Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, lead U.S. nuclear negotiator with Iran, joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe and talks with Mike Barnicle about details of the U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement and concerns over the separate Iran-IAEA deal. “If this deal goes sour in the U.S. Senate, does not come to fulfillment, and the sanctions collapse, what would the time frame be for Iran get a nuclear weapon?,” asks Mike. Listen to Ambassador Sherman’s response on the consequences of a failed agreement with Iran here and hear her reaction to Senators who aggressively oppose the deal, such as Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).
Following the tragic death of Sam Dubose at the hands of University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, who has now been indicted on murder charges, Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle highlights the importance of body cameras in this case. “The cop’s own body camera refutes the tale that the cop originally told. He was not being dragged by the car. Within five seconds, he shot and killed that man,” says Mike. Watch the full report and conversation on recent police violence here. On MSNBC.
As divisive hearings on Iran continue in Congress, R. Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador and current director of Harvard University’s The Future of Diplomacy Project, talks with Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle about the complications Iran’s separate deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) poses for approving the U.S.’s nuclear agreement. “What elements within the Iran-IAEA agreement, that we don’t know about, would upset you if we found out about it?,” asks Mike. Listen to Ambassador Burns’ response here and statement of support for approving the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal.
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Republican presidential candidate and former Governor of New York George Pataki talks with Mike Barnicle about his disillusionment with the “politics of division” and opposition to fellow candidate Donald Trump’s discriminating remarks. Hear what Governor Pataki has to say about Trump’s qualifications for the presidential run.
Continuing the conversation about Donald Trump’s continued popularity as a Republican presidential candidate, the MSNBC Morning Joe panel discusses the results of a New Hampshire focus group of likely voters and their favorable views toward Trump. “Donald Trump is approachable in a way none of the other candidates are,” says Mike Barnicle. Watch the conversation here and listen to why Mike thinks average Republican voters feel Donald Trump is one of them.
New York Times’ food writer Mark Bittman joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss his new book “A Bone to Pick,” a collection of his best food columns, and discusses with Mike Barnicle the importance of supporting farmers’ markets. “What can we do in this country to encourage more commerce in local farm stands rather than your supermarket?,” asks Mike. Watch the full conversation with Bittman here on everything from the lack of adequate food policy in the U.S. to the return of butter’s popularity.
“What happens now? The New England Patriots can’t understand why the NFL is going out of its way—and it does seem to be going out of its way—to destroy the reputation of one of its premiere players,” comments Mike Barnicle to NBC Sports’ Bob Costas on the NFL’s decision to uphold Brady’s four-game suspension over the Deflategate controversy. “Do you think this issue is being used to distract from the real problems the NFL has image-wise?,” asks Mike. Hear what Costas has to say about the nature of football and why he thinks the NFL’s punishment is excessive. Only on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
Following news that the NFL will uphold the four-game suspension of New England Patriots’ Tom Brady over the Deflategate controversy, Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle asks; “What is this punishment for? Is it for the deflated footballs or is it for the destructed cellphone?” Watch the conversation and hear Mike’s blunt assessment of the Boston mindset here. Only on MSNBC.
As media scrutiny increases over Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s history, The Daily Beast’s Tim Mak joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe and talks with Mike Barnicle about why his exposé on Trump’s past divorce, which included allegations of spousal rape, are more than relevant in the current presidential race.
“Understand, I’m not the Secretary of State, I just play him on TV,” jokes Mike Barnicle after providing his in-depth take on the significances of the U.S.-Iran deal. “Here’s the deal on this deal: If the Senate votes it down, Iran will have a nuclear weapon within a year and a half,” predicts Mike. Watch the rest of the conversation on the “cosmic gamble” behind the U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement here. Only on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle and Joe Scarborough continue the discussion about Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s controversial use of Holocaust comparisons in opposition to the U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement. “You have to separate the deal with what’s going on with Mike Huckabee and the others. You have a handful of Republican candidates clinging to relevancy right now,” says Mike. Watch the conversation here.
