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>> jon, how are you? sam? >> whats up? >> guys. >> it was like chaos before the show started. we had to move over here. >> so t.j. had apparently crushed up his ambien and snorted it. >> no one takes ambien in here. just me. >> willie doesnt. >> crazy me. >> do you take ambien? >> only with gin. >> i dont anymore. ive never been more hung out to dry yesterday than sitting around a table of six people. >> hold on. >> what? >> im on ambien now. >> really? >> yeah. >> why do you think i act this wa...

Leverage do we really have here. what can the united states do. i think david hit all of the hot-button issues on what is at stake for the egyptian people but also for the region. >> the big question, too, for this administration is, and i think david brought this point up as well, which is, you know, america has learned and doesnt seem to have the stomach for, trying to force its will on countries that dont want to do it themselves. >> absolutely. i think that one of the reasons for the hesitan...

Welcome back to "morning joe." a live look at the white house on a beautiful day in washington. joining us msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. >> good morning. >> co-founder of global post and former "boston globe" middle east bureau chief, charles sennott, his new frontline documentary "crisis in egypt" explores the rise and fall of the muslim brotherhood. great to have you on the show today. obviously egypt is our big headline. y...

That, cross-fit, chris, what do you think? >> you learn it in gymnastics, its called an illusion. >> i dont think it can be learned. its talent, naturale. >> andy great to see you. thank you so much. you hear the music, it means its time for the rock block, a quick roundup of the stories you will be talking about today. first up michaela. >> lets look in the papers "the seattle times" a local childrens hospital forced to pull out bus ads letss wipe out cancer, diabetes and autism. autism is a ...

Tomorrow because rain is in the forecast. u.s. federal officials believe israel carried out an air strike in syria. two u.s. officials tell cnn that the strike probably happened thursday or friday. washington does not think israeli warplanes entered syrian airspace buttish has long promised to strike at any target it suspects being used to transport weapons to hezbollah or other terrorists groups. an american journalist missing in syria for almost six months now may be in the hands of the sy...

Was more than double the number of homicides. new information on american journalist missing in syria. the global post reports he is likely in the custody of the assad regime. he was contributing to the global post when he was captured by gunmen last november. anderson, check this out. what would you do if a bear crawled into your pickup truck and locked you out? this man grabbed his cell phone and recorded this unbelievable video. at one point the bear had both hands on the steering wheel a...

Stocks surged following the latest numbers showing the unemployment rate dropped to 7.5%. that eased traders fears of a summer slowdown. the cdc is reporting a troubling increase in americas suicide rate. since 1999, it found a 28% jump in adults over the age of 35 taking their own life. the number of suicides in 2010 was more than double the number of homicides. new information on american journalist missing in syria. the global post reports he is likely in the custody of the assad regime. ...

Day, another violent event in syria. the state-run syrian arab news agency reports that a fire broke out at damascus international airport after rebels fired mortars that hit a parked plane and 32 people died today due to syrian violence. the global post says it has a high degree of confidence that missing journalist james foley is in the custody of the syrian government. foley has been missing since late november. all of these events beg the question, is international intervention coming? joi...

Joining knee now is nicholas burns, former u.s. ambassador and harvard profe and global post columnist. thank you very much, nick, good to see you. there are a lot of complaints were not getting enough cooperation from russia. russia says they tasked the c.i.a. and the fbi twice in 2011. complaints from our agencies is they never got help back from the fsb in russia as to what they were looking at, once they couldnt find here any real links to terrorists. how do we work at getting better coopera...

Economy, we have to show leadership and we have to make sometimes difficult political decisions in favor of clean energy and we have to stand up to big oil. so we hope the secretary will do that. >> when we say we, we mine you, secretary kerry and you, president obama. >> thats right. coming up, whats democracy without a free press? and what about a free press with free access? well discuss the emergence of the fourth estate in burma and beyond, when global posts charlie senate joins us ahead....