mike barnicle?ept an extensive diary for many, many years from the mid-1960s until right up at the time of his death. >> very interesting. thank you so much. we'll be reading the rest of your playbook on politico.com. >>> as we told you earlier, 26-year-old kim clijsters came back from two years off, where she went and had a baby, now an 18-month-old girl, and she won yesterday her second u.s. open title. the big story is what happened in the semifinal match between clijsters and serena williams. she had a moment that was unlike anything we've ever seen, kind of put john mcenroe to shame. nbc's lee cowan has the story. >> reporter: it was no way to win and certainly no way to lose. there it was, match point. serena williams with the serve and a penalty. and that's when williams unleashed a tirade as serious as her 130 mile an hour serve. >> that's as angry as i've ever seen her. >> reporter: there ensued a string of expletives, and reportedly a few words involving the ball and the line judge's throa

>> i insulted mike barnicle on "the view." he's a little upset. >> what is this, "the new york times" book review now? she's just hateful. >> no. >> speaking of, we have tannenhaus coming in. i'll ask him about his interview. and i got a talk about bill moyer. >> first a look at today's top stories. >>> this morning president obama will speak to more than 100 world leaders gathered at the united nations general assembly in new york city. it follows his u.n. debut yesterday where the president took a solid stance on the stalled middle east process. >> simply put, it is past time to talk about starting negotiations. it is time to move forward. it is time to show the flexibility and common sense and sense of compromise that's necessary to achieve our goals. permanent status negotiations must begin and begin soon. success depends on all sides acting with a sense of urgency. >> as nbc's ann thompson reports, the president is also using the u.n. summit to tackle global climate change. >> the world wanted to hear president obama make

it did not focus on the 21st century threat. >> mike barnicle?. golden boy. comment on the interesting similarities between september 11th and monday, the president of the united states on september 18th coming to give a speech on the one-year economic collapse. both of them, september 18th last year, and september 11th, very few people saw either event coming. >> yeah, as a country the default position is peace and prosperity. it's hard for us to imagine horror because it has so infrequently went visited on us. we have two big oceans separating us. and we were not vigilant enough. the regulatory scheme, as far as financial sector was concerned was completely abandoned. it was starting with bill clinton and larry summers and the ones that began the banks to do whatever they wanted. the interesting thing in both cases, though, i am optimist bk this country always, that once the horrible thing happened, and once september 11th happened and september 18th happened, the government got tracking and took action against it. we have not had another septe

so that's still a very small number. >> mike barnicle?ns that were asked in places like france, in germany, italy, and their lack of support or lack of approval for our policies in afghanistan and iran, places like that, do they think that the world is just all hunky dory and we're overreacting? do they think the world is not a dangerous place? >> it's interesting, when you think about afghanistan, we didn't only ask about troops. we also asked about support for economic reconstruction. you get majority support for that in europe, and what you see throughout the survey is whenever you ask about the use of military force, you're going to get less enthusiasm from europeans. we have a trend question, we ask every year, under any circumstances, is war necessary to obtain justice? 71% of americans agree with that statement. 71% of europeans disagree with that statement. >> there you go there. >> something different about the use of military force. >> the lows since 1945, so it's a very convenient position to take. >> thank you very much for co

norah o'donnell, mike barnicle. shington but it's warm on the set of "morning joe." so nice on name your price. beautiful shot of new york. you do all right there. >> mike is like -- makes we wonder what willy and -- welcome. just about the top of the hour. >> back from summer camp. >> thank you. thank you. a little bit of book writing and zip line. >> joining us for the hour. >> for the hour. >> and the president's speech, we'll get to news and everything. but the bottom line to you. >> it sounds like everybody seems to be in agreement on this, he spoke to his base, he convinced his base, he was able to reach out to some of the middle. if you have all of the votes you need in both chambers, that's what you want to do. and he got a lot of -- even though he gave up the public option or sounded like he gave up the public option, he still was able to get democrats like nancy pelosi and editorial writers at "the new york times" on his side by attacking republicans repeatedly. they have been wanting this president to figh

we probably should look into it. >> yeah, mike barnicle. -- >> yeah, similar. ask yourself this. would you want your son or daughter could be in those pictures? no. would you understand the context of those pictures, the theater of operation? yes. so let's deploer it and condemn the pictures -- >> that's not we were doing. >> i was put in the position where it looked like i was on my high horse because it seemed funny. we are talking about pretty bad stuff. >> we are talking about things that have been going on for centuries. >> that doesn't make it okay. that's all i am saying. >> mika, some people are encouraging the advocacy of not letting combat soldiers being allowed to smoke in the theater of this place. >> i think that this is perhaps a topic that we continue on the radio. >> harold? >> i did not do that either. >> oh, good. >> harold ford jr. thank you so much for being with us. >> what a good boy. >> i love our next guest. the food critic coming up. >> he wrote a great article, a week in review about kids eating, and he wrote a new

