i'm yasmin vossoughian. here in new york. joining me this hour is keir i am simmons. we heard from vladimir putin a couple of times now within the last 24 hours. one of the headlines in russia saying? >> reporter: yasmin, good morning. many are taking in the faces of vladimir putin that we saw in the last 24 hours. from angry to joke around. for me, some of the headlines including megyn kelly in the interview we will hear on nbc, vladimir putin suggests that perhaps the cia could have been behind the hacking of the u.s. elections. this morning, the cia pushing back hard on that suggestion. other headlines for me, vladimir putin seeming to align himself with the positions on pulling out of the paris climate accord and nato. within the next hour, we will have analysis and more on what president putin had to say when he was speaking here in st. pet pet petersberg. >> we will have more with your run in with gorkov. that is dog ed reporting at its best. here is what he told my colleague megyn kelly in the forum i

>> thanks, yasmin.s from global leaders and international organizations have been resolutely clear and universally condemning this rejection by donald trump of the paris accord. the word disappointment was the one most often used. someone further, noting the us was now in the company of only two other countries, nicaragua and syria, in rejecting this pact. now, some, like mary robinson, a former u.n. envoy on climate change, she said president trump's decision renders the u.s. as a rogue state on the international stage. global leaders seemed most alarmed by president trump's offer to exit the paris agreement and then re-enter under renegotiated terms. france, italy and germany released a joint statement calling the 2015 accord irreversible. the head of this line was france's newly minted president emmanuel macron. he released recorded statements in english and having just vanquished le pen, ma ron seemed eager to see himself as a global leader on the environment. he called the decision a mistake and he

yasmin? >> i think if you were to invoke that executive privilege, a lot of people would be asking what exactly are you hiding? kelly o'donnell, thank you. >>> want to bring in martin o'malley, former governor. i want to talk about the political fallout for this climate accord decision. what's worse for the environment here? is it the progression or lack thereof aroun the environment or our standing around the world? >> i think ts presidential withdrawal is indefensible both from a moral standpoint but also an economic and jobs standpoint. we heard the mayor of pittsburgh pipe up and say, look, man, we're remaking our economy, we're korea ating green jobs. we know there's more opportunity to be gained from seizing climate as a job creation opportunity than there is to deny it. that's what you see happening. yasmin, i don't want to make light of the shameful withdrawal from the global climate accord by president trump, but the truth is, if you look at the progress in the most recent years, it'

>> there may be, yasmin.ring the hearing for reasons he couldn't disclose in a public session the attorney general jeff sessions had to recuse himself from this russia investigation. that raises a whole host of questions. one thing nbc news learned is fbi and congress is looking at one particular event at the mayflower hotel during the presidential campaign in april where there appears to be intelligence that jeff selgsz and others had a meeting with the russian ambassador sergey kislyak. sessions adamantly denies he's had this meeting. he's already had to correct his under oath testimony to congress about two other meetings with kislyak. that's why this is a huge issue. you don't get a second chance to correct your sworn testimony. our sources are telling us the intelligence is not clear. they're investigating it. whether a meeting happened is unknown at this point. >> let me ask you about another interesting development is the president managed to stay off twitter for about 24 hours. even gave a speech, did

what is the latest on this. >> reporter: yasmin, good morning.say, the death toll is expected to rise. you can see why. the building still smoking. firefighters using drones to survey the building. the london fire commission saying it's not safe enough for crews to do a comprehensive search through the top floors. they were able to peek through doorways. there was no centralized alarm system. residents were told to stay put instead of getting out, and the residents association says it warned for years about the risk of fire. both the local council which owns the building and the company hired to management ignored those concerns. this building underwent a $13 million renovation last year. concerns now that that may have been how the ir foo was able to spread so quickly. that's going to be one of the focal points for the investigation called by prime minister theresa may and mayor sadiq khan. it's been very touching to see how the community has come together as a result of all this. a few feet away from where i'm standing, a donation pile, food, b

