neil needed to know more about joe's background. >> joe's father died when he was 17 years old. joe is the only boy in the family. so his father's death was very traumatic for him. >> i had to become the bread winner. and as soon as i graduated i went right into the military. i was what they call a shade tree mechanic. i worked on everything from a jeep all the way up to a 35,000 k.w. generate they're used to launch missiles. i loved it. >> joe worked his way up to sergeant and was honorably discharged. but when he returned to the distressed economy of 1980s rust belt cleveland, joe couldn't find work. >> he thought he was a certified mechanic. i don't know what certification is in the military. but people were telling him, you're not a certified mechanic. >> in the spring of 1988, joe moved into a basement apartment near little italy. >> he lived in the coventry area which at the time was something a lot of 20-somethings did. they were blue-collar workers and they partied a lot. >> i wasn't an angel. i drank. i drank like a fish. right across the street from where i was living

. >> you must be joe. hi, joe. i'm j.j. ramberg from "your business." it's so nice to meet you.'s business monterey bay silver, is one of four independent jewelry stores right next to each other that he and his wife operate. >> you must be mary. first of met joe, know you. it is so nice to meet you. we are thrilled to be here today. >> i'm thrilled to have you. >> okay. so i saw the silver store. what's the name of this one? >> this is morning star pearls. >> there's a pearl shop targeting older women, and a silver shop targeting younger ones. >> and what is this? >> this is called splash. 7 >> it is less about an age group and more about fun and then the most recent store called "everything must go" filled with various leftovers at closeout prices appealing to bargain hunters of all ages. >> how did this happen? how is it that you have one jewelry store one after another? is it space kept opening up? >> i don't really know. it just sort of progressed that way. i never plan very much. >> the reason we're here is that your son wrote us a letter. my parents gave everything to give

i was just a step away. >> no more excuses, joe. you are going to know everything that sales every minute of the day. >> and you will be able to share those numbers with your suppliers. they can then help keep you in stock on the goods that sell. >> i am so excited. i'm so surprised. who do i hug first? where are the letters? who do i write? can i make them a lasagna. >> she might be making more than one when she sees what the interior designers have drawn up for their business. they can hardly wait to see. >> i am excited to see what we have in store for you and what you to do with it. >> we'll find out. i'm very excited to find out. >> we're not finished helping them quite yet. we have some business surprises in store for them. stay tuned to see what they are. more and more businesses are turning to instagram to reach younger demographics. here now are five ways to get the most out of your presence on the site courtesy of small business trends.com. >> one, take better pictures. sites like pop photo.com and cio.com offer great tips

joe's locations.they say those pings trace his route home. >> i've never seen the pings, they've been sealed by a judge, i'd love to see them. >> reporter: you'll see them for yourself later. when we come back -- "20/20" returns to that very same hotel shower. and later tonight, the fiance, with sheena that new year's eve. how does he explain the evidence? celebrate your love of crab with gthis year's largest variety!. 'cause it's crabfest at red lobster! dig into a succulent selection of crab entrées. like new crab lover's trio! with sweet snow crab legs, split king crab, and jumbo lump crab over savory shrimp. crab three ways! all on one plate. or try new jumbo lump crab over wood-grilled salmon. experience crabfest at red lobster today. only for a limited time. come in and sea food differently! the cadillac summer collection is here. ♪ ♪ during the cadillac summer's best event, lease this all new 2014 cts for around $459 a month or purchase with 0% apr and make this the summer of style. dust irrita

