Good morning to everyone down there in times square, all across america. Did you say it was an experiment with the dogs right there . All i can think of is my dog behind the wheel, what a mistake. That isnt happening with my dog. And a look at lara. She is live in london this morning. We also have the latest on the prank call to the hospital ward. We also have the latest on the showdown in d. C. On our taxes and that fastapproaching fiscal cliff. President obama has rejected the latest republican offer. Hes taking a very hard line in the talks. Theres growing outage here in new york city over a frontpage photo from the New York Post yesterday. This man has just fallen down on the tracks. Is just seconds away from a subway train hitting and killing him. Many people upset why the photographer was taking the picture and not helping the man. This morning, hes talking out, justifying why he took the photo. And why so many other folks were running away. Theres nobody there trying to help him
Its always fun to see the owners prancing their dogs around. Whats better is they prance them around on a green carpet which makes it very easy for us to use Green Screen Technology to remove the dog. This is what the Westminster Dog Show would look like without the dogs. Makes just as much sense that way though if you think about it. Thats pretty good. Top of the hour. Welcome to morning joe. Mike barnicle and indicatekatie kay are with us. The story on the front page of the New York Times. Theres a big debate on whether its a jobs program, people are diseffected in the middle east and they dont have money, broke, no hope no chances. Thats why they get into isis. New york times shows that again, weve talked about it. Its just not the case in many cases. From a Cairo Private School killing fields this is a great mystery why guys from middle class to even upper middle class families from 9 11 until now with isis like this young man that they profiled decide to go from the middle to uppe
For ten years. I think you will be struck by it as well. Later in the hour, captain ba card from star trek. Patrick stewart. Is now playing a cable news blowhard. Hell try to teach me a thing or two about hosting. Lets set the table with this big question today. What are the effects of the medias trump mania . How is it warping the race for the white house . Lets begin with a moment that illustrates trump mania perfectly from fox news on wednesday. Watch what happened. Im all in in creating strategies to deal with this. Heroin is particularly so much going on in New Hampshire tonight. Right now also New Hampshire gop president ial frontrunner donald trump drawing a huge crowd. Were taking you there live coming up. Do not go away. Thats right. Jeb bush is talking about addiction when Greta Van Susteren breaks away to show an empty podium for donald trump nearby. She was trying to cover jeb, to her credit. Its true that trump is the medias addiction. When he speaks he is given something
Educated and compete in sports. And she went all the way to the top. The amazing story of maria torpakai. But first here is my take. While americans have been obsessing about the president ial election, half way around the world, iraq is collapsing as a country. This weeks bombing in baghdad killing scores of people were one more reminder that the place remains deeply unstable and violent. And as iraq has spiralled downward, policymakers in washington have offered all kinds of advice on how to salvage it. But perhaps it is worth stepping back from iraq and looking at another country where america has been involved. Afghanistan. The United States has been engaged in afghanistan militarily and politically and economically for 15 years. It has had many surges of troops. It spent more than 1 trillion on the war by some estimates and it still pays a large portion of afghanistans defense budget. And yet last october the United Nations concluded that the insurgency has spread to more places i
Mike barnacle, white house associate press michael le mere and host of casey d. C. On msnbc casey hunt. We have columnist and associated editor for the Washington Post David Ignacious. White house reporter for usa today heidi pryzbilla and the man that broke that report on the destruction on donald trump struggle to try to get a grip on the investigation, Michael Schmidt of, of course the New York Times. I want to start, though, David Ignacious, with you. I didnt get a chance to speak with you yesterday about the revelations that came out in Michael Schmidts back, revelations of course that so many people in washington have been whispering about, Michael Wolff book. In fact, i had somebody say last night. Whats the big news about wolffs new book . Its what everybody in washington has been writing or saying the past year . They say wolff is more dramatic in his writing. Be that as it may, it caused a firestorm and im wondering with north korea and iran and news out of pakistan, it can b