On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle and the panel discuss ongoing opposition to the U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement. “We do realize there are five other countries that agreed to this deal, right?,” says Mike, reminding the panel of the complex negotiation efforts. “Because a majority of people polled oppose it, we should say ‘ok, we’re out of it’?,” continues Mike, asking whether U.S. foreign policy should be dictated by polls. Watch the conversation here on the varied disapproval of President Barack Obama’s proposed deal with Iran, including that of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
“Like us, quite often, you say you’re sorry when you get yourself into a difficult situation… hoping that the apology will make the issue go away. I’m sure that’s what she hopes, but that’s not going to happen. The issue is not going to go away, because the issue is larger than the emails now. The issue is the whole 20-25 years of luggage that the Clintons bring,” says Mike Barnicle of Hillary Clinton making the rounds apologizing for her use of a private email server during her time as Secretary of State. “When does Bill Clinton become really involved in this campaign?,” asks Mike. Watch the MSNBC Morning Joe conversation on Hillary Clinton’s latest campaign attempts to improve her “likeability.”
President Barack Obama’s perceived “inexperience,” especially as it relates to dealing with the U.S. Congress on the nuclear agreement with Iran, is a topic of discussion on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Says Mike Barnicle: “Obama says he is now ‘fearless,’ because of what he has dealt with in Washington. As soon as he took the oath of office, the Republican party said they would do everything they could to make him a one-term president as the principal goal. So, his frustration at governing has been visible nearly every day in office.” Watch the conversation between Mike and Joe Scarborough here.
“We have a flood of refugees in Europe and very few public people in this country are speaking to this issue or addressing this issue—why?,” asks Mike Barnicle of TIME magazine’s Ian Bremmer. Listen to Bremmer’s response on the migrant crisis across Europe here and his analysis on why the U.S. continues to set aside this “great moral issue.”
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly discusses his new memoir, in which he criticizes Mayor Bill de Blasio for an increase in crime across NYC. Kelly and Mike Barnicle talk about the shifting attitudes among police officers in reaction to community tensions and the introduction of body cameras. “What’s your sense of where the police department is today in terms of the average patrolman—less reluctant to get out the car when they see something?,” asks Mike. Watch former Commissioner Kelly share his experiences here.
MSNBC correspondent and author Joy-Ann Reid joins Morning Joe and talks with Mike Barnicle about her new book, “Fracture,” which delves into the complicated relationship and allegiances between President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. “How much of the root of this tension between the Clintons and Barack Obama has to do with an undefined sense that the Clintons seemed to have given off to Obama and others that ‘hey, we are more for civil rights than you are, you’re young, we’ve been doing this for years, don’t tell us anything’?,” asks Mike. Watch the conversation on the difficult Obama-Clinton relationship and what it means for the Democratic party here.
“One more quick question here on MSNBC morning Bible class: What do you figure Jesus would say and do if he were in Little Rock, Arkansas, this morning, about a flood of refugees in Europe coming from Syria and Northern Africa? What would he say about what the United States ought to be doing—and what would you say?,” asks Mike Barnicle of former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Watch Huckabee’s response on Morning Joe.
In his latest column for The Daily Beast, Mike Barnicle reflects on the current immigration crisis across the Mediterranean and Europe—embodied by the recent image of a three-year old boy from Syria lying dead on the beach—and questions whether the U.S. could still be considered a guiding light for the most persecuted and endangered people in today’s world. “In the United States, the calamity consuming Europe is so far just another clip… We have our own problems and our own politicians either trying to light fires or put out one blaze after another over the issue of our own recent immigrants, many here illegally for years without papers. The solutions range from the absurd to the impossible because our politics have become so damaged by fear, demagoguery and a fierce focus on ideology rather than the possibility of agreeing on something that works,” says Mike of the U.S. approach to immigration. Read his entire column here and Mike’s recollection of the hope and opportunity America used to symbolize to those who, also driven by wars and poverty, were forced to “risk death where they were born or risk death trying to escape.”
As the migrant crisis—driven by the poverty of sub-Saharan Africa and the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan—continues to impact the Mediterranean and Europe, the New York Times Magazine’s Scott Anderson joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe to talk with Mike Barnicle about the magazine’s latest cover story, which takes an in-depth look at the desperate factors behind the dramatic surge in migration this summer and the overwhelming nature of dealing with the situation at key entry points like Italy and Greece. “We have a horrific photo on the cover of the New York Times, a Turkish police officer carrying a drowned two-year old boy, which will galvanize people until about 10 a.m. this morning. Should we just shut down the United Nations for incompetence? You have Doctors Without Borders, the International Red Cross… trying desperately to deal with the situation, but there is no unifying government body, it seems, capable or willing to inject itself into this horrific, historical tale,” says Mike. Watch the conversation and view the photo/video essay at https://nyti.ms/1JBSH5N.
