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joining us, eugene scott. have a great weekend, everybody. thank you for joining us "way too early." "morning joe" starts right now. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. because we won the state. >> that conversation is the main reason a special grand jury in georgia is investigating election interference. yesterday, we got some of their report, and it reveals that the jurors believe that witnesses lied to them. and, somehow, the former president, donal...

Ever criminal trial of an American Expresident started the day. Opening statements this morning in a Downtown Manhattan courthouse in donald j. Trumps criminal case. They made the Opening Statements to the jury and the six alternates. It is about a conspiracy of the expresident and his allies to interfere in the 2016 election. The negative stories about donald trump. The attorney for the prosecution, matthew spoke about a 2015 meeting in trump tower between donald trump, his former fixer, Michae...

Among the 2000 people in the congregation. letsjoin sophie again. she is in the heart of parliament square. this is the great north door at westminster abbey, and you can see the guests arriving, taking their places ahead of the service later this morning. joining me is dr leanne armitage. a newly qualified doctor, qualified two years ago, and a recipient of the queens young leader award in 2018. explain what it means to be here today. 2018. explain what it means to be here today-— here today....

Mccarthy era. its easy to make comparisons, you know, from then to now. you actually started this before this administration was even kind of a glimmer in anyones eye, right? >> yeah, i just thought it was such an interesting era on the veneer, its romantic, seems pleasant. the eisenhower years. you just scratch a little bit beneath the surface, there are literally communists infiltrating the government, the rise of mccarthyism, the atomic race, the country still segregated, its still a very sex...

Kind of a glimmer in anyones eye, right? >> yeah, i just thought it was such an interesting era on the veneer, its romantic, seems pleasant. the eisenhower years. you just scratch a little bit beneath the surface, there are literally communists infiltrating the government, the rise of mccarthyism, the atomic race, the country still segregated, its still a very sexist society. so it looks pleasant, but its really, theres this undertone of menace throughout the 1950s. all of that was cooking long ...

If they would just stop obsessing about that and really focus on who will benefit from this is the middle income americans and the benefits it will mean for them, i think thats where the focus needs to be. at the same time, if this doesnt pan out, if this doesnt work like i hoped that it will, yes, this is going to be very devastating to the gop come mid-term elections. and it will be a tremendous impact and something that the democrats will certainly captallize on, but i think this will be good...

Be a strong strategy, may be right. they think they need to keep a tight grip on those voters. >> if youre republican leadership, are you getting a little anxious? >> most definitely. the president tends tore very unpredictable. anything at this point could be seen as a setback, at this point they are pushing jobs. this is something they are all trying to tout, cloincluding th white house because they feel this is key to lock in the votes. >> house and senate leadership should be concerned, they...