which also talk to msnbc host joe scarborough, or congressman within the republican party and mika brzezinski, cohost who by the were used to work with me at cbs, they were giving president trump advice. this is before i guess things went completely wrong between them because now they speak as mortal enemies. can you explain that? what was the advice were getting president trump and have that relationship go from being one where they were friendly incisors to perhaps one of the more contentious media relationships this president has? >> right after donald trump became president-elect trump, a lot of people recalled with advice and recommendations. the first major decision that this transition team and to make was who was going to serve as the chief of staff for the white house? it's a very important decision and the only couple of candidates, , steve bannon who served as chief strategist and reince priebus was given the chief of staff job.

as we mentioned, msnbc's morning joe show, cohost mika brzezinski was ranting about u.s.ionship with the saudis and call secretary of state mike pompeo and anti-gay slur. >> donald trump doesn't care. but why doesn't mike pompeo care right now? the the pathetic deflection we t heard, is that a patriot speaking? or a wannabe dictators butt boy? i am dead serious. i'm asking. are these the words of a patriot? a >> sean: really? questioning his patriotism? on the other side of that, she said she was starry, tweeting, "totally agree with your super bad choice of words. i should have said, water boy, like a football team or something like that. apologize to senator durbin come too. sorry. here to discuss the left-wing media hypocrisy, fox news contributor tammy bruce, washington times columnist monica crowley. let's be honest. joe and me to hate my guts. fine, i don't hate them but i just think they are insane. it is a train wreck tv every day, in terms of everyone on that show tries to outdo each other with trump eight, tammy. i am not the thought police. i am not the speech

howie: mika brzezinski stepped in it on "morning joe."he was talking about a fox interview with mike pompeo when she went off on the secretary of state about the khashoggi killing. >> why doesn't mike pompeo care. are the pathetic deflections we just heard on "fox and friends." is that a patriot speak for a wannabe dictator's butt boy. howie: she a. jieds on twitter for her super bad choice of word. but cons wouldn't let it pass. if a conservative made the slur, that person would have been banned from television. >> the term is crass and offensive and i apologize to everyone, especially the lgbtq community and my colleagues for using it. it was a mistake. my father would have found it so you be becoming and disrespectful. and he would have told me, i will work hard to be better. but i wanted to say on camera, i'm really, really sorry. howie: it was a mistake. it would have been better if she included pompeo in her apology. i think she didn't consider the implications of that rather hours after tyler murray won college football's heisman t

mika brzezinski coming under fire for using a homophobic slur earlier this week attacking mike pompeothe saudis crown in the killing of jamaal khashoggi. >> he doesn't care. but why doesn't like him pale carrot right now? the pathetic deflection that we just heard when he appeared on "fox & friends," is that a patriot speaking or a want to be dictators butt boy? dead serious, asking, are those the words of a patriot? i want to address a term that i used on wednesday that was vulgar. i knew it right away and that was a terrible choice of words and i was sorry. please allow me to say this face-to-face. the term is crass, offensive, and i apologize to everyone, especially the lgbtq community and to my colleagues for using it. it was a mistake. but i just wanted to say, on camera, looking viewers straight in the eye, i'm really, really sorry. >> greg, i'm going to start with you. >> wyatt? go ahead. >> i think it such a carelessness. illustration of the carelessness that permeates the media now. there's a a difference between thoughtful emphasis, all the time for example that all the stuf

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but joe scarborough and mika brzezinski called it said we never met with steve bannon, they never next event at all. could i arrange a meeting at trump tower? they're going to go over and speak to been present in like donald trump about some ideas. they went and sat with mr. trump and recommended that reince priebus become the chief of staff -- >> can i stop you? sorry. so these newspeople, they are more posts i think they would say their animals, can you people and newspeople, is that odd they would call you and say what meeting with the president to give him some advice and want to meet meet with the potential candidates? i have not done that. i'm a news reporter. i would love to have beating with the president or people been considered but it wouldn't present be giving advice on matters. how did that come about? >> in the crazy world of politics, the people that you talk to in front of the cameras sometimes are the most difficult to work with your best friend off-camera. some of the made the shtick i'm not sure but it was not uncommon for let's call them personalities. from across t

