"morning joe" contributor john heilemann. chairman of deutsche john deutsche. welcome as well. >> there's a story behind this. >> yeah, we'll get to that later on. >> from that -- >> about 9:15. >> let's get right to the big story of the day. president obama continues this european visit today ahead of this week's 70th anniversary of the d-day landings in normandy. but the conversation dominating the nation and the controversy for the soldier swapped by the taliban for five senior terrorists. it shows sergeant bergdahl to u.s. special forces in eastern afghanistan. this video is significant given some controversy surrounding his health. the 28-year-old is seen sitting in the back of a pickup truck as a u.s. military helicopter touches down. several armed militants are positioned nearby on hillsides. bergdahl is escorted to the waiting americans who quickly shake hands with the taliban fighters before taking custody of the newly freed soldier. he is checked for weapons and loaded on to the aircraft which carries him to an american military base. okay. let's brin

john heilemann and michael steele are still with us. raq. i would like to understand what he meant by that. we're going to play it again and think about it. the sunni insurgent group is taking aim at baghdad. thousands of shiite civilians are pledging to fight back against sunni militants, setting the stage for a civil war split along religious lines. we are talking about iraq and talking about today. those shiite volunteers would fill the vacuum among armed forces, many of whom dropped their weapons and scattered. several fighters are wearing street clothes under their uniforms to make for a quick escape. in the cities already overrun, the militants have banned cigarettes and alcohol and ordering women to stay indoors. they are threatening to kill anyone who doesn't renounce the government. iran, aligned with iraq's leadership, is sending in reinforcements to help battle the militants. president obama is considering air strikes, which would essentially reengage america in a war he declared over back in 2011. we're getting tons of tweets

with us we have "morning joe" contributor john heilemann, msnbc's former democratic congressman haroldord junior. president and ceo of politico jim vandehei and in washington associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst gene robinson. >> gene, let's start with you. shocking result. if you look at what happened in mississippi, what happened in oklahoma, a lot of people that were backed by the likes of ted cruz and sarah palin and club for growth and a lot of the tea party groups went up in flames. >> not a great night for the tea party. a good night for the republican establishment. great night for haylee barbour and his folks in mississippi, for thad cochran. chris mcdaniel, it will be interesting to see how long it takes him to deal with the reality that, you know, he didn't win this race. he didn't win it and those liberal democrats who allegedly came out and voted against eric cantor came out and voted against him. >> they sure did. it happens. you have a primary and those are the rules. >> he has a mechanism, he cannot concede. >> let's go quickly and then

"morning joe" contributor john heilemann. chairman of deutsche john deutsche.e as well. >> there's a story behind this. >> yeah, we'll get to that later on. >> from that -- >> about

he lost to a tea party rival and we talk about it with mark halperin and john heilemann. >> i would sayentially their biggest problem long term is to be a party of middle class opportunity. ironically eric cantor was actually working on that and had done some things to try to reshape the image of the party. i don't think he was an ideal messenger for it. this guy who beat them, this professor brad, amongst the things he seems to speak well about is economic populism. the par is too corporate. too into big business. he's doing the party a favor by showing that's a winning message. >> rose: we conclude this evening with a conversation with tom friedman, the "new york times" columnist. >> if we don't have more clean air clean power and

looking at american politics, mark hall turn and john heilemann managers of bloomberg politics. pleased to have you as i always am. let me begin with you john, what happened to eric cantor. on the one hand he didn't pay attention to his district and didn't see this come, or is it some profound split within the republican party that we had hence of already at large. >> yes and yes. there are a lot of different factors here. this is not a case where it's one factor. there's no doubt that eric cantor lost touch with his district and spent a lot of time traveling around the country, raising money for republicans, spending time in the hamptons, and playing the role there'spxÑo doubt about that. he also got attacked on populist grounds by his challenger as being a corporatist. he also got attack as a represent oif of corporate republicanism, a big business and tool of congress. there was a populist element to that too. the tea party did not ply that big a role in this case. >> rose: they were not supportive of him in terms of financial backing. >> he spent hardly money they gave him $2

great defending, john heilemann.empsey had his nose broken soon after that goal that obviously, stopped him from being active. when you can't breathe through your nose it's kind of hard. the sunday's match against portugal is going to be explosive. >> they had to win this game. >> oh, they had to. no doubt about it. >> they had to get three points out of this game to get through this. they treated it like a final and could not settle for a draw. >> klinsmann caught a lot of flak for saying we couldn't win a championship. i'm sure the players feel good when they see that ledge over there. >> they feel good about knowing johnny brooks made that happen. 2-1 for the u.s. look at brooks. he has the tattoos. one for germany which is his mom's birth place and the other for illinois which is his dad's birth place. he has dual citizenship. he had to sit out a game in april because he was getting fresh ink on his back. >> wait a minute. >> be nice to him. everybody likes him right now so be nice. germany and portugal, mueller

