all right. time now to talk about what we learned today very quickly. we have so many people here, there s no time for me. we ll go to carl. i learned that there is no appetite for celebrity news according to mika. tom? i actually learned we won world war ii. yes. barnacle. hurry. i ll go to chris. hurry. i live in a town with a documentary on hunger coming out. i learned we have a vice presidential candidate on morning joe today, governor chris christie, governor of new jersey. chuck todd, i know why we are late, and it is not because joe is here, it is because your favorite smart and starky author is on morning joe. am i correct? i love carl. tourist season is the greatest piece of non-fiction written about south florida history. and that s the funny thing about it, it is supposedly fiction. those of us who grew up in south florida know that might not be. chuck todd, is it okay, then? is it okay we are a little late? mika, it isn t, but it is
and, there could be a showdown today between a chicago judge and the attorney representing former illinois governor rod blagojevich in his corruption trial. blago. yeah. yesterday the judge threatened to hold blagojevich s lawyer, sam adams jr., in contempt of court. doesn t he have to go to a governor s conference? i have a great story to tell you. forget this. what s the story? in 06 we were all together, democratic governors, and there were donors in the room so we went around the room to assess our chances for re-election. this was in the spring of 06. you know, we give all this spin. blago gets up and says, i m a shoo-in unless i get indicted. you don t say. i m a shoo-in. in front of all the donors and everything. i m a shoo-in unless i get indicted. and he didn t get indicted. i hope he returned the money. all right. that s better than whatever i was going to read. that s good stuff. that guy is
leaks of classified material, probably doesn t indicate as the president said anything significantly new that changes the landscape or the debate over the war itself. in terms of how many people have had access to this same kinds of information, you can, the cid, the army criminal investigative division has been handed the responsibility of investigating this latest wikki leaks case. they re already investigating the leak of private first class bradley manage, charged with mishandling classified information, downloading 150,000 classified cables and is suspected of leaking classified material to wikkileaks. because of that, he s considered a person of interest. military officials tell us there s tens of thousands of people who have the same level of secret classification, the same access, the same kind of sites where anybody could have downloaded that material such as that we found in these revelations of documents that came out of afghanistan, tamron. so it s going to be a t
it is very refreshing in many locations in the 60 s. low 60 s out west in a few spots. it is 65 in woodbridge. 70 knots and no, 72 in reston. lexington park, 65. dew points in the low to mid 60s. there is a little humidity in the air. in frostburg virginia, 50. on the way to 90 degrees this afternoon. we should generally remain dry. a lot of sunshine today. humidity will increase gradually. euless with you that later tonight. let s go to lisa baden. 66 eastbound between the lynn street and the beltway. work wil nutley st and the beltway, only one lane getting through. let s show you how traffic is moving a little better into silver spring. more power is being restored. more traffic signals are working. if you encounter in area that is still in the dark, it is a four-way stop. 95 in virginia, uneventful. nothing is affected. back to you. thank you. we begin with the power problems. frustration has set in as hundreds of thousands remained without electricity. that is
he may be trying to settle, come to a deal. why the change in heart, congressman rangel? that s all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. first at 3:00, an enormous day on planet blago. the defense wrapped up closing arguments claiming prosecutors failed to prove anything. up next, the case heads to the jury where a decision will be reached. today in court an attorney for the former illinois governor blagojevich tried to explain why our blago never took the stand. sam adam, jr. called his silence the elephant in the room. the reason, according to the attorney, there was no need to testify because the feds never had a case. prosecutors would disagree and point to hundreds of f.b.i. wiretaps as proof of corruption. remember these? i ve got this thing and it s a [ bleep ] golden. and i m just not giving it up for [ bleep ] nothing. i [ bleep ] busted my [ bleep ] and gave your grandmother a [ bleep ] ride on a bus. what do i get? only 13% of y all think i m doing a go