first, to deal with the oil that s leaking. and what has to be cleaned up. secondly, to ensure that the people of the gulf are made whole from the economic damages that they ve incurred as a part of this disaster. thirdly, that we make sure that we have a regulatory structure that ensures that something like this never happens again. and the last thing i d build on, pick up what you guys were just talking about, and that is how do we reduce our depend ebs on fossil fuels, how do we reduce our dependence on oil and create a clean energy economy that ultimately creates jobs? and what about a call to this nation about our dependence on oil and foreign oil? is there going to be a call for action and a call for patience and a call for perhaps a new generation of thinking on this? absolutely. absolutely, mika. look, we understand that every time, and we ve seen this generation after generation,
on the upper west side. new elites. do we all live on the upper west side? let s get will to bring us to politico. you bring up a great oint. it actually is quite right. it actually is right, she said. let s turn to the executive editor of politico. another man who is actually quite bright. who are you? he s a lumberjack today. mika, we have free wireless service at politico s galactic headquarters here in rosalynn, virginia. that is wonderful. you making fun of roslyn now? oh, my god. jim, you re going to give us a little peek, aren t you, inside the president s address tonight? we ve been debating, discussing what he s going to talk about, what we think he should talk about. what are you hearing? first let s talk a little bit about the optics. you re going to have the president spending the day visiting these beaches, looking at the disaster. then you re going to have the energy, the oil executives on
grabbed from behind and thrown to the ground, you might feel differently. like sean penn paparazzi approach. robert gibbs is coming up. i guess actually the sean penn standard now is the standard of mika, and her friends on morning joe. beat somebody up, if they put a camera phone in your face. [ water crashing ] [ male announcer ] .it fills you with energy. and it gives you what you re looking for to live a more natural life, in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley. delicious granola bars made with 100% natural ingredients. nature valley. 100% natural, 100% delicious.
national pioneers. do you know? no, i went to the university of alabama. i didn t do things like bake sales. okay on the show today we ate baked goods. i think it s been what we ve gone long enough without telling the laura ingram story. i m here to tell it again. she said she doesn t want to talk about laura ingram. at the top of the hour i think more people are watching right now. so we do that. so mika s boyfriend is editor of the dartmouth review and one night mika takes a bus up from williams to dartmouth, and she s just sitting there and it s raining. why are you doing this? it s 6:00 and the boyfriend never shows up because he s out on a date with who? drinking with bhom? laura ingram. imagine. laura ingram. robert gibbs is going to be on the show today. james kliburn i was standing in the freezing cold rain for hours. i know. but she hasn t forgotten it. andrew ross sorkin and david
remain mindful of that, because if people want to know what can they do to help folks down here, one of the best ways to help is to come down here and enjoy the outstanding hospitality. and mika you enjoyed the outstanding hospitality in pensacola. oh, my gosh it was amazing. everybody was incredibly positive and they were branding together. of course banding to the with us on morning joe discounts across the area. which are still going on. go to our website and you ll see what happens and businesses are offering discounts and free drinks and free extra days in the hotel. just to come down and spend some time in the area. the tourism company, the tourism society there is really bring your kids. oh, my gosh the beaches. the new york times let s bring them along. they way they can have a play date. a play date. that would be good. all the governors that we talked to were and this shows you where ideology ends, and governing begins. every one of those governors, do