Listen in on the conversation between Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) about “The Trump Show” presidency. “This is a simple question: Is he competent to do the job?” asks Barnicle of Schumer after President Donald Trump angrily walked out of a White House meeting on the nation’s infrastructure, insisting he would not work with Democrats unless they drop their inquiries into his businesses, presidency and personal finances. Listen to Schumer’s response here. Only on MSNBC.
Listen in as Vanity Fair senior reporter Emily Jane Fox tells Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle about her “stunning” interview with Stormy Daniels’ former attorney, Michael Avenatti, against the advice of his attorney. Avenatti has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Manhattan in two alleged schemes, charged with fraud and aggravated identity theft involving Daniels, and with attempting to extort more than $20 million from Nike. “Every once in a while in the course of this business that we’re all in, you get an interview like this, and I assume that at some point during the interview you had to be thinking, ‘I can’t believe he’s just talking like this,’ comments Barnicle. Hear more of the interview here.
Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle and former Treasury official Steve Rattner discuss how history may look back at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the longest running Majority Leader in the history of the Senate. “Do you think it’s possible that the focus on the most important and dominant figure in this period of history will be Mitch McConnell?” asks Barnicle. Hear Rattner’s assessment. Only on MSNBC.
The Morning Joe team talks with Abrams Media CEO/Founder Dan Abrams about unclear powers of Congress amid the Trump Administration’s refusal to cooperate with subpoenas from House Democrats. “What powers does Congress have historically, and what do they have today, and are they being stripped of that power?” asks contributor Mike Barnicle. Hear Abrams answer here. Only on MSNBC.
Watch the conversation between Vanity Fair senior reporter Emily Jane Fox and Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle about how having worked for the Trump Administration might impact the career of former White House communications director Hope Hicks, who has been subpoenaed by the Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee to testify before the panel and hand over documents relating to her work for President Donald Trump.
U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), vice chair of the Judiciary Committee, joins Morning Joe to talk about the Trump Administration’s refusal to cooperate with subpoenas from House Democrats. Asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle: “Congresswoman, simple question here: How do you proceed with an impeachment inquiry when you can get no witnesses to appear before your panel?” Listen to Scanlon’s response here. Only on MSNBC.
Listen in on the Morning Joe conversation between veteran columnist Mike Barnicle and POLITICO senior writer Jake Sherman about a confidential Internal Revenue Service legal memo that indicates President Donald Trump’s tax returns must be given to Congress unless the president take the rare step of asserting executive privilege, which contradicts Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s statement there must be a legislative purpose for demanding Trump’s tax returns.
Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski and Mike Barnicle discuss some of the challenges facing Democratic presidential candidates, particularly former Vice President Joe Biden, in their quest to beat President Donald Trump in the 2020 race. “A huge percentage of people in this country are living on a paycheck-to-paycheck economy…and they’re not often talked about, they’re not often addressed. A big day on the street for a lot of families is the fact that they’ve got enough money to pay the oil bill, or buy a pair of sneakers, or have their kids being able to go to the movies this weekend. Those are the issues that the candidates like Joe Biden have to address going forward,” explains Barnicle. Join the conversation here.
Retired four-star Admiral William McRaven joins Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle to discuss his new book ‘Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations,’ what it means to be a leader and how character and honor and the ultimate definition of public service. Watch the conversation here.
Listen in on this Morning Joe conversation between Joe Scarborough and Mike Barnicle as they continue to discuss blue-collar voters’ ongoing support of President Donald Trump despite it being “against their economic self-interest.” Says Barnicle: “A lot of them like the language that he employs. They like the swagger. They like the fake tough guy performance up on stage. Whether he’ll be unmasked by Joe Biden or anybody else that remains to be seen. But I think it’s a good bet that at some point he will be unmasked because he is a phony tough guy.” Join the conversation here.
The conversation continues between Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle and NBC News national security analyst Jeremy Bash about the upcoming meetings of House and Senate intelligence committees with top Trump Administration officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, about the rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran. “From your perspective, do you think that the issue of the use and/or misuse of intelligence with regard to the situation in Iran right now will be raised and will we hear anything about it?” asks Barnicle. Listen to Bash’s response here. Only on MSNBC.
