On Morning Joe, conversation begins with baseball and new revelations that Pete Rose, the all-time Major League Baseball leader in hits, gambled on games he was involved in as a player, not just as manager of the Cincinnati Reds, as he previously admitted. Rose insisted he never bet as a player, but new evidence recently uncovered by ESPN’S “Outside the Lines,” proves otherwise. “Rose is a degenerate gambler—of course he bet against his own team, absolutely,” comments Mike about Rose. Watch the conversation here about Rose and his chances for the Hall of Fame.
“Hillary Clinton is on her own clock and she really has no opposition. That’s the truth of it,” says Mike Barnicle of Hillary Clinton’s run for the presidency. Watch the Morning Joe panel’s discussion about a new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll that shows 75% of potential Democratic primary voters prefer Clinton over other candidates. On MSNBC.
As South Carolina move a step closer to bringing down the contentious Confederate flag from State House grounds, Mike Barnicle, The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson, and the Morning Joe Panel discuss the internal and external pressures that are finally forcing the state to take action. “The incredible thing is the pace of change,” says Mike of Gov. Nikki Haley’s (R-SC) immediate call to remove the Confederate flag in the aftermath of the Charleston church massacre, in which a hate-inspired gunman claimed nine lives. Watch the conversation here. On MSNBC.
On Morning Joe, former Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS) talks with Mike Barnicle about why he refuses to make a statement on whether or not Mississippi should remove the Confederate emblem from their state flag. “Personally, what’s your position on [the Confederate flag,” asks Mike of the former Mississippi governor. Listen to Gov. Barbour declare he is not offended by the Confederate flag. Only on MSNBC.
During President Barack Obama’s candid, garage interview on the podcast WTF with Los Angeles’s Marc Maron, the president used the n-word to make a point. On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle and the Morning Joe panel discuss the President’s interview with Maron. “I liked it very much, because Marc Maron was able to get President Obama to edge closer and closer and closer to who he really is,” says Mike of the Maron interview. You can listen to President Obama’s interview on WTF at https://bit.ly/1GhEGZw and watch the panel’s full conversation and reactions here. On MSNBC.
On Morning Joe, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer/songwriter James Taylor joins Mike Barnicle, Mika Brzezinski, and Joe Scarborough to talk about his latest album, “Before this World,” and the video for his Boston Red Sox tribute song, “Angels of Fenway,” which was directed by Barnicle’s sons Nick and Colin Barnicle. Watch Taylor describe the creative process that led to his first album of original material in well over a decade, along with clips of the video here. You can watch the full “Angels of Fenway” video on Taylor’s YouTube page:https://youtu.be/3K1qZi6Z0e4.
For The Daily Beast today, Mike Barnicle references the forgiveness offered by Nadine Collier to the South Carolina church shooter who took the life of her mother. He writes, “It is easier in many places to get a gun or an assault rifle than it is to obtain a credit card or a driver’s license. And it is not much of a problem to get a broken leg fixed but it is really difficult to get help for a mind on the verge of collapse.” Mike calls on Washington politicians to step up and do the right thing for their constituents. “Nobody knows if history will offer forgiveness or even understanding to those public people who have dropped their duty to a country in need of many things but perhaps most of all, simply a dose of common sense,” Mike writes.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/20/faith-and-grace-in-the-face-of-hate.html
“Following you, listening to you, can be exhausting, because you go from one topic to another at high-speed. Do you ever stop and just reflect on things? And what do you reflect on if you do stop and slow-down upstairs?,” asks Mike Barnicle of Donald Trump, now officially a Republican presidential candidate. Listen to Trump’s answer here, along with the rest of the conversation on the future of his NBC show “The Apprentice.” Only on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
As the Morning Joe discussion turned to Donald Trump’s announcement that he will run for President, Mike Barnicle says: “Can we stipulate, for the purposes of this conversation, that Donald Trump will never be President of the United States? We just showed his lethal danger to the Republican Party.” Listen here to the conversation between Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Mike, and Jon Meacham, Executive Editor of Random House, about Trump’s likely impact on other GOP candidates and comparisons to Ross Perot. On MSNBC.
