trish regan, richard stengel, kathleen parker and andrew ross sorkin. that's the show. thanks nor watching. -- for watching. see you here next week.

kathleen parker, richard stengel, helene cooper of "the new york times," david brooks also of "the new show. thanks for watching. see you here next week. >>> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with david gregory. >> this sunday, a country div e divided, and the president facing tough issues that invoke passionate debate on both sides. is there a way to get past the argument and find consensus on health care reform, the role of government and the way forward in afghanistan? our guest, the president of the united states, barack obama. then, the view from the other side of the aisle on the big challenges and hard choices. with us, the republican leader in the house, congressman john boehner of ohio and the senior senator from south carolina, lindsey graham. plus, our political roundtable. >> i think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity towards president barack obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's african-american. >> president obama responds to the former president and blames the media for fueling the fire. >> this is c

also, "morning joe" has an exclusive look at the new cover of "time" magazine with richard stengel.n is using western banks to launder billions of dollars. >>> and two days ago, former presidential candidate ron paul was on "morning joe." today his son, senate candidate rand paul joins us. all that and much more. first, here's bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> good morning. thanks, mika. maybe i should call you the ace of our staff. >>> let's take a look at the forecast. today we have showers out there currently in numerous areas. a lot of rain in the deep south. nothing horrible or causing too much flooding, but just a little more of a nuisance type weather. as far as the forecast, dallas to atlanta, rain on and off anywhere in between there. beautiful today from chicago to minneapolis, denver, kansas city. seattle, where joe and mika are, partly cloudy. the rest of the u.s. is going to see a rather nice thursday. you're watching "morning joe" brewed in seattle by starbucks. announcer: what if you could rewrite your hair's past and give it a whole new life? introducing a