what is it like to play frank reagan? >> well, i love playing him.ove the responsibility of playing him. it is very hard to communicate to an audience it, the shear burden, the weight that's on the shoulders of somebody in command. it is a harder thing than probably tackling somebody on the street and putting handicuffs on them. it is a different thing, as probably better way to put that. and frank is a very good man who really didn't want this job, who is out after shear sense of responsibility taking it, and doing the best he can. >> and tom, we've talked business, so now i got to throw in little fun here. you have been called the godfather of the mustache? okay? >> yes, i'm thrilled about that. >> yes, i bet you are. and did you know that you have multiple twitter accounts and almost 40,000 likes on facebook, your mustache, that is? >> i'm not real compute rat lit rat, but i'm big on twitter? >> your mustache. >> orest? i have to refer to my mustache separately, he's got his own agent, i'm not allowed to talk about him very much. >> i don't know i

. >> that's frank reagan, not frank mallicoat. >> we're buds. >> what a guy still looking good at that age. >> and terrific, too. chatted with him yesterday. catch "blue bloods" at 10:00 right here on channel 5. >>> okay. how about some weather? the weekend here is. how we doing? >> doing good. started off with some scattered showers this morning. yeah, some clouds and even a bit of rain out there in fact earlier today, check out this video from chopper 5. flying above the clouds as they went from story to story this morning. looks like a dream. we have more details on how long the clouds will be sticking around. they have already started dissipating in many locations. those clouds were -- some showers down below. beautiful shot. let's check with our weather watchers. as you can see, nobody reporting rain right now. we're seeing sunshine from charlie in vallejo. partly cloudy skies 71 from bill in orinda, california. just a few clouds out there. so we'll continue to see some cloud cover from time to time partly to mostly -- well, more partly cloudy than mostly cloudy today although inc

reagan. i think that was still too long ago for frank to be the bureau chief at cnn in washington, but you were that was the kind of thing, right, david? >> that's right. keep in mind, marginal tax rates were higher in ronald reagan's first term than in barack obama's entire term. so that's one problem. and then the second point and circles back to the original idea of boogie men that republicans are going after. another one in addition to president obama, look at bernie sanders. there was a charge tonight if bernie sanders was elected had a marginal tax rate of 90%. that's flat out not true. >> i want to interrupt you. let's go to michael shore right here with ben carson. >> why guess when soon you know? >> what felt the best to you tonight? >> i was glad to see that the audience was engaged, and they were paying attention to the way the questions were being asked. for instance, whether they got to the manatech question. doesn't that mean you're not paying attention? just crazy stuff like that. i fund find that out across the nation. you notice every day there are ten new articles saying carso

reagan. the democratic party isn't going as far left unless barney frank -- unless bernie sanders wins the nomination which i think is still highly unlikely. it won't go that far. but the idea of a donald trump nomination is not beyond imagination now. it's not beyond imagination. it is, in fact, somewhere out there between possible and plausible. it's certainly not probable. that's a rock 'em sock 'em change in american politics. i go back to my point. you're on today, brian, appropriately. this is real news. this is something we're going to be talking about a long time from now, the rupture in the republican party, perhaps something like a breakup of the republican party. because i don't see, short of finding paul ryan on a ship out there willing to lead this ship of state politically, they don't have an answer. >> chris, it is big news. and chris keeps saying steve kornacki, this is serious business. that's exactly what this is. the "tonight show" has put out a statement saying john boehner will not appear tonight. he'd been their long scheduled guest. that's not a venue we'll be hearing from him.

frank or somebody on the left. we would find something the people in the right, the left, the middle wand and we'd keep teep that it say that reaganhill flying a flag. teddy kennedy had the same rule. if pee could agree on 60% of the big bill -- i've got friends in boston o who are really conservative, when they needed something they would say you know what. >> he didn't just represent one side. he represented everybody he could. our whole system, 35 and they got to agree on something to get done for the country. you have to compromise to get that. if you go in thinking i'm going to get is hundred percent or zero%. one of the things we done is to create a problem solver's bipt attention. there as now over 70 peeps, the last time the government was about to shut down in pr. >> senator, it's great having you here. >> great to you back. come back. . the world has changed in the four years that that you ran as president. wa a long, rang trm somebody said, i would be seventh in sudden states, they would say smoking something just made legally in speech california will bet some. more "morning joe" when we return. y work all the time. su