Continuing the Morning Joe conversation on Sen. Sanders’ (D-VT) presidential campaign, Mike Barnicle adds: “Senator Bernie Sanders is indeed a socialist, but, if you’re in a crowd listening to him, he doesn’t sound like a socialist. He sounds like someone who is addressing the needs of ‘everyday Americans.’ You can see people’s heads nodding in agreement to everything he says and there is no way that the Hillary Clinton campaign can do an opposition dump on him.” Listen to more on the presidential hopefuls here. Only on MSNBC.
The New York Times’ Michael Schmidt joins the Morning Joe panel to discuss his reporting on the F.B.I. and U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation of the St. Louis Cardinals for allegedly hacking into the Houston Astros’ internal network and stealing valuable player information. Listen in on the conversation here between Schmidt and Mike Barnicle about this the shocking allegations and the possible ramifications for Major League Baseball. On MSNBC.
On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle and NBC Sports’ Bob Costas further discuss the F.B.I. and U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation of the St. Louis Cardinals for allegedly hacking into the Houston Astros’ internal network and the inner workings of Major League Baseball teams’ strategies. “There is no sport that relies more on sabermetrics than baseball,” says Mike. Watch the entire conversation here. Only on MSNBC.
Despite the Golden State Warriors’ winning of the NBA Championship, much of the focus remains on Lebron James’ outstanding performance for the Cleveland Cavaliers. “It was basically five-on-one for many of the games,” says Mike Barnicle of James’ contribution to take his team to the NBA Finals. Listen to the discussion here. On MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle asks of Philip Gordon, former White House Coordinator for the Middle East and current senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations: “Do the American people have a right to be told by the President of the United States that we are going to be involved in the Middle East for many, many more years?” Listen to Gordon’s reply and the subsequent discussion with Gen. Michael Hayden (Ret.), former Director of the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency, of the historic “tectonic” shifts happening in Iraq and the Middle East. Only on MSNBC.
On Morning Joe, Vice News’ Ben Anderson shares the heartbreaking experiences behind the upcoming “Vice on HBO” episode “Afghanistan After Us,” which looks at how child soldiers in Afghanistan are stepping in to fight Taliban forces. “Look at the world today…and you see children’s wars raging throughout, but this is particularly sad because of our past involvement in Afghanistan, and that’s what they’re left with now,” remarks Mike. Watch the full conversation and preview the documentary here. Only on MSNBC.
On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle and The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson react to Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and his public letter to President Barack Obama criticizing the negotiations with Iran in recent weeks. “The United States might well walk away from the deal with Iran. It’s not set in stone. Secretary John Kerry is going back to resume final negotiations next week and it’s not out of the realm of possibility that when push comes to shove they’ll say ‘no, we can’t do the deal,’” says Mike. Listen in on the conversation here. On MSNBC.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, joins Morning Joe and talks with Mike Barnicle about President Barack Obama’s proposed trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “A lot of people, with regard to the trade pact that’s on the table in both the House and the Senate, figure they have no social contract now because of NAFTA and what’s happened to so many manufacturing jobs in this country. What’s your feeling about the trade pact right now? What is its future?,” asks Mike of Sen. Warner. Hear the Senator’s response here. Only on MSNBC.
During a Morning Joe conversation with historian Evan Thomas on his latest biography, “Being Nixon: A Man Divided,” Mike Barnicle says of the former President Richard Nixon: “This is a guy who spent his entire life carrying a backpack of insecurity.” Listen to what Evan Thomas has to say about his deep research into the great Shakespearian tragedy of Nixon. Only on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
Following Hillary Clinton’s official campaign launch over the weekend, Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle and Rebecca Traister, Senior Editor of The New Republic, discuss Clinton’s speech announcing her second run for the presidential nomination. “She’s never been a barnburner in terms of a speaker, but it was much more than procedural. It got the job done. There seems to be some sentiment within the Democratic Party that says: ‘Let’s stop apologizing for who we are. Let’s recall our roots. Let’s recall FDR,’” says Mike. Watch the rest of the conversation here. On MSNBC.
After making news with his verbal jabs against Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney talks with Mike Barnicle about his advice to GOP candidates on fighting ISIS in the Middle East. Hear former Gov. Romney’s comments here. Only on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
