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Fire the special counsel. >> again, weve been advised that the president certainly has the power to make that decision. i cant go anything beyond that. >> wow. >> mika, they have been advised of that, but don jr. may not be the best person to talk to if you want advice on firing the special counsel because they can go ahead. the president can try to fire robert mueller, but then its going to be appealed to the supreme court and hes going to lose and it will be really, really embarrassing for him...

Military drones in syria. according to four u.s. officials, it has seriously affected american military operations in the country. joe, do you think that the u.n. ambassadors statements will have an impact? >> well i think they do have an impact. they certainly have an impact around the united nations and are heard across the globe. you know mika, you never know how governors are going to make the transition from running a state government to being thrust on to the international stage. you and i...

Smart of him after the fact. it made it seem a lot less sinister and he was much less threatened. i do know michael very well and michael every time i talked to him, i am loyal to the president. i am loyal to the president. i can say, michael, you got to protect yourself and your family. michael at this point, for whatever his emotional, legal, personal reasons is devotely, devotely, devoutly loyal to this president where i cant understand it candidly. i will see it as this unfolds, two days ago...

Gas-killing animal who kills his people and enjoys it. >> okay. >> so either previewing or perhaps announcing an american missile attack. >> lets look at the good here, joe. >> i was going to say, is richard haass still with us. >> i dont see richard. >> its all on you. >> richard is taking a smoking break with you. >> hes got his pipe. >> you know, this is actually, mika, this is very significant. be curious to think what you and willie think about it. the fact that he is calling assad what ass...

Trump thought he was doing something bold and politically savvy in getting rid of comey and it turned out to be a massive miscalculation that unleashed mueller and cast this cloud over his presidency. does trump still feel the burn from that, or does he think this is just such a thing he can go forward. looming in the background is comey once again, because comeys book will be coming out next week. as weve seen with the president, when books come out, he cannot help himself. hell engage and lash...

Things. so, yes, president has to do more than one thing at a time as larry kidlow said a couple days ago. syria is not a deflection. syria is actually a critically important issue. >> im not saying syria is a deflection. im saying a childish tweet that sounds like a second grader trying to bully somebody in talking about syria. is not productive, its a deflection. wants to have a cabinet meeting, wants to have mattis put out a statement later that really draws out our strategy and makes us unde...

Emily jane fox and donny, youre here to talk about the michael cohen raid and whats going on with the mueller probe. i think a lot of the presidents actions often can be seen as a massive deflection. but we have only deflected for ten minutes. were going to take a break and -- >> well, but ive got to say, though, mika, on the deflection front, i would much rather the united states of america and its leaders be focussed on whats happening in syria than stormy daniels. so if this is a deflection f...

Of russian base or there would be russian casualties because that would change the calculus completely mika. >> thank you very much bill neely. we have a lot to get to. well get back into the conversation about michael cohen. and what he thinks about trump and mueller and whether he should fire him. a lot more ahead on "morning joe." well be right back. this year, were taking it up a notch. so in this commercial we see two travelers at a comfort inn with a glow around them, so people watching wi...

Bookie or if its -- >> ivanka, don jr. >> someone out of atlantic city or a fixer inside deutsche bank, i dont know who it is, but -- yeah. might be a caddy thats saying, boss, use a 4 club and you can fire mueller. >> definitely. >> its wrong. its wrong. also, they cant fire mueller. the president cant fire mueller. if he does, then it will be appealed to the united states supreme court most likely and the court will reverse it, making matters much worse. but mika, lets look at what happened ye...

So you could wonder, you could ask the question, joe, it just some might say that trump had a special interest in the jurisdiction in new york, because it pertained to himself. but perhaps interviewing him might have been a little bit of a bridge too far. because now the gentleman had to recuse himself. >> well you could ask that question, mika. but that question, that question answers itself, of course donald trump took the highly unusual step of interviewing a u.s. attorney. because that u.s. ...