. >> mike barnicle snows. other than the godfather of this show, willie geist. >> i always wanted to defend shaq. >> come on, willie. come on, willie. come on, willie. >> oh, ref. that's a foul, man. that's a foul. >> charge. >> that was a charge. >> oh, man. >> willie! show him, willie. show him. show big man. come on, willie. bring it. >> that was, good right? >> that was the high lilight ofs life. >> this is good stuff. >> at 6'4" and with his hair, 6'5," willie shows off his skills. the one-on-one matchup now. how many people can say they scored on shaq? it's a good thing, i think tamron was about to take her heels and earrings off for fouling willie. >> you know what is most amazing about that? willie looks small. >> he does. willie is -- >> willie is a tall dude. >> he is a big man. tall guy. >> anyway that, is greet stuff. bill, let's get a check of the weather. >>> west coast, we're finally getting what we need. we don't want a lot of devastation or anything. you desperately need it. first symptom move

mike barnicle, jump in. >> mr.he sen ses bureau checked the per capita income you were 47th lowest in the united states, not all done under your watch. >> what have you done to -- >> well, we've cut taxes and have training. the president can't say all those things about the country. our economy has grown 50% faster than the national gdp, even since the national recession. our per capita income ranking now is the highest it's been in 80 years. the reality is in louisiana, our unemployment rate has been below the national average every single month during the national recession, during the last several years. we're right now -- objective economists are saying we're on the cusp of a manufacturing renaissance, the likes of which we haven't seen in development. we have economic problems worth $50 billion. we've outperformed the and we're doing better in the country, highest incomes ever in our history, highest ranking in 80 years. economy is growing 50% faster than the national economy, record jobs and investments comin

john dingell, mike barnicle, came in in 1955.sisenhower was the president of the united states. a remarkable career. he was there longer than senator byrd. >> longer than robert byrd. in his congressional career spanned so many of the great progressive movements of this country and, of course, john dingell coming from michigan. strong labor guy. >> yeah. >> the labor movement, its arc, its entire arc, its strength when he first came into congress to just a few days ago when the uaw lost that vote down in tennessee, he has had an extraordinary career. always been there up front fighting for working people. >> and now we hear his wife debbie is thinking about running. let's do the next story for t.j. t.j., i think, is in disney right now. >> the orlando sentinel is raising prices for the second time in less than eight months. it will now cost $99 for adults and children over the age of 10 to enter disney's magic kingdom in orlando. up $5 since the last hike in june of last year. admission will rise $4 at epcot and animal kingdom an

mike barnicle?ted all of the points that have driven you to become a democrat because of the, they are anti-this and that. are you now pro immigration or have you always been pro immigration? gay marriage, are you anti-pro? issues like that. go through a couple of those issues. >> a great question, mike. i'm the grandson of a greek immigrant. my grandfather immigrated to america in 1912. my father's mother immigrated from lebanon. how could i be against immigration? i wouldn't be sitting here with you if there wasn't immigration in this country. frankly, most of us sitting here wouldn't be. >> definitely, i wouldn't be. >> heilemann, germany, i suspect? the fact of the matter is we are a melting pot. and, you know, in florida, we are probably one of the most diverse states in the country and we have so many immigrants. puerto ricans and cubans and greeks and lebanese and all over the place and i think it's important to embrace that because you're embracing america and that is what we are. to be anti

mike barnicle is here and thomas roberts.ociate editor of "the washington post" and political analyst for msnbc, eugene robinson. joe, look what thomas has. i'm going to show it to you. do you have a monitor? >> yeah, i have a monitor. >> look. >> jerry in graphics made this for us. it's coming to a toy store near you at christmas. >> keep it away from my kids. >> i have know idea. >> i'm going to give this to jack! >> look at the blond hair. >> what is up with the hair? >> my sister texted me right away. you know we used sun as kids in the summer, so you know you had blond hair. >> it's a voodoo doll. >> you're not going to give that to jack. >> i think jack will love it. >> you want to give him a dick butkus or ray nitschke doll, that's fine, but a guy missing two or three teeth and gnarly. you look gray. >> i don't know. i'll have to go back and research this. >>> any way mika, it is wonderful. we have a lot going on. why don't we start with the news. first of all, a shock. i was watching thomas' show. a shock in ice skati

