president obama doesn t. i do. i m tim pawlenty and i m running for president of the united states. top of the hour, happy monday, good morning, everyone. welcome to morning joe. it is may 23rd. with us on set, we have msnbc contributor, mike barnicle. we have msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst, mark halperin and new york times business columnist and cnbc contributor, andrew ross sorkin. i saw something this weekend i have not seen. what s that? in some time. did you see the sun? did not see the sun. if you re at home worried about us, it is still gray in new york city skies, coming over the george washington bridge. love of god. oh, rapture. for those of us who actually read the bible, we were nonplussed by this idiot. why were they put on the front pages. the bible says clearly so there s no rapture. like jesus himself said, this isn t like paul s third cousin. jesus himself said if anybody tells you i m coming back, don t listen be