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"the daily beast." i want to introduce our panel today. joining us on set, evan mcmillan former cia operative, former presidential candidate and the reverend al sharpton, most on msnbc. and elise jordan, former aide in the george w. bush and rand paul with us. betsy, you have reporting today about the presidents lawyer underscoring just how happy donald trump is with this news. anything -- did he show any leg -- i dont really want to see his legs, but did he say anything about anything other tha...

And push back on the russians. for him to say nothing sends the very wrong signal. >> and thats from someone who would know. ambassador mcfaul, thank you for joining us. i know youre many times zones away, thank you for being with us today. >> always glad to be with you. >> thanks. i want to bring into the conversation betsy woodruff with the daily beast. i want to introduce our panel today. joining us on set, evan mcmillan former cia opera i have it, former presidential candidate and the rev al...

Same story it must be true. steve: the thing about the yahoo story which was revealed by the memo we got on friday was christopher steele was fired by the fbi. right? because he was talking to the press. so he goes and he talks to michael isikoff and he tells him this story. then michael isikoff prints it. then the fisa court uses that story as rationale to spy on carter page. ainsley: unbelievable u well, that first memo, the one that was released on friday by the president. we just had judge a...

The dni and the rest of the national security establishment? a question a lot of people are asking this hour. were going to take you through the much balihooed memo release, what it means for the russia investigation and discuss potential resignations or firings of senior d.o.j. or fbi leadership. lets get right to it with our experts. jeremy bash, former chief of staff at both the cia and pentagon. now an msnbc national security analyst. matt miller, former chief spokesman for the justice depar...

thats what well watch going forward. >> cody is here with us on set. cody, those ohio voters want to hear about the economy and jobs, is it good or bad that those people will be hearing five separate different messages? >> i think we do our best when we have more voices in the party. president obama won six of those states and thats because we made a concerted effort to talk to everyone. im rooting for joe. i know him pretty well. >> youre talking about congressman kennedy who you started in ...

Earmarks thing, too. it came up out of nowhere. if he was interested in earmarks, he should have told other people, including his own staff members, who were caught off guard by -- my own reporting here, completely caught off guard that he was going to embrace earmarks and frantically had to walk it back because it doesnt go with this conservative ethos theyre trying to push. if trump wanted to make that move in the direction of moderation, if he wanted to build these post partisan coalitions on...

Figures in the american government. >> they do not control president trumps twitter feed. and weve seen the horrible destruction that he can weld through social media. >> yeah. >> and his unhinged impulsivity and if john kelly has no oversight on that, donald trump is in control. >> certainly when it comes to foreign affairs. ahead on "morning joe," author michael wolff joins us on set for an extended interview. well get his reaction to steve bannons semi apology. john swan has new reporting o...

In a new role. he potentially would be against the president on a few things. >> when am i going to have you back when mitt romney announces his run? >> thats up to him to decide what hes going to do. >> ryan, please come back, i appreciate you being with us on set. carol and ken, thank you for hanging out for the past hour. much more to discuss when we come back with todays big picture. thank you so much. thank you! so were a go? yes! we got a yes! what does that mean for purchasing? purchase. ...

If you see him, by you. if i see him, by me. if our panelists joining us on set, see him, by them, as well. vivian, nbc news national political reporter, and eli, also a msnbc political analyst. i dont know why youre working on a holiday but im glad you are. theres a lot to talk about. any story that starts, quote, during a night of heavy drinking at an upscale london bar, probably not going to end well. >> ironic, its the morning after new years eve. but one thing, the role of p papadopoul papa...

>> you said she was upping the ante. do you think thats going to work when its time to vote? >> i dont think its going to -- look. at this point, every country thats there has worked out with their capital how they will vote on this. theyre probably not as concerned about broader u.n. funding but certainly this is going to create a question now going forward. is the u.s. going to follow through with these threats? as we were saying, president trump does not like to look when he backs down when h...