Mike Barnicle on TV

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Listen in on this Morning Joe conversation between Joe Scarborough and Mike Barnicle about President Donald Trump not “aggressively” trying to stop the spread of COVID-19 in America, our need for “fact-based truth” from public officials and “total buy in from the American public.” Says Barnicle: "But it's hard to get total buy in from the American public when the people, the person, asking for that total buy in is Donald Trump who has spent 40 months dividing the country….We’ve all gone back and looked at the talk of the past four, five weeks: ‘Hoaxes, it's a myth, it’s going to go away, only 15 people have it,’ all of that. We have to fight ourselves and put that in the background because there's a vehicle to take care of all the lies and all the incompetence that the American public has been dealt. And that vehicle is called an election, and it's held in November."

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“Fact-based truth” needed to fight COVID-19

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Listen in on this Morning Joe conversation with contributor Mike Barnicle and Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the John Hopkins Center for Health Security, about the measures and precautions that are being taken or need to be taken to handle the global pandemic coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Hear more of the conversation now about the reality of hospital bed availability and other current concerns.

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Coronavirus Update

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“Joe is Joe. He does get up off the mat. He’s done it repeatedly throughout his life. And again, harkening back to South Carolina: I think one of the big things that people saw who were on the fence about Joe given his losses in Iowa and in New Hampshire was—the first thing they saw quite visibly, quite emotionally on television, which is like a national MRI—they saw humanity, and it's been missing in the Oval Office since January 20th, 2017….Joe, you know this better than anybody—you've been on the ballot. Politics is a people business at its root. And I think you saw hundreds and thousands of people coming out coast to coast—Democrats—and one thing ruled above all: They are not willing to roll the dice on the future of this country by wasting a vote. They want to win. They want someone who can beat Donald Trump, and I think many of them feel strongly now that in Joe Biden they have that candidate,” says Morning Joe veteran columnist Mike Barnicle during a conversation with Joe Scarborough about the resiliency of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden after he was “knocked down” in the New Hampshire primary and is “pulling himself back up” with a huge victory on Super Tuesday.

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Biden: Knocked Down but Not Out

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Listen in on this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle about presidential candidate Joe Biden’s “shocking” victory on Super Tuesday as the former vice president racked up big wins in delegate-rich states like Texas, North Carolina and Virginia while establishing himself as the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination despite his very slow start to the 2020 primary and caucus season. “It was incredible. I’ve never heard of anything like it. I don’t think any of us have ever heard of anything like it….(Voters) saw his humanity. They saw the fact that he’s a candidate with purpose and they came back to him,” says Barnicle about Biden’s huge triumph on Super Tuesday. Join the conversation here.

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Biden is Back

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“Where do I go now at 7 o’clock at night for an honest, heart-on-my-sleeve reaction to politics in America, not just electoral politics today, but the politics of every day? Where do I go? My friend, your friend, Chris Matthews is not dead. He has retired from Hardball, but he will still be around, and I hope to see him as a guest many times right here on Morning Joe. But, the thing that I fear most, Joe, about what happened yesterday—Chris's resignation, is it opens the door further to an element in our culture that I find disturbing. No matter how valid the complaints were or may have been about Chris, there's a sense of easy outrage in this country that is fed largely by Twitter sometimes, and the outrage quickly becomes toxic, and that toxic outrage has the opportunity, the chance, and often results in something that we saw last night—Chris's resignation,” says Barnicle about the bigger picture behind Hardball host Chris Matthews’ abrupt resignation and the need for society to “pump the brakes on the easily obtained outrage and live our lives."

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Barnicle on Chris Matthews’ Resignation

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Listen in on this Morning Joe conversation with Willie Geist, John Heilemann, and Mike Barnicle as they preview Super Tuesday, including how presidential candidate Joe Biden will fare on the day when the greatest number of states hold their primary elections and caucuses after the former vice president’s blowout victory in the South Carolina primary. “Suddenly, after Saturday in South Carolina, it was as if Joe Biden had made his entry into the presidential race. Massive amounts of free media that he got on Saturday, Sunday, yesterday, and including this morning. And what happened in that free media? Joe Biden looked like an ordinary empathetic, humble, compassionate human being. A striking contrast to the President of the United States, and I think a lot of people paid attention to it. They saw him. They like him. They liked him anyway and they liked him even more after they see him in these settings. So, what happens today? Nobody knows what's going to happen today, but I would expect that he will have a much, much, much better day today than he ever dreamed of having last Friday,” says Barnicle as he gives his prediction for Biden on Super Tuesday. Join the conversation here.

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Joe Biden’s Entry into the Race

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Listen in on this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle as they discuss President Donald Trump’s campaign continuing view that presidential candidate Joe Biden is the “biggest threat” to him in a general election. “The one thing about the Biden campaign with regard to Donald Trump and other campaigns….What you hear is the spectacular data gathering operation of the Trump campaign. Brad Parscale, genius at data, and the data clearly shows Joe Biden, `uh-oh, is a problem' for Donald Trump,” says Barnicle about the polling conducted by President Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale. Hear more of the discussion here.

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Joe Biden “biggest threat” for POTUS

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The Morning Joe panel assesses the possible reasons behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren's continued attacks on former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg during Democratic presidential debates instead of directing her energy toward “the unstoppable freight train” thus far in the race for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Bernie Sanders. “She is a skillful, highly disciplined debater. Maybe the best debater certainly on that stage. Yet in this case, now twice with Mike Bloomberg to her right, both times her discipline disappears,” says Barnicle. Hear more of the discussion here. Only on MSNBC.