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if i'm wrong, i always correct myself, joe. >> as joe is prepped to move into his new cell, deputy wardenoni brown offers some words of wisdom to amy. >> you can go by the book, you can alter the rules, you decide how you are going to do your job, but you darn better make sure you do it the same way every single time, especially with somebody like that, because he's not going to forget. >> he's expected to parole next month. so i think a lot of it might be anxiety of -- he's been doing time since the riot days. >> all right, fellas. stay out of trouble like [ bleep ] me. >> i saw some pictures, some young pictures of me when i first come in. i look like a puppy. i mean, i was so young. and then now i look at myself, the years just go slow. they seem slow. then you know, after a while, you're like, wow, they just went by. i wasted so much of it in here. i don't want to see myself an old, gray 50-year-old man, 60-year-old man sitting in here with nothing. you know, your family just dying off. sometimes i wonder what the future is for me. is this it? you know, i don't want that. i just want

joe johnston was just great. it got into books and movies and it's very difficult to get people to realize that what they see in movies and read in books is not necessarily so. i had an interesting experience along these lines one time. there was a movie made back i believe in the late '50s called "on the beach." one of you two look like you might be old enough to remember that. it's a movie set in australia in the after math of the world war iii, the united states, they have killed everybody on earth except the people in australia. those blokes are drinking beer and singing and awaiting the arrival of a radioactive cloud. and this became the kind of pilot movie for a whole genre of films like this on wiping out all life on earth. there was one i was teaching in north carolina state. i think it was a made for television movie if i recall collectly called "the day after." except for the same thing except they are in kansas and north dakota. i had stupids what was it like -- i had students come up and see me, what

we're gonna listen to joe and tim.e gonna focus on the restaurant, expand the menu, and not worry about the retail at all. >> i am so excited. we're gonna do a gastropub-- amazing food, rustic look. it's gonna be incredible. this is perfect. jess! >> yeah. >> look at this. you should see all this stuff. they've got everything we need. i'm so happy. >> hello, mills & co. >> hi. >> what's going on? >> narrator: consultant waylynn lucas works for joe and tim, a pastry chef and entrepreneur who's opened her own bakery. she'll help gavin and jessica prep for their restaurant launch. >> as you know, joe and tim have given you $7,500 and 36 hours to transform this space. here is a ledger to account for your spending. >> good. you're a penny pincher, so... >> yes. >> somebody has to be. >> yeah, right. >> they will be looking at three very important key things. >> okay. >> taste. joe and tim love the taste of your food; however, they want you to expand your menu because you need to serve more than just appetizers. next, brandi

joe biden is swimming naked.nd the other reaction, this is the reason why there is no gop plan to impeach the president. he is stuck with this. >> i don't know. this would be so awesome to have a commander-in-chief who lets it all hang out, if you know what i mean, and he does let it hang out. it hangs. andy, is the most shocking revelation that there are female secret service agents? that's what i overheard you saying at the men's lounge downstairs. >> yeah, i think that is an anonymous source. that is clearly not true. i figured joe for more of a banana hammock kind of guy. he does explain that his code word is "the little dipper." >> it is not "get shorty"? >> did you say "get shorty"? >> that's terrible, both of you. there is a bit of ageism going on here. if this was barack obama swimming nude everybody would be okay with it. because it is joe biden who is a couple decades older than obama, that's ageist. >> it is. and they don't have to look. they know where he is. they are supposed to be -- they need to ma

thank you, joe.ople to not have the right to be married. >> okay. >> deal? >> you've already got it. >> they do. i want everybody to have it, though. i mean come on, seriously. >> it's our new motto. straight people don't get married. >> i've been saying for that years. >>> we have a packed hour ahead with new developments in america's mission against islamists. we'll talk to ambassador james jeffrey. also nbc's jim miklaszewski and dan senor who advised american officials during the american occupation. plus we'll check in the president's vacation at mar that's vineyard as he squeezes in some golf while dealing with a long, long list of cry -- kries seize. 's time to bring it out in the open. it's time to drop your pants for underwareness, a cause to support the over 65 million people who may need depend underwear. show them they're not alone and show off a pair of depend. because wearing a different kind of underwear, is no big deal. join us. support the cause and get a free sample of depend at und

