i'm here in jerusalem alongside yasmin vossoughian and luisberg door f in new york. surrounding the opening of the new embassy in jerusalem. as today's new york daily news cover demonstrates it is a jarring juxtathat position of what happened here. on the left, jerusalem. officials including the president's daughter all smiles, dressed to the nines and there on your right, less than 50 miles away in the occupied gaza strip where at least 58 people died yesterday and more than 2,700 wounded as they convened near the border fence. that's on top of the more than 100 people killed and more than 11,000 wounded since the protests in gaza began at the end of march. this is according to gaza's health ministry. >> the red cross has issued a dire warning that the health system in gaza is on the verge of collapse due to the strain. several nations have called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council with the palestinian rep causing the actions war crimes. nato ally turkey has declared three days of mourning and solidarity with the protests and has announced it is w

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. it is the bottom of the hour.ent trump started yesterday with a tweet storm of course besides other messages commenting on cable news and trade, he sent seven tweets dedicated to what he is calling quote, spy gate. he and his allies were turning the table on the criminal deep state but the president's top diplomat appeared to disagree with a broad anti trump government conspiracy. here's ted lue questioning mike pompeo at a hearing yesterday. watch this. >> do you believe there's a criminal deep state at the state department? >> i haven't seen the comments from the president. i -- i don't believe there's a deep state at the state department. >> thank you. you formerly served as cia director. do you believe your colleagues in cia are part of the criminal deep state? >> this term deep state has been thrown around. i'll say this. the employees that work for me at the cia nearly uniformly were aimed at achieving the president's objectives and america's objectives. >> and that's your experience when you interacted with

i'm yasmin vossoughian. we begin with a new ethics questions for president trump after disclosing on financial forms that he reimbursed michael cohen for the stormy daniels payment. the disclosure came in a very last footnote on page 45 of the 92 page report. it claims quote, in the interest of transparency while not required to be disclosed as quote reportable liabilities, in 2016 expenses were incurred by one of trump's attorneys michael cohen. it claims that cohen sought reimbursement of those expenses and that trump quote fully reimbursed cohen in 2017. however, the government ethics chief disputes that cohen's payment was an expense and therefore not required to be reported. in a letter to deputy aj rod rosenste rosenstein, based on information from the president's disclosure the payment made by mr. cohen is required to be reported as a liability. that means the ethics chief believes trump should have disclosed the payment on last year's financial form which he did not. paul ends his letter by telling t

. >>> i am yasmine vossoughian. we begin with the news that has the world reacting. president trump fulfilled one of his signature promises ending the united states involvement in the iran nuclear deal. we can't under the dekag agreement. the iran deal is defective at its core. if we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. therefore i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. i will sign new sanctions on the iranian regime, instituting the highest level of economic sanction. any nation that helps iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the united states. >> the obama team has responded to trump's decision in a lengthy statement. president obama lays out several facts about the nuclear deal, some of which go straight after several of president trump's arguments as a sort of fact check, while adding the reality is clear that jcpoa is working. that is a view shared by our european allies, independent experts and the current u.s. secretary of defense. it is an america's interest, it has s

i am ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. we begin with the president and his political team marking the one year anniversary of robert mueller's probe yesterday beginning with a sarcastic tweet saying congratulations to america. we have had the most successful first 17 month administration in u.s. history by far. sorry to the fake news media and haters but that's the way it is. the trump campaign also sent an e-mail asking for donations, quote, to show the witch hunters that not a single patriot backed down from our fight. while his campaign chairman has entered a plea of not guilty three former aides to the president are cooperating in the probe. here's a year in review put together by the team at deadline white house. >> after serving as the deputy attorney general for 22 days, the deputy rod rosenstein today took himself out of overseeing the russia investigation, turning that over to robert mueller. >> good evening once again from our headquarters in new york. this was day 118 of the trump administration and we now have

i ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we begin with the campaign on the department of justice. top doj and fbi officials have agreed to meet with congressional leaders to review classified information that lawmakers have been seeking related to the russia probe. this comes after president trump demanded the justice department investigate reports that his campaign had been infiltrated or sur veiled by the fbi. white house correspondent hallie jackson has the story. >> reporter: the deputy attorjo walking into the west wing. >> i think it would be very troubling to millions of americans if that took place. >> reporter: democrats say not so fast. >> the president's claim that there was a political spy imbedded in his campaign is nonsense and the country needs to know this is nonsense. >> rosenstein under orders to do something, finding a middle ground, expanding an existing internal review but not starting one all together. now it will ask the inspector general to look into irregularities and tactics concerning the trump cam

i'm ayman mohyeldin, alongside yasmine vossoughian. a new report claims president trump put more pressure than previously known on attorney general jeff sessions, with trump urging the top law enforcement officer to intervene in the russia investigation on his behalf, after sessions recused himself in march of 2017. "new york times" reports according to former administration officials, sessions had flown to mar-a-lago resort because mr. trump was refusing to take his calls about a pressing decision on the travel ban. when they met, mr. trump was ready to talk, but not talk about the travel ban. instead, the president objected to sessions' decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation. he berated him, told him -- they're suggesting obstruction investigation is broader than firing of the fbi director, james comey. this follows reporting from "the washington post" that mueller has been examining trump's efforts to oust sessions last summer in a barrage of public and private attacks. special counsel team interviewed sessions in

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. we'll begin with the big news regarding the korean peninsula and we're learning more about the circumstances behind president trump's sudden and surprise cancellation of his june 12th summit with kim jong un. multiple officials now telling nbc news among the reasons the president was worried that kim would beat him to punch and cancel the meeting first. a senior white house official also saying that north korea's threat this week, that it was ready to meet the u.s. in a nuclear showdown and quote, make the u.s. taste an appalling tragedy also had a big impact. the summit would have never been able to work under these circumstances. the north koreans also stood up a u.s. prep team for a planning meeting in singapore last week and less than 12 hours after the president trump and his top advisors began contemplating cancelling meeting trump personally dictated the three paragraph leader to kim. involved in those discussions was vice president pence, mike pompeo, chief of staff john kelly

i'm yasmin vossoughian. we'll start with stunning revolutions as the "the new york times" describes it suggesting a president losing control of his own narrative. as of this week, it turns out that the statement about his health was not actually from trump's doctor but had been dictated by mr. trump himself, the president has split with the leaders of the legal team and hired a new attorney and mr. trump had finance the $130,000 payment intended to buy the silence of the actress known as stormy daniels. "the washington post" reports that when rudy giuliani went on national television wednesday night and said the president had, quote, funneled money to michael cohen for the cost of the porn star's nondisclosure agreement, quote, neither white house counsel don mcgahn or emmitt flood, the white house attorney recently hired knew that trump had reimbursed cohen before giuliani actually revealed it on fox news. the communications of media staff run by sarah huckabee sanders did not book giuliani's appearance on

i'm yasmin vossoughian. it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories.wo days after pulling the u.s. out of the iran nuclear agreement president trump says he wants a new deal while making sure to slam his predecessor. >> among the national security blunders of the previous administration, one of the world's worst was the disastrous iran nuclear deal. i hope to be able to make a deal with them, a good deal, a fair deal. a good deal for them. beer for the be beer -- better for them. but we cannot allow them to have nuclear weapons. we must be able to go to a site and check that site. we have to be able to go into their military bases to see whether or not they're cheating. now, of course we're all sure they're not cheating but just in case. the iran deal was one of the most embarrassing agreements the united states has ever entered into. >> all right. so trump's remarks come as iran and israel edge closer to a full fledged war particularly in syria. joining us now live from london, cal, god to have you with us this friday morning. i know you spent a lot o

