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Based on polling has gone down internationally. not a lot of confidence in president trump and his desire to work with other governments and be ally. what hell do to improve that standing with countries across the global is something that ill pay attention to. >> big meeting with president xi as well. thank you so much. coming up on "morning joe," could be a pardon be on the table for paul manafort? president trump says hes not ruling it out. plus, the number two democrat in the senate, dick...

Manafort. at this point in time, thats close to witness tampering. let me back up a little bit and say its not enough in and of itself. we really would have to look at an entire course of conduct because, of course, the president would say oh, no, its not an offer of a pardon. im just making a statement about my powers as president and that im taking nothing off the table. and it would be hard to get all of that alone across the finish line. but increasingly, the presidents course of conduct mak...

The possibility of a pardon. it was never discussed but i wouldnt take it off the table. why would i take it off the table? he claims, manafort, roger stone and stone associate jerome corsi were asked to lie. trump quote, if you told the truth, you go to jail. trump said, you know this flipping stuff is terrible. but i had three people -- manafort, corsi -- i dont know corsi. this is mccarthyism. we are in the mccarthy era. this is no better than mccarthy. lets go back to the beginning where h...

Table in thin that interview, h claimed that manafort, roger stone and stone associate jerome corsi were all asked to lie. he said this, if you told the truth, you go to jail, trump said. you know this flipping stuff is terrible. the president went on to say, quote, but i had three people, manafort, corsi, i dont know corsi, but he refuses to say what they demanded. manafort, corsi and roger stone. he went on, its actually very brave, the president said, of the trio. im telling you, this is mcca...

. hes not going into ukraine, just so you understand. hes not going into ukraine. you can mark it down, take it down. put it -- >> hes already there, isnt snit. >> hes there in a certain way. you have obama there. >> vladimir putin was in ukraine when donald trump made those comments two years ago. putin may be going back for more. there are reports they are blocking key ukrainian ports. >> that raises the stakes for president trumps meeting with putin on the sidelines of the g20, which as of ...

Counsel is damaged by this too much. the interesting thing is, they knew the answers to the questions that they were asking manafort if theyre able to prove that he was lying. so essentially, they were going at manafort to see what additional details he could provide, whether he could confirm certain instances and it may be that the actual value of manaforts cooperation is that theyve seen where the pressure points are and theyve now learned about the cooperation that was going on with the white...

Willie. its really hard to know where to start in this statement. because there is so much going on, all of it bad for us as a country. on that pardon issue, you know, every prosecutor hears the president say that and your spidey senses all come into focus because it sounds like the president is dangling a pardon to paul manafort and at this point in time where manafort is signed up on team usa, thats really pretty close to witness tampering. let me back up a little bit and say its not enough in...

Paul manafort is about to go to jail for possibility of the for life. there are two possible ek pla nations. one, hes nervous about retribution from people he worked for abroad in the past. the other is, hes angling for a presidential pardon, it gives him a protection he no longer needs to follow through on the plea deal with special counsel mueller. we have never seen a president talk in a public way about offering -- potentially offering a pardon whos being investigated about his relationship ...

Isnt he? >> hes there in a certain way, but im not there. you have obama there. >> vladimir putin was in ukraine when donald trump made those comments two years ago. there are reports that russia is now blocking key ukrainian ports after a naval clash between the two countries this week. that raises the stakes for president the presidents meeting with putin at the g20 which as of right now is still on. paul manaforts dealings are under new scrutiny from robert mueller and the special counsels of...

Jordan, kimberly atkins, michael schmidt and joyce advance. joe and mika have the morning off. good morning to all of you. lets dive right in. just days after we learned the special counsel wants to scrap paul manaforts plea deal, president trump is now publicly discussing a possible pardon for his former campaign chairman. in an oval office interview, president trump left open the possibility of a pardon telling the paper, it was never discussed, but i wouldnt take it off the table. why would i...