Mike Barnicle

Listen in as the Morning Joe panel discusses the possibility and impact of rising oil prices in the US as a result of the escalating tensions with Iran and the Trump Administration’s consideration of a plan to send up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East. “There are so many elements of danger, potential danger…we could spend the whole three hours discussing it,” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle during a conversation with CNBC senior national correspondent Brian Sullivan and the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson.

Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle discuss President Donald Trump’s response on Twitter to the New York Times report that shows he reported over $1 billion in business losses from 1985 to 1994—financial losses so steep that he did not pay income taxes for eight years. “There’s one thing buried in this story…that will put a chill on all of his big rallies, and it is this: He pays no taxes. He pays no taxes. Try that out when you’re at a big rally.” Hear more of the conversation only on MSNBC.

“In the annals of hypocrisy, Mitch McConnell is in the Hall of Fame, and he’s been there for quite some time,” said veteran columnist Mike Barnicle during the Morning Joe conversation about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his response to proof of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Listen to more of the conversation here with Barnicle and Joe Scarborough.

Listen in as the Morning Joe panel discusses a New York Times report based on newly obtained tax information reveals that from 1985 to 1994 President Donald Trump reporter over $1 billion in business losses, making him the among the largest individual, taxpaying losers of money at the time. “You could read any biography that’s ever been written about Donald Trump, and it wouldn’t come close to a portrayal of him as an individual better than this forensic autopsy of his money, his lack of money,” say veteran columnist Mike Barnicle about the New York Times investigation into President Trump’s taxes. Join the conversation here with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and New York Times reporter Susanne Craig, who broke the story with Russ Buettner.

The Morning Joe panel discusses the U.S. economy in the Trump era, the debate between capitalism and socialism, and why income inequality will be a pivotal issue for every candidate in the 2020 presidential race. “We have these wonderful reports about the economy booming…(but) there are still large pockets of the economy in this country where people haven’t received a percentage increase in wages…in 10, 15, 20 years,” explains veteran columnist Mike Barnicle. Listen in to the conversation about the perils of income and wealth inequality with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Andy Serwer, editor in chief of Yahoo Finance. Only on MSNBC.

Listen in as the Morning Joe panel discusses the key to 2020 for the Democrats, and that is the “electability” of the candidate who will square off against President Donald Trump. “It’s like a crime thing….They’re looking at a lineup. Joe’s got a very familiar face, but he’s got one thing that nobody else has in that field—he’s handcuffed to Barack Obama, and that puts a smile and a sense that we can win this thing…on a lot of Democrats’ faces,” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle as the conversation revolves around the crowded Democratic race. Hear more of the conversation now.

Listen in on the Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Mike Lupica and Mike Barnicle as they review and discuss the shocking and controversial decision to overturn Maximum Security’s win at the 145th Kentucky Derby, where stewards disqualified Maximum Security for impeding progress around the turn for the home stretch. “A DQ in Kentucky could be different than a DQ in New York or Massachusetts….There’s no national rule governing horse racing,” says Barnicle. Join the conversation here.

While Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough and veteran columnist Mike Barnicle talk about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accusing Attorney General William Barr of committing a crime by lying to Congress about special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and Mueller’s issues with how Barr characterized the special counsel’s findings, Barnicle explains: “Instead of just sitting back and saying, ‘Okay the thing is over,’ and responding with candid truth, the attorney general chose to, as you indicated and as many have indicated, as Nancy Pelosi just indicated, he lied— repeatedly. He’s going to keep this story going. This story is not going to go away for a long time now.” Listen to more of the conversation here. Only on MSNBC.

Chuck Rosenberg, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, joins Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Mike Barnicle to talk about Robert Mueller’s complaint that Attorney General William Barr’s four-page memo to Congress describing the principal conclusions of the Mueller investigation into President Donald Trump “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of the report. Rosenberg concludes: “We need more from our public leaders. We need more from the Department of Justice—and that’s painful.” Hear more of the conversation now.

“What is it about Donald Trump that causes these people to lose their minds and lose their souls?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle as the Morning Joe panel discusses Attorney General William Barr’s controversial and contentious testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he stumbled to answer questions on whether President Donald Trump or anyone in the White House directed him to investigate certain individuals. Listen to more of the conversation here.

