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robert griffin iii completed two of five passes. rgiii leaves the game. they could lose him for a while. >>> bottom of the battle, battle of the bottom. cleveland of buffalo. no haters because i said that. first career start, rushes 20 yards. talk about rushing young qbes. manziel runs the play action boot, finds jennings. this is 37 yards and into bills territory. soon after that, manziel connects in the end zone with this beauty. that get ace score. johnny football, not enough. >>> tiger woods playing in his first ever championship in greensbo greensboro, north carolina. 6 under par. woods needs to finish solo second to qualify for next week's fedex cup playoffs. >>> there's that and this. red flag because of bugs? that guy was running around on the track. tough to get caught, faster than the cars themselves, worthy of nascar don't you think. they spent 10 minutes chasing the guy. there he goes. >> don't hit bugs bunny. >> no. i've got a question for you. what is a rabbit's favorite dance style? >> this is horrible, but hip hop. >> still ahead a massive

. >>> a new poll shows americans are growing more supportive of robert mueller's handling of the russia probe. 61% of voters think it's a serious matter. asked whether the president should testify under oath more than 7 in 10 say yes. and 47% say president trump should be impeached. >>> the senate judiciary committee votes on brett kavanaugh. susan collins is planning on talking with kavanaugh over the phone later this week to ask him a few more questions that she has following his confirmation hearing. she feels a lot of the information is not being accurately presented. >>> cory booker ree heleased a batch of documents showing his involvement in some of the more controversial judicial nominees. recently a conservative judicial group referred his actions to the senate ethics committee. the new jersey democrat responded saying the documents raise more serious and concerning questions about cavanaugh's honesty. kavanaugh comm kavanaugh submitted a response yesterday to written questions from senators. >> with us eugene scott. let's talk about judge kavanaugh's confirmation. are these ext

one democratic aide telling nbc news that robert o'brien occasionally chiming in -- >> we need to hear from the heads of the intelligence agencies. in my view, the right people were not in the room to give us the kind of briefing we needed to get. >> i thought this briefing was the white house personnel telling us their perspective. i think we knew the white house perspective. what we need to know is the intelligence perspectives. >> the president called this a hoax. publicly. nothing in the briefing that we have just received led me to believe it is a hoax. >> this was a red flag. it either was not waved, or the president ignored the wave. president truman said the buck stops here. president trump says i never saw the buck. >> so, the sources telling nbc news that the white house will brief the partisan gang of aet on the bounty issue today that is, the democratic and republican leaders of the house and senate and the chairman and ranking members of the house and senate intel communities. also senator mitch mcconnell was asked if he would support new sanctions on russia, he didn't ans

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. >> he called robert mueller honorable, why the switch. >> i'm not switching or anything. i would hope he's honorable, but you know what, he gave us no collusion, and that was a very big thing. >> he did not say that. >> and frankly -- he did say that. >> he didn't look at collusion. >> read the report. just read it, okay. sometimes i have false fights like the russian witch hunt, that's a false fight. that's a made up hoax. and i had to fight that. >> the first line of his report said they had a systematic attempt to interfere. >> they did. not me. and they also said we we rebuffed them! he said your campaign welcomed the help. >> the trump campaign rebuffed them. anything having to do with russia had nothing to do with our campaign. mueller said we rebuffed russia, that we pushed them away, we weren't interested. read the report. >> reading from the mueller report, the trump campaign welcomed help that was purported to be from the russian government, only they never received it. in the interview, president trump denied ordering mueller's finding saying he would not want

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thankfully a lighter moment during yesterday to break the tension at a committee hearing senator pat roberts forgot to silence his phone and his inner princess, if you will. take a listen to his ring tone. >> so we're going to be very aggressive on that issue as well as on the geographic -- >> oh come on. just let it go mr. --. >> yep. you just got let it go. if you thought that was embarrassing, check this out. cameras ought north carolina's governor fall off his chair at a round table discussion. the chair did have wheels and he handled it quite well and popped up. >> spring has sprung but apparently in japan mother nature has not gotten the message. tourists gather every year at what's known as the japanese alps to check out huge walls of snow. they climb more than 67 feet high. you can check them out until june. we are getting an exciting look at a galaxy far, far away. the brand new trailer for star wars, the force awakens has wracked up over 16 million views since yesterday afternoon. it's got a. it's got intrigue. a mangled darth vader mask and two familiar faces at the end. take a lo