." >>> good evening, i'm mike barnicle in tonight for chris matthews.eading off tonight, caught red handed. iran admitted to building the second undersecret underground nuclear plant to enrich uranium and president obama demanded they either open nuclear sites for inspection or be held accountable. >> we're going to operate on two tracks. our preferred method is diplomatic. if that does not work, other consequences may follow. >> nbc news white house correspondent, chuck todd, former state department spokesman jamie rubin will break down what this disclosure means for the nation. before the six-nation talks with iran are set to begin. plus, why are democrats seeing a significant drop in fundraising and how can they convince big donors to open up their checkbooks ahead of the 2010 midterm elections? >>> and remember the conservative outcry over president obama's back to school speech in a student performance at a new jersey public elementary school is now drawing fire from some conservative critics. check it out. >> barack hussein obama. >> conservatives

mike barnicle, pat buchanan joining me and willie this morning. get over here, willie. >> long time no see. >> yeah. >> we're going to be talking about iran this morning test-firing missiles over the weekend. at what point does the united states and its allies say enough is enough? at what point do they actually do something or we look absolutely stupid at this point and waste valuable time? there's an important meeting on thursday between representatives from iran and six other nations, including the u.s. i would think that that might be some sort of a deadline. moving on to -- we're going to have david sanger in in just about a half hour. they broke the story overnight about the secret uranium enrichment plant that we talked about intently on friday morning. also coming up, afghanistan. general mcchrystal was on "60 minutes" last night. very interesting piece on him. we're going to talk about whether afghanistan is the next vietn vietnam, and bob woodward will talk to us about his reporting on that story. we have tina brown coming in to talk abo

mike barnicle will talk to us about that in a second. >>> fun with politics.a chair and join the "morning meeting." >>> the president hets to wall street two hours from now. his comments come one year after lehman brothers filed for bankruptcy if you want to call it that, triggering a domino effect. markets went into a tailspin and, most importantly, you have to understand that this was the evidence, it was this we had a rotting carcass and opened it up and it was the stink of that carcass that emerged through the lehman brothers' bankruptcy and now we've simply wrapped it up in bandages uses trillions in taxpayer money and are pretending that nothing is wrong. nbc's peter alexander is live on wall street what the president is expected to say about all of this. >> dylan, good morning to you. perhaps a little more rosy outlook for the president who will warn against this future catastrophe like we've seen from happening before happening again. the country used to store the nation's money, gold and silver here and the president will come here to talk more about

mike barnicle, for instance. he does it on the set. all right. senator, thank you.s. good to see you. appreciate it. senator dick durbin. >> thank you so much. coming up, new allegations involving former senator and presidential candidate john edwards. the"the new york times" revealsw claims from his former aide. details next with nora o'donnell. now your card comes with a way to plan for what matters to you. introducing blueprint. blueprint is free and only for chase customers. it lets you choose what purchases you want to pay in full to avoid interest...with full pay. and those you split... you decide how to pay over time. if having a plan matters. chase what matters. create your own blueprint at chase.com/blueprint. without my makeup. now, it's no problem. (announcer) neutrogena tone correcting night serum with high performance soy to even skin tone and active retinol to speed cell turn over. clinically shown to visibly fade brown spots in 14 nights. i even out my skin at night so it looks younger, flawless in the morning. (announcer) neutrogena tone correcting n

i'm mike barnicle in for chris matthews. caught red-handed. iran admitted to building a second secret underground plant to enrich your rainian. president obama says either open the sites for inspection or be held accountable. >> i have said repeatedly we're going to operate on two tracks, that our preferred method of action is diplomatic. but if that does not work, then other consequences may follow. >>> nbc news white house correspondent chuck todd and former state department spokesman jamie rubin will break down what this means for the president a week before the takes are set to begin. >>> why are democrats seeing a sig any kabtd drop fund-raising. how can they convince big donors to open up their checkbooks ahead of the 2010 mid determine elections. >>> remember if conservative outcry over the back-to-school speech? a student performance is drawing fire from conservative critics. >> conservatives charge that the school is attempting to indoctrinate and brainwash its students in support of the president. are they right? also, "meet the the

i'm mike barnicle, in today for chris matthews. leading off tonight, filibuster proof. the democrats got their 60th senator today. massachusetts governor deval patrick named paul kirk, chief ally and former chairman of the democratic national committee to temporarily fill ted kennedy's seat until next year's special election. kirk is expected to be a reliable vote for the democrats' health care reform plan, which was ted kennedy's long-fought mission. and the man who appointed him, governor deval patrick, will be here tonight. >>> next, president obama told the united nations general assembly that he is seeking a new era of engagement with the world, but can an extended hand prompt world leaders to solve the same international problems that vexed the bush administration, like iran's nuclear ambitions, middle east peace and afghanistan? >>> and playing the victim. new york governor david paterson sure has a strange way of pushing back on president obama's suggestion that he not run. first, his wife said it was, quote, very unfair, unquote, of the white house to discourag

