paula jones against then president bill clinton. bill cosby has never been charged of a crime and has denied ses in the the past. still ahead on way too early, money talks and the pitcher walks. how much catch it took for the lefty jon lester to ditch his red sox for the cubs. can you guess which one of these acts just broke the record for the most cash earned by one musician in a year? here s a hint for you this person hasn t released a new album in over a decade. so that gives you a good indication of who it is. former chairman of the nasdaq exchange, a pillar of the charity fund-raising community here in new york, and in florida an investment guru to some of new york and south florida s wealthiest people.
or the possible bench that s the bench? i mean, these are the names that are being talked about. what s interesting is that all of them are all high profile right now and open-minded on this issue, if not actively for it. i think the fund-raising community is excited about it and people in the conservative movement are more open on it than they were in the past. now, this can go sideways very quickly. and you re seeing the beginnings of people trying to make it go sideways over the last couple days. dan, stay with us, if you can. still ahead, cnbc s tyler mathisen will help us break down yesterday s surprising report on economic growth and what pushed down gdp for the first time in years. also, an exclusive first look at the new cover of time magazine which investigates america s go-to technology in modern warfare. you re watching morning joe brewed by starbucks. [ man ] i ve been out there most of my life.
right now, whether it s from rush limbaugh for the national review, and those calls are going to start coming in 10-1 against immigration reform, and house members are going to vote against immigration reform. here s the one sliver of good news. and you ve seen this, too. republicans and conservatives, there are more of them today open on this issue than they were two or four years ago. the republican fund-raising community is more engaged on this than they were in the past. conservative opponents of immigration reform are going to start hearing from their donors, not just the grass-roots activists. if you look at the crop of people thinking about running for president in 2016, whether it s marco rubio or chris christie or bobby jindal or paul ryan, jeb bush, you look at all of them actually have what i call opportunity society conservative views on immigration. so they re not sort of the part of the, you know, the extreme right on these issues. they have a very sort of reaganesque
opposition to this flawed health care bill. what we re seeing right now is very interesting. they want to be able to have formal remarks because of time constraints right now they can t do so. actually on the floor of the house. they want to be able to insert some statements into the record so republicans are lining up man and woman, man and woman, making these statements. john king, fascinating what s going on right now because, you know, it happens all the time on the house floor. we re seeing this up close on such an important piece of legislation. what we re seeing now, wolf, is the pivot. it s clear the democratic leadership has the votes this is a policy debate, a huge policy issue. there will be back and forth about the specifics. maneuvering by the politician now is about the election year. the republicans lining up want to get a speech on the record to send it to supporters back home, send it to their fund raising community, the interest groups saying here s what i said to