of the building. but we re really suffering when it comes to inbound tourism because we re losing to markets like europe and asia because of the administration s comments about not being welcome to people from other countries. even though it s not the countries that send a lot of tourists here like europe and asia, it sort of sends a message that you re not welcome here. i thought that was really interesting. he quantified it to about two to three million inbound visitors this year that we might not get as a result talking about the travel ban? the travel ban it s a few things. it s two things. it started he said it started when president trump made the comments about mexico when he entered the campaign back in 2015. no one thought he was going to win at that point. once he won, then the immediate concern arnie said was mexico
some people like to be trampled. i thit s really horrible to leave your thanksgiving dinner to go wait in line. always been weird to me. me, too. the presents pile up so much. this week i m cutting back dramatically. no presents. you get a rock. give my kid radishes, maybe some beats. a chicken s egg. check my facebook live. please don t. lee gallagher, you interviewed the marriott ceo arnie sorenson. he said the united states is going to use two to three million international tourists because of the trump administration policies. i heard somebody last week saying just coming in new york city, that new york city is getting pounded in tourism. i asked arnie sorenson, a wide ranging conversation about many things, including their attempt to target the millennial generation. i said how is new york doing because new york is an important market for hotels. he said it s doing okay in terms
old superficial company. for one couple it s much appreciated. thank you. i almost have to recuse myself from this segment because i stay only at your properties. talk about your properties down on the world cup. what do you expect down there? everything s going to be full. i was down there a year and a half ago. the city of sao palo, 125 million plus people, not a single hotel under construction. there s not a city of that size in which even during a recession there s no construction. thinking about the world cup and olympics coming on, every room will be full be. and safe? hopefully. i had an event at one of your places in good old hartford, connecticut. what a great, great group. thank you very much. it s great to have you on the show, arnie sorenson. look forward to having you back. hope you can come back,
we would be in a new era of our safety for the personnel and the nature of our commitment to our men and women in uniform. good morning. it is monday, june 2nd. welcome to morning joe. beautiful shot of new york city as the sun is coming up right now. 6:00 on the east coast. with us on set we have contributor mark halperin and david rhode who with himself was kidnapped and held for seven months by the taliban in pakistan. good to have you with us. also with us are historian john meacham. obviously we re covering the story of bowe bergdahl. we ll start there and we have politics this morning. first, for some it was a wartime prisoner swap. it raises a lot of questions. to others it s even a violation of the u.s. law. but to the parents of bowe bergdahl, it is is chance to see their son for the first time in five years. he is in a military hospital this morning after being freed by the taliban over the weekend in exchange for five detainees. bergdahl has been held for nearl
the civil rights act, voting rights act, medicare, education, a remarkable period. there were three elections. 58, 60 come and 62. there were 24 new members elected, 11 of the same party. you only had 11 seats the changed hands. if you compare the 1950s and 1960s, two decades juxtaposed, you get total different readings about their performance. a lot of things happen. the assassination of an american president, manages to muscle things through to get things done. things are always happening in our country. so before people run and decide that it s ever going to get better this is the worst time ever, we need remind ourselves there have been other periods and come back. each generation has to discover how it operates and functions in its time innocent. even with today the modern technologies that exist in information. i totally agree the awesome and dreadful responsibly of raising money for charities to get elected or reelected. i w