with me are economic adviser for arbuthnot ruth lea, and journalist yasmin alibhai brown.ds with the news that one of the big hitters of the leave campaign is back in government as michael gove is made environment secretary. the metro uses george 0sborne‘s description of the prime minister as a ‘dead woman walking' for its headline, with the former chancellor saying she could be out within days. the express focuses on borisjohnson‘s plea to the party to get behind the prime minister over fears tory infighting over her leadership will damage the party further. the telegraph's reports that michael gove has been drafted in to protect theresa may from any potential leadership challenges, the paper claiming it's the prime minister's way of showing she can work with her critics. the times claims the promotion of remainer damien green to first secretary of state is a sign her position on brexit is softening, with a possible rethink on remaining in the customs union. the guardian says the prime minister plans to win back support from her party by adopting a more collegiate style o

i'm yasmin vossoughian, along with ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top story. >> the future of republicans' push to repeal obamacare is up in the air. >> and in the wake of political defeat, tread trump looks set to have a hands-on approach. nbc garrett haake has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning, yasmin. a rare bit of bipartisan agreement to start the day. both parties say the fight over health care will continue. walking out of his meeting with donald trump last night, mitch mcconnell said the republican conference going to get right back to work on this bill, trying to cull up with something that's both on obamacare repeal that will appeal to the conservative factions of the republican party and something that will win over enough moderate republican votes that will pass with at least 50 republican votes. they still say they don't intend to involve democrats in the process. and nancy pelosi tells democrats they need to keep fighting this bill. and republicans continue. we're learni

i'm yasmin vossoughian along with louis burgdorf and million dollar.am aware of the obligation that comes with being the first georgia woman elected to congress. >> the more than 12,000 of you who as darkness has kept across this planet have provided a

yasmin? >> pete williams for us, thank you. the revelation from the fib direct other drew widespread reviews from lawmaker. >> readsing that statement are you convinced more than ever of obstruction of justice. >> that's a technical matter. i tell you f it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it well could be a duck. >> not surprised. >> why not? >> because it was prettybvious what was happening. i read the paper and i watch television, i sometimes listen to the radio. >> so, it confirms -- >> i'm informed. >> what prosecutor in their right mind would allow their star witness to go out before the senate panel of 20 senators and get beat up if you really believe he had a case. so, this is the best evidence yet that in the mind of the special counsel there is no obstruction of justice because he allowed comey to testify in public and issue a statement. no prosecutor would do that if there was a real case here. comey has told us all that the president is not under investigation as an individual for colluding with russia. all

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin.oe." >> we all agree we're here to serve the nation we love and the people who call it home. that's the source of unity. more than ever, we must embrace it so that on this special night i leave you with three great american words that for generations have torn down barriers, built bridges of unity and defied those who have sought to pull us apart. ladies and gentlemen, let's play ball. >> all right. last night the annual congressional baseball game went on as planned, one day after the shooting of the republican team's practice. both teams huddled in prayer before the game. lawmakers stood side by side for the national anthem. the ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by capitol police

i am ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. >>> james comey set to testify tomorrow. we get to new reporting on that in a moment. first today we will hear testimony in the senate intel committee from some of the nation's highest law enforcement intel directors. rod rosenstein, andrew mccabe and director of national intelligence dan coats expected on capitol hill. the hearings will be overshadowed by another report breaking late last night. "the washington post" reports march 22nd, the president asked dan coats to intervene with fbi director james comey to get the bure to take the heat off national security adviser michael flynn in its russia probe. the meeting a week after coats was sworn in, two days after comey testified on capitol hill that the fbi was investigating the trump campaign and possible collusion with russia. coats was at this briefing with a number of other officials across government agencies. according to the paper as the meeting was concluding, the president asked everyone to leave the room except for coats and cia director mike pompeo. the paper cit

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin.> greatest privilege of my life, and it's to serve as vice president to a president keeping his word to the american people and assembling a team that's making real change. >> what a privilege it is to head the department of health and human services under your leadership. i can't thank you enough. >> president trump, thank you for the honor to serve the country, it's a great privilege. >> president trump thank you for the opportunity to help fix the trade deficit and other things. >> i want to thank you forgetting this country moving again and also working again. >> thank you, mr. president. it was a great honor traveling with you around the country for the last year and an even greater honor to be serving in your cabinet. >> on behalf of the senior staff around you, mr. president, we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing you've given us to serve your agenda and the american people. we're continuing to work very hard every day to accomplish those goals. >> whoa, that was some