. >>> last night rachel maddow asked robert reich to describe the mood as a large occupy protest got underway on campus. >> on campus there's a mood of restlessness and uncertainty. a lot of people don't know if the police are coming back in. there's a nervousness but also a sense of indignation about what happened last week and righteousness with regard to the purpose and history of the free speech movement here. you know, rachel, the irony of all of this is not only mario savio, it is that right now we are at a time when the supreme court has said money is speech. speech is money and corporations are people. we've turned the first amendment on its head. instead of allowing people to peaceably assemble and express outrage at how much money is going into politics, we have mayors and other officials all over the country saying you can't assemble, you can't express yourself, but we are going to listen to the money from the big corporations that now are basically engulfing american politics. >> be sure to watch "the rachel maddow show" weeknights at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> he stopped it,

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. >>> and as supreme court chief justice john roberts plans to preside over the senate, we have come to take democracy for granted and civic education has fallen by the wayside. in our age, when social media can instantly spread rumors and false information on a grand scale, the public seems to understand our government and the protection it provides, it is ever more vital. he also stressed the importance of maintaining public trust, writing we should reflect on our duty to judge without fear and favor, and we should each resolve to do our best to maintain's the public's trust that we are faithfully discharging our solemn obligation. and the wide-ranging efforts to appoint judges who will rule in the likeness of his nation. he writes, quote, we should celebrate our strong and independent judiciary, a key source of naushl unity and stability. but we should also remember that justice is not inevitable. >> let's talk about some of this, joining us, white house and washington consumer reporter for "politico," daniel lippman. happy new year. good to see you on this second day of january.

also worth noting, despite playing in 700 theaters, robert redford earned $4 million to finish ninth with "conspirator." elsewhere, if woody allen has his way, perhaps there will be a new politician/actor. allen said he could imagine french president nicolas sarkozy playing humphrey bogart-type roles and could see casting him one of his movies. random. timely, even more random, actor nicolas cage was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of several charges after arguing with his wife in the french quarter of new orleans. his $11,000 bail was posted by reality tv star no other than dwayne "the dog" bounty hunter champman to the rescue. >> we need him now to skip bail and we need the bounty hunter to track him down. that would be the best reality show around. >> sadly in a statement, he was a big fan apparently. who knew. stay tuned. way too early with willie geist starts right now. >>> one of the deadliest outbreaks of tornados in years carves a path of destruction and anguish across six states, has the worst of this storm system finally passed? the president hitting the road this we

anthony fauci, fda commissioner steven hahn and cdc director robert redfield are in quarantine. the vice president laid low over the weekend, but his office now says he will not self-quarantine and does plan to be at the white house today. "the washington post" reports that all white house staffers received a memo from the white house management office on friday encouraging employees to, quote, practice maximum telework and to work remotely if at all possible. but the paper reports this, several administration officials say white house staffers were encouraged to come into the office by their supervisors. here is one of the president's senior economic advisers, kevin hassett, discussing his concerns about working in the cramped west wing. >> it is scary to go to work. you know, i was not part of the white house in march. i think that i'd be a lot safer if i was sitting at home than i would be going to the west wing. but i think everybody knows going to work, you've been in the west wing. it's a small, crowded place. it's a little bit risky. but you have to do it because you have

