when we started honey boo boo. you haven t seen honey boo boo? all i know because i caught a little piece of it you can t just get a little. can t just get a little. can t just get a little. and we re not going to talk about it any more. and here s msnbc political analyst steve schmidt. you ve seen honey boo boo before. i ve seen it one time. i couldn t take my eyes away. it s amazing. it drew me in and leigh gallagher s here. fortune 500, who is number one? number one is walmart with $469 billion in revenue. yeah. that s great. yeah. we re going to be talking about that and we re going to see have you seen duck dynasty? no, i have not. you need to see duck dynasty. compelling tv. we re going to start. can we please, to the news? i m begging you. we re going to talk about
hey, good morning, it s tuesday, may 7th. welcome to morning joe on a beautiful, beautiful day. what a beautiful may day. . gorgeous. with us onset, we ve got mike barnicle, political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. and fortune magazine s assistant editor. we ve got so much to talk about. i was really surprised at the last segment on way too early talking about chris christie undergoing an operation. chris text us to let us know this story was true or not. also, a lot of other things going on. today, we ll be seeing what the biggest companies in america are. we are. fortune 500, see who s going up, going down. also, benghazi, this story will not go away. yeah. we have new testimony that has come out talking about the military actually trying to get over to benghazi while the riots were going on. last-minute changes. being told to stand down. don t go over there. and i ll tell you, the people that wan
0 chairlift. skiing is about the chairlift! right. it is not about going down the mountain. the mountain is a means to the end. alex just told me in the control room that lucy and george s initial experience on the ski slopes were much like mine when i come here. i cry every time i come here before i go. but you don t have the other crying because you have to leave. let s get to the news, reverend al sharpton, unless you d like to share a skiing story from the weekend. i don t have many skiing stories. i was trying to think of one but i really don t. i might have picketed in a ski lodge once. with, that let s get into the news. in the white mountains. right. the country s ongoing debate over gun safety. harry reid will bring the senate s proposal to the floor and include votes on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. yesterday, new york city mayor mike bloomberg optimistic about the vote during an appearance on meet the press. we are going to have a vote, f
kids if they had a chance to listen to them and talk to them. i believe that. top of the hour. welcome back to morning joe. look at that shot of new york city. mike barnicle and sam stein are still bus. joining from washington, former national security adviser to president carter and author of strategic vision america and the crisis of global power, dr. zbigniew brzezinski, hi, dad. and the moderator of meet the press, david gregory and fortune managing editor leigh gallagher. good to have you with us. what was your take on the president s day in israel, dr. brzezinski? i think a great performance of principles and warm equipment to israel and appeal to the young people who will not be
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