Mike Barnicle on TV

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"This is a very personal presidency…as we have all found out to our great sadness and chagrin. Roger Stone got his sentence commuted by the President of the United States for not flipping and cooperating with prosecutors, which would’ve exposed the President to a charge of perjury had he done so,” explains Morning Joe veteran columnist Mike Barnicle as he and Mika Brzezinski discuss a National Review op-ed that calls President Donald Trump’s decision to commute the sentence of his former campaign adviser and longtime friend Roger Stone on seven felony crimes “an indefensible commutation.” Watch more of the conversation here.

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National Review: an indefensible commutation

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“We are all in the middle of a true medical emergency, an epidemic, coast-to-coast epidemic. States putting up staggering numbers: Florida, Houston, Texas, Indiana over the weekend, parts of Minnesota, California, Arizona. And the President views this medical emergency—this true epidemic—as a political issue. It is not. It is a medical issue, and he has not stepped up as a leader in terms of helping to define what people have to do, what various governors in various states ought to do. We have not heard a single real word from him about leadership in this epidemic and that's his bigger problem,” says Morning Joe veteran columnist Mike Barnicle during a conversation with Mika Brzezinski and Jonathan Lemire about President Donald Trump canceling a planned rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, due to concerns that COVID-19 fears and a forecasted thunderstorm would lead to low attendance.

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The President Canceling Plans

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ICYMI: Listen in on this Morning Joe conversation between veteran columnist Mike Barnicle and U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) about the need for the HEROES Act, a federal stimulus bill currently stalled in the Senate that would help Americans who are struggling to pay their rent or mortgage and face eviction or foreclosure amid the COVID-19 crisis.

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Is more help on the way?

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Morning Joe veteran columnist and Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, discuss the fact that a more assertive set of specific guidelines from the CDC would make a significant difference in lowering the COVID-19 infection rate. Osterholm asserts that moral leadership across government and the health care field is needed to convince Americans that they must take COVID-19 seriously and distance as well as wear masks to slow the infection rate or “the next year is going to be one ongoing tragedy.” Watch the conversation here.

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COVID-19 not yet seen as important

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Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) joins Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle to talk about the peaceful protests in his state following the “senseless murder of George Floyd,” a police killing that has brought to the forefront the long overdue need to address the underlying racism that plagues our country. Watch their discussion here.

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Maryland Governor talks protests

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Rep. Max Rose (D-NY) talks with Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle about the sentiment within New York's 11th congressional district, which includes Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, regarding the possibility of evictions from homes and schools not reopening in the fall amid the coronavirus outbreak in America. Listen to Rose’s urgent plea for federal investments in communities, in infrastructure and in making sure people are not evicted from their homes. “We have to win this thing."

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How to get America back on track

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Watch this Morning Joe conversation between Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle about President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence pressuring schools to fully reopen this fall amid the coronavirus outbreak and continual spike across America and the fact that some hospitals in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey along with other states have suffered a lack of personal protection equipment for doctors and nurses. “That's an incredible portrait of incompetence,” says Barnicle about the lack of PPE equipment available for frontline workers.

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Coronavirus continues to wreak devastation

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Morning Joe’s Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle talk baseball and the viability of a 2020 MLB season amid the coronavirus pandemic, following MLB teams being forced to cancel practices after failing to receive COVID-19 testing results, players contracting the virus and more. “I think the season is jump ball right now,” says Barnicle. Join the conversation here.

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Baseball: “The season is jump ball right now"

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Watch this Morning Joe conversation with Willie Geist, Mike Barnicle and former RNC chairman Michael Steele as they discuss Barnicle’s latest op-ed for the Daily Beast titled “An Independence Day Wish for the Disunited States of America,” which examines the divisiveness propagated by President Donald J. Trump, most recently during his Fourth of July speeches at Mount Rushmore and the White House, and implores each of us to “think and remember not so much who we are but who we really want to be.” Join the conversation here and read the column: https://bit.ly/2Z1SVVn

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The Disunited States of America

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Watch this Morning Joe conversation with veteran columnist Mike Barnicle, “Begin Again” author and professor Eddie Glaude Jr. and professor Cornel West about confronting racism in America today and how we as individuals must understand, not try to erase, the deep contradictions at the heart of this country so we can move forward rather than stand in the way of substantive change.

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How to “Begin Again” the conversation about race in America

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Morning Joe veteran columnist Mike Barnicle talks with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) about the plight of American families whose home rental and job assistance benefits are scheduled to run out later this month while the Senate’s two-week recess after the July 4th holiday means they won’t be back in session until July 20. "What’s the plan to help millions American families?” asks Barnicle. Hear what Schumer has to say about his colleagues in the Senate and how he plans to work to secure meaningful financial assistance for Americans in need.

