quote, trump has listed doral in federal disclosures as his biggest money-maker. but bank rates and overall revenue are down. in two years the president's net operating income fell by 69%, even in a vigorous economy, the property was missing the trump organization's internal business targets, the tax consultant telling county officials that the doral resort is, quote, severely underperforming other resorts in the area. there was negative coptation that is associated with the brand now. oh, the brand. same situation apparently in the ireland property which they have been diverting taxpayer resources, the ireland property is also tanking, as you see in the headline there. doonbeg, trump's money-losing golf course. he bought this thing in 2014. it has lost at least seven figures every year since, which we can see from pub

turns out doral the best and why it will be at doral.dent tried it out a couple week it's ago, well, an empirical statement about the behaber of the u.s. government. at least an empirical claim by the president. the kind that could be tested by reporters. voila. today reporter of the "washington post" issest estes that empirical assertion whether the u.s. actually vet a dozen sites for the g7 and decided doral was the best and said on twitter he's like your help if you have tips. hours after saying that, also already gotten some great tips on what the u.s. government did here since his first tweet. while that controversy continues to not just trail the president but sort of blossoms the president leans into this idea that he ought to make money off the presidency. he got very bad news on that from a u.s. federal appeals court today and the lawyer returning that case is our next guest. stay with us. next guest. stay with us. it lets you know when you go too fast... ...and brake too hard. with feedback to help you drive safer. giving you t

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you remember this. >> doral happens to be within miami. the airport is right next door. incredible conference rooms, incredible restaurants. we have many hundreds of acres so that in terms of parking, in terms of all of the things that you need, the ballrooms are among the biggest in florida. each country can have their own villa or. >> they are looking at mike pence as stay at the resort, 181 miles away from pence's official business. he had to have a hour drive on 40 minute flight to commute to and from. . this is part of the impeachment inquire in and outfront now is congresswoman mad line dean. i appreciate your time congresswoman. what crime do you think the president may have committed here? >> well we know the constitution provides both article 1 and article 2 that no president can take payments, emoluments as the word is used in constitution. payments from foreign head heads of state or governments but also domestically. but this president since day one never severed tie was the trump organization or his business. he himself surrounded by folks has more than 360

quote, trump has listed doral in federal closures as his biggest moneymaker. but bank rates and overall revenue are done. in two years, resident sort's net operating income fell by 69%, even in a vigorous economy, the property was missing the trump organization's internal business targetings, the tax consultant saying the doral is -- there is negative con notation associated with the brand now. same situation apparently in the ireland property which they have been diverting taxpayer resources, the ireland property is also tanking, as you see in the headline there. trump's money losing golf course, he bought this thing in 2014, it has lost at least 7 figures every year since which we can see from public records filed in ireland. so, i mean, cash for clunkers, right, this president gig might not last all that long, but if you can make it work while you've got the job, if you can literally takes millions of dollars from u.s. taxpayers to stuff into the coffers of your failing business, if you can force foreign governments to pay millions of dollars to your failin

really poorly actually. [ applause ] . >> doral is it's important to foe at the start doral is a humanhis finances. a big hotel but unlike other hotels he owns directly it's not a franchise sfl right. >> it's the bigsz source of revenues has the biggest loans in the words of trump he is representatives it's been severely underperforming. profits went down 69% since 2015. and the reason we got the great video of the representative talking to miami-dade county explaining why the hotel was doing poorly. she said basically the reason is trump. the reason is the brand there is nchgt connotation on the brand this is a hotel that needs help. [ applause ] >>> this is a hotel that could use a influx of revenue even if it didn't push the profitability just the revenue to keep the lights on would be welcome there. >> final question, the investigative reporting gene y pops out of the lauvergne and says david i grant you a wish you get to look at any documents you want. >> we're limiting it to trump orb zbliet are there ufos. >> i mean, i guess what i'd want to know is how is the business doing ove

