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getting up "way too early" ton friday morning and all weekend long. "morning joe" starts now. aides found classified documents inside his delaware home. he has had them for a while because a lot of them have to do with the louisiana purchase. >> the justice department is taking this seriously. today the attorney general appointed a special counsel to investigate bidens handling of the documents. im not saying biden is getting worried, but he just texted rudy giuliani, so you go, wow,...

Complex sensitive investigations with integrity, and the attorney general remains in charge as he would in any case, and so i dont see the appointments as necessary. i see the investigations as necessary. but not through the appointment of a special counsel. >> and just really quick before we get to republican reaction, chuck, whats the bar for appointing a special counsel, and is it criminality? >> well, thats a great question, mika. first the attorney general has to determine that a criminal i...

And the president, i believe that this will actually highlight what is so wrong about the mar-a-lago case, the willful attempt to obstruct the taking of the documents and placing them at mar-a-lago willfully. what is the bar for special counsel, and do you think the biden case met it? >> well, first of all, mika, theres a great deal to be humble about in this because we dont know all kinds of things. and leaping to conclusions, theres partial evidence. theres a very inexact chronology. all of th...

Warranted. i tend to think that merrick garland was right in both situations to appoint a special counsel. it gives the public as much as he can an assurance of fairness and balance, and here the department of justice in both matters, i think, is acting responsibly and independently. i think the real focus is on the white house. i think that we still have no evidence whatsoever that the current president did anything intentionally and willfully, let alone, as mika pointed out, obstructed justice...

Which was a big shock. >> i like caleb. >> i thought caleb was great, but i dont think a lot of people expected him to win last night. >> oh, i did. >> did he really? >> two things. mika used the acronym ai which i didnt know. >> "american idol." >> that went over my head. and john legend. he is a big msnbc fan. >> hes a great guy. im not surprised he tweeted right back. we should have him on the show. he likes coming on. well bring in on and kate in. >> hes a great guy. im go i think to call it...

Created? and exactly what is the end game here? because at this point i dont see much of it from steyer. its just were going to spend money and raise awareness, but whats the political end game? i think the same can be said about the koch brothers. a lot of interest in whats the political end game. i think thats an important piece for a lot of americans right now to get answers. >> joe? >> mika, ive got absolutely no problem with it. ive said this for quite some time. if george sorros wants to s...

Russia about america exporting their natural gas. so far the gas boom in america has not yet been exported. the europeans are now saying give us those licenses. export more so were not as dependent on russia anymore. i mean, whatever people are saying, it just feels like we have gone back 20 years to the time when were looking at the balance of power between east and west. >> and mika, the dus function in washington, d.c. more than any issue where washington politicians are literally cutting off...

Comes as marco rubio says human activity is causing dramatic changes to the climate. michael steele, a lot of ways to look at this story. influence of money and politics or perhaps wanting to spread some sort of counter to what seems to be a narrative of denial. >> you know, i think its a little bit of both, mika. im shocked that theres a liberal billionaire whos spending his money on issues and candidates that, you know, support his particular ideology. imagine that. its just amazing that you h...

His m recognition. he says if general shinseki doesnt think he can do the job, hell leave the job. thats not how it works in the white house. its not the cabinet secretarys job whos botched things up terribly over six years to decide whether or not he can do the job. thats what presidents are supposed to do. and mika, my question is to you and then to mike, my question to you is how can this president six years in act like this is the first problem with the va and say hes not going to stand for ...

There was an incredible performance by john legend last night. take a look. ♪ you fix your makeup just so guess you dont know that youre beautiful ♪ ♪ try on every dress that you own ♪ ♪ you were fine in my eyes a half hour ago ♪ >> so, mika, kate was blown away by john legend and everything. kate watches all the time. and big fan of john legend. so i tweeted out last night great performance by john legend. p.s., kates a huge fan. he wrote back and said tell kate hi. she was jumping ...