should not have been written. i think trump is outrageous but that was an attempt to smear him. msnbc has just axed the rest of its afternoon lineup of liberal talkers, ed schultz, alex wagner and the cycle. and you may or may not know that this is the actually very last cycle. this is the last now with alex wagner. the problem with such shows is that things got kind of dull because almost everyone agreed with each other. the ratings so disastrous that the channel is trying to pivot back towards news giving a show to chuck todd of meet the press and this month welcoming a chastened brian williams to the cable channel. the problem is msnbc has almost no reporters except what it borrows from nbc and will find it hard, for example to compete with cnn s global resources but good luck because good for country to have three healthy news channels. that s it for this edition of media buzz. i m howard kurtz. thanks for watching. hope you like our facebook page. we post a lot o
i think trump is outrageous but that was an attempt to smear him. msnbc has just axed the rest of its afternoon lineup of liberal talkers, ed schultz, alex wagner and the cycle. and you may or may not know that this is the actually very last cycle. this is the last now with alex wagner. the problem with such shows is that things got kind of dull because almost everyone agreed with each other. the ratings so disastrous that the channel is trying to pivot back towards news giving a show to chuck todd of meet the press and this month welcoming a chastened brian williams to the cable channel. the problem is msnbc has almost no reporters except what it borrows from nbc and will find it hard, for example to compete with cnn s global resources but good luck because good for country to have three healthy news channels. that s it for this edition of media buzz. i m howard kurtz. thanks for watching. hope you like our facebook page. we post a lot of video content and video ther
welcome back to morning joe. coming up on 7:00 in the morning on the east coast. with us on set, mike barnicle mark halpern, host of msnbc now with alex wagner, she s here bright and early. here i am. cnbc brian sullivan and dorian warren and anchor for bbc world america, katty kay. i thought we would start with this confederate flag vote and emotion shown on the floor last night. south carolina now officiallied to take down the confederate flag after more than ten hours of debate that stretched until about 1:00 in the morning last night. the house agreed to remove the flag from a memorial on capitol grounds in colombia. the debate centered on amendments of future display the flag and those criticized those as delay tactics. here is state representative jenny horn with a remarkable speech, an emotional plea on the
ever do. big insider candidates are like germany or italy, where an outside chance to win because they re insiders. but most candidates are like trinidad and tobago in that they have no chance. the notion that any candidate could catch fire and be propelled without the blessing of party insiders is farcical. and the book s opening pages, they write, parties remain major players in presidential nominations. they scrutinize and winnow the field, and sway voters ersrs to ratify their choice. the democratic and republican parties have always influenced and often controlled the choice of their presidential nominees. let s not go through this process pretending that the people will make this choice any more than the crowd will choose who wins the olympic medal. now with alex wagner starts right now.
to the leadership of rand paul. yet we re still hear criticism of paul saying this is some political ploy for his campaign. the facts don t really back that up. this is a new campaign issue. and washington usually sides with the security establishment. i m the only one out there saying the patriot act went too far. paul may be the only one saying that at the republican debates. and i think he ll be the only one who s right. that does it for our show today. now with alex wagner starts right now. relentless rain is triggering more flash flood warnings in texas. fifa officials got a rude awakening from u.s. law enforcement. and rick steady eddie santorum