oh. >> joe, how tall are you, joe? >> i am another one of the tall people. >> i am 5 foot 10. >> i completely agree. >> i have a little rose for you guys and a rose for normal people. >> it should be the beautiful people like us on one side. >> we can cram more people on your side. >> we should tell people to pay more then. >> there you go. >> how about this idea. how about every seat row adjusts so each person has two inches in front of their knees. for you it will come way far forward. >> you know what, that is socialism. you are deciding you know what it is like. >> we will pontes you -- pants you from above. >> these days it is like literally three inches between seats on airplanes. >> they were in economy class. >> that's what i'm saying. there is no room between seats. the minute you add back you are destroying the life of the person behind you. the rest of the flight and possibly emotionally scarring them for the rest of their life, greg. >> you know, i hope so. i hope that's the case. >> you are a sociopath. >>

"morning joe." "morning joe" is going now to get a drink of water. >> "morning joe" is happy!oe" is mad. >> just to make joe kernen mad. no, not doing that. joe would file a lawsuit against me e. let's not contribute a. great guy. >> an angry guy in a wonderful, wonderful way, much like mark haines, god, i miss him. such a wonderfully angry guy. right? and a cincinnati guy, too. >> west side of cincinnati. >> oh, doesn't count. >> we have a little rivalry, but he's very proud of his cincinnati roots. most of the action, though is happening on the east side. >> of course. that's -- >> down by the river. >> just telling us. >>> with us now, not to talk about action happening on the east side of cincinnati -- >> correct. >> east side of cincinnati. chief white house correspondent here with the morning playbook. fascinating. mike, first, give us a happy friday. >> first things first. happy friday! >> second thing, politico, you guys report that bill clinton cheats? >> in golf. >> i know, you're shocked, shocked. >> i'm shocked and stunned and deeply saddened. tell us about it. >>

joe on nat gas? quickly?nat gas, something that when you look forward, it's tremendous opportunity. makes like range resources sold off. you buy those. gat emps certainly a source here. i think when you look in europe, the risk to europe is that the russians cut off the gas to europe. >> okay. coming up, jon najarian is more than just a master of the market. so what does dr. j do when not trading? we'll find out in today's "trader trade-off." >>> also, bullish two years now. a trader with $3.5 billion under management has take an hard turn away from the s&p. where is he moving a large chunk of his money? that story is next. ♪ when the world moves, futures move first. learn futures from experienced pros with dedicated chats and daily live webinars. and trade with paper money to test-drive the market. all on thinkorswim from td ameritrade. but parallel parking isn't one you do a lof them.ings great. you're either too far from the curb. or too close to other cars... it's just a matter of time until you rip some

by this point, joe johnson -- excuse me -- by this point jefferson davis has had enough of joe johnson jefferson davis has lost faith in joe johnson's ability to hold the city of atlanta. johnson had repeatedly told the davis administration and politicians who visited his headquarters, the best way to force the federals out of north georgia is to strike the western and atlantic railroad. strike their supply line and end up in tennessee. johnson claimed that his army excuse me, his calvary couldn't do this. johnson con the afford to detach his own calvary from his army because he needed weaver to defend the flanks of the army as it fell back. johns didn't have enough men to stretch the line long enough. what johnson proposed over and over and over was for the davis administration to order the confederate calvary in alabama and mississippi forrest command to ride east to break sherman's supply line. this would involve stripping the states of alabama and mississippi along with their defenders. and that was something that davis, i think wisely refused to do. alabama and mississippi were pr

