here s what i ve got, president obama pushes lawmakers to extend jobless benefits for people whose checks are running out. republicans and democrats are at odds over how to pay for it. boeing s new airplane, the dreamliner passenger jet, makes its international debut today. richard quest got the short straw on that one. he s in london to tell us all about it. today s big i is the flu smot of the future. you can do it yourself, no needles, no waiting in line. we ll tell you all about that shortly. i want to tell you about something that s brugh. it s unemployment benefits. we ve known about it for a long time. a lot of unemployed people in this country. there are 14.6 million unemployed people in this country. a lot of people say that s not counting those people who aren t even on the rolls. as of last week, 46% of those people, 46% of 14.6 million, let s kaug it almost 7 million people, have been unemployed for more than six months. the senate is going to vote on wedn
communicator for their message. every time i hear him, we like to make fun of joe here, but we actually, i got to tell you, got a great deal of respect for him and his ability to get the point across. he is our guy. welcome to morning joe. he is our guy. 6:00 on the east coast. i m mika brzezinski. joe is off today. with us on the set is mark halpern also the author of the best seller game change. and we also have perfect timing today, the president of the council on formulations, richard haass. he wrote the cover story in newsweek magazine. rethinking afghanistan nation building isn t working. new strategies for the war on terror. richard is also the author of war of necessity war of choice. we will talk about that and great to have you here. willie geist is joining us. quite a show you did. my daughter is here and watching and thought it was amazing. why is she up at this hour? i have no one. i have no help. just me. that s it. nobody home? my husband is o
now? from mad max to mad mel. the iconic actor s meltdown makes headlines worldwide. has the media coverage been too lethal? he was the boss. empire maker, loved and floated by the media. on the panel week, senior correspondent and fox news contributor juan williams. cal thomas. jim pinkerton. and ellis hennigan. i m jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. i think people are going to have a choice to make in the fall. but, i think there s no doubt there are enough seats in play that could cause republicans to gain control, no doubt about that. white house press secretary robert gibbs admitting democrats could lose their house majority come never come november his candor did not sit well with nancy pelosi. i think his comment was unfortunate not to take us from the path that we are on for job creation and the excellent job that our chairman van hollen is doing. we have a solid organization on mobilization, on message on the management of the these campaigns we ful
and the gulf oil disaster, for a third day oil is not flowing. but there are mounting concerns it may be leaking elsewhere on the sea floor. bp says while it finally stopped oil spewing out of the well head thursday, engineers worry the pressure readings aren t high enough to rule out an undiscovered leak. even if the well is fully choked, cleanup crews face a long road ahead. over 184 million gallons of crude has gushed into the gulf since the disaster began 89 days ago. and in a blow to cleanup efforts, the super skimmer has been effectively beached after weeks of testing showed it wasn t collecting enough oil. well, even as scientists keep a watchful eye on pressure readings, bp is encouraged that the oil cap seems to be holding. charles hadlock joins us live from venice, louisiana. and charles, how is the testing of the cap going? reporter: they re watching the pressure readings, norah. that means the well casing is intact. but they re puzzled by the lower pressure re
charge. well what message does that tell you. first of all, we ve got a long ways before the election. you disagree with robert gibb s assessment, enough seats in play? number two, we number two, this is going to be a choice between the policies that got us into this mess and my policies that are getting us out of this mess. i think if you look at vast majority of americans, even those who are dissatisfied with the pace of progress, they ll say that the policies that got us into this mess we can t go back to. now, jonathan, i play that because you just brought up something about his messaging. there was something i believe it was in that politico piece, but there was somebody that made a point it s interesting to compare president clinton and president obama. president clinton made centrist decisions but talked like a populist. president obama a little more populist in hits legislative agenda but does his best to speak like a centrist and maybe