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Exchanges to obtain insurance and the senate bill allows that, another huge issue and could be a complication down the stretch. martha: major garrett, as always. the, major, if you head up a national charity how much money should you be pulling in? if you are the head of that? this is what a group of g.o.p. executives who run the boys and girls club of america at a time when the ceo of the organization is closing down local clubs, for lack of funding, the ceo roxanne spillett, made, nearly a mil...

They talk about less taxes and being responsible fiscally, and they stay in power if they actually do what they say. and when they dont, they get voted out like they did in 06 and 08. >> politicos patrick gavin, thank you very much. >> happy friday! >> there we go! >> i nailed it. >> he did nail it. >> he owned it. coming up, donald trump will be here in our studio. but first, a check on "business before the bell" with cnbcs erin burnett. keep it on "morning joe," brewed by starbucks.

Message. ed henry is joining us. whats going on here? >> this is steve hildebrant. hes outside. lives most of the time in south dakota. he came back to washington today. he was meeting with one of the presidents top aides to send a blunt message that he believes people in the white house and democrats on capitol hill need a wake-up call. steve hildebrant was one of the top advisers that helped put president obama in office but now he has a stark warning for his old friends. >> i think theres a c...

And joins us live from the white house. i was surprised to hear what steve hild brand had to say. >> good morning. weve heard this from pundits and outsiders but not somebody inside the obama inner circle. he came here to the white house yesterday to warn his colleagues without a big course correction he thinks democrats will take it on the chin in november. steve hildebrand has a stark warning for his old friend. >> theres a real shot well get slaughtered in election this fall if we arent leadi...

Theyre -- i mean, theyre still talking about using garden implements on regulation, even in the midst of the financial system collapsing. what does that say to you about the way the rhetoric and the politics dont change with the -- they can even tell the impact of them? >> well, it -- they are blind and they are deaf to all of this. and its -- ill tell you whats going to happen here. because not one single regulation or rule has been reinstated on the banking industry, on wall street, you know, ...

Agenda passed. you have to do business as usual sometimes to get it done but business as usual turns off the public and tarnishes the image you brought into the office in the first place. >> mike barnicle. >> peter, with regard to your very fine sunday "times" magazine piece, the magazine equivalent of "game change," i would submit -- >> thank you very much. >> -- at the end of the day, rahm emanuel is a staff member, hes a staffer. hes a very important staff member but he is still a staffer. wi...

Theyre -- i mean, theyre still talking about using garden implements on regulation, even in the midst of the financial system collapsing. what does that say to you about the way the rhetoric and the politics dont change with the -- they can even tell the impact of them? >> well, it -- they are blind and they are deaf to all of this. and its -- ill tell you whats going to happen here. because not one single regulation or rule has been reinstated on the banking industry, on wall street, you know, ...

Knighted by queen elizabeth for that he was better at the end of his services to music. the night than when he began his all this happened on this date. congressional gridlock may day. >> the president was in campaign mode both literally and not step health care reform but its already put plenty of other figuratively, chuck. issues essentially off. we showed there the last event limits. of three events he had in >> former florida senator mel martinez found out the hard way missouri. the last t...

That? i am just not that -- hold on a second. oh, wait. lets go to the full screens. all right. so senator -- these are the contributions the senator has received from teachers unions through the years in 06, $50. 06, $1,000, 08 $500. 09, $1,500. a total of $10,750. and from the united federation of teachers, $599 on the city council. $750 in 01, $1,000 in 01 for a total of $2,250. for a total of about $13,000. and "the new york times" reported when he spoke before a group of parents -- these ar...

Anyone would do something like that. that anyone would give up their majority in order to negotiate on a 50/50 split with republicans who dont make up even close to 50% of either house of congress. and yet, somehow, believe it or not, this same thing is happening again. its a gang of two this time. and its wall street reform this time. the gang of two is democratic senator chris dodd of connecticut, head of the banking committee, and bob corker of tennessee. there are three more democrats on tha...