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morning joe. a wake for kevin ward is being held today after being killed by a car driven by tony is expecte update on his wife, nancy's condition. she's being treated for the ebola virus. that's going to do it for this edition of "way too early." "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >>> good morning everyone. it's wednesday, august 13. welcome to "morning joe." with us onset morning joe contributor jon kyle man. former communications director for president george w. bush, nicolle wallace. washington we have columnist for "the washington post" david ignatius as well along with willie, joe and me. >> did you read the papers? nicolle is going to be on "the view." >> we're republicans. we know everything in the paper is not true. >> it is biased. >> it is biased. >> you republicans think that about everything. >> is it not true? >> it's not true. >> i think there are definitely shades of it. that's a fantastic conversation for dinner, friends in the media. >> unbelievable. extraordinarily biased. >> do

do i just say joe or mika?a, when i was writing this book -- >> that's the smart move. >> i couldn't believe how much i had done. this book should be called "i am freaking tired." we'll get to whatever you want to get to but the book has a lot of great sports stories. i worked a lot with harvey milk back in the day in the gay and lesbian movement, it was just called the homosexual movement back then, i think. and lots of stuff in there,ing through scandal and all kinds of things. >> alcoholism at 55, that sounds surprising because i think the theory is, oh, somebody has had a drinking problem, but at that stage of life to either acknowledge or become -- explain how at 55 versus 47. >> well, you're predetermined as an alcoholic, it's a disease, it's a brain disease and it's an allergy. i thought i was fine, but at 55, and it had to do with where i was working too. i hated the people i was working with. i loathed the executive producer who was just a nightmare who would make me go stand next to my friends -- >> b

and i know what we're all wondering here, did joe accept the challenge?nd i think we're just going to have to wait and see what happens on "morning joe." >> i think we are going to have to wait and see, but i just want to say that i brought up my inflatable kiddie pool from my office -- >> you just have that in your apartment? >> i have it down there, you know, because i like to lay in that after the show and soak my feet. so, we'll see what happens. louis, thank you, sir. >>> coming up next on "way too early," a look at the stories you'll be looking at in the day ahead. "morning joe" moments away. [ man ] adventure, it means taking chances. it means trying something new. [ woman ] that uncertainty of what's to come. ♪ ♪ ♪ it's time to bring it out in the open. it's time to drop your pants for underwareness, a cause to support the over 65 million people who may need depend underwear. show them they're not alone and show off a pair of depend. because wearing a different kind of underwear, is no big deal. join us. support the cause and get a free sample of

welcome to "morning joe." with us onset morning joe contributor jon kyle man.er communications director for president george w. bush, nicolle wallace. washington we have columnist for "the washington post" david ignatius as well along with willie, joe and me. >> did you read the papers? nicolle

really, joe?oint, i don't think i've seen any other side to this story until we started this show this morning, because everybody is available to criticize. >> there is a disconnect, kim, obviously. a lot of people are concerned and it's not just conservatives who are concerned about that press conference yesterday. gene robinson wrote a column this morning in "the washington post" very concerned about the lack of strategy. nick kristof yesterday was concerned about the fact the president doesn't have the strategy yet. there's such a disconnect, though, between what his administration is saying and what samantha power is saying at the united nations, what chuck hagel is saying in front of cameras. i just -- i'm having a hard time squaring it up and i can't believe that the president doesn't have some idea on how we are going to move forward? syria. he is just waiting for the rest of the region to come along. >> yes, absolutely. i think also to the point that you're making earlier in the show, joe,

reporting live in vallejo, joe vasquez, kpix5. >> thanks joe. >>> tonight, we know the fire at hope servicesn santa clara appears to have started in a donation bin. this is video from earlier today. it broke out at 4:00 this afternoon and burned intensely for a while. just look at that ball of fire. all the thick black smoke. three trucks containing donated clothes were destroyed along with a couple of trees nearby. a few employees were inside at the time. they are okay. and so the building. >>> tonight, more turf trouble at levi stadium. at least one event has been rescheduled but andria borba says things are looking good for the niners sunday. >> reporter: well the niners game sunday should go out without a hitch. that other event that had already had 5,000 tickets sold. people here at levi stadium say they will honor the tickets on the new day. at levi stadium, the 49ers are rolling out the new green carpet. the turf at the new stadium was chewed up after game one, but is getting replaced in time for sunday's chargers game. >> as far as diving into this and peeling back the onion, what fo