fact, his former deputy campaign manager rick gates, his former campaign manager paul manafort, and robert mueller, they all have said under oath or in court that he did not, was not completely truthful. and so that he was informed about wikileaks going to come out with this information. he didn't want to perjure himself again. because that could lead to another impeachment charge. or it could just be a really bad black eye for republicans who feel like they have to continue to support him. >> let me ask you really quickly about mitch mcconnell and the sound bite we played. he said he doesn't see a scenario which 67 senators would convict to remove the president from office. he is speaking really kind of in real political terms, not necessarily waiting to see the evidence. but do you think that there is any window here in the senate for republican senators to break ranks, not necessarily in large numbers to out of the president, but enough for the president to be somewhat rattled going into 2020? >> i think there's a lot of republican senators that if it was a private vote, that they would

growing over what has inspired president trump's two days of public tirades against special counsel robert mueller's probe into russian interference in the 2016 election. yesterday trump tweeted universities will someday study what highly conflicted and not senate approved bob mueller and his gang of democrat thugs have done to destroy people. why he is protecting crooked hillary, mccabe, comey and peter s. and all of his friends on the other side. this hours after the president claimed to know the inner workings of the mueller investigation, alleging they have found no collusion. >> this just as the president's lawyer said they were preparing trump's final responses to mueller's written questions, which the special counsel submitted weeks ago. the president spent more than four hours meeting with his attorneys monday and 90 minutes again wednesday night, according to people familiar with the sessions telling the "washington post." trump attorney rudy giuliani and others briefed on the questions tell the paper that there are at least two dozen questions, all of which relate to activities a

robert stayed in the hospital overnight and released the next morning. they believed the chief justice was dehydrated and ruled out seizures as the source of the fall. >>> still ahead, health officials across the country issue a new warning about protective gear as coronavirus cases surge in several states. we'll be back in a moment. >>> medical workers across the nation are warning of yet another desire short avenue of personal protective equipment as coronavirus resurges. according to the associated press, a doctor's association said that physicians offices are closing because they cannot get masks and other necessary protective supplies. a national nurse's union is concerned that the gear will need to be reused. citing the results of a survey, the president of national nurses united told the ap, quote, we're five months into this and there's still shortages of gowns, hair covers, shoe covers and masks. they're being doled out and we're told to reuse them. a national strategy to require and distribute gear in answer of the crisis worsening into the fal

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i'm thomas roberts. august 30th. we'll have those stories and also talk about nfl settlement on head injuries as well and some news in the enforcement of the federal marijuana laws. a lot to talk about today. we begin in syria. if president obama decides to takei

. >>> joining us now is nbc news royal contributor robert jobson. thanks for being with us. >> hi there. how are you? >> i'm doing fantastic. i know you are just as excited about this as the rest of us. now that kate is in labor, we understand prince william is by her side. think the prince is ready for witnessing labor firsthand? >> i think it's a shock to any dad but i don't think it's about prince william at the moment. it's about the duchess. he's just playing a very supporting role. that's about it, really. >> yes, keeping her comfortable as best he can be, i'm sure. last week the queen wanted the baby just to hurry up and arrive so it wouldn't mess up her holiday, heaven forbid, which she had to postpone. any chance she'll be coming to the hospital once the baby arrives? >> no, i don't think so. there will be no family members going before the baby is born. i think, if anything, that will be done in privacy of kensington palace before the queen departs on holiday. the queen doesn't go on holiday until friday when she goes up to the scottish hi

robert redfield. but they told "the new york times" it was redirected and dropped it on the cdc's website, flouting the process an email from dr. redfield says this, the guidelines in con jk n conjunction with the coronavirus ta task force received appropriate attention, consultation, and input from the task force experts. they say it's sharply out of step with the agency's usually neutral and scientific tone. the revelations are coming days after reports that hhs officials have pressured the cdc to change health reports to align with president trump's more optimistic message about this outbreak. >>> the nation's top infection out disease expert dr. anthony fauci has weighed in on a timeline for the coronavirus vaccine following a directive from dr. robert redfield and the president. while the president has recommended it could start being distributed as early as october. here's what dr. fauci told msnbc last night. >> first of all, we have to realize, we don't know when and if there's going to be an