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including the dirt the national enquirer had on msnbc colleagues of yours -- joe scarborough and mika brzezinskie -- >> i was just going say, you brought up a lot of really good points. i want to get maya's perspective on this. what would prosecutors want to learn about the relationship between pecker and jared kushner? >> what they were talking about and why. so if you have a president who apparently corroborated evidence used his connection to a.m.i. to actually divert negative stories about himself to win an election, you already know that he is absolutely willing to abuse short, so we would translate this as president as, what ways would he use his authority and relationship to a.m.i., to pecker, through jared kushner to protect his administration? and it's possible that there may have been various forms of abuse of power in doing that. what the actual crimes might be would depend on what the conversations are. but one question would be, are there other people you're paying off? what are you paying them off to cover up? >> where is all this going for jared kushner? has he become a central fi

in how to deal with a death and how to do it with class and dignity, i'm not going to look to mika brzezinski or nicole wallace, i'm going to look to president bush, even if he was not fond of the president he intentionally made sure that this president would be invited to be a part of the funeral service. laura, that's class. that's dignity. that's the president bush that we loved and considered to be a great statesman, who loved his country more than he disliked anybody, and i think he gave us the template for how to handle these kind of moments and we ought to be taking our lessons from the man that we're honoring whose casket lies in state at the capitol right now. >> laura: i always get such a lump in my throat when you see the casket being walked up the steps, and it's just -- it's sad that these are the types of moments that are required to get us to stop for a moment -- or should stop for a moment. we're americans. we want to be successful, and free, and independent. we have an incredible history and incredible founding documents. it shouldn't be these moments. i want to talk for a mo

and you talk about msnbc hosts joe scarborough, former congressman in the republican pear and mika brzezinski, co-host on -- who used to work with me at cbs, and they were giving president trump advice. this is before i guess things went completely wrong between them because now they speak as mortal enemies. can you explain mat? what was the advice they were giving president trump and how did that relationship go from being one where they were friendly adviser to perhaps one of the more contentious media relationships they president has among consensus relationships. >> right after donald trump became break break trump, people were call withing advice and recommendations and the first major decision that the transition team had to make who is is going to he serve as the chief of staff in the white house. there were only a couple of candidates, steve ban nonwho was the chiefing extraist, and reince priebus, who was begin the chief of staff job but joe scar bow called me and said we never meet with steve ban non, could i arrange for a meeting at trump tower. they were glowing to speak to then p

i mean, just today we're still digesting what mika brzezinski said yesterday and using a homophobic slur against pompeo and his statements about the saudis, and even went on to say are these the words of a patriotic man? these are the kinds of things that were being discussed earlier in the context of judges where the president has suggested that people are not being entirely honest. that was certainly what she was saying. she's not on the air today for personal reason, she says, but probably to let the fires die down just a bit. it happens at that time media and the country to some extent are polarized precisely because you have partisans at the either end of the ideological spectrum who are throwing gasoline on the fire for their own purposes and to some extent that's to be expected. if you look at people's viewing habits and what they want, they want to hear what they already believe. i'm doing a wine reality show and i talked to a winemaker who is on a very steep slope. she brought in a consultant who said oh, no, you can't grow grapes here and she had another consultants, you can gr

and why you get people saying wild things are coming, just today we are still adjusting what mika brzezinski said yesterday, and using a homophobic slur against pompeo and his statements about the saudis. and even went on to say, are these the words of the patriotic man? of these are the kinds of things that were being discussed earlier in the context of the judges, where the president has suggested that people are not being entirely honest. that was certainly what she was saying. she is not on the air today for personal reasons, she says, probably to let the fires die down just a bit. it happens that the media and the country to some extent are more polarized precisely because you have partisans at either end of the ideological spectrum who were throwing gasoline on the fire for their own purposes, and to some extent that's to be expected. if you look at peoples viewing habits and what they want, they want to hear what they already believe. i'm doing a wine reality show and i talked to a wine winemakn a very steep slope. she write any console and she you can't grow grapes here. she brought

. >> last week we had the atlantic council's and also mika's brother, by the way, ian brzezinski on.r quite some time and is deeply concerned as are many other experts that vladimir putin may make an aggressive move against ukraine over the coming months because donald trump's distractions and donald trump's weakness and the weakness he showed at helsinki. do you share that concern for 2019, that we may actually have a russian invasion of ukraine? >> jane? >> oh, sorry, i didn't realize you were talking to me. i don't think there will be a russian invasion of ukraine. i think the little green men and the war of attrition will continue. europe will be tested. a problem we're having is that europe is in disarray. macron's numbers are tanking, the president of tranfrance, th merkel machine is on the way out, brexit is adding uncertainty in terms of european economy and in o one or no group of leaders is rising as we say, the adult in the room, against russia. i think that russia wouldn't dare do that. russia does understand that it lives in a world of allies, so i don't see that. >> all