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Watching. >> i wish i was in the presidents position to address the united states and the world and unify and bring it together, but i do think that everybody is on edge. these terror attacks have been unfolding over the past several years and as isis is suffocating more and more of its territory, youll see an increase as a result. i would say stay vigilant and stay hopeful that we will ultimately defeat this. its just a matter of defeating it militarily and also winning the hearts and minds. >>...

Mention jobs and the economy first thing. >> i think he hurts himself with his rhetoric here. but he says nobody thought that the job, the unemployment rate could be down to 4.3%. i dont think, i mean, our economists here could speak to that. i dont think anybody thought that was necessarily out of the realm of possibility. >> nobody knows what the unemployment rate is except for us. people care for what is happening with their paychecks. in fact, if you look at the wage story relative inflation...

Along with us on set. senior washington correspondent for politico erin palmer. nick, i want to start with you. can you clear up a little confusion here. plain english. is bob mueller based on some of this reporting weve seen using an existing grand jury, one that has already been called or a new one and why does that even matter? >> it doesnt even matter. i dont know whether or not hes using an ongoing grand jury or hes convened a new one. but the bottom line is it doesnt make any difference. w...

Background, these reports came out the justice department started investigating. why this becomes relevant, he may have legal liability that has nothing to do with his time working for donald trump, but that makes him potentially under pressure by the justice department and talk about what he knows from the campaign. >> thank you for joining us on set. appreciate it. heidi, shannon, stick around. we have much more to talk about after the break. including more on the health care debate. mitch mcc...

Jedi mind tricks, support for the affordable care act has passed 50%. just 30% of americans support replacement plans. look at that. again, so the jedi mind trick was not just specific to the president of the united states, he comes back and -- >> this republican bill is apparently not repealing or replacing obamacare, not pres t presenting a free market future for health care, not doing anything -- it is doing one thing, though. its making obamacare more popular. >> great job. great job, republ...

Projects long term decades long that can put kids through school and college and bring back the american team. >> chair of the democratic caucus joe crowley. >> thank you, my condolences to you as well. >> thank you very much. coming up, former secretary of state james baker is here with us on set, along with tom brokaw. "morning joe" returns in a moment. a millie dresselhaus doll! happy birthday, sweetie! oh, millies. trick or treat! were so glad to have you here. ♪ what if we treated great f...

Im sure well speak again soon. >> hope so. i want to bring in susan and jeremy for take aways from what you heard. frankly, a lot of topics to discussion. >> dereliction of duty on behalf of the president is strong words from one of the senior senators on capitol hill. if youre hearing about, what will we hear about at the white house briefing today, itll be what happened during the 18 days. why did it take so long for the white house to act after they heard this very problematic news about ge...

The bigge tax cut plan in story. you wouldnt know it from watching the news. america is winning and president trump is making america great again. >> president trump out with that new campaign-style ad this morning on his first 100 days in office which he marked on saturday with a big rally in harrisburg, pennsylvania. welcome back to "morning joe." im willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. theyll be back with us tomorrow. with us on set, veteran columnist mike barnicle. theres no feel...

About this in the hundred days context of bank. >> unfortunately because of the hard time that the republicans have had getting their hands around this thing which shouldnt be because i once said it is complicated. its not complicated compared to other things being complicated. its not that hard. i was disappointed that they didnt have more in line by the time i walked in. obamacare took 17 months of brutality to get it approved. >> i want to re-read part of that for you to talk about on set. he...

Support it. >> one more note. politico reports republican leaders are moving to get rid of a provision thats irked many. as is, members of congress and their staffs would have their coverage under obamacare preserved white states could opt out. the new plan would strike that exemption. joining us on set, national political reporter for axius jonathan swan. you heard it said, its as good as we can get. is there an appetite right now with republicans to find a way to get to yes? >> there is. but...