mike barnicle has the next question for you, mike? in me was the pejorative headline that became a meme sort of, muhammad ali, the mouth that roared, you know, initially after he beat sunny liston and everything like that. clearly off of that audio recording you had many, many hours of spending quiet reflective time with your father. talk about who he really was in his essence. >> so my father, that's a loaded question because he was -- he was, oh, my god, he was an amazing father, he was very, very humble and sweet and kind and very spiritual. he was always constantly telling us that, you know, we're going to die one day. i was scared to go to bed at 5 years old, that life was short and to make sure that we didn't get caught up in this world but to live for the next and that was eternal life. he was telling us this at 5 years old, i'm serious, how important it was to do god's work, which meant be charitable, kind, giving. he was such a giving person. our door was always open. constantly people ringing the doorbell, slip past the guar

along with joe, willie and me we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, former u.s. attorney for the northern district of al bam -- alabama, now an msnbc contributor joyce vance, msnbc analyst jeremy bash and chief white house correspondent for the "new york times," peter baker. we have a lot to get to this morning. a big day yesterday in washington. we want to start with this exchange between attorney general william bar and kamala harris, which encapsulate, barr's performance at yesterday's hearing. >> attorney general barr, has the president or anyone at the white house suggested or asked that you open an investigation of anyone? >> i wouldn't -- i wouldn't -- >> yes or no? >> could you repeat that question? >> i will repeat it. has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? yes or no, please, sir. >> the president or anybody else. >> seems you'd remember something like that and be able to tell us. >>yeah, but i'm trying to grapple with the word suggest. there have been discussions of matters out th

we have mike barnicle.ill correspondent and host of "kasie d.c.," caskasie hunt is with us >> did we do the lightning bolt? >> we have too much going on. >> no, no, no. there we go. now she thinks it is about her. >> no. >> good morning. >> there you go. >> national correspondent for pbs news hour, lucky to have her. >> yes. >> and political writer for "new york times," and msnbc political analyst, nick con , who just wed a baby boy. >> oh. >> he's beautiful. >> congratulations. >> look at those cheeks. >> thanks, guys. >> okay. when we're on set, i want you to bring him in so i can hold him, okay? >> sure thing. >> the name was interesting. morning joe willie mike. >> wow. >> actually, yeah. >> that's a mouthful. >> it is a long name, for sure. >> gosh, he's cute. >> congratulations. >> thanks, buddy. >> that's wonderful. >>> a lot to get to this morning. donald trump jr. has struck a deal for limited testimony before the senate intelligence committee after a subpoena to president trump's eldest son, signe

also, msnbc contributor mike barnicle is still with us.litical analyst susan del p c percio, as well. steve rattner still with us. along with willie and me. joe is off on book deadlines. we have a lot to talk this hour and this drum beat toward impeachment. i'll start off with kasie hunt. what are you hearing on capitol hill? nancy pelosi is holding strong, but the calls to move forward on this presidency, on many levels, and get answers in real time, they're growing strong, aren't they? >> they are getting stronger, mika. we're going to get a chance to take the temperature more broadly this morning when nancy pelosi meets with her rank and file caucus to talk about this. essentially, what's really changed in the last 48 hours is some members of her leadership team, they're kind of on the lower level of her leadership team, but there was a contentious meeting on monday where they said, you know what, this isn't working. we have to send a stronger message. we have to use every tool we have twaavailable to us. we have to start an impeachment

. >> we had a camera on mike barnicle in the studio, that would be great because he's more shocked abouthan any other news that's been delivered this morning. >> i suspect mike has spent time in that awful l.a. traffic. essentially burger king tried this in mexico city. they're looking to push ads at drivers stuck in traffic, in theories the orders turn up on motor bikes. they've tried that in mexico city. they're now rolling it out in l.a., shanghai. my recommendation, wet wipes and maybe some air freshener in the glove compartment. >> it makes you look forward to sitting in traffic. can we get a camera on barnicle over there? >> in los angeles, if you try it in los angeles, you can no longer call it a drive through because you never go anywhere. >> that's a good point. >> special orders don't upset us? come on. >> thanks for weighing in, mike barnicle. >> coming up, axios' nick johnson has a look at this morning's "1 big thing." and coming up on "morning joe," more on calls from congressional leaders for the trump administration to brief them with escalating tensions. >> and newly anno

mike barnicle. and jonathan lamere.rd of bell belmead. >> and kevthank you very much fg with us this morning. wii less than two hours away from attorney general william barr appearing before congress and democratic lawmakers calling for special council robert mueller to testify after the "washington post" broke the news on communications between him and bar in which mueller complained that barr's four page memo was twisting the public's perception of his findings. of course to a copy of that letter reviewed by the "washington post" mueller said "the summary letter the department sent to congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of march 24th did not fully capture the context, nature and substance of this office's work and conclusions. there is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. this threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the department appointed the special council to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigationsalsell to assu

