barnicle? and more people are talking about cutting social security benefits. pat and i, this is getting close to home. >> and sol mineo, too. he wasn't happen. >> sal is no longer with us. >> well, now i feel terrible, pat. thanks. but sol is fine. >> it's been a long time. >> sol is still with us. sol is doing great. he just tweeted, actually. >>> let's go to willie geist live in augusta. what's coming up next? >> savannah, you're so unkind. sal met an unkindly fate. do your history. we'll talk golf coming up next. >> you knew who sal mineo was. >> no, he didn't. >> "rebel without a cause," come on, everybody knows that. >> i call google on you. >> oh, no. >> whatever. >> no, he was a hollywood pretty boy, alo long time ago. we'll talk a little golf from augusta coming up next. tiger woods had a huge first day. back apparently, no nerve whatsoever. we'll see how he does today when he tees off in a couple hours. more tiger talk when "morning joe" comes right back. [ male announcer ] when we bu

mike barnicle. a move here that doesn't please members of either party completely. and flying in the face of some of the things he had said during in the campaign, correct? >> surprise, surprise. >> the stage craft, he's standing in front of a green fighter jet. it's a little bit of a reach. but you're right, environmental groups, one came out and said this is a pattern now from the president, promising one thing on the campaign trail and doing something else once he gets in office. >> the argument is, we have to look at job creation, the economic picture. >> that's the -- >> i think it's really brilliant. >> how does he lose? how does he lose? >> he's just drilling for votes on the climate bill. >> framing up the -- frame it up as a national security issue. >> exactly. >> and jobs. >> we've got to wean ourselves off oil from the middle east. we have to do it. so, why not start doing it this way? >> well, environmentalists say -- >> in front of the hybrid missile launcher. >> -- would say kill baby

he's getting me an ipad. >> he's clearly the facilitator, barnicle. >> but i deserve it.ly, carl, he owes me. >> i told you what we used to call him. >> believe me, it's just the beginning of what the man owes me in order to put up with him every morning sitting here, and then just leaves. he just gets up and leaves. did you see that yesterday? >> must have been a game somewhere. >> he must have been sick of me. maybe -- well, i give him trouble. >>> let's take a look now at the morning papers. "new york times" -- tension between china and the u.s. have eased significantly with the countries now working together to deter iran's nuclear ambitions. with the obama administration backing off on a politically charged clash over china's currency. >>> boston globe -- boston has set up a new anti-bullying tip line that's quickly found more than a dozen facebook pages that use obscene language to target teachers at city schools. >> that is a good idea. and i bet those facebook pages are reflections of facebook p g pages of kids across the country. i urge parents to look at their k

. >> i was talking to barnicle last week.of would be a good thing to kind of clear out all those people who in 2004 started wearing the cap. it has been a miserable season for the some of thus far. >> big pappy not so big. >> not so big and j.d. drew, you combined j.d. drew and ortiz's average together, the two biggest salaries on the team, it doesn't get to xt 300. >> combines to big pappy's age. >> how are your books going? >> "the bridge," the life and rise of barack obama." >> the life and rise of barack obama. >> a special report on saudi asian women. we'll get to that in a moment. a lot to get to and erin, it will be good to ask you about our top story. which it appears the senate will not begin debate on financial reform legislation today. democrats need support from at least one republican to move forward. it doesn't look like any republican will break rank in time for the 5:00 vote. at issue, a proposed oo billion fund that would help cover the costs of dealing with the major financial firm's failure. senator richard