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this is well going to agree with yasmin. so be careful. should shake my hand now.ign and yes, he did change terrain but even so, he's a natural campaigner and he played to his strengths and the manifesto played to labour's friends. there was positive, the future, trying to be all—encompassing. it was the opposite of the tory campaign, which was wooden and negative. so i think ella fantastic campaign. whether he's ready for another election, i don't know. what will it be like being in power negotiating brexit with its complexities? it's a good question. answer it. it depends. this is going to change our story and our history forever. so you could say that there hasn't been a better time. for our leader to make our mark on history. this is the time in history changes. but they didn't win. he said himself. any reader. talking to andrew mark this morning, corbyn saidi andrew mark this morning, corbyn said i didn't win. he didn't have the numbers. compared to what he might have got, it was an extraordinary result. but however they build on the momentum that they had i t

i am yasmin vossoughian with ayman mohyeldin and louis berg door of. top stories. following news out of london overnight and that massive fire that ripped through a towering apartment building. officials there say multiple fatalities have been confirmed, can't confirm the number, size, complexity of the building. more than 50 people taken to area hospitals. a live report from london on the latest in a couple minutes. >>> a university of virginia graduate back home. otto warmbier arrived in ohio from north korea. he was convicted of attempting to steal a propaganda poster, sentenced to 15 years hard labor, was reportedly evacuated out of north korea in a coma. >>> let's turn back to the big story that dominated headlines. jeff sessions answering questions ranging from the russia probe to firing of fbi director jim comey. over the course of the hearing before the senate intel committee, he slowly inched toward acknowledging he may have met with the russians ambassador at the mayflower hotel in 2016, an encounter he had not previously disclosed. take a li

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside louis burgdorf and yasmin. we will know the future of climate change today. president trump says he will announce his decision this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. in the rose garden at the white house. if he chooses to withdraw, the united states will join two other countries, nick raragua a syria, as the only countries not in the climate agreement. axios was the first to report that the president planned to withdraw, but the president gave few clues later in the day. >> i'm hearing from a lot of people, boat ways. both ways, believe me. i'm hearing from a lot of people both ways. >> during last week's g-7 summit, trump was the sole leader not to join the consensus reaffirms commitment to the accord. yesterday sean spicer revealed some of what has and has not gone into the president's decision-making. >> will he have a formal cabinet meeting or a formal review before he makes that decision? >> that will obviously be up to the president to decide. >> has the president met with european leaders last week, obviously. did

bring us up to speed on the status of the suspect as yasmin was just saying.w that he had been arrested shortly after this incident. what are police saying about him? >>. >> yeah, that's right. we're saying he is 48 years old. they're not revealing very much more honestly, about ut we do have this compelling story after the attack where the vehicle mounted the pavement and hit a number of people leaving evening prayers here at the mosque here. a crowd gathered and a number of people arrested this guy. waited for the police to arrive and according to accounts held off others who wanted to take out their own vengeance if you like. a story of civic duty by the community to insure that this man was arrested by the police and that the right procedure was taken if you like. now, listen, what the community here will be log every looking for is for the right kind of language to be used. we are seeing that. we're seeing the police talking about this as a suspected terrorist attack. we're seeing the police talking about this as an attack on londoners and, therefore, an

>> hey there, yasmin. well, luckily, this thing comes through in waves.n that through early yesterday. not just here in new orleans, but all along the central gulf coast. we have seen some flooding here in new orleans, and, again, along that strike zone here. it's going to continue as you talk about some of the hardest hit areas, and we'll see a foot of rain or more. we've seen tornadoes spawned as a result of this storm. unfortunately, we've seen one death as a result. a 10-year-old on vacation with his family. he was struck by debris that was pulled into the shoreline by one of the huge waves generated by this storm. an unfortunate reminder of what so many are saying right now. this storm may have made landfall. the aefts of it far from over. the possibility of tornadoes as well as that flooding rain continue as it makes its trek on inland. that's the latest here in new orleans where, again, thankfully we're dry right now, but no more rain is on the way. >> we'll be tracking that storm, of course, throughout the day. >> let's switch gears and talk about

