i'm yasmin vossoughian along with louis burgdorf. the white house is expected to release the white house memo. while the security review of the memo is only a few days old, new reporting says president trump has been fighting to make it public for at least two weeks. house freedom caucus chair says he and congressman jim jordan brought his attention on january 18th during a call about the government shutdown. a presidential adviser tells the post, quote, there was never any hesitation. the president was resolved on this. he was not go to be persuaded. he wanted it out saying people familiar with his discussions, trump told aides and confidants he believes the memo would vindicate his claim early last year about the russia investigation that was being overseen by bob mueller which was, what he says, a witch-hunt. the president says he thought the release of the memo would help with build a public argument against rod rosenstein's handling of the case and suggested the memo might give him the justification to fire rosenstein or make ot

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. let's start with the top stories. the clock is ticking in washington to overt a second government shutdown. the house approved a continuing resolution to fund the government yesterday in a 245-182 skroevote. the measure now heads to the senate. leaders in that chamber are expected to rewrite the bill to not only avoid the shutdown, but also get a longer term budget deal in place. >> as lawmakers try to hammer out a deal, president trump seems to have no problem leading the nation to another government shutdown telling lawmakers to bring it on unless his immigration demands arelie jack. >> reporter: president trump could not have been more clear. >> i'd love to see a shutdown. >> reporter: he wants an immigration deal or else -- >> if we don't change the legislation, if we don't get rid of these loopholes where killers are allowed to come into our country and continue to kill, if we don't change it, let's have a shutdown. >> reporter: but the president is about the only one talking shu

ayman mohyeldin along with yasmin vossoughian. lawyers of president trump are steadfast against him sitting down with an interview with special counsel bob mueller. all of trump's attorneys and many west wing advisers are in agreement with this one with the except of special counsel ty cobb. but outside counsel has taken the lead for interactions with mueller and is against it. mueller will subpoena the president to testify before a grand jury setting up a court fight that would drastically move the investigation and could be decided by the supreme court. it would be certain to prompt accusations that the president is hiding something and casting a shadow over republicans as november's midterm elections approach. last night, lee zelden said president trump had to avoid the fate of his other advisers. >> probably the biggest risk, if he was talking to his own attorneys with regard to a meeting is just a trap. michael flynn didn't get in trouble for underlying activities that he was being asked about. it was the fact that, you know,

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. we begin with fresh concerns that the u.s. may not be ready to thwart the cyber intrusion expected from russia ahead of the midterm elections. three senior u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news that there is substantial evidence that russia backed operatives gained entry into the elect websites or voter registration systems of seven states prior to the 2016 election. those states include alaska, arizona, california, florida, illinois, texas and wisconsin as you see on that map. all state officials agree no voters were changed and no on voters were taken off the rolls. while several states were told foreign entities were probing their systems, state officials say none were told russia was behind it. to this day illinois is the only state to acknowledge that its systems were compromised. the other six deny they were breached based on their own investigations. discrepancy that officials say underscores how unprepared some experts believe the u.s. is for the next wave of russian interference. now, making what is likely to be h

i'm yasmin vossoughian along with ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. the leaders in the senate have struck a deal to avoid a government shutdown. the senate is expected to vote on the measure today. the two-year deal would boost military and nondefense spending by $300 billion. that would include money for infrastructure and fighting the nationwide opioid epidemic. the plan adds more than $80 billion for disaster relief. >>> nancy pelosi made history on the house floor yesterday delivering a more than eight-hour speech of paul ryan's lack of commitment to protect dreamers. but the threat is unlikely to have an effect on the outcome on the budget deal. >>> and the trump administration is reeling after one of the president's closest advisers announced he is resigning. the move comes after staff secretary rob porter's two ex-wives came forward. in a statement announcing his departure, you called the allegations outrageous and false. >>> switching gears, nbc news has exclusive new reporting on russia's interference in the 2016 elections as we quickly appro

the news continues now yasmin vossoughian. >> hello everyone. i'm yasmin vossoughian. the president goes on a twitter tirade, within nine hours he attacked the fbi, his own national security adviser and barack obama, all of it to support his claims that there was no collusion with russia. >>> have we reached a tipping point on gun control? grief over the florida school shooting has turned into anger. parents, students and a major gop donor now calling for washington to take action. >>> west wing wipeout. jon kelley security clearance overhaul goes into effect this week and dozens of staffers including jared kushner could lose accs to classified information. wh will be left standing. here we go, everybody. >> president trump has seem more obsessed with the russia story tweeting 13 times, including five times this morning that the indictments clear him of collusion. they don't. >> what this indictment is tells us what some of us have known all along russia is not our friend. >> this say clear vindication for our president and our team. >> congressman you've seen the inte

