i'm willie geist. we're here at a public charter school that has cracked the code.heir combine test scores last year made this school the single highest performing charter school in the state of new york. we'll look into how they've done it. one of the reasons i can tell you is the head of school here. she's a former track star at ucla. i can tell you first hand, she's not lost an ounce of her competitiveness. you'll meet her in just a bit. later on "morning joe," we'll bring in the starbucks ceo. our partner in the brewing together education. that's all at the top of the hour. we also,

i'm willie geist. we're here at a public charter school that has cracked the code.heir combine test scores last year made this school the single highest performing charter school in the state of new york. we'll look into how they've done it. one of the reasons i can tell

stay tuned because "way too early" with willie geist starts right now.ave a terrific monday. >>> rick perry has a rough weekend getting destroyed for his debate performance the other night by snl to the fox news sunday panel. and herman cain pulls an upset in the straw poll. >>> and president obama is raising some own cash for his 2012 campaign. and a tough day for new england sports fans as tom brady and the patriots throw one away to the bills and the red sox continue their historic self destruction. the question is what was the one bit of good newsor the sox late last night in new york city? it's "way too early" for this. >>> good morning. i'm willie geist and this is "way too early." the show has likes you as a friend. we're glad you are up this morning watching us on msnbc.

i'm peter alexander in today for my friend, willie geist. is "way too early," the show that is proudly rooting for your northwestern wildcats at my

"way too early" with willie geist starts right now.>>> the dow closed down nearly 400 points on a combination of fears about european debt and that disconcerting economic report from our federal reserve about the next couple of years. the question is, will anything stop that market tail spin today? we'll have a live report in a couple of minutes. >>> meanwhile, the republican field got together for its weekly debate. it was as if mitt romney and rick perry were the only two people in the room. did mitt romney butny chink n p in the armor of rick perry? we'll take a look. >>> and red sox fever. with six games left in the season the question is how will these two races shake out? it's "way too eay" for this. >>> good morning, i'm willie geist and this is "way too early," the show that sleeps every night with cucumbers on its eyes, not slices, but whole cucumbers. i'm glad you're up with us this

"way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> good news -- the united states government willn thanks to the brave souls we sent to capitol hill. a deal is struck that allows for reduced funding to fema and no offsetting cuts to the budget. the question is will we do this again in a month and a half when the government needs walking around money again? >>> despite talk of him throwing up all over himself at the last debate, a new poll shows rick perry holding steady on top. the question is will perry continue to thrive despite the beltway's near rejection of his candidacy? it's hard to know what to say anymore. the red sox collapse is nearly complete with another loss last night. they fall into a tie with tampa bay for the american lead wild card. the question is should the naonal guard remove shoelaces and sharp objects from homes of all boston residents? it's "way too early" for this. >>> good morning. i'm willie geist, this is "way too early," the show that even as a yankee fan finds the red sox public meltdown difficult to watch. i'm glad you are up with us watching on

. >> i'm lynn berry, this is "first look" on msnbc, but stay tuned, "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. ♪ >>> governor perry is talking about you, let's hear from you. >> i feel like the pinata here at the party. >> if not the pinata, texas governor rick perry certainly was the focus at last night's republican debate where he and mitt romney drew most of the attention and most of the fire. the question is, are gop voters

willie geist joins me from ground zero. d to be on heightened alert because of the commemoration and the ten-year mark as it was. what have you seen that makes you think, wow, okay. new york city is taking it up a notch? >> yeah, chuck. this is going to be locked down as it is. ten-year anniversary, always a popular situation for chatter. particularly this time, ed earl the mayor giving a press conference saying there is a credible, key word, unconfirmed report. generally means a single-source report, that al qaeda and pakistan, planning something involving a car or a truck. extra vigilance in the city. we've been talking to friends across town. sixth avenue and other places, every car over a certain period of blocks is being stopped and checked. every single car. 34th street and north on sixth avenue is being checked. they're not taking this lightly at all. subway checks, bag checks there. and you see, if you live around new york, you see once in a while a stream of about 20 or 30 cop car, sirens on, lights on, flies down a

