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Figure out if that is, in fact, the case. >> in time. tom winter, thank you. and thank you so much for watching. that wraps up this hour. please, stick with msnbc as we remember the life and extraordinary legacy of general colin powell. i'm stephanie ruhle. thank you for watching. jose diaz-balart picks up coverage right now. good morning. it's 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart and we begin with breaking news. the death of colin powell, one of the most respected military and diplomatic leaders in recent history. powell's family says the first black secretary of stat...

It was interesting, i was a bit surprised when my buddy said, did he say 100% trump would keep powell? that was news to me. we will see because i know donald trump is frustrated with powell but don't forget, dana, that donald trump is the one who appointed powell. >> but should they meet? >> on the other hand, every president and i shouldn't say every president but it's been pretty routine that the presidents would meet with the federal reserve chairman to talk about the condition of the economy. >> steve cortes, you agree? >> what's important here, it's routine for presidents, by the way, to ...

Saying i had russia on my mind and it's like oh, no. and then it's like -- then you know i'm driving home one day from new york and it's like robert mueller appointed powell is and i realized this going to be at war with the justice department. >> reminiscent of the classic "friends of saddam" sketch on "snl." john, what do you make of that? >> first of all, their marriage is between them however the point of ten between kellyanne conway and george is interesting because it points out something which is kellyanne conway understands politics as well as anybody, george conway is an expert on the...