you're the one who used that word, joe. howie, i think that this idea that the coverage has inflamed things, i'm drawing the parallel from 60 years ago. we all know there was behavior that changed 60 years ago because people realized that the images were filtering out to the rest of the country and the south did not like how it was being portrayed. i think the same thing has happened here in ferguson. they ran a headline about how you saw this 180, the police actually start mamping with the protesters and engaging them in a positive way. i do not think that would have happened if there hadn't been all those images of them in riot gear and they knew how that was reflecting on their town. >> what fwiter has done in a positive manner and i'm sorry if i overreacted. perhaps i did. at least now the police can't control the narrative in terms of everything that's coming out. twitter, as i said, 7 million. there are positives of social media as far as positives. i don't want to say that and i apologize to kelly for overreacting. >

joe's wife and joe's friend. >> hidden cameras i can wirelessly access. >> connect this to joe's car.i program the car's blue tooth, which he has no idea he has. >> it's able to play that prerecorded alert message, and he knows the radio station that joe listens to because he says joe always listens to one radio station. the whole blue tooth thing is perfect. >> suspect is considered to be highly dangerous. >> i'm wondering how the heck do you play that through the radio? >> so smart. >> probably one of my favorite pranks ever. sfwoo what the hell is going on? >> [ bleep ]. you got me. >> okay. we hit the mall, right? >> freeze frame the video right here, and let's look at this guy. you could trust him. you could trust him to be pretty funny, be a pretty good dad, right? this is on the youtube channel of robert wright. this is robert. he goes by rob. he is a comedian fromgh rth carolina. >> get out of the car. mind you, this is my friend's car. i see that. the top down and the windows down. you know what he tells me. [ laughing ] >> hey, that's some bull [ bleep ]. >> this dad is awes

joe? >> all right.heck on the markets, and what we're expecting this morning with some of the news from ukraine. once again the futures were under pressure and they are, now. they've been down 75. they've been down 45. now they're down 63. over in asia, take a quick look. a lot of times that gives us an indication of what we could expect. there are red arrows there, also in europe, probably with the ukraine situation, losses there anywhere from a little over a point to a little less than half a point. and as we sit here record levels we are hearing the smart minds on the street call for everything from smooth sailing ahead, to the apocalypse. >> there's not much to fear here. and like the rest of the market, there's a ton to embrace. >> as scary as it is, i think that we could see possibly a 50% or 60% correction. >> with us to try and make sense of this market charles biedermann is in studio, founder and chairman of trim tabs research and founder of biedermann's practice -- were you ever on fnn, charle

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by this point, joe johnson -- excuse me -- by this point jefferson davis has had enough of joe johnson jefferson davis has lost faith in joe johnson's ability to hold the city of atlanta. johnson had repeatedly told the davis administration and politicians who visited his headquarters, the best way to force the federals out of north georgia is to strike the western and atlantic railroad. strike their supply line and end up in tennessee. johnson claimed that his army excuse me, his calvary couldn't do this. johnson con the afford to detach his own calvary from his army because he needed weaver to defend the flanks of the army as it fell back. what johnson proposed over and over and over was for the davis administration to ride east to break sherman's supply line. this would involve stripping the states of alabama and mississippi along with their defenders. and that was something that davis, i think wisely refused to do. alabama and mississippi were pretty important states. stripping those states of their defenders would have opened up the rich agricultural region. they would have opened

welcome back to "morning joe."me at the table. joining us from philadelphia, we have former chairman of the democratic national committee, governor of pennsylvania, nbc news political analyst, ed rendell. are you angry too with congress? what's he muttering there? >> he doesn't look angry. ed rendell is never angry, only determined. >> okay. we'll get to what's not happening in washington and the fallout from that in just a moment. >> what a mess. >> but first we begin with breaking news from the middle east. there are reports this morning that the cease-fire between israel and hamas has unraveled just hours after taking effect. both sides are accusing the other of violating the truce. a palestinian official says israeli shelling this morning has killed at least 35 people and wounded hundreds of others in southern gaza. the israeli military meanwhile says militants have fired eight rockets and mortars at israel since the cease-fire began. an israeli source says at least two israeli soldiers were killed and the army

