where is he? we know he's not on a plane to bolivia. we can confirm that. coming up on "morning joe," we have david axelrod, dr. zeke emanuel weighing in on the delay in the obamacare. and later eight-time grammy winner usher is going to be here on set. >> i'm so excited. >> up next -- halpern, you're not excited? >> pro-usher. pro emanuel. pro axelrod. >> there are two things better for a holiday weekend than usher and fireworks. >> up next, the top stories in politico's playbook. first, here's dylan dreyer with the forecast. >> we've got a lot of rain out there now basically from the southeast all the way to the northeast, where we do have flood watches and warnings. it's the moisture off the gulf