huge exposure with ali. yeah. and you know, i mean just the look of the artist himself, the physical appearance of his own physical appearance, lent some credence to his skill and his the fact that he was very, very different from anything else you ve seen before, especially as a sports artist. i just love the bright, bold colors. a lot of ways he was a sports historian. he was at all the big events, picture him at ringside, with a cigar and the mustache. yeah. impressionist painting and recording history. it s amazing him. we re talking about him because the american painter leroy neiman has died. the long-time contributor for playboy magazine he was known for his impressionist paintings and skefs of the olympic games on live television. he worked with some of the world s most talented athletes as barnicle mentioned. we showed you the picture of mohammed ali. one of his favorite subjects. his work captured 15 years of the fighter s career.
just another place on the map with a flag. i declare i m a total bumbling idiot. guess who s going to pay that? not me. i m gone. forget about your [ bleep ] dignity. forget about all that stuff. if you got a shirt on, as you the guys in the room at least do and the gals have tops, i guess you call them. i don t quite get this. i m not familiar with precisely exactly what i said but i stand by what i said, whatever it was. i m so ashamed. i am so ashamed. good morning. it s thursday, june 21st. welcome to morning joe. with us on set we have national affairs editor from new york magazine and msnbc political analyst john heilemann is here. hi. also msnbc good morning. good morning. contributor mike mancle. barnicle. yes. hello. she got some e-mails about you yesterday. yes, i did. people don t like you. not true. sort of a piggish thing. people love mike barnicle. and willie. not some ladies that i know. confounds me but t
it was. it was a little creepy. perusing the magazine. drooling and acting like a whatever. it s a new day. is that what they re calling it these days, perusing. that s not what ann called it last night when i got home. how is willie? he s good. willie good? yeah. i did. deeply. deeply. the new york times reporting this morning that a small number of cia officers are operating secretly within southern turkey. they re helping allies determine which syrian rebels are given weapons to fight syrian government forces. the weapons range from automatic rifles to rocket-propelled grenades and are being supplied to fighters across the turkish border. according to american officials the cia has been in southern turkey for several weeks in part to keep these weapons from falling into the hands of al qaeda. so it looks like we re doing something, according to this lead story in the new york times, that we re doing something. well. over there. cover
though, over the arizona immigration law. alisyn: and this one obviously such a hot topic, peter, everybody is talking about whether or not it s within arizona state rights to take illegal immigration in their own hands and we know that jan brewer staked her career and it s the solicitor general who will be there again arguing. tell us your legal take. dave: this is kind of ali frazier, 2. a lot of people thought that the solicitor general as the obamacare argument and were disappointed in the robustness of the argument that they saw mr. clemens, a lot more prepared and vigorous in his argument. it s different this time. elena kagan, justice supreme court stepped out of the case and there s always the possibility after tie. if there is he a possibility of a tie, the law is out the window. and that could happen. clayton: i m curious your take on this, too, now they
tilling in again. clayton: and let s get the coffee order. alisyn: the great thing about peter visiting, he buys the coffee. dave: i will if you want, yeah, oh, yeah (applause) somebody can get it, i m paying and buns, too. buns? bagels, danish. clayton: the starbucks isn t open. let s talk about this, alisyn talked about this, a rematch of sorts, the rematch of the supreme court battle which we saw recently with of course the health care debate, but the same players will be arguing once again in front of the supreme court, this time though, over the arizona immigration law. alisyn: and this one obviously such a hot topic, peter, everybody is talking about whether or not it s within arizona state rights to take illegal immigration in their own hands and we know that jan brewer staked her career and it s the solicitor general who will be there again arguing. tell us your legal take. dave: this is kind of ali frazier, 2. a lot of people thought that the solici