. >> and willie geist.'ve got to tell you, i've got to tell you, last night -- you know the sox get hammered the afternoon game. >> yep. >> making a.j. burnett look good. >> hard to do. >> that is hard to do. very hard to do. and then he pitches, gave up three runs in the first inning. >> didn't get a lot of help from the defense. >> not a lot of help from defense. but he held on and i can't believe it. and they actually -- the red sox won a game. the red sox won a game. the red sox won a game. >> that play right there, you thought, here we go again. they throw the ball to the outfield, he comes around to score, but they fought back. that was a huge win last night, ellsbury hits a home run to win the game. they're tied for the wild card, no momentum, looks like it'll go to the rays. now up a game with three to play, they get the orioles, braves have to play the yankees. you're still betting on the red sox to go to the playoffs. >> not that i'm obsessing on this, because i'm not, but the "boston globe" poste

"way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >> med dino to left field. in comes crawford.'t make the catch. he pops up. over the plate. off the mark. the red sox lose in a crucial 166nd ga1 1262nd game of the year. a home run, a home run, the rays are going to the playoffs. a walk-off home run by evan lon gone ya. the rays win, 8-7. >>> in perhaps the single most exciting night in the history of baseball with three all or nothing nail bite terse across the majors, the boston red sox september fold is completed within the span of 3 1/2 minutes in two cities about 1,000 miles apart. the question is, how does red sox nation recover from this one? >>> in politics, a new poll shows rick perry may be suffering a collapse of his own in the republican race for president while herman cain leaps forward near the top of

"way too early" with willy geist starts right now. >>> welcome to "way too early" live this morning fromnd zero in lower manhattan. a live picture of one world way dressing up in white and blue.

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stay tuned, way too early with willie geist starts right now. >>> the latest economic forecast reveals declining budget for the year ahead, as well as no improvement in the unemployment numbers and declining growth. the question is, will president obama be able to turn things around with his address next week? and that tea party sensation out of minnesota, michele bachmann comparing herself to another historic conservative standout, margaret thatcher.

stay tuned "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> president obama at ground zero ontional 9/11 memorial, surrounded by the families of the victims on the tenth anniversary of the attacks of september 11, 2001. quote is did you watch all the coverage yesterday or are you just emotionally exhausted like a lot of people.

. >>> stay tuned, "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> president obama in a laborday dress rehearsal for thursday's address to congress, floating some ideas for job creation and talking tough with a little help from jimmy hoffa junior to republicans. the question is, will the president go big with his jobs plan and risk having it shot down by those congressional republicans. or will he try to meet them somewhere in the middle. >>>

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and i always -- it was always interesting, willie geist.ht the first punch back after 9/11, and now this ten-year war against al qaeda. a war that for the most part we have won. the costs have been horrific. but osama bin laden's dead and so many, most of his lieutenants are dead. they've been scattered like the wind. but the first punch, the first counter attack is when todd beamer and some other guys from the back of the plane said let's roll, and they knocked down the cockpit door and knew they were going to their death, took it into the ground and saved the u.s. capitol. saved the u.s. capitol. >> some people said that almost immediately after the first battle of this war has been fought and america won. and you watch all this coverage of the last couple of days and you feel like you've seen enough of it. and you just don't want to -- but that story of flight 93, you just can't get enough of it. the composure these guys on the phones with their wives saying good-bye and saying -- >> the flight attendant did the same. >> saying we're goi

"way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> with president obama readying his thursday addressepublican challengers gets together tonight right here on msnbc where mitt romney brings his own new jobs plan to the stage and rick perry gives the country its first look at how he handles himself in a presidential debate. the question, is will perry, too, get specific about how he plans to get the country

. >>> i'm lynn berry, willie geist starts right now. >>> president obama travels to ohio to promote the jobs bill he sent down yesterday. was the president right when he said yesterday the only thing stopping the passages of his bill is partisan