we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor, mike barnicle.he associated press, jonathan lamir, washington bureau chief for "usa today" and author of "the matriarch," susan page. former chief of staff at the cia and department of defense, nbc news national security analyst, jeremy bash is with us as well. we have a lot of moving parts, joe, and developments concerning the investigation into the trump presidency and congressional democrats' attempts to hold the administration accountable. the white house has directed former counsel don mcgahn to defy a congressional subpoena to testify before the house judiciary committee this morning. in a letter to committee chairman jerry nadler, white house counsel pat cipollone said the justice department has, quote, advised me that mr. mcgahn is absolutely immune from compelled congressional testimony with respect to matters occurring during his service as a senior adviser to the president. he went on to say, the president has directed mr. mcgahn not to appear at the committee's scheduled hearing. a lawye

with us woo vont set here in new york mike barnicle.f expertise." >> so here's the deal. you have a background, an equestrian background. >> i do. >> were you watching the derby? >> oh, my gosh. steve is quite the rider. five foot jumps. >> so my dad is from kentucky. this was like the big day of the year. he'd always wake us up at like 5 in the morning. first saturday in may, derby day! like it was the day. so it always kind of special. and we were crowded around watching it and

thanks for mentioning it. >> mike barnicle, willie got the news and called his father late. and when -- >> no, it was kind of early. >> when he picked up the phone, he said why are you calling me some damn late, son? don't you have a job to do in the morning? but, mike, i mean, you've been working on a book for half a century. this doesn't just happen. >> listen, if my wife is up -- >> i apologize. this has been a bone of contention. nobody knows this but mike called bush 41 and said, hey, i'm writing a book about baseball, can i come up and talk to you and he went up to talk to him and he still hasn't written the book. i think you wanted free drinks in kennebunkport. when are you going to write your book? >> my research assistants are still typing up the context of the conversation we had with the former president. my wife is probably up now watching the program. we love bill geist. this is a great book. this is a lot of fun. we're happy people are buying it. and it took him 40 years to write it. so i'm 38 years into my work. it's almost done. >> so you're doing great! >> y

we want to go every year. >> we've got mike barnicle here.rter for nbc news, julia ainsley, co-author of the playbook jake sherman is here with us. an msnbc political contributor. also with us, investigative reporter for "the new york times," suzanne craig who co-wrote the stunning new report that's pulling back the curtain on president trump's finances. revealing his prior business struggles were far worse than previously thought. they are staggering. >> so this was the second biggest story of the day. mike, what was the biggest story of the day? >> liverpool. >> liverpool coming back. >> screaming at the top of his lungs. >> randam highlights. we'll get into this later on. we have with us roger bennett is going to be coming. and one of the greatest comebacks in the history of european football. not roger. that's a sad, sad story. that's not a great comeback. but, anyway, we'll be talking about liverpool in a little bit. very excited to have julie here, too. >> yes, really great to have you. >> you came to the mother ship. >> thanks for havi

they all came together for you. >> mike barnicle is with us. >> so, mike, listen, i do my best to bees of trouble, but when the red sox blow, bleed, against the white sox, when they're coming off a three-game winning streak, it's hard to be positive. >> well, joe, i mean, the courage you have shown in the face of so many obstacles thrown down -- >> i know. >> the red sox disappointment last night while you were working on the defining happy birthday piece for willie, there's not enough that we can say here about what you've done, just for us, for willie and for the red sox. hang in there. >> one eye on the game, one eye on the mixing board. it was a tough night. >> we also have with us the host of the new msnbc show "saturday night politics" premiering tomorrow at 8:00, donny deutsch. >> theme song provided by the bay city rollers. >> "saturday night politics." okay. >> tell us about it, man. >> interesting title for someone that's a branding expert. >> it's not as good as kasie d.c. >> and who came up with cakasie d.c.? >> helped with that. we got mayor pete on the first show, mr. b

with us we have on the set here in new york, mike barnicle. mike is here.olumnist at "usa today" and author of the book "the death of expertise." tom nichols. >> every time. and former treasury official and morning gentlemen economic analyst steve rattner is here. let's get to our top story. president trump is reversing course on robert mueller. last friday, if you remember, so long ago, he said it would be up to the attorney general whether the special counsel was the to congress. now he says mueller shouldn't testify at all tweeting yesterday why would the democrats in congress now need robert mueller to testify? are they looking for a redo because they hated seeing the strong no collusion conclusion and ending bob mueller should not testify, no redo for the dems. and later they stole two years of our my presidency collusion delusion that we'll never be able to get back. >> you know, it's interesting -- >> i might get my time back reading that tweet. >> no you won't. he complains having the first two years stolen after saying it's the two years greatest t

