Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its friday, february 22nd. With us on set, as we take a live look at times square, we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle. With the former governor of pennsylvania and nbc news political analyst ed rendell and the host of politics nation and president of the National Action network, reverend al sharpton. Hi, reverend al. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Its friday, huh . It is friday, right . Is it . I think it is. The oscars this weekend, Academy Awards. And of course, hollywood is very excited about this. Yes. Louis bergdorf is going to be storming on the big parties. Hes going to be going all to the fast food joints and stuffing food in his mouth on videotape. Look at that. See, hes a very healthy boy. So anyway. Isnt he supposed to be working for us . No. No. Hes hes having fun. But, you know did you say he could do that . I think anybody in the control room, theyll tell you, working for us is fun. Its the same
Sudd savor and explore, s dona the Great Indoors friskies indoor delights. Feed the senses. Why are why are you awake . Producer john tower, youve got a few good ones. I do. Biff in new york. I want to nominate louis for an oscar for his inspiring performance on way too early. Kristin also writes, im up trying to figure out how way too early got chris kattan to guest host. Ouch i think of mr. Peepers, that guy who ate the apple, like, in four seconds. And louis, i dont have any comments on. Chris kattan, really . Night at the roxbury. I dont even know how to do that. Morning joe starts right now. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its friday, february 22nd. With us on set, as we take a live look at times square, we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle. With the former governor of pennsylvania and nbc news political analyst ed rendell and the host of politics nation and president of the National Action network, reverend al sharpton. Hi, reverend al. Good morning. Good morning. Good m
Right to the president s speech. Well, last night he unveiled a strategy to defeat Islamic State militants in iraq and syria. One day before the 13th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks, the president announced a major expansion of the assault on isis. The strategy is a fourpart plan. It includes air strikes in syria for the first time. He actually talked about going into syria, something he hasnt wanted to do up until last night. And, of course, more strikes in iraq. The president s also asking congress to approve the training and arming of Syrian Rebels who oppose both isis and assad and, of course, those are the socalled moderates that a lot of people on the right and the left have been asking the president to arm for quite some time. Showing strong support for the increased action, the president is now vowing to hunt down the group thats killed two american journalists in the absolute most gruesome way and is actually threatening more violence. I know Many Americans are concerned about
Echos the heartbreak reading quote we weep as one. Officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos, one a newlywed, the other a father of two were shot at point blank range in their police car in brooklyn, simply because they were members of Law Enforcement. They were two of new yorks finest were shot and killed with no warning, no provocation. They were quite simply assassinated. Targeted for their uniform and for the responsibility they embraced to keep the people of this city safe. Police say the gunman, 28yearold Ismaaiyl Brinsley was already on the run after shooting his exgirlfriend overnight in baltimore. He had a long history of run ins in with the law, 19 arrests in georgia and ohio as well as family disputes and a suicide attempt. Police believe instagram postings hours before the shooting revealed brinsleys plans. A silver gun references to eric garner and Michael Brown and a hash tag that reads shoot the police. Just moments before brinsley ambushed the officers witnesses said he sai
Good morning everyone. It is monday, january 4th, the first monday of the new year. Im shiba russell. Tensions are running high in the middle thooeast this mornin after saudi arabia executed a prominent heeite muslim cler baeman over the weekend. Saudi arabia is cutting ties with iran. The saudis have given irans ambassador and other iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country. This weekends unrest began after saudi arabia held its largest mass execution in decades on saturday. 47 were killed, including that shiite cleric nimr al nimr. His executions sparked a wave of protest. The pictures show the Saudi Embassy in tehran set on fire after protesters stormed the building. There were no reports of injuries but up to 40 arrests were made. Irans president condemned the execution but said the attack on the Saudi Embassy was by no means justified. In tehran, crowds were seen burning u. S. Tags to protest u. S. Links to saudi leaders. Ir irans Supreme Leader says saudis leader will face