i'm yasmin vossoughian. along with ayman mohyeldin. the governor of florida is calling on the fbi director to resign. the fbi says on january 5th, a person close to niklas cruz called the agency's public tip line to report information about cruz's gun ownership, desire to kill, erratic behavior, disturbing social media posts as well as his potential to conduct a school shooting. however, the fbi says established protocols were not followed and the information never made it to the miami field office to be investigated. the fbi director released a statement saying, quote, we are still investigating the facts. i am committed to getting to the bottom of what happened in this particular matter as well as reviewing our processes for respond to go information that we received from the public. he also said, quote, we have spoken with victims and families and deeply regret the additional pain this causes those affected by this horrific tragedy. the families will spend a lifetime now thinking about how this happened. he said the fbi director nee

i am aohyeldin along with yasmin vossoughian along with louis burgdorf. white house aide rob porter resigned after a publication with a photograph showing one of his ex-wives with a black eye that said he had given her. president trump had words of support for porter. >> well, we wish him well. he worked very hard. i found out about it recently and i was surprised by it, but we certainly wish him well. it's a, obviously, tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the white house. and we hope he has a wonderful career and hopefully he will have a great career ahead of him. but it was very sad when we heard about it and certainly he is also very sad. as you probably know, he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. he said very strongly yesterday that had he's innocent. so you'll have to talk to him about that. but we absolutely wish him well. did a very good job while he was at the white house. >> then late friday, white house speech writer david sorensen resigned ahead of a story that his ex-wife said said october that he h

that does it for us, i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside ayman mohyeldin and lewis bergdorf, morning joe starts now. >>> this president has said from the beginning i want everything out. i want this thing, i want the american people, a, to know the truth and b, that the investigators and what not have everything, it's really unique in that we've lean sod far forward to get this out. >> john kelly says he wants everything out. even if the fbi says it's a dumb and dangerous idea. republicans may get their memo released today. but it will not be the last shoe to drop. as it was framed on twitter quote never start a leak war against the fbi. we learned from reporting yesterday that the agent accused by republicans of targeting trump was actually behind a decision that crippled the clinton campaign. and if john kelly really wants full disclosure, then hope hicks has questions to answer after reportedly saying last year, that potentially incriminating emails, quote will never get out. the reporter behind that story joins us in just a moment. of course, the president could alwa

i am ayman moyheldin along same yasmin vossoughian. we begin at the white house where president trump hosted survivors of family members in search of solutions. here is some of what was said. >> i'm only 15 years old. i'm a sophomore. 19 years ago, the first school shooting at columbine high school happened. and i was born into a world where i never got to experience safety and peace. there needs to be a significant change in this country because this has to never happen again. people should be able to feel when they go to school they can be safe. >> i'm very angry that this happened because it keeps happening. 9/11.happened once and they fixed everything. how many schools, how many children have to get shot? it stops here with this administration and me, all the school shootings. it doesn't make sense. fix it. it should have been one school shooting and we should have fixed it. and i'm pissed because my daughter i'm not going to see again. she's not here. she's not here. she's at -- in north louderdale at wherever it is, king david ce

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman and lewie lewis bettering door of. >> the president directed the justice department to take action over the bump stocks in a can be attached to legal semi automatic weapons. and kristen welker has all the details. >> keep our students -- >> reporter: president trump vowing to take action after the florida school massacre which white house sources say impacted him personally. >> we must do more to protect our children. we have to do more to protect our children. >> reporter: the president asking for regulations banning bump stocks, the devices allowing some guns to shoot hundreds of rounds per minute. the president had already called for a review of bump stocks after they were used by the las vegas shooter. >> i expect that these critical regulations will be finalized, jeff, very soon. >> reporter: under fire from victims to do more -- >> shame on you. >> reporter: -- the white house now considering legislation that would strengthen back glund che ground checks, but neither would have stopped the florida shooter. >> the president is trying to do eve

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts now. >>> i think it's fair to say that you know we awe could have done better over the last few hours or days in dealing with the situation. but this was a rob porter that i and many others have dealt with. sarah dealt with, other officials including the chief of staff had dealt with. and the emerging reports were not reflective of the individual who we had come to know. >> well, in his first on-air camera appearance from the white house podium, deputy press secretary raj shah did something that few in the administration have done so far, express a sense of regret over the troubled handling of a serious issue. meanwhile, the u.s. government was shut down while you were sleeping. the u.s. government is open this morning. because the house just passed legislation to reopen it. after another tense stand-off on capitol hill. good morning, welcome to "morning joe," it's friday, february 9th. with us, veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc, john heilemann. poli