yesterday we heard of a family on the 21st floor. 20—year—old yasmin and his parents, brother and sisterld newsnight there were rumours on social media a family is dead. officially they are still missing. this from a friend today. it breaks my heart because the thing is, social media is going out and they're saying he's confirmed this and he's confirmed that and that's not the case and these messages are going to family and friends and its distorting everything. no one in that tower has been confirmed. on the 14th floor lived syrian brothers, university student mohammed alhajali was overwhelmed by smoke and returned to their flat while his brother escaped. friends confirmed he perished after a long phone call home to a friend in syria. for two hours he was on the phone, he was absolutely terrified, he was scared, but he hope to the emergency services would get to him and two hours later he thought the fire has reached me now and i'm going to die. goodbye to my mum and my father, i love you, that was the last message from him. the names and faces of the missing residents of the tower give

. >> reporter: sisters yasmin and nadia were at the concert the night of the attack.fighting fear with strength and defiance. >> go into this tomorrow with all the love and the celebrities that are surrounding it and having new memories of ariana will definitely have closure on the whole thing. >> reporter: grande paying an emotional visit to many of those injured in the attack, including one of the youngest, 8-year-old lily harrison. >> and i think the last sort of checkpoint for lily being discharged from hospital was the psychological sort of angle on things and i think after last night, i think arianna grandy, as surreal as that sound, has got her over the edge. >> while lily's father hopes she'll be out of the hospital and at the one love manchester concert tomorrow, concert that is providing a small glimmer of hope as word reaches here of yet another devastating attack in london. tom? >> and security will be even tighter now. all right, lama, thank you so much. and arianna gra grande's concerl be shown live on the channel freeform tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern a

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joining me tonight are economic adviser for arbuthnot ruth lea, and journalist yasmin alibhai brown.fold— michael gove returns to the cabinet as environment secretary interviews are made's shuffle. senior tories backed the prime minister as speculation continues about her future. no deal with the theresa dup yet. at this important time for our country, we need stability and certainty and that is what i have been doing today, putting together a cabinet that reflects that were off and talent that reflects the conservative party. that is about delivering a successful brexit negotiation but it is also about ensuring we are dealing with some of the social issues we see in our country, so tackling issues are mental health, tackling the housing crisis. this is what my government will be getting on and doing. just one question or two, the big news todayis one question or two, the big news today is the return of michael gove today is the return of michael gove to your cabinet. are you now in a situation that you are so weakened by the election that you have no choice but to put influential ad

that's what i want to see. >> yasmin, i don't know what to make of it. the president there saying that barack obama copied him and calling the house bill mean and what do you think? >> it's really anyone's guess. what we know is when president trump had a meeting with them unveiling the bill on thursday he said the house bill was mean which obviously took a lot of people by surprise because he celebrated the bill's passage with a rose garden news conference and he said the senate bill needed to have more heart. it's hard to tell what he means when he's talking about former president obama's statements because president obama is obviously talking about the senate bill and as far as we know, president trump hasn't called the most recent version of the bill mean. >> john harwood, if you'll permit me to tell a campaign story and tie it to policy. when i was out in new hampshire in the primaries, donald trump spoke repeatedly and arguably eloquently about the opioid crisis there. he is nothing, if not a marketer and he had figured out that was a compelling me

when you heard him speaking, he mentioned olivia and yasmin, which are not their real names.es for as long as possible because they do not want to put them in care. but as a result of angela wrightson‘s murder, and identifying these young people have behaviour problems, they will assess cases on a six—month basis. we have also heard that the family want and angela‘s law, they want vulnerable people like her to be protected in the future to stop strangers going into their home. the us attorney general, jeff sessions, will give evidence to a senate committee today about alleged russian interference in last year‘s presidential election. mr sessions, who has removed himself from thejustice department‘s investigation into the same issue, is the most senior member of the trump administration to appear before the intelligence committee. our correspondentjane o‘brien is in washington. what is expected ? what is expected? jeff sessions has to a nswer to what is expected? jeff sessions has to answer to mac things arising from james comey‘s testimony last week. less tha n james comey‘s

