one wound veteran who bravely fought for our country in afghanistan. residents started a petition there protesting the habitat for humanity house that s being built for army sergeant brian wood and his family. the reason they say, is that the home is not made of brick or stone like the rest of the houses there and it, quote, won t fit in. amazing rescue caught on video in boston. a man falls onto the subway tracks and people waiting to board rush in to help him. police say that the man woke up confused and told them he had had a couple of drinks before hand. he celebrated the passing of his medical boards. congratulations for that. transit workers say the man was never in any danger of being hit by a train. but boy, is that nerve racking. those are your headlines. steve: all right. thank you very much. brian: before we had the surveillance video, the only time i ever saw a train on the tracks was underdog when that diabolical scientist used to tie up policy polly pure bread
i don t think it s washington s boat, if you know what i mean. yeah. welcome back to morning joe. it is the top of the hour. look at that beautiful shot. new york city on a sunny spring morning. mike barnicle and donny deutsch are still with us, unfortunately. and joining us from washington you are lumped in with the bad kids. columnist for the washington post and bloomberg, ezra klein is joining us. finally, a serious person on the show. yes. and he is not wearing his double breasted 1980 suit jacket as well. try this on. it won t fit. you re the size of i knew this was coming. davy jones. i mean, i m not going to be i m 5 10 . i said it the other day. you guys are just exceptionally tall on this show. that s why. i think willie, 6 4 is the median height on this show. that s right. you re an outlier my friend. but i m like the boston red sox. just punching my way through. the little engine that could.
if there aren t adjustments and we don t have the hearings, then i will vote no. that s a reasonable way to do it. i got you on that. how high do you want to raise social security retirement age, to what age? we re working on an overall plan. it is more complex. i wish i could put the answer on a bumper sticker, but it won t fit. it is a number, congressman. no, it is not, because it will be adjusted over the course of time. yes. how long a period of time? there s two elements to raising the retirement age. what s the maximum age it goes up to, and over what period of time do you do it. do it over 30 years, over 10 years. how much time do you think you should take to raise retirement age to the level you want to raise it to? i would adjust it based on longevity, based on how long are people living. i think that s a fair way to do it. there will be multiple other factors. i would love to come back on the show when i am ready to present the whole thing. and how much would y
was a fair and balanced way to do it and i voted in favor of that. the senate has it down to 90 days and we have to make adjustments. if there aren t adjustments and we don t have the hearings, then i will vote no. that s a reasonable way to do it. i got you on that. how high do you want to raise social security retirement age, to what age? we re working on an overall plan. it is more complex. i wish i could put the answer on a bumper sticker, but it won t fit. it is a number, congressman. no, it is not, because it will be adjusted over the course of time. yes. how long a period of time? there s two elements to raising the retirement age. what s the maximum age it goes up to, and over what period of time do you do it. do it over 30 years, over 10 years. how much time do you think you should take to raise retirement age to the level you want to raise it to? i would adjust it based on longevity, based on how long are people living.
days and we have to make adjustments. if there aren t adjustments and we don t have the hearings, then i will vote no. that s a reasonable way to do it. i got you on that. how high do you want to raise social security retirement age, to what age? we re working on an overall plan. it is more complex. i wish i could put the answer on a bumper sticker, but it won t fit. it is a number, congressman. no, it is not, because it will be adjusted over the course of time. yes. how long a period of time? there s two elements to raising the retirement age. what s the maximum age it goes up to, and over what period of time do you do it. do it over 30 years, over 10 years. how much time do you think you should take to raise retirement age to the level you want to raise it to? i would adjust it based on longevity, based on how long are people living. i think that s a fair way to do it. there will be multiple other factors. i would love to come back on the show when i am ready to present t