john. >> i've got two here, mika. to see joe complaining about the cold again without socks on. and cal writes, please get mika a very large cup of strong starbucks immediately. i always look forward to a feisty morning, but she looks like she's ready to go back to sleep this morning. >> i'll work on it. i've got a couple of shots in here. also, any others, john? that's it? that's it? shots of what? >> shots of what? >> oh, i'm awake now. dan, get the pictures ready. all right, "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ all you've got to tell me now is wyoming wyomihy is wyoming wyomi why why why ♪ >>> on the snap, stepping up, look out, bulls. coming loose. umenyiora was able to create the fumble and pierre-paul winds up with the recovery. on the ground.

would be kate upton. >> yes, it would be. >> mika-q is what we would call it. >> that's for mika. >>udy this because we're all capitalists, was this your best-selling magazine of the year? >> kate upton was among our best, yes, it was. >> what was your best? >> we're hoping this will be our best as well. that's one of our tops right now. >> so how is the magazine business? >> fantastic. "gq" we've raised our circulation every year so when people tell that you magazines are not doing well, we keep climbing and climbing. >> ad revenue okay? >> it's great. we're having our most popular year ever. >> so what's the difference between magazines like "gq" and "vanity fair," esquire and "newsweek" which has struggled? what's the difference? >> whether you're in tv or print, tv shows go off the air. why? they don't have a compelling reason to be as a media property, whether you're in print or digital or you have to have a reason to connect. "gq" does that every month. certainly connects with mika. >> i was just going to say -- >> it does in some special way. >> shots like the one we just show

john. >> morning, mika. we have lynn.t colors mika's wearing so i can follow suit. >> oh, teal. what else? >> c. glass on twitter. we got this about 20 minutes before the show started. >> oh, good, getting ready. >> time to shut things down and get sleep. if not, if i don't, joe scarborough may end up on my tv and that can't happen. >> hate it when that happens. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> so the fighting began last week when hamas launched hundreds of rockets at israel, which were, i guess, in retaliation for israel killing the head of hamas's military, which was retaliation for hamas holding an israeli soldier hostage for five years, which might have been retaliation, which was in retaliation from what i heard is -- let's go back to when this thing first started. ♪

>> reporter: good morning, mika. they've pushed that up now over the past six days of fighting the death toll stands at 95 palestinians, 23 of them children, more than 640 wounded palestinians since this conflict began last wednesday. one of the incidents you referred to and one that's drawing a lot of national media attention into what exactly happened when this family was killed. it took place sunday morning and it was the house of a top hamas official. in that house were several families. it was a three-story building with 12 people inside of it. all 12 people were killed. ten of those 12 were from a single family including four children and four women. now people here are extremely angered by it. they're saying this is the kind of disproportionate use of force that israel is using to exact a heavy toll on the palestinian population here. at the same time others are citing similar examples across gaza. there's still very much an ongoing operation here and there's anger building up at this type of violence. >> repo

. >> here is the cover of "parade" magazine with joe and mika on the cover. hey, mr. president, how is it that you actually govern? so you're focused on this question as well, joe. >> i am. and we talk about bipartisan in "parade" this week, and you showed the picture of mika jo staring at me and not backhanding me. i think that's a positive step e forward. she practices restraint every ng day. so if you look at that picture, it looks like she's about to haul off and hit me. i think that's a good sign not l only for "morning joe" but for america. >> i really believe that is thet great undercurrent in the country. they want them to work together. >> yes.s >> and there's been no

mika, one more win and vandy's bowl eligible. look how excited mika is. >> that's amazing. >> midas. >> laugh it up. laugh it up. >> we are. >> when we're in the music city bowl, we'll see. and by the way, alabama, what a game. >> did they win? >> ha. that was an incredible game. >> that was a great game. and we just want to say, all the great people of the state of alabama, my heart is with you and i love you and i'm one of you, the entire state of alabama just wants to extend our arms and put a big old bear hug out and thank you, les miles. seriously. if not for you, we wouldn't be going to the national championship game. no, i mean, lsu outplayed us. they're a great team. they should have won the game. les miles, he had -- did some terrible calls -- i tell you what. that kid, man, a.j. mccarron. >> oh, my gosh. >> i said before the final drive, i had a friend with me, he said he's had a horrible half. i said, listen, this kid has ice water in his veins. like if he were on set with us right now and the lights were shifting and