." >>> hey, everybody, good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it's monday, may 21th. welcome to "way too early," the show that was not nominated for mom of the year but is not ruling out a run for next year. but wi send a big hug to moms out there. hope you had a great mother's day weekend. we start off with our top story. russian sec ratists are declaring victory over two areas in ukraine. in one region 90% of voters backed the single question on the

responding to the president's plan to close gitmo, senator pat roberts tweeted this video showing him throwing white house plans right into the garbage. >>> and we have heard a lot about bernie sanders pulling in the younger vote and a toy company is banking on that demographic, fuelling the nostalgic bern. ♪ my bernie, my bernie, my bernie and me 12340e9. >> the company is trying to fund the action figures via kick stater. >>> hey, political junkies, think you'd make a better president? thomson reuters built a app and lets you build it up into the general election. that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> now to washington and i'm joined by a bloomberg reporter. >> thanks for having me. >> now the tenth republican debate is tonight, this thursday. >> i'm on my way. >> give me a hint here, because it's the last one before super tuesday. any surprises expected? >> you know, i really think that what you're going to see is senator ted cruz as well as marco rubio battling each other. both of them feel like they're the best, most clear alternative to republican presidential

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and the interesting thing is, robert mueller never learned this fact when he investigated because the white house limited the scope of john kelly's interview with the mueller team. >> by the way, michael schmidt is going to join joe and mika tomorrow morning on "morning joe." >> he's a good reporter. >> good to see you this morning, my friend. he's a great reporter, as are you. you can sign up for the newsletter at signup.axios.com. that does it for me on this monday morning. i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> good morning, and welcome to "morning joe." it is monday, august 31st. with us we have white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire. the host of msnbc's politics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. columnist david ignatius and white house correspondent for pbs news hour, yamiche alcindor. >> i need to start with jonathan lemire. >> of course you do. >> another red sox victory, two in a

. >>> so, the new man of the hour is robert mueller, right, who actually ran the fbi before comey. and he had been enjoying himself in private law practice. i can only imagine him sitting at home watching all this comeyt part of this anymore. i'm just like, la, la, la, hello, oh, for god's sake. what it help if i said i'm too old for this [ bleep ]? see you in an hour. >>> the justice department names former fbi director robert mueller as special counsel overseeing investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. this morning the reaction over that move from the white house to capitol hill. >>> new questions emerging over former national security adviser michael flynn and who in the trump team new what and when and his ties to turkey. >>> demonstrators take to the streets in tulsa, oklahoma, after a police officer is acquitted in the shooting of an unarmed black man. >>> good morning. it's thursday, may 18th. i'm ayman mohyeldin in washington, d.c. jasmine is in new york alongside louis burgdorf. a high-profile special counsel will take over the justice department's in

"way too early" with thomas roberts starts right now. >>> good news. an american held whohostage in syria is set free. they have i.d.ed the man who killed james foley. california's napa valley remains in a stat of emergency and in recovery mode after a 6.0 earthquake. and a big night for music's biggest as far as at the vmas, but it was queen b and the carters who stole the show. they put the divorce rumors to rest. the must see almost total wardrobe malfunction of nicki minaj. this is "way too early." >>> hey, everybody. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it is monday, august 25th. welcome to "way too early." according to one person on twitter, the black is slimming on some. very nice. yes. that's why we wore gray. we have a very busy show to get to. we want to start off with our lead story. there is very good news. an american writer is freed after being kidnapped nearly two years ago in syria. cutter represented with this release of peter theo curtis. curtis's family says money did not change hands in this. the 45-year-old was being held captive by t

top democrats are renewing discussions about impeachment following new court filings by robert mueller's team. but president trump insists there was no collusion. >>> plus, chief of staff john kelly is on his way out, but who will replace him? the vice president's chief of staff nick ayers out of the running. >>> the president trump calls his former secretary of state dumb as a rock after rex tiller said the president regularly attempted to do things that would violate the law. ♪ >>> it is monday december 10th. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. we begin with the recent court filings by the special counsel's office. they're now raising new questions about the trump ga campaign and russia as the president denies any wrongdoing. here some of the key take-aways. in those documents filed on friday, prosecutors say trump directed illegal hush money payments to two women with whom he had alleged sexual relationships before running for president. the filings allege that trump was involved in discussions about a trump property in moscow during the presidential