i really do, joe. book "the greatest generation." and i said to you agree with me that the 1940s was the greasest generation in baseball? the greatest decade in baseball. and he said positively. i'll tell you the reason why. joe dimaggio's 56-game hitting street, ted williams batting over .400. you had all of these good players going to war. above all that, jackie robinson in 1947 breaks the color barrier. that has to be the greatest. it was very, very important to our society and to baseball. >> you know, you talk about baseball, though. i really do mark so many moments of my life. 1975 obviously what happened in game six, but i will forever remember being in dalton, georgia, at my grandmom's house on april 8, 1974, when al downing pitched that pitch to hank aaron. i mean there are just -- these are the moments that mark our lives, right? >> really. it's how baseball explains america. you know, it's so important. and that moment when hank broke that record, that has to stand. and the fact that there w

welcome to "morning joe." lot to get to this morning. >> boy, we do. >> on the front page of all the papers, we have got news that there was an attempt to rescue jim foley. we start there. the pentagon confirms that dozen of special operation troops unsuccessfully tried to rescue the journalist james foley and other american hostages earlier this summer in syria. the captives were not at the targeted locations and foley was eventually murdered by islamic. >> people are very angry right now about not only about this murder. "the new york times" is reporting they angry this information was released. a lot of people feeling that the information was released so the president could look like he was really engaged. he, obviously, is getting hammered for going out golfing right after this horrifying news. the "daily news" has this on the front page. that actually cuts both ways. a lot of people talking about it. but can you imagine? i mean, both of you, if you're president of the united states and like the europeans

news contributor lauren ashburn joining us, jim garrity, contributing editor at national review and joe tribity. how has this video of the shoplifting, which i've now seen about 10 nous times, how has it changed the story line of this tragedy. >> it has utterly transformed the way we look at this, the way reporters do and the way the public does. it doesn't matter what the police are driving. what they're saying is i don't know the images. what they're saying is yeah, i did. >> does it matter what the report erts and the anchor res saying? like wallpaper, despite the fact that there is no dispute that this robbery was not connected to the shooting? >> absolutely not. this is something of the media going overboard and the police shouldn't have released it, either. even the fbi said don't do this. it will cause trouble. >> jim, how is it that it took skeptical reporters, hours after this thing was playing on cable news, to get the police chief to acknowledge that this is a shoplifting case and that the officer who shot michael brown didn't even know that the guy was a suspect? >> yeah. fr

joe and i took the challenge last week. joe, you got it so bad. that's how you do it, everybody, right there. just right there on "morning joe." joe took a challenge and passed it on to our good friend carole king. >> als, i'm challenging "morning joe" who nominated me, so here we go. tim, ice. creek water. 1-2-3! >> oh, my goodness. carole did it right! you know that creek water in idaho was probably colder than the ice! >> she is amazing! >> how great is she? >> i love her. as of yesterday, the als says it raised over $13 million up from nearly $2 million during the same time last year. good for them. >> that is such a horrifying disease. ifg flying on a plane back. my gosh, 20 years ago with a guy that just found out that he got it. i said what are you doing? he said, you know what? i'm going to go and do some mountain climbing. he was in great shape and do some hiking. he just looked down at his legs and said these aren't going to be working soon and, you know, just said it's a death sentence and it has been a death sentence. it is a terrible

joe, this is built for you.s the vandals you wrote a song called "my girlfriend is dead." >> someone in the band wrote it. >> it gets messy. >> it does. >> exactly, this is why the jury should be allowed to see this. if it is a third party's lyrics and they went to this good i and says he likes wrap music and let me give you wrap music and this is why we should put him in prison because this is what he likes. if he is writing i want to kill you, i want to kill you. >> nice voice. >> slap a beat onon it and we will get rich. >> did you have chili for lunch. >> my point is the jury should be allowed -- picture the family of the poor drug dealer who is paralyzed by this guy. have some sympathy for him. you would want the jury to hear this guy is obsessed with people. maybe he did kill this person. >> you have a moral center that will doesn't have. >> but he is right. >> yeah, they they can't -- this needs to be admissible. it should be banned from the courtroom. and there is an obvious racial come -- component. i w

