Rudy Giuliani has stated that Donald Trump will not meet with Robert Mueller unless the special prosecutor shows proof that the president broke the law. Joy Reid and her panel discuss this strategy, and whether it is legal. Then: Democrats are surely wishing they had more tools in the box to stop Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Joy Reid and her panel discuss a scoop on who the president’s nominee might be, and the stakes of a Court stacked with conservatives. And: Rep. Jim Jordan, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, has gained the support of the president as accusations emerge that Jordan ignored sexual abuse allegations during his coaching career at OSU, which the congressman denies. Joy Reid and former South Carolina GOP chair Katon Dawson discuss. Next: The former president of Fox News Bill Shine is joining Donald Trump’s White House as the communications director; meanwhile, tweets by Shine’s wife have emerged containing controversial content. Joy Reid and her panel discuss the apparently close ties between the White House and Fox News. Plus: Could Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti run for president? Michael Avenatti joins Joy Reid to discuss this, in addition to recent statements by Rudy Giuliani about payments allegedly made by Michael Cohen to Daniels. Finally: Donald Trump’s speeches and speech pattern are analyzed by Columbia linguistics professor John McWhorter, who calls him, ‘the first president who doesn't give us statements that he's thought about.’