he's barnicle. >> he's barnicle. i don't know how he does it.sly, it's unbelievable. >> what's going on there? >> the life of barnicle. alex just said they actually do it because they don't want the epidemic in public theaters. >> that's harsh, alex. man, man. >> the movie's good? >> yeah, it's based on a play that was written by a guy named beau willamond about the dean campaign. and it's morphed in different ways. it's been rewritten and it's a very -- it's something. >> some great actors, of course, we're clooney fans. >> but ryan gosselin -- >> apart from willie and joe. >> and harold and mike. >> thank you. >> there's some other great actors in this movie too, right? >> there are. >> who's the woman in the movie? >> phillip seymour hoffman's in there. >> i think he's one of the best -- >> he's awesome. >> he's in "money ball" too, right? >> he is. >> what part? >> he's the manager. >> plays art hal. >> poor art hal. >> let's do politico. >> and mike allen, what do you think of the "ides of march." >> have you seen "ides of march march?" >>

with us onset, mike barnicle. we also have the president of the council on foreign relations and birthday boy -- >> oh, exciting for me. >> wasn't it your birthday recently? >> july. >> somebody in my town was buying you a birthday present. >> birthday boy. not by a day, not by a week, but a season. >> why was someone buying you a piece of art? >> because i'm a deserving person. >> richard hath, personal friend of mine. anyway. >> interesting. >> you know, mika, a lot of time. you also got off month, off season. >> well, happy birthday, belated. >> thank you. have a nice thanksgiving. >> yeah. exactly. >> happy new year. >> that's really weird. >> no, it's really sad. >> it's interesting. >> a lot of times the u.n. comes together, nothing happens. they sit around and talk and seems like divisions are really more pronounced than when the week started. >> well -- >> that's not happening this week. >> no. >> last night, i sense something happening in the air that hasn't happened. i don't think it's happened. i think

mike barnicle was also kind.the end of the debate, after 90 minutes dick cheney didn't turn to john edwards and say by the way, give me the car keys, too. >> that's good. >> well, i don't think you will enjoy this segment as much. the book -- i haven't read the whole thing yet, but it's uniquely without regret, mr. vice president. i would like to ask you about one specific example that i know of that pertains to your life as vice president and it has to do with a young man named john hart. there's no reason for you to know him. he was 20 years of age when he was killed in iraq. one of the reasons he died other than being shot to death was the vehicle he was in, an unarmored humvee was ill equipped to fight that portion of the war. at that period of time, more than 12,000 humvees where down there. how is it and what would you say to his parents today? how is it that young men are sent to war without the proper equipment with the united states of america? how did that happen? any regrets over that? >> certainly wis

i agree with you and mike barnicle. i wish you were here.playing crappy teams down the line. teamwith nothing on the line who get up for games like this. what happens in the air to a team that -- also atlanta braves. same thing. up by eight games. it takes over their psyche. it is a mental game as much as physical. it's stunning. >> it is tentative too. that's what carl crawford was on that last play. crawford last year when he was playing great outfield and swinging a great ball would have ve for that ball and made that catch. he did it against the yankees a couple times. he didn't look right out there. >> it's interesting compared to television and this show is great it keeps rocking. you come and you kind of have a swag wither about you. versus if you were coming on -- >> donny, you've got a swagger at funerals. seriously. >> that's part of success. versus doing a show not knowing if you're getting canceled. playing the way you're supposed to. playing to win. >> and pat buchanan, you've seen it with sports teams time and time again. the s

>> no, barnicle will remain bitter. barnicle's going to been through -- i won't say much worse., you can get through anything. >> speaking of barnicle, she wasn't really complaining, but she said no whining. and barnicle has a job like this, he should quit whining. >> actually, barnicle, you make one mistake about barnicle's life, he doesn't actually even have a job. he'll be the first to tell you his wife puts him on an allowance. >> and asked us to let him sit here. >> she doesn't dress him, but ann asks if we'll let him sit on the set and he watches baseball games. >> keep him busy. >> when you introduce nicole, you have to introduce her as the author of "it's classified." >> the book that will change the way you think about everything. >> give me two lines on this book, nicole. >> it's about what happens to washington in pursuit of the truth of the country's vice president. she has ascended to the presidency who is hiding a debilitating mental illness. >> my gosh, that sounds like -- well, anyway. i can't wait to read that. >> thank you. >> sign it for me. >> a female vice p

barnicle, right? but alex corson reminds me on 1 1/2 hours sleep that in 1999, the yankees limped to the playoffs. >> sure. >> and then crushed my mid-atlantic braves. >> unfortunately. >> willie, joe? >> what? >> are you done? >> no. what? let's talk about -- >> with us onset mark mckinnis. and as you saw, because he can't help himself, chairman of -- >> what. >> we're talking baseball. >> we brought him into it! >> wow. >> i was just here to help. >> good day yesterday. for barack obama, you -- it started off, i thought very badly with people sniping. i thought he did really well. i thought netanyahu was a little condescending. i don't need anybody from another country telling the united states, you know what, baby, keep it to yourself. i say this as a pro-israel guy. that said, i thought the president did a pretty darn good job in a difficult situation. >> yeah. i actually think in the last couple of weeks, he's found some mojo between this and the jobs bill. he's carrying a different weight. and i

we have mike barnicle. we have msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, harold ford, jr. in los angeles, senior political analyst mark halperin. >> this is what i love about america so much. >> tell me. >> you know, in times of trouble -- >> yes, yes. >> feeling loved. >> yes. >> in times of trouble, it's when americans reach out. i had so many people come up and ask, joe, are we going to be okay. i say yeah. you know why i know we're going to be okay? you cannot measure what america has, my friends. you can't measure the number at look at the gross domestic problem. you can't look at inflation. don't go to chicago and look at the xhod ties. what makes america great is right here. one of our own, one of our own is having a difficult time. >> yes, he is. >> praise jesus, he's come through again, america. let's go to his desk, willie geist. americans when you were broke back americans reached out and americans are once again coming through with the can do spirit. >> to those, joe, who say the su