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let's go to his desk, willie geist. americans when you were broke back americans reached out and americans are once again coming through with the can do spirit. >> to those, joe, who say the sun is setting on the americans, i offer you this. out of the goodness of her heart, a viewer named elizabeth heard of my troubles and said sit on this and all your cares will go away. >> it's a tush cushion of some kind. >> you have been bombarded with -- >> is it better than -- >> it's better than the inflatable, actually. >> well now. >> this reminds me of world war ii. women in the factories ripping up railroad tracks. >> whatever it takes. >> whatever it takes. >> speaking about the debate, let's go to mark halperin who seems to be in one piece after last night's debate. rick perry didn't accidentally try to shoot a coyote. >> last night, very interesting. i have to say, well i'm not going to say what most people are saying. i'm going to ask you what you are saying. who won the debate? >> i think mitt romney was the strongest.

stay tuned, "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> president obama continues his salesch for the jobs bill he hopes will turn the economy around and perhaps save his presidency. the question is, why did harry reid say essentially despite the president pass this bill

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don't go anywhere, willie gei"w early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> death.people have been fearing an innocent man being put to death. for the past few days and into today, all those who could have stopped the execution did not. now tonight his lawyers have appealed to the u.s. supreme court. >> 7:00 p.m. on the east coast now, and troy davis, a convicted killer, is about to be put to death down in georgia. let's go to pete williams, nbc's justice correspondent. pete? >>> chris, we are waiting for the u.s. supreme court to say whether or not it's going to grant a stay of execution. the request came just a little over an hour ago from the lawyers for troy davis. and the court hasn't yet responded. there's no time limit by which it must respond. however, it does appear from what we're hearing from people in georgia that the state is delaying the execution. >> this word now, reuters is reporting that the supreme court has denied a stay of execution. for more, let's go to pete williams, nbc news, justice correspondent. >> it's a brief order from the court. i wil

willie geist?ublic workers their due. >> thanks for coming on the show. >> how's steven doing? can we get him on the show. >> fine. he works until 5:00 a.m. >> he's an overnight. >> we're going to go to russia. >> what's the future of islam in america in a post bin laden world. we're going to talk to irshad manji next on "morning joe." >> all right, guys. i have to figure out how to get you all thinking straight here. joining us now -- we need to have a talk about food. >> joining us right now. >> i'm going to write a book. >> joining us now, the director -- >> we have somebody who has written a book. why do you have to write a book? >> the director of "the moral courage project" irshad manji, the author of the new book, allah, liberty and love. we're glad to have you back on. it's great to have. >> you thank you. i'll bring the food book next time. >> i'm going to write one. me and my friend diane smith. >> i'll be the tester of the recipes. >> there will be an action plan in the book. let's talk

willie, geist what did you learn today?resident. >> rick perry said that would not hurt him in the primary. >> do you believe snim. >> jury is out. >> what did you learn? >> one that you can snort flaxseed oil and number two, if you want to scare somebody -- >> hold on. not the oil. you crush up the actual flaxseed. it's good for your cholesterol. >> if you want to intimidate someone, send them a picture of sam stein taken by our crew. >> who is responsible for this sam stein picture? >> alex. >> it was vicious. we thought it had to be t.j. >> by the way, t.j. had taken it down and out.

it's just not right. >> professor warren, it's willie geist.he game is rigged. when you look at that landscape in washington, what can you do to change it? >> you know, willie, i hope you're not asking the question, won't you just give up before you ever start? >> of course not. but what can you do -- >> because it's too hard. i think the answer is just like it was before. when i first started arguing for this consumer financial protection bureau, people said to me, give up now. because you'll just be one voice, and one voice can't get anything done. i think that's a -- i just think that's wrong. i think one voice stands up, says what you say, you say it directly, you say it straight to the people. you say it straight to camera, you say it straight to anywhere that you have a chance to say it and keep saying it and keep saying it and keep saying it. and you know what? sometimes one voice turns into three. and sometimes it turns into 30. and sometimes it turns into 30,000. and then we reach a point where as happened before, something nobody was

