Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani joins the Morning Joe panel to talk about terrorism, safety concerns and ethnic profiling in the U.S. “Are we safe?” Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle asks of Giuliani. Answers Giuliani: “It a tough one. You want to tell people they’re not safe so they’re alert….People have to be alert….They can’t allow political correctness to stop them from reporting people… Here’s where I think you’re wrong about ethic identification.” Listen in on the conversation here.
Admiral John Kirby, spokesman for the United States Department of State, joins Morning Joe and talks with Mike Barnicle about future steps in addressing tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran. “Saudi Arabia is overextended militarily in Yemen, their oil revenues are down, which they use as a source for pacifying a largely poor population, the crown itself seems to be surrounded by newer people… What is the level of concern within the State Department about the immediate future of our relationship with Saudi Arabia?,” asks Mike of Kirby. Hear what Kirby has to say about Saudi Arabia as a key ally and partner in the region, despite disagreeing on some issues.
On Morning Joe, Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Mike Barnicle discuss the United Nation’s lack of authority and inefficiency in dealing with issues such as the recent tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Haass says the United Nations “is not a serious place.” Hear the rest of the conversation here. Only on MSNBC.
“He has a hole in his heart that’s never going to go away,” says Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle of Vice President Joe Biden, whose son Beau died in May 2015, preceding his decision to not make another run for the White House. Biden said he regrets the decision every day, but knows it was the right one for him and his family. Hear Mike’s thoughts on how the Vice President likely deals with and justifies his decision, which he said was the product of not having enough time to mount a serious campaign.
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, the panel discusses that the GOP Establishment and the media is now understanding that Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump could actually win. Mike Barnicle says the politicians in Washington live in a bigger bubble than anyone else in the world, and have no idea of the anger, frustration and anxiety on both sides — Democratic and Republican — that sits in the country. Listen in on the whole conversation here.
On Morning Joe, hear the conversation that erupts when co-host Mika Brzezinski introduces Mike Barnicle as “veteran columnist and MSNBC contributor.”
“Have you seen his career, it’s amazing. Have you seen his writing, it’s amazing,” says Brzezinski. Former communications chief for George W. Bush and Morning Joe panelist offers up: “blockbuster news man” to describe Mike before the show moves on to discuss the news of the day.
Barnicle says of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) recent show of support on Twitter for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, “She quickly realized, after her lavish and deserved praise of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for sticking to the message that she’s been sending out for years, that there’s another candidate in the race. Everybody in America is eventually going to get in trouble for tweeting. Everybody.” Watch Morning Joe kick off the day’s news here. Only on MSNBC.
“We live in a country now where the vast majority of the middle class lives paycheck-to-paycheck. If you believe, as I think you do, that insurance conglomerates are part of the financial system, what can be done in terms of breaking-up insurance companies so that healthcare policies are reasonable, affordable and understandable?,” asks Mike of U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Watch a clip from the extended discussion here and listen to Sen. Sanders’ assessment of Obamacare and his ideas on how to lower the cost of healthcare in the U.S.
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle asks Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie about his and his party’s perception of President Barack Obama’s call for additional gun control measures. Hear from Gov. Christie about why he compares the president to a “petulant child” for employing executive actions to try and curb gun violence.
“Why does anybody act outraged or surprised by these executive orders? There’s been a war on this man, personally and politically, for seven years now by the Republican party. How depressing is it to sit here and listen to these Republican candidates say ‘they’re coming to take your guns’? The government is not coming to take your guns,” says Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle of Republican reaction to President Barack Obama’s relatively modest executive actions for additional gun control measures. Watch the continuing conversation on gun control here. Only on MSNBC.
“We all know people who know the President—and who know that the President was shattered emotionally on that Sunday that he went to Newtown after the shooting. That emotion, that sadness, that remorse, that anger, as he alluded to, has stayed with this man every day,” says Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle of President Barack Obama’s overwhelmingly emotional moment as he recalled the first grade victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting during yesterday’s announcement of an executive actions on gun control. Watch the MSNBC conversation here on President Obama’s latest approach and public support for additional measures to reduce gun violence.
Mike Barnicle talks with former Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush about what sets him apart from his fellow Republican presidential candidates. “You’re sitting in an area of the country where jobs have been disappearing for decades, jobs that never came back…. What makes you more capable of helping those people’s immediate economic future?,” asks Mike of Governor Bush, currently campaigning in New Hampshire. Listen to Bush’s response here. Only on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
“Politicians have never really addressed the fear that was instilled in the American public due to the economic collapse in 2008. People lost homes, lost a sense of their future, lost their 401ks…. A lot of them have not gotten it back and are told repeatedly that the economy is improving,” says Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle of what he believes is a main driving factor behind support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Watch the Morning Joe discussion on Trump’s so far successful fight against establishment Republicans only on MSNBC.
Continuing the conversation about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s strong, ongoing popularity with potential Republican primary voters, Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle talks with The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza about the latest push-back from other candidates, such as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Watch the discussion on Christie’s seemingly effective message against Trump here. Only on MSNBC.
Ian Bremmer, author and president of Eurasia Group, joins the MSNBC Morning Joe panel to talk about the Eurasia Group’s top 10 list of geopolitical risks for 2016, which does not include Iran this year. “Is it our best bet strategically, in the interest of the United States, to go with Iran in the long therm? The long term being three to five years…,” asks Mike Barnicle. Listen to Bremmer’s answer on shifting perspectives toward Iran and tensions with Saudi Arabia, and read the full “Top Risks 2016” report at https://bit.ly/1ZMF2m2.
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle addresses the Clintons’ new reluctance to respond to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s latest attacks. “Her best bet is to be talking about Iran, Saudi Arabia, ISIS… play her strong card,” says Mike of leading Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Watch the conversation here, along with clips of Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton’s approach to questions about Trump on the campaign trail.
“The phenomenon—having watched it now for several months—began with the curious and now, last night in Lowell, Massachusetts with 7,000 people in Tsongas Center, it ends up with the committed. And they are fiercely committed,” says Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s supporters. Watch the conversation on the 2016 election. Only on MSNBC.