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Sen. Warren’s Debate Discipline

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Listen in on this Morning Joe review of the Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina, where the presidential candidates eagerly savaged one another, seeking an advantage before the pivotal South Carolina primary. “I almost clicked over to a Cactus League baseball game given the chaos at the beginning of that debate when…I couldn't understand who was saying what—they were all yelling at one another,” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle. The panel’s overall assessment: Joe Biden had his best night of all the debates, Elizabeth Warren’s attacks on Mike Bloomberg, Bloomberg’s highlight regarding what he did in New York City about the Coronavirus and Bernie Sanders appearing “rattled” for the first time. Join the conversation here.

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Who Said What: Democratic Debate in South Carolina

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The Morning Joe panel discusses presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ clear economic message that resonates with voters. “If you listen to Bernie Sanders at any one of his rallies…he gets into something that I have not heard the other candidates get into: It's the paycheck-to-paycheck economy. The take-home pay of people who know when they look at their paycheck, they hear all the talk about the roaring stock market—except for yesterday—and they know that they're not doing as well as they did in 1995, on a per capita basis. Bernie talks about that,” says Barnicle ahead of the Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Economic Message

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Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski talk with John Heilemann and Mike Barnicle about presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders doubling down on his praise of Fidel Castro, the former Cuban dictator. “Bernie Sanders on his feet is a spectacular candidate. He's been doing this for 40 years. He knows how to take a turn. He knows how to deflect. He’s good on his feet—better than almost all the other candidates involved, and he's still doing it,” says Barnicle about the prowess of Sanders as a presidential candidate. More of the conversation here.

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Sen. Sanders and Fidel Castro

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Listen in on this Morning Joe conversation between Joe Scarborough and Mike Barnicle as they discuss the state of Egypt and the life of former Egyptian Leader Hosni Mubarak, who has died at 91 years old. “It's still one of the most unstable, volatile countries in the Middle East. And what happened with Hosni Mubarak, when he was arrested and deposed, I mean that was the beginning, the kernels, of the unrest in the Middle East in Egypt right there,” says Barnicle. Join the conversation here.

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Egyptian Leader Hosni Mubarak Dead at 91

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Listen in on this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough and Mike Barnicle as they discuss the “overall ignorance” of President Donald Trump and the lack of accountability for what he says, a day after Trump announced he is open to cutting Medicare and other entitlement programs. Join the conversation here.

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Trump’s Lack of Accountability

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“The thing that's most on trial is the United States Senate. How can these senators who seemingly are on the fence or in Donald Trump's pocket hear evidence such as this and continue the charade that nothing happened?” asks Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle of BBC World News America Washington anchor Katty Kay during a conversation about Republican senators’ stance in light of MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s bombshell interview with Lev Parnas, in which the former Rudy Giuliani colleague offered damning insight into the ongoing investigation concerning the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine. Listen to Kay’s response here.

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New insights into Ukraine

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“Politics is still a people business. And guess what, Mike Bloomberg has a ton of money. Tom Steyer has a ton of money. People like Joe Biden. They see him in New Hampshire. They see him in Iowa in small forums, and people – it's a people business,” says Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle about Democratic presidential hopefuls Michael Bloomberg, Tom Steyer and Joe Biden during a conversation with Joe Scarborough and Axios' Jim Vandehei about the phenomenon of money in American politics.

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Politics: It’s a People Business

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Listen in on this Morning Joe conversation with Willie Geist, Guy Cecil and Mike Barnicle as they discuss the recent Monmouth University poll on the New Hampshire Democratic primary that shows presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg leading the field in the state with 20 percent while presidential candidates Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are all within five percentage points. “I’ve been up in New Hampshire several times in the past six weeks. It's extremely volatile. It's still the four of them, jump ball. Who knows what's going to happen?” comments Barnicle. Join the conversation here.

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New Hampshire Primary: One month away

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“We've done some quick math around the table here…and the President of the United States has played more rounds of golf than the top three PGA winners last year and his green fees average out to about $1.2 million a round,” says Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle during a conversation with Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist and Yamiche Alcindor about President Donald Trump’s golf habit and expenses as he travels to his resorts to play the game that he was so critical of President Barack Obama for playing. Join the conversation here.

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Trump’s costly and timely golf games

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Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle and Sen. Angus King (I-ME) discuss U.S. cybersecurity concerns after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops in retaliation for the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani. “How concerned are you about things like power grids, our ATM systems here in America, our water systems and cyber attacks?” asks Barnicle. Hear King’s response.

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Risks of cyberattacks by Iran

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Listen in as Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) tells Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle details of the Senate’s 75-minute classified briefing by the Trump Administration about their rationale for striking a foreign government without prior notification to Congress, an “exceptional” six days after the killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani.

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Congress briefed on Iranian killing

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The Morning Joe panel shifts the conversation to the “complexities" of health care to talk about what matters most to Americans around the country: “The cost of health care, the access to health care, and the uncertainty of getting good health care,” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle. “One of the unfortunate aspects of American health care is nobody ever asks the cost of anything...nobody ever goes in and says, ‘well how much is this going to cost me?'” Hear more on the topic from Willie Geist, Al Sharpton, Jonathan Lemire and Susan Del Percio. Only on MSNBC.

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