I was in graduate school at the school of journalism at northwestern and we launched what now is the Washington Program in 1966. I was supposed to go back and work at the Chicago Daily news but i ran into a friend, a friend of mine who became a key confidant to Sergeant Shriver in the war on poverty and got recruited to work on the war on poverty so i have been here ever sense. The first job actually was the most incredible job and a Young Journalist could have because Sergeant Shriver didnt trust the bureaucrats to tell them what was going on in the poverty programs so he hired a bunch of Young Lawyers and journalists like me to go around the country and write indepth reports on what was going on. I got assigned to do the deep south and much of my political philosophy was really shaped in those years. Host so, where was your trajectory . Who else worked for you over the years . Guest well, i spent two and a half years on the war on poverty and then i went to work on capitol hill and w
Chuck todd, the lights are on. First read, president obama will take his push for stricter gun laws on the road for the first time. Today he heads to minneapolis, just about an hour from now, hes going to visit the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations Center and talk about what the white house calls a comprehensive set of common sense ideas to reduce gun violence. Minneapolis dubbed murderapolis in the 90s has had success in deterring crimes. Minnesota is also home to a bipartisan push by sheriffs to improve background checks and this week the state legislature is Holding Hearings on nearly a dozen gun proposals including a universal background check. In september, mentally ill gunmen killed six people in a shooting. Signs are growing that gun control advocates are recognizing the legislative reality and may be able to settle on passing background legislation and calling that a win. On abc over the weekend, harry reid pointedly would not commit to supporting an assault weap
Determined from tuesday night a. Key state wide office in virginia. The same office that gave rise to Ken Cuccinelli. The race is close. It seems there are thousands of ballots that went uncounted on Election Night. We will film you in on the latest on that. We are wondering if history will, indeed, repeat itself with Chris Christie playing that role. I have thoughts about that. It involves explaining to you what something called a he cume is. You might want to stick around for that. Our friend mellissa harrisperry is taking her dedication will pay off. That is ahead. But first, president obama is waking up in miami, florida today on his tour of Southern Statesch red Southern States encouraging republicans to do something he didnt expect hed have to be doing 17 months ago. It starts in june of 2012. Thats when the Supreme Court issues its long awaited ruling on obama care. To the surprise of many and dismay of conservatives, it upheld the law. That ruling came with a catch. The law cal
From the beginning i was voting for for good reason, he has to be thinking, i told you so. Watch this. Donald, you know, is great at the one liners. But hes a chaos candidate. And hed be a chaos president. Yeah, well, that ended up being right. And, as i said many times before, jeb would have actually been a good president. We could use one of those right now. Welcome to morning joe. Its friday, march the 2nd. Mikas going to be back on monday. Willie, whos with us this morning . Its an extraordinary morning already. The president s up tweeting saying that trade wars are good defending the tariffs. That he will put on steel and aluminum next week. Were going to talk about it all with msnbc john howellman, and the anchor for world news america katd did i kay. So he says trade wars are good theyre easy to win making the case despite what most experts say, despite what gary cohn in his own administration says, he says theyre good. Well, yes. I mean, theres a long tradition of this in the R
Everything is just everythings destroyed. Everything is flattened. If it was not flattened its just structure. People dont have homes, people dont have food. I never experienced anything like that in my life. I pray nobody ever has to again. A look at the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in the bahamas. The death toll there is now at 30 and officials stress the number is likely to rise dramatically. Morning joes medical contributor dr. Dave campbell will have a report straight ahead. Meanwhile, the storm is lashing North Carolina. And the number one concern at the moment is flash flooding. More than 6 Million People are under flood watches and its still pouring in many areas. More than 290,000 homes are currently without power in north and South Carolina. Earlier in the day, Hurricane Dorian spun a series of tornados. This video is is from a Mobile Home Park in emerald isle, North Carolina. Lets go straight to bill karins for the very latest. Good morning to you. We have seen is the diffe