>> yeah, in the end, mika, it was all about actions. inspiring speeches, and yet if obama makes it tonight, it will be decisions, he actually did things, he hired hillary clinton as his secretary of state, forming unity in the democratic party. >> we're watching joe biden and his wife ready to vote. >> and there's bo. >> he hired hillary and that forced a coalition in the party. second the auto industry thing, he did his version of the dream act. these were specific things he did. i don't think he gave a great speech this year, the whole year. >> i agree. >> bill clinton -- >> i'm just talking about the past seven days, you have this hurricane, you have this symbolic crossing of the aisle with chris christie, which i still don't. >> let me tell you, i think why it worked was christie was such a big mouth and such a strong presence and gave the keynote and a tough, surly guy, stay out of my face. for him to come out and say let's get this job done and it was so full hearted. and i think that romney had just started to say a couple of day

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smoother. >> mika, take a sip.>> it's good. >> this is -- >> 20% more rye than most bourbons. >> yeah, i'm good. go ahead. >> that stuff is great. if you got a drunk on the list who appreciates -- >> on "morning joe," what they do is eat the food and go -- >> it's great. it has an amazing history. two guys get together find out their grandfather had a distillery. great, great grandfather. they track it down, they revive it. and they use the original recipe and now we have belle meade bourbon, this is good stuff. >> i want to say, i've drunk a lot of bourbon in my time and also a lot at 7:47 in the morning. this is the best bourbon i've ever drunk before 8:00 a.m. >> it is. >> this cheese. great cheese comes from an interesting place unknown. >> yeah, from georgia. five years ago the south was not known as a cheese-making hot bed. not even close. the couple leaves atlanta, buys 126-acre farm, never seen a tractor, raising cows, start raising pigs, and they decide to feed the pigs they're going to make cheese and rea

mika is starting mika pac. are you going to do that? are you going to raise hundreds of millions of dollars? >> i sure am. i know exactly what i'm going to do with it. >> what are you going to do with it? >> i'm going to have a campaign to support all sorts of things that drive you crazy. >> yeah? >> mm-hmm. yeah. >> how about just take the money -- >> it's really hypocritical, mike. >> and democrats say that they also are going to expand what they're doing with super pacs. they're going to get into advocacy for the president's agenda, looking at house races, more local races. so they're seeing that it works, and they're going to play. >> i think mika, willie and i are going to start our own super pac. >> i'm sure you are. >> and we're going to spend it every bit as efficiently as that jill kelley lady and her husband did. we're going to raise money, and we're going to spend it to entertain and fly to the south of france. >> sounds good. >> bet the ponies. >> you guys should do that. >> ponies. dogs. >> puppies. >> what about taking ove

mika, what did we learn today?d cause for cure epilepsy. help us meet our $1 million goal. visit slashthestashe.com or cureepilepsy.org. joe will be donating money as well as performing at an event. if we raise a million dollars -- which can you start right now -- david axelrod will shave his mustache on our show! >> joe is going to wear a fake mustache on air -- >> not on air. at the event. you got to go to the event. >> you missed the deal. i'll do it for a few minutes. >> barnicle? >> i learned that to your great credit, joe, there's no end to the humiliation that you len dure for a good cause. >> excellent. maybe i care too much. >> thanks for giving money, barnicle. >> 11 commanders in 11 years in afghanistan and we wonder why we don't have a strategy. >> the turnout operation by team am