do you hate her so much, instead you are going to do willie geist?er so much that i'm glad to talk about a yankee victory. >> what do you love most about her? >> is this happening? >> i love that she is one of the kindest, most thoughtful people i know. >> could you give me an example so other young women across america looking to find a man they love. give us an example of her kindness. >> when we have thirn years from now, we are going to play this. >> give us an example. >> i love my family and the way she -- is this happen sng. >> yeah. >> normally you are laying on a couch for these conversations. the way she fits into my family, i feel she's already one of them. >> really? i hope you like your family a lot. does she like your family? >> you're going to find out. >> i'm sure she does. >> tell me, what does she say when you went to paris -- did you get down on one knee? >> i got a, this is happening. it was the eiffel tower. just shy of 11:00. >> how did it happen. >> yeah. yeah. >> this is really happening. they said come down for sports highlig

that said, he is, willie geist, a republican. >> seriously. there are some things you just can't say but watching rick perry last night try to talk poli policy, pass a quick sound bite, a shot of coyote in the face. >> come on. >> beyond that it gets pretty depressing. and i'm sorry. i know republican primary voters as you get past the first couple states and i've seen them time and time again chew up and spit out guys like this who are the flavor of the month. i just don't see rick perry surviving past march. >> we are going to see some new polls from cnn that have him not only leading the field but saying he has the best shot of beating barack obama. >> seriously? >> by a margin of 16%. >> cnn has, you know, the polling, but they've got a special unit and this is the guiliani unit. these are the people that polled at the same time four years ago and told us guiliani would beat hillary clinton. >> i just would be very careful at what you say right now. the two i guess -- can i talk to the economist? >> i want to talk to him. >> i want to talk

. >> we are going to talk to willie geist in lower manhattan. is he ready? know you had to move him. willie? what do you have soming up? >> the 9/11 memorial that's going to be dedicated. on that day, 343 new york city firefighters were killed. one firehouse lost more than in other, 15 guys. lenny joins me next on "morning joe." what's it going to take? do we have to spell it out? can't republicans in congress get the message? instead, they protect tax breaks for big oil. tax breaks for billionaires. even tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas. republicans in congress have shown who they stand up for. voting to take care of the wealthy. not the middle class. it's time to bring jobs back to america. seiu cope is responsible for the content of this advertising. while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. ♪ got so many scratches and scars ♪ ♪ maybe time can mend us tog

. >> willie geist -- >> but i work downtown now. >> if you lock the doors from the outside, it prevents people from going on lunch breaks, all kind of good things. >> it was my budget. i knew i had to spend a fortune on fire and safety. >> let me ask you a serious question, though. get you off the fire safety question. is there a place in this jobs bill for infrastructure which is at the core of what the president's proposing? is that important? or is that just a short-term fix? roads, bridges -- >> no, that's a good thing. >> stimulus? >> yes, because whenever you have the big construction jobs, you have to have a lot of caterpillar earth movers, which is a company that is hiring and doesn't want to send this stuff overseas. also requires a lot of ancillary businesses. you need steel. the ceo of new corp., it's predictable flow of business. it goes over and over and over. infrastructure does matter and there's $2 trillion of it out there. >> you like that aspect? >> that's just great. and i know that our friend chris mathews talks about how infrastructure really does put a lot of peopl

. >> holy cow, willie geist. >> can we trade him yet? >> we're going to. no, i think, they will, especially after last night, missing a catch that most baseball players in the s.e.c. would've made. i'm serious. welcome to "morning joe," i'm joe scarborough, visibly anguished who stayed up until 11:17 last night to see without a doubt, and mike barnicle and i after we got past the funeral march music both agreed, barnicle was down in baltimore. last night, make no mistake of it, and barnicle agrees and he's been alive 120 years, and the 120 years of major league baseball last night was the greatest night of major league baseball for a regular season. it's never come down to this. but this morning, of course, we have to wake up, and it's thursday, september 29th. donny deutch is with us, and sam stein of the huffington post, and pat buchanan. i want to go to you first, willie, and then we'll go to sam. i doubt we'll be talking any news today. i'm joking, i'm joking! i want to get this out. first of all, i'm going to talk about how horrific it is. this really

