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clear why that decision wasn t made to press charges further and the police chief addressed that as well. in may of 13, we did have a situation where online threatening comments were made. we had a detective assigned to investigate it. the detective spoke with legal counsel for the capital gazette. several members of the capital gazette staff. it was discussed that the capital gazette did not wish to pursue criminal charges. there was near doing so would exacerbate an already flammable situation. reporter: craig, so a lot of questions about what could have been done differently then. although it s likely it would have just ban restraining order situation. we don t know whether that would have changed events here but that s part of the conversation going on here. interesting to hear the police chief talk how this guy is still not cooperating and also they used facial recognition software to help identify him. what more do we know about that? reporter: we know the ....
right about that. earlier this morning the president of the united states publicly hounded nato s secretary-general, repeatedly disparaged germany and wondered aloud why america should be responsible for protecting europe against russia. vladimir putin wants donald trump to break from american allies. a few hours ago, that is exactly what he got. wow. welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, july 11th. with us, msnbc contributor mike ba ba ba barniccal. and david ignatius, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d.c. on msnbc, kasie hunt and former u.s. ambassador to nato and former state department spokesman nicholas burns, professor of diplomacy and international relations at the harvard kennedy school of government. great group to start with this morning, and, wow, what a start to the trip. what a start to the trip. and let s just play the clip. here s donald trump actually doing exactly what vladimir putin would want him to do. good morning. in many ....
A show featuring parodies of current events, commentary on significant issues and interviews with newsmakers, culture critics and media personalities. A show featuring parodies of current events, commentary on significant issues and interviews with newsmakers, culture critics and media personalities. A show featuring parodies of current events, commentary on significant issues and interviews with newsmakers, culture critics and media personalities. a centerfold who had consensual relations with the rich dude who later became our president. i know what you are thinking. where is the honor among playmates? [laughter] granted it s not the sort of deal most of us will make our lives but to paint a centerfold to keep quiet, i believe that s called tuesday. [laughter] petty cash for playmates to trump is his swear jar. i would not be surprised if there are more, you are 73, billionaire, three times married, living in manhattan and you don t have to share your apartment, your ....
if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and the american rule of law. so kavanaugh is a graduate of yale law school and clerked for justice kennedy. in 1993 he met ken starr during a justice department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton/lieu ensky scandals. kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. he served as george w. bush s white house counsel and staff secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. he was confirmed at that time by a vote of 57-36. now, brett kavanaugh s nomination sets up an extremely consequential confirmation battle. within minutes of trump s announcement, several top democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. senate minority leader chuck schumer put out ....
prosecutors, including that secret recording made of trump just before the 2016 election. as anybody would say, that s the strongest possible evidence. there certainly was evidence of knowledge by the president of a payoff to the playboy playmate. we begin this morning with the president threatening to strip the security clearance of half a dozen former officials. never mind some of them don t even have clearance anymore. that is not stopping the white house from stthe policy of paybk to vocal critics. i want to get to how it breaks down. the president is said to still be considering this move. while none of his people he s targeting are still in the government, current officials are certainly taking notice. right now, these are the men and women on the list. former cia director john brennan. former director of national intelligence james clapper. former cia director michael hayden. monetary gain. no, that wasn t an snl skit. we already know the president has attacked u.s. ....