press? what the administration is putting out. we have leann on tformer head o under president obama, not somebody who is shy about saying what he thinks ought to be done. we're tackling this issue on how this has been just a, i don't know how else to put it but a bizarre week watching the republican candidates respond to this. >> all right. thank you, chuck. still ahead on morning joe, new video coming in from our breaking news from mali. state tv reporting 80 of the 170 hostages released. plus senator jonathan standing by. we're going to speak with a member of armed services and homeland committee. chairwoman martha, you're watching morning joe. we'll be right back.