increased. rob portman and chuck todd and jordan roth will be in the house to you take us. top stories from the political playbook. first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill, i think it snd a nice day today and why joe and mika aren t here. right? the sun is supposed to shine? they are at the beach somewhere discussing politics. good morning. a big storm in the middle of the country. east coast you get your february thaw and we need it. we did a little bit of melting yesterday and we will do more today. this storm in the middle of the nation like a spring-like and march-like storm and all of the ingredients. we have flooding and severe weather with it and maybe tornadoes later tonight and heavy snow on the back side. the worst of it is over the top of chicago. you have a snow pack and now you have thunderstorms overhead with torrential rain and a lot of water issues in illinois and chicago. later today the area of yellow a slight risk of severe weather and maybe even
of tennessee mr. harold ford jr. good morning, sir. good morning. joe and mika have the morning off. start right there. eliot spitzer on this program, nicole you were here, took some tough questions from joe and mika and from mark halperin. how did you think he did? look, it felt like a very genuine moment and i think we all know that doesn t happen very often in politics. he i think responded to mika s request to give an answer that wasn t scripted, that wasn t rehearsed and when he answered the question about what had changed he talked about pain and all the pain he endured and he got emotional. i think it was a moment for a pundit to recognize and sit quietly and watch the journalists do the job. i had the benefit of sitting and watching everybody and i thought everybody did a good job. i thought mika and joe and mark halperin did an excellent job with a very uncomfortable line of questioning and i thought that eliot spitzer, for his
sociopath. let s hear it. want me to start. this is from the transcript yesterday in court. it s fun when joe and mika aren t here. we do role playing. why not? why not. okay. you re first. yeah, five people are dead. yeah, it bothers me, we killed people who were rats and i had the two biggest rats right next to me. you suck. f you okay. f you too. what do you want to do? and scene. yeah. bravo. they re shaking in their boots down on broadway. yesterday s exchange is the first time bulger and weeks had spoken to each other in 16 years. maybe. what s the nature of that relationship right there? going back through the years? kevin weeks is a neighborhood kid, guy, who used to work as a bouncer in a bar in south boston
33 rescued miners, 67 angry women in one house, 80 feet underground. this time, we can t promise they ll make it out. miner pad, miner love, major drama. only on oxygen. that is going to be you laugh, but it won t be long. welcome back to morning joe. it s 8:00 here on the east coast. still with us, mike barnicle, jonathan capehart, norah o donnell, and joining the table, founder of that minoritything.com. now you tell me joe and mika