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but its a very workable combination. the launchpads are already here at the space center. you dont have to build launchpads. youve already got people on the job. you dont have to go out and draw up things on paper and reinvent something and take five or six years to build it. so youre looking at a possible hiatus of no shorter than three years that america would not be able to fly an astronaut into space or more likely seven or eight years if they dont follow this already proven equipm...

announcement it will no longer defend the federal law that bans the recognition of same-sex marriage. plus, carmelo anthony makes his debut at the garden. did his performance justify the price of scalpers for tickets? well show you the highlights. but first, lets get to the news lye at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. libyan leader moammar gadhafi is reportedly losing his grip on power this morning as anti-government protesters gain control of a growing number of cities. r...

>> sooner or later, the media stops finding it interesting. >> not the liberal bastards on msnbc. >> but yeah, who watches that. i went on "morning joe" this morning but i like it just because i like being combative with those guys. you know, theyre awful. >> joes a good guy. hes one of us. >> hes all right. he was fair to me. i had fun. they had schumer over from new york on ripping me and then they had a little clip of a state senator hiding out ripping me. it was almost too easy. >>...

keys. there are the antlers. "morning joe" starts right now. we have this parallel system in the shadows in which people can give $100,000, $1 million, $10 million, not the captains of these industries and special interests, to defeat or elect candidates and they dont have to disclose. it makes the campaign finance system fraudulent and it throws us back to the days of the robber barons and the gilded age. well keep fighting this fight. well deal with whatever happens. its not someth...

the white house. >> those who didnt get everything they wanted -- >> you guys beat up the base and brow beat them too much and didnt offer progressive enough agenda. >> the base wants red meat. they dont want a lecture. >> theres no read maet to serve between now and lekz day. it has simplified its message to the left side of their party. >> the base should, quote, stop whining. >> theyre frustrated at what theyve been able to do is kind of extraordinary. >> white house supporters insi...

face-to-face with the raw emotion of his base on the campaign trail. the base angry and fired up at the white house. >> those who didnt get everything they wanted -- >> you guys beat up the base and brow beat them too much and didnt offer progressive enough agenda. >> the base wants red meat. they dont want a lecture. >> theres no read maet to serve between now and lekz day. it has simplified its message to the left side of their party. >> the base should, quote, stop whining. >> theyr...

iraq in theory. in fact, weve got about 50,000 plus troops still in iraq and some of them are going to have to defend themselves, do patrolling. they are special forces and special operations forces in the country as well. and so there are liable to be more casualties. >> but we have moved, what, a hundred thousand troops out of there? thats, i think thats probably bigger than the initial wave on d-day. >> yeah. >> so we moved a lot of troops out of there the last several months but, t...

He should be released on kind, compassionate grounds. well guess what? its a year and a half later. and the guy is still kicking. hes still alive. >> its a miracle. >> its not a miracle, okay? and im supposed to just be reporting this. it is so not a miracle. this is all about money and oil. now senators are questioning whether theres a connection. theyre questioning whether theres a connection between the bombers release and bp. since the firm said last month that it would begin drilling off li...

New containment cap which they put on top which has magically worked. >> which is stunning. yesterday we had thad allen on the show, who we love and we think hes doing a great job, saying you always have the push and pull when you have a government and trying to work with a private company. so we have been working to the. the idea that the government didnt know about this a few days ago, i find it hard to believe. >> i have to imagine they knew. and by the way, what -- what would be the benefit ...

midnight last night. thank you for coming in. also in washington, ted krupp, president of the environmental defense fund. good lineup given whats been happening. >> of course, mika, over the past, my gosh, how long has it been now since the leak started? the end of april. >> the end of april. >> over the past several months there has been that gushing oil shot coming out from the bottom of the gulf of mexico. and i can tell you, things in my hometown get bleaker by the day. maybe, just...