was to see me beat. what the american people are looking for is not that kind of partisan politics. good morning. it is 6:00 on the east coast. it is wednesday, july 13th. welcome to morning joe. another sweltering hot day. with us we have mike barnicle, author and former new york times columnist, bob herbert and in washington, pat buchanan. i m glad pat is here. here we go. pat, we re going to read the first news story. i m going to go to pat buz can nan and i m sure pat is going to agree with me under the republicans new, so-called strategy. i worked with pat last week. i don t think he s going to agree with you. with the august 2nd deadline weeks away, congressional leaders are heading back to the white house again. how many meetings has it been?