The Morning Joe panel of Willie Geist, Jeremy Bash, Jonathan Lemire and Mike Barnicle discuss the growing distance between President Donald Trump and National Security Advisor John Bolton on their positions and handling of the escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Hear the latest on Trump’s reversal on the threat posed and what might happen next. Only on MSNBC.
Listen in on this Morning Joe conversation between Joe Scarborough and Mike Barnicle as they underscore the significance of Democrats being able to reach and connect with blue-collar voters as the 2020 presidential election approaches, following a New York Times report that suggests blue-collar voters in Youngstown, Ohio, are sticking with President Donald Trump despite the lack economic boom in their community. “You have to wonder out there in the country, in Youngstown Ohio, people watching and listening to this, do they really grasp the importance of what’s going on? I think probably at some level they do, but on a day-to-day basis they don’t, and this story for the Democrats: To achieve some sense of victory or standing in this story, they need to improve their narrative. They need a storyteller, and they need Bob Mueller to appear before the House to testify,” comments. Join the conversation here.
“Why are so many people of one political party frozen in fear of Donald Trump? What is wrong with these people that they’re afraid to speak up?” asks Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle as he and host Joe Scarborough discuss the Republican Party’s reaction to Rep. Justin Amash’s (R-MI) pronouncement that President Trump committed “impeachable conduct” and Attorney General William Barr intentionally misled the public. Hear more of the conversation here.
Hear from Hana Ali, daughter of the legendary boxer and activist Muhammad Ali, who joined Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski and Mike Barnicle to share intimate details from her new book “At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Forgiveness.” “You had many, many hours of spending quiet, reflective time with your father. Talk about who he really was in his essence,” asks Barnicle. Only on MSNBC.
“It seems that the President of the United States wakes each and every day, and confronts the day with the idea of dividing: Taking an issue and using it to divide people. This issue…gets to the core of who we are: Who lives, who dies, your children, everything….And people feel that they’re licensed, they’re entitled to try and do the same thing in state legislatures—in Alabama, in Georgia, throughout the country,” comments Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle during a panel discussion with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Susan Del Percio about how President Donald Trump has inspired the current movement to ban abortions at the state level and the “nightmare” situation it has created for Republican candidates going forward. Join the conversation here.
Listen in as the Morning Joe panel discusses the escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran as lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), demand an adequate briefing by the Trump Administration about the growing threat posed by Iran. Join the conversation here with Morning Joe’s Willie Geist, Mike Barnicle, Jeremy Bash and Washington Post associate editor David Ignatius. Only on MSNBC.
“Where is the United States Senate?” asks Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle of Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) in relation to the Senate’s attempts to put together new legislation for the Authorization for Use of Military Force as the tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate and while the Trump Administration is reportedly mulling a plan to send up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East to deal with the situation. Listen to Coons’ explanation about the internal turmoil plaguing the Senate. Only on MSNBC.
“People should be really annoyed at this: When it says the House sends a letter to the Attorney General demanding to know what he’s doing with the ACA, and he’s been given two weeks to respond, okay. If you have a preexisting condition and you have to go to an emergency room—you, yourself or with one of your children—you don’t get two weeks to respond. Your entire income, your entire family’s future could be gone in one moment in an emergency room, and we give these clowns two weeks to respond to the potential destruction of an act that has saved hundreds of lives,” comments Morning Joe veteran columnist Mike Barnicle during a conversation with Mika Brzezinski and Eugene Robinson about House committee chairs having demanded information from the Department of Justice—within two weeks—on the decision to revert its position on the Affordable Care Act, now holding it as unconstitutional. Listen in here.
Hear Morning Joe’s veteran columnist and contributor Mike Barnicle, President of the Council of Foreign Relations Richard Haass, and Wendy Sherman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs discuss the impact of President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war between the US and China, which is causing the market to slide. Only on MSNBC.
Mike Barnicle is a veteran print and broadcast journalist recognized for his street-smart, straightforward style honed over nearly four decades in the field. The Massachusetts native has written 4,000-plus columns collectively for The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and the New York Daily News, and continues to champion the struggles and triumphs of the every man by giving voice to the essential stories of today on television, radio, and in print.
