the white house. the sun has come up over washington, d.c. welcome back to "morning joe." still with us, mike barnicle, jon meacham, along with michael sfeele in washington, and joining the table, we have the president of the council on foreign relations, also columnist and associate editor of the "washington post," eugene robinson. also in washington, the moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. okay. we've got a big group today and a lot to get to. let's dive right into the news. we'll get to the top stories and then i want to get to something richard wrote about asia. we were listening to barney frank as we came in, he's facing new scrutiny this morning over the dealings with the government backed mortgage lender. reportedly earning $1.6 million in consulting fees from the company. gingrich addressed the controversy in iowa yesterday. >> first of all, it wasn't paid to me. gingrich group was a consulting