at the doral resort in florida next year. and so democrats want to add those to their impeachment inquiry. we could see a vote as early as next week on adding this extended scope. >> brennan: we will watch for that this week. >> we need to know, at the trump hotel, is there a presidential tip jar? >> brennan: we'll leave it there. thank you. we'll be back in a moment. boss: it's a big responsibility. employee: oh, it's huge. i know, it's huge. boss: and the salary... employee: oh my god, yes. i was literally about to move in with my parents and right before... yeah, so this saved me. boss: i really believe in you. you know? employee: thank you. it's nice to hear that from someone. boss: these are cool. did you...um? where did... >> brennan: we're back now with journalist garret graff. he has a new book out called "the only plane in the sky." it's a detailed account of the morning of september 11, 2001, told by those who lived through it. it's good to have you here. reading this, it was very powerful. these are first-person ac

doral is struggling financially and would helped by the bookings.en there is turnberry the president's resort in scotland. we learned air force crews stayed at the retreat on at least four occasions despite being cheaper accommodations elsewhere. another controversial involves the vice president and his stay at a trump hotel. 180 miles away in dublin. trump denied involvement in the decision, likewise he knows he claims he knows nothing about the air force's turnberry stay. the oversight committee plans to investigate. joining me my american swamp co-host jacob, and democratic congresswoman jackie speier member of the oversight and armed services committee. jacob, we spent so much time on this and looking into these issues, we went to the hotel down the street here, we went to donald trump's hotel in new york city, we went to mar-a-lago. the fact that this is still going on ha does that say to you? >> welcome back. i know you probably missed me since we walked around and terrorized everybody together. good to see you back here. you read a laundry li

doral bedbugs. >> was doral -- bedbugs?n i hear doral i think of bedbugs. >> that's very good. >> yes. so meanwhile, trump allies are spending money on targeting reporters. joining us now cofounder and ceo of axios, jim vandehei. what are you looking at this morning and who are they going after? >> yeah. a group of trump allies are raising $2 million to target very specifically reporters and editors at the "new york times," "the washington post" and other mainstream outlets with the stated purpose of trying to discredit these reporters in addition to the institutions themselves. this is unusual. it is an escalation of what he's been doing in going after the media. this targets reporters -- >> can i stop you there? but isn't this what hillary clinton's ally did with media matters? i have heard about this story. it sounds a lot like media matters. >> media matters no doubt did this on the left and other conservative groups have gone after the media more specifically -- or more broadly. what's different here is when you read t

taking next year's g7 to his property at doral.a ton of money over the past couple of years. it wouldn't be very hard for members of the house or the senate to put together a list of abuses this president's made. look at the emoluments clause, and they could also look down at the other end of pennsylvania avenue and see what happens at trump hotel every night. >> so here's a question that democrats are considering. you know, they were, i think, some congressional democrats are surprised that the allegations at cooperation with the russians in obstruction of justice in the special counsel's inquiry failed to really galvanize a majority of americans to support impeachment. if you take this different tact, which democrats are now taking, especially in the house, of looking at more familiar forms of official corruption, of things that make an official richer, plus the hush money payments during the campaign, that's another avenue that democrats are increasing. does that persuade public opinion in a way that the russia investigation doe

in doral it dropped 70%. of these places him being president has hurt his brand more than it's helped it. >> the house judiciary committee is set to take this up as part of their impeachment investigation. jerry nadler not shying away from it. the president has always been sensitive about his finances and certainly the trump organization. what do you know about how the white house is reacting to this latest round of investigations? >> well, the people over there who i've talked to, they say here we go again. they really look at this and they say, look, the americans elected a president who happens to be a very successful businessman, he owns a lot of properties. i don't know if it's inevitable really that the attorney general plans to throw a party there that's going to cost him $30,000. that raises a lot of people's eyebrows. that's certainly something that congressman nadler and his committee are going to look at. but when you talk to the white house about it, they are exasperated and they shrug and say the

with doral he's throwing that out the window.ncy for a petty purpose, to serve as a booking agent for his golf resort in florida which has had money troubles lately. it's a petty use of power. in this way, in sort of the violations of his promises, it would be the biggest and most egregious thing he's done so far. >> has anything come from these emoluments violations, the allegations of that? do you expect anything to come from it? if this was not brought to the public's attention, is this the exact kind of thing that would go unchecked? >> well, i mean, it is going unchecked now. there's been two sort of prongs of effort to try to stop trump. one is through the courts, filing lawsuits, accusing him of violating the emoluments clause. the problem is because so many presidents before him have stayed away from even touching the line here, there's not a huge amount of law, who can sue, what the punishment is, so all these lawsuits that have been filed get sort of stuck on the shoals of precedent. nobody knows what the precedent is h

