jon meacham and eugene robinson join joe, willie and me at the table. of the democratic national committee, governor of pennsylvania, nbc news political analyst, ed rendell. are you angry too with congress? what's he muttering there? >> he doesn't look angry. ed rendell is never angry, only determined. >> okay. we'll get to what's not happening in washington and the fallout from that in just a moment. >> what a mess. >> but first we begin with breaking news from the middle east. there are reports this morning that the cease-fire between israel and hamas has unraveled just hours after taking effect. both sides are accusing the other of violating the truce. a palestinian official says israeli shelling this morning has killed at least 35 people and wounded hundreds of others in southern gaza. the israeli military meanwhile says militants have fired eight rockets and mortars at israel since the cease-fire began. an israeli source says at least two israeli soldiers were killed and the army says it appears an idf soldier may have been abducted. we have live c

pulitzer prize winning author jon meacham is here. >> we have so many pulitzer's here. >> won the mastersd four? >> we have breaking news so if we can just move forward here. >> right, willie? >> in washington, senior political editor and white house correspondent for the "huffington post" sam stein. >> n

and from london we have jon meacham who regularly burns tapes.ht chappin said starting in '66 there was a recurring refrain you would hear around the nixon office. accrued through the campaign and even greater through the years of the administration and continued to the post presidency. it was what does buchanan think? what does buchanan say? pat, you have a thousand memos that you sent to nixon and his responses that make up this book. extraordinary. tell everybody again the story of how you met nixon and how you got involved early in his comeback. >> well, i first met nixon when i was on the caddie log at burning tree country club in 1954 and '55. they put out the vice president's golf bag. the assistant pro looked over at the rookie caddie, and i went around 18 holes with richard nixon. then i'm a young editorial writer and he's coming over to bellville, illinois, to speak. i got invited, went up and met him in the kitchen and said if you're going to run in '68, i'd like to get aboard early. two weeks later i was in his office in new york and

>> mine is also jon meacham-related.rious. happy to take the meeting. >> you're not the only one. >> happy to take the meeting. >> wes? >> what did you learn? >> i learned that tonight we have one more shot of watching mo'ne davis. we wish her the best. >> let's hope so. what did you learn, mika? >> i learned what you learned about reagan and sex and all that. so if it's way too early, what time is it? >> it's time for "morning joe." i encourage you to take the narcissism quiz and see if you did as well as i did. stick around, though. right now it's time for "the daily rundown." >> craig melvin. >>> tonight was a very good night in ferguson. >> no justice, no peace. >> crowds were smaller, they were calm and honorable. last night through 2:00 a.m., the number of arrests were 47. tonight the number was six. >> who did