cutest thing i ve seen. the baltimore sun selected its ugliest dog of the year. wally the beagle, who s part beagle. why would you say he s ugly. wally beat 29 other contenders. many think i love him. they don t think that dog is ugly at all. it s not ugly. anyone here think he s ugly? no. yes. thomas does. mike thinks all dogs are ugly. the one on the right is ugly. that s a cute little dog. i think it was rigged. don t be mad if i bring up other people s dogs that might be uglier. the new york post twinkies are returning to a store near you. on july 15th. why? hostess which filed for bankruptcy a few months ago is up and running again thanks to new owners who paid $410 million for the brand. with us, the chief white house correspondent for politico mike allen he s here with the morning playbook. what s happening in
he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. as he should have been. who s doing that? i just want to say this is fascinating. can i do the cover of parade really quick? this week parade magazine looks at the science i have two brothers, one democrat, one republican. looks at the science of siblings. editor in chief maggie murphy is ahead with the story. i m really fascinated by this. i think it s true, and i m glad someone is looking at this. with us now, the chief white house correspondent for politico, mike allen, here with the morning playbook. and also, mike celebrating his b-day. happy birthday, mike. happy birthday. thank you for a fun year together. you re the cutest thing in the world. grateful for our good times. and this is also the birthday of my brother scott. my brother scott was born the same day as me a year later. so when we were growing up, my
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know what i mean? now go back to snowden. let s go back. um, right. see what i m saying? let s go to thomas roberts. what if thomas roberts had done this? that would be hot. t.j., this is your hint to go to thomas roberts. do we have a shot? there you go. look at that guy. look at this guy. they would already be having an abc actor s school movie special about him. there would be a calendar. i think there already is. go to sam stein man. talking about calendar men, there s mr. july right now. we haven t let sam talk once. his mom s going to kill us. but we have showed him twice. it s for the demos, mom. with us, the senior political correspondent for politico, mike allen. he s here with the morning playbook. mike, the struggle over gun reform is playing out in new ways politically today. mike bloomberg is going to personally appeal to new york s biggest donors to withhold contributions for four democrats that blocked the background check.
testing in seattle posing a big threat to other grocery chains. amazon taking over the world. it is. can we show my shoes here? no. show my shoes. they are close! you showed the chef with greasy hair. i bought these shoes on amazon.com for $29. i go on my app on my iphone there. it s just easy. they come without socks? they come without socks. he wears them every day and you can tell! look at mika s shoes. she did not buy them at amazon.com. quite a contrast. i m a little bit country. you re a little bit rock n roll. with us now is chief white house correspondent for politico, mike allen who is here with the morning playbook. mike, happy morning. how are you doing? life is good. thank you. good. i understand the gun debate may be resurfacing next week as the senate is beginning the