>> mike barnicle? why did the paper write this? >> well they wrote it actually because they're covering donald trump. >> he's a frontrunner, right? >> just like they're going after hillary clinton. you go after the front-runner. >> you're up there in the bright lights. be prepared. anyone and everyone contending to run for the presidency of the united states is going to be looked at. there is great, great jewels of conversation. >> please. >> let's go to the deposition. >> dramatic readings from mike barnicle. >> you have ever exaggerated in statements about your properties one lawyer asked him? i think everyone does mr. trump replied. does that mean that sometimes you inflate the value of your properties in your statements the lawyer tried a moment later? not beyond reason trump answered. they did not. that is a mistake, mr. trump said and i don't know how it got there. >> okay. >> and none of it matters, harold ford. i think this is an example of one of the candidates that can say and do just about anything. just about. >> can we

mike barnicle has a first question in boston. mike?the other day whether you were on with us we talked about the lone wolf syndrome in this country and whether or not there is an example of terrorism brought home to the united states. could you speak to the difficulty of trying to find out who is prone to do these things given the fact that they take advantage of our country, our liberties, freed ox movement, 5:00 -- freedom of movement access to handguns, can you speak to the dangers and impossibility really of getting the handle on things like this? >> yeah mike that's a great question. in this country, there is always going to be a balance between privacy and civil liberties and security. you're never going to have 100% of both. and in this country where people are free to move about, they're free to express themselves then it's very difficult to monitor this. when law enforcement, the fbi specifically is looking at chatter, they're looking at people that are on social media and the types of things that they're saying oftentimes tha

>> well mike barnicle he's never failed a test. yet, his cranium is size of rhode island. >> yeah. >> i mean everything on this man has enlarged like -- but anyway, mike what do you make of this decision? >> well you know i mean he's cleared in the obstruction of justice charge. unfortunately for barry bonds, and baseball in a sense, he is not going to get into the hall of fame any time soon because the baseball writers association of america, they are the judge and jury and who gets in the hall of fame and the vast majority of them are not going to vote for barry bonds or anyone else connected to steroids for the hall of fame. it's not going to happen. >> the shame of it is without steroids -- >> he's in the hall of fame. >> he's one of best players ever. >> he's remarkably skinny now that he's out of baseball. >> yes. he leaned out. >> must be a special diet. >> from "the new york times," how about this one? bill diblasio spent tuesday in rome speaking at the vatican praising the pope for his approach on climate change and income

mike barnicle, you've been up there.t's pretty extraordinary watching this man who has gone gone to the same home for 91 summers except i guess one or two when you were talking to him that he didn't. he couldn't go up. and you found out later it is because he was fighting world war ii. >> right. i asked him. i was amazed sitting there on the rock wall of the back porch overlooking at atlantic of the home in kennebunkport. i said mr. president, how many summers have you spent here? and this was a few years ago, he said i'm 88 yirzears of age, i spent every summer of my life here including the summer when i was born except for one summer he said when i was away. and i thought for a second. what he meant was, he was, you know away fighting world war ii. but never wanted to say what i was at war. when he said when i was away. just one summer. he makes everyone better just being around him. >> yeah. beautiful. let's get to politics. we'll monitor that story. and update folks on his condition as it comes in. >>> joe, donald tr

mike barnicle and john meachum and eugene robinson are all still with us.t with the headlines. and then we have donald trump joining us live. president obama will face all the lingering questions about the iran nuclear deal when he holds a news conference today in the east room of the white house. news of the agreement set off celebrations in the capital tehran. iranians spilled into the streets chanting freedom. they lift manufactured the sanctions in exchange for scaling back the nuclear program. president obama says the nuclear component is not built on trust but on verification by inspections. the president explained what he calls a modest goal for relations with iran and why some critics are wrong. in an interview with "new york times" columnist thomas friedman, he defended the deal. >> with respect to iran it is a great civilization. it also has a authoritarian theocracy in charge that is anti-american, anti-israel, anti-semitic and sponsors terrorism and there are profound differences we have between them. and so initially we have a much more modest

we have mike barnicle with us. mark halperin has great focus groups. >> yes. >> very excited about those. >> this is amazing. coming up soon -- >> this will really there are so many analysts and editorial writers and directors that have come on and really right sized us about this. and i think that these polls will back them up. >> so wrong for so long mika. >> yeah. >> we have been. >> so it's over. >> it's over for us. >> we want to go to new hampshire and say what do people there who like trump think? why do they like him? are they a john mccain said, crazy? >> no. he talked to a group of new hampshire voters. we look for people who were supporters of people like mitt romney four years ago. people who vote in the republican primaries and they are so articulate so on point about why they like trump. >> let me be articulate about something. we were playing this before 7:00. so bloomberg, you figure out what you want to do with that. in washington we also have pulitzer prize winning editorial -- and we'll never pla

