The Department of Justice declined to prosecute Matt Gates for these allegations.

So how should people square that decision with everything that you've laid out here today?

Whether or not a federal prosecutor takes a case and decides to move forward on a trial or move forward on an allegation,

is that particular prosecutor's decision? It doesn't mean they didn't do it.

She texted me late last night.

Regardless of how many times he tries to distract from the truth,

the public deserves to know what we all experienced was real and actually happened.

An attorney for two women who claimed Matt Gates paid them for sex several years ago.

Speaking yesterday to NBC's Halley Jackson, we'll have more from that interview and the new reporting on Donald Trump's push to build support in the Senate for Gates to be his attorney general.

Meanwhile, Trump's pick to leave U.S. intelligence services has become

a favorite of Russian state media. We'll break down Tulsi Gabbard's comments that align

with Kremlin propaganda. Also ahead, the president-elect confirms he plans to use the military

to carry out mass deportations

of undocumented immigrants.

We'll go through how that might work and tell you about the group that's working to push back.

And we'll get a live report from China following a massive crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.

Good morning. And welcome to morning, Joe. It is Tuesday, November 19th, along with Joe,

Willie and me. We have the host of Way Too Early, White House Beer Chief at Politico,

Jonathan Lemire. MSNBC contributor Mike Barnacle is here with us,

president of the National Action Network and host of MSNBC's Politics Nation, Reverend Al Sharpton, and pull of surprise winning calmness and associate editor of the Washington Post.

Eugene Robinson is with us this morning.

Good to have you all here.

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