barnicle, did you put it down? you dated her in high school, right? >> no.n't date you. >> she was too young. >> all right. i want to know bea arthur never posed for the photo. it was painted from the artist's imagination. >> 1991 nude painting of bea arthur is up for auction. expected to bring $2 million. >> really? >> take a look right there. this is bea arthur naked. there she is. so that's -- no, that's not it. >> that's just the top. >> that's just part of it. >> that's all we're allowed to show. but i have seen the rest of it and count me in. i'm ready to go. >> all right. still ahead on "way too early," yeah, we'll go to twitter. today we're asking for your best picture with a celebrity post with the hashtag #waytoorandom. , the wright brothers became the first in flight. [ goodall ] i think the most amazing thing is how like us these chimpanzees are. [ laughing ] [ woman ] can you hear me? and you hear your voice? oh, it's exciting! [ man ] touchdown confirmed. we're safe on mars. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hi. [ baby fussing ] ♪ cheryl burke is cha-c

mike barnicle?mick, this is the knowledge of the money being given to karzai by the cia. it's been out there for some time before it was in the "times." what are you hearing in the pentagon? any interagency or strife between people at the pentagon and the cia over the distribution of money? >> absolutely. on my many trips to afghanistan, senior military officials and some senior political or diplomatic officials have, in fact, complained about that pipeline of cash that goes straight into now karzai says he is spreading the wealth but u.s. military officials and intel officials have told us that over the years, karzai was socking away tens of millions of dollars, allegations, of course, that nobody could prove on paper. the only comfort they took that karzai was funneling a lot of this money out of the country was the fact that much of that money had gone into real estate in dubai and when the market crashed, karzai lost out. that was about the only comst they took in the fact this money, not just t

congresswoman and former presidential candidate, maybe this story will make barnicle happy. michele bachmann has announced she'll not seek reelection in 2014. it would have been her fifth term in a lengthy youtube video she dismissed claims the decision was because of federal inquiries into her presidential campaign fund raising. but first, she explained congressional term limits in heavy and some might say excruciating detail. >> this is the right decision. for some, a single two-year house term is enough service, for others, ten terms or two decades in the house is still not enough service. our constitution allows for the decision of length of service in congress to be determined by the congress people themselves or by the voters in the district. however, the law limits anyone from serving as president of the united states for more than eight years. and in my opinion, well, eight years is also long enough for an individual to serve as a representative for a specific congressional district. be assured my decision was not in any way influenced by any concerns about my being

barnicle. i have to say hold on. my mom made that bench.e's an artist. >> she's the hidden star of the family. she's the sculptor. she makes these beautiful pieces out of tree trunks. they are 2,000 pounds. i just installed one in my yard. that's my dad sitting on her bench in rural virginia area. >> we didn't get that one wrong. >> it's gorgeous. she's the story. i have to do a story on her. >> maybe we should. >> we're just following in her footsteps. >> how did you determine the most powerful? you have murdoch in here. i'm curious how that was determined? >> we tried to be -- we tried to apply some kind of rigor to this instead of choosing all of our best friends like mika. we wanted to look at some criteria that would help us whittle this down. we want to know who is healthy and passed it down so to speak and that was the first criteria. that cuts it down quickly. in terms of power we looked at the category of what do they exercise in terms of influence that is a bit subjective. we also looked at what do they own and what is their contr

mike barnicle and steve rattner still bus.gton the host "hardball" chris matthews. also editorial director of the national journal group ron fourniey and with us editor of "the daily beast" tina brown. we have a great crew to talk about these scandals. do we start with the irs again? i think is the question. >> i want to start quickly before we jump in, i want to start quickly with today's lead editorial in "the new york times" and go to chris matthews and then we will set the stories up. chris, as you always know and people in washington knows, it's not always exactly what you did. it's how you respond to do it. the white house has been dragging their feet this morning. this morning, "the new york times" talks about the associated press story and the white house's, quote, chilling zeal for investigating leaks and they say this at the end, which is just fascinating. these tactics will not scare us off or the a.p. if you're inside the white house, chris, and you have been inside the white house, "the new york times" is saying t

ba barnicle saying we did the wrong highlights.in february, the picture of dennis rodman making his diplomatic debut in north korea. >> successful. >> it has been since revealed it was part of an hbo news magazine called "vice." >> this was all for a reality show? can't believe it. >> no, they say it wasn't a gimmick, though. in fact, here's the key, he wasn't even their original first choice for this mission. they originally reached out to michael jordan. and, you know, wisely i think, he said no tha, no thank you, i enough trouble running an nba team. i don't know how they go from jordan to rodman. nothing in between? >> have you seen this flood video? >> i have not. this is carl sandberg college in illinois. a flash flood literally. it blows through the front door. obviously campus will be closed until further notice so they can clean things up. >> it's like a basement. >> yeah. >> unfortunately it wasn't even a basement. it was ground level. flooding continues to be a huge concern there in the midwest. it will continue as we go

