Long day, a long day. The other one was mean joe green. Morning joe starts right now. Is it me or do i see kind of a bromance with with you and mccain. That is how a classic romantic comedy goes. Initially you are not getting along and you keep bumping into each other. He deserves credit for somebody willing to go against the grain of his own party sometimes. Probably not good for me to compliment him on television. Look at that sunrise. It is wednesday, august 7. It is august 7. We are almost done with the first week of august. It feels like september. I cant wait until september. Really . Yeah. We love the summer. Yes, men. You love the summerer. Msnbcs political analyst former democratic congressman. I guess i would enjoy decembers more if i if you were what . Oh, my lord. I said off air and on air. Use your inside and outside voice. You like the summer, too. We vacation in Hells Kitchen every summer. It has not been as hot when it is like 105 for like the entire month of august and you breathe in new york city, the essence of new york city. So im going to do the news now. Everybody is making fun of your pants. Everybody is making fun of my pants. There is a website. We did the view the other day. In your world so you wonder why people make fun of you. So this guy puts up video at town hall. They a mantucket reds. I have mantuckett reds. I dont wear them on the view. Yesterday mantucket red pants became gay pants, not that there is anything wrong with that. Everyone was so nice. One of barbaras last shows. I get nerving going on the view. She has incredible energy. Earlier this week Anthony Weiner had a Dramatic Exchange with an angry voter. Last night would you move on . Last night he came face to face just stop it with your looks. It is like being atd table full oof girls. Last night he came face to face with another candidate george mcdonnell. The former candidate brushed off his 69yearold rival by calling him, quote, grandpa. You dont do that. I heard what you said. Dont put your hands on me again. Grandpa. Called him grandpa. At an aarp event. Politicians when they get into sextting scandals they go to your firm to figure out what to do to get out of the scandal, right . Sure. Just say sure. Thats the strategy. When they go to aarp meetings do you recommend that they make derogatory do you recommend that they make derogatory comments about older people or not . Thats right in our literature that we send out. Dont call someone grandpa at aarp event. Dont you think that gentleman was doting him . Between the clip yesterday with the yelling match the woman attacked him. And calling this gentleman grandpa at an aarp event. It might be time for new leadership in the middle of the campaign. I think the situation with the woman because that woman, if you put that tape up you have to put it up for a long time because she would not stop. She got right in his face. Turn it up a little bit. Im making this point here. You have no right to talk about anything. You have no right to talk about little kids. Talking about little kids, social media. Seriously, when Something Like that happens you walk away. Generate sympathy for the candidate when you are that aggressive, you drop the f bomb and shove a camera in his face. I havent done anybody do quite that. I have done thousands of Campaign Events and there would never ever be a situation where someone was given a free wide open shot to come up and start yelling at me. My supporters would crowd in. No babies nearby. You need a baby to hug. You just walk away. You move away. Keep moving. Meanwhile, former president bill clinton decided not to comment on new yorks mayoral race. The Clinton Family, of course, is close with weiners wife. Neither hillary nor i was involved with the Political Campaign. They understood it from the beginning. There are too many people running for mayor who have been my supporters. One was once a campaign manager. There are literally five people in that race including one of the republican candidates who are personal friends of ours. So we are 100 miles from that race. And everyone understand we are not going to be involved as long as our personal friends and people whom we feel obligations are involved. So the feelings i have are all personal. And since they are i shouldnt talk about them. Wait a minute 100 miles. He is in rowanda. That is where my daughter is. Must be the place to be. Sounds like an amazing job, actually, what she is doing. It is an amazing place. I dont know where to begin. First of all, who was interviewing him . Cnn. I want to know what he thinks about whether or not weiner can win and if he should stay in the race. Im not going to talk about it. He did it a minute and a half. Since you are talking about it, mr. President , what is your opinion. I think she did ask him that and that was the answer. They are all my friends. It is flaeltrusting as you get closer to home and further away from Anthony Weiner you start to really see the Republican Party isolate these three or four people that are pushing to shut down the federal government. Now, like i said yesterday its causing conservative congressmen a lot of trouble, a lot of trouble. But you even had mitt romney yesterday come out and say i have said what scott lofter said, what richard burr said, what one conservative after another said which is the shutting down the government is built on a fantasy. Commentary talked about marco rubios folly. It is a folly built on a fantasy that doing this is going to get the approval of the senate and barack obama. It is never going to happen. So you are going to shut down the government for no reason. Yesterday mitt romney weighed in on it. The former president