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Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. something extraneous to the facts of the investigation just to get them to lie. that is clearly not what s going on here. mueller has 100 valid reasons to want to talk to trump. what we have here is a perjury risk. it s a great risk. that s because trump isn t capable of telling the truth, and particularly when he knows he is in trouble if he does. so if itt s not a perjury trap, which is a technical term. this audio leaked of devin nunes, it s not surprising he is carrying water for the president, but it is surprising he would say on the record out loud, out loud to a number of donors, that it ultimately doesn t matter what mueller comes out with, that sessions won t unrecrews ause and it s j. it s just up to us to protect the president. that s saying if robert mueller comes back and says we found conspiracy, we found whatever, it doesn t matter for the republicans? is that a widely held ....
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. elections? when we re picking who s going to be running the house and the senate? i think right track/wrong track is a very important indicator. that and there s often polling numbers of, does this guy or this person, this candidate fight for people like you? those are the type of polls i find a little more credible. astonishing to me is that it can be down at 35% when the economy on its surface and in its aggregate numbers is doing so well. i d ask an expert like john heilemann or somebody, have you ever seen right track being 35% when unemployment is below 4%? and since i think the economic numbers won t always be as good, this could really tumble down if there s if there starts to be any blips in the economy. especially from this continued china trade dispute, which could, you know, start bringing down the economy a little bit. so ....
The latest political developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. we played that clip of donald trump call thing an attack on the nation. cohen, interestingly in interviews with george stephanopoulos and others, said the fbi was very courteous and respectful. he did not describe the raids on his home and offices as an attack on the nation. does that seem to be more that he softened on his stance against the fbi? he seems to. i recall him saying he would take a bullet for the president. maybe that s going into court and pleading guilty. but the pardon itself is a political calculation. i m not very good at that. i don t know whether he s a candidate or not. but at this point, with what he has in front of him, what he did and what he knows, he seems like he s taking the smart path, the one where he admits his guilt, sort of takes his medicine, and hopes the court will give him some consideration for that. joyce, when you look at what lanny davis, ....
doesn t stop there. cohen s attorney tells msnbc he has information that bob mueller would want to know and is more than happy to start talking to the special counsel. meanwhile, paul manafort who two years ago literally ran donald trump s campaign is now a felon. he is facing serious prison time and like michael cohen sits atop this list of trump associates who are indicted or convicted criminals. that is a lot of witches. good morning, and welcome to morning joe on this wednesday, august 22nd. joe is off. he s tweeting. he ll be filing for the washington post. we ve put together an all-star lineup for this morning s incredible amount of news. a small law firm of legal experts, msnbc legal analyst danny savalas, john thnathan tu and barbara mcquade and two experts or the cohen stories i do not think there s a parallel. we ll see what you come up with. a legal landslide like none other in the history of the presidency. what the conservative drudge report described as trump ....
you re killing an innocent child. a woman s right to choose is critically important. i think we all need a voice to speak up and to take a stand. and no man should ever have any say in terms of our own bodies. and what we choose to do. i think it s very important we vote for those who are going to support president trump and his agenda. make america great again. a big variety there. post a video to instagram telling us what s pushing you to the polls. use the hashtag #whyivotecnn. all right, top of the hour. glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow in new york. i m jim sciutto. florida governor rick scott is expected to update us on preparations for hurricane michael which scott is calling monstrous and in his words, the most destructive storm to threaten the florida panhandle in decades. this morning, michael grew to a category 2. it s expected to reach category 3, which means 120 miles per hour by the time the center hits the panhandle. look a this graphic. this is ....