never in my life. oh, my gosh. the story behind that unwanted guest today, monday, the story behind that unwanted guest today, monday, august 1st, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. the big news is that after weeks of often bitter negotiations republicans and democratic leaders in washington finally agree to an out line of this deal. it came last night. it would cut trillions of dollars of federal spending but the bill still needs to be voted on by the full house and senate. the outcome of that vote is not a foregone conclusion. the members on both sides of the aisle already complaining about the deal. we re going to talk about that with one of the president s top advisers coming up straight ahead. also this morning, what would you do if you came face to face with a black bear? a former member of the u.s. ski team accidentally got between one bear and her cubs l
that s why we re there, and that s why we re going to continue to make progress on this relationship. all right. good morning. it s tuesday, july 27th. welcome to morning joe. i m mika brzezinski. willie is on his way. i don t know, he s celebrating something today. i don t know what he s up to. he s like having a party. it s his birthday. it s his birthday? that s good. okay, well happy birthday. his anniversary. for what? the show. what show? all right. on the set with us, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. msnbc political analyst pat buchanan. and president of the council on foreign relations who is more clued in than me, obviously, richard haass. author of the war of necessity, war of choice a memoir of two iraq wars. a great book. we ve got an important show coming up today. a lot to cover. some of our guests will include pennsylvania governor ed rendell. former white house press secretary ari fleischer. the new york times bob herbert. also, yesterday,
police confuse a young survivor of an accident with another girl who died. this morning we ll hear from the father who spent a week at the bedside of a girl who turned out to be someone else s daughter. the tragic story today, monday, to be someone else s daughter. the tragic story today, monday, july 26, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. those documents on the website called wikileaks could be the largest unauthorized disclosure in u.s. history. they are painting a blaeak picture. 92,000 documents. they span six years. the u.s. is saying the leak jeopardizes those serving in the region. who leaked the reports and why? what does it mean for our future there. the latest on that developing story ahead. and bp may be closer to showing ceo tony hayward the door but you will speak to another ceo doing things right. ford is on track to post one of its largest annual
this morning we ll hear from the father who spent a week at the bedside of a girl who turned out to be someone else s daughter. the tragic story today, monday, to be someone else s daughter. the tragic story today, monday, july 26, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. those documents on the website called wikileaks could be the largest unauthorized disclosure in u.s. history. they are painting a blaeak picture. 92,000 documents. they span six years. the u.s. is saying the leak jeopardizes those serving in the region. who leaked the reports and why? what does it mean for our future there. the latest on that developing story ahead. and bp may be closer to showing ceo tony hayward the door but you will speak to another ceo doing things right. ford is on track to post one of its largest annual profits ever. just a few short years ago it was teetering on the brink of d
were. good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. i m meredith vieira. this morning we are seeing what appears to be a larger mixture of oil and sand spewing from that underwater pipe following the start of the so-called cut and cap method. the video you re looking at right now was from 8:24 about that time last night as giant sheers sliced through the pipe clearing the way for another cap that would allow a cap to be placed on top and hopefully capture some of the oil. but it is a delicate task that has the potential to make this situation even worse. two other big developments this morning. both criminal and civil investigations have been launched into the spill. hollywood heavyweight james cameron joined a brainstorming session on how to stop the leak because of his expertise in underwater filming. we ll get the latest on all of this from nbc s brian williams who is live on the gulf coast just ahead. also ahead, for the first time