." >>> good evening, i'm mike barnicle in tonight for chris matthews.ng off tonight, obama's big moment. president obama is facing, perhaps, the most important and consequential week yet of his presidency. it all begins with health care in his speech to a joint session of congress tomorrow night. then there's afghanistan. the september 11th anniversary. stubbornly high unemployment and growing unease about the deficit. add to that the sense that the president is being shaped by events more than he is shaping them. whether he can turn that around may say a lot about how successful a president he will be. virtually every republican has decided to just say no to anything the president proposes. plus he's faced with this inconvenient truth. liberal democrats won't vote for a health care plan without a public option. moderate democrats won't vote for one with it. two congressional democrats who fall on either side of this issue will be here in just a moment. >>> also, was the white house asleep at the switch when the right wing attack machine went after the

i'm mike barnicle, in today for chris matthews. leading off tonight, filibuster proof.y. massachusetts governor deval patrick named paul kirk, chief ally and former chairman of the democratic national committee to temporarily fill ted kennedy's seat until next year's special election. kirk is expected to be a reliable vote for the democrats' health care reform plan, which was ted kennedy's long-fought mission. and the man who appointed him, governor deval patrick, will be here tonight. >>> next, president obama told the united nations general assembly that he is seeking a new era of engagement with the world, but can an extended hand prompt world leaders to solve the name international problems that vexed the bush administration, like iran's nuclear ambitions, middle east peace and afghanistan? >>> and playing the victim. new york governor david paterson sure has a strange way of pushing back on president obama's suggestion that he not run. first, his wife said it was, quote, very unfair, unquote, of the white house to discourage the first african-american governor of n

and it was mike barnicle who says there must be some polling that shows the far right is getting tractionwhy we can continue to see this. i think the general is be careful of anything that is "er". >> up next. it has been eight years since 9/11 terror attacks. >> of course, brought down the twin towers in new york city. and eight years later, though buildings, of course no buildings have been rebuilt. >>> but first, spending time in jail for throwing shoes at the president of the united states apparently gets you some star treatment. according to reports, iraqi tv journalist will be showered with gifts, clawing four bedroom home and at least one potential bridge -- a bride upon his release from jail. he will be freed on monday after spending nine months in prison for showing his shoe at then president george w. bush. i'm walgreens ceo and i'm also a pharmacist. getting an early flu shot is the best thing you can do... to protect you and your loved ones from the flu. it's also one of the easiest things you can do... because walgreens is now offering seasonal flu shots... every day of the w

good evening, i'm mike barnicle in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, the gift.n congressman joe wilson shouted out "you lie" at president obama last night, he gave the democrats a gift they hope just keeps on giving. wilson was forced, and that does seem to be the word, forced to apologize today and his washington office has been mobbed, mostly by right wing supporters. democrats hope to turn wilson into the cindy sheehan of the anti-health care reform movement, a clownish figure of ridicule who hurts his own side more than he helps. partly lost in all of the fuss over wilson was the president's speech itself -- did he regain control of the debate? we will deconstruct the speech and see where the debate is headed next. >>> plus, it seems like a south carolina kind of day. governor mark sanford today defended his decision to stay in office. but can he survive the ground swell of calls for his resignation this week by the state's house republicans? >>> back to health care for a moment. could bill clinton become president obama's secret weapon to keep democrats in

i'm mike barnicle, in today for chris matthews. leading off tonight, filibuster proof. governor deval patrick named paul kirk, cheese ally and former chairman of the democratic national committee to temporarily fill ted kennedy's seat until next year's general election. kirk is expected to be a reliable volt for the democrats' health care reform plan, which was ted kennedy's long-fought mission. and the man who appointed him, governor deval patrick, will be here tonight. >>> next, president obama told the united nations general assembly that he is seeking a new era of engagement with the world, but can an extended hand prompt world leaders to solve the name international problems that vex the bush administration, like iran's nuclear ambitions, middle east peace and afghanistan? >>> and playing the victim. new york governor david paterson sure has a strange way of pushing back on president obama's suggestion that he not run. first, his wife said it was, quote, very unfair, unquote, of the white house to discourage the first african-american governor of new york from runn

