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Paid more money, not less. you go to parents night, you ask the teacher, can you please tell me why 28-year-old harold ford teaching social studies to my son or daughter is going out the door because of budget cut to be replaced by 26-year-old mr. deutsch. whats the deal there? first in, last out. >> so, mike, this is -- this whole issue about how to do layoffs is unfortunately a distraction from the fact that there are huge budget cuts in schools. as you and i both know and ive been on your sho...

Midwestern reasonableness. >> were out here. we appreciate everybody out here, everybody. >> we can have different opinions and still be civil about it. >> i want to support all my teachers, because i like them a lot. >> brown nose all you want, little girl. youre still going to get a "b" on that diorama. it was a completely unconvincing capitol building. >> welcome back to "morning joe." its time for mikas must-read op-ed. mika is not with us today, on a well-deserved break. lets go to some of ...

>> joe, with the exception of al franken, the senators on this list, jack reed, joe lieberman, john mccain, i mean, come on. >> theyre pretty tough guys. >> whats your sense of this? >> my sense is that his subordinates thought it was illegal, thought it was against the military code and had real kerns and according to this article, when he raised questions -- when they raised questions and objections, they paid for it professionally. they paid for it militarily. so i think -- sure, whether hes ...

We had to cut $820 million from education. i said to the teachers union, freeze your salary and contribute 1.5% of your salary to pay your health benefits and i wont have to lay off one teacher. >> just 1.5%? >> 1% of their salary to pay health benefits. you know what they told me? go to hell. >> with us now in washington, the president of the american federation of teachers, randi weingarten, randy, its always good talking to you. i would have never believed what was it, four months ago, three ...

At its helm and washington should more forward and more forcefully against him. but at some point, the obama administration will have to step back and think about a new american strategy for a middle east that is in the midst of this historic change. jamie rubin, this is all happening far faster than any of us could have predicted a month or two ago. how long will it take this administration or would it take any administration to recalibrate a policy in the mideast from stability to -- and parti...

The other two republican leaders. talk not negotiate. >> bring a baseball bat. >> i have one in my office. i have a slugger with my name on it. >> beautiful. >> the call also revealed walker has a seemingly relaxed relationship with koch. >> i tell you what, scott, once you crush these bastards ill fly you out to cali and show you a good time. >> that would be outstanding. >> in a news conference yesterday, walker said he was dereceived. but said this is needed to balance the budget. >> the fact...

Its ailing ceo, steve jobs. "the new york times," unexpected collaboration, paul mccartney announced yesterday that hes composed a major orchestra orchestral piece for the new york orchestra. i understand the white house is reaching out to lobbyists but trying to be discreet about it. whats the story? >> theyve had an uncomfortable relationship with lobbyists for some time. weve heard theyve been having meetings across the street from the white house where they dont have to sign in and be pa...

Front of all you here and stated frankly. im not going to allow one prank phone call to be a distraction from the reality that we have a job to do here. >> joe, but is it a distraction? >> i dont know that this man is going to be distracted by anything. he seems to be very focused and he seemed to be focused on the phone call and pat buchanan, theres a big debate on whether this phone call will hurt him or not. i suspect its not going to hurt him in the end. if you listen to what he said on ther...

Up for a vote by thursday, and it looks like the republicans will have the nun of votes to pass a bill that will end collective bargaining and then of course need to be voted on by t the wisconsin senate. if one chamber passes scott walkers bill, it will be a big, big advantage for the republicans moving forward but were going to talk about this more when we return on "morning joe." that changes today. i hear youre the clown in charge. so, cirque du soleil becomes... ...cirque du sun life. becau...

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