. >> my favorite is let's reanimate mike barnicle! sorry, guys.here today so i can take that shot. "morning joe." have a great weekend, guys. it begins right now. ♪ ♪ the city streets are empty now the lights don't shine no more ♪ >> you are known well there. >> good morning. it's friday, may 31st. with us on the set msnbc political analyst and visiting professor to nyu, former congressman harold

with us on set, steve rattner, mike barnicle, willie geist and in d.c., we have lisa myers, kelly o'donnellignatius and unbelievable amount of news

congresswoman and former presidential candidate, maybe this story will make barnicle happy.hmann has announced she'll not seek reelection in 2014. it would have been her fifth term in a

the president sets back from it, he doesn't move into it to take advantage of -- >> mike barnicle, thoughone thing that ties all three together also, though, is this president and the administration, they do not handle dissent well. you look at benghazi, they just weren't telling the truth about benghazi, five, six, seven days later. still bristling at a press conference yesterday, trying to blame what they did in the fall on the republicans. and we'll see what happens with the irs, but it's the same thing with the "a.p." story. as carl says, their policy has been overly aggressive. and maybe it's not illegal, i think most reporters are saying this morning is abusive at the very least. >> the scope of the "a.p." story is overwhelming. it's overwhelming the numbers involved. but the "a.p." story and the benghazi story. there's still large elements of both of those stories we don't know a whole lot about. the irs story we know. we know what they did. someone's got to go now. >> yeah. and it should be just that. that's going to happen. taking action and it's going to -- i don't know. >> ther

john heilemann, mine barnicle and brian shactman at the table as well.s, did any of them make sense to you? >> i think we have to separate out issues. i do think there are regarding the relationship with the media on this leak issue. the notion of naming a journalist as co-spocokocon -- co-conspirator is something i find disturbing. because bob can't work the guest he wants, i'm unsympathetic to it. >> is it really that simple? is bob schieffer a whiner? suggesting that he is a whiner? >> no i'm not. i didn't say whiner. don't put words in my mouth. >> kinds of like a whiner. you guys since 2008 have more effectively shut out the press with online media than anybody else. not access to the president. >> people who don't have much to say with issue at hand. >> you think it is a bad policy to put out the people you think are jermaine to a story. i don't think he is whining, i think he is doing, from his perspective, what he needs to do, which is nudge more guests to come on his show. but now i do think the other issue is serious. i think mixing the two is

mike barnicle?u're a pervert. >> what you said about donny, i'll continue on that theme. how graceful did martha say no? >> she's so out of your league. >> you can't blame a guy for trying to claw up. >> you should know when it's not worth trying. >> you know i love you. it's time for chuck todd on "the daily rundown." chuck? >>> president obama says the acting irs commissioner is out. white house in damage control mode. what big steps might they take to do more than just stop the bleeding? >>> devastation in texas. at least six people are dead. another dozen or so are still missing and many more injured after a tornado

. >> we have mike barnicle and tv's only willie geist. >> in washington, column nust for "the washington post" and msnbc policy analyst, ezra klein. >> ezra would probably like you to claim him too. >> i would too. >> if the cash comes with it, we are with that. >> unfortunately, women aren't paid as much as men. >> 40% of them off. >>> it would have been michele bachmann that she dismissed claims that of qis into her presidential campaign. jim graves few short by fewer than 5,000 votes last year. bachmann said she considered not running for the seat again after a presidential bid because she didn't want to risk republicans losing her seat. joining us from politico lawyers, mike allen. this store broke yesterday. what do you make of this? >> to takeaways from this. one, when they say it's not about the money, it's about the money! and when she says this is not about the competition that she faced or these investigations, you know that was a big factor. and here is the give-away. just on thursday, less than a weeking, she start airing advertisements for her re-election and she bought two

