go to rome, go to greece and sow their oats here in mississippi. know the women out in rural area, latisha brown. the things she knows what to do. we have to help her. she s with us. all right, mike espy he s about going to greece, go to rome, sow your wild oats. willie and i went to turkey and ended up in prison for 14 years. they made a movie about us. next hour we ll speak with one of the other candidates in this special election republican chris mcdaniel and much more on hurricane florence as the powerful storm nears landfall on the carolina coast. morning joe is coming right back live from oxford, mississippi. ght back live from oxford, mississippi.
you might recall russia vetoed three redslations that might have resulted in sanctions. not expected to change at today s briefing. bill: david lee miller leading the coverage. here is martha with more. martha: for the second straight week we re seeing the muslim world vent its fury at the united states. in lebanon thousands of the islamic group hezbollah filling the streets there burning u.s. and israeli flags. one of the group s leaders tells the crowd they will wind in the end. and chaos also hitting iran. hundreds of student protesters gathering in front of the french embassy there. they were chanting anti-american slogans. france a target of protests because of cartoons published in a french magazine. go to greece. show you what is happening there. capital of athens under siege with police using pepper spray to drive back a group of 300 protesters in athens. the president not mincing
choice between traditional medicare and other private healthcare plans that provide at least the same level of benefits. bret: that has some sound like paul ryan s plan. steve? this is one of those things that unfolds in the daily sort of rata tat tat of regular politics, but i think it s a significant moment. here you have mitt romney, who s famous for his risk aversion, in effect embracing major parts, or at least the principles put forward in the house republican budget. he s embraced premium support in terms of medicare reform. he s embraced raising retirement age in terms of social security. this is mitt romney, i think, going a little bit out on a limb. he didn t provide as many details as i would like, but this is a very, very good start. bret: i want to interrupt here, go to greece. right now the prime minister papandreou has just received the votes needed. his government is intact. he now has 153 yes votes. you need 151. so the greek parliament has
choice between traditional medicare and other private healthcare plans that provide at least the same level of benefits. bret: that has some sound like paul ryan s plan. steve? this is one of those things that unfolds in the daily sort of rata tat tat of regular politics, but i think it s a significant moment. here you have mitt romney, who s famous for his risk aversion, in effect embracing major parts, or at least the principles put forward in the house republican budget. he s embraced premium support in terms of medicare reform. he s embraced raising retirement age in terms of social security. this is mitt romney, i think, going a little bit out on a limb. he didn t provide as many details as i would like, but this is a very, very good start. bret: i want to interrupt here, go to greece. right now the prime minister papandreou has just received the votes needed. his government is intact. he now has 153 yes votes. you need 151. so the greek parliament has
which in turn will be felt here in the u.s. of course. chief washington correspondent james loans is monitoring the situation in athens tonight. good evening, james. it s hard to overstatement how much is riding on tonight s vote in greece, the results which we re expecting at any minute. hanging in the balance is the political career of greece s embattled socialist prime minister, but the fate of this critical bail-out deal photogen, and with that potentially the stability of other western economies like our own. the showdown in parliament caps what had been a week of huhmation for prime minister papandreou, forced to cancel the eurozone bail-out that he proposed on monday. just before the vote, papandreou made a final appeal. yes, we do have differences, ideological, political, however we also have a conscience for the country. without waiting for the final tally of the confidence vote,