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noonans new piece on whether trump will soon reach his waterloo. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is monday, july 10th. its good to be back. >> wonderful to be back. we were gone? i never knew. >> we were gone for a week. we have the host of "politics nation," reverend al sharpton. former aide to the george w. bush state department, elise jordan. and "the washington post"s david ignatius. pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham is with us this morning. moments ago...

Doing the type of narrative. we understand this is a state by state process. weve had incredible support in the early states, building an organization, signing up the key people that you need to be able to compete in a place like iowa. we just launched our mamas movement. my wife was in iowa with governor kim reynolds launching that. parents, particularly moms, i think, are going to be the secret weapon both in this primary and the general election. nobody has been a better champion for those fo...

Thursday marks 15 years since Barack Obama officially launched his first presidential campaign on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield.

Benghazi was supposed to cost him his presidency. they called hurricane sandy president obamas katrina. oh. and did you hear obama care was also his katrina moment? not to mention it was worse than terrorism. and jim demint infamously said obama care was going to be the presidents waterloo. it would destroy him. lets remember, president obama won the 2012 election by over 5 million votes. but theres no question the president has had a tough year. sure, his poll numbers are down. but just think a...

Democrats, it came from senator jim demint. the tea party hero who famously made this vow with the presidents health care law. >> if were able to stop obama on this, it will be his waterloo. it will break him. >> guess what, it wasnt the presidents waterlook but today he announced that hes leaving the senate to run a conservative think tank. and just like that, gone is is a man who represented all of the obstruction, the man who defined gridlock and was the face of ugliness in the tea party move...

There are a bunch of states where santorum will do well in may because of the demographics. i know that the conclusion is foregone, but romney doesnt want to fight those battles. i think they will try to kill him in april, and he may put rick santorum out of his own misery. >> well, but here is the problem with pennsylvania. it doesnt only put him out of his own misery in 2012. if he loses his home state, and rick santorum must know this, that mitt romney is going to make pennsylvania his waterl...

>> how long did it take you? youve been studying for years? >> yes. i also made it to last years bee, national bee, also. i fell out in the preliminary round. so ive been studying intensely for about two years. >> what was that like? i saw you crying there. you were very emotional. >> yes. i put so much time into this, and to finally win it, it is a great feeling. >> well, we want to show our viewers what youre made of. were going to give you a couple questions. is that okay? a lot of these actu...

Train right off a cliff. >> gregg: congressman schiff, your democratic colleague, jim mcdermott said today that republicans only care about creating chaos and bricking down the president, even if that means destroying the recovery and the u.s. economy. you want to call him out on that? you dont agree with that, do you? >> you know, i dont think that is true of most republicans and certainly there were some the last several years, that have said things like, you know, health care can be the presi...

Youre on "the ed show." hes not. >> kudlow is a different guy. i hope the economy is going to get better. the question is whether it will get better at a magnitude that brings down unemployment. >> 3.2% growth isnt bad. >> down from 5.7% growth the previous quarter. >> first quarter of 2009 -- >> three quarters of a row positive. >> first quarter of 2009 shrank by 6.2%. first quarter of 2010 grew by 3.2%. tony, admit it, the economy is coming back. the stimulus package worked. you were wrong to ...

Now, six months from now, you can check it out. well look around. and well see. >> leaders of the republican party, they called the passage of this bill armageddon. armageddon. so, after i signed the bill i looked around to see if there were any asteroids falling. >> he likes that line. >> he likes it a lot. is that the third? at least the third. >> at least. >> welcome to "morning joe." one minute past the top of the hour. im mika brzezinski. joe is off on this good friday. willie geist and i a...