along with joe, willie, and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst steve ratner. former chief of staff to the d. dccc and part of hillary clinton's campaign, msnbc contributor. >> what do you think of mcconnell? >> i just -- don't ask me. >> willie? >> oh, you know. >> the death of shame. he thinks it's cute. >> it's not cute. >> there are consequences to all of this. there are actually young people who make it into politics that actually thinks being that cynical and, well, just inconsistent, some would say corrupt is the way you do things. >> if he didn't already, he'd given away the game with the smug look on his face. for people who couldn't hear the question, the question at a luncheon in kentucky was, should a supreme court justice die next year, what will your position tbe on filling that spot? mcconnell said, we would fill it. >> explain why that's not necessarily the right answer. >> well, obviously, in 2016, when justice scalia died, merrick garland was nominated by the president o

is off on book deadline this morning, but along with willie and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle

along with joe, willie and me we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, former u.s., now an msnbc contributor joyce vance, msnbc analyst jeremy bash and chief white house correspondent for the "new york times," peter baker. we have a lot to get to this morning.

along with joe, willie and me we have mike barnicle, branding expert and political commentator -- >>s also the host of a new msnbc show called "saturday night politics," premieres tomorrow night at 8 p.m. tell your dads when they wake up because they had a little too much to drink last nigh

we have mike barnicle, heidi pryzbyla, associate editor of "the washington post" eugene robinson and washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay is with us. good to have you on board this morning. >> this is book fair today. everybody has a book. >> i'm so excited. >> we're going to go around the table. mika, let's start with yours and then we'll talk to willie. >> today, me, and my co-author are releasing "earn it," part of your know your value series. it's awesome. it's a guide book. you follow it along through your career and it will really help you launch properly. it's all about equal pay ultimately and women, the data shows always start a little lower than men and they never catch up. this get a firmer, stronger career started. we'll be showing more of that later. >> okay. willie, it's your turn. >> we're going all the way around the table. >> i don't have my book out today but my dad has a book out today. it's called lake of the ozarks, he's been working on it for 40 years. he's been talking about it as long as i've known him and he retired from cbs last year and fi

with us this morning we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, msnbc police cal analyst susan del perciolighten up msnbc on saturday nights mr. donny deutsch, political writer for "the new york times" nicholas confessore. also with us heidi przybyla and associate editor of the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. donny, let's talk saturday night politics. what do you got dialed up? >> we have diana ross and the supremes. >> again? >> what's interesting is we have a whole segment on a bunch of pollsters looking at the last 40 years of polls as of june 1st ranging from giuliani on down, the leaders are not always the winners. an interesting look at that. we've got ari melber to help us break down the crazy legal things of the week. all kind of hijinks. >> it's a great

this morning we have with us mike barnicle, former aide to the george w.ouse and state departments elise jordan. white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire. former chief of staff at the cia and department of defense, now than nbc news national security analyst jeremy bash, former u.s. attorney for the north

it's not mike barnicle, it's you that's the legend. and, sam, i'm so happy to have you here. we love getting people from the other side. former of course trump campaign advisor. you were hired, fired, hired again and then sued by trump. so congratulations on all that. >> and fired also. >> oh, three times. you were called obviously in front of mueller, and is it still true roger stone was your hero? have we changed on that? have we moved on from that? >> he was. >> he was. so lots to get to tonight. first up let's go to the wall. infrastructure meltdown. will the president's i don't want to play and i'm taking my ball home hissy fit be a strategic 2020 win for democrats? it sure should be. >> i wish that his family or his administration or his staff would have an intervention. >> she's not the same person. she's lost it. cryin' chuck, crazy nancy. >> i'm praying for the president. >> i'm an extremely stable genius. >> the opposite of genius. he's an unstable nongenius. >> that stuff actually happened >> isn't it amazing? >> it actually happened in the united states of america

. >> i would love to ask you more about that, jon, and i also think mike barnicle would have a thing or two to say about this, didn't it used to be that everybody had a stake in the war? everybody served. evds now it appears we have people who have served in iraq and afghanistan who are now running for president and who are bringing their service to washington, which we appreciate, but there seems to be such a disparity between those who choose to join and serve and those who often have the power and the ability to talk about it? >> well, that's the great story of vietnam. world war ii was far more commonly shared and led to a peace time or a cold war draft where one of the reasons we're so divided right now, i would argue, is that we don't know each other very well. we live in -- >> that's correct. >> we live in very secure silos and so you have to look back and think, what was that. my old boss charlie peters, has written a lot about this and thought about it. john kennedy, when he was on pt 109, was on there with a plumber from the bronx, a truck driver from iowa. people that john

