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Character. Indicting a president. The arguments for and against filing charges if it is determined that President Trump committed a crime. Well start this hour with some new reaction for you from Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti. To this weeks bombshell, Associated Press report that the National Enquirer kept a safe with documents about hush money payments and damaging stories that it then killed about donald trump leading up to the 2016 election. Now Michael Avenatti spoke to joy reid t...

Msnbc analyst and former chairman of the Republican National committee Michael Steele and New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt is with us along with willie geist up in new york. Willie is in new york and were in washington this morning because we had an amazing event last night that we were honored to be a part of. It was great. It was the 35th anniversary of the National Democratic institution, the 35th annual event that they have. Of course, the institute was inspied by Ronald Reagans 1982 ...

Mika has the day off with her family, a longplanned family event which shes sorry shes not here because well be talking about baseball most of the morning. Im just joking. Were doing politics. So along with willie and me, we have mike barnacle, john heilman, Donnie Deutsch is here and guru, advertising guru and all around good guy wearing baby gap tshirts in all black this week only, Donnie Deutsch. Actually, thats he week. Also the aps legendary jonathan okay. Right. Washington anchor for bbc w...

Nations top job. Plus, Michael Jackson. Back in the spotlight. Hbo going on the air with that disturbing documentary despite protests and lawsuits. Two men graphically detailing what they allege as sexual abuse at the hands of the pop star. The reaction and fallout this morning. Our team is set up and ready to go covering all the angles we are going to begin this hour with breaking news on those catastrophic tornadoes in the south. At least 23 people in alabama and georgia are dead. Dozens more ...

Raised to put on donald trumps inauguration. now they said they want to speak to him because he is not affiliated with the inauguration at all. they learned through witness testimony and e-mails had reviewed the finances of the inauguration at one point. a source tells me he reviewed the finances because then donald trump had asked his people to ask him, someone he trusts very much, to look at the finances. when they were made public, it became known this was the most expensive or i should say t...

Trump organization, so thats people that have worked for the president for any number of years. some for t some for the, you know, totality of their careers. those are people like allen wiselberg, people that michael cohen rattled off. its the names of those surrounding the trump organization. the second thing is, who is a major part of the trump organization? well, the presidents family. his kids. so is there any cripple alty that was done there? so that is lane one. lane two is the trump inaug...

What they can. >> tammy, we know you have been on the scene there around the clock, continue to stay safe and thank you for all your great reporting in that interview. were thankful gregg and his family are safe and okay. back here in washington, democrats on capitol hill today are ramping up their investigations of the president, as special counsel robert mueller is said to be winding down his. jerry nad ler says his committee will request documents for more than 60 people in the trump orbit. t...

A $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1st of 2017. when he was president of the united states, pursuant to the coverup which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me, the word used by mr. trumps tv lawyer for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf, this $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid throughout the year while he was president. other checks to reimburse me for the hush money paiyments were signed b...

The people around the president and what theyve been saying is that given they dont know whats coming next, it really matters that they hold the establishment republicans on his side. and while, you know, the vast majority of republicans are sticking by the president, theyre really worried that there will be some softening there and that is the most weak point within the republican party. and if that starts to fall, then they are worried that theyll be kind of a domino effect. >> so, carol, its ...

Just sort of latch on and listen to him. he also corrects himself on the record. so you say things like i said to him, rudy, southern district of new york, are you worried about what allen wiselberg is going to say, the chief financial of the trump organization? do you feel like you know? and rudy says, oh, yeah, i know, its all fine. how do you know that? have you spoke.ton wiselberg? he says, no, i havent. >> how can you be so sure? ets just say reasonably confident. >> do you think hes a spok...