Its all right here this sunday morning. From abc news, a special edition of this week with Martha Raddatz in cairo. And Jonathan Karl in washington. Starts right now. Good morning, george is off today. Were reporting from a region on the brink, and all eyes are on syria, where an apparent chemical weapons attack could lead to American Military action. Here in cairo, were just 100 miles from the Mediterranean Sea where u. S. Warships are now at the ready. This morning, officials tell abc news that u. S. Navy destroyers now in the mediterranean could be used to carry out limited military strikes. Cruise missile strikes, designed to deter or prevent another chemical attack by the assad regime. If this weeks suspected attack is verified. This is clearly a big event. Of grave concern. That starts getting to some Core National interest that the United States has. President obama has so far been unwilling to militarily intervene in syria, despite the deaths of more than 100,000 people and a v
At the top of the show we asked you why are you awake . Producer john tower has the answers, jt . More on the clothing line, ugg boots, made of sheeps skin, not cool. John, in illinois, my wife and i are taking care of our sons triplets. Just park morning and theyll be asleep in no time. Tuned in hoping to see bill karins hosting. Frank thanks so much. Apparently were seeing other people. I like that. Im very busy. Clearly, we appreciate it. Our friend in illinois, appreciate that kind email. Morning joe begins right now. Our president , barack obama, took day or two off to go play golf in florida. I dont care, fine, go play golf, i dont care. Played with a guy named tiger woods. This is our president playing golf this weekend. What do you think . I thought it was funny. Good morning, everyone. It is tuesday, february 19th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set, we have msnbc and Time Magazine senior political analyst, Mark Halperin. Hey, Mark Halperin, how you doing . National Affair
Qaeda back . Or were the Embassy Closures and the terror alert misguided . Well take a look at those questions and examine al qaedas new stronghold. And well ask the last man to try to achieve peace in the middle east whether the current attempt is worth it. Ehud barak, the former Prime Minister of israel, weighs in. Also president obama cancels a summit with russias president putin. What is up with the russians . Finally, before and after. A stark reminder of the ravages of war. But first, heres my take. The Obama Administrations warning about a possible al qaeda plot against american interests in the middle east has triggered a volley of attacks back home. For those who always suspected president obama was somehow soft in fighting the war on terror, this was vindication. The weekly standard, fox news, the wall street journal editorialists all piled on saying that the president had claimed al qaeda had been decimated al qaeda is on the run and we got bin laden. But this terror warning
What do you think . I thought it was funny. Good morning, everyone. It is tuesday, february 19th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set, we have msnbc and Time Magazine senior political analyst, Mark Halperin. Hey, Mark Halperin, how you doing . National Affairs Editor for new York Magazine and msnbc political analyst, John Heilemann. In nashville, we have look at that Pulitzer Prize winning historian and author, jon meach meacham. Its dark down there. It is dark. Shall we get right to the news . Lets do it. Theres a piece on rattner. Sorkin, andrew sorkin. Like aenaen an insider newsletter. None of us are quoted. Im so tired of being an outsider, raging against the news. Can we do news . Yes, we can. Msnbc news morning joe. I ghosted this, man. Lets move in. President obama will be joined by First Responders at the white house this morning to deliver remarks on billions of dollars in automatic budget cuts set to kick in next friday. According to Administration Officials, the presiden
Fed would sort of stand back. At least didnt signal that. We were down 220 points and the dow back under 6,000. All right. Now to the fallout from a billionaires decision to not join a debate. Donald trump is out. He says. Well see if he sticks to that. Of course, the key moderator for the big debate joins us right now. Brett, what are you hearing, hes definitely out . Well its a word were getting but were going to have a podium available, neal and obviously the campaign has put out a statement as you know these things a lot of things happened in the last couple of days. This is pretty unique. So were doing a bit of reshuffling if you will to go over the questions and the topics and well have a debate that will be interesting and substantive and i guarantee you it will be worth watching. Youre great at what you do. I caught the promo for your fine debate. This caught my ear. This is a debate you need to see. Its going to be an important night. We cant wait to get started. It started wi