Listen in as Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Mike Barnicle discuss Attorney General William Barr’s controversial testimony in a contentious Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where he answered questions on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and was accused of protecting President Donald Trump at the country’s expense. “We had a sitting attorney general of the United States who clearly had not even read the full Mueller report. He had not looked at the underlying evidence within the Mueller report. He went out of his way to disparage members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who work for this country to protect this country. He went out of his way to damage and disparage Bob Mueller and his effort, and…really at the end of the day, he made Jeff Sessions look like Justice Brandeis,” said Barnicle. Hear more of the discussion here.

Listen in on the conversation with Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough, Jon Meacham and Mike Barnicle about influential evangelist Christian Franklin Graham calling for South Bend Mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg to “repent” for the “sin” of being gay. “Don’t you think it’s about time that we in the media separate Franklin Graham from religion because when he speaks now…he separates himself. We might as well be listening to Congressman Steve King from Iowa when you hear Franklin Graham speak,” says Barnicle, referencing anti-gay remarks made by Rep. King (R-IA) during his campaign last year.

Former Vice President Joe Biden officially enters the 2020 presidential race. Listen in on the Morning Joe conversation about what’s next for the 20th Democratic candidate to join the field. “He’s going to be covered enormously well over the next two or three months, and we’re going to find out very quickly whether or not the 2018/’19 version of Joe Biden is up to the task,” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle. Watch Biden’s candidacy video and hear what the Morning Joe panel has to say about it.

In the Morning Joe conversation about the White House’s continual downplaying of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and White House senior advisor Jared Kushner going so far as to dismiss it as a “couple of Facebook ads” during a TIME 100 Summit interview, veteran contributor Mike Barnicle explains: “The combination of arrogance and ignorance that he displayed in answering that question is nearly breathtaking—but it is predictable. And it is also very predictable as to why so many members of the intelligence community did not want to give (Kushner) a security clearance. Based on that answer, he ought not to have a security clearance.” Listen to more of the discussion here only on MSNBC.

Listen in as Morning Joe’s Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle discuss with Axios’ co-founder and CEO Jim Vandehei the highly anticipated announcement expected today from former Vice President Joe Biden that he will run for president in 2020.

In discussing columnist Dana Milbank’s opinion piece in The Washington Post, entitled “Mueller’s Findings: Too Stupid to Conspire. Too Incompetent to Obstruct,” Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle adds: “On the conspiracy point alone—the idea that Trump and the people around him were smart enough to get together and plan a conspiracy was preposterous. An investigation would have a difficult time trying to put something like that together because of the scattershot approach that they take to each hour of every day in governing the country. Never mind conspiracy stuff.” Listen to more from Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski about special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. Only on MSNBC.

Join the Morning Joe conversation in process about the headline coming from the latest poll of the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic Primary from University of New Hampshire, which shows a surge for South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. “He has a resonance with crowds. I mean, a true resonance that I haven’t seen in a while from other candidates.” Listen to more of the discussion here with Mika Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough, Kasie Hunt and Willie Geist.

Listen in on the Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Eugene Roberts and Mike Barnicle about some Democrats’ call for the impeachment process for President Donald Trump to begin. “There’s no notation, no amendment in the Constitution that says—and it ought to—‘stop wasting our time.’ And I think if (the Democrats) do go forward with impeachment proceedings, a majority of Americans are going to think they are wasting ‘our time’—the voter’s time,” says Barnicle. “Let’s get going to the election.”

Listen in on the Morning Joe conversation with Mika Brzezinski, Elise Jordan, Rick Tyler and Mike Barnicle about Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez holding tight to his position that the Democratic Party will not reconsider its decision to bar Fox News from hosting a Democratic presidential debate. Says Barnicle: “If you’re afraid of Tucker Carlson, how are you going to become President of the United States? Go on Fox News. Reach as many people as you can. Show them that just because you have a ‘D’ after your name that you’re not ridiculously, ludicrously far left, socialist or whatever—that you speak to the common-sense needs, and problems, and attitudes of most Americans.” Listen to more of the discussion here on MSNBC.

Hear the conversation between Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough and Mike Barnicle in praise of the decision by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a 2020 presidential candidate, to appear in a Fox News town hall. “The idea of Bernie Sanders going on Fox TV is a great idea for Sanders, the campaign, and the Democratic Party,” said Barnicle. “More Democrats ought to appear on Fox News because you’re talking to…many Democratic voters who have been screwed out of their paychecks, their pensions and everything by the activities of multiple Administrations, but specifically now this Administration in Washington D.C..” More of the conversation is here on MSNBC.