but the person that appointed robert mueller never received a vote. robert mueller put 13 of the angriest democrats in the history of our country on the commission. >> reporter: and as you can see from that, it was a rambling speech. the only real news is that the president was trying to make a joke out of his previous call for the russians to hack hillary clinton. it was his moment. >> he was at cpac. he had his supporters. >> safe crowd. they had been warm up by the previous acts before. >> his son made some news over the weekend as well. >> exactly. his moment to shine. heidi, let me ask you this. being light hearted about it but doesn't the president have more pressing concerns to worry about now rather than obsessing what robert mueller and rod rosenstein is doing. this thing is almost over and he's talking about how it began. >> reporter: that's the point. the president is showing signs of stress. this is coming at a time when congress held very high-profile hearings of his former fixer and attorney michael cohen after his very high stakes summi

new documents scheduled for release today could shed new light on robert mueller's russia probe. prosecutors for the southern district of new york and the special counsel's office both have until 5:00 p.m. tonight to deliver sentencing memos concerning michael cohen. those documents are expected to detail cohen's cooperation in both of those ongoing investigations. mueller's team should also be filing a document that outlines the crimes and lies that led to the collapse of former trump campaign chairman paul manafort's plea deal. meanwhile, nbc news has also learned that in recent days president trump's legal team has resumed discussions with the special counsel's office. that's according to two people familiar with the matter. it's been just over two weeks since trump admitted those written answers to mueller regarding the russia probe. >>> back in july, president trump's lawyer rudy giuliani promised to deliver a report that would push back on robert mueller's findings, but that may no longer be the case. half a does current and former white house officials telling the atlantic

. >> this could potentially clear a path for trump to meet with robert mueller. people familiar with the process say the move is part of the preparations for a type of interview with the special counsel. joe digenova is expected to play a key role in discussions with mueller's office about a presidential interview. the president, mean wile, reaffirmed his willingness to meet with the special counsel yesterday. >> mr. president, would you still like to testify to special counsel robert mueller, sir? >> thank you. i would like to. >> joining us now from washington, capitol hill reporter for the hill molly hooper. molly, good to have you you with us on this friday morning. so we saw democrats voice their concern that the president might try to have mueller filed during the process. given what you just heard from steve bannon that the president is about to go to war changing up his legal teams, give us a sense of how people are viewing the threat of possibly firing special counsel robert mueller. is this gaining more traction on those watching developments at the whi

robert mueller's office is accusing manafort of violating the plea deal he agreed to earlier this year. in a joint status report, mueller's team says, quote, after signing the plea agreement, manafort committed federal crimes by lying to the fbi and the special counsel's office on a variety of subject matters, which constitute breaches of the agreement. but manafort's lawyers are disputing those assertions. in that same filing, his legal team writes, manafort has provided information to the government in an effort to live up to his cooperation obligations. he believes he has provided truthful information and does not agree with the government's characterization or that he has breached the agreement. back in august the federal court found manafort guilty on several counts of financial fraud. both cases involved manafort's political consultancy for a previous russian backed government of ukraine long before he served briefly as trump's campaign chairman. the special counsel and manafort have asked a judge to set a sentencing date for the former trump campaign chairman. >>> president trum

. >>> former special counsel robert mueller will be in the hot seat on capitol hill this week. house judiciary chairman jerry nadler says the hearing will show substantial wrong doing by president trump. >>> good morning, everyone, it's monday, july 22nd. president trump is outright questioning the patriotism of four minority democratic congresswomen whom he told to go back to their countries, declaring them irredeamable. he said they should apologize to america and israel for the horrible hateful things they have said. they are destroying the democratic party but are weak and insecure people who can never destroy our great nation. president trump shared a defense of the send her back tweets from the far right british commentator who the in the past linked a rabbis work to a mass shooting at a synagogue, sharing a tweet by katie hopkins, send her back is the new lock her up. after a terrorist attack in may at an ariana grande contest said we need a final solution. and the tree of life synagogue that left to 11 people dead, look to the chief rehabbi and h support for mass migrat

