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On that front, the house speaker is controlling the narrative yet again in what "the new york times" calls a risky bid to assert influence over an election-year trial in the republican-led senate. we'll explain that strategy ahead. plus, how an angry president is looking for vindication in neff november. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it's friday, december 20th. with us we have white house reporter for "the associated press" jonathan lemire. senior adviser at moveon.org and an msnbc contributor karine jean tee, a. "new york times" reporter jeremy peters. republican strategist and...

Msnbc analyst susan delaware percio. reverend al sharpton, and an msnbc contributor karine jean tee, a. and political contributor rick tyler. joe and mika are off today as they attend the funeral of congressman elijah cummings later this morning in baltimore. rev, i wanted to start with you because you were at that beautiful memorial for elijah cummings where you have saw mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi, both sides of the aisle paying tribute to a great man. >> elijah cummings was the first african american to lead the state. and to see schumer and pelosi and everyone sitting there together, mik...

>> our troops are coming home. that's vice president mike pence talking about syria yesterday. but in addition to the ceasefire appearing not to hold, defense secretary marc esper has said publicly many times that the troops pulled from syria are not heading back to the united states, instead, are currently on their way to iraq. after that, they still aren't coming home. according to a statement released by the iraqi prime minister's office, after meeting with esper this week, those troops in question will leave iraq within four weeks and head to kuwait or qatar. with us we have former treasur...

Finland is the happiest country in the world. what can you flelearn from finl. >> you get rid of pelosi and shifty schiff. finland got rid of shifty schiff. >> welcome back to "morning joe," it's thursday, october 3rd. joe and mika have the morning off. still with us, mike barnicle and an msnbc contributor karine jean tee, a. jonathan lemire, sam stein, and joining our conversation, fomer u.s. senator now an nbc news and msnbc political analysts, claire mccaskill, senior writer of "politico," jake sherman, an msnbc contributor and senior political correspondent for the washington examiner davi...