days and actually letting mika cook your thanksgiving dinner. >> i think mika is beyond cooking.ely inspires the menu. >> oh. really? are you going to have a clef. >> don't you play into this. no. >> she drinks champagne while she talks to her multitude of chefs. >> exactly. >> i'm cooking it. me. i am. i'm going to try to do a better job at the last time i made an attempt at this. >> just in case, i'm bring something sandwiches with me. >> a very wise thing. dr. brzezinski, turning to obviously some very serious issues that you know an awful lot about. working on most of your life, middle east is blowing up. secretary clinton is over there trying to patch things together. the un, everybody involved. egypt trying to broker peace also. what does the president need to do to move this process forward? >> he needs to get engaged. he needs to get engaged very seriously. i was struck this morning by looking at the papers, at the consensus expressed by "the washington post" editorial, which is very good, sometimes i disagree with them, but it's very good today, and a couple columnists o

i'm mika brzezinski here with joe scarborough, this is "way too early." it's -- it's thanksgiving. does it get any better than this? >> this is just fantastic. >> thank force being up. we have a lot to talk about on this wednesday, november 21st. >> secretary of state hillary clinton rushes to the middle east to tackle the rising violence in that troubled region. you will see what she said after a meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin net yahnetany. >> first breaking news, a bus has exploded in the middle east. the bus was across from the milita military quarters in tel aviv. one witness calls the bus completely charred, this as hillary clinton is in the middle east trying to diffuse the explosive outbreaks between israel and gaza. she met with president abbas this morning and will also sit down with egypt's president. last night secretary clinton mourned the deaths on both sized but that the u.s. backed israel's right to defend its borders against hamas which she referred to as a terrorist organization. >> america's commitment to israel's security is rock solid and unwaveri

. >> i want to underline, quickly, mika what he said. >> yea. >> and that is we talked about 2004, iection night 2000, where george w. bush had to run the table on about seven states and nobody believed it would happen. this was two or three hours after the polls were closed. we don't know anything right now, but the dynamics of the race and it seems to be a bit uphill for obama. >> i think also engaged voters have a sense of the direction the country will go in depending on who they vote from. i think also, though, what we're talking about in terms of exit polling problems from past elections, the momentum that mitt romney has seen in the polls and also in the crowds in the past week, but then sandy convoluting everything and even some of the symbolism with the president in there with chris christie, leaves i don't think anyone at this table or any table can be definitive. >> i think he's going to be reelected. >> all right. what are we betting? because we have bets. >> i'll do the mustache. >> i think there's a good chance joe will have to grow a mustache. >> how about, i don't kno

and why didn't you name them joe and mika?ey're absolutely perfect. how old are they, alex? >> 3 months today. >> aren't they perfect twin girls? remember when chris' baby was on the set? emma and lila are much more well behaved. >> so is alex. >> you actually dropped both of chris' kids. >> that one is awake. >> we were interviewing webb. >> i have something you should pay attention to. the most exciting thing you will ever do in your life. they never go away. you will have them for the rest of your life, and one of the big changes in child rearing these days, as someone who has been through a lot of different passages, is contemporary children are in touch with their parents in ways that my generation was not. we left home and we loved our parents but we didn't call, except maybe once a week to kind of check in. and now the organic relationship, which is really gratifying in so many ways, and you share so many more things than i did with our parents. they were culturally different than meredith and i were. as much as we ador

>> i will have to change my account yet. >> mika, was that the one after the shower or the gym?oh, my god. he goes there. okay. >> throwing it all in. >> come on, anthony. >> you guys opened the door. i'll kick it. >> you kicked it right down. yes, you do. >> how about the weather. >> the least thing i want to talk about or need to talk about is the potential for another coastal wind/wave event. this on a scale is very low. a 10 being where sandy was, this is a one or two, so a weak coastal storm, but a strong area of high pressure and the winds would be the issue. if we get these winds for two, three days coming onshore, we will get the water piling up a bit. and we're very vulnerable in those areas where sandy hit. this morning, bring the umbrella with you. this is kind of the return to normal weather. yesterday was a beautifully warm day throughout the eastern half of the country, especially the eastern seaboard. now the cold air is moving in with rain showers. pittsburgh is at 32 degrees. boston is at 63. a big temperature contrast that cold air will sweep in during the day.