back with us on set, mike barnicle, thomas roberts, donny deutsch.ans. >> what does that mean? >> it's cute. >> what's going on? how you doing? you're looking really good. who did you dress for? >> wow. >> wow. the snow. i have my snow boots on. okay. can we do the news, please? >> oh, boy. >> right away? >> okay. hi, thomas. >> hi. >> rogers. what the heck? [ laughter ] >>> we're at winter storm -- >> i'm going to wear a name badge. >> i'm sorry about that. with snow falling on the east coast once again. commuters should expect a treacherous ride to work. apparently, epically treacherous, as another storm sweeps through. some areas could see a foot of snow. the storm will be causing big problems across the midwest, so let's go straight to bill karins and the meteorologists are updating the forecast. sunday looks different, but today looks terrible. >> yeah, we don't need to worry about sunday. we need to get through this morning. we're in the heart of the commute, and it's as bad as many people remember. we have 500,000 people without power in this

mike barnicle and mark halpern and thomas roberts still bus.ton is pulitzer prize winning winner, eugene robinson and with the "the washington post" and msnbc political director chuck todd. >> subpoenas swirling around, chuck, democrats going after chris christie. i follow up with somebody said yesterday that was shocking people. >> what? >> i think i heard you say it last week, flib who knows politics and a lot of republican governors and people around republican governors have been saying to me quietly a couple of weeks now which is we love chris. he's a great guy to raise money and would love to have him here but if his problems keep going on and he is worried about a legal defense and he is worried about subpoenas and he is worried about, you know, staying in office fighting these charges, we don't know if he can be as effective fighting all of our races. that's a pretty basically political calculus, isn't it? it's not a betrayal. people say i betrayed christie yesterday. that is one plus one equals two politics, right? >> i'm with you. i'v

with us on set mike barnicle, msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst mark halpern and the hosts not here yet. in washington d you have to go a little faster, thomas. >> what is going on, thomas? >> willie was never late. >> willie was never late. he was always here. >> now he's in

mike barnicle is joining us and michael steele and msnbc and

. >> we have a picture of me and steve said mike barnicle for his performance in "binge minute button! look at him flexing! you don't know because barnicle comes dressed so well. you just don't know he has all of that going on up there. >> he hides it well. >> he really does. that is the end of "way too early" for this friday. thanks so much, gang! >> good show. >> really good show. barnicle shirtless is the way to end it! >>> "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >> it doesn't rain much here in southern

. >> you look great, mike barnicle. >> he had to dig out from that blizzard he had up there. >> i hurta. >> he was out there shoveling. >> i think he was on a boondoggle somewhere else >>> i have to show you this video. this lady was trying to get across the train tracks. car got stuck in the slushy snow. she actually was okay. took a shot right to the front driver's side. thankfully, a couple inches there probably saved her life. let's talk about with the snow out there across the country. about 34% of the country is covered with snow. most of that is from the great lakes, ohio valley and the northeast. a lot of the west, as we've been saying, doesn't have a lot of snow. now, a little bit of melt. 34, chicago, one of the warmest mornings we have seen in a long time. 36 in new york feels kind of mild. today, a taste of spring across the country. yes, there will be some rain in the northeast in the mid-atlantic. we need it to clean things up. 58 in d.c. today. finally, that's starting to feel nice. almost all the snow in d.c. is gone. they are starting to melt quickly. >> we like the th

