stephen love you. good morning. that s a wintry mix if i ve ever seen one here in new york city on this friday, march the 8th. with us on set, msnbc time magazine senior political analyst, mark halperin. national affairs editor for new york magazine and msnbc political analyst, john heilemann. fortune s assistant managing editor leigh gallagher, analyst and the former democratic congressman from tennessee, harold ford jr. and in washington, another msnbc political analyst, former chair of the rnc, mr. michael steele. good morning, everybody. good morning. good morning, sir. i like sitting next to you, mark halperin. you look good. the two of us. joe and mika have the day off. this is america s most beloved morning team for years now. halperin and geist. america s sweethearts. you re going to love it. did you see this photograph on the front page of the new york times ? i think we have it full screen.
austin throws one away with a man on third. instead of charging in to cover home, makes a beeline for the runner, levels him before he can touch the late. the benches clear. no punches thrown, though. barry won the game, in case you were interested. 9-7. still ahead on morning joe barry won that game? barry. i had money on them. behind levi austin. who should you be working for? we have fortune s list of the top ten most add vired companies in the world. leigh gallagher will join us. also david faber. and mika s must-read opinion pages.
federal construction projects, even grants to native americans. and i m the one who has to tell these folks, young men, there is no need to feel down. young men, get yourself off the ground. young men, just because your funding is down, there s no need to be unhappy. welcome back to morning joe. nicolle wallace is still with us. and joining the table, we have the cohost of cnbc s squawk on the street, david faber. you say squawk as if you re on steroids. leigh gallagher is here with fortune s list of the world s most admired companies. i can t wait to hear what s on the list. i m sure comcast is on the list. i m sure comcast is on the list. thank you.
right? they re getting they ve got major hits. you know, disney s got its hands in many things, owns espn. which is a huge profit for the company. you know, again, great leadership under bob eiger. number 11 not seen on the list, comcast. exactly. the issue is fortune s most admired companies. still ahead, senator kir stkirsten gillibrand and mick lass confessore and later, former cia operative valerie plame. up next, chuck todd and wes moore join the set. you re watching morning joe brewed by starbucks. [ female announcer ] born from the sweet monk fruit,
perhaps the plants and things that they might need to. to add to that hiring. how many household names, leigh, are on fortune s list of the top ten most admired companies? a lot of them. these are the companies that are most admired. it s basically sort of a corporate report card. we pull executives, analysts, and board members of who are the companies you admire most? who are they? the first one is apple. many moons ago on this list, ge was always at the top. so this is sort of a changing of the guard. apple s number one for the fourth or fifth year in a row. now, who s judging this? it s directors of companies, executives and analysts. it s the corporate world. this is not people on the street. so tim koch s getting kicked around by a lot of people, but his peers still admire what he s doing. yes. that is because when you look at innovation and leadership, this company has transformed seven industries. it s sold 100 million ipads, 200