i'm mika brzezinski, along with joe scarborough, this is "way too early," the show that receives on average about a dozen inappropriate communications from donny deutsch every day. >> every half hour. it's a long story. by the way, shirtless as well. we will talk about that. >> that's on a good day. thanks for being up with us. shoot us an e-mail or tweet u us and let us know why you're awake right now. or do what jill kelley's twin sister does and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >> you kids make sure if your dad sends an e-mail, the shirt stays on. okay? seriously. i'm tired of looking at your dad's bare chest. >>> this will be your cram session for this tuesday, november 13th. there's a lot going on today. >> yeah. >> i mean a lot. including new speculation on who could be next in line for the post of secretary of defense and secretary of state if they didn't send e-mails without their shirts on. and late-night comics take aim on the general petraeus scandal. >>> first let's get to the news at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock.

save later. >>> mika, what are we going to be talking about?g to be talking about gaza -- >> no. >> -- or saving the american economy from collapse? >> no. >> what do we have next? >> we have lewis again. >> sweet lewis? >> i don't know why. he's been here all night primping -- >> have you seen his bone structure? he has small bone structure like a small bird. enough with the real news let's sent it over to pretty boy for the cooler. >> time to talk about awkward thanksgiving dinners. not as family is as love organize functional as joe. if you dread in-laws this holiday season, david letterman has a solution for you. >> finally a major american company is addressing this problem for the holidays. >> do you hate the hassles of holiday air travel almost as much as you hate the tedious, being on ward family dinner? announcing united airlines reluctant travel science. for a nominal fee we'll book you on a flight. at the last minute, oh, no, your flight's been canceled. you wanted to be there but what can you do? united airlines, we get it. >> what

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>> with us now, mika, who do we have?resentative from florida and chairwoman of the democratic national convention, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. committee, yes. good to have you onboard. >> good to be here. >> maybe you can speak better than me, i'm half asleep. >> mark haleprin has the first question. >> all right. a lot of questions about nancy pelosi and whether she will continue on as your leader. will she or won't she? >> you know, i think that's probably the hottest question in the capitol right now. but personally if you ask me, i would be shocked if she left. you know, would really surprise me if she stepped aside. nancy pelosi is someone who absolutely loves to be part of the architecture of big major decisions, the big issues. we wouldn't have health care reform without barack obama and nancy pelosi. and with the fiscal cliff issues and the big economic decisions we're going to be making it would be hard for me to imagine she walks away. plus, you know, we had a successful election and we've got a job

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>> mika. >> like totally sincere.incere. >> yeah. >> that's fantastic. >> she grew up in a hermetically sealed bubble. >> her mother was a fan of mr. t. [ male announcer ] free windows 8 training from your son. can you help me with something? nope! good talk. [ male announcer ] or free windows 8 training when you buy a computer at staples. another way staples makes it easier to upgrade. ♪ don't know what i'd do ♪ i'd have nothing to prove ♪ i'd have nothing to lose [ male announcer ] zales is the diamond store. take an extra 10 percent off storewide, now through sunday. to bring you a low-priced medicare prescription drug plan. ♪ with a low national plan premium... ♪ ...and copays as low as one dollar... ♪ ...saving on your medicare prescriptions is easy. ♪ so you're free to focus on the things that really matter. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. or go to walmart.com for details. >>> welcome back to "morning joe." jon meacham, before we let you go, you're out, obviously, on this big book tour about thomas jefferson. the

join mika coming back. it's a six-hour morning ex tr extravaganza and then we're going to eat some lunch and go to sleep for a couple of hours. so joe and mika coming back. the rest of the cast, brokaw, you name it. we have david plouffe ahead, haley barbour. interesting to see what both of those gentlemen are thinking right now. for the president it's satellite interviews and basketball. for mitt romney it's ohio and pennsylvania. this is live coverage of election day 2012 from democracy plaza in new york city. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> with live pictures, that's obama's headquarters. no, that's not. i was told i was going to get live shots here. i get to blame keith. >> it's still his fault. >> that's fair. >> way to go, t. jchj. and they're not so neutral corners. "times" editor at large mark halperin, tom brokaw, the guru here at nbc and, of course, msnbc analyst michael steele. and i'm joined now from chicago by, what is the president referring to you, david plouffe? are you the architect? i know others call you t

