and mika would tell the news that 30 seconds. and at the end she would say now, back to. >> "scarborough country." [laughter] >> and so after she did this the first night i went on the boat the next day, and my buddy said, dude, that woman is making fun of you. [laughter] >> i said, what are you talking about? he said she's making fun of you. wake up, brother. wake up. and so the next night i would say now mika, the news you need to know. and she would say now back to -- >> "scarborough country." >> and so i figure it out she had made fun of me. after five months later, after don imus decided he was going to comment on women's basketball. [laughter] >> the call came, joe, would you like to try out for the morning show? i said your. they kept trying to push these women on me. that were more girls than brains. i said no know. this is going to be a different show. were going to talk foreign policy and politics. will go into three hours. there will be no teleprompter. this will be where america's leaders. i said, you know, with the b

we would pop up there and there would be mika and mika would get a 30-second used as. this is what she had been reduced to after 60 minutes and make it would tell the news for 30 seconds and at the end she would say, and now back to-- >> scarborough country. [laughter] tense so after she did this the first night i went on the both the next day and my buddy said, dude, that woman is making fun of you. [laughter] i said, what are you talking about? they said, she is making fun of you. wake up brother, wake up. so the next night i would say, now here is mika brzezinski with news you need to know and at the end she would say-- now back to-- >> scarborough country. >> i figured out she was making fun of me and after five months we never met and never talked to me and after five months after don imus decided he is going to comment on women's basketball, would you like to tryout the morning show? they kept trying to push these women on me that were more girls than brains. i said no, this is going to be a different show about foreign policy. we are going to talk politics. we a

>> mika brzezinski day. group of people out in los angeles and burbank. we really appreciate it. you woke up at obscene hours and put up with us. also, jim leech in orange county, running us from 6:00 to 9:00 on the west coast in orange county. and coming to l.a. some time soon. have a great weekend. be safe if you're out there traveling on the east coast. a lot of snow. stay inside. and i've got to say it because i'm from northwest florida, go, saints. if it's way too early, mika, what time is it? >> it's "morning joe." but now it's time for "the daily rundown." have a great weekend, everyone. >>> numbers just in. the unemployment rate has dropped, but there's more than meets the eye behind those figures and it's not good news. >>> and the head of toyota says, i'm sorry, but is another recall on the way? >>> good morning, it's february 5th, 2010. i'm savannah guthrie. >> and i'm chuck todd. let's get to the rundown. we start with the big numbers from the labor department. the unemployment rate has dropped t

barnes so much of spue mc >> mika played oprah on my book tour and asked three questions. i am playing oprah, despite the fact -- where's the young man, the brilliant man who said i look to thin in person? >> i think he was talking about me. >> no, i think it is about me. thank you so much for coming. but mika, let's start by talking about your book, and begin by talking about the title of the book, "all things at once." >> well, i actually stole it. it's -- here come the microphones. i took it from my mother, who, as i was writing the book, increasingly i realized the messages would not be mine but they would be hers. does this work? can you hear me? not so well. maybe i need to turn it on. how's that? how's that? oh. terrific. and my mother actually is a brilliant sculptor, she's working right now on three shows across t

. >> mika brzezinski. >>> fattah joe scarborough where you currently reading? >> let's see, and actually reading harold evans, buy paper chase which is a remarkable -- you talk about when the newspapers or in their heyday, carroll cracked spy cases and discovered he had a remarkable career in the times of london and it's a great book and i am reading a couple of other books by william faulkner i go through line by line every few years and another by british historian alistair horne which is a great history of paris. it is about his enjoyable history book as i have ever read secure but cannot earlier this year. when is your next one? >> i don't know. we got in the top ten for two or three weeks and that was great but it's kind of tough fighting political books and this environment unless you want to write a polemic and that's not really my style, so i don't know. the best part of writing the book was the book tour because we would go out and have these great crowds. would the democratic and republican and was like having town hall meetings all over the country a

look, but to actually feel like a woman. >> reporter: through her personal battle with hair loss, mika started pink barrette. the organization offers free custom wigs for women with cancer, ailo piecia and other hair conditions. >> i decided i wanted to helear how to make wigs and it snowballed. >> since 2007 mika said she's donated more than 140 wigs. >> society has put such a strong opinion of what a woman should be. so he she loses her hair, it affects everything about her. >> theresa started losing her hair when she was 13. now she has a new look and a new attitude. >> oh, wow. i do need glamour shots. >> and that's why mika makes the wigs. >>> we of course will continue to follow the breaking news from chile, where a massive earthquake hit early this morning. stay with us for continuing updates. also ahead, they were kicked out of a state university 50 years ago. now they get a special invitation to return, and talk about lessons learned from a tense time in history. >>> an extremely powerful earthquake hit the central coast of chile overnight. it struck while most people were in

