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Did not touch on human rights abuses. they did discuss the contradown that started after his rise to power last june has led to 1 million people being arrested and more than 7,000 reported deaths. "the new york times" reports the state department and other officials were caught off-guard by the invitation. it is not the first time president trump has invited a controversial leader to washington. he hosted egyptian president el sisi last month. coming up on "morning joe" president trump looks t...

Rodrigo duterte to the white house. the official readout says the two leaders had a very friendly phone conversation on saturday which doesnt appear to have touched on widespread accusations of human rights abuses against dutertes government. they did discuss north korean threat and dutertes drug crackdown. that crackdown which started after his rise to power last june has led to 1 million people being arrested and more than 7,000 reported deaths "the new york times" reports ste departnt and oth...

Electoral process. there was -- in no way should it be seen as interference in the electoral process. >> so this guy is saying there were meetings with people connected to hillary clinton. what meetings, how significant? was he willing to show evidence? >> no. and as you can tell, he was a little caught off-guard there. ive tried to do a little work, im still doing some. as you pointed out, kislyak met with jeff sessions, who was essentially the senior-most surrogate, the senior senator who supp...

Evidence that the white house would like to put forward, but they have not seen anything which is really telling and thats going to -- and trumps -- the presidents response from sean spicer this morning is calling upon congress to investigate this. so the white house is very much putting these allegations now that theyve made, putting them directly in the court of congress, and so now congress is tasked with dealing with this sort of thing and theyre pretty much caught off-guard. >> as we know, ...

Weve already begun an inquiry on the intelligence committee and into russias efforts to undermine our -- that inquiry will be thorough and well follow the facts wherever they lead u and im sure that this matter will be a part of that inkwir. >> that was republican senator tom cotton reporting on to president trumps call into an investigation into whether the obama administration wiretapped trump tower. with me in studio is caitlin hughey burns, and also msnbcs alex seiswalt. we heard from tom co...

Vigorously and say, thats not the case. he went back to that list of seven countries that you guys are talking about and the fact that president obama initially identified those seven countries. you saw me say, but he never issued a travel ban against those seven countries. and thats the major difference. thats where that part of the argument falls apart. so, in terms of the long-term impact, that remains to be seen. but, katy, he was also pressed on the rollout of this. the reporting that we ha...

There have been some happy consequences to the exposure. >> the beautiful part is we get to introduce one to the other. we have had some crossover. weve had people that approached us about recreating a part for us that say, by the way, i have a car that i need to have paint work done or restoration work done. >> they say no matter what age you are or how long youve been in business, when it comes to technology, you cant stick your head in the ground. >> you need to just be aware of the surroundi...

Money as he wants on the campaign and hillary clinton has been a very prestigious fundraiser. very well spent for both tonight because you dont want to end up with money afterwards and say why didnt we use it. >> the clinton campaign is out with tv ads in colorado, and new mexico and virginia and michigan. is this a sign theyre worried or is this typical a week before election day? not really. i moon its closer than that. >> theres no doubt theyre worried. lets put it this way, if theyre not wor...

I think thats right. i dont think theres any black to say anything on to elaborate on, amplify, explain, further parse the letter that he send to congress on friday. pete, hang in with us for a sec. youve been covering this sudden frins, first of all they were stunned. they had no advanced warning, huma abedin saying she had heard nothing at all, and i guess thats because this was anthony weiners laptop. it would been in their possession for four, five weeks. >> thats right. >> the clinton campa...

Traditionally red state. but moments after that the news broke mid-flight, a campaign and candidate caught off guard. >> secretary clinton, how did you find out? >> the same way you did. >> reporter: vice president joe biden was asked about the fact that former congressman anthony weiner is at the center of this probe. he said he didnt want to comment, that hes not a big fan of weiners. in terms of the political state of play right now, donald trump still lagging in the polls as weern learning t...