i'm yasmine vossoughian alongsi alongside ayman mohyeldin. kim jong-un cancelled talks with south korea over exercises with the south and u.s. kim is okay with the exercises, a complete 180 from decades of north korea policy. pyongyang appears to have reverted to that stance, calling drills a rude and wicked provocation and rehearsal for n invasion. >> kim jong-un said previously he staunlunderstands the need a utility of the united states and republic of korea continuing in joint exercises. absolutely, we will continue to go ahead and plan the meeting between president trump and kim jong-un. they're simply not provocative. we do these things around the world, they have occurred for decades and decades. i will say it a third time. kim jong-un said he understands the importance to the united states that we conduct the joint exercises, joint exercises continue to go on. >> the statement carried out on state media, foreign affairs minister says if they push us to the corner, force us to give up nuclear unilaterally, pyongyang will reconsider par

i'm yasmin vossoughian. it is the bottom of the hour.tart with the morning's top stories. >> we're awaiting a major decision about the fate of the iran nuclear deal. president trump tweeted out he would be announcing if they would remain in the deal at 2:00 p.m. >> reporter: is the deal dead? it may be the biggest foreign policy test yet for a president who campaigned on a vow to rip up the deal increasingly signaling he's now eyeing the exits. >> it should have never ever been made. >> the six nation agreement required iran to reduce its nuclear stock piles and facilities in exchange for lifting most economic sanctions. the president argues the pact isn't tough enough at preventing iran from advancing its nuclear and missile programs, but proponents say it's the only way to keep iran in check. global allies have been shuttling through the white house to apply pressure including the leaders of france and germany and the british foreign secretary also in d.c. >> you've got to do that without just throwing the baby out with the bath water.

i'm yasmin vossoughian.he morning's top stories. eight current and former white house officials say that chief of staff john kelly has cast himself as saving the country from disaster and repeatedly insults president trump's intelligence, quote, he has referred to trump as an idiot multiple times, to underscore his point. according to four officials who say they've witnessed these comments. he doesn't understand what daca is. he's an idiot. we've got to save him from himself. some current and former white house officials say they expect kelly to leave by july. his one-year mark, but others say it is anybody's guess. >>> and five days after nbc initially requested comment, chief of staff kelly replied quote, i spend more time with the president than anyone else and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationshirelations. he and i both know this story is total bs. and kelly's deputy told the washington examiner quote, i think there are a couple of people here at the white house who would like to see him g

i'm yasmin vossoughian. in just a couple of hours the new u.s. embassy in israel will officially open in jerusalem. wh where do things stand right now? >> well, today's events follow president trump's historic yet highly controversial decision last year to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and move the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv. obviously israel gained control over east jerusalem in the six-day war back in 1967 although that claim has not been internationally recognized by the united nations and even sbo until the u.s.' decision the handful of nations that followed has been few. it's opening in a preamerican consulate building and not a new facility. at least not yet. the delegation which includes ivanka trump, jared kushner. john sullivan and others, all arrived in a tense jerusalem yesterday. they were greeted by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> 100,000 protests, they are expected to take part in multiple protests today as we've been seeing through the weekend and hamas has called on tens of thousands of people to join in and

i'm yasmine vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and lewis berg door of.eeks away from president trump's scheduled summit with north korean kim jong-un. yesterday, trump hedged on whether the summit will take place, placing some of the blame on beijing. >> i'm a little disappointed because when kim jong-un had the meeting with president xi, i think there was a change in attitude from kim jong-un. so i don't like that. i don't like that. i hope that's not true because i have a great relationship with president xi, he is a friend of mine, he likes me, i like him, but there was a difference when kim jong-un left china the second time. >> do you think china discouraged him? >> no, but i think president xi is a world class poker player. >> joining us live from beijing, nbc news kropt, and international kronlt cal perry. trump going after china on twitter, saying north korea is becoming more porous. has china's behavior at all changed from what you've seen? >> china was never going to sit on the sidelines. they want to see stability in north korea, they also wan

