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Reason to breathe a sigh of relief. part of the question is how big a deal was george papadopoulos? on the one hand youve seen pictures and splashed all over the news sitting at the same table at donald trump. we know donald trump referred to him by name as he talked about his foreign policy team. on the other hand he seems to have been a pretty minor player, a bit player in the trump campaign and those of us who are reporting on the trump campaign as it was taking place, none of us stopped and ...

With the satisfaction of serving something more important than myself, of being a bit player in the extraordinary story of america. and i am so grateful. >> all right. that was senator john mccain, of course, last night, accepting the liberty medal by the national constitution center in philadelphia. it was presented by former vice president joe biden. before we talk to everybody on good morning joe, i want to talk about the stories you will be hearing in the day ahead. >> president trump invite...

>> it was no knock warrant where the door was kicked down, which was very concerning which meant they thought he was going to destroy evidence or the judge would authorize that behavior. >> i think we can see number one, this is not going away. mueller, despite all the noise is focused. and theres now this focus on financial crimes. so weve gone from political to financial. something which for donald trump is a red line. bob mueller has been hiring attorneys that specialize in financial crimes a...

Intelligence briefing and the subject of russia would be raised, he would say i dont want to talk about russia. clear low from the start he has not wanted to know what he didnt want to know about russia. thats why i actually believe sean spicer. theres only two ways of looking at what he said yesterday. one, it was plausible deniability and, two, hes such a bit player that he would be talking with something about the president that the president doesnt like to talk about except as it affects his...

Is president trump -- does president trump -- has he known for a while that jared kushner might be in their sights? and is that why hes been so protective of a lot of this and tried to throw it out there? >> david, this white house has been -- the last time i interviewed kellyanne conway, one of the things she was clearly stressing was the difference between donald trump the candidate, what happened on the campaign trail, and donald trump as president and in the white house. >> yes. >> this whit...

Every time i think hes about to do such and such, he distracts. now they still support him. they would still vote for him against hillary clinton. thats not even a close call. >> right. >> but, mika, that just underlines what we say for a long time. this election was not about donald trump. it was all about hillary and bill clinton. all about americas reaction -- >> that, we saw coming. >> -- to hillary and bill clinton. this election was not about donald trump. >> yeah. >> he was a bit player. ...

And security adviser michael flynn. >> that was baghdad moment saying paul manafort was a bit player. >> well start with that among our guests this morning former director of the cia and nsa retired general michael hayden. ranking member of senate intelligence committee will be joining us. welcome to "morning joe." its tuesday march 21st. were on capitol hill. we have david ignatius, executive producer and co-host of the circus, showtime and analyst for cnbc news mark halperin. msnbc political a...

Nomination, make sure he got all the delegates. this was the indispensable player. >> the closer. >> thats what trumps people told us, indispensable player that would make donald trump nominee. >> closed it with russians. >> now they are suggesting hes a bit player. >> in the moment paul manafort was pushed out of the campaign with reporting about his questionable contacts, to put it mildly, in ukraine, you knew something big was beginning. you know, we didnt give it as much attention as we migh...

Forward in the cyber world is where does congress sit with white house in ensuring the that the candidates have protection to prevent this? you have a follow-on question which is how do we interfere with the russians themselves? we dont want to play the same game. do we start getting into kremlin and putin computers? i dont know. we cant descend to this level. you cant play at putins level. if you do, hell win. >> they dont have free and fair elections. >> at the sean spicer briefing today, the ...

Did, he should resign. having said that, the real story here, i think, has more to do with who was dealing with the russians, what statements did they make to them, did the russians actually hack into our system, did they use cyber attacks in order to alter or attempt to article the outcome of the united states presidential election. thats the real story here. you know, its almost like the attorney generals a bit player to it. although we dont know exactly what his conversations with the ambassa...