well. but that s a stretch. you can t say i m going to congress but listen i only got half of congress s support and i won t bother take to it the house which is closest to the people to decide on a manner of war. i would be surprised if they just went to the senate and skipped the house. that s so risky. congratulations, again, politico planning on coming to new york city. a big sports weekend. yankees and sox, nfl sunday, college football, u.s. open final. only one man for this job, chris mad dog russo joins us next. here s t
managers are struggling. newsweek, the globe, the plain dealer in cleveland cutting about a third of its sign. california, the orange county register is defying conventional wisdom in this conversation. they ve doubled their newsroom staff despite focusing on print over digital and charging for internet interviews. it s it s focusing on original reporting and apparently is doing well. that s great. economists, the niche places, still a place for quality niche. kasie hunt, thank you so much. kasie, thank you so much. that was impressive. that was good. coming up on morning joe, we re going to talk to new york times columnist frank bruni, andrea mitchell, bob costas joining us with the latest allegations surrounding alex rodriguez scandal. up next chris mad dog russo and the mayor of new orleans
but we walked through the casinos to get to the concert. it was a sight. people talk about dad tossing baseball at you, but for you, growing up, what was the moment that you and your dad shared that you remember? three words. caribbean stud poker. and it was just exactly. dad would throw his arm around you. hold on, willy. i m tearing up. dad takes me home. smoking chesterfields. hit on that, kid. mike allen with a look at the playbook. sorry we got derailed there. blooming flower, have a great weekend. it s what we do. we ll see you. coming up, finally here, we talked earlier, official word of a-rod s suspension expected in a few hours. chris mad dog russo joins the table to break it down for us.
officials had no trouble clearing the truck, but had more trouble rounding up the pigs. pigs in china. ten pigs on a road in china. that s all i got. slow weekend, mika. lewis, thank you. coming up on morning joe, a terror threat extends the closure of u.s. embassies for another week. we break down what it means for national security and the global reach of al qaeda. also d-day for a-rod. today the yankees slugger will reportedly be suspended through the 2014 season, kind of ending everything, following his alleged links to performance-enhancing drugs. bob costas and chris mad dog russo with that. once you ed at this time out the x rated content, there s not much difference between anthony weiner and senator ted cruz. just ahead, also jeffrey
that hasn t been dealt with this year, is going to add it on because of that senator lindsey graham who was a member of the gang of eight of immigration, said if we don t watch it, this thing could fall apart. senator rubio saying earlier this week he is worried if too much gets added on, it could be trouble they don t have the votes right now to get it through the senate, let alone the house. that s right. they have been hoping for a really big vote, which is what would really take the pressure on the senate, just on the house, if it just gets out of the senate, by a vote or two, much easier for the house to walk away from it. one top house republican aide told me that it s a lot easier to see how this falls apart in the house than how it comes together. all right. politico s mike allen, thank you so much. up next, a lengthy suspensions may be coming for a-rod and other baseball stars. chris mad dog russo, joins us for sports. he washed his hair.