japan. last night a big night for the president as he, the first lady, shinzo abe and abe s wife attended the sumo wrestling championships here in tokyo. this is a big, big ticket item, getting those seats down front9. i mean, it s like a championship boxing match, i guess, in las vegas. and a first for the president, he was the very first american president to present to winner a 29-year-old who weighs in at 390 pounds the president s cup. this is, i mean, look at the size of this thing. it weighs more than 60 pounds, it s bigger than the emperor s cup, by the way, and bigger than the cup that shinzo abe gave out to winner as well. listen to what the president said as he was presenting the cup. in honor of your outstanding achievement as sumo grand champion, i hereby award you the united states president s cup,
your fellow countrymen. on this vote the yeas are 219, the nays are 212. the motion to concur in the senate is adopted without the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. all right. a historic night. welcome back to morning joe. top of the hour, welcome back, everyone. here with us now, 60 minutes correspondent is leslie stahl. and in washington, we have the political reporter from the huffington post sam stein and we have pat buchanan. leslie, health care has been the holy grail for progressives. last night a big night for barack obama and nancy pelosi. i m going to pull a harold ford because four points. i have four points. me plus one. and you are going to run for