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Taunting kim jong-un. he is now saying he thinks this is a sincere offer. we have to wait to see, but there is progress, they had a great olympics. the rhetoric is changed. at the same time youre talking about the south korean relationship. shes tariffs are going to hit south korea right between the eyes. >> youve got it, and these tariffs really hit workers. >> steel tariffs, i mean. >> steel tariffs, and theyll hit workers right between the eyes. we need to kind of look at these issues and und...

What theyre supposed to do, under our statutes, our fisa statutes and so forth, is to only unmask under very extreme circumstances and even then to keep that name protected. and instead, its leaked. and even go further, the accounts of conversations raise the prospect that mr. flynn violated a law against private citizens engaging in diplomacy. theyre talking about the logan act. >> its ridiculous. mark: heres my question to you. sally yates, the former deputy attorney general under the obama ad...

What theyre supposed to do, under our statutes, our fisa statutes and so forth, is to only unmask under very extreme circumstances and even then to keep that name protected. and instead, its leaked. and even go further, the accounts of conversations raise the prospect that mr. flynn violated a law against private citizens engaging in diplomacy. theyre talking about the logan act. >> its ridiculous. mark: heres my question to you. sally yates, the former deputy attorney general under the obama ad...

Regimes inability to deliver. thats why this is important. i think the regime is very much on its back now. this has been a cocky confident iran pushing its weight around in the middle east. i think for the moment they will be pre occupied with severe problems at home. i do want to take a. >> is it all about economics, david? is it about the fact that they are still struggling economically? >> i think economics is the central issue. eastern should be the richest country, the most dynamic xi in t...

All the personal cell phones of staffers. now, theyre saying this is just a coincidence? this happens on the day that the book comes out that this is just some new security precaution. and so i think that does speak to their concern within the white house right now about this book. >> david. amateur hour, amateur hour, amateur hour. you could say it was amateur hour when it came to letting michael wolff hang out on sofas in the west wing for the first several months, but also let me just ask you...

Off period. he and the president will start talking again. >> thats exactly what the president does, they will start talking. im sure they will start talking again. he started suck up to him yesterday morning, bowing, skrang. thats whats required of donald trump. so they can turn michael wolff into the bad guy. anybody that thinks that steve bannon and donald trumps relationship is over has not been paying attention to donald trump for the past several years. david ignacious, i know you want to ...

A lie that everybody that works at the white house, every reporter that has covered the white house from the beginning knows that michael wolff had the opposite of zero access. the question that was hanging out there all last year was why is the white house granting michael wolff so much access? why is the white house allowing michael wolff to hang out on couches in the west wing? so, again the, the president tweets and lies. again, hes not even, again, bringing up david gefen who said the clint...

>> yes, it has been a tough year for me. low and its going back high again. i think the biggest heil for me, though, has been working with you. >> mine too, as well. it was great to always have you with us. thats it for us, "morning joe," everyone, starts right now. >> good morning, its friday, december 29th. welcome to a special edition of "morning joe" on the last week day of the year. joe and mika are off. we have columnist post david ignacious chair of the african-american studies at princet...

Still ahead this morning on "morning joe," year one of the trump presidency and a year of firsts on the world stage. we will take a look back on the presidents trips abroad and read from david ignacious new column. he warns president trumps divisiveness puts america at risk him all that and more when we come back.

Trump was going to meet the queen. now it is likely going to be a working visit. he will open the u.s. embassy. >> that seems to be an atottemp avoid protests. >> and of course whether he is invited to the wedding? davgsd you write this in your piece, trumps divisiveness puts america at risk. david writes, looking for perspective on the last year. ahead, i turned to the most experienced military commanders, our country, these military leaders fear is so polarized right now that it might be dif...