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joining the table mike barnicle.about the red sox. >> no, i don't want to. >> i know. it's painful. >> i think they're going to be okay. right, mike? >> here we go, mike. we've got some of the best players in baseball. i look at the lineup yesterday. look at a guy at third base. did you see the whole game? >> yeah. >> so villas two throws from third base. i guarantee you, you and i were making with great regularity when we were 12 years old. >> he's not a third baseman. >> you can't throw the ball from third to first? >> hit a home run. >> which almost got back to three runs by throwing -- no, seriously. one of the biggest payrolls in baseball -- >> it's depressing. >> and you can't get a third baseman throw from first to third. >> here's throw one. it's not really that hard. and he does it again later in the game. you know, i'm worried that gonzalez is going to pull something going after the base. >> why are you doing this? >> it's just absolutely sickening. >> and then you get carl crawford on the bempbl. conor jac

we have mike barnicle, mark halperin and richard haass. willie, as you know, with us live from lower manhattan, near ground zero as we are days away, this sunday marks the tenth anniversary of 9/11. >> waking up to this news of a 9/11 terror threat. we are going to talk about that in a bit. most of america looking at this headline this morning. the president delivered a speech last night. some say he was combative. others say he was as forceful as he needed to be. let me ask you, mark halperin, was he too hot? was he too cold? or was the president like that bowl of psoup, just right. >> he was okay. >> what about you richard haass. >> if it led to quick action on the part of congress, it would not lead to a change in the american economic picture. it was larger than most anticipated. i don't think it's enough, even if it was an act to make a major dent. >> we have a president in a difficult position. >> very. >> his base wants him to be combative. it seems that the middle and others want him to reach out more and strike a consensus. really

i'm going to have to go to the bullpen with barnicle.esting in this country. i think do your friends not think he has an unhealthy obsession with punishing the rich? >> look, i was at a lunch yesterday that i was speaking to a bunch of financiers. they think two things about washington at the moment. they think it's hopeless, nothing goodwill come of washington. that's hard for them to run their businesses that way and the second thing is they do believe the president is, if not anti-business, indifferent to business. >> if he was punishing the rich, boy they would be doing a lot worse today than they are, joe. okay? >> mika, mika, you know, because you sit next to me, but i think it's very nice for you to do this. >> no. >> no, no. anybody that has watched this show, i know you don't watch it every day, has heard me say, i think we need to do tax reform. i think it's obscene that -- >> i don't understand what you're saying now. it's like you're saying two things. >> i'm the john lackey of political discourse. over the next three hours,

mike barnicle is here.e have the editor and chief of news week magazine, tina brown bringing elegance to the table. >> your kids may not start because your school is flooded out, again? >> would you please stop. i can't talk about it. i turn into a monster. >> mika is going to run for the mayor of her town. >> they built a school and who would have guessed this -- >> on a swamp. >> on a drainage thing. >> well, it happens. what are you going to do. >> what are you going to do as mayor, stop the rain? >> put the kids in school. i have a choice for you guys. we are not going to talk about my school. we are going to talk about the presidential debate or hear a preview of the president's jobs speech. we have inside information as to what is going to be in that. your choice, "morning joe." >> it's a catch 22. what do you want to hear first? >> the president's jobs. >> there you go. >> mike chooses the speech that no one will hear. >> everyone will hear it. it's going to be bold and turn a pak for this country. >

they have grabbed barnicle's affection by running the nfl against all comers. the ufc, and it seemed rooney with the hamstring strain or broken hair transplant, depending on who you listen to, no problem. but then this man, peter krause 6'7", he's a 6'7" giant barely in control of his limb like a newborn. he shows his new team what they purchased and they fell in love. and united has than injury list almost longer than their squad. they are ahead of manchester city. we learned this, joe, that they are mortal. >> they are mortal. and with rooney out, anything could happen. what is happening with arsenal? arsenal wins, right? >> arsenal won. something with global import. up there with save the whales, we're talking about torez, and the poor guy -- >> he's breaking down. >> i am a little worried for the man. >> he's the very pretty man. >> very pretty man. scored a great goal. >> you want his shoe laces? >> do you have a picture of torres. >> he did one of the filthiest tackles outside the incredible hulk. >> look how pretty he is. >> we're seeing ten minutes late

with us onset we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. host of of cnbc's "mad money," jim cramer is here. great to have you on. >> great to be here. >> hi, willie. >> who's in worse shape, jim cramer? boston red sox or the u.s. economy? >> i'll tell ya, one's collapsing so badly that i have to tell you. i don't know what to do. there's no jobs there for the rotation, there's nobody doing anything in the infield, not a lot of fielding. yeah. u.s. economy. >> really? >> yankees. yankees lost last night. >> blew a shot to go up five games. >> but the yankees have got it, right? >> because what? because what? because the texas rangers and c.j. wilson and losing the first round? >> this is where it starts. red sox fans when they see they're going to lose, they start trashing the yankees. >> is there going to be a world series? will there be a world series? >> i don't know. >> halladay last night -- they're untouchable. >> the phillies are untouchable. we may actually be embarrassed, willie, here, and we're embarrassed so few times. that when w