coming up next, he s back in congress after 12 years away. now he s drawing a line in the sand against his own party, republican congressman joins us next. it s big. this is interesting. also, mike barnicle, leigh gallagher. and eugene robinson, more morning joe in a moment. i have lost 101 lbs on weight watchers online. i just got started and i m like hey, that first 20 came off, well it wasn t too hard at all. i love breads. you can still eat bread. i love my sweets. i can still have a cookie on weight watchers. i love the barcode scanner. occasionally, i ll use it at the bar. of course! that s what it s for, right? bar code. oh i think i m never going there again. i feel healthy. and just.young again. [ female announcer ] weight watchers online. the power of weight watchers completely online. join for free. hurry. offer ends march 16th.
0 welcome back at the top of the show. we asked you why are you awake? producer john tower has a bit of an answer for us. it s the chimney at the vatican is the second most famous chimney. people want to know what s the number one? america had such faith in your cultural literacy. the chimney many mary poppins. the papal thing, very big, but not as big as poppins. at least from my point of view. morning joe starts right now. . look, if you want to lose weight, don t eat. that s the answer. you re right. this is not medicine, it s thermal dynamics. you take in more than you use, you store it. it s engineered, the taste, the sweetness, the saltiness, the amount of pressure one needs to crack a potato chip with their teeth has all been engineered so people can continue to eat that kind of food. as long as you don t ban cheese-its. cheez-its are okay. that s my addiction. all right. good morning, it is can i have that microphone? what s going on. it s tuesday, mar
stephen love you. good morning. that s a wintry mix if i ve ever seen one here in new york city on this friday, march the 8th. with us on set, msnbc time magazine senior political analyst, mark halperin. national affairs editor for new york magazine and msnbc political analyst, john heilemann. fortune s assistant managing editor leigh gallagher, analyst and the former democratic congressman from tennessee, harold ford jr. and in washington, another msnbc political analyst, former chair of the rnc, mr. michael steele. good morning, everybody. good morning. good morning, sir. i like sitting next to you, mark halperin. you look good. the two of us. joe and mika have the day off. this is america s most beloved morning team for years now. halperin and geist. america s sweethearts. you re going to love it. did you see this photograph on the front page of the new york times ? i think we have it full screen.
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you know who i want on morning joe ? who? seth macfarlane. oh, yeah. we ve got to get him on. the guy is getting kicked around. he did a great job. tremendous. we do have pretty impressive people on the show tomorrow. he did a great job. but since we cannot get seth macfarlane, we ll be talking to jeb bush and retired supreme court justice sandra day o connor. we re going to make them start with a musical routine that s going to have you in stitches. up next, david faber and leigh gallagher straight ahead on morning joe. this show is about to get freaky. [ male announcer ] if your kid can recognize your sneeze from a crowd.