maggie writes, couldn t wait to see which suit you re wearing, the gray one or the black one. looks like it s a black one again this week. i will not be criticized for my wardrobe. i got this for my confirmation in 198 #. if you have a problem, take it up with my mom. morning joe starts right now. i sat down yesterday in new york with a dozen of the top wall street ceos and bank presidents. even though the meeting itself was a disappointment, the restaurant where it was held, unbrooefable. i m being deadly serious. the best steak i have ever had in my life. now, when the bill came, i was seated near the head of the table, so i got a peek at it. 12 people and i m not going to tell you how much it was, but it
hispanic who now every time he goes to the grocery store has to be worried that he s going to be stopped by a police officer because he s driving he s driving while being a person of color. i mean, that s there may be some of that. where are we? that s not what america what decade are we in? i was against the mccain/kennedy bill, i called it amnesty because it was amnesty. any time you tell 13 million people, come to america and you broke the law and we re going to let you in, but to go the other direction to say, we re going to stop all americans who are hispanic who it s just that s that s offensive. interesting. a lot of people saying now this is the time to talk about federal immigration reform. you had the sunday shows, mitch mcconnell saying we have too much on our plate, economy and health care, this is not the time for that. coming up, we re getting mad in the morning as jim cramer joins us on the set of morning
joe. knee details on the george w. bush s memoir from inside 9/11 and his decision to quit drinking. i ll have to make that decision some time soon. especially in the morning, before 6:30. boom, it s just hitting. and later, are aliens really out there? wait until you see who s saying, yes, we and we should leave them alone. first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? good morning, everyone. we re still getting more pictures in of that historic and deadly tornado that struck on saturday in mississippi. this is going this storm was on the ground for over two hours. it was at one point almost two miles wide. traveling at 50 to 60 miles per hour. this is video and pictures taken by a chase team just seconds after it went through this town. the devastation is incredible. we re still dealing with strong storms this morning. we have a tornado watch in southern florida, cape coral area into naples, a lot of
vote. at issue is a proposed $50 billion fund that would help cover the costs of dealing with major financial firms failure, help cover being the key words because it wouldn t cover the whole thing. the financial industry would pay for the fund. republicans argue is leaves the door open for bailouts. still there is some optimism that a bipartisan compromise will emerge. we have more work to do. we re meeting today to talk about it. we re not there yet. i hope we could get the votes tomorrow when we have this motion to proceed to the bill. to start the debate. this is something, by the way, that everyone has committed to try to do and that is to have this bipartisan agreement before it goes to the floor. i think it s important we do so. so, if there is no bipartisan agreement, republicans will block the motion to proceed to debating this bill? i think that s very likely.