Lets hope its healthy. It must be. After hearing the news this morning. A revealing admission from the government. Health and Human Services had warned the Trump Administration that separating kids from their families would be dangerous to the children. The president did it any way. So he did it knowing exactly what would happen. He also continues to tell supporters that the free press is the enemy of the people. And as you can hear, the results are chilling. Its getting bad out there. Paul manafort also back in court this morning. After prosecutors kicked off their case against him. Well have the latest on that. Boy, i just andrea, ill talk to you and mike, who have been around a little bit. Through difficult times. In covering difficult stories. Watching whether donald trump goes to the vfw and the press,
he points at the press, and whips the crowd into a frenzy to boo at the press there. Whether he whips the crowd into a frenzy to boo and take the free press in tampa. This is part of his shtick. But lets just say it. This is what autocrats do. This is what autocrats do because they hate anybody thats factbased. And that holds them to pow ore. People that dont want their power checked. Do exactly what donald trump does to the free press. I i i have covered seven american president s in all these years. And none of them have liked the press. They have always its been adversarial. Theres been tensions. But they welcomed it and tolerated it. Even during the worst of times. We went through impeachment. And lord knows bill clinton did not love the press. But we have only had three White House Press briefings in the entire month of july. That is extraordinary. It is. And the quality of those
the upsetting factor is that you see the pictures on tv. Specifically last nights pictures. From florida. And, this is an administration and a president who has presided over effectively orphaned over 700 children today. Who dont know where their parents are. Theyre here in the United States. Because they were separated from their parents. The crowd obviously cares less about that than they do about haranguing the media. They also care less about the fact that donald trump is is coordinating Foreign Policy with Vladimir Putin, an exkgb spy. Its an excellent distraction. Blame the press for all the things youre doing. That is the ultimate mystery to me. It includes the Republican Party, the house and the senate, how sit that we have had effectively war declared in the United States of america by russia. War declared on us. Abruptly on our position towards iran. What went on in that meeting . Thats whats so troubling about this. Sit all a strategy. Its like Rudy Giuliani bumbling around on tv. They know now, more really, really bad news is coming. It sews that donald trump lied about everything involving that meeting. Where they were conspiring with the russians. Not colluding. Thats not lets not use the word colluding. They were conspiring. It was a conspiracy. No collusion . Okay. No collusion. A conspiracy. Criminal, possibly. But he distracts the people in the crowd. Calls it fake news. And hopes he can get away with crimes. And because of what he said about the press and bob mueller when those stories and reports do come out, hell be able to say to the people, consider the source. These are the people that visit out for us. Well get to a lot of those
moments from Last Nights Tampa Rally in a minute. First, President Trump created more confusion about whether hell try to avoid a Government Shutdown over his bid to secure money for the border wall. The president has privately told aides he was committed to keeping the government open. Telling him he recognizes the political cost of a shutdown before the november elections. Yesterday, he escalated his public threats of a shutdown, taking to twitter to warn this Pip Dont Care what the political ramifications are. Oh, boy. Our Immigration Laws and Border Security have been a complete and total disaster for decades. And there is no way that the democrats will allow it to be fixed can i stop you. Our Immigration Laws and Border Security have been a complete and total disaster for decades. Im sorry. I mean, call it fake news if you want. But Donald Trumps own administration has records on your internet Google Machineand weve started large portions of the wall. But were going to need, even the way we negotiate. Were going to need more. Were going to get more. And we may have to do some pretty drastic things. But were going to get it. I think you have already done enough drastic things. Especially separating the kids from their families. Leaving hundreds of kids when theyre ever going see their families again. Probably abusing them. I would define that as child abuse. I wonder about the legal ramifications of abusing children. The reports of 9 and 10yearold kids struggling zh Still Waiting. Still waiting. Not knowing when theyll ever see their families again. I dont think that is how you treat children. Theres another claim that the democrats want ms13 to run the country. Again, of all the people that come here, immigrate here illegally, Donald Trumps own Government Statistics Show, go on the Google Machine, if you
