0 is joining us from new york. thank you very much. have a great couple of days off. police now know how the gunman got to the mall and they do know the shooter s name. erin mcpike is outside the mall. one thing remains a mystery. what is the latest? well, we learned a little bit ago that the mall will reopen at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. that is a day earlier than expekt expected this morning. when the mall does reopen, we will ensure that we have a strong police presence here. the mall has a unique place in the county. it is not just an economic institution. it is a place of community. we understand that and we are working closely with the mall officials to allow them to reopen as quickly as we can. we learned more details this morning saying that the shooter purchased his shotgun last month in neighboring montgomery county and he came by taxi here at 10:15 and entered a double level entrance and also has two homemade explosive devices on him and police were able to disable them. poli
it s also true that you had a couple of really anom las situations. in 1968, the democrat was too unpopular to run. in 19 the watergate, ford/nixon situation, obviously is anomalyous. so i think it is in our nature to re-elect a president, partly because we want to feel that we were right. so i think there is a cultural inclination for that. but i think arguing from a pattern that the president s re-election is secure or even likely because of history is not right. you know, mike barnicle, eye happy birthday today to ron coffman, our good friend, a boston guy, who is standing in the romney campaign.
we have just compromised by calling him our good friend. but it s his birthday today. very good guy. great pal of former governor weld of massachusetts. and confidant of mitt romney. absolutely right, happy birthday, ron. and we have now compromised his future in the romney campaign by indicating that we know him and are close with him. it s over. yeah, it is over. one thing you and jon were just talking about, the polling today is very sophisticated. we all know that. it goes in depth about the human behavior across this country. but i don t know that it measures sophisticatedly enough the level of anxiety in this country. i don t know that the pollsters watch people shop. if you watch people shop, people with children, i was in a new balance outlet store over the weekend and watched people with children shop buying sneakers for their children. and they were almost always going down in cost because they are anxious about not just the future, that you are anxious about the coming
the dog. let s get off the dog and move on. one thing i know, i m not eating the turkey off the counter before we leave. morning joe starts right now. live from philadelphia here is a thing called the twist. ladies and gentlemen, here is chubby checker. it s the greatest fantasy of my life. i ve been working 35 years in television. it s my first love. and band stand made it all possible. music underscores everything that happens to you, the good stuff and the bad stuff. music really is one of the three most important things in our lives. when i say new year s eve, do you think of any other place in the world? you think of times square. and now the big tonight we have all been waiting for. three, two, one, happy new year! good friday morning. a look at times square, where dick clark has been singing america and the world into the new year every year since 1972. dick clark passed away yesterday afternoon after battling the effects of a stroke for quite some time.
i ve been working 35 years in television. it s my first love. and band stand made it all possible. music underscores everything that happens to you, the good stuff and the bad stuff. music really is one of the three most important things in our lives. when i say new year s eve, do you think of any other place in the world? you think of times square. and now the big tonight we have all been waiting for. three, two, one, happy new year! good friday morning. a look at times square, where dick clark has been singing america and the world into the new year every year since 1972. dick clark passed away yesterday afternoon after battling the effects of a stroke for quite some time. welcome to morning joe. so good to have you with us. and mike barnicle, i just have to go to you. my gosh, this guy, he was called america s teenager. and he was america s teenager for years. it is hard to talk about the importance of dick clark in bringing rock-n-roll straight into the living rooms