Briefing. Wait, no. He literally refuted himself in real time, less than a minute. Willie, maybe i need to stop calling him a day trader. Maybe moment trader. He is a second trader. Well, he is definitely daytoday. He changes his positions. But he changed his position in the course of one sentence right there. Clearly, he is not quite clear on when he was told and what he was told. We are pretty clear, and well walk through it here. Yeah. Well, it was the president there confirming and denying within a minutes time the Washington Post reporting from this week, that he was repeatedly briefed on the coronavirus early this year. Theres reporting to back that up, even when he says he wasnt, but he was. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, may 1st. Among with joe, willie, and me, we have republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan del persio. And host of politics nation and president of the National Action network, reverend al sharpton joining us on this friday. G
Saw it, it was impossible to close their eyes. Now you have george floyd, how many people around the country, millions of cell phones. Its changed the way people look at this. Look at the millions of people marching around the world. The world. So my point is i think people are really realizing this is a battle for the soul of america. Americans are good and virt virt virtue us people we have to Work Together wherever bigotry may appear but well make no moves by falsely labelling tens of millions of americans as racist or bigots we have to get everybody together and be in the same path. If we dont do that well have problems. But well do that. I think itll go quickly and very easily. President trump and joe biden both speaking yesterday about combatting racism. Itll go very easily and very quickly . Like the coronavirus . Okay. We have a lot to talk about today but this is a guy who is badly out of step, even with his own Republican Party. The country. Well, with the country, the renami
Exclusion finally come tumbling down. For this president , it was powerful and important to send a message. Is that your bible . Its a bible. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Willie, i think, its very good. People are trying to come together. You have Community Leaders and police trying to come together, religious leaders and political leaders trying to come together, and even at the white house, theyre now reading stricripts t are provided to them by the daily show. It is very nice, theyre all come on, comparing a guy gassing his own people and beating up cameramen with churchill . Its a little much. Yeah. I mean, i guess it goes without saying, but well say it anyway, that neither churchill nor george w. Bush sent gas and rubber bullets and flashbangs into a peaceful demonstration to clear a path to speak to the people there during the blitz, or to throw that dart of a first pitch that george w. Bush threw in october 2001 at yankee stadium. It is a desperate spin thats not going
Everybody. Did you know its president s day . Oh, my what . The kids are home. Yes, they are. With us onset, msnbc and Time Magazine senior political analysis mark halprin and john heilman. Hi, willie. Hi, is this holiday casual . Shoutout to millard filmore. He wore that to the second state of the union. Thats fantastic. Your favorite president is . Can you say it . Kind of a big g. W. Guy. What . George washington. Oh. Number one. What about you, john . Growing up, who was your hero . I liked lincoln. I was a fan of Teddy Roosevelt the man. I dont know if hes the best president who ever lived, but the man. You liked the mustache a lot. Among other things. Minka . I might go with calvin coolidge. I was a big harry truman and Ronald Reagan fan. One started the cold war, one ended it. I thought harry truman was to fascinating because he was so unpopular when he left office. Everything he did from 45 to 50 shaped our world. And a regular guy. My mom, for them, it was all fdr, fdr fdr was
For him completely. But it was a big moment. And now in terms of what happens, will really define the end of his presidency. It wasnt a grand slam. You know what it wasnt a gettysburg address. When you talk about the middle east you found that words mean very little. Soaring rhetoric means little. Threats meaning very little. Saying things on the campaign trail means very little. This is going to be tough, a tough business. And to borrow a quote from a Previous Administration it will be a long, hard slog. Last night i let out a big sigh as i was watching the pollsters and pundits and everybody refighting the iraq war from 2003 talking about moving forward. Only time will tell. Ill say this and you know willie i hate to say i told you so because im not that kid. Im not that kid in the class. But what did i say when he went in and talked about humanitarian assistance . I said he was cracking up in the door and everybody was bitching and mooning how it wasnt enough. A couple of days later