Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle talks with former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman about his new book, “Holding the Line,” in which he details pressure from former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr to pursue criminal cases against perceived enemies of former President Donald Trump, including former Secretary of State John Kerry, who was “entirely innocent.” The Senate Judiciary Committee has now launched an investigation based on Berman’s assertions. Watch the conversation here.
Morning Joe’s Willie Geist, Claire McCaskill and Mike Barnicle talk baseball: recent games, players and MLB news. “The big highlight for me as a baseball fan…was watching the Mets game, and they had a young kid broadcasting…maybe 11 or 12 years of age, and he did a half inning broadcast with the crew – Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez and Gary Cohen – and it was such a joy to watch….There’s a magic to baseball in watching it, listening to it; it’s relaxing; it’s calming, and it’s a constant story that America tells itself through watching a baseball game,” says Barnicle about the New York Mets having had kidcaster Eddie Kraus join their broadcast booth to do play-by-play during a game. Watch the segment here.
During this Morning Joe discussion between veteran journalist Mike Barnicle and Andrew Weissmann, former chief of the criminal fraud section of the U. S. Department of Justice, learn more about the potential fallout that could follow a federal judge having ordered that a redacted version of the affidavit used to obtain a warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence be unsealed, paving the way for potential key revelations about a search with massive legal and political implications.
ICYMI: Watch this Morning Joe segment in which Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle discuss with former US Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal and Ken Dilanian, NBC News’ Justice and Intelligence Correspondent, a federal judge having ordered that a redacted version of the affidavit used to obtain a warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence be unsealed, paving the way for potential key revelations about a search with massive legal and political implications.
Abi, this is a story about an actual human being. This is a story about a Marine Corps veteran who they extracted $892 from his disability check and that’s why he was in the bank to make people aware of what happens to veterans, and he certainly did that. But my question to you is: Given the state of the movie industry today, this is not a remake….this is not a D.C. Comic film with characters and monsters and things like that. This is a tough thing to do this day and age in the movie business. How did you do it?,” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of filmmaker Abi Damaris Corbin who joins Morning Joe to discuss her new film “Breaking,” based on the true story of Brian Brown-Easley, a frustrated veteran who is killed after taking bank employees hostage in an effort to get the attention of the Veterans Administration. Hear Corbin’s answer and watch a powerful clip from the film, starring John Boyega as Brown-Easley.
Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) joins Morning Joe and discusses with veteran journalist Mike Barnicle her plans after winning the Democratic Senate nomination in Florida, where she will now face off with Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in November. “Congresswoman Demings….Why you and not Marco Rubio?” Barnicle asks. Hear her answer on MSNBC.
“My question to the Republican Party, to Republican senators, Republican members of the House of Representatives: Do you know the meaning of the word character? Have you ever heard of Margaret Chase Smith, who stood up alone in the well of the Senate, and stood and spoke against Senator Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s? A true danger to America at that time. Where are they? Where’s Mitt Romney? Where’s Rob Portman? Where are the moderate, sensible Republicans? Why don’t they stand up and speak and combat the loudest voices among us?,” asks Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle during this conversation with Joe Scarborough as they worry about the possibility of another event like January 6th striking the country again as many Republicans side with former President Donald Trump in his accusations against the FBI following a search of his home.
ICYMI: Watch this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Mike Barnicle and Michael Steele about the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, which happened on the same day as President Richard Nixon announced his resignation from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal in 1974, and as some Republican lawmakers “so out of step with reality and the American people” indicting the Justice Department rather than focusing on the criminality of a former president of the United States.
Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski, Jonathan Lemire and Mike Barnicle discuss the state of the Republican Party as former President Donald Trump regained some footing this week with the GOP wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries. “The infection that (Trump) put into that stream is lasting; I hope it’s not permanent; but, it’s very strong, and we don’t talk about it enough. We don’t make people aware enough about it. It’s out there, and it’s every day, and it’s going to be on every ballot in every state this fall,” says Barnicle about the upcoming midterm elections. Find out more here.
Morning Joe’s Jonathan Lemire, Mike Barnicle and Eugene Robinson discuss an NBC News report that indicates the just two years into his current term Biden Administration has been closely tracking the activity of top Democrats who could potentially be competition to President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election. Hear what they have to say here. Only on MSNBC.