at his property in miami at doral. it is all part of an investigation into whether the president violated the constitution's ban on profiting from domestic or foreign governments. interesting twist from the capitol as congress gets ready to head back next week. we are t minus 72 hours from when they get back in monday. when they do, top of agenda will be something else, some kind of gun legislation. that was on the table when joe manchin talked at the white house yesterday. wall street journal reporting they touched on a range of possible gun-related policies, including background checks. one person familiar tells the "washington post" or the journal they did not give a clear signal on what they might support if anything. geoff bennett is with us. geoff, break it down. do we have any more clarity or still up in the air? . >> still up in the air. the president has been briefed on a range of gun control proposals. at that meeting yesterday, they were here for a different event. we understand the president and manchin had

he spent a ten-minute commercial talking about the wonders of doral. but here's what he doesn't pay attention to. he can't pay attention to a storm that is headed to the united states or where it's going, and he says it's going to go to alabama and then doubles down on that. people thought that was trivial and we called that sharpie gate, and i thought it was funny too. but when you're taking intelligence that's six days old, okay, now put it into a military context. there's a north korean sub off the coast somewhere of the united states within striking range, and whose intelligence is he going to believe? is he going to believe the russian intelligence, our own intelligence, nobody's intelligence? is he going to say kim wouldn't disappoint me? this is the kind of thing the president -- the president can't pay attention to a storm, but he can pay attention to doral and thornberry. the president can't pay attention to the taliban, which still is an unrepentant terrorist organization which he invited to camp david. and if a first day intern at the state

we'll put the g7 at doral and military transport flights have to stop at the little commercial airport next to my golf course to spend their refueling dollars there at top dollar, a premium to refuel at a commercial airport, but that might keep that airport alive which is good for my bottom line. i mean, we are astonished now but i think he is banking on the fact he's gotten away with so much. >> that's right. >> that every individual additional step you push it, well, you know, frog is boiling. >> there are governments all over the world where the leader is both the leader of the country and a recipient of the money, a piece of everything that goes on goes into their pocket. americans just aren't accustomed to that being the united states. >> right. we're getting accustomed to it with every passing day with each one of these new stories that's breaking. the military being implicated as a matter of integrity let alone criminal law may be a breaking point if the military still sees itself as an institution that has to answer for its own behavior. but it is remarkable. >> if they don't,

the very month before these lobbyists convention at doral, a trump official running a key protections that protect consumers, that protect most americans from potential abuse by these same payday lenders. the trump administration also backing lenders in a lawsuit gunning for many of those same protection rules. now, this is all about how these companies, financial institutions, target vulnerable lower income people who are desperate to get money fast. >> when we say money in time, we mean money when you need it. >> put up to $10,000 in your bank account by tomorrow based on trusting you with no security of any kind, just a cigsignatur >> where money really does grow on trees. >> but it doesn't grow on trees. you can say it falls on trees along with very heavy burdens for paying that money back which is why you may remember elizabeth warren proposed a plan to protect this kind of abuse and then president trump embraced it. >> millions of american families are hemorrhaging money right now today and tomorrow and next week on tricks and traps and credit products. we're going to fix that.

. >> with doral, we have a series of magnificent buildings. we call them bungalows.ry luxurious rooms with magnificent views. we have incredible conference rooms, incredible restaurants. and the ballrooms are among the biggest in florida and the best. >> such an unbelievable amount of work to be done. the last thing i care about is my company. >> i love the u.k. i own great property in the u.k. i love the u.k. i have no idea how my property is doing because i don't care, but i own turnberry and i own an aberdeen and i own in ireland as you know. >> i would not even think about this business. it would be so insignificant to me compared to making our country great again. >> people like my product, what can i tell you. can't help it. >> that's the same guy. this week vice president mike pence and secretary of state pompeo spoke in washington, d.c. as "the washington post" points out, the speeches suggest that trump and his cabinet are not shying away from events that drive revenue to the president's company. even after multiple stories have brought new scrutiny to the b

