try this at the waffle house sometime and prepare for awkwardness. now, when -- you were born here?h. >> anthony: left, what age? >> maya: 13. i grew up in holland, and after that we all went to london, germany and i'm in new york now so. >> anthony: i don't want to say it's a rootless existence. but, but it's a -- you know, where's home? >> marcus: i think for us now, if -- harlem is really home. but when i've been gone for two years, i'm like, "i gotta go back," because the beat is just so different than what sweden can offer me, and definitely what new york can offer me. >> anthony: the median age in ethiopia is under 18. that means most people here don't remember live aid or any of that. ♪ coupled with a recent economic boom, this might be the first generation in decades to enjoy a future with real hope. things are indeed happening. in this case, at a vacant bus stop. ♪ >> marcus: they're dogtown, man. they are next generation of dogtown in africa, man. >> anthony: a few years back, a couple of ethiopians who had been living abroad returned to addis with some skateboards. today

someone tweeted me the nfl and goodell is like the waffle house, what do you think?o have to do it, they're losing money. leftists are all about principle until the dollars start leaving the pocketbooks. they are at the point where they were a unifying force for years. it's not the same nfl. a lot of fans, and i might be one of them. once we leave, we won't be coming back. it's all about the free market and good lesson for everyone trying develop a good base don't disrespect your fan base. don't disrespect your customers. a lot of us that have different views, if you stay out of politics, you have a good chance to continue to succeed in this country. liz: espn has no comment after one of their hosts michael willbon blasted dallas cowboy owner jerry jones comparing him to a plantation owner after jones all but bashed them during a protest in the national anthem. >> they got down and linked arms and all this stuff, and i understand, that that's where he was going. now, just seems like it was a phony as a $3 bill. and the word that comes to my mind, i don't care who doe

>> maybe he eats at a waffle house. i don't know. >> sure he does. >> waffle house is great. yeah.rich, but we have a broad taste these days for hypocrisy, as you know, and he's playing a populist on tv. but that's fine in a way, because we have a president who is playing a president on tv, so we've entered a new realm that we're living inside a reality tv show in that sense. >> well, jeffrey, i like your role the best. i like the role that you're playing right now. >> thank you very much. >> the editor of 160-year-old news magazine. >> my staff thinks i'm just playing editor on tv. that's funny. >> you do a good job. >> willie, what's coming up next. >> with all this going on, the president this morning is tweeting about espn's ratings tanking. robert costa, thank you very much. thank you to the others as well. still ahead on "morning joe," president trump once told us on "morning joe" he, quote, seeks with himself on foreign policy because he has a very good brain. now he's comparing his i.q. with that of his secretary of state. it's not surprising who the president thinks comes

waffles. so this is our maple gravy. we make it all in house.is incredible mixture of sweet with our salty fries. we add red spice to give it a kick. just a little more maple gravy on top. to give the chicken a nice southern flavor and now i'm i have, very hungry. >> i think we're all hungry. >> yes, yes, yes. and we have mckinzie and marco here with us. thank you so much for being here. >> we're excited. >> thank you more for bringing us food. >> you have no idea how much diane has been craving this sufficien stuff. >> can you walk us through some of these dishes and how you came up with the names. >> i'll start with the side, the american classic cheese fries, the own three-cheese queso. everything is super fresh. yes, please dig in. you guys must be hungry. >> that one? >> that is our fry guy that has our pulled pork with a smoky barbecue on top many one of my personal favorites and anyone who loves pulled pork. >> these guys, really quickly? >> this is the southern guy with maple gravy and fried chicken and the drunk guy with bacon, queso. >