ial candidate told a group of donors that the plan led by conservatives would hurt national security. That doesnt make it easy for some republican lawmakers like North Carolina congressman. This is what the tea party wants to know. Will you vote with mike lee to defund obama care . Yes or no . I want yes or no. No. We need to show the American People we stand for conservative values. This guy has probably voted to get rid of obama care 20 times. I mean, they take the vote every week. 40 times. They voted 40 times. So you now have this happening all over america. I said it the other day. I know there are stupid people on the internet and they have to do something. They dont like your pants. They are wandering the streets, going to get hit by cars or in mamas basement. Rather than be in mamas basement writing stupid things about me in pajamas. Hopefully in pajamas. There are other stupid people. You dont want them in the street. They are going to be hit by cars. I said yesterday if the mama would let them use the cell phone they could call these congressmen themselves. 95, 96, 97, 99 percent ratings telling me this shut down show budding on the senate side is causing real problems with the most conservative members of our representatives who know harry reid is not going to let it friend. For my slow friends whether you are wandering the streets this morning as the sun begins to rise in your hometown wherever you are, this is about a couple of people posing and increasing contributions, getting attention and expanding their mailing lists. It is not shutting down obama care. The house has voted to shut down obama care 40 times. They are thinking lets shut down the government. Read pete wayner. Talk to tom coburn. Seriously if you think these people are moderate you are the wacko. Tom coburn is not the rhino. He is not the member of the surrender caucus. You are not a member of our party. You are too stupid to be a member of our party. How much more blood do ayou want to take from the conservative movement, from the Republican Party. How much more damage do you want to cause . Tom coburn not conservative enough for you . Scott walker not conservative enough for you . How long does this madness continue . When do you realize that your stupidity is getting in the way of conservatives Winning National elections . Do you want to keep losing . You have lost a popular vote five out of six times in president ial races. Do ayou want Hillary Clinton . Are you really that stupid . Are you really that dumb . Are you really that much need of being angry and resentful that you stop caring about winning elections . If so you are not a republican. You are not a conservative. Youre anihilist and you have no place in our party. Take your stupid act somewhere else because i for one am tired of losing. It is stopping because hammer is saying enough. Pete wayner is saying enough. Conservative house members are saying come on, enough. This stupidity, this nihilism has to end and we have to become a party again that starts worrying about winning the presidency back. This aint anyway to do it. The other reality of obama care, it is so ingrained in our entitlement programs you cant defund it. You would have to shut down the government. I dont think people fully understand what they are dealing with. Richard burris said it back, if you want to do this you have to elect a new president. Politicly if you want to do that you have to win an election. You dont win elections if you shut down the government. As a democrat i hope they get this is the best thing that can happen for the democrats. I am against obama care. If i were in the house i would be taking those votes to get rid of obama care. Im not going to shut down the government. Im not going to stop military people from getting their pay. Im not going to cause political chaos. I am not going to hurt the conservative movement for a spectacle. This is a spectacle and a side show. And it will never going to have the desired effect. But this Suicide Mission is not just about obama care. If you look at what is going on in the house right now they are trying to pass the republican wing of the Republican Party trying to pass appropriatuations bills that would take spending so far below what a rational person would want to do that they couldnt pass the bill. The stuff is so conservative that i think they will have the same political problem if they were to pass one of those bills. What will happen at the end and, again, obviously you and i are going to differ on the appropriatuation bills. We did the same thing in 95, 96, 97. So massive. We will probably have continuing resolution and they will figure out a way to get out of town and fund everything. To sit there and say we are going to force a government shut down. If you dont agree with us advocating. If you dont agree with us you are not a true conservative, tom coburn, youre not a true conservative scott walker. At the very best people will tune out from them. This freak show has to end. Real conservatives have to keep speaking up. And more need to keep speaking up. Dont disagree. Coming up on morning joe the republican president ial nominee, mitt romney last night, i know he is not conservative enough last year. Shook the party by the lapels saying the money will get there one way or the other. What you would have done by shutting down government is deny soldiers paychecks. That will be on the backs of the Republican Party. So at what price do you make this point . And increase america ss despondence with the state of washington. Do you know how you defund obama care . You win back the senate and then you win the the presidency and then defund obama care. It is that simple. Coming up on morning joe we talk to nbc news political director, former governor howard dean and scott simon who sparked a National Conversation by tweeting about his mothers final days. Up next the top stories in the political play book including media matters. And nbc the Hillary Clinton projects on those networks. First, here is bill karens with a check on the forecast. 