Wednesday, january 24. It was a day of revelations in the russia probe and suggestions that bob mueller is closely examining jim comeys allegations of obstruction of justice. The Washington Post reporting mueller is seeking to question President Trump in coming weeks about the firing of comey and former National Security adviser michael flynn. Comey was interviewed by the special counsel late last year, a source close to him tells nbc news focusing on memos comey drafted after private meetings with the president. Comey testified that trump asked him for loyalty and to let go of the fbis investigation into 234ri flynns contact with russians. The president has denied asking for allegiance and tweeted last month that he never asked comey to stop investigating flynn. Times reported that Jeff Sessions was questioned by the special counsels office last week. A person familiar with discussions told the times oig th appeared to be asking about comey and flynn. Take a listen to this. Im not at all concerned. Did you talk to him . No, i didnt. But not at all concerned. And coming up a morning joe, new reporting from carol lee with even more on what is it happening behind the scenes in the russia probe. New development late last night about Andrew Mccabe, President Trump alleges that he was influenced by his wifes donations. Washington post reporting that while mccabe served as acting fbi director, President Trump summoned him to the oval office and asked who he voted for in the 2016 election. Mccabe who is considered to replace comey said he did not vote according to several anonymous current and former u. S. Officials sourced in the report. Mccabe who has spent more than two decades at the fbi found the conversation with trump, quote, disturbing and said one former u. S. Official that was said by one former u. S. Official. And one person said it is of interest to bob mueller. Both the white house and fbi did decline to comment and we will have more on this on morning joe. And the white house is pushing back on two reports that pressure to fire mccabe led Christopher Wray to threaten to resign. Here is how President Trump and Sarah Huckabee sanders responded yesterday. He didnt at all. He did not threaten . Not even a little bit, nope. He will do a good job. Do you think there needs to be a staff update at the fbi . We have 100 confidence in director wray and if anybody will make that decision, it will be the director. Well leave that in his hands to decide whether he feels there need to be changes made. And nbc news has learned that dana boente will take over as general counsel. He is stepping down as the u. S. Attorney in the Eastern District of virginia, briefly served as acting attorney general after sally yates was fired. Boente replaces james baker who was reassigned late last year. The fbi also confirmed that wrays chief of staff a holdover from comeys tenure is also leaving. In the shutdown blame game, americans are split between President Trump and congressional republicans. Correspond to the newest survey monkey poll, 39 said democrats in congress are to blame for the three day shutdown. 38 said drum is responsible but only 18 blame congressional republicans. But despite the shutdown politics, american eye support for daca remains high. Twothirds say they support the program that allows d. R. E. A. M. Ers to remain in this country. Up 4 points since december. 31 oppose the program, a 12 point increase from last month. And 92 respect abo of democrat independents support doaca. Also Chuck Schumer said he is taking funding for the wall off the table. I sat down with President Trump on friday and offered him quite a bit. He made an offer for a wall. I said if with we do full d. R. E. A. M. Ers, well give you the deal and he basically agreed. So we were close. Then he pulled out and backed off. So now ive taken the wall off the table because they backed out of he shut the government down. Schumer said he offered trump 25 build for the wall and Border Security in exchange for a deal on daca, but deputy pretty secretary said that the offer never existed. Trump tweeted crying Chuck Schumer fully understands especially after his humiliating defeat this if theat if there i, there is no daca. We must have safety and security together requewith a strong mmi. Mitch mcconnell promised to kee where the President Trump stands on the subject. What do you say to the d. R. E. A. M. Ers who are worried that you wont keep your word and bring the bill to the floor . I sbrend intend to keep my word. The president has been in discussions with a number of people about his approach to this issue. And well see whether later they decide to making an announcement on that subject. Wouldnt be up to me to make that announcement, but up to them. So President Trump tweeted once again nobody knows for sure that the republicans and democrats will be able to reach a deal on daca by february 8, but everyone will be trying, with a big additional focus put on military strength and Border Security. The dems have just learned that a shutdown is not the answer. At the same time the white house is drawing a firm line against the immigration proposal struck by senators Lindsey Graham and dick durbin. Id like to leave no doubt where the white house stands on the flake glam oraham and durbi agreement. It would not secure or border, increase chain migration and retain the visa lottery system. So it is totally unacceptable to the president and should be declared dead on arrival. And Vice President mike pence sparked some controversy when he appeared to play politics overseas in the middle east. First with Andrea Mitchell and later during his speech to troops before departing