Zerlina maxwell, trymaine lee, msnbc will stay on this show. Politics nation with reverend al sharpton starts right now. Good evening. Thanks to you for tuning in. Tonights lead, the leader of the gop calls for a government shutdown. Thats right. El rushbo is calling on the gop to defund the government and trigger a shutdown over the president S Immigration plan. An unwritten rule in washington whfrp the government gets shut down no matter who is responsible for it, the republicans get the blame and as such the republicans take a giant weapon out of their arsenal of ammunition. Its time to man up and start dealing with this. They were not sent there to govern and participate and compromise. They were sent there to stop it. Rush limbaugh sees the shutdown as a giant weapon. And hes not alone. The rightwing Heritage Action which cheered on last years shutdown is back at it. Quote, a longterm funding bill is a little more than a blank check for amnesty. And many House Republicans also wan
Snack . No. Did the sponsor consider as the potential state snack, raisins. Did the sponsor consider perhaps pres els as the official state snack . Never. Never i never did and i never shall what if the pretzel was dipped in yogurt, would that been could we consider that would be two in one. Oh, my god. This guy is batman. What say you, senator hasselhoff . Yogurt would be the state
snack. The pretzel would not. The pretzel if so dipped would be the yogurt delivery method for which designation i refer you to the subcommittee on snack transportation. Good morning. It is friday. Can you finally believe it . Its the day before mothers day weekend, you guys. Just remember. Friday, may 9th. On set donnie deutsch, mark heilemann, Mike Barnicle, and npr Senior Analyst coky roberts. And the former director of the cia, retired general michael hayden. So joe, a great group this morning. And you have a great weekend mothers day for you. Your mothers coming up to spend time with you. I know youre
You love it so much. Yes you do but its good for you,too. [announcer] healthful. Flavorful. Beneful. From purina. Fox urgent. One of the nations most secure locations, the home of the president of the United States suffering a pair of Security Breaches in less than 24 hours. Getting in the white house is as running through the front dor. This happen just minutes after the first family left for camp david. The tourist standing feet away and a man wearing a black church and hopping the white house fence and running to the home and making it inside. The man was caught once inside
and unarmed and one officer had his gun pointing at him but were told he didnt pull the trigger because he could tell the suspect did not have a weapon on him. Much of the residence was evacuated and the secret service swept it for clues. And then a man taken into custody after refusing to stop in a barricaded entrance. This is raising head scratching tonight. Was the door to the white house really unlocked . Eli
Start to the Labor Day Travel weekend. Aaa expects it to be the busiest since the Great Recession. Plus, theres going to be a three day birthday tribute to Michael Jackson. Thats going to Michael Jackson will get under way in his boyhood home of gary, indiana. Family members including his mother katherine and his children are expected to attend that celebration. That is going to do it of thursdays edition of way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Haes good morning. Mike has been ordered around going back to parochial school. Trying to get him ready for school is like getting a village ready. Maggie is ready. You guys. A princess. I dont know where to start today. So much to talk about. When youre looking at the threat that isis proposes and
its hard for americans who poses a threat and who doesnt, lets face it, they have been lied to a lot over the past decade but the wall street journal has this great article talking about the industry that isis is, an industry of extortion. The
The 22. Popped up. Sandoval in foul territory. Giants win a world series win for the San Francisco giants for the third time in the last five years and theyre hero m. Welcome to morning joe. We have John Heilemann and on capitol hill, christina is here and willie and me here. That looked like a fun game. It was incredible. It was more than a fun game. It was game seven of the world series. That looked like a good time for everyone. John heilemann is our resident giants fan. The incredible starting pitcher who won twice in the world series comes in out of the bull pen. Here he comes and gives them five innings of two hit scoreless relief on two days rest. This guy is now officially a season legend. Not just two days rest but two days after finishing a complete game shutout on sunday night where he threw 120 pitches. Before this game he said i dont care about pitch counts. Hes old fashioned. Ill go in and get it done. Dominant throughout the series and throughout the entire post season.