and robert pattinson took the high rode rood. he was classy. sharing pint of ice cream on the daily show, john stewart joked they were a couple of gals talking about a break-up and that pattinson was better off without former flame. pattinson never directly commented on kristen stewart saying only right now he needs a really good publicist. >> i go for the chocolate chip cookie dough. >>> returning to acting in "the expendables 2" after an eight-year break, arnold schwarzenegger insists it's tough staying in shape at age 68, but the same workouts and food he ate when he was working out still worked. claude van damme said he had an affair with kylie minogue when he was shooting "street fighter." miley cyrus went platinum blonde, super short. she quoted she's never felt more me in my whole life. >> she has a pretty face, she can totally get away with it. i could not. >> that is a bold statement. you think -- i'll just end on that because it boggles my mind. i'm lynn berry, this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned, willie geist is next. >>> with

early yesterday morning a similar package was discovered at robert de niro's production company in lower manhattan. all of the devices are being examined by the fbi in quantico, virginia. investigators say at least some of the devices were poorly made and had no possibility of exploding. we're also told that it is unclear if the flaws were intentional to make a convincing hoax or just bad design of construction. >> were these devices rigged to explode, or you think they were more sent to intimidate? >> we're not going to give you 100% accurate description of what the devices were, but we have to treat them as live devices. this has a protocol that our bomb squad people use and it keeps everybody safe. >> joining us onset danny cevallos. this is all very, very serious, but legally speaking, where does this put us? >> there are several different categories of bomb when it's mailed like this. it could be something that would have gone off but law enforcement got to it in time. in this case, it's definitely a destructive device as defined by federal law, which actually subsumed destructive d

♪ >>> new overnight, a bombshell report from the "new york times," special counsel robert mueller is reportedly working to deconstruct a cover story offered now for the infamous trump tower meeting with russian officials. >>> plus, a memo written by congressman devin nunes could be released today, but now he's being accused of altering the memo before he sent it to the white house. >>> and at least one amtrack passenger is dead after a crash on the tracks. >>> good morning, everyone. it is february 1st. we begin with the special counsel who is expected to interview a former trump spokesman who is said to have witnessed a meeting with president trump and top aides. that meeting allegedly discussed concealing the trump tower meeting purpose between his campaign and russians. three sources say mark corallo, who served as a spokesman, plans to tell mr. mueller about a previously undisclosed conference call with mr. trump and white house director hope hicks. in this call, he allegeses that hicks said he was eager to receive political dirt about clinton from the russians, quote, we'll neve

hi, everybody, good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it's tuesday, december the 2nd. welcome to "way too early." the countdown is on for our christmas party tomorrow. you're all invited. we even have an ugly christmas sweater over there. on gabriel. he's a day ahead. but we're very excited. i want to get straight to our top story. we begin with what's taking place in washington where the white house is proposing a series of law enforcement reforms in response of the unrest in ferguson, missouri. president obama is asking for $263 million over three years for additional training of police officers and other resources. that includes $75 million to purchase up to 50,000 body cameras f

they want to delve into what robert mueller necessarily couldn't delve into when he punted that issue to congress. you'll see more democrats push for more investigations. however, i think house democratic leadership, nancy pelosi in particular, is very cognizant of the fact that impeachment may not be politically feasible for democrats in the long run. even though president trump could easily be impeached in the senate, in the house i mean, in the senate it's a dead end. >> the judiciary committee's hearing and calling john dean to testify. really this turn that it seems as if they are making in that they want all americans to hear exactly what are in those 480 pages of the mueller report, ten instances of obstruction of justice that were laid out and details that go into that. what are they trying to gasoline from calling someone like john dean to testify? >> i think they are trying to publicize this issue when really try to bring as much attention to this issue as possible. remember house democrats have struggled to get figures like attorney general barr or even don mcgahn or specia

