red sox team doctors, his own doctor. there s much more to play out in this story. we ll find out what the motive was. it was clearly a targeted hit on ortiz and the remainder will filter out in the days ahead. but the big thing is he s back where he belongs and hopefully his health will continue to improve. back where he belongs, and again, obviously, boston having some of the best hospitals, some of the best health care providers on the planet. so great that he s there. coming up, we ve got quite the duo standing by. jon meacham and tim mcgraw. what compelled the presidential historian and the country music star to join forces? we ll explain. morning joe is coming right back. morning joe is coming right back curiouser and curiouser,
privately, friends i ve worked with, passed bills with, traveled to war zones with, who say i know what he s doing is wrong, i m just worried one person said i ll have my head lopped off if i go against him. the real issue here is the money on the outside that will be dumped on their head and put a primary challenge against them. until we get rid of the dirty money and the dirty maps you re never going to see people put our country above their job. people always think it s party over country, what we re seeing. it s just their individual jobs. that s what i see. so you think it s not so much a matter of finding individual courage, character among these individual people, it s a structural problem that doesn t allow them to be brave. absolutely. congressman eric swalwell, a member of the intelligence committee and the judiciary committee and a democratic candidate for president, as we are getting down my father, who sent his kid to preschool for the first time. there s a lot