can go to kincos, photo copy his tax returns, several hundred pages, hand them out to people like cnn, hand them out to reporters all over the country and we wouldn t talk about this tomorrow, is he paying taxes, what s he paying. the whole world would know exactly what loopholes he s taking advantage of. right. good morning, everyone. it s monday, august 6th. welcome to morning joe. with us on set here in new york city, we have msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst mark halperin, national affairs editor for new york magazine and msnbc political analyst john heilemann and former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst steve rattner, and willie is in london still. look how cute he is, his little jacket. that fetching sort of, i don t know, what kind of jacket is that? i don t know. it s a bruce jenner look. a club bruce jenner at 76. very good. well willie, i know this is an especially difficult morning for you to be on the s
jenner because she hates my daughter might wear that. hates americans. hates america. nice to have you back at the table. back from vacation. hi, rattner. hello. all right. i saw halperin, by the way. you did? nice to see joe in indiana. we were in indiana. central indiana at a a lot like nantucket thanks for telling everyone i was in france. i saw rattner in debut. oklahoma. oklahoma. all you rich folk enjoy your vacation. whatever. we know where you were. i was not in france. in france. i m going to politics now. go ahead. republicans are it s such happy news. attacks against senate majority leader harry reid and his claim that mitt romney is withholding his tax returns that s not a claim. he is. he says he s doing it because he may not have paid taxes over a ten-year period. that s according to what the senate majority leader called a reliable source. on the sunday talk shows republicans responded. this is a reckl