9/11: Final words

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"My thoughts right now are about all the phone calls that were placed by people who never made it out of the buildings or never made it off of the airplanes that were flying in the sky. All the last phone calls to their children, to their wives that ended with the phrase ‘I love you,’” says Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle on this 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

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9/11: Final words

9/11: Keeping the stories alive

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Watch this Morning Joe conversation marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks as Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Mike Barnicle reflect on the courage and sacrifice shown on 9/11, the unity that followed, and why those stories should be passed on to future generations. “We ought to be telling the stories of those lost and the survivors, their survivors….We have to tell their stories. Everybody loves to hear a story. This is a tragic story, but...part of it is a wonderful story. The children who are succeeding in this country. This country that was attacked that day. Forget about what happened that day in terms of, you know, who the enemies are; we have enough enemies in this life of ours. We should concentrate on the heroes who died and their surviving children and grandparents,” says Barnicle.

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9/11: Keeping the stories alive

9/11: What Defines Firefighters

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Tune in for this Morning Joe conversation with International Association of Fire Fighters General President Edward Kelly reflecting on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the sacrifice of the 343 FDNY firefighters who lost their lives, and the values that define being a firefighter. “I want to ask you about the core of being a firefighter. There's an old expression that when the cops come down the street, someone's in trouble. When a fire department comes down the street, help is on the way. What is it...that makes firefighters different?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle. Hear Kelly explain why sacrifice and “putting others before self” is the cornerstone of being a firefighter.

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9/11: What Defines Firefighters

Tough choices: health care or housing

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Watch this Morning Joe conversation with Democratic Kansas Senate nominee and megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton discussing the impact of Affordable Care Act subsidy rollbacks, Medicare cuts, and why he says many Kansans are being forced to make tough decisions or go without health care insurance. “Adam, you mentioned the rollback in subsidies to the Affordable Care Act that the incumbent supported and the level of Medicare cuts that have been made by the One Big, Beautiful Bill. I'm wondering how that level of cruelty, inflicted cruelty—legislatively inflicted cruelty—is working out for so many Kansas people who are losing health care, losing benefits,” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle. Hear Hamilton explain that one Kansas woman shared with him that because of the change she had to choose between her house payment and her insurance payment and chose her house because she couldn’t afford both.

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Tough choices: health care or housing

Midterm headline: Gas and groceries

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“This campaign comes down to a uniquely friendly atmosphere for Democrats. It's basically based on how people live today in America. People live from day to day in America. People are upset….I was thinking about the home heating oil cost as we were talking about costs—those are going to be through the roof in the northeast and for people living in cold weather states. It's going to be incredible to be able to afford to heat your house this winter. Gas and groceries: that's what it always comes down to. And gas and groceries are bothering a lot of people a lot of the time, all day long,” says veteran journalist Mike Barnicle during this Morning Joe conversation with Willie Geist, Mika Brzezinski, Jonathan Lemire and Donny Deutsch as they discuss rising energy prices, affordability concerns, and how economic issues are shaping this year's midterm elections.

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Midterm headline: Gas and groceries

Frances Tiafoe: the toast of NYC

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"The origin of the story is a country in distant Africa….The culmination story is in the United States of America by a young man….He represents America. That's what America is all about. The tragedy of the Trump administration—both administrations—is they have spent now a decade together—four years out of office, but a decade—running this country down. They pose as great patriots. They pose as, ‘we're going to make America strong again, we're going to bring back America.’ Nobody has to bring back America. The United States of America is the greatest goddamn country on the Earth. People don't travel. They don't realize it—but it is. It’s the greatest country in the world,” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle during this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Donny Deutsch about U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe—whose parents came to America from Sierra Leone—and what it represents about America amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.

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Frances Tiafoe: the toast of NYC

Can America be Saved?

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"How much time does the country have to be this country? What is happening to this country? We have a 40 trillion dollar debt, 40 trillion dollars. We have worries about what's going to happen on election day in this country. Are there going to be troops sent to election places, sent to polling places? Is the election going to be bagged by this administration? We have allies—we have had allies since the end of World War II—that are all pissed off at us throughout the world. And we're talking about, you know, ridiculous things with this guy: ‘Lake America.’ I mean, what has happened to America? Can we save it? Can we reclaim it? Can we rebuild it?....There's so much anger in this country that it has to be tapped one way or another; but the anger is out there because people realize that the country is being stolen from them,” says Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle during this conversation with Jonathan Lemire, Jennifer Palmieri, Peter Alexander and Katty Kay about growing economic concerns ahead of the midterm elections, the political challenges facing President Donald Trump, and broader questions about the direction of the country before November.

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Can America be Saved?

Are We Marching Backward?

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“Watching these pictures of an event that occurred in 1963, it caused me to think about the country that existed in 1963: three months after the March on Washington, President Kennedy was killed. Less than two years after the March on Washington, the first element of the 9th Marines landed at a place called Da Nang in South Vietnam. And we know the roller coaster after that, what happened to this country. And I'm wondering, from your perspective, do you think it was easier to unify this country…then than it is today?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of the Rev. Al Sharpton during this Morning Joe conversation on the anniversary of the March on Washington 63 years ago.

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Are We Marching Backward?

Trump’s Putin Problem

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“Is there anyone around the president of the United States who would step into the Oval Office and say, ‘Mr. President, Russia is not our friend, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is not our friend, we've got to rethink a couple of elements of the relationship we have…with the Russians?,” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle during this Morning Joe conversation with Jonathan Lemire and Willie Geist about CIA Director John Ratcliffe's rare trip to Moscow, concerns that Russia could test NATO by targeting one of its Baltic allies, and whether the Trump administration is doing enough to deter further Russian aggression.

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Trump’s Putin Problem