As the conversation continues into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s email woes, Mike Barnicle on Morning Joe says: “Can you really blame Brian Pagliano for taking the fifth? I don’t think he works for the Secretary of State, he doesn’t work for the campaign—he’s an IT guy…,” about the former State Department employee who helped Clinton set up her private email server. Pagliano is now asserting his Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the House committee on Benghazi. Watch the conversation on presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s ongoing email controversy here. On MSNBC.
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle shares his view on one of the main challenges facing Vice President Joe Biden as he considers another presidential run: “The Vice President travels every moment of every day as a member of a club that nobody wants to join—a father who buried a child. And I don’t think he has the energy to conduct a presidential campaign, which, as we all know, is all-consuming in terms of the time and the drain it takes on the candidate and the family.” Listen in on the conversation about whether Joe Biden will make a run for the presidency, along with a look at Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton’s latest poll numbers and a clip of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) discussing her recent conversation with Biden.
As Former Governor and current Presidential candidate Jeb Bush continues to fight back against fellow candidate Donald Trump, Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle reacts to the absurdity of the jabs being traded. “This is such a gift to Hillary Clinton,” says Mike of Trump’s criticism of Bush for using his Spanish skills during interviews. “It gets to the embarrassing fact that the vast majority of Americans don’t speak a second language. Overseas people speak Spanish and English, French and English… Some of us can’t even speak English,” continues Mike. Watch the conversation on the Republican party and its struggle to engage Latino voters here. On MSNBC.
Mike Barnicle and the rest of the Morning Joe panel discuss Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) recent and revealing interview with the Boston Globe. “Another interesting aspect of the Elizabeth Warren interview is that she kind of walked back her commitment about completing her Senate term,” observes Mike. Watch the conversation here and listen to comparisons of a possible Warren campaign to former President Bill Clinton’s campaign in 1992. Only on MSNBC.
“The answer is: That’s who they are,” says Mike Barnicle in response to questions and criticisms of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton’s consistent insider methods of conducting business. “It’s not that they don’t care, that’s who they are… cut a corner, trim…” continues Mike. Watch the Morning Joe panel’s conversation about the Clintons here. On MSNBC.
“The Pope is coming to America for the first time. In an amazing display of what Catholicism is all about, he indicated that parish priests ought to forgive women who had an abortion in the past. This is an extraordinary expression of grace and compassion—so, I don’t know how a candidate like Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) matches up against what the Pope says, and I don’t think you’d want to go there,” says Mike Barnicle in conversation with John Heilemann on how Republican candidates keep moving to the right. Watch the conversation between Mike and John on Bloomberg’s With All Due Respect. Hear their opinions on who might be the most viable Republican candidate.
On With All Due Respect, Mike Barnicle and John Heilemann continue the discussion on the criteria for CNN’s Republican debate and how Carly Fiorina might do on the big stage. “She does have a pretty good rap. She seems to … make sense and she’s articulate and direct, which separates her from the politicians that are running,” says Mike of Republican presidential candidate Fiorina. Hear the conversation. On Bloomberg.
“He is an enormously personable, charismatic guy—but his campaign is over,” says Mike Barnicle of former Texas governor and current Republican candidate Rick Perry. On Bloomberg’s With All Due Respect, Mike and John Heilemann discuss Perry’s struggles in running for president a second time. Watch the conversation here.
On Bloomberg’s With All Due Respect, Mike Barnicle and John Heilemann discuss the illegal drug problem across the country, as addressed by presidential candidates Governor Chris Christie and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. “Heroin is a huge, huge issue in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and East Coast cities. It’s enormously cheap. It’s all over the place. Talk to EMTs and they will tell you the number of overdoses they handle are off the charts…,” says Mike of the increase in heroin use. Are any of the presidential candidates truly committed to helping drug addicts? Hear the conversation here.
Following Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Florida amid rampant speculation about another presidential run, Mike Barnicle talks to John Heilemann about key, upcoming deadlines for Biden to make a decision. Watch the conversation on Bloomberg’s With All Due Respect here.
On his third consecutive appearance on Bloomberg’s With All Due Respect, Mike Barnicle talks with John Heilemann about the increasing support for the U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement. “If you trigger enough votes [in favor], I think it enhances the reputation of President Barack Obama, the administration, Secretary of State John Kerry, and the policy itself—not just here in this country, but globally. It certainly gives the impression to the rest of the world that we speak with one voice on foreign policy,” says Mike of how congressional support for the deal impacts global opinion. On the subject of whether former Vice President Dick Cheney’s loud opposition to the agreement will make a difference, Mike says: “[It won’t make any impact] because of Dick Cheney’s record with Iraq and his still disbelief, or refusal to believe, that he made any mistakes.” Watch the conversation here.