24 hours ago i told everyone about horrible flooding in missouri. We are doing it all over again in the exact same location. Yesterday the wanesville area had the horfbl flooding. Over in newburg the town is being evacuated about 200 to 300 people because of excessive rain. All of the bright reds and yellow have thunderstorms. I can keep zooming out. 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A Community Wide program that offers free classes that inspire families to get out, enjoy moving together, and even track their activity online. Its part of our goal to inspire more than three Million People to rediscover the joy of being active this summer. See the difference all of us can make. Together. You look great. Thank you. The pink pants, you are a number. You know, i was walking in here on the upper west side. You are very progressive. I am kissing everybody because that is what you do, the sisterhood. We need some kissing. And she goes, you sure look gay in those pants. I dont think there is anything wrong with that. Unbelievable. 24 past the hour. What are you doing . Do the dance. You dont have to make everything dirty. The Washington Post about the rough landings at la guardia airport. The investigation is focusing on the moments just before the planes nose slammed into the run way when the captain reportedly took the controls from the first officer. Wall street journal ensures the lords of london is offering 1 is million euros. Thieves stole 136 million worth of jewels out of a hotel. It is not her necklace. She just like at the same time that this was going on got engaged. Really . Yesterday photos of some of the 34 missing items were shown to the public. Cant wait to see that wedding party. All of her bridesmaids are going to have the best jewels. And the l. A. Times more than half americans are uncomfortable with the idea of stretching life spans to 120 years or more. Why . Im holding on as long as i can. Only 4 want to live past the age of 121. This is the dumbest poll ever. 56 said this would be bad for society. I know what you people want. They take you and your bruce jenner hair cut and kill you. You think the life span age is somewhere between 79 and o100. No people were part of this poll. You are going to live to 110. Usa today lottery fever sweeping across the nation with tonights Powerball Jackpot up to 425 million. This is my chance to get out of debt once and for all. There is a town full of losers. We are going to win. This sparks the Third Largest powerball drawing ever. Which house . Lets not get crazy here. On air off air. The afourth largest. After taxes lump sum of nearly 245 million. The odds of winning are about one in 175 million. So you are saying there is a chance. Dont gamble, it is not worth it. Yes it is. We act like it is not. Lets go to the desk now with willy. Chief White House Correspondent has a look at the play book. Rnc chairman expects cnn and nbc will be cut out of the 2016 primary republican debates predicting theeneither network bow to demands to stop meanwhile the president of Citizens United calling on cnn and nbc also to air the groups critical films and Hillary Clinton to balance out what he calls puff pieces. Now media matters joining calls for both networks to end the production of the special. You have kind of strange bed fellows making different arguments why these documentaries in one case and nbc Entertainment Film in another case should be put on the air. What is the media matters argument . The difference here is they havent seen these films. They dont know what it is going to say. The media matters argument, david brock, a long time supporter of the clintons is saying it could hurt her reputation. He is worried that the response by cnn and nbc to all of this noise will be to overcompensate and do something critical of senator clinton, secretary clinton and give into the noise machine. He can ulcalling on them to cancel it because he thinks they will be able to withstand it and it will be no puff piece. So they are arguing about something that doesnt exist. They dont know what it says. I feel like we have to get Reince Priebus on the show. The republicans have their own network that has a president that asks people to run for the party. Until Reince Priebus is demanding fox do great pieces on democrats and documentaries im not sure it is completely a perfect argument. What about msnbc . What about it . Look at our show. If you are talking primetime for both networks. If you are asking cnn to balance things out and you have a network that basically feeds your candidates and airs them and puts them on and hires them, i dont know. There is a whole other conversation that nobody is having here. Having said that i think they generated a really good conversation about the blurred lines. You bring up fox you have to bring up msnbc. In this case we disagree on the cnn front. For me and maybe i get in trouble here for speaking my mind. But for me cnn is what networks do, they do documentaries on big political figures. I dont see the cnn problem. If there is a problem it is actually more with nbc as far as if they do this flashy bio pick and it is a beautiful biography of Hillary Clinton that is a bigger problem. You and i and everybody on the set knows nbc entertainment and nbc news are completely separate. N