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Reason to breathe a sigh of relief. part of the question is how big a deal was george papadopoulos? on the one hand you've seen pictures and splashed all over the news sitting at the same table at donald trump. we know donald trump referred to him by name as he talked about his foreign policy team. on the other hand he seems to have been a pretty minor player, a bit player in the trump campaign and those of us who are reporting on the trump campaign as it was taking place, none of us stopped and thought i need to talk to george papadopoulos to understand what's going on with the trump campaign...

With the satisfaction of serving something more important than myself, of being a bit player in the extraordinary story of america. and i am so grateful. >> all right. that was senator john mccain, of course, last night, accepting the liberty medal by the national constitution center in philadelphia. it was presented by former vice president joe biden. before we talk to everybody on good morning joe, i want to talk about the stories you will be hearing in the day ahead. >> president trump invites the president of greece to the white house. meanwhile, joe biden of ohio, governor john kasich bri...

>> it was no knock warrant where the door was kicked down, which was very concerning which meant they thought he was going to destroy evidence or the judge would authorize that behavior. >> i think we can see number one, this is not going away. mueller, despite all the noise is focused. and there's now this focus on financial crimes. so we've gone from political to financial. something which for donald trump is a red line. bob mueller has been hiring attorneys that specialize in financial crimes and corruption. we see that manafort is definitely emerging as one of the central figures, which is...

Intelligence briefing and the subject of russia would be raised, he would say i don't want to talk about russia. clear low from the start he has not wanted to know what he didn't want to know about russia. that's why i actually believe sean spicer. there's only two ways of looking at what he said yesterday. one, it was plausible deniability and, two, he's such a bit player that he would be talking with something about the president that the president doesn't like to talk about except as it affects his legitimacy as the guy who beat hillary clinton. >> jeffrey rosen, what do you make of attorne...

Is president trump -- does president trump -- has he known for a while that jared kushner might be in their sights? and is that why he's been so protective of a lot of this and tried to throw it out there? >> david, this white house has been -- the last time i interviewed kellyanne conway, one of the things she was clearly stressing was the difference between donald trump the candidate, what happened on the campaign trail, and donald trump as president and in the white house. >> yes. >> this white house has clearly been, you know, paul manafort now in the history of the campaign was a bit play...