Don’t miss this Morning Joe conversation among veteran columnist Mike Barnicle, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Paul Rieckhoff, and comedian/activist Jon Stewart about GOP efforts to thwart health care for veterans after Senate Republicans blocked a bill meant to aid veterans exposed to toxic burn pits just weeks after the military burn pits bill, or PACT Act, initially passed the 100-member Senate with the support of 34 Republicans and all 50 Democrats. “This is pure political hypocrisy,” says Barnicle. “How do we go about singling out even more so the individuals like Josh Hawley, like Ted Cruz, who go and stand up in their home states at rallies and say we have to support our veterans—and do this as if they’re invisible?” Hear Rieckhoff’s answer and plea for citizens to appeal to U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) to help veterans.
Adm. James Stavridis (Ret.), former NATO supreme allied commander, stops by Morning Joe to talk with Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle about the United States’ “substantial proposal” to Russia to secure the release of two jailed Americans: WNBA star Brittney Griner and security consultant Paul Whelan as well as the status of the Russia-Ukraine war and the competency of the Russian military throughout the invasion. Watch the segment now.
Author Jeff Nussbaum stops by Morning Joe to talk with Mike Barnicle about his new book “Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History,” in which he offers fascinating insights into notable speeches that were never delivered. “There are some amazing portraits of history that never happened in this book, and Jeff, I’m curious as to how you managed to select what you selected, what else you left on the table, what else is out there?” asks Barnicle. Hear Nussbaum’s answer here.
Morning Joe’s Jonathan Lemire and Mike Barnicle dig into the latest news that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) have struck a long-awaited deal on legislation that aims to reform the tax code, fight climate change and cut health-care costs, which has caused House Republican leadership to urge members of its conference to vote against a bill to bolster the domestic chip manufacturing industry and fund scientific research, a reversal from its earlier position that came hours after the two Senate Democrats struck the deal on a multibillion-dollar reconciliation package. Viewers at home: “You’ve got to be thinking, what is going on with government that they can’t do something that’s good for America because they’re angry about the politics of it. It’s a crazy, crazy city, Washington D.C.,” says Barnicle. Watch the discussion here.
Watch this Morning Joe segment with Mike Barnicle, John Heilemann and Michael Steele as they discuss the Department of Justice potentially indicting former President Donald Trump, following the DOJ having obtained a warrant to search the phone of Trump’s election attorney, John Eastman, who spoke at the rally before the January 6 assault on the US Capitol. See the conversation here.
“I happened to watch Donald Trump’s performance in front of that crowd in Washington, D.C, and not for the first time I came to the conclusion that it’s not necessarily ideology that has people enraptured to Donald Trump. So, my question to you is, in the larger sense the former Republican Party, if it’s not ideology what enthralls them to the extent that they lack the courage to stand up against someone who is literally trying to overthrow the existing American government?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of Washington Post opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin during a Morning Joe conversation that followed former President Trump delivering a speech in his first return to Washington since leaving office. Listen to Rubin’s response here.
ICYMI: Tune in for this Morning Joe conversation with Jonathan Lemire, Mike Barnicle and https://www.newyorker.com/ executive editor David Rohde discussing the potential of the Department of Justice seeking to charge former President Donald Trump and others with “corrupt intent” for their role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol or for attempting to interfere with the presidential election.
“What is the level of danger involved, in even the prospect of (US House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi continuing to talk about going to Taiwan, seemingly at odds with her own government, her own president of the United States, and just right in the face of President Xi,” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of Financial Times U.S. national editor Edward Luce during a Morning Joe conversation about Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan that has infuriated China and has been a cause for concern within the Biden Administration. Hear Luce’s response here.
Morning Joe’s Willie Geist, Jonathan Lemire and Mike Barnicle discuss Attorney General Merrick Garland having declined to rule out prosecuting former President Donald Trump and others for their role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol or for attempting to interfere with the presidential election, following former President Trump delivering a speech in his first return to Washington since leaving office. “(Trump) basically tried to destroy our government—to take an election, a legal election, a legal winner, Joseph R. Biden, and basically trample on 230 years of history. That’s what he tried to do,” says Barnicle about former President Trump’s words and actions. You can join the conversation here.
Watch this Morning Joe conversation as the panel discusses President Joe Biden having publicly castigated former President Donald Trump for failing to respond to the January 6 insurrection, contrasting his predecessor’s lack of action with the heroics of police officers responding to the Capitol riot, and comparing Biden’s dealing with Trump now to President Dwight Eisenhower’s handling of Joseph McCarthy. “What is happening to this country now politically is truly, truly damaging to the soul of the country,” said Barnicle. Join the conversation here.