with us on set, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. hi, mike. you look very nice today. >> thank you very much. >> the chair of deutch, incorporated, donny deutch. >> i'm not happy that thomas roberts stole my look. >> thomas looks good today. here comes thomas. look at that. just talking about the look, thomas. >> you're killing that suit, man. >> he has the walk of this floor, if it was lit up, he could do. >> i think it does, actually. >> wow! >> right up until that point. >> did he just really do that? and are you all really like this? because it's amazing. >> what do you mean? >> i you guys talk about your look in clothes a lot. i'm just saying. >> i don't know about -- >> we have former white house press secretary and robert gibbs. >> you know what is awkward? i was going to wear the same thing thomas did. >> that would have been bad. >> former adviser to george w. bush. >> oh, wow! >> now a completely different look. >> look at that. >> mark mckinnon. founder of no labels. we have a lot to get to this morning. first of all, boys, this is

msnbc contributor mike barnicle. the host of "way too early" thomas roberts. >> how is it going?ing. >> everybody all right? >> yeah. >> steve rattner, in a few minutes, will explain why he has finally fallen in love with america and how i helped him. >> i have to you take to you about something. former white house press secretary and msnbc contributor robert gibbs with us in washington. how is everyone doing today? >> great. >> you did a great show "way too early." >> a lot of stuff going on last night. any of you guys see paul and ringo? >> yes. i read some of their reviews on the first appearance on "the ed sullivan show." >> they are never going to make it. too wild. >> i read a lot of that stuff. it was kind of cool to go back there. >> i also love the -- the guy that rejected them famously said from the record deal, guitars are on their way out. how was your weekend? happened? >> nothing. my pajamas were wrinkled. how was your weekend? >> i was so busy. i went to the knicks game. >> did you? how was that? did they win? >> yes, they did. the second time i've gone and they wo

back with us on set, we have mike barnicle. have you finished reading the swimsuit issue, mike?s. i'm not reading. >> reading? >> i am not reading. i'm ogling. but please continue. >> yeah. wow. >> he doesn't really care about the foliage in maui. they have just sort of the stories wrap around the pictures with mike. >> michael steele. stop! >> i'm just -- >> harold ford jr. and in washington, robert gibbs. and ezra cline, who only looks at policy papers. let's get to the news. a democratic plan to raise the minimum wage is under fire today after new reports by the congressional budget office. the proposal is to increase the federal minimum wage by about $1 every year until it reaches $10.10. i think that's a great idea, joe, don't you? after that, wages would be adjusted on a yearly basis. he's working very hard on not interrupting me, which i think is really good, because he'll like the point of this story. right now, the minimum wage is $7.25. that's significantly lower than the minimum wage in 1968, which was $10.60, adjusted for inflation. but the big headline from yesterda

i'm mike barnicle, alongside the ununbelievable great donny deutsche, america's sweetheart.lso with us at the table msnbc political analyst and visiting d forme democratic congressman, harold ford jr. you look spiffy as always. >> thank you. >> former communications director for president george w. bush, nicole wallace and then thomas roberts. >> i didn't want to mess up q(d nicole's shot. >> jeremy, how are you doing this morning? >> marvelous. >> spiffy group of guys up here. >> a%zj shot of the ford baby? has that been published yet? >> oh, absolutely. >> she is cute, man. >> she is a sweetheart. >> every cliche they tell you about being aed dah, it doesn't live up to it. no matter what anybody tells you. >> exponentially. no yes about it. >> what is my app? >> i've never heard of it. >> something you get on your iphone or smartphone and down loads it cure puts together your contacts and allows you to text for free. >> totally confused! are you on my social network? i don't know what that means! >> i know what it means. it means someone else's business, not mine. >> okay.