i'm mike barnicle in for chris matthews. caught red handed.t to enrich uranium and president obama demanded they open nuclear sites for inspect or be held accountable. we are awaiting president obama's press conference at the g-20 sum in pittsburgh. nbc news white house correspondent chuck todd will break down what this disclosure mean for the president a week before the six-nation talks with iran are set to begin. plus, why are democrats seeing a significant drop in fundraising and how can they convince big donors to open up their checkbooks ahead of the 2010 mid-term elections? >>> and remember the conservative outcia. over president obama's back to school speech a couple weeks ago? a student performance at a new jersey public elementary school is now drawing fire from some conservative critics. check it out. >> the concern is that they were attempting to indoctrinate the students. also, "meet the press" moderator david gregly will review his interview with bill clinton. and finally, rod blagojevich just can't help himself on his never-endin

here in new york, mike barnicle, who i just can't even tell you what he showed me. ahead. and the "new york times'", andrew ross sorkin, who willie has. >> not again. >> and willie geist. also joining us from washington, jonathan capehart. welcome. >> good morning. >> we are going to start with this howard fineman article. he writes this. >>> the bottom line is he does quite well in terms of being a media accra bat and handling a lot of balls in the air. at the same time, if one thing doesn't lead to another when it comes to iran and afghanistan and our economy and jobs, isn't he going to learn the thunder that he has got? >> is that a question for me, mika? >> absolutely. >> i see we are there in the split box. the president has been in office for 10 months. as howard points out, he has a lot on his plate and a lot to do. right now it is seemingly all style and rhetoric and words. i think we have to give it a little bit of time to see if all of the things that he is trying to accomplish will actually get accomplished. if we were having the conversation in february,

. >> and mike barnicle, if you hold up a sign on the house floor that says republicans want you to die, that's not a joke. it's a stupid thing to say. thank you for joining us. willie, if it's way too early? >> it's time for "morning joe." but right now it's time for dylan ratigan with the "morning meeting." >> and samoa, hundreds kills and president obama declaring a federal disaster. >>> and also on the agenda, another day, another battle expected in the senate finance committee over health care and free choice. the public option shot down, but what about wyden's choice? >>> and then debtors' revolt. a man quit his job as a branch manager because he says the company will not stop at making a profit even at your expense. >>> and then the president, socialism, and the kkk. it's 9:00 a.m., pull up a chair and join the "morning meeting." >>> good morning to you. we begin with new developments with samoa. here is the latest. nearly 100 people reported dead after four tsunami waves, 15 to 25 each, engulfing the southpaw civic island. sweeping people out to sea. dozens still missing. emerge

. >> mike barnicle, that was the romney plan, right?massachusetts plan. does it work? >> well, at one level it works. at another level the cost has been so prohibitive, and the budget is so stressed, they have to look at who is covered. >> 96% of massachusetts residents, but the cost is extraordinarily much higher than they thought it was going to be. >> that always happens. >> yeah, and particularly when it's not real competition for health insurance. you mandate people for insurance, and then you don't make them compete. >> and former president bill clinton is weighing in on the governor's race. the governor is urging david patterson to drop his bid for a full term. here is he speaking with matt lau lauer. >> he is a good man. i think he will do in the end what he thinks is best for new york. i trust him to do that. i believe that if he thinks he has a reasonable chance to win he will probably one. if he thinks his chances are 1 in 10 or worse, i think he probably won't. >> what is so funny? >> nothing. nothing. >> how great is he? >>

joe scarborough, mika brzezinski, and the great mike barnicle with us. >> oh, mike. >> we're back fromes and san francisco and seattle. >> welcome back, guys. >> he does his own show before ours, so he has to walk down. >> we're at dodger stadium going all around, feeling big. tommy lasorda mauling you, and fans coming up to me. this lady grabs me, where's barnacle? here's tommy lasorda teaching mika how to pitch. hands-on guy. >> he always has been. >> he cares mp >> was he hands on with you, mika? >> didn't you see the video? >> no, i didn't. >> can we roll the video? >> there it is. there's the tommy lasorda we know and love.

i'm mika brzezinski along with willie geist and mike barnicle.d. >> so there might be a little shift in the strategy toward afghanistan. we're going to talk about that. front page of "the new york times," also the front page of "the washington post." we've got a lot of good guests to talk about that topic today. also, chuck todd is going to join us to break down the latest poll just out last night. nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. and later david axelrod will join us for quite some time to break down the afghanistan situation as well as the poll results and the administration's continued efforts in health care. really good show today, covering all the bases. >> it's a good thing we're talking about afghanistan. >> something we kind of