watching cable news coverage, still fuming about robert mueller's inquiry even after himself reigniting controversy about the 2016 trump tower meeting between his son and a russian lawyer tied to the kremlin. donald trump jr. trying to clean up after his father admitted outright it was about getting dirt on hilary clinton, blaming the media instead. >> they've gotten plenty of mileage out of this thing and they're going to keep milking it as long as they possibly can. >> reporter: the president as stunning reversal coming by tweet. this was a meeting to get information on an opponent, a far cry from the misleading explanation he dictated from air force one on his son's behalf last summer, the president and his'des at the time insisting that meeting, now central to mueller's investigation, was primarily about russian adoptions. >> they talked about, as i see it they talked about adoption and some things. >> he certainly didn't dictate but, you know, like i say, he weighed in and offered suggestion like any father would do. >> reporter: the president's new argument that the research effor

the contest pits republican senator roberts against orman. it's unclear if orman wins, which he'll party. perhaps this is an attempt for new hampshire senator to distance herself from president obama as she tries to hold on to her senate seat tweeting yesterday, quote, do not believe isil is, quote, mangle, agree the terrorists must be chased to, quote, the gates of hell. the first part is a play on obama's remarks, and the last part, a phrase vice president biden used vowing justice will be serve. the republican challenger, scott brown, has a plan to get americans back to work. this is what he told residents in a town hall. >> here's the thing, when folks say, you know, what are you going to do to create jobs? i'm not going to create jobs. it's not my job to create jobs. it's yours. my job is to ensure government is out of your way so you can grow and expand. the number one job right now is obamacare. what do we do? repeal it. >> a very explicit analogy by debbie wasserman-schulz saying, quote, scott walker gave women the back of his haptd.

robert covington takes the inbound pass and sinks the lay-up just before the buzzer. and the sixers win it 93-91. trust the process. >>> in los angeles one lucky fan, you make this shot you get $95,000! wow, and you get to wear those nice shorts. l.a., 116-102 win over the grizzlies. those are great moments when a kid hits the shot, gets the scholarship -- >> that was definitely worth the price of admission there. >> the sixers highlight, i did not approve of that. >> we are still laughing here in the studio. see you back here in a minute. >>> meanwhile, still ahead, president-elect donald trump takes a jab at intelligence officials for allegedly delaying a briefing on russian cyber attacks. >>> plus, house speaker paul ryan gets thrown off by a teenager during a swearing in ceremony. there was a lot of explaining to do on that one. it's pretty funny. that's next. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says, "you picked the wrong insurance plan." no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with new car replacement™, we'll

thomas roberts did a great job last night. it's monday january 26, welcome to "way too early," the show with perfect timing and a meteorologist filling in for your anchor because paralyzing monstrous, historic some of the words describing this winter storm set to pound the northeast. tomorrow, the region will get crushed with snow. an estimated 29 million people will have to deal with the blizzard now in less than 18 hours and for new york, this has the potential to partialise -- paralyze the city. here's where things stand right now. we're dealing with the storm in about 18 hours from now and the worst will be happening from midnight tonight all the way through

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before the senate judiciary committee wednesday about the nsa's surveillance program, fbi director robert mueller revealed the fbi has used drones on u.s. soil to gather intelligence in what he called a very, very minimal way and very seldom. >> generally used in a particular incident where you need the capability. it is very narrowly focused on particularized cases and particularized needs and particularized cases. >> mueller agreed a debate and perhaps information to regulate the information called for by drones could be called for down the road. >>> california senator dianne feinstein has written a letter to chuck hagel asking him to stop the practices. she says they violate both american and international standards and medical ethics. she visited gitmo just 11 days ago and says 40% of detainees are being force fed. four were in the hospital for issues related to the feeding or hunger strike. she says 104 of the 166 prisoners are on a hunger strike. in and now here's your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. a new quinnipiac poll shows that former secretary of state

