one that i helped, and in telling that story, how i changed while working with him, i used that to help others to see it's not about race, because they had done something to him that they had not done to some black farmers. >> shirley sherrod fired by the obama administration for excerpted of a tape that made the cable news round over the last couple of days. we will be talking about that this morning. i'm willie geist and mike partner barnicle is here with me in new york. in washington, d.c., jonathan capehart and pat buchanan and norah o'donnell. and from the gulf coast is mr. joe scarborough. been waiting all morning to get your take what has gone on the last 24 hours with the usda story. >> first of all, shame on all of the news organizations that ran that clip in a loop without having the entire story, and