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Official who joins me in just a moment says theres no need to hyperventilate. Put down the paper bag says jen psaki. Shes here with us. First, lets get to our reporters with what the president is expected to talk about tonight and how democrats and republicans will react. Joining us now, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, and chief White House Correspondent and political analyst, peter baker. Peter, bring us into the planning from the white houses perspective. What should we expect . I think ...

beautiful sunrise in washington, d.c. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, may 18th. donald trump has claimed that he could declassify materials just by thinking about them. like "i dream of jeannie." but there is new evidence in the mar-a-lago documents investigation that proves he knows its not true. the former president is seizing on two failed endorsements in florida from governor ron desantis, while ignoring the lack of success his candidates had in the las...

In line when it was raining, and i said, thats significant. i could name five other races in 2017 that trump republicans lost. it does, connect the dots, it does actually matter. i believe it does show you whats going to be happening the next year. >> i looked at the turnout numbers for colorado springs and jacksonville yesterday, because you thought, all right, these were unusual, democrat won in colorado springs and jacksonville. is it low turnout? did these people win by eking out? no, it was...

What a weird election. Republicans had looked forward to the midterms with great anticipation, figuring that inflation and crime were problems for which voters would punish President Biden's Democrats.

Say he wanted to see more evidence of roy moores innocence, after hes made that comment, five more accusers came forward. this is a power struggle and bannon and the moores won and the washington republicans lost. isnt that the case? isnt that the calculation trump has made? >> president trump was for luther strange. the establishments choice in the republican primary who lost to roy moore and felt grieved about it. he was aggrieved he was nput in the position of being on the wrong side which ba...

Governors didnt seem to get the memo that president obama won re-election handily. this is getting to be a theme, isnt it? they remain petulant saying they will refuse obama care and opt out of exchange base insurance coverage. julia epstein is a democrat strategist. thanks for joining me, guys. robert -- >> happy thanksgiving. >> -- im going to come to you first. earlier this week, secretary releasing guidelines on making sure people with preexisting conditions cant be denied coverage, but ther...

American people give a damn what happens in washington, d.c. i dont think they pay any attention to it. if only hatch of the voting age population votes, doesnt that tell you everything that you need to know? that means half of the electorate doesnt care what happens in washington, d.c. they care about the cost of gas or the cost of milk or cost of tuition, et cetera, et cetera. the problem is if they dont care and theyre doing nothing about it, then the bozos in washington, d.c., can get by wit...

Mcclatchy newspaper from the fallout of the last-minute wheeling and dealing in washington. good morning. >> good morning. >> your take on all this, steve, is the payroll tax agreement a big win for the president? >> it is a win for the president. im not sure how big it is. heres why. it only kicks this down the road two months. at the end of two months they have to vote again to extend the payroll tax cut. more importantly, republicans did get in language that will force a quicker decision on t...