robert wilke has officially been confirmed as next secretary of veterans affairs as he is prepared to take on president trump's bid to overhaul the agency. the senate confirmed him yesterday in an 86-9 vote. he is the first va secretary to fail to receive unanimous senate confirmation. in a statement the president applauded the decision. he is expected to be sworn into office quickly and white house officials said he could join the president today at the veterans of foreign wars national convention in kansas city. wilke is the third pick for va secretary in 18 months, being tapped for the job after the former va secretary was fired due to ethics questions. dr. ronnie jackson withdrew after workplace misconduct allegations. >>> hundreds of parents separated from their children may have lost their right to reunification according to the trump administration. as many as 463 migrant parents who were separated from their children at the u.s./mexico border may not be eligible to be reunited with their children because they've been deported according to justice department court filings yeste

on how president trump's legal team is preparing to fight a possible subpoena from special counsel robert mueller. >>> much more on the white house's decision to revoke former cia director john brennan's security clearance, including what the president has to say about it. >> i am concerned that if security clearances are now going to become a political tool in the hands of individuals such as mr. trump, that i think will send a very, very chilling message to individuals in the government currently, maybe former officials who still hold their clearances, as well as the future generation of intelligence professionals. rs o♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ the first survivor of alzis out there.ase and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. join the fight with the alzheimer's association. you might be missing something.y healthy. your eyes. that's why there's ocuvite.

i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, the sci-fi network plans to follow up sharknado with "ghost shark." this is about a phantasmic shark. "ghost shark" premiers on sci-fi august 22nd. >> i don't know if i can top sharknado. >> sharknado. it's time for "first buzz." all the stories we're following. i'm joined by betty nguyen and bill karins. speaking of sharks. >> i wanted to show you if i didn't have to do this job, i could go fishing and work out every day, this is what i would be doing. >> okay. >> this is elliott subtle. he went fishing. his bluefish got swallowed by this shark. ended up going into this water and wrestled the seven foot shark with 20 onlookers on a beach in nantucket. he's relocated to the northeast. >> what did he do afterwards? >> he says there are creatures that are helpful

. >>> us weekly" reports robert pattinson selling the house he shared with kristen stewart because there are too many memories. >> oh, that's so sad. >> it is. young love, you know? it always is a little upsetting. bill rebound as well. >> kick her out of the house. >> exactly. just clorox that up and you'll be fine. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned. "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> i want to talk not about what divides us but what holds us together as an american family. i want to talk to you tonight about that one great thing that unites us, that one great thing that brings us our greatest joy when times are good and the deepest solace in our dark hours. tonight, i want to talk to you about love. >> the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me, though, was this one. she told me there would be times in your life when you have to

i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> welcome back, everybody. it's time for "first buzz" where we talk about what caught our eye. i'm here with dylan dreyer and richard lui. dylan, you have an interesting one about a volcano. >> possible volcano. >> maybe. we're still investigating. >> a small hole that opened up in the ground near rome airport. there is an active volcano 20 miles southeast of rome, but, you know, there's the possibility that this could be a vent from an active volcano that's not that far away or it could be a broken steam pipe under the ground. they have to do some research. i think calling it a volcano is a lot cooler. >> a mini volcano. >> looks like maybe there was a dog underneath there kicking up the dirt. >> are you big pick etippers? >> i'm an ex-waiter. >> what about a $5,000 tip on a $200 tab. >> no. >> this was in ogden, utah.

chief robert said they could go into it immediately allowing the district court to advance even quicker. in a 7-2 ruling the justices decided trump doesn't have absolute immunity from legal cases, but in their decision they specified that he can still challenge the subpoena on the other grounds. while the president's legal team did not oppose the move, they have until july 27 to raise their new legal challenges to the subpoena joining me now msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos good morning, danny. great to see you on this monday morning. >> great to see you too. >> what do you make of the supreme court's decision to fast track their earlier ruling to acquire eight years of the president's tax returns? >> it's not so much the supreme court's order but the request by the manhattan d.a. keep in mind, this order would have gone into effect from the supreme court on august 3rd. that's less than two weeks away. the question arises, what's the big rush why couldn't they wait the extra few days the answer could be within the lines of their request because the manhattan d.a. says the statute of l