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Despair but of kind of throwing their hands up in the air. The shoutdown talk. Its he says one thing one day, one thing the next day. The people i talk to, they say who the hell knows what hell do . Were trying to convince him not to go down this path. It could send our whatever slim chances we have of holding on to the house, potentially put the senate, which they had been confident about, at risk. But, at the end of the day, this president , the way he makes decision, you know, a lot of times, members of the congressional gop dont understand he doesnt seem to understand the connection between what they do for him and what hes doing every day in office. So, his numbers were higher, willie. Donald trump was getting to mid 40s in the middle of the summer. Then you had the missing children. Children ripped from their mothers arms. We call them missing. Were not aloud to see them. I dont e know where they are. Can we account for them all . Right. Thats an ongroing crisis. Number two, putins poodle. He played putins pood until helsinki, according to european papers. It shows him to be weak and feckless. And now, possibility number three, a Government Shutdown. Talk about three bad things lining up for republicans over the past couple of months. And, by the way, also andreas rotting about north korea now. Despite the grand summit and the agreement they signed together, building ballistic weapons again. We knew they were making nuclear fuel again already. So in terms of Foreign Policy, we got another window into it last night. He talked about talking to the leader of iran. Maybe well talk. Its good to talk. As far as you can tell, and nobody is better dialed into the State Department and Foreign Policy community than you are, what is happening from the top in terms of Foreign Policy . And how is the State Department dealing with it . Its not just the State Department. Its the intelligence age sis. Mike pompeo was as close to the
president as anybody could be as cia director. He was briefing him every day. People in the State Department were initially encouraged. The fact that john bolton can tell Sarah Sanders to tweet out an invitation to putin without telling pompeo. Mattis, or dan coats. My gosh. One day, lets talk. The next, its theyll see the worst consequences. By the way he only communicates with dan coats through you. On stage. On stage. In aspen. And pompeo had to go out yesterday, on cnbc, within an hour of the president , or the day before, excuse me, within an hour of the president saying, im talk to rouhani and anybody
without preconditions. And Pompeo Sat Down and said, here are the preconditions. One, two, three. As we speak, hes leaving for malays malaysia. Is there any guess, any guess, in state, anywhere, in the insell the community, as to why donald trump suddenly, after meeting with Vladimir Putin has done a 180 on iran. One of putins most strategic allies. And now is saying, ill meet with him. Not from a position of strength. If you have putins poodles, you would have what . Its so erratic. Thats the problem. Theres no consistency. Theres no strategy. And, when we theyre talking about on capitol hill, and we saw it yesterday. The facebook. And, the fisphishing. The attempted cyberattacks
against shaheen, mccaskill. On friday, he had less than an hour, his First National security meeting he hosted on defending russian hacking. Now, shaheen confirmed it again. That russia is already in our electorate our electric grid. In our infrastructure. Thats what dan coats was warning about two weeks ago when he said the red lights are blinking. Theyre finally waking up to the cyberwarning the. The first meeting was last friday. It was less than an hour. So russia, iran, north korea, all certainly pivot points in our face. What is the relationship in dealing with this between pompeo, jim mattis, and john bolton . John bolton seems to be the outlier. But hes the one listening to
the president. Perhaps feeding him information. And going ahead with the tweets and not consulting his other National Security cabinet members the way National Security advisers are supposed to. I have not seen a National Security adviser off to this kind of start since john poindexter. Wow. Historians will know how that ended. But whos leaking . They all say this is how its going. La, la, la, la, la. And then, suddenly, the next second, and i dont know if its bolton. I dont know who sit. You have your sources pip wont ask you. But its very its the president. The administration will leak the next second that north e korea is cheating on missile technology. Its like theyre undermining the president at every turn. The truth is, the intelligence assessments have been have not been politicized. You have to give to it pompeo
and now gina haskell and dan coats. They have tried to be as honest as they can. You have the president now going off on his own. Its the erratic nature of the Foreign Policy. People cant ignore the tweets because he act es on it. You know, andrea brought up the facebook story. I wish e we had booked somebody that thats done some reporting on this. And that has shaved. That would be ideal. Well find that person. It might be nick. Hes got this scruffy thing going on. Its very intentional. Its very miami vice. Hes the chris pratt of the morning joes. Am i crockett or tubbs . Influential. So great to be here. Incredible. Thank you, guys. I dont know how you do it. I watch you all the time. Getting back on the train. Well do our show today. Really . Shes amazing. Still ahead on morning joe well have more on the president s rally last night in tampa. Where it seems clear that trump doesnt Purchase Groceries themselves. You know, because sometimes they fingerprint you to get the milk. And they make you do the eye scan at the airport. And day two of the trial. If you signed up for clear. I love clear. They say, you are clear. You are clear. Its incredible. Heres a problem. Im too old. If youre over a certain age, your fingerprints are worn out. So they dont work. Thats us. Young kid, put your fingerprint in. Its not going to work. Then they go, youre too old. Is that a med tall fact . Well, of course, willie. As we were escaping turkey in