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. it's the bottom of the hour.h the top stories. president trump weighing in on the controversy surrounding comedian roseanne barr. he said that bob iger called valerie jarrett to let her know that abc does not tolerate comments like those made by roseanne barr. gee, he never called president down ald j. trump to apologize for the horrible comments made about me on abc. maybe i didn't get the call? white house press secretary sarah sanders defeated his grievances. >> well, the president simply calling out the media bias. no one is defending what she said, the president is the president of all americans and he's focused on doing what is best for our country. >> meanwhile, after roseanne tried to defend her racist comments by blaming the sleep aid ambien, sanofi said, people of all races, religions work at sanofi all day to improve the lives of people around the world. while all treatments have side effects, racism is not a side effect of any sanofi medication. >>> where in the world is melania trump? it's been 20 da

i'm yasmin vossoughian it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. agency must investigate whether there was an infill ration that was -- infiltration that was motivated by politics. >> the president emerged on twitter with a major declaration. i here by demand the the dopt of justice look into whether on the fbi an fbi informant made contact with three members in 2016. reached by phone the president trump's lawyer said mr. trump wants answers. >> all he's asking for is to investigate it. he's not telling them to what conclude. >> he says the president trump has the authority to demand the new probe as head of the executive branch. the president's legal team wants to speak directly with the confidential confidential informant. >> in the day that we can't protect human sources is the day the american people start becoming less safe. >> giuliani also said the special council notified the trump legal team a few weeks ago that its investigation related to the president could be concluded by september 1st. rod rosenstein responded if anyone did infiltrate

i'm yasmin vossoughian it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the top stories.ler appears to have suffered a setback as he try to bring a case against russian citizens for their reported role in the 2016 election interference. one of three businesses accused of facilitating an alleged russian control operation. it's un clear whether they formally accepted the court summons related to the case. >> we've learned that mueller's team has interviewed tom barrack. the ap was first otoreport the news. one person who spoke to the associated press that the questioning focused on former campaign chairman paul manafort. manafort and gates have both been indicted by mueller. >> and the clock is ticking for mueller's team. mueller does not face any specific legal deadline but he will reach a point this summer when justice department dictate he would have to go dark so he doesn't appear to be trying to sway voters' decisions which would be at odds for guidelines for prosecutors. >>> and giuliani isn't ruling out the possibility of trump taking the fifth. he said he wouldn't h

. >>> that does it for us on this thursday, i'm yasmin vossoughian, along side ayman mohyeldin and louis joe" starts right now. >> we very much appreciate that he allowed them to go before the meeting. it was sort of understood that we would be able to get these three terrific people during the meeting and bring them home after the meeting. and he was nice in letting them go before the meeting. i mean frankly, we didn't think this was going to happen. and it did. >> breaking news overnight, the three men formally detained in north korea have returned to the continental united states, landing in maryland just hours ago. president trump on hand to greet them. saying that kim jong un was quote, nice to let

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin.re was no knowledge of any payments from the president and he's denied all of these allegations. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no, no. >> why did michael cohen make it if there's no truth to the allegations? >> you'll have to ask michael -- michael is an attorney and you'll have to ask michael. >> michael would represent me and would represent me on some things. he represents me like with this crazy stormy daniels deal. he represented me. >> sorry i'm giving you a fact that you don't know. it not campaign money. no -- campaign finance violation. so -- >> they funneled it through a law firm? >> funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it. >> oh, i -- he did? >> yeah. >> single softball interview, i think it was hannity, right? one of his first appearances