house" perfect layering of the foundation. the stuff he pits in there like -- >> cake? >> toast. >> toast? >> wafflece cream, 15 flavors for the guy to choose from. >> quite well crafted. >> they're not strauss they're little cookies, little biscuits. >> i love what he says right here, this guy does food challenges. you put a whole bunch of food in front of somebody and they eat it on their own. this is a new one. >> i need lots of friends for this. >> he knows right away i can't do this alone. sharing is caring. so he encouraged other people to help him. the school girl shows up they get some. he says the best part is when you smear the ice cream on top of the waffle. he says that's the best way to eat it. people were taking pictures. makes me think of a giant brand y snifter, free scoops for all. >> things are not going well in this viral video because of that well right there. this say new one. >> the neighborhood soccer ball. >> no, it wasn't. in this case looking down t seems to be very skinny horse. now they've obviously got some big heavy lifting equipment in here. there's no way they were go

later, just, you know, hours later, he seemed to waffle on it and question what chuck and nancy said in terms of that deal. we saw that even with the house'sealth care sort of repeal and reverse early on with the president praising that deal and it came out of the house and then calling it mean later. so if you are on the hill, whether you're republican or a democrat, it's hard to know what the president thinks and whether or not he'll change his mind. he seems to believe what he says in the moment, but you check in moments later and he could be on a very different side of the aisle. i think part of the problem, he doesn't necessarily have any ideological leanings. he doesn't -- he's not really steeped in policy, he ultimately wants to make a deal. he isn't necessarily concerned with what is in that deal. but the impression that he can come away with a win. >> all right. everybody, stick around. there is more news we're following. include, we're going to bring you the harrowing firsthand account of jesus campos, the las vegas security guard who encountered the las vegas gunman just moments after he carried out the deadliest shooting in mod

house" perfect layering of the foundation. the stuff he pits in there like -- >> cake? >> toast. >> toast? >> waffle ice cream, 15 flavors for the guy to choose from. >> quite well crafted. >> they're not strauss they're little cookies, little biscuits. >> i love what he says right here, this guy does food challenges. you put a whole bunch of food in front of somebody and they eat it on their own. this is a new one. >> i need lots of friends for this. >> he knows right away i can't do this alone. sharing is caring. so he encouraged other people to help him. the school girl shows up they get some. he says the best part is when you smear the ice cream on top of the waffle. he says that's the best way to eat it. people were taking pictures. makes me think of a giant brand y snifter, free scoops for all. >> things are not going well in this viral video because of that well right there. this say new one. >> the neighborhood soccer ball. >> no, it wasn't. in this case looking down t seems to be very skinny horse. now they've obviously got some big heavy lifting equipment in here. there's no way they were

he waffles around, goes back and forth, defers everything over to the senate and the house.s mind on daca. he throws it there. he can't make up his mind on health care. he tosses it over there. goes back and forth. this guy flip-flops every single day. he's the weakest leader i've ever seen in my life. he flip-flops. he has no courage. he doesn't know what he believes in. >> i don't think he knows what he's talking about. >> that's his problem. he doesn't know. he's flip flopping every day. >> he goes back and forth. we're seeing on tax reform a lot of problems going out. state and local tax deduction, there's a lot of pushback on that. >> thank god. >> not talking personally here. >> not that we're talking personally, but a guy that lives in new york and works in connecticut, thank god. >> well, thank god. there are 30, 40 or more republicans in high tax states in the house that will not necessarily be for this. deficit estimates are very, very high. it's a not -- you've got corker, now a free agent. you've got rand paul, who is a free agent. it's not 100% clear they're goi

so that might -- if the p president were to waffle on that at all, that might impede the deal's progress up in the senate and let alone the houseesentatives. >> so i'm -- i don't want to beleaguer this too much. i'm trying to get clarity. assuming this passes the senate, does this have to be reconciled with what the house already p passed or whole separate issue >> reporter: any bill that passes the senate has to pass the house and be conferenced both of them together. they have to agree then it has to be signed by the president. he has to agree it's a good idea so none of those pieces are in place just yet so we have an announcement of a deal, with have endorsements come in of the deal. the democrats through chuck schumer signifying they like it. we saw presidents make positive sounds about it in the oval -- in the rose garden and that seems to be encouraging to the proponents of the deal but we'll wait and see a little bit more because i think we need an answer here as to why the president would support a deal that reinstates the csrs when he has made a very big political point of yanking those csrs and saying they're inappro