with us we have senior political analyst mark halperin and new york film critic here as well. and senator claire mccaskill will be here with her first tv interview since announcing her support for hillary in 2016. also, an exclusive with senator joe manchin who responds to the nra attack ad we have been showing you with an out-of-his-own. he'll play it first here on "morning joe." but first, more reaction to reaction of the passing of james gandolfini. willie geist, your thoughts. >> there's a lot to be said, but we were talking backstage, tony and i, about the most iconic characters of the last 25 years. of this general ration, maybe the generation before that, and we couldn't come up with money more dramatic than james gandolfini. you could say james seinfeld. he was as big as it gets. you talk about his impact on television. people forget what tv looked like before 1999 when "the so pre pranos" came along. tony soprano on tv was the first of that and he's the reason you have a lot of actors now looking for jobs calling hbo and racing to the door of hbo before they go anywhe

msnbc and "time" magazine senior analyst mark halperin and thomas roberts back with us. have you with us this morning. >> what happened in texas last night? >> it's a fascinating story. we'll begin overnight in texas with the drama that has many americans hearing the name wendy davis for the first time because davis, a democratic state senator there filibustered the sb-5 anti-abortion bill for over 11 hours going late into the night and drawing attention across the country as thousands were watching live online. >> if we were truly talking about women's health care, if we were truly talking about making sure women were safe after an abortion, this is the kind of thing that goes right to the heart of that. and that we could agree. >> the bill would have banned

"mike barnicle and mark halperin are still with us.s the table, editor of the daily beast tina brown and from washington, msnbc contributor robert gibbs. good group this hour. >> it's a great group. >> uh-huh. are we in a good mood? >> i'm almost in a good mood. i'll tell you what, i would love to throw away my iphone for a month. >> we have a segment coming up with someone who did that. i don't know what i would do and i don't know what our kids would do. that's really bad. >> i've gotten worse and worse and worse about carrying them around. people e-mail me and think i'm being rude. and then i'll call them and mom, i just -- i don't -- i just -- i just am so exhausted by it. >> we get so many e-mails. >> we wake up at 4:00. you wake up earlier. going till 10:00 or 11:00 at night, just human interactions let alone all the e-mails and everything else coming in. >> you drown. you just want to be free. you say please set me free. the truth is, you leave it and you're even more drowned. >> no, it's the perfect vehicle to prevent you from

back on set, mike barnicle and mark halperin and in washington eugene robinson.over. >> a lot of things going on. i'm trying to figure out, what's this "new york post" story here. >> whatever it is, mark halperin says it's disappointing. >> leads nowhere? >> yeah, just a picture. >> adams. >> go ahead. lets talk about what's going on. >> thanks. all right. it's day two of the g-8 in ireland where the talks are expected to hinge on trade, transparency and taxes. things got off to somewhat of a frosty start for president obama and russian president -- >> look at putin. >> doesn't look happy. >> this guy steals people's rings first of all. he always tries to act as disinterested as possible. see that first shot. unbelievable. >> better the event uk held with prime minister david cameron the day before where the russian president accused western powers of arming syrian rebels who eat human body parts. oh, lord. but both the u.s. and russian leaders agreed that while they differ on a political resolution, they both want to find an end to the violence. in an interview

also willie geist, our new jersey native and mark halperin who has seen every episode of "the sopranosever. i've actually watched it. i loved it. and later, senator clair mccaskill will be here with her first interview since she announced her support for hillary in 2016. >>> also an exclusive with senator joe manchin. he responds to this nra attack ad with an ad of his own and he'll play it right here on "morning joe." brian, back to you. >> see you in five minutes, mika. >>> when we come back here, we will revisit james gandolfini and your favorite screen moments as told to us via twitter. we'll be right back. ♪ [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] vo: ta friend under water is end usomething completely different. now a waiting room is just a room. i met a turtle friend today so, you don't get that very often. it seemed like it was more tha