it is rick stengel's birthday as well. >> get out. >> rick stengel and you and jesse. >> i need more. >> and white house correspondent for the a.p. julie pace. and brian sullivan. still ahead, are we being taught to love strangers and is that a good thing? but first, hillary clinton if barack obama would answer a 3:00 a.m. phone call. but it was a 2:00 a.m. phone call from president clinton that congressman jim clyburn wishes he didn't answer. >> screaming and yelling and cussing. unbelievable. >> "morning joe" will be right back. ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ hey there can i help you? (whispering) sorry. (whispering) hi, uh we need a new family plan. (whispering) how about 10 gigs of data to share and unlimited talk and text. (whispering) oh ten gigs sounds pretty good. (whispering) yeah really good (whispering) yeah and for a family of 4 it's a $160 a month. what! get outta he

♪ >>> joining us now the undersecretary of state for public policy rick stengel.willie. >> you're back from ukraine fairly recently. what's the situation on the ground there? >> they have an election coming up on sunday. this is not just any election. this is the kind of first election of the new old world. they're on the edge of democracy between russia and the west. you know, we're so supportive of the ukrainians being able to choose their own destiny and future. i was there in kiev. it was calm. people are resolute about voting, about choosing their own history. and that's something we really need to support. >> how much support is there from where you sit inside the state department about putin's next move? what else he's willing to do. if it began with crimea and he looks to eastern ukraine, are you worried about what he's planning to do next? and if so, can you prevent him from doing it? >> we, keir concewe're concerne. again, i -- you know, in the leadup in the election, things have been pretty calm. you know, the ukrainians are resolute about voting. i thi