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What happens when benefits run out?

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"Why the hell is the President of the United States puckering up to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin when he ought to be sticking up for America?” asks U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, during a Morning Joe conversation with contributor Mike Barnicle about whether House Republicans believe the New York Times and Washington Post’s reports that reveal Russia has paid bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. troops and coalition forces in Afghanistan as President Donald J. Trump calls the reporting a hoax. Watch the conversation here.

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More on Russia v. the U.S.

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“Russia declared war on the United States of America nearly four years ago when they decided to attack our electoral system. They are still declaring war on America, except this time they are paying hundreds and thousands of dollars to the Taliban in Afghanistan – our enemy – to kill our Marines, our soldiers, our people, our young men. That's going on in front of us,” said Morning Joe veteran columnist and contributor Mike Barnicle during this discussion with Joe Scarborough about President Donald J. Trump’s refusal to confront and deal with bombshell reports of Russia paying bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. troops and coalition forces in Afghanistan. Join the conversation here.

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Russia’s war on the U.S.

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Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough and Mike Barnicle discuss President Donald J. Trump’s mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic as cases of COVID-19 continue to spike across the nation with infection rates up in most states. "I feel terrible for anyone who contracts the virus. But there's another virus that the whole country is dealing with on a daily basis—and it's the virus of Donald Trump's incompetence, his personality and his lack of character in terms of leading this critical, critical medical emergency that we're still in the middle of,” says Barnicle about Trump in light of his continuing to tell Americans that the virus is going to disappear, that it’s under control. You can watch the conversation here.

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COVID-19 spike across the nation

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Watch this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough and Mike Barnicle as they weigh in on the speculations surrounding the cognitive abilities of President Donald Trump, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani while the coronavirus outbreak continues to surge in America, unemployment checks are about to run out, and the Trump Administration remains under pressure to explain how much the White House knew about allegations that Russia offered the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. troops.

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America under siege

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“You can take everything that's happened in the Trump Administration thus far, and especially over the last six months, and neatly sum it up with one phrase, I think – `dereliction of duty’,” says Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle during a conversation with host Joe Scarborough about President Donald Trump’s shortcomings throughout his tenure in office, including his mismanagement of the coronavirus outbreak in America. "When Donald Trump stood on the podium in front of the capitol on January 20th, 2017, he took an oath, and the oath was to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. He has done neither—he hasn't protected us. He hasn't defended us.” Watch more of the conversation here.

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POTUS: “He hasn't protected us. He hasn't defended us"

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Watch this Morning Joe conversation between veteran columnist Mike Barnicle and Erik Larson, author of "The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz,” about Churchill’s character and leadership skills during times of crisis. "What was it about (Churchill) that gave him such supreme confidence that he could do something that leaders ought to do more often—deliver bad news?” asks Barnicle. Hear what Larson has to say about the former UK prime minister’s ability to speak truth at a time of hardship.

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Churchill’s leadership in crisis

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Morning Joe’s veteran columnist Mike Barnicle reflects on an Associated Press photograph by Patrick Semansky of President Donald J. Trump, which shows Trump returning from a re-election rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, wearing a rumpled blue suit, white shirt, tie undone. "He’s walking slowly and his face looks defeated. And all I could think of in looking at that photograph was ‘Death of a Salesman.’ Donald Trump as Willy Loman….He’s selling a stale product, an old product, that more and more people aren't buying because they're confronted with the reality that we're all confronted with: More than 40 million people unemployed and a virus that could kill you like that if you catch it from God knows where. And he says very little about that.” Watch more of the conversation with Barnicle and Morning Joe’s Willie Geist here.

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Donald Trump as Willy Loman

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Stacey Abrams, former Democratic minority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives and author of "Our Time Is Now," discusses with Morning Joe veteran columnist Mike Barnicle her thoughts on how to both reform and transform police departments in cities large and small in America by changing the way police do their jobs, banning choke holds, increasing training, and investing in communities by providing a higher quality of education, health care, affordable housing and community programs. "This is a ‘both' ‘and' solution to the challenges that have plagued this country from the beginning,” Abrams said. Watch more of the conversation here.

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Stacey Abrams on how to improve policing

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Watch this Morning Joe conversation between veteran columnist Mike Barnicle and Baton Rouge community activist Rev. Gary Chambers Jr., who in a now-viral video sharply criticized East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member Connie Bernard who defended the controversial name of Lee High School named for Confederate Army Gen. Robert E. Lee, and who then appeared to be online shopping and “ignoring” community concerns during an intense debate over whether to rename the school. "It’s heart-breaking and that’s why it’s resonated with so many people,” said Chambers, publisher of The Rouge Collection.

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