and mika, back east in pennsylvania, a state that one poll had deadlocked over the weekend, we foundut it wasn't really deadlocked, was it, now? >> no. >> that was a lie! >> the romney campaign tried to make an 11th hour push there. obama was declared the winner in pennsylvania fairly early in the night. >> and the one battleground state mitt romney did win last night was north carolina, a state that the president took in 2008. and where democrats held their conventions this summer. but this morning the president's also pulling ahead. and this is very important for the white house and a lot of people would say for the way we govern over the next four years. the president's pulling ahead in the popular vote. currently leading nationwide 50%-48%. >> aside from the race for the white house, get this. republicans who had hoped to win control of the senate last night, they were hoping for it, but it was democrats who were able to flip several seats in their favor. we're going to go over all of those a little later. democrats now hold 51 senate seats to republicans' 45 with races in montan

>> you like that one, mika? >> and from our parade of papers, "the los angeles times," "two and a half men" star angus t. jones bites the hands that feet him. trashing the very show that not only made him famous, but the show that made him very, very rich. he doesn't like it now. >> jake from "two and a half men" means nothing. he's a non-existent character. "two and a half men," if you watch "two and a half men," please stop watching -- i'm on it, i don't want to be on it. please stop watching it. please stop filling your head with filth. please. >> and he goes on and he has this car cam thing, willie. i'm just wondering what he's going to be thinking -- >> that youngster may not work again. >> i think the show is filthy. >> if you don't like the show, get off the show, don't trash it while you're on it. >> give your $350,000 back to cbs if it's such filth. $350,000 an episode. one of the highest -- >> that kid's making $350,000 an episode? >> i think that's what i saw. am i right there, john tower? >> yep, yep

so, mika, what did you learn today?" staff. >> you don't want to continue. >> i'm upset. ali is leaving. we have driven her out of here. she is running out the door with her hair on fire and, joe, it's your fault. you should apologize. natalie -- >> if that is really your name. thank you. >> natalie, i don't like change. do

andrea mitchell came up to me mika spoken like aieve that for you must win florida and north carolinaawe? >> i don't think that's true but i'm going to talk lawyerwyers. but thanink that's supporting. >> i think when axelrod on thursday we ought to try and nego new era of oa bipartisanship has begun -- >> yes. could use your diate. >> i doubt it. w i doubt it very . >> i think we can get something done. work it t do you thi? historic night. hopefully it translates intothat have been talked about this morning, especially a magnanimous tone being struck by both i was most struck by twoxp things one, the hopefully republicans maif you listened to the rhetoric from some in thehe sena which i think surprised many and if you look where the states were picked up montana, it looks more like win that seat. in north it's a positive 'ing forpc the country in many p;ways. hopefully it translates into us getting a deal around the t and sequestration. and i'm hopeful that it sets a immigration to be dealt with which i would republicans with right away. >> michael, let years ago, you were chairman

you know, it's all in a -- >> she is an artist, mika. and you're an artist, too, louis. louis, we'll let you know when it's a strong cooler. >> that was a strong cooler. >>> still ahead, why are you awake? your tweets, texts and e-mails next. and "morning joe" now just seconds -- and i mean seconds -- away. part of a whole new line of tablets from dell. it's changing the conversation. ♪

he's a hoarder. >> you never know. >> mika, we should point out one thing.re talking about the marathon before. >> yeah. >> they are donating at least $1 million to the red cross and the mayor's fund. ing is going to donate $500,000 to the recovery, another private group. $1 million. >> keep it coming. make it a no-brainer. if there's a controversy about whether this should happen, those companies, double down, add in. >> triple down. >> more companies join in, make money for hurricane relief. >> amen. >> then there's no question, i think. >> jack up the donations. >> jack it up. >> this is one of those times that writing a check really helps. >> really helps. and there are those who can. let's go to "politico." >> mike allen, the chief correspondent for "politico" with a look at the "playbook." good morning. >> and happy friday. >> it is. you're looking at who's winning the ground and the air games in the swing states. what is the air game? >> willie, this is fascinating. these are some statistics that were calculated for "politico" and "morning joe" by "c