. >> my favorite is let's reanimate mike barnicle! sorry, guys. mike is not here today so i can take that shot. "morning joe." have a great weekend, guys. it begins right now. ♪ ♪ the city streets are empty now the lights don't shine no more ♪ >> you are known well there. >> good morning. it's friday, may 31st. with us on the set msnbc political analyst and visiting professor to nyu, former congressman harold ford jr. ma mackinaw is his favorite sign. and also josh green. talking this morning about women power about why men are people too. >> finally! >> finally, somebody speaking out for the impressed man. and in washington, columnist for bloomberg view a man who has been impressed so many years, al hunt, he's with us. mika, a little known fact. a lot of people don't know that willie and i, 65-68 were together in nam. >> this is going to end up in the holiday inn on 57th street somehow. it always does. >> we have our reunion of the guys that went through, we were into, you know, what -- i can't call it what we called it, okay? you're in the bucke

. >> with us onset, we've got mike barnicle, political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. and "fortune" magazine's assistant editor. we've got so much to talk about. i was really surprised at the last segment on "way too early" talking about chris christie undergoing an operation. chris text us to let us know this story was true or not. >>> also, a lot of other things going on. today, we'll be seeing what the biggest companies in america are. >> we are. >> fortune 500, see who's going up, going down. also, benghazi, this story will not go away. >> yeah. >> we have new testimony that has come out talking about the military actually trying to get over to benghazi while the riots were going on. >> last-minute changes. >> being told to stand down. don't go over there. and i'll tell you, the people that wanted to get over to benghazi said there's no doubt a show of force would've either calmed the crowds down or at least intimidated them and they think they could have saved a lot of lives. even mike huckabee saying this scandal is not goin

. >> bradley e-mail t way too early what time is it, mike barnicle? >>s if the's way too early, it's time for "morning joe." but right now, kristen welker. >> good luck. see you later. >> have a great day. >>> thanks, guys. boardwalk bound. amid a wave of washington woes, president obama's first trip after memorial day takes him to the jersey shore to help governor chris christie kick off the summer season. this morning, we will talk to the president's communications director, jennifer palmieri. >>> in florida, george zimmerman is heading back into court at this hour to decide what evidence can be used in his defense in the case of trayvon martin's shooting death. we will go live to the courthouse. you >>> and dozen the senate need saving? find out why olympia snowe felt it was time to say good-bye to the world's greatest deliberative body last year a very good morning from washington, d.c. it's tuesday, may 28, 2013, this is "the daily rundown." i'm kristen welker in for my friend chuck todd. i hope odd great memorial day. >>> we are watch a courtroo

with us is mike barnicle and jon meacham and tv's own willie geist. >> special every day for the last six years. >> today is a special day. >> extra special. >> because it's special. >> yes. >> he is here today. >> any way a lot to talk about. mark sanford wins. >> yeah. ? is your mike off or somebody creeping behind you for no reason? >> no. >> all right. >> people just usually come up like a petting zoo. then they go home. >> that is what she said. >> a lot to talk about today. mark sanford wins. in the end it wasn't even close on capitol hill today. ben ghazi hearings go. the "the washington post" reporting that the focus now has turned directly to hillary clinton. a lot of democrats are trying to undo her for 2016 already and bill clinton saying let's stop talking about 2016. i think he is recognizing making her too big of a target. you have wiretapping? >> i do. >> easier for the feds to wiretap us. they can can go into our e-mails and instant messages. >> instant messages? >> you should see the snap chats willie sends me. good lord. >> as long as you stay away from the snap chat

mike barnicle and brian shactman join the table as well. >> bob is for jobs is better than bobs for felons what is going on? this seems counterintuitive here. what is up? is this a trick? >> well, no, first the good news is the unemployment rate is down to 5.2% so we are still for jobs here in virginia, joe. >> 5.2. >> listen. we are a nation of second chances. we believe in redemption and restoration. our rate in virginia is down to 23%. we have able to have a prison re-entry system and get people fully integrated into society. what i announced yesterday is once somebody has done their probation or parole and incarceration and paid their fines and costs and don't have any pending charges we will automatic restore their voting rights and civil and constitutional rights. get them fully reintegrated into society and be a law abiding citizen and that will decrease the chance to commit new crimes. i think the right thing to do. >> why did you decide to take this step? >> i've been working on this a couple of years. i've restored more rights than any governor in virginia history and improving t