rnc dropping a plan to pronounce donald trump the nominee. and also president biden s campaign reportedly closely watching the bitter feud and many even enjoying it. will it help the incumbent president come november. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, january 26. happy friday. we made it. it is 5:00 a.m. here in washington. and it is also 5:00 a.m. in new york. that is where donald trump is expected back in federal court this morning for closing a arguments in the civil defamation case brought against him by writer e. jean carroll. he closed out the trial with just three minutes of testimony thursday. he was admonished several times by the judge. his comments stricken from the record after he repeated the original defamation against carroll. trump s lawyer asked, quote, did you deny the allegation because ms. carroll made an accusation trump responded yes, she said something i considered a false accusation. totally false. that is when the judge interrupted and sai
plus first shipping. life hurts, feel better. good morning everyone. welcome to your new day. it s friday, january 26. 8:00 in the east. chris is off. john berman joins me. a big speech ahead in light of a lot of other information. here are live pictures for you from the world economic forum. you see president trump preparing for a big speech. he will take the stage moments from now at this world economic forum in davos, switzerland. the president s address is set not only against the swiss alps, but also the bombshell reports here at home, that he tried to have robert mueller fired. the president dismissing those reports by multiple news organizations, including cnn, that he ordered mueller to be fired last june. according to the new york times the president backed off
house counsel refused and said he would not do it, that he would quit first. welcome back to morning joe. it s a very busy friday, january 26. willie who do we have? we have a busy morning ahead. we have the president s speech from davos in just an hour, donny deutsch fresh off a bar fight on the upper east side, it s vicious up there along with the former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele and joining us conversation, columnist for the wall street journal, political contributor for nbc news and msnbc, the great peggy noonan. msnbc chief legal correspondent, host of the beat ari melber, white house reporter for the associated press jonathan la mere and former u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama, joyce vance. mika is back on monday. so if you re just waking up, here s the news. a source with firsthand knowledge confirms to nbc news that president trump ordered the special counsel robert mueller be fired last june. the new york times was