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Quote, donald trump says hell succeed as president because hes succeeded as business. One area that deserves scrutiny is his business relationships with companies controlled by the mafia. In 1988, anthony fat tony salerno, boss of the genovese crime family was among those convicted in a scheme to control and praft from the concrete contracts. Since the mafia is in the business of stealing, we figured mr. Trump would be angry he had to build essentially a mob tax into the cost of his projects. Bu...

Michael beschloss about that spectacle and what it might mean about the trump president spcy. Thats coming up a little later this hour. That story about jeff flake and the remarkable comments he made today on the senate floor, that was the story that dominated beltway Media Coverage today. And i think because of that there were a number of other important stories that broke today that didnt get as much attention as they might otherwise. Just because the jeff flake story understandably took so mu...

In conservative media. Those messages have now apparently been found. Nbc news chief justice correspondent Pete Williams joins me now. Pete what can you tell us . Missing no more according to the Justice Departments Inspector General who has written a letter to the chairman of the Senate Homeland security and Judiciary Committees, ron johnson and Chuck Grassley, who earlier this week wrote a letter to the Inspector General saying hey, whats up with these missing messages. These are Text Messages...

Ali velshi on assignment. It is wednesday, october 25th. Lets get you started. I rise today to address a matter that has been very much on my mind. At a moment when it seems our democracy is more defined by our discord and our dysfunction than by our own values and principles. Hopefully what president s do is to bring the country together, to unify around common goals. And not to debate our country. Many others have been concerned about as it appears to be the governing model of this white house...

Writing about, trump and the good fellas. Quote, donald trump says hell succeed as president because he has succeeded in business, so its appropriate to scour his business record. One area in particular that deserves scrutiny is his business relationship with companies controlled by the mafia. Then it goes into some of the details. In 1988 anthony fat tony was among those convicted in a scheme to control and profit from the contracts for numerous buildings, including trump plaza. We asked trump ...

You need to release it. Absolutely. 100 . You heard that. Covering National Security for the Washington Post, devon, thank you for joining me. Adding to it this real concern privately, now a Public Statement from the fbi, what do you make of it . What do your sources tell you . This disagreement that was private as of semi private, i should say, as of two days ago, is now fully out in the open and you have the amazing situation of the fbi publicly at odds with the white house, with the Trump Adm...

Dont worry. 100 . Dont get too angry. Well, theres, theres that. A trump off teleprompter. Welcome back to morning joe. Its wednesday, january 31st, with us we have National Affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc, john heilemann, former aide to the george w. Bush white house and state departments, elise jordan is here. Former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst, the recovering steve rattner, massive injury. Really . A ski accident. And kasie hunt will be joining us shortly so get ...

Election. It all ties into this huge headline bob mueller seeks to question President Trump about Michael Flynn and jim comeys departures. Weve got the three reporters with those bylines and each of those big stories on morning joe. National political reporter for nbc news carol lee. New york times reporter Michael Schmidt and Washington Post reporter covering National Security, devlin barrett. And we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle and former fbi special agent clint w...

And good evening. On what was day 376 of the Trump Administration, tonight President Donald Trump after shattering so many of the norms of the modern presidency tonight gets to enjoy perhaps the most president ial backdrop of them all. A joint session of congress and a Live Television audience for his report on the state of our union. It is also safe to say that no president at the time of his first state of the Union Address has ever presided over an administration in quite this much peril into...

Out there. Stephanie, thank you very much, my friend. Speaking of friday, happy friday to you. With the government open right now after an overnight shutdown you probably slept through. But lets talk first about what might be a bigger issue for this white house, the credibility of the chief of staff. The administration is refusing to say right now what john kelly knew when about those Domestic Violence allegations. But this morning word more senior staffers knew about rob porters past. Why the w...