. >>> that does it for us on this tuesday, i'm yasmin vossoughian, along side ayman mohyeldin and louisood morning, it's tuesday, may 29th. welcome to "morning joe." with us we have national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc, sand executive producer and co-host of show-time's "the circus" jon heilemann. president of the council on foreign relations and author of the book "a world in disarray" richard haass. >>> nbc news national political reporter, heidi przybilla and co-founder and ceo of axios jim vandehei with us as well. lot to get to, hard to choose where to begin. there's a "new york times" lead story, a great story on trump embraces shadowy plots and eroding trustsz. this is something as the article points out, something that the guy did, obviously wasn't bound to the truth while he was working day in and day out. and there weren't great consequences, but jon, you look at the story and you look at his presidency and it really is he's brought conspiracy

. >>> that does it for us on this thursday, i'm yasmin vossoughian, along side ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >> we very much appreciate that he allowed them to go before the meeting. it was sort of understood that we would be able to get these three terrific people during the meeting and bring them home after the meeting. and he was nice in letting them go before the meeting. i mean frankly, we didn't think this was going to happen. and it did. >> breaking news overnight, the three men formally detained in north korea have returned to the continental united states, landing in maryland just hours ago. president trump on hand to greet them. saying that kim jong un was quote, nice to let them go. before the planned meeting between the two leaders. was kim nice to imprison them in the first place? we'll have full analysis of that. also this morning, more questions around whether president trump's personal attorney michael cohen was peddling access to and cashing in on his association with donald trump. the "washington post" reports that cohen told an ass

i'm yasmin vossoughian, "morning joe" starts right now. >>> good morning. it's friday. it's just friday may 4th. joe is on assignment. we have a lot to get to. with us to start things off msnbc contributor mike barnicle. donny deutsch is here, republican strategist and political commentator, susan del pursio and law professor at george washington university, jonathan turley and msnbc analyst john judge sefls. >>> the past few days "the new york times" says the president is losing controlling of his narrative. as of this week, the statement about his health was not actually from trump's doctor, but had been dictated by mr. trump himself. that the president has split with the leaders of his legal team and hired the same new lawyer he denied recruiting. and that mr. trump himself had financed the $130,000 payment intended to buy the silence of the actress known as stormy daniels. the "washington post" reports that when rudy giuliani went on national television wednesday night and said the president had funneled money to michael cohen for the cost of the porn star's nondisc

. >> that does it for us on this tuesday, i'm yasmin vossoughian, along side ayman mohyeldin, "morning joe" starts right now. >>> it is turs, may 8th, welcome to "morning joe" to say we have a lot to cover this morning is an understatement. new overnight, attorney general's attorney general, eric schneiderman has resigned, among allegations that he physically abused four women. he announced his resignation within hours of the allegations being printed by "the new yorker." president trump tweeted that he will be announcing today at 2:00 his decision on whether the u.s. will stay in the iran nuclear agreement. and a tease by president trump's legal team. reportedly picking the one-year anniversary of special counsel robert mueller's appointment. to announce whether the president will grant investigators an interview. today voters in a number of states head to the polls in primary elections and it's the west virginia gpa race that has republicans in washington very nervous. can the very controversial don blankenship win the primary? >>> and first lady melania trump launches a new children

that does it for us, i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside louis burgdorf. >>> my whole life i've been greedy, greedy. i'm so greedy. >> i know the lobbyists, i've done very well with lobbyists. >> i've always taken in money. i like money. i'm very greedy. i shouldn't tell thaw. >> i've turned down millions and millions of dollars, i feel foolish, actually doing it, you want to know the truth. i said no, i don't want your $5 million. don't give me $2 million. it's not my way of life. >> i've always been greedy. i want to give all that up. i have great executives, they'll run it, it's going to be easy. >> now i want to be greedy for the united states. i want to grab all that money. >> join the campaign trump said that it pained him not to take money from lobbyists because he's so greedy. but this morning, there are claims of pay to play, surrounding the president's personal attorney. the lawyer for porn star stormy daniels alleging that the company set up by trump attorney michael cohen to buy her silence in october of 2016 went on to take in over $4.4 million through january of 2018. what was