"morning joe" starts right now. stick around. ♪ >>> join us in an effort to restore confidence, dignity and decorum to this institution. >> former white house press secretary james brady died today at the age of 73. >> only 69 days after ronald reagan took office. >> one bullet striking reagan in the chest. another penetrating brady's skull. >> the tragedy turned brady's wife sarah and eventually brady himself into advocates for gun control. >> what may be an emerging genocide. shiite men are herded together and executed in mass graves. >> news about the experimental drug used to treat that american doctor infected now back here in the united states. >> a doctor in liberia describes it as miraculous. >> these two americans may save a lot of lives. >> by her suffering in this, she may be able to help countless more. >> a patient came to mt. sinai's emergency room with symptoms of fever. >> doctors now awaiting the results of tests on a man at a major manhattan hospital. >> given the amount of travel, it wouldn't be e

joe!d like the pages of a messy coloring book. >> we were out there last night, joe. >> i thought it was good. >> it confused drivers causing slow downs and swerving. thankfully, joe, the mistakes did not lead to an accident. the department of transportation in virginia is looking into what caused this and they are working to repair the mistake. somebody was a little confused while driving! >> or a little drunk. >> maybe. >>> with summer coming to an end, families across the country may be experiencing what seems like a never ending list of fees at hotels. the wireless fees, really? >> that is "nowing! >> that is annoying! >> come on! that's a joke. >> making a local phone call, it's $87. >> you never use the phone. nbc kerry sanders is live in miami beach, florida, with more on why you may have to dig a lot deeper into your pockets. kerry, more? >> reporter: yes. it's really going on catch you off guard if you haven't been to a hotel recently. the palm trees look so beautiful here on sout

"morning joe" starts right now! ♪ >> president obama played eighth round of golf of his vacation today. he's played so much golf, i guess he is getting pretty good but still not at the pro level yet and i'll show you what i mean. here is rory mcilroy's tee shot. >> in the hole! >> they are yelling get in the hole, get in the hole. now see the difference with obama's swing. listen. >> get back to the white house! >> get back to work! >> get back to work! get back to the white house. >> get back to work, get back to the white house. >> that's pretty good. >> that's funny. >> hi. a little bit of a controversy that the president gets for sure. >> every president. >> why did you wear the same sweater? >> vomiting blue on the set. >> blah! >> blah! >> can i just say i want to wear my t-shirt? >> do it. it's friday. why not? >> hello, thomas. >> good morning. >> when you get to be our age, it will be harder for you to get yourself together in the morning. i'm just saying. >> it's hard. >> yes, it is! >> it's friday! >> the

i think it fit in well on "morning joe."is foreign policy is defined as don't do stupid bleep and now on isis it's horse bleep that he could stop it. regardless of whatever it is, regardless of how we got here, looking forward is chaotic, not only for this president but this would be a challenge for like eisenhow eisenhower. there is chaos in the north and baghdad and everywhere. what is the next step? >> i think to push the iraqi government in baghdad which is why the president called the president designate in baghdad yesterday saying you have to find a political solution to that is going to satisfy the sunnis in this country. you have to deal with this. americans can strike the islamic state in the north with some success as they are doing but unless america is prepared to go into syria to really roll back long term probably by putting boots on the ground as well and get this organization really crushed, which it's not prepared to do. washington doesn't want to do that, then this is going to have to be a regional solution