from jerusalem, andrea once again caught up with the Vladimir PutinVice President about that. You in front of israel areally television slammed senator schumer by name for the shutdown. Was that appropriate . Well, the reality is that this was an unnecessary Government Shutdown and the American People know it. It was important for us to set the record straight. The schumer shutdown failed and the American People know it and i thought it was the right time for me to make you dont think you were being too political when on a military base overseas you told the troops that it was the democratic minority responsible for the shutdown . They were people who were facing a question of whether they were going to be paid, whether they and their families were going to debt tget the ben they earned. And i wanted them to know that we were fighting for them. And Tammy Duckworth and Claire Mccaskill both tried to introduce legislation that would have guaranteed military pay and benefits during the shutdown. Gop leadership objected. And we know senator duckworth know what is it feels like to be on a battle field. Joining us now, steve nelson. Good to talk to you. So we heard from the white house they wont accept the immigration plan from durbin and Lindsey Graham. And then Chuck Schumer saying the offer to fund trumps border wall is now off the table. Do you think this will make reaching a deal on immigration a little harder . Well, these statements it seems fair to read as resetting the starting point for debate. Of course Chuck Schumer and his telling offer to pay the price for President Trumps border wall, bruh whether thut whether permanent li off tly off the ta doubtful because of the trio redistricting measures that President Trump bike look to w see, the wall seems the least threatening to democrats. The other ones would have long term permanent effects on immigration. It seemed at one point that people had gone on the same page over all this. But were hearing from President Trump in his tweet last night saying if there is no wall, there will be no deal on daca. Could we actually see Congress Move forward without the president . Certainly we could. Senate democrats have complained in a it has been difficult to negotiate with President Trump, it is difficult to know exactly what he wants. In addition to requesting money for a border wall, President Trump has been very vocal about wanting new restrictions on chain my glags aigration and al to the visa lottery program. Those are tougher sells for democrats. But what the senate actually sends to President Trump remains to be seen. It is certainly possible that they could just send something to him without his approval. Mitch mcconnell of course says that he will bring up the immigration matter really regardless. He has agreed to do that as part of ending the shutdown. Lets hope he sticks to it. Want to switch gears. Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have indicate there had are plans to recall jim comey to testify about his handling of the 2016 investigation into Hillary Clinton. Are we going to see comey return to the hill . We certainly could see him return. And the reason that republicans would like him to is because they smell really blood in the water with the Text Messages that are being released that were sent between senior fbi official peter struck and his mistress in which they disparage mr. Trump and make various cryptic remarks. Struck was also influential into the investigation into Hillary Clinton and reportedly played a role writing language that exxon rated her. So it certainly is possible that comey could be summoned backexx. So it certainly is possible that comey could be summoned back certainly something that republicans would like. Steve, well talk to you again at the bottom of the hour about that. A troubling story out of kentucky, two students are dead and 18 others wounded after a 15yearold opened fire on his classmates inside a high school in southwest kentucky yesterday. As of last night, at least three victims were listed in critical condition. The shots began to ring out at Marshall CountryHigh School Just before 8 00 a. M. Local time when the shooter entered the Schools Common area. The suspect was taken into custody almost immediately by the first officer on the scene. I just see like fire coming from a gun and i turned back around and i just run through the doors and run outside into the weight room. It was just like scary and just just scary. Authorities have not publicly identified the suspect, but they say he will be charged with two counts of murder and several counts of attempted murder. So far no motive has been given for the shooting. All right. Federal prosecutors will recommend that the man who attacked senator rand paul should be sentenced to 21 months in prison. Its a bizarre case stemming from a years long feud reportedly over landscaping practices. Rene bouche, pauls neighbor, admitted to attacking paul last november what you he, quote, had enough. And bouches attorney adds it was a point of frustration that boiled over. Paul suffered several broken ribs during the attack. Prosecutors also note that the attack was not preliminarily motivated. Still ahead, the white house and republican allies continue to allege bias at the fbi. Concerns are being raised over what some have called a secret society within the agency. And later the Senate ConfirmsJerome Powell as new fed chair those stories and of course your weather when we come back. [ click, keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] good questions lead to good answers. Our advisors can help you find both. 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