you re talking about, making all the matters worse, the president on thursday night, according to news reports, calling around friends and allies and trying those racist words out on them and asking whether he should say it the next day and then afterwards bragging about the fact that he did use racially insensitive or i would say racist language in a meeting with senators which he is now denying. makes it all the more worse because it was calculated. he knew exactly what he was doing and in so doing he s hurt america not only at home but our national interests abroad. reverend al sharpton, thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. happy king day, joe. happy king day, reverend. coming up, president trump has a lot to say about north korea but he was radio silent as hawaii came under a false alarm missile threat. we ll talk about the mood of the country amid a nuclear standoff and a scary moment this weekend. morning joe coming right back.