. >>> that does it for us, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >>> see what happens, whether or not it happens. whatever it is, it is. we'll see what happens. if it doesn't happen, maybe it will happen later. maybe it will happen at a different time. we will see. whether the deal gets made or not, who knows. you never really know. there's a chance that it will work out. there's a very substantial that it won't work out. there's a good chance we'll have the meeting. he may have a meeting coming up. he may not. he may or may not. he may or may not. but we'll see what happens. maybe nothing happens and maybe it did. we'll see how it all works out. can't tell you exactly how or why, but it always does, it's going to work out. >> wow. that was president trump yesterday. actually maybe it wasn't. talking about trade with china. and the waning likelihood with his planned summit with north korea's dictator. donald rumsfeld had his known unknowns, president trump lives in a certain uncertainty. welcome to "morning joe," it is wednes

i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> why didn't you deny calling the president a moron? >> you know that's a really old question. >> you understand by not answering the questions, some people thought that you were confirming the story. >> you think you've answered the question? >> i've answered the question. >> did you call the president a moron? >> i'm not going to dignify the question. we've got so many other issues that we could be talking about. i'm not from this town. i understand that people in this town like to talk about somethings that are really not that important. >> not that long ago, nbc news had an exclusive report that rex tillerson had insulted the president's intelligence. as you heard there, the former secretary of state didn't deny it. now nbc news is out with a new exclusive. this time that the president's own chief of staff, john kelly, referred to trump as an idiot. multiple times. questioning his grasp on policy and the basic functions of government. but today th

. >>> that does it for us, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >> drain the swamp! drain the swamp! drain the swamp! drain the swamp! >> drain the swamp. they actually chanted that last night. for the president's rally in indiana and it came, drain the swamp came on the same day that we learned of the swampiest behavior i've ever heard of in modern american political history. and that's because the president's personal attorney we learned yesterday, mike the cohen, got hired three days into the trump administration, to help at&t on its merger that the president said he was going to kill and he racked up a total of nearly $3 million from them, and other corporate clients. drain the swamp? what about all of those trump cabinet expenses? drain the swamp? like, drain it with what? ben carson's $31,000 dining set? the $139,000 that ryan zinke spent on doors? let me say that again. let me -- let me say that again, for those of you who were working around the clock, night and day, to try to get your kids, to be able to do better t

. >>> i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >>> she's one of the highest paid, most successful women in america. she has a household name and her face is known to millions. tonight, though, she is scorned by some, pitied by others, roseanne bar. >> abc firing the star of its hit show hours after she posted a racist tweet directed at a former adviser to president obama. >> from a tone-deaf national anthem to a blatantly racist tweet, those two reports on nightly news come nearly three decades apart. both on roseanne. welcome to "morning joe," it's wednesday, may 30th. with us we have pulitzer winning prize columnist, editor of the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. political writer for "the new york times" and msnbc political analyst nick compasori and nbc news correspondent and host of kasie d.c. on msnbc, kasie hunt on set. still good with that? >> are you sick of that yet? don't get sick of that. >> i love her show on sunday night. >> it gets you ready for the week. kasie d.c. >> you have bee

yasmin vossoughian, alongside louis burgdorf, along with ayman mohyeldin. our biggest fan out there. that's your name. howard stern is ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> you've said it should be wrapped up. do you believe that it should be wrapped up overall? or just as it pertains in any way to president trump? >> i think it should be wrapped up completely. i think in fact they should apologize to him for putting him through this and then someone should apologize to the united states of america for putting the country through this. >> that's president trump's attorney, rudy giuliani, he had more to say about the russia investigation yesterday. telling nbc's halle jackson, after days of no response, the special counsel has responded to some of giuliani's questions with regard to a potential presidential interview saying quote they're engaging us on several points where we could reach an agreement. asked for details, giuliani said quote, that's confidential. good morning, welcome to "morning joe," it's friday, may 18th. i'm willie geist in