As service, education, and healthcare industries in the U.S. continue to grow and technology continues to evolve, Fortune Magazine’s latest cover story takes a look at where human skills remain underrated. “As the proficiency of technology increases, is it that those fields that have been most impacted by robotics will be even more impacted?,” asks Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle of Fortune’s Leigh Gallagher. Watch the entire discussion on technology and human advantages here. Only on MSNBC.
Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle talks all-things Lego with filmmakers Kief Davidson and Daniel Jung, the directors behind the film “A Lego Brickumentary,” which goes behind the scenes of Lego and highlights the building block’s persistent phenomenon around the world. Watch clips from the documentary here and listen to the history of Lego and the creative ways in which the toy is being used by people of all ages.
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle shares his experience at the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015 and what politicians could learn from such a joyful coming together of athletes from all over the world. “Courage is finishing… to a Special Olympics athlete. No matter where you finish—you finish. And the enormous pride and feeling of fulfillment is palpable when you’re there with the Special Olympics athletes,” says Mike. Listen to Mike’s comments here and read Mike’s column for The Daily Beast on his experience. https://thebea.st/1OwfVNX.
During Morning Joe’s Morning Papers segment, Mike Barnicle shares his reaction to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh single-handedly ending the U.S. Olympic Committee’s consideration of Boston as a possible candidate for the Olympics venue. “It was a good move by Mayor Marty Walsh. Everyone knew that the U.S. Olympic committee was going to take the Olympic bid from Boston anyway. A preemptive strike on the right side, actually,” says Mike of Mayor Walsh’s refusal to sign any document “that puts one dollar of taxpayer money on the line for one penny of overruns on the Olympics.” Listen to the panel’s discussion on the Olympics and other sports news here.
Al Jazeera America’s Ray Suarez joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe and talks with Mike Barnicle about his recent 500-mile bike ride across Iowa ahead of the 2016 elections. “On the bike, traveling each day, ground level, you see people in a way that you don’t see when you’re in a car or campaign bus. Do you think there is an element of Iowa that is so common to a lot of other places in America that it has sort of been forgotten by the political system?,” asks Mike of Inside Story’s Suarez. Listen to Suarez’s experience here and his description of the “emptying out” of rural towns.
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe and talks with Mike Barnicle about possible scenarios should the U.S.–Iran nuclear agreement not be approved by Congress. “If this deal fails in the Senate, how quickly do you think, if the sanctions lapsed, would France, Russia, and the Chinese begin doing business with Iran?,” asks Mike of Sen. Manchin. Listen to Sen. Manchin’s answer here and learn why he believes it would be each country for themselves if the deal falls apart.
“What is wrong with these people?! Are they so unbound from reality that they continue to do this? Let’s move on. They never have an alternative,” says Mike Barnicle upon hearing news of yet another failed, controversial attempt at repealing Obamacare, this time by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT). Watch Mike’s reaction on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and listen to the whole discussion here.
Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Richard N. Haass, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Thomas Sanderson discuss Turkey’s complicated role in the Middle East and its fight against both ISIS and the U.S.-allied Kurds. “The Turks are finally going to get involved. And whether it’s a down-move or an up-move for us in the long run, is it not, today, perhaps the only move the United States can help in making? ,” asks Mike Barnicle of CSIS’s Sanderson about the U.S. and Turkey’s agreement to create an ‘ISIL-free zone’ in Syria. Listen to Sanderson’s answer and the conversation on Turkey’s increasingly entangled participation in the conflict. Only on MSNBC.
“Mike Huckabee’s comments cheapen both politics and history. Does Huckabee—or anyone else who speaks of this deal in such a manner as he did yesterday—really think the Iranians are suicidal? Do they really think the Iranians are going to nuke Tel Aviv? Because Tehran, within an hour, would be a rubble of glass and sand if they ever did that,” says Mike Barnicle in response to former Arkansas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s controversial Holocaust comparisons in opposition to the U.S.–Iran nuclear agreement. Watch the discussion on Iran on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and listen to Mike’s comments here.
