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Tunes? fess up. >> they have had plenty of them over the years. you know, those conventions at 3:00 in the morning. nowadays theyre a more moderate party. my point is that youre right that a lot of this is about race. and this is something that has given the republican party a foothold in the south but a lot of this is fear of the other. there is a racial sub text here. like when they talk about a guy obviously terrific on his feet, gives more spontaneous interviews than anybody else and talk ab...

>> yeah. >> thats a lot. >> that says more about them than about the president. >> the republican party. >> this is not your fathers old mobile. this is not your fathers party of bob dole. >> im going to get ethnic here. is this because of 64? i think it is. lbj, talking about him in the break, a man of the south, once they pass the civil rights bill, forget the south. >> he said for a generation but its several generations. look. theres always been a looney tunes element in the republican party...

Own up, fess up, and quit whistling past the graveyard. >> his newest republican talking point. come on, man! come on! >> i dont think thats a talking point. >> welcome back to "morning joe" live from trafalgar square in london. roger bennett and patty kay still with us. joe and willie, you thought i would be afraid of the falcon. i was ready for it. it was lizzie who was afraid of me. >> lizzie was scared of you. she saw you -- >> yeah. anyhow. a lot going on. lets dive into news. republican le...

From the different states, on the web site. and, strong words directed toward the president about our countrys financial mess, john boehner says, quote, i cant tell you how disappointed i was in the president, not being honest with the american people. about the big problems that we face. and, the fact that it is time to own up, fess up and quit whistling past the graveyard, eric bolling from the fox business network, good morning to you, you follow the money every night. is he onto something. >...

And the fact that it is time to own up, fess up and quit whistling past the radio. >> whistling past the graveyard. former democratic chair and pennsylvania governor ed rendell joins us now from philadelphia. governor rendell, whistling past the graveyard, you heard from the republicans, what say you? >> well, i think what the speaker said is absurd. the president certainly adopted the deficit commission recommendation that we close loopholes, both individual and corporate loopholes, he adopted ...

President in not being honest with the american people about the big problems that we face. and the fact that its time to own up, fess up and quit whistling. >> come on. speaker boehner ent went on to say he and mitch mcconnell stressed to the president on the day of his deficit speech they would not get behind any plan that raised taxes. he also threatened republicans may not voted to raise the debt limit. in an interview with politico he said in part if the president does not get serious about...

Good news from hollywood this morning. aretha franklin had to cancel a bunch of concerts because she had a big health scare. its undisclosed but there were rumors it was pancreatic cancer. which we know exist treatmently serious. she has denied that. big tribute at the grammys. >> and she looked great at the grammys. >> she did. lost a lot of weight. you know, she -- it was impressive. shes 68 years old. apparently shes coming back on the end of may, shes going to do a show at seneca niagara cas...

Marie noe confessed to smothering four of her babies. she did not confess to killing all eight babies who died under suspicious circumstances. police say that is because marie had vivid memories of killing four of them. and wasnt sure what happened to the others. >> they sort of got her confession. she wrote it, she signed it. the last thing she said, as they were leaving the room, was "dont tell my husband." so in a way, i think that there was still this idea that she had told them she did this...

Winehouse. >> not bad, right? lets hear jimmy fallons take on all of this. >> bp is moving up its timeline for containing the oil by two weeks. they said they would get it done even if they have to work six hours a day, four days a week. >> funnier. >> funnier? don says funnier. heres the thing, we got to fess up, right? we have said this before, fallon is three floors above us. h i walk those halls, how am i going to do that if i say kolber is funnier. were always in jimmy fallons corner. well ...

And you couldnt figure it out. you couldnt find your backside with two hands if the lights were on. >> now we know the lights were on. so was the porn. keeping them honest. joe johns, what happened to the porn pals? >> well you know the beauty of this is that the names of the people are protected by the privacy laws, so we really cant get their name. but we do know generally that if people did this, got caught, and fessed up. sop of them got a break. people with six-figure jobs. they might have ...