with us on the set, msnbc contributor mike barnicle.you're communications director for president george w. bush, nicole wallace and visiting professor at nyu and former democratic congressman, harold ford jr. >> good morning. >> good morning, everybody. we will have a lot more on the life and career of philip seymour hoffman in a few minutes. what an incredible loss and surprising well. >> stunning. >> everything about it. his family seems to be devastated and also incredibly surprised as well because he appeared to be clean for many years. but this appears to be an apparent drug overdose. what a career. >> sad. >> we are going to go through the whole thing and also have some guests as well on this. >>> other news. it ranges from the super bowl to politics. last night -- well, i called it, if i can just say myself. >> what did you call? but did you call a blowout? >> did not call the blowout. >> i was here the day you called it. you called seattle. i give you great credit for that. >> thank you. there are so many security stories in ter

mike barnicle is joining us and michael steele and msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst mark halpern and fourteen magazine's leading editor lee gallagher and in washington, katty kay. good morning, all. >> welcome back. >> it's good to be back, i think. >> show us your tattoos. >> i got them in a slum in sochi. no. it was a good trip. it was cool. i think the anticipation going in was all of these security problems anticipating it wasn't going to be great and it actually, they did a good job with security. they did a good job with transportation and venues were nice and doesn't mean there weren't a lot of problems in sochi but they went off and thank god they did. >> it was interesting seeing you in 60-degree weather and going up to the bobsled races in the mountains. >> we had the coastal cluster down by the water and the mountain cluster up top. it was 60 degrees and the venues are indoors. it was cold enough in the mountains to operate although sometimes the snow got a little slushy. it was strange looking at palm trees where you were standing and then seeing the snow

the way, harold ford, as you know, was produced by the barnicle boys, nick and colin barnicle, mike barnicle'sn. that trade, that deal, i would say impacted the direction of the two clubs over the next decade and i would just say as a red sox fanatic, we have got three world series to show for it because we passed on a very bad deal on a cheater. >> well, as a red sox fan, no doubt it's clear from what i've seen so far and nick and colin are talented dudes and i'm looking forward to seeing it on sunday. you think the red sox got the better end of that deal. do you not think a-rod would have contributed in a big way to the red sox giving up manny ramirez if that was true and look at the configurations there. could the red sox still not have put it together or frankly would the yankees been at a disadvantage. this was a yankees and red sox rivalry at its best if you listen to cashman's comments there. >> look what happened. i mean, before we had a-rod, we hadn't won a world series since 1918. when the yankees got a-rod, we won three world series and this last year is a perfect example of how, in

. >> we have a picture of me and steve said mike barnicle for his performance in "binge minute button." >> he was so good on in that! he was so good! we have the picture! look at him flexing! you don't know because barnicle comes dressed so well. you just don't know he has all of that going on up there. >> he hides it well. >> he really does. that is the end of "way too early" for this friday. thanks so much, gang! >> good show. >> really good show. barnicle shirtless is the way to end it! >>> "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >> it doesn't rain much here in southern california, especially this year. but when it does, it's very important to rush inside immediately and turn on your local news. >> odd pictures from sky 5 tonight on, the first of two major weather systems bringing rain. >> the raindrops here started falling a little over an hour ago and they haven't let up. >> it's a strong, steady rain. >> this line in the sand right here is where high tide was most recently and now you see the water is coming up over that. >> more than 2 inches of rain could fall in the area right into

back with us on set, would he have mark halperin, mike barnicle, julie pace on the set here in new yorkthe long-running debate over the size and scope of government. and how federal programs impact everything from the economy to what incentive american workers have to get ahead. this week, the congressional budget office said the health care law will cause a decline in the number of full-time workers. democrats say it reflects new opportunities that americans didn't have in the past. >> as a result of the affordable care act, more americans will be able to voluntarily choose -- choose to work fewer hours or not take a job, because they don't depend on that job anymore for the provision of health insurance. the affordable care act does end that job lock. it allows americans to choose to spend more time with their family or pursue their dreams, and that is not a bad thing. it's a good thing. >> but republicans, led by budget committee chairman paul ryan, responded by suggesting poor workers are being encouraged to work less. >> by providing subs -- heavily subsidized health insurance to p