how about one more. i live in an apartment with art students. i woken to breaking glass, exotic odors. i cannot sleep until i know what that is. it s weed. art students, exotic odors, that s weed. that answers that question. morning joe starts right now. a magnitude 5.9 earthquake, they happen on a regular basis in california. the earth s crust is very broken up so the shaking is felt in a small area. here, we are not at the edge of a tectonic plate where they are crashing against each other. we have very old rocks. they ring like a bell. the energy gets transmitted e fish enly over a broad area. good morning, it s wednesday, august 24th. with us, political analyst, visiting professor, harold ford, jr., katty kay and howard dean. down in washington, nbc news correspondent and the host of andrea mitchell. she was on the air when the quake struck. what happened? everything started moving. it sounded like a freight train. the desk was moving up and down. i didn t k
think if they are the mistrust that is there today, if they would simply open up and be transparent with the american people, i think it would go a long way toward either finding out whether or not there is some activities that are improper or that they have been handling themselves quite well. the governor, i can t remember his name, coming in to he realizes talking about it too. he makes me look like a moderate. i have never once said bernanke committed treason. i have suggested very strongly that the federal reserve system and all the members have been counterfeiters for a long time. ron paul says rick perry makes me look moderate. good morning. with us on set, senior political panel cyst, mark halperin. president of the council and foreign relations, richard haass, host of andrea mitchell reports, andrea mitchell. thanks for being us with early this morning. great to be here. joe and mika have time off this week so you are stuck with me. today is vacation da
about the federal reserve. i got i got lectured about that yesterday. an agency of government, like the federal reserve, they should open their books up. they should be transparent so the people of the united states know what they are doing, how they are doing it and frankly, i think if they are the mistrust that is there today, if they would simply open up and be transparent with the american people, i think it would go a long way toward either finding out whether or not there is some activities that are improper or that they have been handling themselves quite well. the governor, i can t remember his name, coming in to he realizes talking about it too. he makes me look like a moderate. i have never once said bernanke committed treason. i have suggested very strongly that the federal reserve system and all the members have been counterfeiters for a long time. ron paul says rick perry makes me look moderate. good morning. with us on set, senior political panel cyst,
that s just a guess. i ll have my tax return here. take a look at it in a moment. i get taxed up to $100,000. and my super-rich friends get taxed up to $100,000. and that tax hits the people in my office very, very hard. they have a spouse working, they get taxed up to $200,000. what i propose would not touch the taxes of 99.7%. i m talking about .3% of the american public. the people from $1 million on up i think should be asked to share a little bit of the sacrifice we re all being asked to share. good morning, tuesday, august 16 on set. msnbc contributor mike barnicle. msnbc and time magazine senior analyst mark halperin. best-selling author. combat army united states, josh moore and nicole wallace. how are you doing this morning? outstanding. when congress comes back, if the president puts out some sort of a jobs plan, some sort of a proposal to repair the economy, will the buffet plan be included in that, or some form of it? i think the president is going to
i m talking about .3% of the american public. the people from $1 million on up i think should be asked to share a little bit of the sacrifice we re all being asked to share. good morning, tuesday, august 16 on set. msnbc contributor mike barnicle. msnbc and time magazine senior analyst mark halperin. best-selling author. combat army united states, josh moore and nicole wallace. how are you doing this morning? outstanding. when congress comes back, if the president puts out some sort of a jobs plan, some sort of a proposal to repair the economy, will the buffet plan be included in that, or some form of it? i think the president is going to have to go back to what was in the original budget in the beginning of the year and some of the things he s laying out, a balanced approach with new revenue. approach. you ve got the talking points. one of the mysteries of the president s fight with congress, why he can t win on the question of raising taxes on the wealthiest a