resort for the next summit. >> doral happens to be within miami. it's a wonderful place. it's a very, very successful area of florida. it's very importantly only five minutes from the airport. it's not about me, it's about getting the right location. >> you may have heard the old saying, location, location, location. five minutes from the airport or 180 miles, depending on which airport you need to use. the next week democrats will be back in washington, and they're saying that means donald trump is going to have a lot more explaining to do. kicking off our show tonight we've got a lot of different topics to cover but we begin on following the money with jason johnson and margaret carlson from the daily beast. margaret, it would seem that things that donald trump has long been known for, the excessive exaggeration of his properties, the blatant self-promotion and self-enrichment are getting more attention now, at least the way it went down with pence and attorney general barr planning 30 k at the trump hotel in washington. >> the others have been a

we're putting the g-7 at doral and by the way military transport flights to kuwait, have to stop at the little commercial airport next to my golf course in scotland to spend their refueling dollars there at top dollar, a premium they pay to get refueled at a commercial airport but that might keep the airport alive good for the bottom line. i mean we are astonished now. but i think he is banking on the fact he has gotten away with so much. >> that's right. >> that every individual additional step you push it, well you know frog is boiling. >> and there are governments all over the world where the leader is both the leader of the country and recipient of the money and a piece of everything that goes on goes in the their pocket. americans aren't accustomed that in the united states. >> we're getting askmd to that with every news story breaking. the military implicated in in as a matter of integrity let you a lone criminal law may be a breaking point if the military still sees itself as an institution that has to answer for it's behavior. but -- it's remarkable. >> and if they don't then we

and over the weekend we were at the g7 letting it slip, hey, we will do the g7 at doral.re united states we looked at every site and there is nowhere better. it is just not believable. so you have a president who is determined to sort of prop up and talk about these properties in plain sight. he's not hiding this. you have a lot of examples of this where we have seen the president, the vice president kind of decide to go to these properties and stay at these properties and bring all the secret service details and support staff to these properties. >> mike pence staying in ireland as well. let me go to your other piece, looking at the import here in politics today. a public citizen said it reflects the normalization of corruption. taking a broad look at washington, mar-a-lago and the numbers as well. walk us through how that has seen a huge uptick, revenues has seen an uptick. . >> the thing that is just striking. in a one-week period, the president at one golf resort in europe, the president talking about how convenient the g7 at doral in florida. it struck us the frequen

and to discuss holding the g7 at doral in miami next year, this just -- this is probably the smallestxample i've seen of what is a much, much larger trend in the trump presidency. >> so michael, it sounds like he puts this in almost personal terms to in this case, mike pence, why wouldn't you stay here? you'd be personally insulting me if you didn't choose to stay here. what do you think would happen if mike pence didn't end up choosing the stay there? >> oh, he would probably get a nasty tweet somewhere along the lines of gee, mike, you could have at least stayed at my place in ireland, you know. i appreciate the vice president doing his best to sort of clean this up. but you mean to tell me no american administration has ever gone to ireland and their footprint -- we've always gone 140 miles away from the central event that we're there for? of course not. it's crazy. but what else was the vice president going to do? i mean i think his chief of staff put it best. yeah, the president requested we stay at his place. guess where we stayed? at his place. now here is the rub, steve. we ca

was it bedbugs in doral? bedbugs in doral. >> anyhow, some members of the military were still making the trip despite the bedbugs. we'll dig into why next on "morning joe." ext on "morning joe." if you have moderate to thsevere rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion. humira can help stop the clock. prescribed for 15 years, humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreversible damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal infections including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. don't start humira if you h

so when the trump suggests his doral golf resort as a logical next venue for the g7 meeting, when heuggests that mike pence stay at his resort in ireland, and then when mike pence does just that, no one should be surprised. this president is so brand loyal he spent 295 days of his presidency thus far at a trump-branded property. that includes the time spent golfing this weekend, even though he'd canceled an official trip to poland, saying his time was needed to monitor the approaching hurricane. donald trump came to the presidency having run a family business and having starred in a reality show. to his base that was the point of donald trump. but about the presidency, having done none of the reading, lacking the intellectual curiosity of others, the echth, the institutional knowledge that past presidents have had, there are aspects of the job as it affects our world that seem to mystify this president. and if something is new to him, he often goes on to assume or project upon us that it must be new to us as well. take, for instance, category 5 hurricanes. there have been a bunch of

