thanks. glad you guys are enjoying it. your co-anchor is tracey gill. what does she bring to the table or is she just there to look pretty. it s funny you say you ve been checking her out. that s what america has been doing for many, many years. she s america s favorite eye candy. she provides that sexual tension that keeps me on the edge of my ability to perform. do you two script that or is it just something that comes naturally? the sexual tension? yes. you can t script that, howard, that s got to be real, from the loins. that s hysterical. coming up, hardball s chris matthews. just go online. did you ever go online and look at those clips. the eye candy. the onion. do you not like the onion. i don t really like it. you ve never liked the onion? really? i don t think it s that
that s what you re waking up to in new york. it is a snowy day. it s monday, february it was a tease on friday. yes. i hope you have the day off if you re in new york. i also hope chuck todd is watching to see new yorkers at their best. because it s so important. welcome to morning joe. it s gruelling, a tough ride in. i packed my patience. with us on set, msnbc and time magazine senior political i did as well. mark halperin, columnist for the new york times, charles blow and mike barnicle s empty chair. when he feels like it. he has to get all the way from the room into here. he ll get here. you can make jokes like that. you know mike barnicle shows up when mike barnicle feels like it. he just might show up or not. seriously, he s not here. does he know he s supposed to come back here? while mike gets seated. some interesting developments in wisconsin. i think the union has done a couple of things over the weekend that really put oh, welco