i m not going to go into the corner and curl up because someone found out something embarrassing about me. you see what s going on here today? if you become mayor of the city of new york, you d better put up with this every single day, people saying, you know what, you did something we don t like, cameras in your face, back down, quit. that s not the kind of man i m going to be. sir, i say to you in all due respect, if you do not like to vote for me, don t vote for me, but don t deny these people the right to vote for me if they want to. okay. good morning, everybody. welcome to morning joe. little known fact, mika. what s that? before approaching senator barack obama in 2006, robert gibbs had been pressuring anthony weiner to run for president of the united states. anthony said no, said he was busy and couldn t do it, and so he reluctantly went to barack obama. there you go. with us on set, former white house press secretary and msnbc contributor robert gibbs. is
0 rolling round me this land was made for you and me welcome to morning joe. that, obviously, the sound of pete seeger who popularized this land is your land. he wrote so many american classics. so popularized. we shall overcome. turn, turn, turn. and if i had a hammer. what an incredible story pete seeger. passed away at the age of 90. it s tuesday, january 28th. welcome to morning joe. with us on set is former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. abc news political commentator and senior analyst, cokie roberts. she is also the author of a new children s book founding mothers remembering the ladies. i love it! state of the union. poll numbers for chris christie. pretty stung, precipitous drop there. let s start with pete. as you pointed out, he was the father of folk music. this morning, of course, we get the news he has died. he dropped out of harvard in 1938 after found ago radical newspaper and often described himself as a community with
0 kate the great is three days late. i just can t wait for her to dilate. i mean, when, when, when? you know the hospital will have the finest horse drawn gurney. when you see the kchanging of te guards in front of the birth canal, and dumbledore will be there. good morning, it s wednesday, july 17th. when dilation happens, you ll be the first to know right here. with us on set, former white house press secretary, robert gibbs. also senior political editor and white house correspondent for the huffington post sam stein. columnist for bloomberg view, margaret carlson. and politico s executive editor, jim vandeheid. some political news out of wyoming. stand in line. what line? there s no line in politics, but liz cheney has decided to go after a very popular incumbent. are we going to see the sort of followup on tea party versus establishment? it s tea party versus tea party. this is an extremely conservative guy who won in an extremely conservative state. what s liz cheney s argum
0 some of those on the chamber of commerce. the chamber moved from a 43% win rate during the conservative during the conservative burger court to a 56% win rate under the very conservative rehnquist court and now they are at a 70% win rate under the roberts court. follow this pro business trend to its logical conclusion and sooner or later you will end up with a supreme court that functions as a wholly owned subsidiary of the chamber of commerce. robert gibbs, i m sure elizabeth warren s finding and you ve seen it and i ve seen it, you ve seen it as a democrat, i ve seen it as a republican, she s on her own up there. corporate interests are powerful on both sides of the aisle in the senate. elizabeth warren doesn t have a lot of allies in a battle against powerful wall street interests. probably not in the senate or in the house, but i think she speaks for a lot of people. right. that live out in the country and wonder why government may seem to represent some or give pu
here s the amazing thing. put it up there for a second. i ve seen this before. i couldn t help myself. willie yeah. we re in brooklyn and we actually saw john hileman wearing a pair of these and it singing new york dolls. it was wonderful. i don t think it was the goo goo dolls. it happens. you get older, you think you re still younger. all right. it s monday have fun. actually, at least i m self-aware it doesn t work. it s june 17th. welcome to morning joe. with us on set national affairs editor for new york magazine and msnbc political analyst john hileman. this is important. former white house press secretary and msnbc contributor robert gibbs. and in washington, reporter for the new york times jeremy peters joins us as well. we have a lot to get to this morning. willie, because you can t wear a sign on your head that says i am in the middle of writing an important historical book, you just don t shave for a couple weeks. to make sure