unmitigated disaster for the country. i think to be in a position where he gets four more years in the white house to continue the policies he has, both with respect to the economy and tax policy and defense and then so many other areas would be a huge, huge disappointment. top of the hour. good morning. it is monday, april 16. welcome to morning joe. with us on set, we ve got the executive editor of random house and pulitzer prize winning historian and time magazine contributing editor john meacham. and msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu and former common harold ford jr. and, look, i don t know you. hello. who s you? good to be back. did you misus? i did. i missed you. you did not. it s good to come back. john meacham was gone also this past weekend. you know where he was? to the love club. this is a terrible story. exactly. what s terrible? what? is this a shock? i m not going to start the week like this. are you? i m shock