and, of course, "morning joe"'s investigative reporter, wily willie geist.they seem. >> we are on your side here. governor gary johnson, former governor of the state of new mexico, joined the field last night at the debate. >> great. >> he got off a line that many considered the line of the night. >> wow. >> perhaps the political line of the year. >> perhaps the political line of the year, talking about president obama's stimulus. let's listen first. >> now, i'm not asking for your jobs plan here. what i'm asking for is how are you going to turn this country around? >> my next-door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration. >> you just made your neighbor's dog very famous. >> i like the cut of his jib. maybe we need to invite this guy to more debates. >> pretty funny stuff. >> my next door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs in this administration. >> he was weaving, which i found very interesting. >> may he read from the transcrypt of rush limbaugh's show yesterday? >> what does this have to

. >> willie geist does. >> i'd like to hear that plan later. >> you'll have to pay. i mean, he doesn't give this stuff away for free. >> the president is operating with limited degrees of freedom. you know what goes on on capitol hill. you know where we are in the election cycle. the idea that you could show up with a plan to revitalize industrial america now and have it pass is ludicrous. so the president proposed what he thought was right to get america back to work, $447 billion, and what he did yesterday was say, here's how we'll pay for it. now here is the interesting thing about what he said yesterday which is going to only feed some of this. he has said repeatedly we need to roll back the bush tax cuts for those making over $250,000 a year. >> right. >> that gets around some of the warren buffet problems and so forth. what he added to the package yesterday, he had said it the other day, when he put it together, he's also going to limit deductions for people making over $250,000 a year. so he is now going back to tax rates for the wealthy that are actually high

willie. >> hi, mika. >> how did it go this weekend? >> great. my sister got married. good night for the geist family. >> congratulations. >> what's that? >> did he -- >> a few feet on the dance floor. >> that's good. >> are you still -- >> no, i've lost the pillow this week, we're on the road to recovery. >> that is awesome. america exhales. >> it's awesome. >> how was your weekend? did you have a good weekend? >> i saw a movie. >> oh. >> oh, my goodness. >> that doesn't usually happen. >> in the theater? >> in the theater. >> was it an accident? >> i fell into it. it was "i don't know how she does it." >> the mika brzezinski story. >> i walked out in a state. >> with sarah jessica parker? >> yes. >> that was not -- >> i was completely -- i didn't sleep. >> meacham, how was your weekend? >> it was lovely, thank you. i was in tennessee. >> yeah? >> and we had the season opener of the 9-year-old baseball team yesterday. >> that's great. >> and i had anxiety remembering my years. >> my son plays tee ball, as well. >> i once went 1 for 62. >> this is all about your son. >> batted over .500. >> ho

willie, listen to this. >> and your art room downstairs, i copied five art room rules. >> and you want to apply these to "morning joe." >> particularly to you and dr. geistnumber one, respect yourself and others. >> okay. there's a problem there. willie and i know ourselves too well. >> number two is not going to go over well. listen carefully during instruction. that will not -- >> in fact, i'm already bored with this list. >> number three is remain seated at all times. number four, raise your hand to ask a question. and number five, challenge yourself and be creative. so it's -- >> good lord. >> these are rules i think apply. >> there's a reason why my school when i was in fifth grade was not the best in the city which i lived in. so these are special kids. it's a special school, and more importantly, mika, the community. what everybody is doing here is just so critical. because the one thing we want to avoid. and you see this time and time again whether people talking about health care reform or education reform. the one thing we want to do is figure out what's working here. >> exactly, exactly. >> and take it across the country from here to crenshaw

i know you hate this, peter alexander because you are willie geists official suck up to the new york yankees. >> it went well. >> last night, a big night. the captain comes through. captain came through. >> potential mvp came through. shot to dead center. you are looking at it now. the red sox win. the little engine that could. >> i think i can. you have the yankees. mike barnicle, i'm not good at math, but i understand the new york yankees spent half a billion dollars more than the boston red sox since 2004, humiliating collapse in 2004. i'm serious, $500 million more than the boston red sox. >> you are correct. >> i just guessed. you know, they ought to call them the new york stimulus. spend a lot of money and you still don't get over the hump. >> what do you have to show for it? >> you're not good at math -- >> why? >> but at least usually -- >> usually, i show up on time. >> then we have mr. vacation. get over here. >> seriously, it's 5:07. >> no, it's not. >> you are not living on tennessee time anymore, meacham. >> why are you against capitalism? >> i'm not. new york yankees sp

