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If he hangs in there through the holidays, he could win the early states. this man could be on the way to the nomination for your party. at that point do you say, okay, i support him? >> well, when he wins the nomination we'll have a republican nominee. i continue to be very strong with the belief that donald trump is not going to be the nominee of the republican party. >> why do you think that? >> well, i think that because i don't believe he has the depth of knowledge of the issues. when he's on your show or any other show he talks about the polls. he talks about his opponent and how they sw...

It's the only race he hasn't offended yet. [ applause ] >> welcome back to "morning joe." it's the top of the hour. mike barnicle, nicole wallace and michael steele are still with us and joining the conversation former chairman of the national democratic committee, howard dean and in washington, editor of "the fix" at "the washington post," chris. good to have you onboard. we have a lot to get to including john kerry on iran. bernie sanders in the polls. hillary clinton with e-mails. jeb bush attacking hillary. we'll start with this show. donald trump was in michigan yesterday to keynote a rep...

The river yesterday, hickenlooper said toxicity levels are returning to normal. he stressed that frequent testing will continue. back in washington, that agency's administrator apologized and took full responsibility for the cleanup. what a mess. >> hard to believe that's getting back to normal. there's arsenic in four different states of that river. he wants to be president but only temporarily. harvard law professor says he'll handoff to the keys to the white house an soon as his agenda becomes law. that's next on "morning joe."

They were classified at the time they were sent. four top aides have turned over records including copies of work e-mails on personal accounts. joining us from washington, host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. good morning. let's talk through this. what's the problem and what's new for hillary clinton? >> there are a couple of problems. they are big ones in fact. first of all, grassley put out a statement and the inspector general released their statements last night so we have all of the documentation indicating that according to the inspector general, the independent watchdog o...

>> largely because he's secretary of state, he's not in the political arena in a sense. he chose correctly to point out that chuck schumer and people opposing it are doing it on matters of principle and not politics. >> interesting piece in "the washington post" today saying that candidate obama they thought would transform washington, that he has disappeared from this debate and he's calling opponents of the deal who are principled opponents of a deal with iran. chuck schumer certainly give him benefit of the doubt he tried to be onboard with this president and his party and he simply could n...