kind of environment in our country where they can thrive and grow. that requires investment. so it s an entire package that the president will talk about on thursday. it will be a very clear road map. he has never been at a loss for words. i think it will be effective. i don t know any presidential nominee who s been at a loss for words. we read a must read in a previous segment which touched on the narrative that the president does not reach out to republicans and that part of the problem with the republicans is on him, is not it can t just be put on them, he cannot come to compromise with them and a lot of examples brought up. will he look at that as an area where there s room to improve if re-elected. mika, you and vi had this conversation many times in the past sometimes on this show. the republicans made a concerted effort, i m sure michael steele would attest to this, from day one, to just try to oppose everything he s done. he has reached out. he will continue to reach o
reprise last september. you as a yankee fan you have to admit when a club collapses like this and seems to roll over, part of you, part of you, says you know, you can t lose fast enough. we don t have the red sox self-loathing. we re going to win this. willie, wouldn t it be something if the yankees didn t even get a wild card birth. wouldn t that be something. it s possible. wouldn t it be great? other teams are playing well, though. they re playing great. go birds. i believe derek jeter and the yankees are just building a beautiful narrative for their little engine that could victory coming up. up next harold ford jr. joins us for mika s must-read opinion pages. keep it on morning joe live from blackfinn salon. look at him meeting the voters. [ female announcer ] the power to become a better investor has gone mobile.
the mayor is going to be here. mayor julian castro will be here joining us and bring in white house senior adviser valerie jarrett here to join us. all right. yes. tom brokaw, arianna huffington. up next, jim vandehei with the top stories from the politico playbook. but first, let s send it up to bill karins in new york for a check on the forecast, bill? good morning to you, mika. it s a very humid morning for everyone in the eastern half of the country. there s some fog to deal with too. and definitely some rain, especially up in new england. we ve gotten drenched throughout the state of maine overnight and watching numerous showers and storms from the boston corridor and approaching new york city, philadelphia, baltimore and d.c. definitely an umbrella day. you step outside you know it s going to pour at some portion of the day. still have breaks of sun. not going to rain all day long. when the sun comes out it will be warm. temperatures in the mid 80s with high humidity
the man we can trust to keep moving this great country forward, my husband, our president, barack obama. thank you. god bless you. god bless america. valerie, we ve all said this morning it was an incredibly powerful speech, particularly that piece at the end. i see you getting tears in your eyes as you watch it again. what went into that speech, what did it mean so much for the first lady? she put her heart and soul in it. i tear up just hearing her repeat it. we heard it last night. i like the fact that i saw michael steele nodding his head. it s a speech that resonated with everyone. i think particularly moms, mika, because you think about your children and you want a better world for them. that is what it was. it was deeply personal. she sees her husband obviously from a unique perspective, knows him better than anyone, his values, what motivates him and she wanted to tell that story to the american people. she did.
business leaders and i ve also seen him engage in things like reducing small business tax cuts 18 times over the last three years and doing lots of things, including stabilizing our financial system, to help the business community grow, as well as stabilizing the auto industry. he s done a great job. it s just that we ve got to get the message out this week. can i i was going to ask, if i could, mika, about the diversity question which i think everyone s impressed with what we re seeing on the stage and to a lesser degree in tampa what you were seeing in the audience, but nonetheless to the credit of that party, very prominent hispanics and african-americans who were speaking as well, but a big issue going into this campaign are going to be white males. governor romney is way out in front in that category. speaker gingrich said the other day, that s a gender gap that no one wants to talk about on the obama side. how do you get the white males to come back for president obama? wel