AXIOS A.M., READ IT IN A BIT. >>> THAT DOES IT FOR US ON
"FIRST LOOK."
"FIRST LOOK." "MORNING JOE" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>>> 19-YEAR-OLD YOUNG BLACK MEN.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER YOUNG
BLACK MEN OUT THERE WATCHING YOU
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM ABOUT
THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IN TERMS OF
FAMILIES?
FAMILIES? YOU COME FROM A VERY STRONG
FAMILY AND AS YOU KNOW THE BLACK
COMMUNITY HAS A PROBLEM WITH
YOUNG BLACK CHILDREN.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOUNG BLACK
MEN WATCHING TODAY?
>> AT TIMES, I WAS FORTUNATE TO
HAVE A FAMILY A STRONG FAMILY
BACKGROUND.
BACKGROUND. >> WONDERFUL MOM AND DAD?
>> WONDERFUL MOM AND DAD, TWO
OLDER SISTERS.
OLDER SISTERS. IN SOME CASES THEY DON’T HAVE
THAT LOVE TO LATCH ON TO.
THEY HAVE TO BE STRONG
INDIVIDUALS AND DIG DEEP INSIDE
THEMSELVES AND NOT LOOK FOR
OTHER VENUES AND A NEGATIVE PATH
TO WALK DOWN, BECAUSE THERE ARE
SO MANY OF THEM IN TODAY’S
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY. I TELL THEM, DIG DEEP INSIDE, BE
PATIENT, BE STRONG.
HIT THE BOOKS, AND WORK HARD AND
CONTINUE TO DREAM, BECAUSE,
THAT’S ANOTHER THING I THINK IS
WRONG WITH TODAY’S SOCIETY.
PEOPLE TRY TO SHOOT DOWN OUR
DREAMS.
DREAMS. YOU HAVE A GOAL, SOMETHING YOU
WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, THEY PUT
LIMITS ON IT AND TELL US WHAT WE
CAN AND CANNOT DO.
I WOULD SAY HAVE FAITH IN
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. >> A YOUNG KOBE BRYANT ALONGSIDE
TIM RURTST ON "MEET THE PRESS."
GOOD MORNING, IT IS MONDAY,
JANUARY 27th ALONG WITH JOE,
WILLIE AND ME, WHITE HOUSE
REPORTER FOREASSOCIATED PRESS
JONATHAN LEMIRE.
JONATHAN LEMIRE. DONNY DEUTSCH IS WITH US, HOST
OF "POLITICSNATION" AND
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ACTION
NETWORK REVEREND AL SHARPTON.
SO NEITHER PRESIDENT TRUMP NOR
JOHN BOLTON IS SET TO TESTIFY AT
THE SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL,
YET WE’RE STILL HEARING DIRECTLY
FROM BOTH.
FROM BOTH. FIRST THE PRESIDENT, WHO WAS
RECORDED SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF
DONORS AT A PRIVATE DINNER 2018,
AMONG THOSE AT THE TABLE, THESE
TWO GUYS.
TWO GUYS. >> WHAT CONVERSATIONS HAVE YOU
HAD WITH LEV PARNAS AND IGOR
FRUMAN?
FRUMAN? >> I DON’T KNOW THOSE GENTLEMAN.
>> SO, CLEARLY, THAT WAS NOT
TRUE.
TRUE. AND WHAT WAS THE PRESIDENT’S
DIRECTIVE WHEN IT CAME TO
AMERICAN DIPLOMAT MARIE
YOVANOVITCH IN HIS WORDS, "TAKE
HER OUT."
HER OUT." THEN THERE’S JOHN BOLTON, WHO’S
NEW BOOK CONFIRMS THE
CENTERPIECE OF THE PRESIDENT’S
IMPEACHMENT.
IMPEACHMENT. IT WAS TRUMP WHO TIED UKRAINE
AID TO INVESTIGATORS INTO
INVESTIGATIONS INTO DEMOCRATS
INCLUDING THE BIDENS.
WILL THE FORMER NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISERS WERE CALLED UP
TO THE CAPITOL TO SAY THE SAME
UNDER OATH?
UNDER OATH? BOLTON ALSO DISHES ON MIKE
POMPEO ACCORDING TO THE BOOK
PRIVATELY ADMITTED THAT RUDY
GIULIANI’S CLAIMS ABOUT UKRAINE
WERE BOGUS.
WERE BOGUS. THE SECRETARY OF STATE, HOWEVER,
WAS A BIT PREOCCUPIED OVER THE
WEEKEND LASHING OUT AT AN NPR
REPORTER OVER HER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION’S
POLICY.
POLICY. NPR STANDS BY ITS JOURNALISM
WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEMS TO
HINT AT PULLING THE BROADCASTING
FUNDING.
FUNDING. THE IOWA CAUCUSES ONE WEEK AWAY
FROM TODAY AND THE WEEKEND SAW A
TON OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RACE.
THE NEW POLLS AND NEW
ENDORSEMENTS ALL JUST AHEAD, AND
TO COMPLETE YOUR INFORMATION
OVERLOAD THIS MORNING IN A
GRAMMY CEREMONY DEDICATED TO
KOBE BRYANT, NEWCOMB EGG BILLIE
EILISH HAD A MAJOR NIGHT WINNING
FIVE MAJOR CATEGORIES.
WE’LL GET TO ALL OF THAT AS
WELL.
WELL. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE MORNING OF
NEWS.
NEWS. >> REALLY IS, MIKA.
JUST AN INCREDIBLE MORNING OF
NEWS COMING OUT OF THE WHITE
HOUSE, LEAKED TRANSCRIPTS OF
BOOKS.
BOOKS. LEAKED AUDIOTAPES.
LEAKED AUDIOTAPES. SO MUCH MORE.
EMAILS THAT PROVE THAT THE
SECRETARY OF STATE BULLIED AND
LIED TO AN NPR REPORTER.
THE PRESIDENT’S OWN SUPPORTERS
ON CAPITOL HILL SCRAMBLING,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW
TO MOVE FORWARD NOW THAT THIS