73, we did put the acid on there. Well have to tell them to train their people to say, use your eyes, theyre beautiful. Instead of, youre too old. They dont have it at every airport. But when they do, its beautiful. Also, day two of the trial for Paul Manafort. Well tell you where the defense is laying the blame. And law professor Jonathan Turlly will tell us why hes gambling against all odds. Plus can we go back to the picture . Doesnt that remind you of somebody . I dont know who it could be. Its nick after a long time. Have you seen them in the same place at the same time . Coming up, Danny Cevalos with the three ways Rudy Giulianis strategy could hurt trump. Only three . Really . Youre watching morning joe. Well be right back. Some Cash Back Cards send you on a journey to get to your bonus cash back. First they make you sign up for bonus cash back and its only on a few categories. And when those categories change, you gotta sign up again. When does it end . with the capital one quicksilver® card, you earn unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase, everywhere. Its like a cash back oasis. Whats in your wallet . To visibly reduce wrinkles. Neutrogena®. Are you ready to take your then you need xfinity xfi. . A more powerful way to stay connected. It gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, provides the most Wifi Coverage for your home, and lets you control your network with the xfi app. Its the ultimate wifi experience. Xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. The trial for the president s former Campaign Chair took off at lightning speed yesterday. You ne what they call that docket . What is th . The rocket docket. No, they do. With the crossexamination in day one, the jury consists of six men, six women, four alternates. They painted Paul Manafort as a shrewd liar who felt he was above the law as he hid money to evade taxes while living a lavish lifestyle. He denies 18 counts including bank fraud. The defense in the Opening Statement city roed in on his former Business Partner, rick gates who was manaforts
codefendant until he decided to flip. The defense is pinning it all on gates the. Its funny. Theyre pinning it on gates who didnt have a money for a lawyer. You look at the pictures of manafort, its gates carrying around a backpack. Gates carrying all of manaforts stuff in all the picturepicture. Its like his bag man. His boy. And theyre trying to pin it all on him. He took all the money. So the claim is that manafort is on trial, quotes because of one man. Rick gates. Joining us law professor at George WashingtonUniversity Jonathan turley. And Legal Correspondent danny savelas. Its fair to say they dont have a lot to work with from everything we have seen in public. So, i guess, trying to distract
the jury and point to rick gates and say this is all because of this guy, i guess . I guess thats one of the only strategies they have, right . Yeah, just not very convincing. The this guy was he was not responsible for the creation of 30 bank accounts. For moving tens of millions of dollars Around The World. This is i think going to be a very dubious type of defense. Etch if you were to convince the jury that rick gates is dirty, he was still your aide. He was still the guy you picked. But, the government is piling on, because, look. Most of the jurors have maybe one bank account. When you have 30 Around The World, its very hard to tell a jury that that was not there for surreptitious purposes. In fairness to manafort, the
government is overplaying the class warfare card. Theyre talking about his opulent lifestyle. Including an ostrich jacket. What . Willie geist sporting for years 15,000 ostrich jackets. Would you agree, if thats a crime, lock us away. I got mine at burlington for 150. You paid the full 15,000 . I did. I go from that honestly, who does that. Jump into my paisley smoking jacket. It work well in tandem. Jonathan turley, you write many about Paul Manafort. Hunter thompson once described the fleeting fortunes of gamblers as blinking todays, dumb beasts, with no hope. Paul manafort is about to
discover if hes one of those blinking todays. Rather than take a plea, pan fort has taken the gamble of a trial. He is in the worst possible legal position of having to run the tabls by not only beating 18 counts in virginia but then beating 7 counts in a separate trial this washington. While he needs to beat all the charges, special Counsel Robert Mueller needs only one conviction on one count to put manafort away for as much as a decade. That is what it means to play the house. The house usually wins. Right now, las vegas would give m manafort about the same odds of acquittal at it would give the Baltimore Orioles to win the world series. So why Hasnt Manafort sought a deal with mueller. Why . Danny . Good question. Hes been holding out for the possibility that he might get a pardon. But also, sometimes you get defendants and clients who just dont see the case the way the
prosecutors