first my buddy mike barnicle from "morning joe." he's here because -- you are one of the best humans in the planet. it's always great dad, great husband. one of the smartest guys around. you break it down in a way that most people can't. thank you for giving up time and being here. >> it was worth it just for the intro. >> right. >> john pierre, thank you. whenever i'm on a panel with you, i lean in. that's why you're here. thank you for joining us. and rick wilson. republican strategist. we've never met before. you wrote "everything trump touches dies". and as a tip of the hat to my former friend, donald trump, we built a wall. yes, a wall. a saturday night politics wall. we'll go through the wall throughout the show as a road map to wrap up the week's stories and let's get to it. low bar. could the ag ease legally challenged -- in 2020. mike? >> he lied to congress. he lied to congress. and everybody else did that. it would be considered a crime. nobody is above the law. >> this attorney general lacks all credibility. >> you seem

we have with us mike barnicle, former aide to the george w.artment elise jordan, rick tyler and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" eugene robinson is with us. we begin this hour with sources telling "the new york times" that attorney general william barr has tasked the u.s. attorney in connecticut with investigating the origins of the fbi's russia investigation. trump appointee john durham, a prosecutor with over four decades of experience will lead the investigation according to two people familiar with the matter. msnbc has not independently confirmed this report. durham is already heading up a probe of media leaks in connection with the russia probe, reportedly with a focus on the leak of the steel dossier. this follows incessant calls from president trump to, quote, investigator the investigators. >> it began illegally and hopefully somebody's going to look at the other side. >> there are a lot of people out there that have done some very, very evil things, bad things, i would say treasonous thin

still with us mike barnicle.sociated press, former aide to the george w. bush white house and state dvepartments and host of the beat on msnbc. also white house correspondent for pbs news hour and capitol hill correspondent, casey hunt. joe and mika are off this morning. you were on morning, noon and night last night watching this mueller news. what was your take away as you watched that 8-minute presentation? >> my main take away is bob mueller is a school principal who is a little disappointed with the class. in between the lines, if you read it closely, but in all seriousness, he wrote the damn thing. he wrote up the report and it's all in there and there was a type of frustration, i thought, quite clearly both in the way that he felt the democrats in congress were waiting for him to do one more thing, help them one more time when hey, the report is my testimony. it's a pretty clear brush back to the idea that what america needs now is the reading rainbow edition where mueller goes in and reads allow to the co

msnbc contributor mike barnicle, msnbc police cal analyst susan del percio, the host of saturday night politics, lighten up msnbc on saturday nights mr. donny deutsch, political writer for "the new york times" nicholas confessore. also with us heidi przybyla and associate editor of the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. donny, let's talk saturday night politics. what do you got dialed up? >> we have diana ross and the supremes. >> again? >> what's interesting is we have a whole segment on a bunch of pollsters looking at the last 40 years of polls as of june 1st ranging from giuliani on down, the leaders are not always the winners. an interesting look at that. we've got ari melber to help us break down the crazy legal things of the week. all kind of hijinks. >> it's a great show. saturday night. >>> meanwhile, president trump took to twitter yesterday to announce he is imposing more tariffs, this time on mexico. he said on june 10th the united states will impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming into our country from mexico until such time as illegal my grants

. >> well, our report are, willie, mike barnicle, has been talking to a will the of people, says there is not dissension in the clubhouse over there. i personally wish -- against not to sound like harold but i understand those who aren't going and i roo expect them and a 3-year-old twr i understand that, too. i to wish that would have held back and you know what, i'm just going to stay back with my teammates. >> and alex cora has a very specific complaint about donald trump. he is puerto rican and he doesn't like the way president trump has handled port rico. when i it and alex corea was on the radio. >> like david price. thank you, david! >> price has said because he tweeted a "boston herald" reporter's observation, that it was touch a race will to what he thought was an insensitive observation. >> so david's now saying there's not racial division. rchlts all right. >> and there were horse roo eed like to think i've had a few decent moments of my journalism career i could be proud of. i think the pin a call is today when i'm in the rose garden shouting questions about the red sox. >>

along with joe, willie and me we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle.ter for the associated press jonathan le lemire. >> so let's really quickly summarize, willie, what happened yesterday for people that are just tuning in on the west coast here. the president of the united states call over once again democrats and republicans alike like he did with immigration, like he's done in the past with infrastructure only to end upturning it into this -- just -- this child like performance, which was embarrassing on all fronts but unfortunate lit it's the people that are going to be hurt because once again infrastructure weekends up being a bust. >> every week is infrastructure week for me, joe. i know you know that. the president of the united states got the leaders to talk about infrastructure. he came in and john lemire can fill us in on the details. he spent about three minutes bark at the democratic leadership and said you guys, if you continue these investigations i'm not going to do business with you and walked out of the room without any conversation. di