give us the latest. >> reporter: good morning, mika. popular summertime communities, places like seaside heights still completely cut off from society. officials say it's just not safe to go there. when you walk around toms river, evidence of the damage, pieces of homes, furniture, just laying around, people's lives ripped apart. the damage is severe. we're talking about streets impassable, homes leveled. and already today the cleanup effort is under way trying to get those communities back to an area where people can actually go in and start to survey the damage, also trying to get power back on to people. it is cold out here, and people have now been without power for four days. and i've got to tell you, for many of those people who were evacuated from the jersey shore who have nowhere to go, that recovery could not come quickly enough. they are really hanging on to president obama's promises to expedite this recovery and giving the resources to them so their communities can get up and running again. mika and willie? >> danielle leigh

this has been as mika said a campaign about nothing and i'm sorry, andrew ross cirque sorki you're talkinghe markets, and what will happen after this election, no side has shown the courage to tell american people what they need to do to save this country. >> unfortunately, all of the issues that you just talked about which matter a lot. i don't want to say they don't, the economy still -- of all of the issues we haven't talked about jobs and that's the issue. >> maybe we need to look at the economy in terms of the national interest and not the specifics of job cuts, job numbers. maybe we need to find a formula that says what serves the national interest? what gets pragmatism in the cena the and the house, enough of this crap, already. that's what this election is about. >> you know how we'll get there? it's going hurt. it's going to hurt really badly more than we've seen in a life time in this country. that's why people -- and especially politicians. >> the great challenge of every politician over the next decade is taking away stuff. >> how about the challenge to us as the media. i looke

two years ago mika and her south korean husband jumped at a opportunity to introduce ramen to the capital. they modified their recipes a bit to appeal to the south korean palette and their business flourished. >> reporter: this month they will open their fourth store in seoul. >> translator: i think our customers like japan. i think they enjoy talking to our staff without touching on political issues. >> reporter: the exchanges aren't just culture. south korean companies grew into leading global companies. now managers of japanese firms count them among their most important clients. the south korean government has been encouraging foreign companies for decades to invest. government officials have discounted corporate taxes and offered up land at cheap prices. >> translator: political tensions do exist but economically our relationship with japan is very tight. >> reporter: managers of japanese firms jumped at the south koreans offer. last year investment added up to 22 million u.s. dollars. because the original estate ran out of space with an increasing number of japanese companies moving

i'm mike barnicle in for joe, mika and willie.oining us on set nbc news peter alexander off the road covering the romney campaign. >> you forgot to shave. >> i know, i did, i woke up late and forgot. national affairs editor and political analyst john heilemann, "time" senior political analyst mark halperin and assistant editor and columnist for "the financial times," jillian tet. the contest for viewers to figure out whose career will implode on the set because of something said or done. it won't be yours because you're much too cautious. it won't be yours. my candidate is john heilemann. >> i'm the front-runner, although they made it -- supposedly donny deutsch was supposed to be here today, and whatever, he's drunk or, you know, wherever he is, rehab. >> 9-5 odds. >> if donny had been here, you know, the career demolition thing would have been close to 100% likely, both of us going down in a flaming heap of muck. >> donny didn't want to be here because he didn't want to get adored sitting in a coffee shop on madison avenue which