are you okay with the president hosting the g7 at the doral? >> why find that to be entirely offensive to me. leland: if it's not entirely offensive, is it entirely okay? >> i don't have a major problem with it. what i see happening though, leland. leland: okay. >> is a constant-- >> if the president. hold it, if president obama had held a major conference, major international summit at a hotel that he had a financial relationship with or he had-- one of his major donors had a financial relationship with, i have a feeling you would have said something about that, am i wrong? >> it just depends on the circumstances. let me. leland: oh, come on. >> no, no, leland, you have to look at it this way. what are the available facilities, what makes sense, what works. leland: in the whole-- >> that's what we're looking at. leland: okay. >> i mean the point is. leland: we won't do the travel agency thing here. we'll move on. i want to get to the issue of immigration, the front page of your local paper today. two major immigration stories on the front page

the president said he would like to hold next year's g-7 meeting at his doral golf resort in miami and then denied there were bed bugs at same resort. just last friday, the president posted what appeared to be a now-former classified photo of a failed iranian missile launch. rick, i'm tempted to say go. what stands out to you from this summer of 2019? >> brian, the summer of 2019 will be remembered as the point where everyone in america who wasn't completely in the bag for this guy looked at the corpus of all these crazy events, all these insane statements, and they said to themselves, you know, this guy is crazier than an outhouse rat. he is absolutely bonkers. there is no consistency under this, there's no three dimensional or strategy. he says whatever is on his brain at that moment. whatever he wakes up with when he's rage tweeting on the toilet at 8:00 in the morning is what he says. he doesn't have a acceptance of control or discipline or strategy. this is all exactly what's in his brain at that moment and he and that's terrifying. has control of nuclear weapons. >> reminiscent o

that, this next phase, is including investigations into trump's suggestion that the g7 stay at the doralt, as well as pence's recent stay when he was on the state visit in ireland. and the hope is that by making this more official, by taking a vote on this as early as potentially next wednesday, that then they have more enforcement ability when they're trying to compel people to come forward and testify. >> does it suggest this inquiry of these potential emoluments violations is a stronger case to make for impeachment than the house judiciary committee's initial approach in response to the mueller report which was about initially mostly about obstruction? >> it's hard to say but it's more data. the democrats feel anyway that there are more reasons now to look and that's why they're doing it. i think one of the questions is what you're asking, is this a strong one. the other question is will this bring more democrats on board to a potentially broad and controversial proceeding. speaker of the house nancy pelosi has certainly not given full-throated report to opening impeachment proceeding

it's millions of dollars and now the president is soliciting the next gathering of the g7 for doral. >> they eat it. no pun in tended, they believe that. >> i think they may. if you've ever eaten in one of the restaurants at a trump facility, i wouldn't recommend the beef. >> is it from trump steaks? listen, there's also the secretary of state mike pompeo making this joke today at an event at trump's d.c. hotel. listen to this. >> i look around. this is such a beautiful hotel. the guy who owns it must be -- is going to be successful somewhere along the way. that was for the washington post in case they're in the back. >> so he's trying to please the boss but is he also rubbing the allegations of corruption in everybody else's face? >> yeah, i think so. look, this has been central to the trump family ethos. you commodify everything. you sell everything. you press your advantage wherever you can. there's been a lot of reporting on the fact that from the second donald trump was elected people in the trump family and organization started looking for ways to take advantage, right? and so

i don't think i'd ever see doral again. i'm not going to be playing much golf, believe me. if i win this, i'm not going to be playing much golf. >> do i even need to go through the list of the many, many times that he -- he said he wouldn't be playing golf as president, right? but so far he has spent 231 days at his own golf clubs, including this weekend when he played at the trump national golf club in virginia. so, yeah, it looks like president trump just cannot quit barack obama. i wish i knew how to quit you. he does the very thing that he criticizes his predecessor for. guess what? presidents should relax. they shouldn't be hypocritical when other presidents did the same thing that they're doing. the president tweets, locked and loaded, and then he dials it back. is it fire and fury part two? and is it irresponsible of this president? i'm going to discuss that with former governor of ohio john kasich. he's next. let's be honest, insurance can feel a little outdated. the paperwork... the calling for everything. the searching for id cards... it's like you're stuck in the

