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Is going to be saying he wants to find areas of mutual cooperation without trying to lecture them how to begin or live their lives. thats good, but at the same time there are going to be people in the united states on both the republican and democratic side who say, why arent you standing up for womens rights because presidents be there democrat and republicans have traditionally done that. the president will have to find a way to keep both saudis and the muslim world happy, as well as keep amer...

Have a few minutes until this press conference begins, were going to bring in evan siegfried, a strategist and evan, good to hear from you. from a political standpoint, for a president who had, shall we say, a rough past ten days, you cant beat these pictures, you cant beat this conversation thats happening? >> this is actually very good for the president after what has happened over the past two weeks. hes able to show that hes going out and focusing on the job he was elected to do, not what pe...

That anybody involved with any of the congressional russian probes plan to drop it even though theres this high profile special counsel looking into it. jon? >> jon: thanks, peter. back with us, christy and evan. christy, the impeachment talk seems to have died down among democrats. it was raging earlier this week with one texas congressman going to the house floor to talk about it. do democrats really want that and the paralysis that it could bring the united states government? >> i think they ...

Little bit is because it at least it feels like things are happening. there are people, if not always members of congress that are sort of willing to follow the facts where they may lead. at the same time, you have a number of these unforced errors from the president like we just saw within the last hour where he seems to be incriminating himself. so i think theres an ability for democrats to sit back and take a deep breath and watch this all unfold right now. >> jon: evan, what about republican...

With russia. he goes on to add "the investigation would have always continued and obviously the termination of comey would not have ended it." lastly he adds "once again, the real story is that our national security has been undermined by the leaking of private and highly classified conversations." those, of course, the words of sean spicer. the tough part for the white house, as you well point out, this is going to hit the fan when they get on the ground. well have more for you as john roberts ...

Lastly with what was reported in the president telling the russians in the meeting in which he divulged highly classified intelligence that we dont share with our closest alleys, that james comey was a nut job and he faced great pressure but thats taken off now. thats a huge problem for this president who seems to not understand the role of the executive in the constitution. >> jon: christy and evan, stay with us. a man who says he is friends with james comey going on record about the former fbi...

Trump and many are calling it an attempted coup. we have to remember that every one -- if we werent here today, if president trump had done three things. one, not hired michael flynn, two, hired james comey when he took off and three, dont tweet crazy things. >> jon: christy, can the president escape this in the next eight days over seas? >> sure. obviously there will be news that is about his foreign trip. that changes the conversation somewhat. at the same time, youre seeing -- again, these in...

Hes doing. you said zero to 100. can they ignore this? >> this could jeopardize all the progress they have any hope of making. ignore it. chaos is happening in the white house. the reason youre not seeing every republican call out the president is because they still want to get things done. >> this is their chance to do it. im going to ask you, evan. theyre talking about the intelligence disclosed by the president and it says in fact an ally -- where they got the information from -- that it woul...

Evan, you have some new information for us this morning. >> thats right. you know, the reaction inside the bureau is frankly mixed. there is a lot of agents inside. a lot of people in the upper ranks who are a little bit tired of all the drama thats been surrounding the fbi in the last couple of years, you know, with jim comey at the leadership. obviously there has been a lot of time light and controversy over the handling of the investigation with the hillary clinton private e-mail server and o...

>> he bounces off and hits something else. and thats not the most reassuring image you want in a nuclear age at the highest levels. >> that is two presidential historians described president trumps recent behavior on "morning joe today." "how trump could get fired" impeachment and the lesser known process described in the 25th amendment. republican who worked in the office of the vice president in the first bush white house said this in the new yorker about the chance of president trump being re...