Pretty good song. It is. Welcome to morning joe. Theres meaning to that. With us columnist and associate editor of the Washington Post David Ignatius, executive producers and cohosts of the circus on show time, Mark Halperin and joe heilemann. Where is heilemann . Hes in a bunker. There he is. Heavy circus presence. Did you notice David Ignatius smiled when he introduced him. I snuck in. A slight smile. Jeffrey goldberg could not do that yesterday. Do you know somebody wrote up an article saying i was sexist for telling him to smile twice . Oh, come on. Whats wrong with being sexy . Thats one of the best lines from spinal tap. Thank you rob reiner. Whats the matter with being sexy. A new poll this morning. Oh, good, my daughter is awake. They always textality 6 01. A new poll gives voters latest opinions of the Trump Presidency. Nearly a week after the military sykes in syria, his Approval Rating is 39 , up one point from late march while the percentage of those who disapprove is down
The st. Louis blues are the stanley cup champions. Brennan and victory for st. Louis, and laila. I finished my battle. They were my inspiration so i knew they were going to finish as well. Brennan good evening. Im margaret brennan. This is our western edition. Secretary of state mike pompeo could not have been more blunt. He said iran was behind the attacks on two tankers today in the gulf of oman in the middle east. One is in danger of sinking. The other may drift into iranian waters. Tensions were already running high after similar attacks last month. Tonight, the u. S. Military says it has no interest in engaging in a new conflict, but it is ready to defend u. S. Interests in the region which is the gateway for a third of the worlds crude oil. David martin begins our coverage. Reporter one tanker was hit by three explosions which u. S. Officials say were caused by mines planted by iran. The crew abandoned ship and the vessel burned furiously for hours, sending up a plume of smoke th
hood four speed, i love this thing. this is it! american dream, he went from living on his sister s couch to building an empire by restoring pieces of americana, classic cards. fast and loud s richard rawlings joined me live in studio. we want to begin with breaking news the defense has just rested in the penalty phase of the boston marathon trial. dzhokhar tsarnaev s attorneys attempt to spare his life. right now the prosecution s rebuttal is under way. let s get you caught up on what s happened in court so far. nbc s ray hay ma ellis from boston. we heard testimony today from a woman who said tsarnaev told her he felt sorry for the victims of his attack. reporter: indeed tamron it was dramatic when sister helen took the stand for the defense. she talked about she had met with tsarnaev five times since early march. this is the first time we re hearing from someone who s spoken with tsarnaev since he was arrested and since he was spending the time in jail since 2013. an
agency was supposed to deport 890 hard-core criminals who are all here illegally. it s not who they didn t know who these folks were, they were locked up already in prison. men and women already convicted of the worst crimes imaginable and behind bars. instead of keeping them there, i.c.e. now admitting it let these felons go pack out onto the streets where you live when they left prison. some of them repeat offenders who have committed robbery, murder, kidnapping, sexual assault. the report blamed serious staffing and workload issues at i.c.e., and now we re getting new reaction from agency officials. trace gallagher picks up the story from our west coast newsroom where we now have both sides on this issue represented. trace? reporter: yeah. the report was compiled by the inspector general of the department of homeland security, and we are now getting brand new reaction from i.c.e., and they are acknowledging there are gaping holes in the system. here s how this whole thin