. ♪ ♪ >>> my friend willie geist making a three-day weekend out of it. nd of sexual activity going on in the lavatories on the plane. at number three, a mile-high scare. >> he was in there a good ten minutes. came out, smiled at the other guy. he went in, and he was in there for quite a while. >> with the country on high alert for the tenth anniversary of 9/11, it seemed at first that some airline passengers were proving that terrorists had not won by joining the mile-high club. >> two people that i would have -- that i saw go up early on into the front lavatory -- >> f-16s were scam belled on sunday, september 11th, to escort two separate commercial flights for what a law enforcement official called suspicious behavior in the bathrooms. that although disputed later, may have included, quote, making out. >> there was some kind of sexual activity going on. >> at number two, the gumby bandit turns himself in. >> gumby, you're sick! >> it finally was safe to go outside again in southern california this week. after an idiot who tried and failed to rob a 7-ele

. >> these can-do kids from the bronx, willie geist -- i love them. the red sox picked up a half game last night despite laying a gigantic turd all over eventway. fenway. >> pinch hit, comes in, this is charity at this point. >> this is serious. >> the help of youngster in need, the youngster being the red sox. >> this is like my charity work in nantucket where i help disadvantaged kids. >> bipartisan baseball. >> it is bipartisan baseball. i've never seen -- >> it's amazing. >> collapse. >> like the red sox collapsed. 5-16. >> 5-16, beckett on the hill. >> the orioles, the worst in baseball. >> yankees coming up. before the yankees. >> that's going to be fascinating. in front of the yankees, i pitch me three days in a row because i want the sox in the playoffs. >> why? >> because they're terrible in front of the new york yankees. the red sox -- this red sox team in september, which i thought was one of the great red sox teams in june and july, they just had an extraordinary lineup. this september is one of the worst playoff contenders i've ever seen

he would say, you know, we may laugh again, willie geist, but with the passing of the founder of the doritos, we'll never be young again. it's over. >> irony might be dead. is it possible? >> exactly. >> doritos live on. cool ranch rocks the house. >> do you agree? >> oh, yes. willie and i have advanced degrees in nutrition. if you get your classic food pyramid, like back in the 1960s you would actually have doritos right below the top. >> i think that was actually probably the beginning of the downfall of the -- >> come on. he's passed away. why don't you just spit on arch west's grave? >> i'm not. look. >> this is so sacrilegeous. >> they're addictive. that's the idea. of course they're addictive. >> he's a pringles man. >> i love pringles, too. >> remembering arch west. also, john heilman, another burial, unfortunately, yesterday. last night late. the red sox season is over. >> it's not over. >> it's over. i was so confident that when they were ahead, 1-0, i thought, you know -- >> don't read my tweets. >> why? >> i was so positive. >> you were very positive. >> said i'm an idiot

also, of course, willie geist today game 162, and then the american league -- >> no, it's the final game. boys across america, girls that love baseball. that 162nd game, the last game played today. it's the last game of the season in this -- but anyway. the red sox. >> we're with ya. >> highs for the wild card, they stepped up one game left, tied, and then in the national league, the braves, the team of my youth. >> the braves are challenging the red sox in the meltdown. >> i actually think the braves' meltdown, seriously, is worse than the red sox. >> i watched it last night. it was kind of extraordinary. a game with the phillies. the phillies need to lose this game. >> right. st. louis, the drama also comes in the other games where you have the new york yankees throwing every game to the rays to keep the red sox down. but also, you have the astros up 5-0 against st. louis. they're going to blow another chance and then they storm like that. >> i've got to say, this is amazing. i've been following baseball since i was 4 years old. it will the biggest collapse in the history of 120 years