he's now considering his florida property, the doral golf club as the site of the g 7 for next year.orney general bill barr is working out $30,000 of his own money to host a holiday party at the trump hotelton saying there was no other venue available. this raises the issues we've seen for two and a half years between the president's personal and political interests. >> this is taxpayer expense going back and forth across ireland. i was confused seeing all these reports this weekend saying he's lifted off, arrived in dublin. and in fact it's because he commuting. >> it does seem unusual and but this president it's par for the course. this president routinely profiteers off his presidency. it's not that he rutuoutinely g to his own resorts. most of them at golf resorts. that is about a third of his time in office. he brings with him entourages, foreign dignitaries. we all remember the scene where north korea sent off missiles and the mar-a-lago dining room became the situation room. it was early in his presidency where the membership fee to mar-a-lago doubled to $200,000. foreign dign

and the president's pitch to host the g-7 at doral in florida. process.l vote wednesday whether to escalate the impeachment inquiry supported by 134 house kmkts and one dependent. >>> a with a luke warm jobs report the president renewed the attack on the "washington post" journalisting details with the advisers characterized as his lost summer. one journalist reacted in realtime. >> we included the white house perspective in that story, which is that they considered this a summer of historic achievement but a lot of other people who work for the president and who are supporters of the president outside the white house think otherwise and thought it was a summer of self-sabotage, the racist attacks on the women of color. the way he handled the mass shooting in el paso and dayton. our story takes stock of the full picture. >> yoing me new abigail tracie writer for vanity fair and jeff a writer for routers. we should say the "washington post" issued a statement saying they completely stand by the two reporters by phillip and ashley. not surprisingly so. jeff

money going to him, but it's another thing when he's pushing the g7 to hold their next meeting at doral which then puts not only u.s. government money but foreign government money into his pocket and then when he's diverting planes to the scottish airport and then military funds being diverted to his back pocket. that's a whole different level. of seriousness. >> we do not know if the planes have been explicitly diverted because of the president of the united states. that's a subject of the president that we only know for sure which itself of course should be barred flat out as a simple matter of ethical consequences of interest. >> if the president stymies any of it and how they were used and his role in it, there should be a complete inference that he himself is guilty here because this is like taking the fifth amendment if he's covering this up. >> chris and elizabeth, thank you both. >>> next, more on the reporting that wilbur ross threatened to fire top officials for a statement contradicting the president on hurricane dorian. the details in two minutes. >>> the national oceanic an

also over the president's proposal to hold the g7 at his doral golf resort in miami, jim. >> this comesouse democrats are broadening their investigation into the president beyond robert mueller's findings. manu raju is following these findings here. what's the strategy here? because it's sort of a kitchen sink approach here from democrats now. but do they expect that this will resonate more because it gets to business and profiting off the office? >> reporter: yeah, potentially they believe that should be the focus going forward. right now what they're doing is focusing on potential constitutional violations of the emoluments clause which is aimed at limiting a president from enriching himself while in office and limiting foreign influence. now, the house oversight chairman has sent letters to white house officials demanding information about the decision by mike pence to stay this week at trump's golf resort in ireland about 180 miles away from the official meetings in dublin. on the cost of the trips showing communications with the stay. now separately jerry nadler sent letters to the

about what that would look like, in terms of having that global summit in miami at the president's doral golf course. and unquestionably, that would benefit the president in terms of funneling money from foreign governments who send their leaders to that g7 summit to pay for people to stay at his property, to pay for all of the security that would be involved. i mean, that's just one instance of many that we've seen happen under this administration and in the close circle surrounding it. i can't tell you how many invitations i've gotten from people who have exited the trump administration at one point or another and are now hosting their book parties at the trump hotel in downtown d.c. and attracting dozens of friends and spouses and family members who are going to patronize that business. i mean, it is something that absolutely deserves a closer look and i think it's one of the reasons why the white house is so upset that the "washington post" is digging into this. >> i do know they have a thursday night trump-related cocktail hour. but john, your thoughts on all this? >> look, the pres