>> we learned the truth and without mika, it is a different to show. >> all right, hey, if it is too early, willie, what time is it? >> it is "morning joe." right now it is time for "the daily rundown" with chuck and savannah. >> 16,000 employees. >> they moved their mouths, but did they move votes? the day after the health care summit, can the president get democrats to go the distance? >> a ferocious storm hits the northeast, packing winds like a category 2 hurricane. a rough day for travelers across the country. it is february 26th, 101 2010, chuck todd. >> i'm savannah guthrie. >> we start with the weather this is stopping travel and work across the country. a snow hurricane of sorts, sweeping across the northeast, more like a classic nor'easter, winds up to 90 miles an hour, three-quarters of a million people without power, more than a thousand flights expected to be canceled today, just in new york. that's on top of hundreds of preemptive cancellations of airlines made yesterday. even if you're not flying in this direction, check your schedule before you go. the impact is being

mika and joe on their way to l.a.tuck with me tina brown, here lashing out at politicians, jonathan capehart of "the washington post." and also joining us, our friend, krista freeland. >> taking a pro philandering position this morning. >> she was defending john edwards and others like him. >> not john edwards exactly. and i would like to say that i thought tina's piece about john edwards was one of the most beautifully written thing i have ever read in a long time. absolutely fabulous. having said that, i would like to disagree with the basic thesis. the point that you were just making is this notion ofhypocri and journalists and others should note this personal hypocrisy. maybe it's okay for them to be hypocrites and for there to be a distance between their personal lives and what they do in public. and john kennedy is a perfect example of this. if we lived in the modern media age, could he have done what he did? >> let's get to news real quick and we'll come back to this. >> everybody contemplate that bizarre posit

and that is why mika makes the wigs. >>> we've been reporting on the troubles for charlie sheen.checked himself into rehab. brooke anderson is in hollywood now. i'm sure people are wondering what this means for the show "2 1/2 men." >> it means a lot. there are going to be changes. sheen has taken ahiatus to go to rehab. production has been temporarily shut down. the set is dark. cbs reportedly ordered 24 episodes for this season, but 18 have already been filmed. a handful left. depending how much time he spends in rehab, production could resume on this season or it is going to have to be a shorter season. cbs may have to utilize reruns or put another show in its place. cbs and warner brothers are publicly supporting sheen as he gets help. he is 44 years old. he entered rehab as a preventive measure. no other specifics were disclosed. his wife brooke mueller switched rehabs. she left a rehab called the canyon because there was a breach of confidentially. a staffer leaked details. which is abhorrent if that is true. he lawyer is planning a lawsuit. the canyon has not immediately r

then over here you have congressman john mika, a republican from florida.treasury secretary tim geithner who was up and he actually accused him of having lame excuses. this is a contact sport in general, a congressional hearing. but this is going to be the type of questioning mr. toyoda is not used to getting. >> certainly a culture clash. this is not something a japanese executive would ever face on their home territory. we understand mr. toyoda will get a little special treatment as he heads to the hearing. >> yeah, i'll take you outside the hearing room so you can see the media is already lining up. the special treatment he's going to get if it's unlocked -- that's horrible. that's just what you don't want on television. can we unlock it here we go. all right. so this is what even just three hours ahead of the hearing, this is over here, you can see members of the public are starting to line up. this is the route that mr. toyoda will take. this is where the japanese media will get. the special treatment that he's getting, all of us members of the press a

former judge, former attorney general mika casey has spoken eloquently about that.there are some who try to contradict him but they've proven no contradiction. it is an unacceptable risk, essentially since this congress has passed and the court has upheld the military commission process, which ensures that even a foreign terrorist/enemy combatants can get a fair trial. now turning to afghanistan, we must win there. we cannot afford to fail. the donation of 30,000 troops to implement general mcchrystal's counterinsurgency strategy was a positive step. employing firepower as a whole government approach is the best way to eliminate al qaeda and the taliban insurgency in pakistan. but, the intelligence community must rally around general mcchrystal's coin strategy and continued to shift from a ct only focus to both a ct or counterterrorist and a counter insurgency approach. there are other threats that are serious and terrorism in the wars in afghanistan and iraq are by no means the only threats facing our community. for more than a decade, the intelligence community ha