with us on set, "morning joe" contributor john heilemann. that's interesting, isn't it? homas? >> i once was lost. >> the alarm went off. >> and now i'm found. >> you look good. >> that's good. it's good you're here, john.

on the set we have john heilemann. >> good to have you here. >> hello, heilemann. anything going on with you? >> not much. celebrating the nets victory yesterday, baby. game seven. unbelievable. >> we'll talk. visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. >> professor. >> and in washington, senior political editor and white house correspondent for "the huffington post" sam stein. we also have editor for "the washington post" david ignatius. with all going on in ukraine, glad you're in early this morning. >> an eventful weekend. willie, happy belated birthday for you. >> thank you. it was a great saturday. it was a derby/birthday combo.

john heilemann and mike barnicle still at the table.olitical analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. and chuck todd will be here in just a few moments. >> john heilemann, obviously the reason why we talk about chris christie, why he's important, the only reason jeb bush is considering running is when christie started to falter a bit. i think christie, boy, he's locked and loaded ready to go. >> he looks like he has wanted to run before and still wants to run. there are obviously a loot of circumstances still playing out in the course of these months that might make it impossible for him to run. >> like what? >> he's under investigation on multiple fronts. we don't actually know the final answers. >> open up the newspaper, you'll see an update on it on "the daily news." >> he's not going to let democratic investigations. >> but the facts could come out. i'm not saying they will, but we don't know the answers. but there's no doubt that if he gets to the place where he is exonerated from the most se

stay with us. >> charlie: mark halperin and john heilemann are here, joining bloomberg. have a venture called bloomberg politics. best known for game change and double down. mark halperin was political analyst at time. this week marks the beginning of the primaries ahead of november's mid-term elections. republicans challenge democrats for control of the senate and a battle for the g.o.p. for the party's future. pleased to have mark halperin and john heilemann at this table as this thing has come to be known in the public. congratulations. >> happy to be with you on this day. >> charlie: i'm happy for that. i think you said, mark, there's a chance to do something we've never been able to do. what is that? >> well, it's to be at the center of a startup of an organization that's going cover american politics in a way that appeals to both of us because it will involve storytelling, the american political story, as you know, is a great story. every year, there's no story as consistently big in politics. stories come and go, natural disasters, et cetera, but it's a great big

with us on set, "morning joe" contributor john heilemann. that's interesting, isn't it? n't that interesting, thomas? >> i once was lost. >> the alarm went off. >> and now i'm found. >> you look good. >> that's good. it's good you're here, john. >> it was a crazy morning yesterday, kids. crazy morning. >> no. that's okay. we've got the host of "way too early" thomas roberts. and in washington white house correspondent for the associated press, julie pace. great to see you. hi, willie. hi, joe. okay. >> hey, there, mika. willie, how's the book tour going? your father and you the other day were unbelievable on "morning joe." it's just -- it's really inspiring. how's it going? >> thanks, joe. we're having fun. "good talk, dad" is the book we wrote together. i was just saying to mika it was like sitting around with family. think about getting to go out with your dad and talking about the best and funniest stories of your life. it's fun for people to talk about how much they love him. for me it's a great tribute to my dad. we're having a great time. >> your dad's like ali in h

i am pleased to have mark halperin and john heilemann. this is great. be with you on this day. >> happy for that. i think you said, mark, there is a chance to do something we have never been able to do. what is that? >> it is to be at the center of a startup. an organization that will cover american politics in a way that appeals to both of us because it will involve storytelling. the american political story as you know it. it is a great story. there is no story as big. stories come and go. it is a great big story that we both spent our careers covering and it is a chance within a great organization with a lot of resources and division and tradition of excellence in journalism to create a startup. to be the founders of something that will hopefully represent all we have learned about journalism and how to call -- cover politics in the digital age. >> we know how good you guys are and we know from appearing on the show and morning joe and a lot of other places. tell me what it will look like an smell like and feel like. >> one of the great rings about s

john heilemann, might this be the bigger story if he jumps into the fray? >> it's always been a big issue. that the economy in new jersey was not that strong and it would be hard to sell. it was the one thing people looked at beyond the personal issues, behind temperament issues. the one substantive thing people pointed to back then, it's going tor hard to sell a new jersey miracle. there are things they've gotten done over time, that's why governors have a good chance. but if you don't have a record like that, everything else has to be working. if you don't have the economy and your personal image is dented, it's a difficult sell. >> everyone is trying to figure where this is going to go. >> that's one of the problems with being governor. you're there every day. and affects real people in a state. coky roberts. we remember the massachusetts miracle when he ran for president and it disassembled because of dukakis' campaign was flawed. it was not exactly what he was selling to the country. this, too, in new jersey it looks like. >> it's not miraculous. new j

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on the set we have john heilemann. >> good to have you here. >> hello, heilemann.nything going on with you? >> not much. celebrating the nets victory yesterday, baby. game seven. unbelievable. >> we'll talk. visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. >> professor. >> and in washington, senior political editor and white house correspondent for "the huffington post" sam stein. we also have editor for "the washington post" david ignatius. with all going on in ukraine, glad you're in early this morning. >> an eventful weekend. willie, happy belated birthday for you. >> thank you. it was a great saturday. it was a derby/birthday combo. >> how much bourbon did you drink? >> you mean bottles? >> you should have seen the hat he was wearing. >> it was a fascinator. >> you guys in washington, you were at the correspondents -- president was good. >> president was great. >> thought he was funny. >> his performance skills are very high when it comes to these events, i think. has that dry sense of humor. he's got the great second beat on those jokes

. >> john heilemann is supposed to be here. right.kay. >> he actually -- he smokes massive quantities of dope and we all know that. and so it's kind of like, you know, you've heard the story of a scorpion took the frog across the river and then we shot the scorpion. the scorpion said, well, you know, when john heilemann has a tattoo around his chest that says do bongs live long, you can't be surprised he's going to come in late. >> i was up until 10:00 last nielt, but i'm here. >> he's stoned. >> it's for medical purposes. it's his back. >> all right. this picture -- >> it's his back. exactly. it's his back just like rick perry in the campaign -- 2012 campaign, this is heilemann's excuse. it's his back. it's why he smokes so much dope. >> this picture, we'll talk about it later. it's a little disturbing. the story itself disturbing. they are doing shots to celebrate their big deal between russia and china. that's a huge deal. >> that is, man. that's big. >> okay. but -- >> you know, mike -- i was just going to say, mike -- i'm just sa