>> "morning joe."athing in the voting booth. 68 days until the midterms and we still don't see one thing that will make or break it for both sides. right now democrats want to make it about shouts of a gop shutdown and republicans want to make it about outrage over executive actions on immigration. it's all about fear, folks. this morning we'll hear from white house communications director jennifer palmeri. >>> plus mitch mcconnell needs to flip six seats to change two letters in his title. we'll have the latest on which states harry reid hopes stand in his way. good morning from washington. it's thursday, august 28th, 2014. this is "the daily rundown." it's my next to last day hosting

welcome to "morning joe." that is what t.j. does. he's into the glasses.'m glad someone does. >> i love those glasses. >> you have the situation with the last contact lens that falls and you just can't find them? >> i like them. i'm telling you. >> thank you, willie. >> i do. >> it's different when he says it in a way like he is not panting like t.j. >> oh, yeah. it's different. did he just wink at me and go is that bad? >> no. from the will meister? no. >> "morning joe" contributor john heilemann, what a weird start. he joins us. usually you're the weird one, john. all right. >> today, i'm innocent. >> today, you are innocent and elegant. we also have an msnbc political analyst and columnist for "the washington post" eugene robinson. in washington white house correspondent for "wall street journal" carol lee joins us as well. we have a lot to get to. don pardo passed away. 38 seasons of "snl." you know the voice? >> of course! >> we all know the voice. it was weird. but i went back on apple tv and i stumbled across "saturday night live." the first season

joe, what's yours? >> classic example of baz news, good action, when you measure it over a multiweek, multimonth time periods. that's what i look for. >> in terms of stocks? >> any asset class. mook for the asset class gets an abundance of incredibly in one direction, either favorable or negative news, and the price response to that is contrarian. i would argue some of what we're seeing lately is evidence to that. you're seeing stocks mod testily correct on what now is incredibly strong earnings and really good economic data. >> for me, group think. eun fortunaty of opinion, seems virtually everybody's going one way. i think it's more important in terms of -- buying something, rather than selling something, because fear is such a -- such a more -- you know, important motivator in my view. people don't want to lose money. >> i want an example. >> give you an example. look at stocks. look at blackberry down $5. everybody thought it was going belly up. look at apple. back when it was trading at $9. you kno

by this point, joe johnson -- excuse me -- by this point jefferson davis has had enough of joe johnson jefferson davis has lost faith in joe johnson's ability to hold the city of atlanta. johnson had repeatedly told the davis administration and politicians who visited his headquarters, the best way to force the federals out of north georgia is to strike the western and atlantic railroad. strike their supply line and end up in tennessee. johnson claimed that his army excuse me, his calvary couldn't do this. johnson con the afford to detach his own calvary from his army because he needed weaver to defend the flanks of the army as it fell back. what johnson proposed over and over and over was for the davis administration to ride east to break sherman's supply line. this would involve stripping the states of alabama and mississippi along with their defenders. and that was something that davis, i think wisely refused to do. alabama and mississippi were pretty important states. stripping those states of their defenders would have opened up the rich agricultural region. they would have opened

go joe. go.ape. >> actually there is a walk way. >> he can go that way. >> joe is going to be really tired. 17 is uphill. nick: gary, i was talking about the caddies showing the player the way. get a move on it. >> yeah. i think joe is lost ladies and gentlemen. run forest, run. wait a minute. this is interesting. nick: hang on a minute. >> rory. >> realisticly there is nobody on the fairway. >> nobody. >> rory knew that he walked behind him on that green for a reason. >> just vaporizing these. david was that over the trees with the hook? >> yes, it was. >> i can't see it from the booth. i can see it from the monitor here. he is getting that kind of dark now. it is getting that kind of dark. david, they are both going to hit while rickie tries to hit. if somebody floats it to the right rickie better duck. this is what we got. big, long hook. >> 212 yards, so-so lie. nick: a little scary. >> man. the green sets up at an angle for him. look at that. the walk through. >> and a hook. >> somebody tell