joining me for a look at the ramifications, mark halperin and john heilemann. they are managing editors of bloomberg politics. i am pleased to have them here. let me begin with you. what happened to eric cantor? is it he didn't play attention to his district? or, is it some profound split within the republican party? >> yes, and yes. there are a lot of different factors. this is not a case where there is one factor. there is no doubt eric cantor lost touch with his district. he spent a lot of time traveling around the country. spending time in the hamptons. playing the role of a national republican leader and not tending to business at home. there is no doubt about that. he got attacked on populist grounds by the challenger as being a corporatist. it is a very interesting line of attack. and the attack people have focused on is the immigration attack. that is a split in the republican party, immigration. he was attacked on that front. he was attacked as a representative of corporate republicanism. a big-money republican. big business representative. a tool of t

joining the table we have "morning joe" contributor john heilemann. >> john! e the chairman of deutch incorporated, donny deutch. chris matthews will be with us in a moment. >> so i can ask heilemann something? >> then we have to do the strategy session. >> did you see the nationals lat ni last night in brooklyn? >> i didn't but i'm going tonight. people say it is great. being outdoor show in the intense humidity, they say bring bug spray. >> you stand up and it's very, very hot. since hi three days of, like, working from 4:00 in the morning until at 11:00 at night, i called joey and said, you're going to stand up in 85-degree weather three hours late in the night yourself but he said it was amazing. >> people, like, everyone i know who have gone said it's fantastic and i'm looking forward to going tonight but i'm not wearing the ser-sucker thing but the white shirt and polo shorts. >> a story behind this. behind me trying to push candy stripers day. >> good day. >> a sad story last year. you brought me so save the children. >> no socks? do you think the wasp c

and joining the table we have john heilemann as well. >> saxby, thank you for being with us. >> how manywired, baby. i'm wired. let me ask you thg. the president of the united states said he consulted with you and the intel committee leading up to this decision. is that true or false? >> the last time i heard from the administration on this issue was a year and a half ago. if that's consulting with us on it that's what you would call it. >> i'll take that as a false. the president also said that he was concerned about bergdahl's health health. that he was in immediate danger. that his life was at risk. based on what you've seen was that true or false? >> there's no indication that there were any health issues with sergeant bergdahl. i can say that very matter of factually. now, the video we saw yesterday was a 90-second video. he was obviously drugged. as a layman i could tell that. he was probably coerced into mumbling the words he mumbled. he didn't look good but that's not enough to tell me that he's in imminent health danger from a health standpoint. >> saxby, i saw diane feinstein a

. >> john heilemann is also with us. >> stockholm is spectacular. white nights. >> it's stunning. >> 23 hours of light. >> light at midnight. >> everyone out on the street drunk, 24 hours a day. >> i don't remember that. >> can i ask gene a question? gene, you know a little bit about what we continental types call foot-ball. did you see all of the whining yesterday from people who don't like soccer? oh, you lose and you win? oh, wait. i don't understand it! like, these are the same people that follow hockey where you have every team get into the playoffs, despite the fact they have a 14-87 record. with all due respect to ron fournier, i love you, ron, but you still make the nhl playoffs. don't intentionally, ron, please -- and somebody wrote a column about it yesterday. i talk about stupidity down in mississippi where the guy is too stupid to figure out how to win an election he should have won. i will not talk about people who are too stupid to realize this happens in american sports all of the time. nfl. go ahead. >> to a much greater extent. you

"double down" by mark halperin and john heilemann about game change 2012, the 2012 election between presidentama and mitt romney. that's going to be fascinating. and i really look forward to looking at that again. and also "the outpost" by jake tapper talks about american valor in afghanistan. i tried to visit the wounded warriors here in washington at bethesda navy hospital, walter reed hospital, and it shows extraordinary bravery on the part of our soldiers, and "the outpost" is a book about that bravery, how they all banded together. and finally, just so you don't think i'm too serious there's a book here called my ipad, and i also intend to read this. this was a present given to me, along with ipad for dummies because i'm tired of having to ask my children what do i do when i get stuck on the ipad. so maybe if i read these two books at a nice leisurely pace i'll be able to know when i touch something and it jumps off, i'll know how to get it back. >> do you intend to download books to your ipad? >> listen, after this, the sky's the limit. [laughter] >> thanks so much congressman. >> thank

"double down" by mark halperin and john heilemann about game change 2012, the 2012 election between presidenta and mitt romney. that's going to be fascinating. and i really look forward to looking at that again. and also "the outpost" by jake tapper talks about american valor in afghanistan. i tried to visit the wounded warriors here in washington at bethesda navy hospital, walter reed hospital, and it shows extraordinary bravery on the part of our soldiers, and "the outpost" is a book about that bravery, how they all banded together. and finally, just so you don't think i'm too serious, there's a book here called my ipad, and i also intend to read this. this was a present given to me, along with ipad for dummies because i'm tired of having to ask my children what do i do when i get stuck on the ipad. so maybe if i read these two books at a nice leisurely pace, i'll be able to know when i touch something and it jumps off, i'll know how to get it back. >> do you intend to download books to your ipad? >> listen, after this, the sky's the limit. [laughter] >> thanks so much, congressman. >> than