he suggested, of course, that he would host the g7 at trump doral, as was just pointed out by our colleaguee, there is a big christmas party that's going to be held in washington because, again, we're in a situation where there were no other hotels apparently in washington that could accommodate the kind of party that bill barr wanted to throw for only $30,000. and yet, you know, these allegations the president is violating the emoluments clause are going nowhere, jonathan. >> yes, because he's not being held accountable. during a function, if we had a functioning government, congress would be in full throttle investigating this administration. but because one of the houses of congress is in control of -- by the president's party, you think senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is going to step out there and investigate his own president when he has judgeships and supreme court seats and more tax cuts and budget things they want to get through, long-held republican and conservative majorities? they are looking the other way. that's why the president has been able to get away with what he's

what are democrats hoping to learn about the president's plan to hold the next g7 summit at his doral golf resort near miami? >> wolf, it's really simple. we need to learn whether there was any bidding done. i mean, have they looked at the cost? have they looked at what this would cost in the president's resort? what other options were considered? i mean, anytime a company plans a conference, you look in multiple bids and you choose the cheapest option. has that kind of due diligence been done, or is the president just dictating that these events on u.s. taxpayer money are going to be happening at his private properties. >> as you know, democrats, they're already suing the president over his business interests, that case still tied up in court. do you think the evidence you gather from this investigation might help your case? >> absolutely. we -- the president actually sued us, or the oversight committee in his personal capacity saying that the american people didn't have a right to his financial information. he has forgotten that he's president of the united states. i mean, members o

whether staying at his resort with doral, vice president's trip to ireland, staying at president's resortus concern when it comes to oversight. it is congress's duty to provide oversight on the administration. charles: kevin, jenna, i need you guys to both stand by in a moment. top democrat presidential candidates in the field will be on the same stage tonight. joe biden front and center right now leading. far left candidates bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, they're nipping at his heels. hillary vaughn is live in houston with a preview. hillary? reporter: charles, former vice president joe biden will be sandwiched in between warren and bernie sanders. for the first time senator elizabeth warren will face off with biden on the debate stage tonight. who is also out today, biden is out today with a new ad reminding everyone he was president barack obama's vice president. >> i think we should step back and say something we don't often say enough as a party or a nation, barack obama is an extraordinary man. [cheers and applause] reporter: that clip comes after the detroit debate where cand

g7 leaders to come and stay for free for the three or four days it takes to hold the g7 meeting at doral. he needs the money, because it's all smoke and mirrors. it's a con job. and i'm sure we have not seen the full picture yet of what's happening. the story that natasha broke with a colleague is extraordinary in showing the absolute money grubing nature of donald trump and his family and their i'm sure a lot more yet to be uncovered. >> well, politico as you said, david, reported an increasing number of u.s. air force planes have been stopping for layover in scotland, some spent the night at trump's turnberry resort. they adhered to all guidance and procedures. they've ordered a probe in how they chose overnight accommodations. natasha, tell is how this story fits in and the reporting is why are we spending u.s. money to buy gas and stop at trump places? >> to buy fuel at a commercial airport where it's more expensive than in they were to refuel at a u.s. military basis, which is usually what they do when they are traveling to the middle east and back to the u.s., et cetera. so this st

because of the violations of the emollient clause or he is having the g7 in doral, in miami or he is about race and he takes about taking a knee. what is the difference between donald trump and joe walsh? joe walsh talked about stevie wonder taking the nen talkand t about barack obama. he has apologized. there is a racial problem for walsh and if conway is supporting him, it's hypocrisy. you know? conway has to really figure out how he is going to navigate these quarters. you can't say one thing and big op-ed and support a man many people thinking is walking around without a hood on his head. >> that was striking. april ryan, thank you so much for being with us. >> little chapter 52, you get m now. >> before people start tweeting me. april created the hash tag. i didn't come up with chapter 52. >> i'm 52 years old and happy! yes! >> happy birthday! >> thank you, christi. much love! bye-bye. >> 2020 kraencandidates roll ou ambitious topics this week. tune in to "state of the union" with jake tapper today at 9:00 eastern. here is a look at his guests. >>> a simple act of kindness you t