our guests joining me tonight are economic adviser for arbuthnot ruth lea, and journalist yasmin alibhaik on the arena venue, say they now have ‘deep understanding' of how the killer, salman abedi, planned the mass murder. detectives say he was in and out of the country and they understand how they obtained the chemicals to make they obtained the chemicals to make the bomb. they are sure that he made it on his own. it was in this white nissan micra that salman abedi stored his bomb—making materials before leaving for libya. salman abedi flew out of the country on 15th of april and arrive back on the 18th of may. he was then recorded on cctv cameras with a blue suitcase going backwards and forwards to the road in rush home, collecting preprepared bomb parts for the final assembly in central manchester flat. chief superintendent rush jackson said they understand how the chemicals and equipment were obtained, where it the bomb was assembled. we understand where he was in the days before the closing hour by hour. detectives are still searching a landfill site in the hopes of finding the blue

. >> reporter: sisters yasmin and nadia were at the concert the night of the attack.r with strength and defiance. >> going to this tomorrow with all the celebrities, having new memories with ariana, we'll definitely have a closure on the whole thing. >> reporter: grande paying an emotional visit to many of those injured in the attack, including one of the youngest, 8-year-old lily harrison. >> i think the last sort of checkpoint for being discharged from hospital was a psychological sort of angle on things. i think after last night i think ariana grande, as surreal has that sounds, has got her over the edge. >> reporter: lama hasan, abc news. >>> there are calls tonight for comedian bill maher to be fired for using a racial slur on his talk show last night. he told his guest nebraska stoefrn ben sasse he should visit neb more. the senator made a joke about having maher come work in the fields with us. to which maher made a joke saying he was a house n word. hbo called the comments inexcusable and tasteless and has removed that segment from any repeat airings of the sh

. >>> good morning, everyone, it's wednesday june 28th, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughianouis burgdorf.

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i'm yasmin vossoughian for louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. >> i think the president is clear whento hit back. i think the american people elected somebody who is tough, who's smart and who's a fighter. that's donald trump. i don't think it's a surprise to anybody who fights fire with fire. he's not going to sit back and get attacked about media liberals and hollywood elightes. when he gets hit he fights back. >> joe a

. >> one that jumped out to me, yasmin, was what it does to the individual insurance market.eason republicans say they need this is to stabilize that market where you see premiums go up in some areas. you see insurers leave. now the cbo score says that the market would basically remain the same under the republican plan. that overall it's stable, but in certain areas you're still going to see these insurers possibly leaving. still going to see very high premiums to make it hard for people to purchase plans. that was one that jumped out to me in a major way that undercut some of the explanation for why this bill is needed. >> jordan, let me ask you about this change that the "new york times" was reporting. it said that earlier in the day the bill itself was actually changed to penalize people who go without health insurance by requiring them to wait up to six months before their actual coverage would begin. why has that changed? explain that to us. >> well, there was concern among senate leaders that this bill would leave too many people uninsured, and this penalty that was in

. >> have a fantastic weekend, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian with louis burgdorf and million dollarnow. >> he's going to rise and fall on whether or not he produce results for american people. he's going to tweet when he wants to tweet. the question is can we consolidate the majority we have now and be effective? time will tell. >> president trump tries to put together the ongoing mystery that he started himself, whether he secretly recorded his private conversations with former fbi director james comey. lindsey graham saying he won't rise and fall on his tweets. but that one tweet may

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian along with louis burgdorf. we're rushing something through that fundamentally affects life and pushing it to the floor with an insult to our values. >> our job right now is to make sure this disastrous republican proposal never sees the light of day. >> to stay ts-- say to your constituents, i'm not going to show you the bill because i know you won't like it. >> why are my constituents not allowed to see the detaste ils what's about to happen to their lives? why are only a select group of americans able to have a voice inside that room? >> the voices of democratic senators doing all they can to try to block republican efforts to make obamacare a thing of the past. right now there's little democrats can do besides talk. republican senators continuing to work behind the scenes to try to get a bill together as they steam roll what they hope will be a vote as early as next week. this morning we'll talk to five senators, democratic whip dick durbin, republican bob corker of tennessee, the vice chairman of the senate

i'm yasmin vossoughian along with louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. >> if we don't reach by friday,bamacare collapses, challenge democrats to work with us to find something better. >> do you think health care is possible by friday? >> if pigs could fly. >> so you're saying there's a chance. >> tomorrow seems to be the new deadline for the republicans to pass their bill or face, can you imagine, working with democrats. the republicans have their work cut out with them to say the least. this is thursday, june 29th on morning joe. with us veteran columnist and legendary journalist mike barnicle. senior political analyst mark halperin. national affairs analyst more

everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian with louis burgdorf and million dollar. "morning joe" starts right now. >> he's going to rise and fall on whether or not he produce results for american people. he's going to tweet when he wants to tweet. the question is can we consolidate the majority we have now and be effective? time will tell. >> president trump tries to put together the ongoing mystery that he started himself, whether he secretly recorded his private conversations with former fbi director james comey. lindsey graham saying he won't rise and fall on his tweets. but that one tweet may have paved the way for obstruction of justice. >> i was watching greta last night who was pretty steady -- >> she's always so even, i should take a queue from her. but last night she was really angry. >> i stopped and watched. >> she said the president has taken us for a ride for 41 days. he just admitted he lied to america, he lied to the world 41 days ago. the lawyer in her just kept saying there's only one reason why he would do this, to intimidate a witness. >> to scare

i'm yasmin vossoughian for louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. >> i think the president is clear when he gets attacked, he's going to hit back. i think the american people elected somebody who is tough, who's smart and who's a fighter. that's donald trump. i don't think it's a surprise to anybody who fights fire with fire. he's not going to sit back and get attacked about media liberals and hollywood elightes. when he gets hit he fights back. >> joe and mika will be here shortly to address what's taken place over the past 24 hours. here are the tweets from the president of the united states posted yesterday "i heard poorly rated "morning joe" speaks badly of me, don't watch anymore. then how could low i.q. crazy mika along with psycho joe came to mar-a-lago three nights in a row around new year's eve and insisted on joining me, she was bleeding badly from a face lift. i said no! >> they stayed home to lay lou and i called and asked them to come in this morning to address this, to talk about the tweets and the reaction to them so they agreed to do so. they will be here at the top of ou

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. now "morning joe." >> we all agree we're here to serve the nation we love and the people who call it home. that's the source of unity. more than ever, we must embrace it so that on this special night i leave you with three great american words that for generations have torn down barriers, built bridges of unity and defied those who have sought to pull us apart. ladies and gentlemen, let's play ball. >> all right. last night the annual congressional baseball game went on as planned, one day after the shooting of the republican team's practice. both teams huddled in prayer before the game. lawmakers stood side by side for the national anthem. the ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by capitol police officer david bailey who suffered a minor injury in the shooting. organizers sold close to 25,000 tickets, and the game raised over a million dollars for d.c. area charities. democrats ended up winning 11-2 but after team manager, congressional mike doyle accepted the trophy, he then gave

i'm yasmin vossoughian along with louis burgdorf and million dollar. now "morning joe." >> i am aware of the obligation that comes with being the first georgia woman elected to congress. >> the more than 12,000 of you who as darkness has kept across this planet have provided a beacon of hope for people here in georgia, for people across the country and for people around the world, at a time when politics has been dominated by fear and hatred and scapegoating and division, this community stood up, women in this community stood up. [ cheers and applause ] >> georgia is sending karen handel to congress and republicans breathing a little easier this morning in the most expensive house race in american history. handel narrowly kept the district in gop hands. she becomes the first woman ever elected to the capital from georgia, fending off rookie jon ossoff among a blizzard of spending, more than $50 million in all. the turnout was enormous, even eclipsing mid terms in 2014. ossoff defied polls in the first round of voting getting 48% of the vote but in yest

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >> we may have our differences, but we do well in times like these to remember that everyone who surfs in our nation's capital is here because, above all, they love our country. we can all agree that we are blessed to be americans, that our children deserve to grow up in a nation of safety and peace, and that we are strongest when we are unified and when we work together for the common good. >> there wasn't social media. >> there wasn't the internet. >> and the level of discourse -- people don't look at each other eye to eye. they use the two thumbs and insult one another, and there's -- i just think it's lessened the civility. >> when my son jack was born, i was chairman of the energy and commerce committee, and jack got as many presents from the democrats as he did from the republicans, and he still has some of those. >> the republican and democrat coaches of the congressional baseball team speaking yesterday. today those two teams will take the field