(laughter) (applause) no, so is jo sqlo starbucks with mika and the morning willie. >> nate silver says this is a 73.6% chance that the president is going to win. anybody that thinks that this race is anything but a toss up right now is such an idealogue they should be kept away from typewriters because they're jokes. >> stephen: yeah, silver and his math are jokes. because math has a liberal bias. after all, math is the reason mitt romney's tax plan doesn't add up. (laughter) (applause) >> stephen: folks, there's only one way, i'm telling you, there is only one way to call this race. as scarborough himself wrote, my gut tells me there are two likely scenarios. one, president obama will squeak out a narrow electoral college victory or two, mitt romney will carry ohio and be swept into office by a comfortable margin. after 20 years in politics, five election cycles grinding it out on msnbc, joe's gut is telling him either obama will win or romney will win. i mean where does he find the courage? (applause) when we return i will bring that kind of take no prisoner's ball swinging to my gue

>> i'm not for raising tax the fort for joe and mika who will be back.is still here, unfortunately, for me, right next to me. it's just a question of which one of us is going to drive this show into a bridge. >> or either one of our careers. >> i know. also joining the table, the director of the earth institute at columbia university, economist dr. jeffrey sacs. cohost of "the cycle," s.e. cupp and former governor of pennsylvania and political analyst and unfortunately pathetic philadelphia eagles fan. >> yeah. >> ed rendell. >> how true. >> you know, before we start -- congressman ryan, you just saw him. >> yeah. >> you just heard him. >> yeah. >> graveyard whistling. >> go ahead. >> that's basically what i was looking for, whistling past the graveya graveyard. we'll get to that in a second. we'll start this hour with the fiscal cliff where the white house is showing its cards and sending a message ahead of the president's face-to-face meeting with republican congressional leaders on friday. the president plans to open negotiations by calling for $1.6 t

two years ago, mika joku and her south korean husband jumped at an opportunity to introduce ramen to the capital. they modified their recipes a bit to appeal more to the south korean patate, and their business flourished.this month fourth store in seoul. >> translator: i think our i think they enjoy tal our staff without touching on political issues. >> reporter: and the exchanges aren't just cultural. south korean companies such as samsung and lg grew into leading global companies. now managers of japanese firms count them amomomomomo important clients. the south korean government haho government officials have discounted corporate taxes and offered up land at cheap prices. >> translator: p d d d d d d d t orter: managers of lationship japanese firms jumped at the south koreans' offer. last year investment added up to $22 million u.s. dollars, four times what it was eight years ago. behind me is the industrial estate that opened three years ients clinininininininininininin manufacturer opened a factory ten kilometers away from their companies worked together to smooth out the produc

. >> here is the cover of "parade" magazine with joe and mika on the cover. hey, mr., how is it that you actually govern? so you're focused on this question as well, joe. >> i am. and we talk about bipartisan in "parade" this week, and you showed the picture of mika jo staring at me and not backhanding me. i think that's a positive step e forward. she practices restraint every ng day. so if you look at that picture, it looks like she's about to haul off and hit me. i think that's a good sign not l only for "morning joe" but for america. >> i really believe that is thet great undercurrent in the country. they want them to work together. >> yes.s >> and there's been no indication whatsoever in this campaign that they are prepared to do that.. everybody, and that's what leads me to the idea that it's a very negative campaign. because it doesn't address what the country wants, republican, democrat, or independent. if we get together on main street, you have to get together on wall street. this week, and the final two days, what moments of this campaign really stand out. i

mika and joe sat down with the ladies of "the view," to talk about the election.et's look at the clip. >> do you think the next four years are going to be very different? that president obama truly has a chance to make more of a difference? >> i think they have to be. and what will force the issue is the fiscal cliff. we'll have both sides looking ridiculous enough going down the path of europe if we don't watch out. and i can't imagine. i know when you get to washington, something happens. you take a stupid pill and you can't tell the truth. >> i'm still taking them. >> you can't stop. you're addicted. they're so much fun. >> they're great. >> i love the ladies of "the view." i don't know how they do it. they keep it going. they keep you under control. >> they're the best. what are you laughing about? you love "the view," too. >> he's here. i'd like lewis to finish "the cooler", please. i want to respond to the ladies of "the view." they're fantastic. gorgeous. what else do you have, lewis? >> i'm wondering, lewis, do you have any stories on -- about the brutal s