potentially suggested this to pence because as you just said he has been advocating for everyone to stay at doralnot sure why the president became so agitated about it other than just that there was well documented ""new york times" reporting about the expensive of this trip and, well, this makes it easier for the secret service if pence stays at this resort because trump has been there before even though actually that doesn't really make sense because then the trip would be longer across the island. >> it's 180 miles away. that's like -- >> and dublin is a big city where there are multiple hotels that the president and the vice president could pick to stay in. it's the negative coverage that's bothering the president. >> don't you think he wants people to think that people just want to naturally stay there? >> not that he's ordering them to. >> by all accounts, businesses down at trump properties since he's become president because a lot of people are unhappy with the way he's running his presidency. so to make it seem more organic like people just love my hotels because they're so amazing, it s

at the doral resort, heavy knew h -- revenue has fallen by 69%. 24 trump cabinet officials have spente or money there. it goes back to donald trump. he runs the newsletter tracking these statistics. we're also joined by david corn. good to have you both here. why does this matter. . >> the president is profiting from the presidency. we don't know where his interests lie. he's given up his salary. at the same point he's reported $81 million in income from the trump hotel d.c. in the past two years. that's money that's come from foreign governments, special interests, lobbyists, supporters, from congressmen. all sorts of interests in d.c. >> you mention all those people. we'll put up some of the republican senators. they can go where they want. it shows how business is done. 26, according to your newsletter just spotted. we don't know how many more have been there and not been spotted. the new york times piece on this today is chocked full of details. it's getting a lot of heat. i know a lot is a credit to your work. how did you get involved and interested in tracking this? >> i was at

and in the case of the summit in doral from foreign funds as well. the constitution and emoluments clauses prohibit the president from accepting payment from federal, state and local governments, does not believe it should be used to personally enrich president trump and his family and companies wrote elijah cummings. jerry nadler raised what could be an even more troubling outcome for the president. he said his committee was considering potential violations of the ban on profiting from the presidency as part of its impeachment investigation. quote, potential violations of the foreign and domestic emoluments clauses of the constitution are of grave concern to the committee as it considers whether to recommend articles of impeachment. so the president say in the last week, was it a week ago, right, a week or so ago that when the u.s. hosts the g7 summit next year, he wants that g7 summit to be held at his own trump property in florida so foreign governments would be forced to pay money to the president and his family in order to participate in officia

he wants to host the g7 at his property in doral. he says it doesn't matter as much to him anymore. people seem to go further to impress him by doing things at his properties. >> david fahrenthold, always great to have you on. >>> thank you. >>> a big nbc news exclusive story, nbcnews.com about the national security consequences of the trump administration's decision to move money around for the president's border wall. this outlines a behind-the-scenes push back from the air force in a report obtained by our pentagon team. in that report the air force explains the importance of dozens of military construction projects chosen by the administration to lose or at least have their funding delayed. courtney kube joins me from the pentagon. thanks for bringing this skub to us. talk about how serious these national security concerns are and what else you're hearing? >> it lays out the 51 military construction projects that the trump administration and department of defense selected to have funding taken away and diverted to the border wall in the southern united states. each one of these

it's an airport that's near trump's doral golf course. can spot this kc-135 on google maps at that small airport. in one case the flight crew stayed overnight at the golf course, billing the air force. the air force says it, too, is going to look into the matter, points out there the per diem that's given to flight crews, the money they're allowed to spend on hotels well covers the stay at the relatively inexpensive golf course. they could have stayed at more expensive places and stayed within the rules. president trump caught everyone off guard including some of his own staff by revealing over the weekend he invited the taliban to come to maryland for peace talks. camp david. but then the president called off those talks after an american soldier was killed in afghanistan. camp david has been the setting for peace talks before, most famously the camp david accords for which president carter won a nobel prize. that was 41 years ago, also in september. egypt and israel didn't kill americans in the september 11th attacks. that anniversary c