mike barnicle is here.d al sharpton and sam stein around the tablinge. the confederate flag is set to come down in a matter of hours. backed by press and dozens of lawmakers lawmakers, nicky haley made good on her promise to remove the confederate flag. >> with that i am proud to say that the bill has been signed. i do want to also acknowledge these nine pens are going to each of the nine families of the emanuel nine. [ applause ] >> that was governor haley yesterday. today now at 10:00 in south carolina highway patrol members will remove the flag that will be displayed at a nearby museum. in a sign of how quickly things can change the ncaa indicated for the first time in 15 years the state will be able to bid for a championship game. it could not before because of the flag. and other places around the country are following south carolina's lead. new orleans mayor has asked city council to declare four con fad rat statues public nuisances and taken down. joining us from columbia south carolina reverend goff

let's go though right now to mike barnicle. stion for you. >> senator, i certainly understand your position. you're pretty clear on it. i don't understand as joe alluded to you can be so certain without having read the deal yet. >> because i have been to the mideast enough to know. if you have been there once you know this is a disaster. the one thing you couldn't do mike, is lock in a nuclear program that is mature over time without behavior change because that's going to push every arab to get a weapon. >> that leads to my question. you have been to the middle east several times. secretary of state kerry has been to the middle east far more than you have. secretary of state kerry is saguy who in a prior life was shot at during a war, so he understands danger. he recognizes war. he recognizes lethality of war. do you really think he's that naive that he does -- >> yeah, i do. i really think john kerry and barack obama are incredibly naive. when they drew a line against assad and did nothing about it they set in motion holy hell

we're going to start with mike barnicle's piece.nk bruni has that parallel joe, that mark halperin made last week about trump and better list cone berlusconi berlusconi. >> it is a fascinating comparison. you look at trump and you say, gee, something like this has never happened in the united states before. you look at berlusconi and look at an industrialist who had a lot of people saying a lot of things about him. and he still managed to win just on the might of his powerful personality and big bank account. >> yeah. >> so mike barnicle writes in the daily beast, trump awaken's kerry vietnam ang we are slam on mccain. john kerry was angry. listen to this. listen to what trump just said about john mccain. kerry was saying over the phone, that's unbelievable kerry said that's beyond outrageous. he evoked immediate anger because it resonated feelings in him that are always there certainly under the surface calm but always. there a long goneward called vietnam, a war that awoke him one more time because of a slur uttered by a real esta

learned the new cnn poll suggests the president has not suck saesfully sold the iran deal yet. >> mike barniclentinued downward spiral in politics as people try to outtrump trump. >> stay away from that. kasie hunt what did you learn? >> forgive me for going back with these two, but i learned just one man in a group brings a whole group down. >> and we have two. >> that is where we end the show today. if it's way too early, it's time for "morning joe." now, "the rundown" is straight ahead right here. have a great day. >>> and good morning. i'm jose diaz-balart. first on "the rundown" this morning, watching developments on several fronts in the race for the white house. republicans jeb bush and mike huckabee are both making headlines. monday, i sat down with the former florida governor for an interview entirely in spanish. everything was on the table, including those contentious comments from mike huckabee where he links the iran nuclear agreement to the holocaust. this morning, the former arkansas governor is not backing away from those remarks. he has

>> donald trump. >> mike barnicle mark halpern, alex wagner. >> what am i doing here?'t leave. >> alex hosts "now" on nbc. we also havedorian warren and in washington, washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay, and senior contributor for the daily caller matt lewis. i think i got everybody. >> six-hour episode. >> 300 guests. >> digging in for the marathon. let's start with the colorful interview between republican presidential candidate donald trump and nbc's katy tur, the republican national committee has confirmed that reince priebus spent nearly an hour on the phone with trump following the interview talking about a wide range of topics and a source briefed on the topics said priebus quote, urged him to tone it down. here is trump doubling down on the comments he made. >> i'm talking about the mexican government forces many bad people into our country because they're smart. they're smarter than our leaders and their negotiators are far better than what we have like to a degree you wouldn't believe. they're forcing people into our country. this guy that

. >> mike barnicle is over there.e has a new jacket. >> out of his pajamas. >> and to bring credibility to the panel, we have katty with us. >> so good to see all of you guys. >> good morning. >> so this greek thing, willie -- >> yeah. >> -- it keeps getting worse. actually, they threw a life line, the germans. >> yeah although they gave them a deadline to sunday. they said if you don't come up with something by sunday katty, it's all over. >> yeah. we're hoping that next week we're not going to be doing the story anymore. what do you think? >> no. >> three days in a row on greece. >> okay. >> that really depends. if you're in greece reporting on this terrible tragedy. >> yeah. >> and you want to stay. >> it's not a bad gig. >> and you don't want to come back to new york which is also possible. let's get the latest. the european council president is calling the most critical moment in the history of the euro zone. leaders are giving the country until sunday to finalize a deal hoping to prevent a financial collapse. it